Essilor: 2010 Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual Meeting

PARIS, May 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual Meeting of Essilor Shareholders was held today at Palais Brogniart in Paris under the chairmanship of Xavier Fontanet, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Essilor International.

Shareholders approved all of the resolutions submitted at the meeting, including:

    
    - The payment of a dividend of EUR0.70 per share, an increase of 6.1%
      over 2008.
    - The election of two new directors:
    - Ms. Mireille Faugere, Adviser to the President of SNCF French National
      Railways
    - Mr. Yi He, Chief Executive Officer of Shanghai Essilor Optical Company,
      as representative of employee shareholders
    - The re-election of three directors:
    - Mr. Xavier Fontanet, as Chairman of the Board
    - Mr. Yves Chevillotte
    - Mr. Yves Gillet
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Next financial announcement: August 27, 2010 - First-half results

The world leader in ophthalmic optical products, Essilor International researches, develops, manufactures and markets around the world a wide range of lenses to improve and protect eyesight. Its flagship brands are Varilux(R), Crizal(R), Essilor(R), Definity(R) and Xperio(TM).

Based in France, the company reported consolidated revenue of more than EUR3.2 billion in 2009, with 34,700 employees and operations in 100 countries.

For more information, please visit http://www.essilor.com.

The Essilor share trades on the NYSE Euronext Paris market and is included in the CAC 40 index.

Codes and symbols: (ISIN: FR0000121667; Reuters: ESSI.PA; Bloomberg: EI:FP).

    
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