Insider trading investigation
On June 2, 2006 co-CEO Noël Forgeard and Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert resigned following the controversy caused by the June 2006 announcement that deliveries of the A380 would be delayed by a further six months. Forgeard was one of a number of executives who exercised stock options in November 2005 and March 2006. He and 21 other executives are under investigation as to whether they knew about the delays in the Airbus A380 project which caused a 26% fall in EADS shares when publicised.[35]
The French government’s actions are also under investigation; The stated-owned bank Caisse des Dépots et Consignations (CDC) bought part of Lagardère’s 7.5% stake in EADS in April 2006, allowing that latter to partially escape the June 2006 losses.[35]
In June 2008, law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman and Robbins announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of U.S. citizens who purchased the publicly traded stock of EADS.
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yep they did it there own country but far worse than the 2 knuckleheads who tried. the eads folks did it. and got caught.
Insider trading didn't heart anyone except share holders. Neither the company nor any country is affected. Every US citizen would have payed $25 to much for the Boeing lease deal.