Essilor : First Half 2009 Results(r.com/reports#interim ------------...),Health

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    Next financial announcement:
    Third-quarter revenue will be announced on Thursday, October 22, 2009.
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Essilor International is the world leader in ophthalmic optical products, offering a wide range of lenses under the flagship Varilux(r), Crizal(r), Essilor(r) and Definity(r) brands to correct myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatism. Essilor operates worldwide through 15 production sites, 293 lens finishing laboratories and local distribution networks.

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

    Codes and symbols: ISIN: FR 0000121667; Reuters: ESSI.PA; Bloomberg:
EI:FP.
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                                MANAGEMENT REPORT

                                 First-Half 2009


    EUR millions               First-half 2009 First-half 2008 % Change

    Revenue                        1,663.4         1,520.2        +9.4%
    Contribution from                302.6           276.3        +9.5%
    operations(1)
                                      18.2%           18.2%
    % of revenue
    Operating profit                 281.9           261.7        +7.7%
    Profit attributable to           202.4           198.3        +2.1%
    equity holders of Essilor
    International

    % of revenue                      12.2%           13.0%
    Basic earnings per share          0.98            0.96        +2.4%
    (in EUR)

(1) Operating profit before compensation costs of share-based payments, restructuring costs, other income and expense, and goodwill impairment.

Revenue up 9.4% to EUR1,663.4 million

Essilor's consolidated revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009 rose by 5.3%, excluding the currency effect, and by 0.7% like-for-like. Changes in the scope of consolid
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