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COOPER INDUSTRIES LTD(Form 424B2, Received 10/25/2002 13 39 31) Page 14 of 68 developments could have material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission You can inspect and copy, at prescribed rates, these reports, proxy statements and other information at the public reference facilities of the SEC, in Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W , Washington, D C 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on its public reference room The SEC also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC at http.//www sec gov You also can inspect reports and other information we file at the office of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc , 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3, of which this prospectus is a part, covering the debt securities offered by this prospectus As allowed by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the registration statement and the related exhibits We refer you to the registration statement and the related exhibits for further information and this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by such other information 2 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE We are incorporating by reference in this prospectus the documents we file with the SEC. This means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring to those documents The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information contained in this prospectus We are incorporating by reference the following documents - Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, - Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002, - Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2002 (Item 5 only), April 23, 2002 (Item 5 only), May 14, 2002, May 22, 2002 (Item 5 only), June 21, 2002 (Item 5 only), July 23, 2002 (Item 5 only), and August 6, 2002 (Item 5 only), and - All documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, in any applicable prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by reference m this prospectus modifies or supersedes such statement Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus httn'//www sharphnlHpr rnm/rfirmpT/PHoarDptail rfm9Pr>mr>cin\/rn=PT3r; VrPTV=1 1 A1 080 i /i s/inn: