EADS New Board Composition:
Proposal to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

Following the agreement between the core shareholders of 16 July 2007 which led to nominate Rüdiger Grube as sole Chairman and Louis Gallois as sole CEO, and which provided for a changed composition of the Board now including four independent Directors, effective after the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Board of the Company is proposing to the Extraordinary General Meeting the following appointments of Board members:

The submission of names for the seats of the four independent members of the Board of Directors was supported by a renowned global executive search consulting firm. The credentials of the proposed members of the board are available in the Investor Relations section of the company website, at www.eads.net/Proposed_BoD_Composition.

The Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on 22 October 2007, in Amsterdam. The convening notice and the associated documentation will be circulated in the next days. The appointment of each of the proposed directors will be subject to an individual resolution by the shareholders voting at the meeting.

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.

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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