Activist investor Jana takes stake in Cooper Companies, WSJ reports

The Cooper Companies

20/10/2025 01:12

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Activist investor Jana Partners has built a stake in Cooper Companies COO.O and plans to push for strategic alternatives, including a potential deal to combine its contact-lens unit with rival Bausch + Lomb BLCO.TO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Reuters could not immediately verify the WSJ report.

 (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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