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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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.