Luxottica: 2008 Financial Statements available

Milan, Italy – April, 14 2009 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), a global leader in the eyewear sector, informs that the draft of separate Financial Statements and of consolidated Financial Statements at 31 December, 2008 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), approved by the Board of Directors on March 12, 2009, and together with the Report on Operations, the Report of the Independent Auditors and the Report on Corporate Governance and the Report of the Board of Statutory Auditors are available at the Headquarters of the Company and Borsa Italiana (www.borsaitaliana.it) and on line at www.luxottica.com.

Media and investor relations contacts

Ivan Dompé
Group Corporate Communications Director
Tel.:  +39 (02) 8633 4726 
Email: ivan.dompe@luxottica.com

Luca Biondolillo
Group Director of International Communications
Tel.:  +39 (02) 8633 4668 
Email: LucaBiondolillo@Luxottica.com

Alessandra Senici
Group Investor Relations Director
Tel.:  +39 (02) 8633 4718 
Email: InvestorRelations@Luxottica.com

About Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luxottica Group is a global leader in premium fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, with over 6,250 optical and sun retail stores in North America, Asia-Pacific, China, South Africa and Europe and a strong and well balanced brand portfolio. Luxottica’s key house brands include Ray-Ban, the best known sun eyewear brand in the world, Oakley, Vogue, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Arnette and REVO, while license brands include Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tiffany and Versace. In addition to a global wholesale network covering 130 countries, the Group manages leading retail brands such as LensCrafters and Pearle Vision in North America, OPSM and Laubman & Pank in Australasia, LensCrafters in Greater China and Sunglass Hut globally. The Group’s products are designed and manufactured in six Italy-based manufacturing plants and in two wholly-owned plants in China. In 2008, Luxottica Group posted consolidated net sales of €5.2 billion. Additional information on the Group is available at www.luxottica.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those which are anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability to successfully integrate Oakley’s operations, the ability to realize expected synergies from the merger with Oakley, the ability to successfully introduce and market new products, the ability to maintain an efficient distribution network, the ability to manage the effect of the poor current global economic conditions on our business and predict future economic conditions and changes in consumer preferences, the ability to achieve and manage growth, the ability to negotiate and maintain favorable license arrangements, the availability of correction alternatives to prescription eyeglasses, fluctuations in exchange rates, the ability to effectively integrate other recently acquired businesses, as well as other political, economic and technological factors and other risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update them.