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Luxottica to confirm outlook for fiscal year 2008

Milan, Italy
06.26.2008 - 14:42
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Milan, Italy – June 26, 2008 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), a global
leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of premium fashion and luxury
eyewear, today will confirm during an investor conference call its previously
announced financial outlook for fiscal year 2008.

The objective of the conference call, which takes place today starting at 6 PM CET
(5 PM UK, 12 PM US ET), is to provide the financial community with a more in-depth
understanding of the dynamics of the new Group resulting from the combination of
Luxottica’s base business with Oakley’s and, specifically, their impact on Luxottica
Group’s financial performance for the first half of the year. A similar investor call
was held in March of this year to take an early look at the significant changes to
Luxottica Group’s business and financial performance by quarter resulting mainly
from the merger of the two companies.

The live feed as well as the replay of the audio webcast of the investor call will be
available to all parties at www.luxottica.com/english/investor_relations/webcast.html.
The related slide presentation is available for download at
www.luxottica.com/english/investor_relations/presentation.html. Following the end of
the replay period, the slide presentation will continue to be available from the
archives of the investor relations section of Luxottica Group’s corporate website at
www.luxottica.com.

Luxottica Group’s Annual Report on Form 20F for fiscal year 2007 will be filed
today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report will be
available to all parties on Luxottica Group’s corporate website at
www.luxottica.com, on the SEC website at www.sec.gov and on the Milan stock
exchange Borsa Italiana website at www.borsaitaliana.it. Requests for hard copies of
Luxottica Group’s audited consolidated financial statements may be made by
contacting the Group’s investor relations department via telephone or email at the
contacts provided below.

Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luxottica Group is a global leader in eyewear, with over 6,200 optical and sun retail stores in North
America, Asia-Pacific, China, South Africa and Europe and a strong brand portfolio that includes our
key house brand, Ray-Ban, the best selling sun and prescription eyewear brand in the world, as well
as, among others, license brands Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Polo
Ralph Lauren, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tiffany and Versace, and other key house brands Oakley,
Oliver Peoples, Vogue, Persol, Arnette and REVO. In addition to a global wholesale network that
touches over 130 countries, the Group manages leading retail brands such as LensCrafters, Pearle
Vision and Sunglass Icon in North America, OPSM and Laubman & Pank in Asia-Pacific, and Sunglass
Hut globally. The Group’s products are designed and manufactured in six Italy-based high-quality
manufacturing plants, in the only two China-based plants wholly-owned by a premium eyewear
manufacturer, and in manufacturing facilities in the United States acquired as part of the Oakley
acquisition. For fiscal year 2007, Luxottica Group (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX) posted consolidated net
sales of €5 billion. Additional information on the Group is available at www.luxottica.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those which are
anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability to successfully
integrate Oakley’s operations, the ability to realize expected synergies from the merger with
Oakley, the ability to successfully introduce and market new products, the ability to maintain an
efficient distribution network, the ability to predict future economic conditions and changes in
consumer preferences, the ability to achieve and manage growth, the ability to negotiate and
maintain favorable license arrangements, the availability of correction alternatives to prescription
eyeglasses, fluctuations in exchange rates, the ability to effectively integrate other recently
acquired businesses, as well as other political, economic and technological factors and other risks
and uncertainties described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These
forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to
update them.