For Fiscal Year 2008 for the First Time Luxottica's Consolidated Net Sales Top Euro 5 Billion

In 2008 the Group further strengthened its equity structure and optimized costs to best position itself to take advantage of future opportunities

The Board of Directors of Luxottica Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX; NYSE: LUX), a global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, approved today its consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008 in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), certain figures of which were already announced through a broadly disseminated press release issued on February 5, 2009.