Disposal

5th Dec 2008 10:00

5 December 2008

G4S PLC UPDATE - DISPOSAL OF G4S HOLDINGS (FRANCE) SAS

G4S, the international security solutions group, today announces that negotiations regarding the offer from Security Services Group S.C.A. to acquire the entire shareholding of G4S Holdings (France) SAS and that company's operating subsidiaries (together "G4S France"), previously announced on 25 September 2008, have been terminated.

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Notes to Editors:

About G4S

G4S is the world's leading international security solutions group, which specialises in outsourced business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.

G4S is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S has operations in over 110 countries and over 570,000 employees.

For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.

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