EADS share sale probe delivered

The first Airbus A380 is due to be delivered later this month

The French prosecutor's office says it has received a report from the stock market regulator, AMF, which examined allegations of insider trading at EADS.

The announcement of delays to its Airbus unit's A380 superjumbo in June 2006 knocked 26% off EADS' share price.

The report is understood to have looked into extensive sales of EADS shares between November 2005 and March 2006.

The former Airbus boss, Noel Forgeard, quit as a result of the allegations, although he denied any wrongdoing.

Mr Forgeard said he sold the shares in question in March 2006, and that he did not know of delays in the production of the A380 until April.

The French daily Le Figaro claims to have been leaked a copy of AMF's report.

It reports that the investigation speaks of "concurrent and massive" sales of EADS shares and also mentions two of its industrial shareholders.

Both DaimlerChrysler and Lagardere announced sales of tranches of their shares on 4 April 2006, but they deny that there was any insider trading.

Airbus is scheduled to deliver its first A380 to Singapore Airlines later this month.