Disposal of Business

10 April 2008                                                                   


                                    G4S plc                                     

                   Divestment of G4S Sicherheitssysteme GmbH                    


G4S, the international security solutions group, announces the divestment of its
German security systems businesses, G4S Sicherheitssysteme GmbH and an          
affiliated company to Securitas Systems Deutschland Holding GmbH for a cash     
consideration of €10 million (approximately £7.7 million).                      

The process for the sale of G4S's manned security business in Germany and its   
security services businesses in France remains ongoing.                         


For further enquiries, please contact:                                          

Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations			+44 (0)1293 554400              

Media enquiries:                                                                

Kevin Smith, Citigate Dewe Rogerson			+44 (0)7973 672649                        


Notes to Editors:                                                               

G4S is the world's leading international security solutions group, which        
specialises in assessing current and future risks and developing secure         
solutions to minimise their impact across a wide range of geographic markets and
business sectors.                                                               

G4S is a major provider of risk management and protection to governments and    
major corporate customers around the world and is an expert in all aspects of   
local and international secure logistics.                                       

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 530,000 employees.  For more information on G4S, visit       
www.g4s.com.