Acquisition

 13 July 2011

                                    G4S plc

                     G4S acquires Alarm Monitoring Services



G4S, the world's leading secure solutions group, today announces the acquisition
by  G4S Secure Solutions (Ireland) Limited of certain assets of Alarm Monitoring
Services  (AMS) Limited (also trading as  "i-watch"), a leading alarm monitoring
supplier across Ireland.  The purchased assets were acquired for a consideration
of  €2.55m payable in cash, 70% of which  was paid on completion.  The remaining
30% will be paid within 18 months, subject to achievement of certain results.

Alarm  Monitoring  Services  provides  a  range  of state-of-the-art monitoring,
patrol and response services to Irish businesses.  This acquisition will further
develop G4S's ability to deliver secure monitoring solutions to customers across
Ireland.

Niall   Feely,   Managing  Director,  G4S  Secure  Solutions  (Ireland)  Limited
commented:  "We are very  pleased to welcome  the Managing Director  of AMS, Tim
O'Shea  and the AMS  team to G4S.   This is a  very important acquisition for us
which  allows us to expand our business and offer a stronger, more effective and
comprehensive  security  service  to  some  40,000 businesses, organisations and
enterprises  across Ireland.  Security  issues are a  growing source of worry to
Irish businesses and it is important for us, as the industry leader, to continue
to  expand  our  services  and  bring  greater  security  and reassurance to our
customers".





For further enquires, please contact:

Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations+44 (0) 1293 554423

Media enquires:

David Allchurch, John Sunnucks - Tulchan Group+ 44 (0) 2073 534200



G4S plc

G4S  is  the  world's  leading  security  solutions  group, which specialises 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 over 125 countries and more than 625,000 employees.  For more
information on G4S, visit www.G4S.com


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