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For filings with the FSA include the annex  
For filings with issuer exclude the annex  
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
   
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii 		G4S plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached  
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments  
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights  
Other (please specify):    
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii 		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B.

 

Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds Listed in Exhibit C
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv 		See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v 		30 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 3 February 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii 		3%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE 		Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction 		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares 		Number
of
Voting
Rights 		Number
of shares 		Number of voting
rights 		% of  voting rights x
Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect
GB00B01FLG62 46,066,427 46,066,427 47,686,279 47,686,279 0 3.073% 0%
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument 		Expiration
date xiii 		Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv 		Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted. 		% of voting
rights
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument 		Exercise price Expiration date xvii Exercise/
Conversion period xviii 		Number of voting rights instrument refers to

  		% of voting rights xix, xx

 
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

  		Nominal Delta
N/A N/A
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
47,686,279 3.073%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you as of January 30, 2015 we held 10,828,409 shares of G4S Plc.  CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and Stock Account.  It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of G4S Plc is 1,551,594,436 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a .698% level.

 

For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies.  All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.

 

Additionally, affiliates of CREF on January 30, 2015 bought 1,619,852 shares bringing the total owned to 36,857,870 shares of G4S Plc.  These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered investment companies.  The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC.  These affiliated funds, aggregated with those of CREF, own a total of 47,686,279 or 3.073% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.

 

 

(See Exhibit A)

 
 
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/Teachers Advisors, Inc.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold: 		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights: 		N/A
 

13. Additional information:
None
14. Contact name: Peter David, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: + 44(0)1293 554584


EXHIBIT A

TIAA-CREF
Summary of Holdings of G4S Plc
Between January 29, 2015 - January 30, 2015 

  TIAA-CREF
Investment
Management
LLC
("CREF") 		Teachers
Advisors,
Inc. 		Aggregate
Holding
  Global
Equi-
ties
Account 		Stock
Account 		Total
CREF
Holdings 		Total
CREF
% 		TIAA-
CREF
Interna-
tional
Equity
Fund 		TIAA-
CREF
Life
Interna-
tional
Equity
Fund 		TIAA-
CREF
Intl
Equity
Index
Fund 		Total
Mutual
Funds
Holdings 		Total
Mutual
Funds
% 		Total
Holdings 		Total
%
Holdings
as
of
January
29,
2015 		78,478 10,772,805 10,851,283 0.699% 33,690,134 770,850 754,160 35,215,144 2.270% 46,066,427 2.969%
Transactions
as
of
January
30,
2015 		- (22,874) (22,874) -0.001% 1,563,216 79,510 - 1,642,726 0.106% 1,619,852 0.104%
Holdings
as of
January 30,
2015 		78,478 10,749,931 10,828,409 0.698% 35,253,350 850,360 754,160 36,857,870 2.375% 47,686,279 3.073%

Total Voting Shares Outstanding   1,551,594,436  

Exhibit B.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC

College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") *

  • CREF Stock Account
  • CREF Global Equities Account

*     Registered Investment Company

Exhibit C.

Teachers Advisors, Inc.

TIAA-CREF Funds *

  • International Equity Fund
  • International Equity Index Fund

TIAA-CREF Life Funds *

  • Life International Equity Fund

*     Registered Investment Company



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Source: G4S plc UK via Globenewswire
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