Luxottica Group Announces Audio Webcast of First Quarter 2006 Results

Milan, Italy –April 21, 2006 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), the global leader in the eyewear sector, today announced that its first quarter of 2006 results investor conference call will be available via audio webcast on Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 6:30 PM CET, 5:30 PM GMT, 12:30 PM US ET. The audio webcast will be available to the financial community and the media from Luxottica Group’s corporate website at www.luxottica.com/english/investor_relations/webcast.html. The audio webcast will then be available for replay through the close of business day on May 11, 2006.

Please note that a slide presentation will be available for download from Luxottica Group’s investor relations corporate website at www.luxottica.com/english/investor_relations/presentation.html shortly before 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 investor relations section of the website.

Luxottica Group will report first quarter of 2006 results on April 27.

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 relative earnings release available from Luxottica Group’s website at www.luxottica.com, section investor relations, press releases.

Contacts

Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luca Biondolillo
Head of Communications
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633-4062
Email: MediaRelations@Luxottica.com

Alessandra Senici
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Tel: +39 (02) 8633 4069
Email: InvestorRelations@Luxottica.com