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Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced that it entered into an agreement pursuant to which Luxottica will exercise in advance, in July 2011, its call option on 57% of Multiopticas Internacional S.L. share capital. Luxottica, which already owns a 40% stake in Multiopticas Internacional, is a global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear and Multiopticas Internacional is a company that currently owns over 470 eyewear stores operating under the Opticas GMO, Econopticas and Sun Planet retail brands in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

It was agreed to accelerate exercise of the call option included in the contract signed in 2009, by one year. Once the call option is exercised (which is worth approximately 95 million Euros), Luxottica will own 97% of Multiopticas Internacional’s share capital.

Multiopticas Internacional is currently present in South America with more than 470 stores, as follows: 221 in Chile, 141 in Peru, 40 in Ecuador and 77 in Colombia. In 2010 they posted total net sales exceeding 80 million Euros. Over the last four years, Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of net sales was more than 11%. It is expected that net sales for 2011 for the Multiopticas Internacional business could reach 95 million Euros.

Under the terms of the agreement, Luxottica will pay 70% of the exercise price, determined on the basis of Multiopticas Internacional’s sales and EBITDA values, at the time of the exercise of the call option; the remaining 30% will be paid by the end of 2011.