January 2010, as announced at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in May. Hubert Sagnières, Chief Operating Officer, will be appointed Chief Executive Officer of Essilor as of that date. Xavier Fontanet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Essilor since 1996, will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Sagnières has been Chief Operating Officer of Essilor International since August 2008. Two years prior to that, he was appointed President, North America and Europe. Between 1998 and August 2006, he was President of Essilor of America. In 1997, he served as President of Essilor Laboratories of America, and before that, beginning in 1991, he was President of Essilor Canada. Mr. Sagnières was appointed by Essilor in 1989 to fill the newly created position of Vice President, International Lens Marketing. A Director of Essilor International since the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 14, 2008, Mr. Sagnières is one of the founders of the Essilor Vision Foundation. Mr. Sagnières is a dual national of France and Canada. He graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Lille, holds an economics degree and an MBA from INSEAD.-----------------------

Essilor International is the world leader in ophthalmic optical products, offering a wide range of lenses under the flagship Varilux, Crizal, Essilorand Definitybrands to correct myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatism. Essilor operates worldwide through 15 production sites, 293 lens finishing laboratories and local distribution networks.