Acquisition

30 November 2009
                               G4S plc
         Acquisition of Hill & Associates Consultants Limited

G4S, the world's leading international security solutions group,  has
acquired 100% of Hill &  Associates Consultants Limited, (trading  as
Hill &  Associates),  Asia's  leading  provider  of  specialist  risk
mitigation consulting services.  The company was acquired from Hill &
Associates Group Limited, a special purpose company majority owned by
Navis Capital  Partners Limited  together  with founders  and  senior
management of Hill & Associates, for a total gross cash consideration
of US$8  million. Hill  & Associates  had audited  revenues of  US$20
million in the twelve months to December 2008.

Hill & Associates is the leading risk mitigation consulting  business
in Asia  with  operations  in 14  countries.   The  business  employs
approximately  200  staff  with   a  wide  variety  of   professional
backgrounds to provide Risk Intelligence, Enterprise Risk Management,
Corporate    Intelligence  and  Fraud  Prevention  &  Integrity  Risk
Services to over a thousand clients every year.

The acquisition of  Hill &  Associates supports the  G4S strategy  of
developing  its  capability  to  provide  high-end  risk   consulting
services to  financial  institutions, corporate  multi-nationals  and
other customers and an important step in building a global network of
risk and security consulting businesses.

Ted Devereux, President of G4S's Asia Pacific region commented:  "The
acquisition  of  Hill  &   Associates  significantly  increases   our
capabilities and customer offering  in the region.   I am pleased  to
welcome all of Hill & Associates staff to G4S and am looking  forward
to working with its founding partners Colin Hill and Richard  Hickson
who will be  responsible for  leading the development  of G4S's  Asia
Pacific risk consultancy operations."

Richard Hickson, CEO of Hill & Associates said:  "The combination  of
Hill &  Associates' existing  capabilities  with G4S's  capacity  and
footprint will  provide  our  clients with  an  unparalleled  service
offering encapsulating intelligence, assessment, advice, support  and
response.  Colin  Hill and  I  are very  excited by  the  significant
opportunity to  develop  our business  and  about the  benefits  this
development will bring to our clients and our staff.  We are  looking
forward to working with Ted Devereux  and the team at G4S to  realise
this vision."
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For further enquiries, please contact:
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 1293 554400

Media enquiries:
Alison Flynn -  Media Manager +44 (0) 1293 554400
Kevin Smith -  Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 207 282 1054

Notes to Editors:
G4S is the  world's leading international  security solutions  group,
specialising  in  outsourced  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  110  countries  and  over  585,000  employees.   For   more
information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.

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