9 July 2012
G4S PLC
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING
The company was notified on 6 July 2012 by Invesco Limited that, following an acquisition of voting rights, through a chain of controlled undertakings it now holds voting rights in 70,852,161 ordinary shares. This amounts to 5.02% 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 125 countries and more than 657,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com .