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Luxottica Releases Information According to Article 84 BIS of CONSOB Resolution 11971/99: Announcement of the Completion of Its Reassignment Program of New Options for Employees Domiciled in the U.S.

Mon. June 15, 2009; Posted: 02:16 PM
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MILAN, June 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- LUX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Luxottica Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX; NYSE: LUX), a global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, today announced the completion of its reassignment program of new share options, which was approved by its Board of Directors on May 7, 2009, for certain employees domiciled in the United States who were beneficiaries of the Company's stock option grants approved in 2006 and 2007. The reassignment program, which has been structured as a tender offer under U.S. securities law, was completed at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 12, 2009. All outstanding eligible options that were properly tendered under the reassignment program by eligible employees have been accepted.

Pursuant to the terms of the reassignment program, Luxottica Group accepted for cancellation options to purchase 3,725,000 ordinary shares, representing approximately 99.6% of the shares underlying all eligible options held by employees domiciled in the U.S. Of this amount, 825,000 shares were subject to options issued under the 2006 and 2007 stock option grants, while 2,900,000 shares were subject to options issued under the 2006 3-year extraordinary performance stock option grant.

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the reassignment program, on June 12, 2009, Luxottica Group issued to employees domiciled in the U.S. who properly tendered eligible options new options to purchase an aggregate of 2,275,000 ordinary shares, consisting of new options issued under the Luxottica 2001 Stock Option Plan to purchase an aggregate of 825,000 ordinary shares and new performance options issued under the Luxottica 2006 Stock Option Plan to purchase an aggregate of 1,450,000 ordinary shares.

The new options issued under the Luxottica 2001 Stock Option Plan have an exercise price of euro 15.03 per share. The new performance options issued under the Luxottica 2006 Stock Option Plan have an exercise price of euro 15.11 per share.

The full terms and conditions of the reassignment program are set forth in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, that Luxottica has filed with the SEC.

In accordance with Italian law, further information is provided in the attached Table 1 of scheme 7 of Annex 3A to Regulations CONSOB n.11971/99.

                  SHARE-BASED PAYMENT SCHEMES - STOCK OPTION GRANT 2009
                                 ORDINARY GRANT 2009

                 Table 1 of scheme 7 of Annex 3A to Regulations
                           for Issuers dated 11971/99


                                                   BOX 2
                                           Options (option grant)

                                                  Section 2
                                     New options granted by the board on the
                                     basis of resolutions previously adopted
                                                  by the GM

                        Position
                       (to be
                        specified                                       No. of
                        only for                                   instruments
                        individuals   Date approved                 underlying
                        listed       by shareholders    Description    options
    Name or Category    by name)          in AGM       of instrument   awarded

    BOXER  MICHAEL      Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    40,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    BRADLEY  KERRY M.   Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    70,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    COLEMAN  THOMAS L.  Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    40,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    DENNIS  JACK        Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    40,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    FAY  PIERRE         Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    60,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    GIANNOLA  VITO      Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    10,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    LOVEJOY  WALLACE W. Director in a   September 20,   Stock option    10,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    MICHEL  BRIAN       Director in a   September 20,   Stock option     5,000
                        subsidiary         2001
                        company

    Other managers                      September 20,   Stock option   550,000
     and employees                         2001
     domiciled in
     the United
     States (42)


                  SHARE-BASED PAYMENT SCHEMES - STOCK OPTION GRANT 2009
                                 ORDINARY GRANT 2009

                 Table 1 of scheme 7 of Annex 3A to Regulations
                           for Issuers dated 11971/99

                                                   BOX 2
                                           Options (option grant)

                                                  Section 2
                                     New options granted by the board on the
                                     basis of resolutions previously adopted
                                                  by the GM

                 Position    Date of                 Market       Expiration
                (to be       award by                price for       date
                 specified   competent               instruments
                 only for    governing   Strike      as at the
    Name or      individuals   body      price       award date
     Category    listed

    BOXER        Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     MICHAEL     in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    BRADLEY      Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     KERRY M.    in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    COLEMAN      Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     THOMAS L.   in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    DENNIS       Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     JACK        in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    FAY          Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     PIERRE      in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    GIANNOLA     Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     VITO        in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    LOVEJOY      Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     WALLACE W.  in a         2009                                 2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    MICHEL       Director    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     BRIAN       in a         2009                                2017
                 subsidiary
                 company

    Other                    June 12,  euro 15.03    euro 14.79   March 31,
     managers                 2009                                2017
     and
     employees
     domiciled
     in the
     United
     States
      (42)




             SHARE-BASED PAYMENT SCHEMES - STOCK OPTION GRANT 2009

                   EXTRAORDINARY GRANT 2009 (PERFORMANCE OPTIONS)

                  Table 1 of scheme 7 of Annex 3A to Regulations
                            for Issuers dated 11971/99

                                                       BOX 2
                                             Options (option grant)

                                                     Section 2
                                       New options granted by the board on
                                       the basis of resolutions previously
                                                 adopted by the GM
                        Position
                        (to be
                         specified      Date                          No. of
                         only for     approved                     instruments
                       individuals       by          Description    underlying
    Name or              listed by   shareholders        of           options
    Category               name)        in AGM       instrument       awarded

    BOXER  MICHAEL     Director in a   June 14,      Stock option      50,000
                         subsidiary     2006
                          company

    BRADLEY  KERRY M.  Director in a   June 14,      Stock option     550,000
                         subsidiary     2006
                          company

    COLEMAN  THOMAS L. Director in a   June 14,      Stock option      50,000
                         subsidiary     2006
                          company

    Other managers and                 June 14,      Stock option     600,000
     employees                          2006
     domiciled in the
     United States (9)





             SHARE-BASED PAYMENT SCHEMES - STOCK OPTION GRANT 2009

                   EXTRAORDINARY GRANT 2009 (PERFORMANCE OPTIONS)

                  Table 1 of scheme 7 of Annex 3A to Regulations
                            for Issuers dated 11971/99

                                                       BOX 2
                                             Options (option grant)

                                                     Section 2
                                       New options granted by the board on
                                       the basis of resolutions previously
                                                 adopted by the GM

                 Position    Date of                 Market
                (to be       award by                price for
                 specified   competent               instruments
                 only for    governing   Strike      as at the    Expiration
    Name or      individuals   body      price       award date      date
     Category    listed       (BOD)

    BOXER      Director in a  June 12,   euro 15.11  euro 14.79    June 12,
     MICHAEL    subsidiary     2009                                 2018
                company

    BRADLEY    Director in a  June 12,   euro 15.11  euro 14.79    June 12,
     KERRY M.   subsidiary     2009                                 2018
                company

    COLEMAN    Director in a  June 12,   euro 15.11  euro 14.79    June 12,
     THOMAS L.  subsidiary     2009                                 2018
                company

    Other
     managers                 June 12,   euro 15.11  euro 14.79    June 12,
     and employees             2009                                 2018
     domiciled in the
     United States
      (9)

SOURCE Luxottica Group S.p.A.

http://www.luxottica.com
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