5 November 2007
G4S PLC
Purchase of Shares by Employee Benefit Trust
The company was informed on 2 November 2007 that, on 1 November 2007, the
trustees of the Group 4 Securicor Employee Benefit Trust (“the Trust”) purchased
483,775 ordinary shares of G4S plc at £2.1035 per share.
Following the acquisition, 4,994,745 ordinary shares of G4S plc are held by the
Trust.
The executive directors of the company and other persons within the company
discharging managerial responsibilities are within the class of potential
beneficiaries under the Trust and are deemed to have a non-beneficial interest
in these ordinary shares. However, none of these persons has acquired a
beneficial interest in such shares.
Peter David
Company Secretary