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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 144

SEC USE ONLY

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

 

CUSIP NUMBER

ATTENTION:

Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order
with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

 

(a) 

NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

(b)

IRS IDENT. NO.

(c)

S.E.C. FILE NO.

WORK LOCATION

 

LUXOTTICA GROUP S.p.A.

 

N/A

 

1-10421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

ADDRESS OF ISSUER

STREET

 

CITY

 

STATE

ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

 

Via Cantù 2

 

 

Milan

 

Italy

20123

AREA CODE

NUMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

011 39

02-863341

(a)

NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

(b)

IRS IDENT. NO.

(c)

RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

(d)

ADDRESS STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

 

Claudio and Debra Del Vecchio

 

104-66-0258

 

Director

 

393 Mill River Road

Muttontown

NY

11791

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INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)

 

(b)

 

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 

(f)

 

(g)

 

Title of the
Class of

Name and Address of Each Broker
Through Whom the Securities are to

 

Number of Shares
or Other Units

Aggregate
Market

Number of Shares
or Other Units

Approximate Date of Sale

Name of Each Securities Exchange

Securities
To Be Sold

be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer
File Number

To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))

Value
(See instr. 3(d))

Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))

(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)

(See instr. 3(g))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADRs(1)

 

Benjamin Securities, Inc.
378 South Oyster Bay Rd.
Hicksville, New York 11801

 

 

100,000

 

$3,022,000 (2)

 

452,996,337

 

11/28/2006

 

NYSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.

(a)

Name of issuer

3.

(a)

Title of the class of securities to be sold

 

(b)

Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number

 

(b)

Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

 

(c)

Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any

 

(c)

Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

 

(d)

Issuer’s address, including zip code

 

(d)

Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

 

(e)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

 

(e)

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

 

 

 

 

(f)

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

2.

(a)

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

 

(g)

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

 

(b)

Such person’s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity

 

 

 

 

(c)

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

 

 

 

 

(d)

Such person’s address, including zip code

 

 

 

 

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SEC 1147 (01-04)




TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADRs(1)

11/29/1990

Open Market Purchases

Open Market Purchases

120,000(3)

12/03/1990

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

2.If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto.

 


TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of
Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMARKS:

(1)

 

One ADR represents one ordinary share, par value Euro 0.06 per share, of Luxottica Group S.p.A.

(2)

 

Based on the closing bid price on November 27, 2006.

(3)

 

Adjusted to reflect the 2-for-1, 5-for-1 and 2-for-1 stock splits of Luxottica Group S.p.A.’s ordinary shares effected in July 1992, April 1998 and June 2000, respectively.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

 

November 30, 2006

 

/S/ CLAUDIO DEL VECCHIO

DATE OF NOTICE

 

(SIGNATURE)

 

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

 

SEC 1147 (01-04)