UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

February 1, 2010

 

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1 – 10421

 

LUXOTTICA GROUP S.p.A.

 

VIA C. CANTÙ 2, MILAN, 20123 ITALY
(Address of principal executive office)

 

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Set forth below is the text of a press release issued on February 1, 2010.

 

Luxottica: monthly update on share buyback program

 

Milan, Italy — February 1, 2010 - In connection with the share buyback program approved at the Shareholders’ Meeting on October 29, 2009 and launched on November 16, 2009, Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX) announced today that during the month of January it purchased under that buyback program an aggregate amount of 262,000   treasury shares on the Milan Stock Exchange’s Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA) at an average unit price of Euro 18.58, for an aggregate amount of Euro 4,868,740.

 

In parallel, Luxottica Group’s subsidiary, Arnette Optics Illusions Inc., sold during the same period on the MTA an aggregate amount of 335,000  treasury shares, at an average unit price of Euro 18.53, for an aggregate amount of Euro 6,206,737.

 

From the beginning of the program, Luxottica Group purchased an aggregate total amount of 1,614,154  treasury shares, at an average unit price of Euro 17.37, for an aggregate amount of Euro 28,035,169. In parallel, Luxottica Group’s subsidiary Arnette Optics Illusions Inc. sold an aggregate total amount of 1,922,307 treasury shares, at an average unit price of Euro 17.42, for an aggregate amount of Euro 33,478,009.

 

Contacts Luxottica Group

 

Ivan Dompé
Group Director of Corporate Communications
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4726
Email: ivan.dompe@luxottica.com

Luca Biondolillo
SVP of International Corporate Communications
Tel.: +1 (516) 918 3100
Email: LBiondolillo@us.luxottica.com

Alessandra Senici
Group Director of Investor Relations
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4718
Email: InvestorRelations@Luxottica.com

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

LUXOTTICA GROUP S.p.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ ENRICO CAVATORTA

Date: February 1, 2010

ENRICO CAVATORTA

 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

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