Notification of Major Shareholding



24 January 2011





                                    G4S PLC

                       NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING


The company was notified on 21 January 2011 by Prudential plc that, directly and
indirectly,  it holds voting rights in the  company amounting to less than 5% of
the company's total voting rights.


Peter David
Company Secretary










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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 .





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