G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global security group, announces that, at its AGM held on 25 May 2017, all the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days' notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% of its own shares.

The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business practice.

The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are:

Resolution
For
%
Against
%
With
held*
Total votes
1.To adopt the
financial statements and reports of directors and auditor
1,270,546,360
99.87
1,590,175
0.13
391,930
1,272,528,465
2.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
1,237,588,612
97.26
34,810,885
2.74
131,465
1,272,530,962
3.To approve the Director's Remuneration Report
1,234,836,790
97.05
37,574,332
2.95
118,840
1,272,529,962
4.To confirm and declare the dividend
1,272,466,761
99.99
24,248
0.01
36,511
1,272,527,520
5.Election of Steve Mogford as a director
1,270,844,121
99.87
1,592,043
0.13
91,356
1,272,527,520
6.Election of Ian Springett as a director
1,270,801,302
99.87
1,599,445
0.13
126,773
1,272,527,520
7.Election of Barbara Thoralfsson
1,271,041,524
99.89
1,394,363
0.11
91,635
1,272,527,522
8.Re-election of Ashley Almanza as a director
1,272,387,923
99.99
47,140
0.01
102,457
1,272,537,520
9. Re-election of John Connolly as a director
1,261,673,910
99.22
9,879,077
0.78
974,533
1,272,527,520
10.Re-election of John Daly as a director
1,268,884,991
99.72
3,552,850
0.28
88,695
1,272,526,536
11.Re-election of Winnie Kin Wah Fok as a director
1,272,353,451
99.99
86,202
0.01
87,867
1,272,527,520
12.Re-election of Paul Spence as a director
1,272,379,024
99.99
61,008
0.01
87,490
1,272,527,522
13.Re-election of Clare Spottiswoode as a director
1,177,465,511
92.80
91,309,180
7.20
3,752,829
1,272,527,520
14.Re-election of Tim Weller as a director
1,272,378,186
99.99
59,895
0.01
89,439
1,272,527,520
15.To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP as auditor
1,267,817,860
99.92
980,934
0.08
3,726,229
1,272,525,023
16.To authorise the audit committee of the board to determine the auditor's remuneration
1,270,995,491
99.88
1,471,018
0.12
61,011
1,272,527,520
17.To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount
1,253,997,840
98.55
18,476,519
1.45
64,161
1,272,538,520
18.Special resolution to give authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
1,263,439,773
99.29
8,977,641
0.71
119,684
1,272,537,098
19.Special resolution to give additional authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
1,218,861,747
95.79
53,558,311
4.21
117,040
1,272,537,098
20.Special resolution to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company
1,265,811,553
99.58
5,340,402
0.42
1,382,565
1,272,534,520
21. Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure
1,262,123,952
99.48
6,615,899
0.52
3,803,524
1,272,543,375
22.Special resolution to authorise the calling of general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) on 14 days' notice
1,202,190,997
94.48
70,299,718
5.52
39,019
1,272,529,734

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions 17 to 22 will be forwarded to the FCA for publication through its document viewing facility where they will shortly be available for inspection atwww.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 82%**.

* Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.

**Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Nigel Fairbrass - Director of Media Relations
+44(0) 7799 894265
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations
+44 (0) 20 8722 2125
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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 over 585,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.

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