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
January 6, 2011
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 January 3, 2011.
Luxottica: monthly update on share buyback program
Milan, Italy - January 3, 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 December it purchased under that buyback program an aggregate amount of 144,574 shares on the Milan Stock Exchange’s Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA) at an average unit price of Euro 21.69 per share, for an aggregate amount of Euro 3,136,107.
In parallel, Luxottica Group’s subsidiary, Arnette Optic Illusions, Inc., sold during the same period on the MTA an aggregate amount of 610,489 treasury shares, at an average unit price of Euro 21.86 per share, for an aggregate amount of Euro 13,344,729.
Since the launch of the program, Luxottica Group purchased an aggregate total amount of 4,710,454 of its shares, at an average unit price of Euro 19.07 per share, for an aggregate amount of Euro 89,816,864.
In parallel, Luxottica Group’s subsidiary Arnette Optic Illusions, Inc. sold an aggregate total amount of 5,257,269 treasury shares, at an average unit price of Euro 19.23 per share, for an aggregate amount of Euro 101,094,468.
As a result of the sales begun in September 2009, Arnette Optic Illusions, Inc. does not hold any more treasury shares.
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Contacts Luxottica Group |
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Ivan Dompé |
Alessandra Senici |
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Group Director of Corporate Communications |
Group Director of Investor Relations |
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Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4726 |
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4718 |
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Email: ivan.dompe@luxottica.com |
Email: InvestorRelations@Luxottica.com |
Luca Biondolillo
Group Director of International
Communications
Tel.: +39 (02) 8633 4668
Email: luca.biondolillo@luxottica.com
www.luxottica.com