Luxottica Group Announces Audio Webcast of First Quarter 2008 Results

Milan, Italy – April 15, 2008 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), the global leader in the eyewear sector, today announced that its first quarter of 2008 results investor conference call will be available via audio webcast on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 12:00 PM US ET (5:00 PM GMT, 6:00 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/english/investor_relations/webcast.html. The audio webcast will be available for replay through 12:00 PM US ET on April 30, 2008.

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 above – mentioned section.

Luxottica Group will report first quarter 2008 results on April 24, 2008, prior to the beginning of the investor conference call.

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 press releases. 

Luxottica Group S.p.A. media and investor relations contacts

Carlo Fornaro
Group Corporate Communications Director
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4062
Email: MediaRelations@luxottica.com

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

Alessandra Senici
Group Investor Relations Director
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4069
Email: InvestorRelations@Luxottica.com