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05.07.03


Group 4 Falck

A Corporate Profile

By Corporate Watch UK
Updated July 2003


3. Who, where, how much?

Who, where, how much?
Group 4 Falck has divided up its activities in five ‘regions’, which all have their regional head offices. For details of which countries fall into each region and the Chief Operating Officers responsible for each region see http://www.group4falck.com/object.php?obj=e7000c . For information on locations in the UK, see Global Solutions and the end of this section.


The overall group head office is in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Group 4 Falck A/S
Polititorvet
DK-1780 Copenhagen
Denmark

Tel: +45 7013 4343
Fax: + 45 3391 0026

E-mail: contact@group4falck.com
Website: www.group4falck.com/object.php?obj=58000c


Region 1:

Group 4 Falck
Rue Souveraine 38
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32 2 552 0780
Fax: + 32 2 552 0768


Region 2:

Same contact details and address as main office above.


Region 3:

Group 4 Falck
Kolingasse 4
A-1090 Vienna
Austria

Tel: +43 1 319 29 90
Fax: +43 1 319 50 90

Region 4: this is not a specified geographical area, but includes all activities within the Global Solutions business area (public-private partnerships). The Global Solutions division is based in Worcestershire, UK. The 250 acre estate is situated above the Cotswold village Broadway, just off the A44.

Group 4 Falck Global Solutions
Farncombe House
Broadway
Worcs. WR12 7 LJ
UK

Tel: +44 1386 85 85 85
Fax: +44 1386 85 28 61

Region 5: (USA)

Wackenhut International, Inc.
4200 Wackenhut Drive #100
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
USA

Tel: (1) 561 691 6799
Fax: (1) 561 691 6721


UK locations

The main offices of Group 4 Falck’s various subsidiaries in the UK can be found at http://www.group4falck.com/object.php?obj=99000c#Anchor-Ukrain-53582. To get the location of some of the local Group 4 Falck offices go to the British Security Industry Association member section on its homepage (http://www.bsia.co.uk/bsia_membersearch.taf ) and do a search for Group 4.

Subsidiaries

Group 4 Falck has subsidiaries in more than 80 countries. For a full list see the ‘Legal Entities’ section in the company's 2002 Annual Report at: http://www.group4falck.com/db/files/annual_report_2002_uk.pdf . One of the more ‘interesting’ holdings of Group 4 is the Wackenhut Corporation (US), which besides being extremely profitable has a rather chequered history. In the UK, Wackenhut is represented by its subsidiary Premier Custodial Services


In the UK Group 4 Falck has 37 legal entities
(100% ultimate ownership unless otherwise stated):

Accommodation Services (Holdings) Ltd 40%
AccuRead Limited 51%
Armabrand Ltd
ECD (Cookham Wood) Ltd 50%
ECD (Onley) Ltd 50%
Education Care and Discipline 3 Ltd 50%
Education Care and Discipline Ltd 50%
Farleigh International Ltd 90%
Fazakerley Prison Services Ltd 50%
Group 4 Amey Immigration Ltd 50%
Group 4 Carillion (Fazakerley) Ltd 50%
Group 4 Carillion (Onley) Ltd 50%
Group 4 Carillion Ltd 50%
Group 4 Cash-in-Transit (Scotland) Ltd
Group 4 Court Services Ltd
Group 4 Falck Global Solutions Limited
Group 4 Falck Global Solutions UK Ltd
Group 4 Falck Joint Ventures Ltd
Group 4 Falck Overseas Holdings Ltd
Group 4 Falck Utility Services Ltd
Group 4 International Resource Centre
Group 4 Management Services Holdings Ltd
Group 4 Prison Services Ltd
Group 4 Securitas (Investments) Ltd
Group 4 Securitas Holdings Ltd
Group 4 Securitas Technology Ltd
Group 4 Securitas Training Ltd
Group 4 Total Security Ltd
Integrated Accommodation Services Plc 40%
North Wiltshire Schools Limited 50%
Onley Prison Services Ltd 50%
Premier Custodial Group Limited
Prison and Court Services Ltd
Rebound ECD Ltd
Securitas Technology Plc
Wackenhut UK Ltd
White Horse Education Partnership Limited 50%



Major Shareholders11

Interest %

Jørgen Philip-Sørensen (chairman of the group) 21.9
Deutsche Bank 11.0
Labour Market Supplementary Pension Fund (ATP) 7.2
Fidelity 6.6
Merrill Lynch 5.0
8,177 employee shares 1.0


Board of Directors of Group 4 Falck12

Jørgen Philip-Sørensen, Chairman
Alf Duch-Pedersen, Deputy Chairman
Henrik Brandt, Johnny Eikeland*
Sir David Gore-Booth
Ketty Jordhøi*
Jens Kampmann
Harald Kortland*
Thorleif Krarup
Waldemar Schmidt
Palle Thirstrup*

* Elected by the employees


Executive Management Board of Group 4 Falck

Lars Nørby Johansen, President and CEO
Derrick Miller, Group Chief Financial Officer
Hans Bennetzen, Group Chief Operating Officer, Europe
Grahame Gibson, Group Chief Operating Officer, the Americas and new markets


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Footnotes

11 Group 4 Falck, Shareholders, www.group4falck.com/object.php?obj=152000c , viewed 28/4/03.
12 Viewed 28/4/03. A fully up to date list of the company’s directors and leading executives can be found on the company’s website at: www.group4falck.com/object.php?obj=31000c