Disposal of Business in France

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (FINAL)                       


25 September 2008                                                               

                                    G4S PLC                                     

                     DISPOSAL OF G4S HOLDINGS (FRANCE) SAS                      

G4S , the international security solutions group, today announces that it has   
received an offer to acquire its entire shareholding in its manned security     
business in France, G4S Holdings (France) SAS, and that company's operating     
subsidiaries (together “G4S France”) from Security Services Group S.C.A.        
(“Security Services Group”).                                                    

Security Services Group is an affiliated portfolio company of Sun European      
Partners, LLP, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading    
U.S.- based private investment firm ("Sun European").                           

On the basis of this offer, G4S France is commencing consultation with the      
relevant works councils in accordance with French labour laws. The management of
both G4S France and Security Services Group will actively engage with the       
relevant works councils to ensure the successful completion of the consultation.

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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.                                                                    


About Sun European Partners, LLP                                                

Sun European Partners, LLP is the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners,     
Inc., a leading U.S.-based investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity,
debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from   
its in-house operating professionals and experience. Sun Capital affiliates have
invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide since Sun Capital's   
inception in 1995 in the United States, with combined sales in excess of €27.0  
billion ($40 billion). For more information, please visit                       
www.SunEuropeanPartners.com.