VSP VISION CARE PURCHASES OPTICAL LAB

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – VSP® Vision Care, the nation’s largest eyecare benefits provider, announced today their purchase of Legends 4.0™ optical laboratory, located in Lewisville, TX, outside Dallas.

“Legends 4.0 is an outstanding lab and we are very pleased to welcome them into the VSP family,” stated VSP President and CEO Rob Lynch. “This investment helps us expand our delivery of high quality optical products to private practice eyecare doctors nationwide.

Legends 4.0 was founded in 2005 by Bill Benedict, an optical industry veteran with more than 50 years of experience, and by daughter Donna Benedict and son Dennis Benedict. The lab has established a reputation for producing high-quality, advanced optical products and services ranging from their proprietary Fast Rx™, which allows doctors to electronically transmit their orders, to their exclusive ClearView, and ClearView Ultra anti-reflective coatings.

“VSP shares our mission of providing great customer service and quality products. We’re delighted to play a role in expanding VSP’s service to private practice doctors in the United States,” stated Legends 4.0 CEO Bill Benedict. “You can count on our team to deliver the best products and service to doctors and their patients.”

Legends 4.0 will continue to operate as it does today, and their management will be actively involved in the integration with VSP.

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VM Special Report: VM's Top Labs 2006

Volume Number: 20:13 Issue: 11/13/2006
In 2006 Legends 4.0, founded in 2005 by optical lab veterans the Benedict family broke into the Top 25 for the first time in 17th place, with $11.5 million in Rx sales.

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