Executive Summary
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defense and related services. The Group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world's largest helicopter supplier Eurocopter and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programs 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.
The Group employs about 116,000 people at more than 70 production sites, above all in France, Germany, the UK and Spain as well as in the U.S. and Australia. A global network of more than 30 Representative Offices maintains contact with the customers. In 2006, the company generated revenues of € 39.4 billion.
EADS, an N.V. according to Dutch company law, is listed on the Frankfurt, Madrid and Paris stock exchanges. Following ongoing transactions of the core shareholders, 49.5 percent of the shares will be widely distributed among public shareholders including EADS employees; Daimler AG and SOGEADE (Lagardère, French state) will hold 22.5 percent each, the Spanish state holding company SEPI (Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales) owns 5.5 percent. EADS emerged in 2000 from the link-up of the German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, the French Aerospatiale Matra and CASA of Spain.
Rüdiger Grube, Member of the Board of Daimler AG, is Chairman of the Board of Directors. EADS has an integrated headquarters with central functions of the company being located in Munich and Paris under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer Louis Gallois.
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History of EADS
Products Clients and Competition
• Airbus