Menicon to Acquire David Thomas Contact Lenses Ltd., Major U.K. Custom Lens Manufacturer

October 29th, 2009 TOKYO - HOYA Corporation today announced financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2009. Net sales were 106.8 billion yen for the quarter, a 16.8% decrease from 128.3 billion yen in the same period last year, and operating income was 18.7 billion yen, a 9.2% decrease from 20.6 billion yen in the same period last year, mainly due to order decrease and the impact of exchange rates.

October 21st, 2009 CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France - - Nine-Month Revenue up 8.4% - Positive Like-for-Like Growth in the Third Quarter CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, October 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, today announced its consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. 2009 Consolidated revenue EUR millions 2009 2008 % Change % Change Contribution (9 (9 (reported)* (like- from months) months) for-like) acquisitions Total 2,468.5 2,277.8 +8.4% -0.4% +5.9% Europe 989.4 1,017.3 -2.7% -3.3% +2.2% North America 1,051.6 933.8 +12.6% -1.0% +4.1% Asia-Pacific 259.7 226.1 +14.9% +12.7% +0.6% Latin America 95.9 98.5 -2.7% +4.6% +1.0% Laboratory equipment[1] 71.9** 2.1*** N/M N/M N/M *Currency effect: +2.9%.

September 27th, 2009 UITHOORN, The Netherlands - - Concentrating Global Activities in Thailand Improves Customer Relations The global headquarters of HOYA Vision Care, one of the leading developers and producers of high-quality optical lenses and eyeglasses, will be moved to Bangkok on October 1st. Also the global Quality function and part of the R&D function will be moved from Japan to Thailand.

August 2nd, 2009 TOKYO, Japan - HOYA Corporation today announced financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009. Net sales were 94.9 billion yen for the quarter, a 27.0% decrease from 130.1 billion yen in the same period last year, and operating income was 9.2 billion yen, a 57.5% decrease from 21.8 billion yen in the same period last year, mainly due to order decrease and the impact of exchange rates.

July 6th, 2009 PARIS, France - Essilor is pursuing its external growth strategy through a number of recent transactions in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Essilor has acquired all outstanding shares in De Ceunynck, a major player in the Belgian market where the company is BBGR's long-time distributor.

May 25th, 2009 BAD KREUZNACH, Germany - Dubbed STS-125, NASA's final servicing mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 11 May of this year. The crew of seven astronauts replaced six gyroscopes, some batteries and a sensor that is used to guide the telescope.

May 7th, 2009 NAGOYA, Japan - Dr. Hidenari Tanaka, president and CEO of Menicon Co., Ltd.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Bausch & Lomb Launches New Bottle Innovation Supported by Eye-Catching Online Campaign Bausch & Lomb unveils a ground-breaking new bottle innovation for ReNu(R) multi-purpose solutions in its continued effort to improve the habits of contact lens-wearers and enhance general eye health. As part of the THINK EYEGIENE(TM) campaign, Bausch & Lomb is introducing ReNu MultiPlus(R) for improved comfort and MPS for sensitive eyes, in translucent, user-friendly bottles, which includes a line marker to "clearly" alert lens wearers when their solution is running low.

April 22nd, 2009 CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France - Strong 10.3% Growth in First-Quarter Revenue Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, today announced consolidated revenue of EUR840.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, representing a reported 10.3% increase on the first quarter of 2008. Excluding the currency effect, growth was 5.4% for the period.

March 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - During the 14th International Salon of Ophthalmologic Optics held at Expocentre (Moscow) prizes were handed to the nominees of the Second National Optical Award Grand Prix MSOO. In 2008 opticians and consumers of optical products got their first opportunity to choose the aces of the aces.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Women are not the only ones to fret about looks on their wedding day. Men too have joined the bandwagon - so much so that a majority of them prefer to discard their spectacles and wear contact lenses instead.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Children wearing contact lenses feel better about their looks, their athletic abilities and acceptance by friends, than counterparts wearing glasses, researchers have said. The results of a study suggest that even eight-year-old near-sighted children reap social benefits from wearing contact lenses instead of glasses.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - Nocturnal geckos are among the very few living creatures able to see colours at night, which scientists could harness to develop better cameras and contact lenses. The key to the exceptional night vision of this creature is a series of distinct concentric zones of different refractive powers, according to a study.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If scientists have their way, then a "telescope" that can magnify time could soon dramatically increase the amount of data that can be sent through fibre optic cables, speeding up broadband internet and other long-distance communications. Though it isn't possible to speed up the flashes of light that stream through the global network of optical fibres at around 200 million metres per second, more information can be squeezed into each burst of light, according to Mark Foster at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, using what he and his colleague Alexander Gaeta call a "time telescope" fitted with "time lenses".

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to encourage youth to come out and vote, Bausch and Lomb has announced it will give free contact lenses to students who exercise their franchise. Under the Bausch and Lomb's 'Vote for Your Vision' promotion, 5,000 students from Delhi and Chennai, where polling is slated for May 7 and 13, respectively, would get a free pair of Bausch and Lomb daily disposable contact lenses.

August 31st, 2009 Bausch & Lomb beats back lens-cleaner lawsuitsROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch & Lomb Inc., rocked by the worldwide recall of its flagship contact lens solution in 2006, has beaten back scientific claims blaming ReNu with MoistureLoc cleaner for a flurry of non-fungal eye infections.

September 22nd, 2009 Consumer items shielded from health care taxesWASHINGTON — The Senate is backing away from a health care tax that would have affected consumer products like contact lenses, thermometers, condoms — and even scented maxi-pads. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus says he will exempt consumer products costing up to $100 from his proposed $4 billion-a-year tax on manufacturers of medical devices.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - Seemingly dead cells manipulate the lens of a fish eye to help them see colours by day and navigate by night, according to a new study. It was previously known that the lens of the eye largely consists of lifeless cells.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Duke University scientist will soon be developing futuristic digital cameras that could capture images in giga or even terapixels. Working with the U.S.

September 30th, 2009 Penske ends talks with GM to acquire SaturnDETROIT — Penske Automotive Group Inc. says it has ended talks with General Motors Corp.