Amsterdam, 22
December
2008
Louis Gallois resigned as a Director of Dassault Aviation on November 26, 2008 to avoid any conflict of interest resulting from Dassault Aviation becoming an industrial shareholder in Thales.
EADS has a 46.3% shareholding in Dassault Aviation.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2007, EADS generated revenues of € 39.1 billion and employed a workforce of about 116,000. The Group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world's largest helicopter supplier Eurocopter and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo. Its Defence & Security Division is a provider of comprehensive systems solutions and makes EADS the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium as well as a stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA. EADS also develops the A400M through its Military Transport Aircraft Division.
