Cooper Industries to Hold Annual Investor Outlook Meeting

Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:CBE) will hold a meeting with investment analysts on Thursday, February 21, 2008 to discuss the Company's business outlook for the year. The meeting will include presentations by Cooper's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kirk Hachigian and other members of its management team. Copies of the presentation materials to be used at this meeting and a link to a live webcast of the program will be available in the Investor Center section of the Company's website at www.cooperindustries.com under the heading "Management Presentations." The webcast will begin at approximately 8:45 a.m. EST and is expected to end by 11:00 a.m. An audio replay will be available on the website through February 29, 2008. The webcast may include references to non-GAAP financial measures. Cooper will post a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in the Investor Center section of the Company's website under the heading "Management Presentations." About Cooper Industries Cooper Industries, Ltd. is a global manufacturer with 2007 revenues of $5.9 billion, approximately 87 percent of which are from electrical products. Incorporated in Bermuda with administrative headquarters in Houston, Cooper employs approximately 31,500 people and operates eight divisions: Cooper B-Line, Cooper Bussmann, Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Security, Cooper Power Systems, Cooper Wiring Devices and Cooper Tools Group. Cooper Connection provides a common platform for Cooper’s marketing and sales to electrical distributors. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.