Disposal of G4S Holdings (France)

12 February 2009

                               G4S PLC

                DISPOSAL OF G4S HOLDINGS (FRANCE) SAS

G4S, the international security solutions group, today announces that
it has reached agreement with  Neo Securite SAS ("Neo Securite")  for
the sale of the entire  shareholding of its manned security  business
in France, G4S  Holdings (France) SAS,  and that company's  operating
subsidiaries (together "G4S France").

Neo Securite is a newly incorporated company, funded by members of  a
management buy-in  team led  by Mr  Jean-Michel Houry,  previously  a
senior executive of Brink's Europe.

The divestment is expected to complete  by the end of February  2009.
G4S France has gross assets of £28m.

This transaction concludes the  divestment process of G4S  businesses
in Germany  and France  as announced  in March  2008.  The  financial
impact of these divestments is that  cash proceeds of £43m have  been
received and a non cash charge relating to the impairment of goodwill
of £28m will be  incurred in the financial  year ended 31st  December
2008.


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Notes to Editors:

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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