Luxottica Group Announces Audio Webcast of First Quarter of 2005 Results

Milan, Italy – April 22, 2005 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), the global leader in the eyewear sector, today announced that its first quarter 2005 results investor conference call will be available via audio webcast on Friday, April 29, 2005, at 8 AM US ET (1 PM GMT, 2 PM CET).

The audio webcast will be available to the financial community and the media from Luxottica Group’s corporate website at www.luxottica.com/ENG/IR/webcast.html. The audio webcast will be available for replay through the close of the business day on May 13, 2005. Please note that a slide presentation will be available for download from Luxottica Group’s investor relations corporate website at www.luxottica.com/ENG/IR/webcast.html approximately one hour prior to the start of the audio webcast.

Following the end of the replay period, the slide presentation will continue to be available from the archives of the above section.

Luxottica Group will report first quarter of 2005 results on April 28. Certain financial and statistical information included in the webcast, as well as information required by Regulation G, will be available at the time of the webcast in the notes to the first quarter of 2005 earnings release available from Luxottica Group’s website at www.luxottica.com, section investor relations, press releases.