0001047469-04-002353 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Between LUXOTTICA GROUP S.p.A. COLORADO ACQUISITION CORP. and COLE NATIONAL CORPORATION Dated as of January 23, 2004

Merger Agreement • January 30th, 2004 • Luxottica Group Spa • Ophthalmic goods • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  January 30th, 2004
• Company
  Luxottica Group Spa
• Industry
  Ophthalmic goods
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 23, 2004, by and among Luxottica Group S.p.A., an Italian corporation ("Parent"), Colorado Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Cole National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").