Q & A

Q. I'm an EyeMed panel member. How is EyeMed's acquisition of ECPA good for me?

A. After Luxottica completes this transaction, you will have access to over 11 million potential patients from ECPA contracts in addition to patients from EyeMed's 19 million contracted lives. ECPA's reimbursements are as good as or better than EyeMed's. We expect that the synergies in this transaction will allow us to enhance EyeMed's reimbursements in the future.

Q. I'm a private practitioner on ECPA's panel. How is EyeMed's acquisition of ECPA good for me?

A. If you liked working with ECPA's contracts up to now, we expect that you will like ECPA and EyeMed in the future as we leverage the synergies of the acquisition to enhance EyeMed's model of managed vision care based on quality of care and materials, freedom of choice for patients and providers and joint consideration of patient, payer and provider needs.

Q. As an EyeMed panel member, will I be required to accept current ECPA patients?

A. You will not be required to accept current ECPA patients, but we expect that most EyeMed panel members will find ECPA patients a profitable addition to their practice.

Q. As a private practitioner on ECPA's panel, do I now have access to the same special promotions on Luxottica products and other Luxottica special programs offered to EyeMed panel members?

A. Yes! One of your immediate benefits is the ability to access the same perks offered to EyeMed panel members when you make the same commitments to Luxottica products, including the Luxottica Advantage Program which leverages Luxottica's and LensCrafters' buying power to provide you with special offers on a variety of optical and non-optical products and services, including Luxottica frames and sunglasses, Essilor lab services, KB Co. polarized lenses, Topcon instruments, Ocular Sciences contact lens, PNC Credit Card Processing and Casual Corner women's clothing discounts for your family and your staff. Call 1-877-589-5465 for more information or ask any Luxottica sales person.

Q. As a private practitioner on ECPA's panel, do I have to buy frames from Luxottica to continue seeing ECPA patients?

A. It's business as usual, until further notice. ECPA panel private practitioners may continue to see ECPA patients without buying Luxottica frames. But if you are buying product from other frame or sunglass vendors, you may want to buy more from Luxottica once you evaluate the special offers available to EyeMed and ECPA panel members. For details call 1-800-422-2020 and leave a message for any Luxottica sales person.

Q. How will ECPA and EyeMed be operated?

A. Eventually our intention is to combine the best features of ECPA and EyeMed, having the same requirements for panel membership and offering to payers managed vision care plans based on quality of care and materials, freedom of choice for patients and providers and joint consideration of patient, payer and provider needs.

Q. As an ECPA private panel practitioner, when will I be able to see patients from EyeMed contracts?

A. You are welcome to join EyeMed immediately as long as you satisfy the EyeMed requirements applicable to you. For more information call EyeMed directly at 1-888-581-3648.

Q. Is LensCrafters going to be on ECPA's panel?

A. LensCrafters has been an ECPA panel member for several years and is envisioned to be the principal nationwide chain store on the combined panel. More and more payers favor a managed vision care plan featuring an integrated panel of optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians in private practice and a nationwide chain store retailer. As the nation's foremost chain store retailer, LensCrafters helps differentiate EyeMed from other managed vision care companies leading to more contracts and more patients for all panel members. We will, of course, honor other chain stores' panel membership contracts that are in effect at the time we complete the acquisition.

Q. How will EyeMed and ECPA administration policies be affected?

A. Until further notice, ECPA and EyeMed administration will be separate and operate as they have in the past.

Q. I'm not a ECPA panel member and I always thought that ECPA featured only discount vision care plans. Tell me more about that.

A. Although historically ECPA emphasized discount plans and most ECPA patients today are discount plan patients (which means few if any administration issues for providers), ECPA has started to switch its emphasis toward funded plans with most new patients coming from funded plans.

Q. I'm a private practitioner that's neither on EyeMed's nor ECPA's panel. Is it too late for me to join?

A. Call 1-800-422-2020 and leave a message for any Luxottica sales person for details on how to join EyeMed - - one of America's largest managed vision care organizations created with input from hundreds of optometrists, ophthalmologists, and opticians in private practice and based on quality of care and materials, freedom of choice for patients and providers and joint consideration of patient, payer and provider needs.

Q. When can I get more specifics on how the combination of the best features of EyeMed and ECPA may benefit me now or in the future?

A. Please give us enough time to digest the details of this transaction. We will communicate more details to you as soon as we can.

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