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November 7, 2005

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1 - 10421

LUXOTTICA GROUP S.p.A.

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Set forth below is the text of a press release issued on October 7, 2005.

Burberry and Luxottica Announce 10-Year Eyewear Licence Agreement

London, UK and Milan, Italy — 7 October 2005 — Burberry Group plc (LSE: BRBY), the international luxury apparel and accessories brand, and Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), worldwide leader in the eyewear sector, announced today a 10-year licence agreement for the design, production and worldwide distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Burberry name. The agreement will begin on January 1, 2006.

Brian E. Blake, President and Chief Operating Officer of Burberry Group plc commented: “Burberry looks forward to working with Luxottica in this new global partnership.  Among Luxottica’s many strengths, its proprietary store network in key markets and targeted growth geographies are very well aligned with Burberry’s expansion strategies. Together we will endeavour to realise the exciting opportunities for the Burberry brand in the eyewear category.”

Leonardo Del Vecchio, Chairman of Luxottica Group, commented: “We are extremely pleased with this new long-term licence agreement and look forward to working with the Burberry team to develop new, exciting collections. Burberry is one of the world’s most distinctive and dynamic luxury brands. Burberry’s strength in the substantial U.S. and Japan markets is of particular strategic importance for our Group.”

“The Burberry licence represents the first step in a process of more proactively managing our brands portfolio. We expect this will result in a further strengthening of what is already one of the best-balanced brands portfolios in our industry.”

The first Burberry eyewear collections under the agreement will be presented in October 2006.  The two companies expect that the collections have the potential to generate wholesale sales in excess of €50 million annually within two to three years of launch.

About Burberry

Burberry, founded in 1856, is a leading international luxury brand. Burberry designs, manufactures and licenses apparel and accessories for distribution through its own stores and a network of prestige retailers worldwide.

About Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luxottica Group is a global leader in eyewear, with nearly 5,500 optical and sun retail stores mainly in North America and Asia-Pacific and a well-balanced portfolio that comprises leading premium house and licensed brands, including Ray-Ban, the best selling sun and prescription eyewear brand in the world. Among others, the Group’s brand portfolio includes house brands

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Vogue, Persol, Arnette and REVO and license brands Bvlgari, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Prada and Versace. Luxottica Group’s global wholesale network touches 120 countries, with a direct presence in the key 28 eyewear markets worldwide. The Group’s products are designed and manufactured at its six Italy-based high-quality manufacturing plants and at the only China-based plant wholly-owned by a premium eyewear manufacturer. For fiscal year 2004, Luxottica Group posted consolidated net sales and net income of €3.2 billion and €286.9 million, respectively. Luxottica Group’s 2004 annual report is available online at http://annual-report-2004.luxottica.com. 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, fluctuations in exchange rates, economic and weather factors affecting consumer spending, the ability to successfully introduce and market new products, the ability to successfully launch initiatives to increase sales and reduce costs, the availability of correction alternatives to prescription eyeglasses, the ability to effectively integrate recently acquired businesses, including Cole National, risks that expected synergies from the acquisition of Cole National will not be realized as planned and that the combination of Luxottica Group’s managed vision care business with Cole National will not be as successful as planned, as well as other political, economic and technological factors and other risks referred to in Luxottica Group’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and Luxottica Group does not assume any obligation to update them.

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Set forth below is the text of a press release issued on October 27, 2005.

LUXOTTICA GROUP 3Q05 CONSOLIDATED OPERATING INCOME UP 20.1 PERCENT

Milan, Italy — October 27, 2005 - Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), global leader in the eyewear sector, today announced consolidated U.S. GAAP results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005.

Financial highlights

Third Quarter of 2005 (1)

• Consolidated sales: €1,069.4 million (+47.3%)
- Retail sales: €849.0 million (+55.2%); Retail comparable store sales (2): +5.3%
- Total wholesale sales: €283.7 million (+26.0%)
• Consolidated operating income: €154.9 million (+20.1%); Operating margin: 14.5%
- Retail operating income: €106.3 million (+15.1%); Retail operating margin: 12.5%
- Wholesale operating income: €63.3 million (+34.0%); Wholesale operating margin: 22.3%
• Consolidated net income: €89.3 million (+16.0%); Net margin: 8.4%
• Earnings per share: €0.20 (US$0.24 per ADS)

Nine-month Period (3)

• Consolidated sales: €3,251.9 million (+41.0%)
- Retail sales: €2,448.6 million (+52.1%); Retail comparable store sales (4): +5.7%
- Total wholesale sales: €978.9 million (+17.0%)
• Consolidated operating income: €457.1 million (+17.7%); Operating margin: 14.1%
- Retail operating income: €283.4 million (+20.1%); Retail operating margin: 11.6%
- Wholesale operating income: €231.3 million (+23.2%); Wholesale operating margin: 23.6%
• Consolidated net income: €256.7 million (+13.0%); Net margin: 7.9%
• Earnings per share: €0.57 (US$0.72 per ADS)

Andrea Guerra, chief executive officer of Luxottica Group, commented: “Results for the third quarter were again strong across our entire business and in all key markets, with both retail and wholesale contributing to continued growth. Cash flow generation was again one of the main highlights of our Group’s results for the quarter, with approximately €140 million excluding non-recurring items (5). At the same time, in the first nine months of 2005 we reached the same level of sales posted in 2004 for the full year, which in itself means that the Cole National acquisition has already helped us to achieve a significant result.”

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Regarding the retail business, the integration of Cole National is now nearly completed and the Group’s retail team in North America is already focusing on the challenges ahead: the growth of the Pearle Vision business and the ongoing repositioning of Sunglass Hut as the destination store for fashion in sun.

Results of the retail division for the third quarter were particularly strong, especially in North America where Sunglass Hut experienced double-digit comparable store sales growth for the second quarter in a row. Retail results were also positive in Asia-Pacific, especially in terms of profitability.

For the third quarter, the Group’s wholesale business experienced significant additional growth and improved profitability. Wholesale sales to third parties rose by 23.0 percent, reflecting accelerated growth in the Group’s wholesale business year-to-date compared with 13.0 percent for the first half of the year. Operating margin for the entire wholesale division for the quarter improved to 22.3%, up by 130 bps year-over-year. The performance of the wholesale business reflected the strength of Luxottica Group’s brands portfolio, especially of Ray-Ban, which posted particularly strong results for the quarter.

In wholesale, the Group just launched the first Dolce & Gabbana collections and expects a strong first year, in line with the original projection of €120 million in sales. The new collections, together with the Group’s well-balanced portfolio of leading and best-selling house and license brands, are expected to give Luxottica Group’s sales teams additional tools to continue delivering the growth experienced year-to-date in all key markets.

The effective tax rate for the quarter was 35 percent, in line with an expected tax rate for the full year of 37 percent. In application of APB 25 (Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees), results for the nine-month period also included non-cash expenses for stock options (6) of €12.4 million. The recently announced revised earnings estimates for fiscal year 2005 already fully reflect both the tax rate expectation and the non-cash expenses for stock options.

On September 30, 2005, Luxottica Group’s consolidated net outstanding debt was €1,557.9 million.

Luxottica Group’s consolidated results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005, were approved today by its Board of Directors. Consolidated results for the quarter and the nine-month period include the consolidation of the Cole National business.

About Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Luxottica Group is a global leader in eyewear, with nearly 5,500 optical and sun retail stores mainly in North America, Asia-Pacific and China and a well-balanced portfolio that comprises leading premium house and licensed brands, including Ray-Ban, the best selling sun and prescription eyewear brand in the world. Among others, the Group’s brand portfolio includes house brands Vogue, Persol, Arnette and REVO and license brands Bvlgari, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Prada and Versace. Luxottica Group’s global wholesale network

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touches 120 countries, with a direct presence in the key 28 eyewear markets worldwide. The Group’s products are designed and manufactured at its six Italy-based high-quality manufacturing plants and at the only China-based plant wholly-owned by a premium eyewear manufacturer. For fiscal year 2004, Luxottica Group posted consolidated net sales and net income of €3.2 billion and €286.9 million, respectively. Luxottica Group’s 2004 annual report is available online at http://annual-report-2004.luxottica.com. 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, fluctuations in exchange rates, economic and weather factors affecting consumer spending, the ability to successfully introduce and market new products, the ability to successfully launch initiatives to increase sales and reduce costs, the availability of correction alternatives to prescription eyeglasses, the ability to effectively integrate recently acquired businesses, including Cole National, risks that expected synergies from the acquisition of Cole National will not be realized as planned and that the combination of Luxottica Group’s managed vision care business with Cole National will not be as successful as planned, as well as other political, economic and technological factors and other risks referred to in Luxottica Group’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and Luxottica Group does not assume any obligation to update them.

(1) All comparisons, including percentage changes, are between the three-month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004.
(2) Comparable store sales reflects the change in sales from one period to another that, for comparison purposes, includes in the calculation only stores open in the more recent period that also were open during the comparable prior period, and applies to both periods the average exchange rate for the prior period and the same geographic area. The calculation of comparable store sales for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005, includes relevant stores of the former Cole National business as if the Cole National acquisition had been completed as of January 1, 2004. Cole National results are actually consolidated with Luxottica Group results only as of the October 4, 2004, acquisition date.
(3) All comparisons, including percentage changes, are between the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004.
(4) See note (2) above.
(5) Non-recurring items include acquisitions and litigation settlements.
(6) The non-cash expenses for stock options for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005, resulted from the application of APB 25, in advance of the required adoption of SFAS 123 (R) as of January 1, 2006.

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

KEY FIGURES IN THOUSANDS OF EURO (4)

KEY FIGURES IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (1) (4)

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

KEY FIGURES IN THOUSANDS OF EURO (4)

KEY FIGURES IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS (1) (4)

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

Notes :

(1)         Except earnings per share (ADS), which are expressed in Euro

(2)         Certain amounts for FY 2004 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of FY 2005 figures

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

Notes :

(1)         Except earnings per share (ADS), which are expressed in Euro

(2)         Certain amounts for FY 2004 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of FY 2005 figures

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004

Notes :

(1)         Certain amounts for FY 2004 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of FY 2005 figures

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

—SEGMENTAL INFORMATION—

Notes :

(1)         Certain amounts for FY 2004 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of FY 2005 figures

(2)         These consolidated adjusted amounts are a non-GAAP measurement. The company has included this measurement to give comparative information for the two periods discussed, aligning the consolidation periods of Cole National for both years 2004 and 2005. They reflect the consolidation of Cole National results for the first nine months of 2004 (as it is in 2005). This information does not purport to be indicative of the actual results that would have been achieved had the Cole National acquisition been completed as of January 1, 2004.

(3)         EBITDA is the sum of Operating income and Depreciation & Amortization

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NON-GAAP COMPARISON OF CONSOLIDATED NET SALES

FOR THE THREE-MONTH AND NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, ASSUMING CONSTANT EXCHANGE RATES

Note:

Luxottica Group uses certain measures of financial performance that exclude the impact of  fluctuations in currency exchange rates in the translation of operating results into Euro. The Company  believes that these adjusted financial measures provide useful information to both management and  investors by allowing a comparison of operating performance on a consistent basis. In addition, since  the Luxottica Group has historically reported such adjusted financial measures to the investement community, the Company believes that their inclusion provides consistency in its financial reporting.  Further, these adjusted financial measures are one of the primary indicators management uses for planning and forecasting in future periods. Operating measures that assume constant exchange rates between the first nine months of 2005 and the first nine months of 2004 and the third quarter of 2005 and the third quarter of 2004 are calculated using for each currency the average exchange rate for the nine-month period and the three-month period ended September 30, 2004, respectively. Operating measures that exclude the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates are not measures of performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, Luxottica Group’s method of calculating operating performance excluding the impact of changes in exchange rates may differ from methods used by other companies. See table above for a reconciliation of the operating measures excluding the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures. The adjusted financial measures should be used as a supplement to U.S. GAAP results to assist the reader in better understanding the operational performance of the Company.

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RECONCILIATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GAAP AND IAS / IFRS FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005,

PURSUANT TO CONSOB REGULATION N. 27021 OF APRIL 7, 2000 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONSOB
COMMUNICATION DME/5015175 DATED MARCH 10, 2005.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005