G4S plc UK DK : Directorate change


7 January 2016

G4S PLC

Notification of Board Changes

G4S plc, the world's leading international security solutions provider, announces the following changes to the roles and responsibilities of certain of its non-executive directors.

Mark Elliott, currently the chairman of the board's Remuneration Committee, intends to retire from the board at the conclusion of the company's 2016 Annual General Meeting; having by then served nine years since his first election as a director.  At that time, John Daly will succeed him as Remuneration Committee chairman.  Mr Daly is a current member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Elliott is also the senior independent director and a decision about who will succeed him in that role will be made in due course.

With immediate effect, Paul Spence becomes chairman of the board's Risk Committee.  Mr Spence is already a member of that committee.  John Connolly, the chairman of the board, has chaired the Risk Committee until now and will remain a member of the committee.

                                                                                   

For further enquiries, please contact:
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations        +44 (0)208 722 2125

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Nigel Fairbrass - Director of Media Relations      +44 (0) 7799894265
Mathew Magee - Media Relations Manager         +44 (0) 7841982838

Notes to Editors:

G4S is the leading global, integrated security company, specialising in the provision of security services and solutions to customers.

Our mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all our markets. G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in around 100 countries and has 611,000 employees.

For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.