Brink’s, Incorporated. The Brink’s name is well known around the world. It proudly stands for trust, integrity, security, efficiency and world-class service.

From its beginning as a cartage business on the streets of Chicago more than 145 years ago, Brink’s has grown to become a global leader in secure valuables transportation and logistics solutions around the world.

With more than 650 facilities, 7,800 vehicles and a dedicated staff of 39,000 employees operating in North America, South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Brink’s offers unparalleled global reach. But the “Brink’s Difference” goes beyond scope and size; what distinguishes Brink’s, Incorporated from others in the industry is its security expertise, tradition of innovation, leading technology and financial strength.

More Than Armored Cars

The historical core of the Brink’s business is moving cash and other valuables in an armored vehicle, a service that requires careful management of risk. It can only be consistently performed well by highly trained, quality employees – like those who proudly wear the Brink’s uniform. Our training and hiring practices are second to none, and the well-earned reputation for excellent service is the main reason businesses turn to Brink’s when risk management is critical.

While Brink’s is best-known for its armored trucks, they are but one dimension to the company’s business. Brink’s operates across a broad spectrum of secure logistics that goes beyond pick up and delivery and includes creating powerful, cost-effective solutions to today’s increasingly complex security and information challenges. Brink’s reputation for safety and security, and a commitment to innovation, was the foundation for Brink’s expansion into ATM services, Global Services, coin processing, CompuSafe® services and, more recently, Cash Logistics. Brink’s continues to develop high-tech and web-based solutions such as virtual vault, digital check imaging and the Brink’s iCash™ suite of information tools.

Brink’s today is a leader in providing comprehensive ATM services to banks and other ATM operators. These services include cash replenishment, advanced cash monitoring and forecasting capabilities, deposit pick up and processing. Brink’s also provides web information tools through its ATM Management System that delivers timely and convenient consolidated electronic reports for simplified reconciliation.

Brink’s Global Services is the world’s leading provider of global risk management and secure logistics for valuables, including diamonds, jewelry, precious metals, securities, currency, high-tech devices, electronics and pharmaceuticals. Brink’s offers an integrated security process featuring pick up, secure transportation and storage, and inventory management.

The coin handling process was revolutionized by Brink’s with its development and manufacture of patented high-speed sorting and wrapping machines that have the highest throughput speed of any coin sorting and counting equipment in the industry. It is not surprising that today Brink’s is the world’s leading provider of coin wrapping and processing services for retailers, highway authorities and operators of retail coin counting machines.

CompuSafe® service is an advanced and powerful cash management solution designed for cash-intensive operations including convenience stores, restaurants, retail chains, sports and entertainment venues and hospitals. CompuSafe® service is a proprietary, closed-loop system that incorporates paper currency recognition technology to read and validate bills, secure cassettes for note storage, software for managing sales reconciliation and an electronic interface to integrate with back-office systems and point-of-sale units. With about 4,600 units in service today, Brink’s continues to expand this value-added solution to a wide range of large and small enterprises.

In 2001, Brink’s launched its Cash Logistics business to provide fully integrated management of the entire cycle of cash from point-of-sale through deposit at the bank. The process includes cashier balancing and reporting, deposit processing and consolidation, and electronic information exchange. Cash Logistics enables financial institutions and retailers to outsource non-core activities, allowing them to focus instead on sales and service to their customers.

Introducing the Next Generation of Services

Building on its tradition of innovation and advanced technology, Brink’s continues to develop and introduce the latest value-added service enhancements. With the enactment of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21) in late 2004, legal stature was given to electronic images of paper checks, enabling a faster clearing process. The Brink’s solution provides digital check image capture and electronic presentation throughout its branch network. Combining check imaging with its Cash Logistics services and secure transportation, Brink’s is able to offer banks a means to expand into new markets without bricks and mortar investment. Called virtual vault, this service is an integrated check and cash processing solution enabling commercial deposit processing virtually anywhere in the United States. The latest innovation is Brink’s iCash™, a sophisticated cash vault processing system based on central database technology. It provides financial institutions and retailers with tools to track and manage cash inventories, deposits and change orders online.

Brink’s continues to explore opportunities to leverage the company’s trusted name in security. Brink’s Document Destruction®, a comprehensive security solution for the disposal of confidential wastepaper, is offered in selected cities including New York, Chicago and Boston. This on-site service uses a fleet of trucks equipped with the most advanced paper shredding system available today.

Investing in Growth

In 2004, Brink’s expanded in selected markets around the world. Brink’s acquired a security operation in Greece in which it had been a stakeholder. This business, which includes manned guarding services, benefited in 2004 from the additional security requirements associated with the summer Olympic Games in Athens. In early 2005, Brink’s completed the acquisition of the remainder of an existing operation in Ireland and purchasedsecurity service operations that expand its presence in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg.

In 2004, Brink’s invested more than $75 million to support growth and in particular to strengthen the company’s technology base and to keep pace with the service demands of our customers. We expect to support the growth of Brink’s with increased capital investment in 2005, emphasizing the development of sophisticated information systems that provide customers with greater visibility across the valuables logistics chain.

The Brink’s mission is clear: to be the world’s leading risk manager for cash logistics and high-value markets, offering integrated services driven by forward thinking, advanced technology and the dedication of quality-minded employees.