Amsterdam, 08 April 2008
A press website has published and put online an extract of the AMF inquiry report on the financial communications of EADS, which has not been delivered to us yet by AMF, including a list of names of persons accused of alleged insider trading.
This is the second time after leaking the intermediate report to the Figaro on 3 October 2007 that confidential AMF documents are leaked to the public. EADS is not only surprised but really shocked to see how this is contrary to legal procedures and how the rights of defence are simply ignored.
Obviously, the company is not able to give any comment as long as it has not read and evaluated the full document and its conclusions, and keeps its official request to AMF that individuals can preserve their presumption of innocence and not being publicly accused without their own access to the files.
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.
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