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

Ii Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 30th, 2004 • Luxottica Group Spa • Ophthalmic goods • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Ii Agreement and Plan of Merger
• 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").