In agreement with its shareholders DaimlerChrysler and SOGEADE (Lagardère and French state holding company SOGEPA), EADS comments on the widespread media speculations regarding decisions about nominations and structures as follows:
Discussions are still ongoing among shareholders in preparation of the upcoming Toulouse meeting of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 16 July. No decision has been taken yet, neither about management structures of the EADS Group nor about nominations for executive positions.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2006, EADS generated revenues of € 39.4 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. EADS is the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium, develops the A400M military transport aircraft, and holds a stake in the joint venture MBDA, the international leader in missile systems.
