19 July 2011 G4S PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING The company was notified on 18 July 2011 by BlackRock, Inc that, following a disposal of voting rights, through a chain of controlled undertakings it now holds indirectly voting rights in the company through ordinary shares and through other financial instruments over 70,469,426 ordinary shares. This amounts to 4.995% of the company's total voting rights. Peter David Company Secretary For further enquiries, please contact: Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 1293 554400 Media enquiries: David Allchurch or John Sunnucks, Tulchan Group+44(0) 0207 353 4200 Notes to Editors: G4S is the world's leading security solutions group, specialising in outsourcing of 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 more than 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visitwww.g4s.com . [HUG#1531925]
Notification of Major Shareholding
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