Group 4 Falck: 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 seehttp://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
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UK locations
The main offices of Group 4 Falck’s various subsidiaries in the UK can be found at 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 (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: 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 Falck
12
- 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
References
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