More recently, Noel Forgeard, the French co-CEO of the Franco-German aeronautical and defence company EADS, was forced to resign under a cloud of suspicion: he sold his EADS shares in March, before the company announced a costly delay in production of the Airbus A380. Whether Forgeard acted illegally is still under investigation, but, with the announcement causing the share price to plummet by 26% overnight – wiping out €5.5 billion of the company’s value – his position became untenable.
更晚些时候，法德联合欧洲航空防务及航天公司的法国籍副首席执行官福尔杰拉德由于饱受质疑而被迫辞职。原因是他在今年三月该公司宣布代价巨大的空中客车A380推迟生产前出售了他的公司股票。福尔杰拉德是否违法尚在调查之中，但是，这一宣布推迟使得股价一夜之间暴跌26％，公司市值蒸发了55亿欧元，其宝座变得摇摇欲坠。