Milan, Italy, 12.15.2008

Over a 24 hour period December 3-4, Luxottica offices, manufacturing plants, distribution centers and stores celebrated the announcement of OneSight, Luxottica's new Foundation dedicated to improving vision through outreach, research and education. Event highlights include:

Italy:

• Milan Headquarters - Two celebrations took place in our global corporate headquarters. The first was a presentation to the Worldwide Management Team. Many expressed immediate interest in working with their local business to support OneSight efforts in their home countries. During the second celebration for the Milan office employees, Mr. Guerra and Executive Director Greg Hare unveiled OneSight to a standing-room-only crowd and 09 Clinic team members from Milan were announced.
• Agordo Manufacturing Facility - Employees gathered in the Recycling center to hear the news, watch the launch video and hear 09 Clinic team members named from that facility.
   

Australia:

• Sydney Headquarters – Employees celebrated the launch over breakfast. The event included presentations from HR and Retail Operations executives highlighting the importance of the foundation to employees and describing the impact of charitable efforts on the business sales through cause-related marketing. Employees then viewed the launch video and learned about ways to get involved from the Asia Pacific Region Foundation Manager.
• Stores: All stores received launch packets including post cards, a poster, video and more to learn about OneSight.
• Across Asia Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and South Africa) – all employees received launch packets. The HR teams in each country did a great job to ensure that our Luxottica colleagues throughout the region felt included and excited about the launch.
   

China

• Shanghai Headquarters - Employees learned about OneSight through the launch video which played continually throughout December 4 and 5. Vendors and customers were also invited to watch the video.
• Retail Stores - Stores received the launch video, poster and letter from Mr. Guerra. Many called into the main office with questions and excitement about the new program.
   

France

• OneSight was announced at the country holiday party during dinner. 09 Clinic team members from France were announced and each received a gift of tools for the clinic.

North America - Oakley

• Foothills Ranch CA, Headquarters - Employees at Foothill Ranch gathered in the theater to view the OneSight video and learn more from the local coordinator. Oakley employee Reuben Hernandez, who was the first Oakley employee to experience a global clinic, shared his experience.
• Global Announcement - An email communication was sent to Oakley Worldwide and the response has been incredible.
• Wholesale North America
• Port Washington, NY Headquarters - The employees gathered by the recycling center area to hear a welcome from AGO leaders, view the video and learn more. The celebration also included an official unveiling of the OneSight logo and concluded with a social gathering.
• Field Associates - Pierre Fay, EVP Wholesale NA sent a voicemail and email to all employees and information was posted on luxandme.com.
• Luxottica Retail North America
• Cincinnati Service Center Headquarters - Employees gathered in the cafeteria over breakfast to hear presentations by the OneSight department and personal stories from a few OneSight volunteers. Employees also viewed the launch video as well as a message from Valerio Giacobbi, EVP, LRNA. 09 Clinic team members were also announced throughout the celebration.
• Licensed Optical Manufacturing sites and Distribution Centers had individualized celebrations each including the launch video and naming 09 Clinic team members. At the DC in Dallas, TX, Dr. Stanley Pearle (founder of Pearle Vision and the Pearle Vision Foundation) shared his enthusiasm for OneSight.
• Stores received a launch kit including the DVD, poster, letter from Mr. Guerra and collateral pieces to share the news with customers.

Global 09 Clinic teams were announced Dec 3-4 as well. Check out the Luxottica Employees link on www.onesight.org (upper right hand side of the page - username: welcome; password: gtgos) for a full list of 09 Clinic teams.