G4S plc DK : Notification of Major Shareholding

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30 January 2013

G4S PLC

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING

The company was notified today by Invesco Limited that, following an acquisition of voting rights,
through a chain of controlled undertakings it now holds indirectly voting rights in the company
through ordinary shares over 212,071,075 ordinary shares. This amounts to 15.03% of the company's
total voting rights.

Peter David
Company Secretary

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Notes to Editors:

G4S is the world's leading secure outsourcing 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 657,000
employees. For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com http://www.g4s.com/ .

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