16.03.2017
Airbus Group SE NL0000235190
DGAP-Adhoc: Airbus to cooperate with France's Parquet National Financier in preliminary investigation
DGAP-Ad-hoc: Airbus Group SE / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
Airbus to cooperate with France's Parquet National Financier in preliminary
investigation
16-March-2017 / 19:19 CET/CEST
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Ad-hoc release, 16 March 2017
Airbus to cooperate with France's Parquet National Financier in preliminary
investigation
Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR) announced on 7 August 2016 that the
United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had opened an investigation into
allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in the civil aviation business
of Airbus Group relating to irregularities concerning third party
consultants.
Airbus has now been informed that the French authorities, the Parquet
National Financier, had also opened a preliminary investigation into the
same subject and that the two authorities will act in coordination going
forward.
Airbus will cooperate fully with both authorities.
About Airbus
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In
2016, it generated revenues of EUR 67 billion and employed a workforce of
around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger
airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader
providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as
Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space
business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and
military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
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Media contacts
Martin Agüera +49 175 227 3469
Jeremy Greaves +44 788 750 6338
Matthieu Duvelleroy +33 629 431 564
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Language: English
Company: Airbus Group SE
P.O. Box 32008
2303 DA Leiden
Netherlands
Phone: 00 800 00 02 2002
Fax: +49 (0)89 607 - 26481
Internet: www.airbusgroup.com
ISIN: NL0000235190
WKN: 938914
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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