3 January 2008
G4S PLC
Purchase of Shares by Employee Benefit Trust
The company was informed today that, on 2 January 2008, the trustees of the
Group 4 Securicor Employee Benefit Trust (“the Trust”) purchased 483,775
ordinary shares of G4S plc at £2.42 per share.
Following the acquisition, 5,873,259 ordinary shares of G4S plc are held by the
Trust.
The executive directors of the company and other persons within the company
discharging managerial responsibilities are within the class of potential
beneficiaries under the Trust and are deemed to have a non-beneficial interest
in these ordinary shares. However, none of these persons has acquired a
beneficial interest in such shares.
Peter David
Company Secretary
