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G4S (GFS)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 100

276.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 292.10
  • 52 Week Low: 219.90
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,404.40m
  • Volume: 3,415,403
  • Market Cap: £3,878.96m
  • RiskGrade: 108
  • Beta: 0.68

Statement re Acquisition Announcement Update

    


3 February 2012



                                    G4S plc
                   G4S Botswana and Trojan Security Services



G4S  (Botswana) Limited  has terminated  the agreement  it signed to acquire the
assets of Trojan Security Services ("Trojan") which was announced on 30 December
2011.  Negotiations with the owners of Trojan are however continuing.



















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|Adam Mynott - Director of Media Relations    |+44 (0) 1293 554400   |
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|Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations|+44 (0) 1293 554400   |
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|John Sunnucks, Tulchan Group                 |+44(0) 0207 353 4200  |
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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 635,000 employees.  For more
information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com .







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