Luxottica Group, S.p.A. (LUX)

Credit Agreements

In June 2009, we renegotiated our 18 month Euro 150.0 million unsecured credit facility with Banca Nazionale del Lavoro dated April 9, 2008. The new facility is a 2 year unsecured credit facility that is a revolving loan that provides borrowing availability of up to Euro 150.0 million. Amounts borrowed under the revolving loan can be borrowed and repaid until final maturity. We can select interest periods of one, three or six months.

Credit Agreements

On May 29, 2008, we entered into a Euro 250 million revolving credit facility agreement, guaranteed by our subsidiary Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp. (“U.S. Holdings”) with Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. as agent and Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.c.p.A. and Banca Antonveneta S.p.A. as lenders. The final maturity of the credit facility is May 29, 2013. The credit facility is a Euro 250 million revolving facility, which will require repayment of equal quarterly instalments of principal of Euro 30 million starting August 29, 2011 and a last repayment of Euro 40 million on the final maturity date. Interest accrues at Euribor (as defined in the agreement) plus a margin between 0.40 percent and 0.60 percent based on the “Net Debt/EBITDA” ratio, as defined in the agreement.

In February 2008, we exercised an option included in the Amended Euro 1,130 Million and U.S.$325 Million Credit Facility entered into by us and our subsidiary U.S. Holdings on June 3, 2004, to extend the maturity date of Tranches B and C to March 2013.

To finance the Oakley acquisition discussed in “—Acquisitions” above, on October 12, 2007, we and our subsidiary U.S. Holdings entered into two credit facilities with a group of banks providing for certain term loans and a short-term bridge loan for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$2.0 billion. The term loan facility is a five-year term loan of U.S.$1.5 billion, with options to extend the maturity on two occasions for one year each time. The term loan facility is divided into two facilities, Facility D and Facility E. Facility D consists of an amortizing term loan in an aggregate amount of U.S.$1.0 billion, made available to U.S. Holdings, and Facility E consists of a bullet term loan in an aggregate amount of U.S.$500 million, made available to the Company. Each facility has a five-year term, with options to extend the maturity on two occasions for one year each time. The term loan has a spread of between 20 and 40 basis points over LIBOR, depending on the Group’s ratio of net debt to EBITDA. Interest accrues on the term loan at LIBOR (as defined in the agreement) plus 0.40 percent (5.503 percent for Facility D and 5.458 percent for Facility E on December 31, 2007). The final maturity of the credit facility is October 12, 2012.  This credit facility contains certain financial and operating covenants. We were in compliance with those covenants as of March 31, 2008. We had borrowed U.S.$1.5 billion under this credit facility as of December 31, 2007.

During the fourth quarter of 2007, we entered into ten interest rate swap transactions with an aggregate initial notional amount of U.S.$500 million with various banks (“Tranche E Swaps”). These swaps will expire on October 12, 2012. The Tranche E Swaps were entered into as a cash flow hedge on Facility E of the credit facility discussed above. The Tranche E Swaps exchange the floating rate of LIBOR for an average fixed rate of 4.26 percent per annum.

The short-term bridge loan facility is for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$500 million. Interest accrues on the short-term bridge loan at LIBOR (as defined in the agreement) plus 0.15 percent (5.208 percent on December 31, 2007). The final maturity of the credit facility was eight months from the first utilization date. On April 29, 2008, we and our subsidiary U.S. Holdings entered into an amendment and transfer agreement to this facility. The terms of such amendment agreement among other things, reduced the total facility amount from U.S. $500 million to U.S. $150 million and provide for a final maturity date that is eighteen (18) months from the effective date of the agreement.

 For additional information, see Item 5—“Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Our Indebtedness” and Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 18 of this annual report.