Corporate Overview

G4S is the world's leading international security solutions group

G4S plays an important role in society.

G4S…

• specialises in outsourced business processes where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat
• assesses current and future risks and develops secure solutions to minimise their impact
• works across a wide range of geographic markets and business sectors
• is a major provider of risk management and protection to governments and businesses around the world

G4S is a name trusted worldwide

• We operate in over 125 countries
• We are the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 100, Ticker symbol: GFS), with more than 625,000 employees
• We have a secondary listing in Copenhagen
• Our turnover from continuing operations for the year from January to December 2010 was £7,397 million (2009: £7,105m)
• Profit (before interest, tax and amortisation) for the same period was up 4% to £527 million (2009: £506m)
• G4S was formed in 2004 from the merger between Securicor plc and Group 4 Falck A/S’s security business

More about G4S

For more information, see our Culture and Values and the standardised information Company Fact Sheet for Investors provided by Hemscott.

Read our International magazine or the Case Studies highlighting what we do around the world, or take a look in our Social Responsibility section to see the type of organisation we are.