Luxottica Group Announces Audio Webcast of Second Quarter of 2005 Results

Milan, Italy – July 18, 2005 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX) , the global leader in the eyewear sector, today announced that its second quarter 2005 results investor conference call will be available via audio webcast on Thursday, July 28, 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 business day on August 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 second quarter of 2005 results on July 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 second quarter of 2005 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 Email: LucaBiondolillo@Luxottica.com

Alessandra Senici Manager, Investor Relations Email: AlessandraSenici@Luxottica.com

Tel.: +39 (02) 8633-4062