ESSILOR (EPA:EL) ESSILOR - Monthly announcement of treasury share transactions

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                          SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAM

          Monthly announcement of treasury share transactions

                     Issuer: Essilor International

          Share category: ordinary shares (ISIN: FR 0000121667)
Description of the program presented in the Registration Document submitted to
           the French securities regulator (AMF) on March 30, 2009.

Charenton-le-Pont (March 23, 2010 - 6:00 p.m.) - In accordance with Article
241-4 of the AMF's Règlement Général and in line with the share buyback
program approved by shareholders at their Annual Meeting of May 15, 2009,
Essilor International hereby announces that the following share buybacks were
conducted between March 1, 2010 and March 18, 2010:

Session            Number of shares    Weighted average
                      purchased          price (in EUR)     Amount (in EUR)
01/03/2010              31,000             44.9108           1,392,234.80
02/03/2010             112,900             44.9532           5,075,216.28
03/03/2010              49,180             44.3662           2,181,929.72
04/03/2010              11,000             44.5370             489,907.00
09/03/2010               9,000             45.9556             413,600.40
10/03/2010              35,000             46.2894           1,620,129.00
11/03/2010             135,331             46.5544           6,300,253.51
12/03/2010              31,372             46.2836           1,452,009.10
15/03/2010              61,640             46.5853           2,871,517.89
16/03/2010              30,000             46.7791           1,403,337.00
17/03/2010              76,000             47.0322           3,574,447.20
18/03/2010              83,000             46.9769           3,899,082.70
TOTAL                  665,423                              30,673,664.59

These transactions did not involve the use of derivative instruments.

The world leader in ophthalmic optical products, Essilor International
researches, develops, manufactures and markets around the world a wide range of
lenses to correct myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatism. Its flagship
brands are Varilux(r), Crizal(r), Essilor(r), Definity(r) and Xperio(TM). Based
in France, the company reported consolidated revenue of EUR3.2 billion in 2009,
with 34,700 employees and operations in 100 countries. For more information,
please visit 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: FR FR0000121667; Reuters: ESSI.PA;
Bloomberg: EI:FP

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