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Trust, in a word, is the heart of our business. At The Brink’s Company, safeguarding people and

property is our fundamental responsibility. Every day, we stake our very name and reputation on providing

unparalleled protection. Customers count on us to watch over their families, homes and businesses – and 

to ensure safe passage and reliable storage of their currencies, valuables and commercial goods. They also

count on us to deliver the newest and most advanced security and financial service solutions in the world. 

“We trust Brink’s” is  a  statement  we  hear  all  the  time,  and  it’s  the  highest  compliment  our  customers 
can pay us. 

Table of Contents

Financial Highlights..........................1

To Our Shareholders .........................2

Brink’s, Incorporated........................7

Brink’s Home Security.....................13

2005 Financial Review ......................17

Established in 1859, The Brink’s Company 
is a global leader in security-related services. 
The company has nearly 46,000 employees 
and operates in more than 50 countries. 

Our operating units* include:
– Brink’s, Incorporated: the world’s premier 
provider of secure transportation and cash 
management services

– Brink’s Home Security: one of the largest 
and most successful residential alarm
companies in North America

The Brink’s Company common stock trades 
on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol BCO.

* The BAX Global supply chain management
and transportation business was sold to 
Deutsche Bahn AG on January 31, 2006.

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Financial Highlights

(Operating results for continuing operations, except where noted)

(In millions except per share data)

Operating Results

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Revenues

Brink’s, Incorporated

Brink’s Home Security

Total Revenues

Operating Profit 

Brink’s, Incorporated

Brink’s Home Security

Business Segment

Former Operations

Gain on Sale of Equity Interest

Corporate Expense

Total Operating Profit

Earnings per Share

Continuing Operations(a)
Net Income(a)(b)

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding(a)

$

$

2,157

392

2,549

$

$

1,932

346

2,278

$

$

1,689

310

1,999

$

111.9

$

144.7

$

112.5

87.4

199.3

(39.2)

–

(44.7)

80.8

225.5

(45.9)

–

(42.2)

$

115.4

$

137.4

$

$

0.74

2.50

57.0

$

$

1.29

2.20

55.3

71.2

183.7

(69.5)

10.4

(27.3)

97.3

0.71

0.55

53.2

$

$

$

$

$

$

1,580

282

1,862

96.1

60.9

157.0

(19.2)

–

(23.1)

$

$

$

1,536

258

1,794

92.0

54.9

146.9

–

–

(21.5)

$

114.7

$

125.4

$

$

1.08

0.48

52.4

$

$

1.12

0.31

51.4

Cash Flow from Operating Activities(b)

$

314.0

$

284.9

$

303.7

$

241.3

$

320.1

Total Assets

Long Term Debt, Less Current Maturities

Shareholders’ Equity

3,036.9

251.9

837.5

2,692.7

181.6

688.5

2,548.6

221.5

495.6

2,459.9

304.2

381.2

2,423.2

257.4

476.1

(a) Diluted basis. 
(b) Includes Discontinued Operations.

The financial highlights set forth above should be read only in conjunction with the 2005 Annual Report, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis and the consolidated financial statements.

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To Our Shareholders

The transformation of The Brink’s Company continues
to  gain  momentum.  We  begin  2006  as  a  highly  focused,  financially
strong  and  globally  respected  provider  of  security  and  risk  management 
services.  We  expect  operating  results  to  improve,  and  we’re  aggressively 
pursuing growth opportunities on several fronts.  We’re excited about the future.

The key to success is execution. In recent years, we’ve exited our former coal and natural
resource businesses and have largely overcome the single greatest obstacle to success – our
coal-related “legacy” liabilities. In late 2005, we reached an agreement to sell BAX Global
and laid out plans for use of the expected proceeds. Investors took note of these achieve-
ments and the progress made in refocusing on core strengths. Our share price ended the
year at $47.91, up 21% for the year.  

Earlier  this  year,  on  January  31,  we  completed  the  BAX  Global  divestiture,  which 
generated approximately $1 billion in net proceeds. As promised, we put this cash to work
immediately.  We  reduced  debt  by  $90  million  and  intend  to  pay  down  an  additional 
$95 million. We funded the VEBA (a financing vehicle that pays our coal-related medical
benefit obligations) with another $225 million, which will reduce annual expenses by about
$17 million. On March 9, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved a plan 
to  return  up  to  $600  million  to  shareholders  through  stock  repurchases.  Our  financial 
position has clearly been strengthened, as evidenced by recent upgrades in our credit ratings.  
The next chapter in our transformation – the next test of our ability to execute – is upon
us.  I  assure  you  that  we  are  sharply  focused  on  improving  financial  performance  and 
accelerating growth as a “pure play” in the security business.

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The Brink’s Company
Revenues by Business Segment
($ millions)

Brink’s, Incorporated
Brink’s Home Security

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The Brink’s Company
Operating Profit by Business Segment
($ millions)

Brink’s, Incorporated

Brink’s Home Security

Focused on Improving Results, Poised for Growth 

Our  2005 performance  was  mixed.  A  12% revenue increase in continuing operations was  offset  by a similar decline 

in segment operating profit. Income from continuing operations was 74 cents per share, down from $1.29 in 2004.  

Much  of  the  profit  shortfall  was  due  to  disappointing  results  in  Brink’s,  Incorporated’s  European  operations, 
which absorbed the bulk of $15 million in restructuring and severance expenses. Restructuring efforts are expected to yield
$6 million in 2006 savings and $9 million annually thereafter. We expect to deliver improved results in 2006 and beyond.

Cash flow from continuing operations remained strong at $260 million. At year-end, we had about $96 million in cash
and $313 million in total debt. With the additional debt reduction noted earlier, we are extremely well-positioned to support
internal growth and value-creating acquisitions.     

Leveraging the Brand   

Every day, customers around the world rely on us to protect their property. The Brink’s name is synonymous with trust,

integrity and safety. The major thrust of our growth strategy is to leverage our most valuable asset – the Brink’s brand.       

We have reached a critical juncture in the implementation of this strategy. With the sale of BAX Global behind us, we can
now  focus  exclusively  on  improving  and  growing  our  two  security  businesses  –  Brink’s,  Incorporated  and  Brink’s  Home
Security. Each is a firmly established market leader with compelling opportunities to extend the Brink’s brand into new mar-
kets. Our brand-leveraging strategy is supported by an exceptionally strong financial foundation. We will exercise discipline in
our approach, pursuing only those opportunities that promise to deliver clear operational, financial and strategic benefits. 

The continuing transformation of The Brink’s Company will affect all of our constituencies. Customers will reap the
benefits of a sharply focused security company that is constantly investing in new services and technologies. Management
and employees will be challenged to pursue the opportunities and efficiencies inherent in our transition from a holding
company  to  an  integrated  operating  company.  For  investors,  a  more  efficient  and  focused  company  should  be  easier  to
understand and value.

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To Our Shareholders

Every day, customers around the world rely on us to protect their property. The
Brink’s name is synonymous with trust, integrity and safety.  The major thrust 
of our growth strategy is to leverage our most valuable asset – the Brink’s brand.   

Brink’s, Incorporated

Revenues  at  Brink’s,  Incorporated  rose  12%  in  2005  to  $2.2  billion.  Operating  profit  was  $111.9  million,  down  23%. 
The decline in operating margin to 5.2% was driven by a variety of factors including higher operating costs, higher safety and
security expenses, and substantial restructuring and severance costs. In 2006, we expect percentage sales growth in the high 
single-digits and operating margins should rebound toward 7%.

Our primary focus is on improving financial performance in Europe. With stronger results in France leading the way, we’re
confident  that  revenue  and  profits  in  Europe  will  rebound  during  2006.  Our  restructuring  efforts,  particularly  in  the  U.K.,
Belgium  and  the  Netherlands,  should  yield  tangible  dividends  in  the  near  term.  Improving  results  in  Germany  and  Ireland 
is another goal.

The ongoing integration of recent acquisitions should also benefit 2006 results. During 2005, we completed acquisitions in
Ireland, the U.K., and Luxembourg. We also entered new markets by acquiring Cash-in-Transit businesses in Hungary, Poland
and the Czech Republic, and will continue to use the Brink’s brand to penetrate fast-growing markets in Eastern Europe.

In Latin America, a relatively stable business environment led to solid
results in 2005, and we expect continued improvement during 2006. In the
Asia-Pacific region, we’re actively seeking opportunities to further establish
our brand in China and several other markets.

Our North American operations will continue to use the Brink’s brand
to  pursue  new  opportunities  with  large  financial  institutions  and  retail
chains.  Cost  reduction,  improved  safety  and  security  performance,  and
technology development are important priorities.

We will continue to pursue opportunities in our traditional armored
car  operations  while  expanding  further  into  cash  processing,  where  the 
potential for revenue and margin growth is very attractive. Our customer
base,  historically  comprised  of  banks  and  other  financial  institutions,  is 
expanding and now includes a growing roster of retail businesses. We’re 
making steady progress in our efforts to help retailers outsource their cash
management  functions.  We  will  continue  to  invest  aggressively  in  new
information technologies that strengthen our ability to provide first-rate
security and risk management services to a broader array of customers.  

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The Brink’s Company 
Net Financings*
($ millions)

* Debt (including short-term and long-term borrowings), 
plus amount sold under receivables securitization facility, 
less cash and cash equivalents. See Capitalization in 
Management's Discussion and Analysis. See 
reconciliation to GAAP on page 58.

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Brink’s Home Security

At  Brink’s  Home  Security,  2005  profits  were  $87.4  million,  up  8%.  Revenue  increased  13%  to
$392.1  million.  The  effects  of  Hurricane  Katrina  temporarily  increased  subscriber  disconnect  rates 
and suppressed profits. In 2006, revenue and profit growth should exceed 10%.    

Brink’s  Home  Security  is  the  second  largest  residential  monitored  alarm  company  in  North
America, and a growing player in the commercial market. Our customer base grew 11% in 2005, 
and  now  includes  more  than  one  million  subscribers  who  generate  approximately  $29.1  million 
in monthly recurring revenue (see reconciliation to GAAP on page 33).

As in other markets, the Brink’s name is a valuable asset in the continuing growth of our monitor-
ing business. Trust, integrity, outstanding service and premium product design are routinely expected
by our customers. For the third consecutive year, Brink’s Home Security was recognized for call center 
customer satisfaction excellence under the J. D. Power and Associates Certified Call Center ProgramSM.  
We are also the only security company in the U.S. to earn Installation Quality (IQ) Certification from
the  Installation  Certification  Board.  The  2006  start-up  of  our  new  monitoring  center  in  Knoxville,
Tennessee, will further strengthen our service while improving efficiency and overall productivity.

Our 65 branch locations form the backbone of our success. Alliances with major national home
builders and inspection companies, as well as a network of more than 100 security system dealers, are
also  keys  to  continued  growth  in  the  residential  security  market.  Our  growing  presence  in 
commercial markets is yet another opportunity to leverage the Brink’s brand.

Michael T. Dan

Chairman, President 

and Chief Executive Officer

A New Chapter

The  next  chapter  in  the  history  of  The  Brink’s  Company  will  be  marked  by  continued  change. 
The external changes of recent years have reshaped our company in many ways. We are more focused and financially stronger than
ever. As a result, each of our business units is well-positioned to leverage the Brink’s  brand into new markets.  

To maximize our opportunities, we must also change internally. The holding company structure, culture and management
style  no  longer  make  sense.  Our  goal  is  to  accelerate  our  transformation  into  a  fully  integrated  operating  organization  that 
is  highly  efficient  and  responsive  to  customer  needs.  We  are  finally  positioned  for  a  new  era  of  growth,  and  we  intend 
to take full advantage.    

I’ll close by offering my gratitude to our Board of Directors, management team and more than 45,000 employees worldwide
for  their  many  contributions.  In  particular,  I  would  like  to  recognize  the  remarkable  commitment  of  our  employees,  many 
of whom continue to perform admirably in very trying and often hazardous conditions.    

Finally, I thank our shareholders. We remain committed to delivering profitable growth and value over the long term.  

Sincerely,

Michael T. Dan
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
The Brink’s Company
March 9, 2006

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Société Générale. Brink’s Customer Since 1961

Profile:

Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro zone. 

The Group’s three key businesses are: Retail Banking & Financial Services, 

Global Investment Management & Services and Corporate & Investment Banking.

““WWee  ffeeeell  iitt  iiss  iinn  oouurr  bbeesstt  iinntteerreessttss,,  aanndd  tthhee  bbeesstt  iinntteerreessttss  
ooff  oouurr  ccuussttoommeerrss,,  ttoo  uussee  BBrriinnkk’’ss..  BBrriinnkk’’ss  iiss  aa  ttrruuee  bbuussiinneessss  
ppaarrttnneerr  tthhaatt  wwee  ccaann  ddeeppeenndd  oonn  ttoo  ccoonnttiinnuuoouussllyy  ddeevveelloopp  
tteecchhnnoollooggyy  aanndd  sseerrvviicceess  tthhaatt  eennhhaannccee  ssaaffeettyy  aanndd  
iimmpprroovvee  eeffffiicciieennccyy..””

AAllaaiinn  BBllaanncchhoott,,  LLooggiissttiiccss  DDiirreeccttoorr

Customer Need:

Société Générale currently outsources more than 50% of its cash management activities 

to Brink’s, including Cash-in-Transit, money processing and ATM (automated teller machine) 

services. The bank challenged Brink’s to help maintain customer access to ready cash while 

instituting a just-in-time system to reduce cash inventory throughout its ATM network. The goal

was to minimize the amount of cash stored in ATMs without affecting customer service.

Brink’s Solution:

Brink’s installed its cash inventory optimization software, which enables Société Générale 

to remotely monitor and manage cash levels at each ATM. With less cash on site, the bank’s

ATMs are less likely to become crime targets. In addition, with electronic access to cash 

withdrawal data, the bank can accurately predict daily and weekly cash needs at each ATM

location. Service calls, previously required to manually check and replenish each ATM, have

dropped dramatically. Thanks to Brink’s, Société Générale’s customers and assets are safer,

and the bank is more efficient.   

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Brink’s, Incorporated. The Brink’s
brand is a globally respected bond of trust– 

a symbol of our commitment to deliver the

highest level of security in the world.

Brink’s,  Incorporated  is  a  leading  provider  of  armored  car  transportation,
ATM  (automated  teller  machine)  servicing,  currency  and  coin  processing,
secure transportation of valuables, and other security-related services. Our
customers  include  banks  and  financial  institutions,  retail  and  commercial
operations, and governmental agencies around the world. 

For  nearly  150  years,  the  world  has  trusted  Brink’s  to  transport  and 
safeguard its most precious valuables. Today, Brink’s ranks as a global leader in
secure  valuables  transportation  and  logistics  solutions,  with  more  than  700 
facilities,  8,400  vehicles  and  approximately  42,000  employees  in  North  and
South  America,  Europe,  the  Middle  East,  Africa  and  the  Asia-Pacific  region.
Customers  throughout  the  world  rely  on  our  security  expertise  and  innovative
technologies to minimize risk and increase operating efficiency. 

Simply put, people count on Brink’s to deliver “Secure Logistics. Worldwide.”

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Profile:

Attijariwafa Bank. Brink’s Customer Since 2003

Attijariwafa Bank is Africa’s eighth largest bank and the leading banking and financial services

group in the Maghreb region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Attijariwafa Bank was formed from

the successful merger between Wafabank and Banque Commerciale du Maroc. Services include

retail, corporate and investment banking, specialized financial services, private banking, asset 

management and insurance.

““WWee  ddeecciiddeedd  ttoo  ppaarrttnneerr  wwiitthh  BBrriinnkk’’ss  ffoorr  sseevveerraall  rreeaassoonnss..
BBrriinnkk’’ss  hhaass  aa  gglloobbaall  ffoooottpprriinntt,,  aann  iinntteeggrraatteedd  aapppprrooaacchh  
ttoo  sseeccuurriittyy  sseerrvviicceess,,  aanndd  aa  bbrrooaadd  aanndd  pprroovveenn  rraannggee  ooff  
sseeccuurriittyy--rreellaatteedd  sseerrvviicceess..  BBrriinnkk’’ss  iiss  aallssoo  aa  mmaarrkkeett  lleeaaddeerr
aanndd,,  lliikkee  uuss,,  hhaass  aann  aammbbiittiioouuss  mmaarrkkeett  eexxppaannssiioonn  ssttrraatteeggyy..
WWee  ccaann  ggrrooww  ttooggeetthheerr  aass  ppaarrttnneerrss..””

BBoouubbkkeerr  JJaaÏÏ,,  GGeenneerraall  MMaannaaggeerr,,  AAttttiijjaarriiwwaaffaa  BBaannkk

Customer Need:

This fast-growing institution aims to become a key contributor to Morocco’s economic 

development by building on its regional foothold and competing internationally. Sustaining 

rapid growth, while maintaining service quality to a diverse spectrum of customers, is a major 

challenge. To meet this challenge, Attijariwafa Bank needed a highly dependable provider 

of a broad range of security services. 

Brink’s Solution:

Banks and their customers value trust, security and first-rate service – the qualities Brink’s is

known for worldwide. Attijariwafa Bank entrusted Brink’s with its cash management by outsourcing

Cash-in-Transit and money processing. Brink’s is also being considered for ATM (automated teller

machine) management and guarding services. To help the bank achieve its aggressive growth

plans, Brink’s continues to invest in additional personnel and infrastructure. With help from 

Brink’s, Attijariwafa Bank is prudently managing risk as it improves efficiency and enhances 

customer service.

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Cash-in-Transit 

For  Cash-in-Transit  services,  Brink’s  sets  the  quality  standard.  From  bank  deposits  to  ATM
cash replenishments and coin delivery, Brink’s has been safely transporting valuables since 1859.
The widely recognized Brink’s truck is a veritable vault on wheels, staffed by an elite class of highly
trained security professionals.  

Moving cash and other valuables in an armored vehicle requires practices that are both rigorous
and  resourceful.  To  anticipate  and  manage  risk,  Brink’s  employs  today’s  top  intelligence  and 
technology  resources.  Our  armored  vehicles  are  symbols  of  security  on  the  streets  of  commerce
around the globe.

A Broad Range of Security Solutions

Brink’s offers cost-effective solutions for many complex security and information challenges.
Our commitment to innovation has yielded a wide range of popular business products and services. 
ATM. Brink’s manages nearly 67,000 ATM units worldwide for banks and other cash dispens-
ing operators. This growing global business includes cash replenishment, advanced cash monitor-
ing  and  forecasting  capabilities,  deposit  pick-up  and  processing  services.  Through  our  ATM
Management Systems, Brink’s also offers online tools that deliver consolidated electronic reports
for simplified reconciliation.

Global  Services. Brink’s  is  the  world’s  leading  provider  of  risk  management  and  secure 
logistics  for  valuables  including  diamonds,  jewelry,  precious  metals,  securities,  currency,  high-
tech  devices,  electronics  and  pharmaceuticals.  Customers  depend  on  our  integrated  security
processes for convenient pick-up, secure transport and storage, and inventory management.

Coin  processing. The  world’s  leader  in  coin  wrapping  and  processing  services,  Brink’s 
pioneered  the  development  of  high-speed  sorting  and  wrapping  machines.  Every  day,  retailers,
coin-counting  machine  operators  and  highway  authorities  rely  on  our  patented  equipment’s
throughput speed – the highest in the industry – for convenience and efficiency. 

CompuSafe® Service. Cash-intensive  operations  like  convenience  stores,  restaurants,  retail
chains,  entertainment  venues,  and  hospitals  rely  on  Brink’s  CompuSafe® Service  to  protect  cash
transactions from theft and shrinkage – from the time a customer pays until money is deposited in the
bank. Our closed-loop system features currency recognition technology, secure storage and electron-
ic interface for back-office systems and point-of-sale units. Brink’s now operates more than 5,000
CompuSafe® units.  Emerging  opportunities  include  higher  capacity  safes  and  service  to  the
fast-food and retail markets.

Brink’s has been safely transporting valuables since 1859. The widely 
recognized Brink’s truck is a veritable vault on wheels, staffed by an elite 
class of highly trained security professionals.

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Richemont Asia Pacific Ltd. Brink’s Customer Since 1999

Richemont is a global leader in luxury goods including jewelry, watches, clothing and 

writing instruments. An impressive portfolio of leading international brands speaks for itself – 

examples include Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Alfred Dunhill, Montblanc and Lancel. Along 

with Vacheron Constantin, Richemont also owns the prestigious watch manufacturers 

Jaeger-leCoultre, Piaget, Baume & Mercier, IWC, A. Lange & Söhne and Officine Panerai.

““WWee  hhaavvee  bbeeeenn  uussiinngg  BBrriinnkk’’ss  sseerrvviicceess  ffoorr  yyeeaarrss,,  ffoorr  bbootthh
iimmppoorrtt  aanndd  eexxppoorrtt  sseerrvviicceess,,  aass  wweellll  aass  ooccccaassiioonnaall  ddoommeessttiicc
ddeelliivveerryy..  TThheeyy  hhaavvee  pprroovveenn  ttoo  bbee  aa  rreelliiaabbllee  ppaarrttnneerr  aanndd  
vveerryy  pprrooffeessssiioonnaall  iinn  hhaannddlliinngg  vvaalluuaabbllee  pprroodduuccttss..””

LLooggaann  LLaamm,,  GGeenneerraall  MMaannaaggeerr,,  LLooggiissttiiccss

Customer Need:

Brink’s research showed that the luxury goods market faces many challenges in proper 

handling and protection of high-value items during product supply and distribution. Richemont 

Asia Pacific was accustomed to working with general cargo forwarders that ship a mix of high 

and low value products. As a major exporter of highly valuable goods, Richemont needed 

a dependable secure logistics provider that could meet its very specialized needs. 

Brink’s Solution:

Richemont selected us, and they are now one of Brink’s top five customers in Hong Kong.

Our customized security solutions enable us to deliver large volumes of luxury goods, door-to-

door, and ensure safe storage. We also provide Richemont with consolidation, private show

and customs clearance services. Our business with Richemont is growing in Hong Kong due,

in part, to our worldwide network which includes locations in Australia, Taiwan and Singapore.

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Cash Processing. Now businesses can outsource the entire cycle of cash,
from point-of-sale through deposit at the bank. Our customers trust Brink’s
for  expert  management  of  their  cashier  balancing  and  reporting,  deposit
processing  and  consolidation,  and  electronic  information  exchange. 
By  relying  on  Brink’s  for  efficient  cash  management,  our  customers  can
focus on what they do best – selling products and services to their customers.

Competitive Technology

Brink’s  continues  to  provide  a  true  competitive  edge  for  customers
through advanced technology applications. Our high-tech solutions include
Brink’s Virtual Vault, iCash™, Secure Data Services and a host of web-based
information tools.

Virtual Vault. More than 100 Virtual Vault locations provide integrated
check and cash processing services that convert checks to digital images. By
enabling  real-time  commercial  deposit  processing,  we’re  helping  banks
expand  into  new  markets  across  the  United  States  with  minimal 
capital investment.

iCash™. Based on central database technology, iCash™ is a sophisticat-
ed cash vault processing system that provides online tools for tracking and
managing cash inventories, deposits and change orders.

Secure Data Services. Brink’s Secure Data Solutions protect confidential
corporate  and  customer  records  against  identity  and  information 
theft  during  transport,  storage  and  destruction.  For  on-site  confidential
wastepaper  disposal,  our  Document  Destruction®  trucks  are  equipped  with
today’s  most  advanced  paper  shredding  system.  Originally  available  in  New
York, Chicago and Boston, this service expanded to Dallas and Phoenix in 2005.
Web-based  information  tools. Our  electronic  toolkit  includes 
iDeposit,  a  secure  cash  management  tool  integrating  barcode  technology;
iInfo,  a  real-time  centralized  data  warehouse  for  research  and  reporting;
iOrder, for real-time change order management; and iAlert, for real-time 
output of exception reports.

Future Growth

Our  vision  is  to  be  the  world’s  leading  risk  manager  for  cash  logistics 
and other high-value markets. In 2005, Brink’s continued to invest heavily
to  support  best-in-class  technology  growth.  Our  supply  chain  strategies
focus on building industry-leading infrastructure, continuous improvement
to drive out cost, a broad solutions approach, and centralized customer and
business  support.  We  will  continue  to  expand  globally  through  internal
growth and acquisitions.

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$2,157

$1,932

$1,536

$1,580

$1,689

01 

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Brink’s, Incorporated
Revenues
($ millions)

$145

$113

$112

$96

$92

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Brink’s, Incorporated
Operating Profit
($ millions)

Life Saver Awards. Earned by Brink’s Employees Since 1998

Profile:

People you can count on. Brink’s Home Security’s Life Saver awards recognize employees 

whose actions directly result in saving a customer’s life or preventing damage to a customer’s

home or business. 

At Brink’s Home Security, Life Saver Award-winning employees like Stephen George, 
Jennifer Lemons, Mark Cox, Rexa Dunn and Valarie Roberson (not pictured) provide 
rapid response and peace of mind to our customers.

Brink’s Responds:

FFiirree//SSmmookkee  DDeetteeccttoorr  aallaarrmm

On March 6, 2005, at 9:23 a.m., Brink’s Home Security employee Valarie Roberson received 

a residential Fire/Smoke Detector alarm at our Customer Monitoring Center. When she contacted

the home to verify the alarm, no one answered her call. Instead, she was connected to a voice

mailbox. Valarie immediately notified the local fire department. Firefighters quickly rescued 

our customer from a smoke-filled room, where she had fallen asleep while cooking.

MMeeddiiccaall  PPaanniicc  aallaarrmm

On March 19, 2005, at 1:42 p.m., Brink’s Home Security employee Stephen George received 

a Medical Panic alarm at our Customer Monitoring Center. While calling the home to verify the

alarm, Stephen realized that our customer’s mother was in the midst of cardiac arrest. Stephen

reacted quickly. Emergency medical personnel arrived within two minutes of our call, provided

immediate treatment and transported the patient to a local hospital, where she received 

additional care before recovering.

DDeeddiiccaatteedd  ttoo  rraappiidd  rreessppoonnssee

Whenever danger strikes, time is of the essence. Brink’s Home Security employees enable fire,

emergency medical responders, police and other authorities to respond quickly. We are proud 

to work side-by-side with these highly trained heroes, and applaud them for being there when 

it really counts. 

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Brink’s Home Security. 
More than one million subscribers
throughout North America trust us 
for dependable monitoring, rapid response

and peace of mind.

As  the  second  largest  residential  alarm  company  in  North  America,
Brink’s Home Security has earned the trust of customers who depend on us
to protect their families and homes. 

Award-Winning Service

In  2005,  several  widely  respected  organizations  that  measure  service 
quality recognized Brink’s Home Security for performance excellence. For the
third  consecutive  year,  J.D.  Power  &  Associates  recognized  Brink’s  Home
Security  for  customer  service  excellence  under  its  Call  Center  ProgramSM. 
For certification, a call center must perform within the top 20% of customer
service,  based  on  internal  metrics  and  external  measures  of  customer 
satisfaction.  To  qualify,  Brink’s  Home  Security  passed  a  detailed  audit 
of  its  recruiting,  training,  employee  incentives,  leadership  roles  and 
responsibilities, and quality assurance capabilities.

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Brink’s Home Security strives to exceed customer expectations by fostering 
a culture that stresses outstanding service, dependability and rapid response.

Brink’s Home Security ranks as the only security company in the United Stated to earn
Installation  Quality  (IQ)  Certification  from  the  distinguished  Installation  Certification
Board.  This  highly  respected  organization  of  police,  fire,  insurance,  security  and  state 
regulatory  professionals  honored  Brink’s  Home  Security  for  its  compliance  with  strict
guidelines for security system installation, false alarm reduction, and customer service. 

Peace of Mind, 24 Hours a Day

Alarms  and  customer  calls  are  handled  from  state-of-the-art  Customer  Monitoring
Centers in Irving, Texas, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Using the latest technology, our highly
trained monitoring representatives and customer care specialists provide “peace of mind,
24 hours a day” to people throughout North America.  

Brink’s Home Security information systems and online tools include:
MyCustomer. Using the MyCustomer online system, Brink’s Home Security represen-
tatives  can  quickly  locate  information  about  customer  accounts  and  equipment  features, 
as well as use diagnostic tools to respond quickly to customer questions.

Mybrinks.com. On  the  Brink’s  Home  Security  customer  website,  people  can  access 
current  account  information,  update  emergency  contacts,  learn  more  about  their  home
security system, review commonly asked questions and take advantage of Brink’s EasyPay™
online  bill  payment.  The  preference  for  self-service  options  is  growing.  More  than 
25%  of  customer  inquiries  are  now  handled  through  Brink’s  online  tools  and 
telephone voice response system.

Handheld  diagnostics. Our  installation  and  service  technicians  now  use  highly 
accurate mobile handheld devices that accurately track and transmit data, and provide on-
the-spot diagnostic capabilities. 

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1,019

921

834

767

714

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Brink’s Home Security
Total Subscribers
(thousands)

7.6

7.1

6.9

6.6

6.7*

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Brink’s Home Security
Subscriber Disconnect Rate
(percent)

*Excludes impact of Hurricane Katrina

Creating Customers for Life

Brink’s  Home  Security  strives  to  exceed  customer  expectations  by
fostering  a  culture  that  stresses  outstanding  service,  dependability  and
rapid  response.  This  commitment  to  “Creating  Customers  for  Life”  is
evident  from  sales  and  installation  through  security  monitoring  and 
customer  care.  To  support  this  culture,  our  company  founded  Brink’s
University in 1993 for all outside sales representatives of Brink’s Home
Security.  Weeklong  sessions  ensure  a  consistent,  accurate  training 
experience for our sales force. The benefits of comprehensive instruc-
tion  are  then  shared  with  prospective  customers  through  high-quality
Brink’s Home Security product and service demonstrations. 

Brink’s  Home  Security  continues  to  cultivate  a  subscriber  base  in 
densely  populated  regions  of  the  United  States  and  western  Canada.  We 
target  our  marketing  efforts  at  homeowners  and  business  managers  with
solid credit histories who value high-quality security services.

Channels for Growth

Market  penetration  of  residential  alarm  systems  in  the  U.S.  is  less
than  30%.  To  capitalize  on  this  growth  opportunity,  Brink’s  Home
Security continues to invest extensively in acquiring new subscribers and
developing new technology and security solutions.

In 2005, Brink’s Home Security invested more than $162 million in
capital outlays, primarily to support new customer installations. Service
capabilities  were  strengthened  by  ongoing  investments  in  information
technology and training. In 2006, our new Customer Monitoring Center
opened  in  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  This  new  facility  will  accommodate
business growth and strengthen back-up service capabilities.  

Retrofitting  existing  single-family  homes  is  the  primary  source  of
our subscriber growth. We are also pursuing growth through other sales
channels and expanding into new markets. One example is Brink’s Home

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Brink’s Home Security is also continuing to pursue growth by providing 
security services in the small business and commercial market segments.

Technologies,  which  offers  professional,  comprehensive  home  technology  solutions 
to homebuilders. Bundling home security and low-voltage wiring solutions makes Brink’s 
a convenient, easy-to-use, one-stop option. We work closely with most of the top U.S. home
builders  to  meet  increasing  consumer  demand  for  synchronized  security,  entertainment
and  communication  technologies.  Our  experts  install  wiring  and  cabling  that  integrate
home  security,  broadband  connections,  home  theater  and  surround  sound,  intercoms,
security cameras and multi-room stereo systems. 

Most of our customers are served by 65 company-owned branch locations in the U.S.
and  western  Canada.  Our  dealer  network  is  also  an  important  sales  and  distribution 
channel, accounting for approximately 17% of our security system installations. More than
100  highly  trained  dealers  in  120  markets  help  us  expand  our  footprint  and  leverage  our 
national marketing programs. Brink’s Home Security is also continuing to pursue growth 
by providing security services in the small business and commercial market segments.

$392

$346

$310

$87

$81

$71

$282

$258

$61

$55

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Brink’s Home Security
Revenues
($ millions)

Brink’s Home Security
Operating Profit
($ millions)

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2005 Financial Review

Table of Contents

Management’s Discussion and Analysis...........18

Management’s Report on Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting ...................74

Reports of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.............................75-76

Consolidated Financial Statements..................77

Notes to Consolidated 
Financial Statements......................................82

Selected Financial Data .................................131

Board of Directors and 
Senior Management......................................132

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

OPERATIONS 

The Brink’s Company 

Executive Overview 

The Brink’s Company (along with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) conducts business in the security industry 
through two wholly owned subsidiaries: 

(cid:120)

Brink’s, Incorporated (“Brink’s”) 

(cid:120)

Brink’s Home Security, Inc. (“BHS”) 

Brink’s offers services globally including armored 
car transportation, automated teller machine 
(“ATM”) replenishment and servicing, currency and 
deposit processing including its “Cash Logistics” 
operations, coin sorting and wrapping, arranging 
the secure air transportation of valuables (“Global 
Services”), the deploying and servicing of safes and 
safe control devices, including its patented 
CompuSafe(cid:163) service and transporting, sorting and 
destroying sensitive information (“Secure Data 
Solutions”). 

BHS offers monitored security services in North 
America primarily for owner-occupied, single-
family residences.  To a lesser extent, BHS offers 
security services for commercial and multi-family 
properties.  BHS typically installs and owns the on-
site security systems and charges fees to monitor 
and service the systems. 

Management’s approach to each of its security businesses is similar, with a focus on quality service, the brand, risk 
management and a patient and disciplined approach to markets.  Management believes each business is a premium 
provider of services in the markets that it serves.  The Company’s marketing and sales efforts are enhanced by its 
brands so the Company seeks to protect their value.  Since the Company’s services focus on handling, transporting, 
and protecting valuables, its employees strive to understand and manage risk.  Overlaying management’s approach 
is an understanding that the Company must be disciplined and patient enough to charge fair prices that reflect the 
value provided, the risk assumed and the need for an adequate return for the Company’s investors. 

The business environments in which the Company’s security businesses operate around the world are constantly 
changing.  Management must continually adapt to changes in the competitive landscapes, economies in different 
parts of the world and even each customer’s level of business.  To be successful, management must be able to 
balance requirements of local laws and regulations, risk and the effects of changing demand on the utilization of its 
resources.  As a result, the Company operates largely on a decentralized basis so local management can adjust 
operations to its unique circumstances. 

For the same reasons that the Company operates on a decentralized basis, short-term forecasts of performance are 
difficult to make with precision.  As a result, the Company does not provide detailed earnings forecasts.   

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

The Company measures financial performance on a long-term basis.  The key financial factors on which it focuses 
are:

(cid:120)
(cid:120)
(cid:120)

Growth in revenues and earnings 
Generation of cash flow 
Creation of value through solid returns on capital 

These and similar measures are critical components of the Company’s incentive compensation programs and 
performance evaluations. 

The Company sold BAX Global Inc. (“BAX Global”), a wholly owned freight transportation subsidiary, in January 
2006 for $1.1 billion in cash.  Net after-tax proceeds are expected to approximate $1.0 billion.  The Company 
immediately contributed $225 million of the proceeds to a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association Trust 
(“VEBA”) designated to pay retiree medical obligations of former coal operations and paid down $46 million of 
short-term debt.  The Company expects to use the remaining after-tax proceeds to: 

(cid:120)
(cid:120)

(cid:120)

repay up to approximately $140 million of debt,  
repurchase between $400 million and $600 million of the Company’s common stock, subject to approval 
of the Company’s Board of Directors, and 
support future growth and other activities of the Company. 

The Company initially retained ownership of Air Transport International, LLC (“ATI”), BAX Global’s former 
airline subsidiary, pending receipt of required regulatory approvals.  Regulatory approval was obtained and ATI 
was sold on February 28, 2006.   

BAX Global’s results of operations, including ATI, have been reported as discontinued operations for all years 
reported.  The Company has indemnified the purchaser for various liabilities and contingencies associated with 
BAX Global’s operations prior to the date of sale.  These indemnities are not expected to generate significant 
ongoing expenses or cash flows, although the Company expects to pay $23 million for retained tax liabilities over 
the next two or three years.  

The Company previously sold its natural resource businesses and has retained significant liabilities associated with 
former coal operations.  Since these liabilities are expected to generate ongoing expenses and require significant 
cash outflows, the Company considers liability management and funding to be an important activity. 

Information about the Company’s liabilities and assets related to its former businesses is contained in a number of 
sections of this report, including: 

(cid:120)
(cid:120)

Retained Liabilities and Assets of Former Operations 
Application of Critical Accounting Policies 

Disclosures in the first section show five-year projections for estimated ongoing payments and expense associated 
with the retained obligations of the former operations and reconcile a Company-defined measure of these retained 
obligations, “Legacy Value,” to corresponding measures under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 
(“GAAP”).  The second section discusses critical estimates used and provides a sensitivity analysis for these 
estimates.

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

Overview of Results 

(In millions) 

Income (loss) from: 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

2005

2004

2003 

2005 

2004

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 
Cumulative effect of change in  
  accounting principle 

  Net income  

$ 

$ 

42.3 
105.5 

(5.4) 
142.4 

71.5
50.0 

- 
121.5

37.9 
(8.5) 

- 
29.4 

(41) 
111 

NM 
17 

89 
NM 

- 
200+ 

The income (loss) items in the above table are reported after tax. 

Continuing Operations 

2005
Income from continuing operations was lower in 2005 compared to 2004 as a result of a lower operating profit and 
a higher-than-normal 2005 effective tax rate.  Operating profit declined in 2005 versus 2004 as lower operating 
profit at Brink’s was partially offset by higher operating profit at BHS.  Brink’s operating profit decreased due 
primarily to higher operating costs including restructuring charges in several European countries, U.S. pension 
costs and increased safety and security costs.  BHS operating profit increased due to growth in revenues resulting 
primarily from increases in the number of subscribers.  The effective tax rate was higher than normal in 2005, as a 
result of the recording of valuation allowances against tax assets in certain countries and a higher level of losses in 
countries for which the Company does not record tax benefit from such losses. 

2004
Income from continuing operations in 2004 was higher than in 2003 primarily due to a $40.1 million increase in 
operating profit as a result of improvements in Brink’s and BHS and lower expenses of $23.6 million related to 
former coal operations.   In addition, the return to a more-normal effective tax rate in 2004 contributed to the 
improved results.  The 2003 tax rate was higher due primarily to recording valuation allowances related to deferred 
tax assets for foreign tax jurisdictions.  Offsetting these factors was an increase in 2004 corporate expenses of 
$14.9 million partially due to costs related to internal controls documentation and testing mandated by section 404 
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Costs related to incentive compensation were also higher in 2004 than in 2003.  
The Company recorded a one-time $4.4 million pretax gain within other income (expense), net during 2004 upon 
conversion of the Company’s VEBA from a general corporate asset to one specifically restricted to pay certain coal-
related postretirement liabilities.  In addition, 2003 included a one-time $10.4 million pretax gain on the sale of 
an equity interest in a natural resource business. 

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Business Segments 
Brink’s operating profit in 2005 was lower than 2004, but 2004 operating profit was higher than 2003.  BHS 
reported improved operating profit in both 2005 and 2004 over prior-year periods.   

Brink’s.  Revenues in 2005 increased from 2004 primarily as a result of acquisitions and growth in existing 
operations.  Exchange rate fluctuations had little impact on revenues in 2005, however, revenues in 2004 benefited 
from the effects of the weaker U.S. dollar in 2004 compared to 2003.  Operating profits were lower in 2005 
compared to 2004, largely due to higher costs in Europe, increased restructuring and severance costs in various 
European countries, higher U.S. pension costs and higher safety and security costs.   

BHS.  BHS reported 13% growth in revenues in 2005 and 11% in 2004.  BHS experienced strong growth in 
operating profit in 2005 (8%) and 2004 (13%) resulting primarily from subscriber growth and improved efficiency 
from the providing of recurring services to a larger subscriber base.  The average number of subscribers increased 
11% in 2005 over 2004 and 10% in 2004 over 2003.  Growth in operating profit in 2005 over 2004 was not as 
strong as the prior year primarily as a result of higher costs related to the home technology business. 

Former Operations 
Expenses related to former operations in 2005 were $6.7 million lower than 2004 primarily as a result of gains 
from the sale of substantially all of the Company’s remaining mining interests in Kentucky and the recognition of a 
gain on previously sold West Virginia coal assets due to the transfer of liabilities to the buyer.   

Expenses related to former operations were $23.6 million lower in 2004 compared to 2003.  The decrease in 2004 
was due to:

(cid:120)
(cid:120)

(cid:120)

recording a benefit from enactment of the Medicare reform bill in December 2003,
recording the benefit from projected investment income from the Company’s VEBA trust after the 
restriction of the VEBA to pay certain retiree medical benefit obligations, and 
a reduction in coal-related administration and other expenses as the related operations wound down. 

In 2003, the Company recorded a $10.4 million pretax gain on the sale of shares in an Australian gold and nickel 
exploration and mining company.   

Income Taxes 
The Company’s effective tax rate on income from continuing operations was 54% in 2005, 36% in 2004 and 49% 
in 2003.  The effective tax rate varied from statutory rates in these periods primarily due to changes in valuation 
allowances for deferred tax assets and the resolution of contingent tax matters.  The effective tax rate in 2005 was 
unusually high due to $10.0 million in new valuation allowances, a higher amount of pretax losses being incurred in 
countries for which the Company does not recognize a tax benefit from losses, and the recording of $3 million in 
additional tax on the repatriation of $49 million in dividends under the American Jobs Creation Act.  Valuation 
allowance increases in 2005 primarily related to three international operations.  Valuation allowance increases of 
$2.1 million were recorded in 2004 for deferred tax assets.  The effective income tax rate on continuing operations 
in 2003 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to recording income tax expense of $15.5 million 
for net valuation allowance adjustments for a portion of Brink’s foreign deferred tax assets. 

The Company currently estimates its 2006 effective tax rate will approximate 39% to 41%.  The actual 2006 tax rate 
could be materially different from the Company’s estimate. 

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Discontinued Operations 

In November 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of BAX Global.  Accordingly, BAX Global’s 
results of operations have been reported as a component of income (loss) from discontinued operations for all 
periods presented.  On January 31, 2006, the Company sold BAX Global for $1.1 billion in cash resulting in an 
approximate $600 million pretax gain.   This figure will be revised in later quarters to reflect post-closing 
adjustments. 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations also includes operating results of the Company’s former natural 
resource businesses through the date of sale and gains and losses from the sale including:   

(cid:120)

(cid:120)

(cid:120)

(cid:120)

Coal business – recognized additional pretax gains of $5.0 million in late 2004 under sales agreements 
from prior years. 
Gold business – sold in early 2004 for a pretax loss of $0.9 million.  Pretax impairment losses of $1.7 
million were recognized in 2003. 
Timber business – sold a small portion in December 2003 and completed the sale in early 2004 for a 
$25.5 million pretax gain ($4.8 million recognized in 2003 and $20.7 million in 2004). 
Natural gas business – sold in August 2003 for a $56.2 million pretax gain. 

The Company has accrued for significant contingencies related to benefits for former coal employees.  Revisions to 
estimated amounts related to these contingent liabilities, including those related to obligations under the Coal 
Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (“the Health Benefit Act”) and multi-employer pension plan 
withdrawal liabilities, are recorded in discontinued operations and have been significant in each of the last three 
years.   

Cumulative Effect of a Change in Accounting Principle 

In December 2005, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Interpretation 47, 
“Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”).  As a result, the Company recorded the 
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $5.4 million, net of tax, for conditional asset retirement 
obligations primarily associated with leased facilities.  See note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. 

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Consolidated Review 

Revenues 

Operating Profit 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

(In millions)

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

Business Segments 

Brink’s
BHS

$  2,156.9 
392.1 

  Business segments    2,549.0 
Corporate
Gain on sale of equity 

- 

1,931.9
345.6 

2,277.5 
- 

1,689.0
310.4 

1,999.4 
- 

interest 

Former operations 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

$  2,549.0 

2,277.5

1,999.4 

12 
13 

12 
- 

- 
- 

12 

14 
11 

14 
- 

- 
- 

14 

$  111.9 
87.4 

199.3 
(44.7) 

- 
(39.2) 

$  115.4 

144.7
80.8 

225.5 
(42.2) 

- 
(45.9) 

137.4

112.5
71.2 

183.7 
(27.3) 

10.4 
(69.5) 

97.3 

(23) 
8 

(12) 
6 

- 
(15) 

(16) 

29 
13 

23 
55 

(100) 
(34) 

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Revenues in 2005 were 12% higher than 2004 as a result of acquisitions and growth in existing operations at 
Brink’s and a larger subscriber base at BHS.  The Company’s operating profit in 2005 was 16% lower than in 2004 
as a result of 23% lower operating profit at Brink’s due primarily to lower operating profit from Europe compared 
to the strong prior year, partially offset by 8% higher operating profit at BHS on continued subscriber growth.  

Revenues in 2004 were 14% higher than 2003 because of growth at Brink’s and BHS and changes in currency 
exchange rates.  Operating profit increased 41% in 2004 due to improved operating performance by Brink’s and 
BHS and lower expenses related to former coal operations.  These improvements were partially offset by higher 
corporate expenses and the nonrecurrence of the 2003 gain on the sale of an equity investment. 

Effective December 31, 2005, the Company elected to freeze U.S. defined benefit pension plan benefits.  Effective 
January 1, 2006, the Company elected to enhance benefits for its U.S. defined contribution 401(k) plan.   

Estimated net lower expense in 2006 is as follows: 

(cid:120)
(cid:120)
(cid:120)

Brink’s between $13 million and $14 million 
BHS between $3 million and $4 million 
Corporate approximately $2 million. 

The lower expense is estimated and could change significantly as a result of items such as changes in defined 
benefit pension plan assumptions and U.S. 401(k) plan participation rates. 

Revenue growth rates for operations outside the U.S. include the effect of changes in currency exchange rates.  On 
occasion in this report, the change in revenue versus the prior year has been disclosed using constant currency 
exchange rates in order to provide information about growth rates without the impact of changing foreign currency 
exchange rates.  Growth at constant-currency exchange rates equates to growth as measured in local currency.  This 
measurement of growth using constant-currency exchange rates is higher than growth computed using actual 
currency exchange rates when the U.S. dollar is strengthening and lower when the U.S. dollar is weakening.  
Changes in currency exchange rates did not materially affect period-to-period comparisons of segment operating 
profit for the periods presented herein.  Relative to most European currencies relevant to the Company, the U.S. 
dollar in 2005 was about even with 2004, but was weaker in 2004 compared to 2003.  Currencies in most Asia-
Pacific and South American countries, other than Venezuela, strengthened against the U.S. dollar in both 2005 and 
2004 versus the prior years.  The Venezuelan bolivar weakened against the U.S. dollar in both 2005 and 2004 as 
compared to the prior years.  

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The following table provides supplemental information related to Organic Revenue Growth which is not required 
by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).  The Company defines Organic Revenue Growth as the 
change in revenue from the prior year due to factors such as changes in prices for products and services (including 
the effect of fuel surcharges), changes in business volumes and changes in product mix.  Estimates of changes due 
to fluctuations in foreign currency translation rates and the effects of new acquisitions are excluded from Organic 
Revenue Growth. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions) 
2004 revenues as reported: 
  Brink’s 
  BHS 

Effects on revenue of acquisitions 

and dispositions, net: 

  Brink’s 
  BHS 

Effects on revenue of changes in  
currency translation rates: 

  Brink’s 
  BHS 

Organic Revenue Growth: 
  Brink’s 
  BHS 

2005 revenues as reported: 
  Brink’s 
  BHS 

Year Ended 
December 31, 

1,931.9 
345.6 
2,277.5 

% change 
from 2004 

N/A 
N/A 
N/A 

104.0 
- 
104.0 

18.2 
0.4 
18.6 

102.8 
46.1 
148.9 

2,156.9 
392.1 
2,549.0 

5 
- 
5 

1 
- 
1 

5 
13 
7 

12 
13 
12 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

The supplemental Organic Revenue Growth information presented above is non-GAAP financial information that 
management believes is an important measure to evaluate results of existing operations without the effects of 
acquisitions, dispositions and currency exchange rates.  The limitation of this measure is that the effects of 
acquisitions, dispositions and changes in values of foreign currencies cannot be completely separated from 
changes in prices and volume of a unit’s base business.  This supplemental non-GAAP information does not affect 
net income or any other reported amounts.  This supplemental non-GAAP information should be viewed in 
conjunction with the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.   

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Brink’s, Incorporated 

Executive Overview 

Brink’s provides multiple services related to cash and other valuables to the financial community, retailers and 
other businesses.  These services include securely transporting and handling valuable assets, processing currency 
and deposits and the increasingly important preparing and transmitting related information. 

The Company believes that Brink’s has significant competitive advantages including: 

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brand name recognition, 
reputation for high-quality service, 
proprietary cash processing and information systems, 
high-quality insurance coverage and general financial strength,  
risk management capabilities, and 
the ability to serve a customer in multiple markets through a global network. 

Because of Brink’s emphasis on managing the risks inherent in handling valuables and the high level of service 
provided, Brink’s believes it spends more than its competitors on training and retaining people and on facilities 
and processes needed to provide quality services to customers. 

As a result of management’s emphasis on high-quality services and risk management, Brink’s focuses its 
marketing and selling efforts on customers who appreciate the value and breadth of the services delivered and the 
information capabilities and financial strength underlying the Brink’s approach to business. 

In order to earn an adequate return on capital employed in the business, Brink’s focuses on the effective and 
efficient use of its resources and the adequacy of pricing.  First, Brink’s attempts to maximize the amount of 
business which flows through its branches, vehicles and systems in order to obtain the lowest costs possible 
without compromising safety, security or service.  Due to its higher costs of people and processes, Brink’s generally 
charges higher prices than competitors that may not provide the same level of service and risk management.  The 
Company believes that Brink’s operations are capable of generating operating profit margins near or above 7% on 
an annual basis.  This level is necessary to earn what management believes is an appropriate return on its cost of 
capital.

The industries to which Brink’s provides services have been consolidating.  As a result, the strength of customers 
in these industries has been increasing.  Customers are seeking suppliers, such as Brink’s, with broad geographic 
solutions, sophisticated outsourcing capabilities and financial strength.   

Operationally, Brink’s performance may vary from period to period.  Since revenues are generated from charges 
per service performed as well as on an ad valorem basis, revenues can be affected by the level of activity in 
economies and the volume of business for specific customers.  As contracts generally run for one or more years, 
there are costs which must be incurred to prepare to service a new customer or to transition away from one.  
Brink’s also periodically incurs costs to reduce operations when volumes decline, including costs to reduce the 
number of employees and close or consolidate branch and administrative facilities.  In addition, safety and 
security costs can vary from period to period depending on Company and industry performance and cost of 
insurance coverage. Further, Brink’s operating profit and related revenues are generally higher in the second half 
of the year, and in particular in the fourth quarter, because of the generally higher economic activity associated 
with the holiday season.  As a result, margins are typically lower in the first half than in the second half of the year. 

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Summary of Brink’s Results 

(In millions) 

Revenues 

North America (a) 
International 

Operating Profit 

North America (a) 
International 

Cash Flow Information 

Depreciation and amortization 
Capital expenditures 

(a) U.S. and Canada.   

2005

Years Ended December 31, 
2004

2003 

 2005

% change 

2005 

2004 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

778.2 
1,378.7 

2,156.9 

49.4 
62.5 

111.9 

90.5 
109.0 

733.7
1,198.2

1,931.9

55.2
89.5

144.7

81.0
76.2 

716.2 
972.8

1,689.0 

53.4 
59.1 

112.5

70.6
80.9 

6 
15 

12 

(11) 
(30) 

(23) 

12 
43 

2 
23 

14 

3 
51 

29

15 
(6) 

Overview 
Revenues at Brink’s were 12% higher in 2005 compared to 2004 as a result of a combination of the effects of newly 
acquired businesses, core business growth and changes in currency exchange rates.  Operating profit in 2005 was 
lower than 2004 despite additional profits on higher revenues, largely as a result of: 

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(cid:120)

higher costs in Europe including restructuring and severance expenses to scale down  

operations in several markets with lower volume, 

higher pension expenses in the U.S., and 
higher safety and security expenses. 

North America 
Revenues increased in 2005 compared to 2004 primarily as the result of increased volumes in U.S. armored car, 
U.S. Cash Logistics services, U.S. Global Services and substantially all Canadian lines of business.  Operating profit 
in 2005 was lower than 2004 primarily due to $6.0 million in higher U.S. pension costs due to higher amortization 
of actuarial losses, and higher safety and security costs, partially offset by additional profits from revenue growth. 

In addition U.S. revenues and operating profit were affected by the effects of Hurricane Katrina.  The Company 
anticipates that lost revenue in 2005 and 2006 will be recovered under business interruption insurance coverage.  
The Company expects to collect $1.0 million to $1.5 million of insurance proceeds when its claim is ultimately 
settled.  The Company will record a gain when the business interruption insurance claim is settled.   

As previously discussed, Brink’s expenses in 2006 related to retirement benefit plans are expected to be reduced 
by $13 million to $14 million as a result of the Company’s decision to freeze U.S. defined benefit pension plan 
benefits as of December 31, 2005.   

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International 
Revenues increased in 2005 over 2004 in all regions.  Increased revenue in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa 
region (“EMEA”) was primarily the result of acquisitions.  Revenue increases in South America and Asia-Pacific 
were primarily due to organic revenue growth.  Operating profit in 2005 was lower than 2004 in EMEA, while 
operating profits in South America and Asia-Pacific were higher as compared to 2004.  International operating 
profit in 2004 was reduced by charges of approximately $3.1 million due to adjustments to non-income tax 
accruals.

EMEA.  Revenues increased to $952.0 million in 2005 from $826.7 million in 2004, an increase of $125.3 million 
or 15% (15% on a constant currency basis) largely as a result of acquisitions and, to a lesser extent, organic revenue 
growth in a few markets, which was largely offset by declines in the Netherlands and Belgium.  In addition, 2005 
revenues were affected by competitive pressures and weak European economies.  Brink’s acquired operations in: 

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Greece in the first quarter of 2004, 
Luxembourg, Scotland and Ireland in the first quarter of 2005, and  
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic in the second quarter of 2005, 

These acquisitions increased revenues by approximately $104 million in 2005 over 2004 but did not have a 
significant impact on operating profit.   

Operating profit decreased by approximately $32 million in 2005 compared to 2004 due to: 

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Lower volumes in Belgium and Netherlands as a result of the loss of locally significant customers, 
$8.6 million higher restructuring and severance expenses primarily in Belgium, the United Kingdom and 
the Netherlands,
lower volumes in Greece in the year after the Athens Olympics,  
higher safety and security costs in the region, and 
higher fuel costs. 

The Company is highly focused on improving performance in Europe and expects to improve operating margins in 
2006.  The Company expects to ultimately realize approximately $8 million to $9 million in annual cost savings 
related to restructuring, of which $6 million should be realized in 2006. 

South America.  Revenues increased to $355.1 million in 2005 from $303.5 million in 2004, an increase of 17% 
(13% on a constant currency basis).  This increase was due primarily to higher volumes, particularly in Venezuela, 
Colombia, Argentina and Chile.  The increase in revenues is a reflection of the overall improvement in South 
American economies. 

Operating profit in 2005 was 21% higher than 2004 due to the above-mentioned volume increases, and cost 
reduction and productivity improvements across the region.  The increase in operating profit in the region was 
partially offset by operating losses in Brazil caused by intense price competition. 

Asia-Pacific.  Revenues increased to $71.6 million in 2005 from $68.0 million in 2004, an increase of 5% (3% on a 
constant currency basis).  This increase was primarily due to exceptionally strong performance in Hong Kong 
partially offset by weaker performance in Korea.  Operating profit in 2005 was about the same as 2004, reflecting 
improved performance in most countries, but offset by lower volumes in Korea and Australia. 

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Other. As discussed in “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Contingent Matters - Value-added taxes (“VAT”) and 
customs duties” below and in note 22 to the consolidated financial statements, international operating profit was 
reduced by expense of approximately $1.1 million in 2004 related to unpaid VAT and customs duties, including an 
estimate of related penalties.  At any time, the Company could be assessed penalties materially in excess of those 
accrued.

2004

Overview 
Revenues and operating profit increased modestly in North America and more significantly in the International 
region during 2004.  Internationally, improvements occurred in both EMEA and South America.  Operating profit 
in EMEA in 2004 improved because of higher revenues on a constant currency basis as a result of improved 
economic performance and operational changes made in 2003.  Operating profit in EMEA in the first half of 2003 
reflected reduced volumes of business due to the effects of generally slow economies and the buildup to the 
conflict in the Middle East along with approximately $4.7 million in severance costs.  Operating profit in South 
America in the first half of 2003 was depressed due to poor economic and political conditions.  In 2004, operating 
profit benefited from improved conditions.   

North America 
Revenue increased in 2004 primarily due to increased revenues from Global Services and Canadian armored 
transportation and ATM services, offset by lower revenues from U.S. armored transportation and ATM services.  
Operating profit increased in 2004 primarily due to improved performance in coin wrapping services, Cash 
Logistics services, and Canadian armored transportation operations, partially offset by a lower contribution from 
the U.S. armored car transportation operations.  In 2003, a $5.5 million gain on the sale of operating assets was 
largely offset by severance and other costs related to the transfer of the Company’s headquarters from Darien, 
Connecticut, to Richmond, Virginia, and Dallas, Texas.  

International 
Revenues in 2004 increased 23% over 2003 (16% on a constant currency basis).  The increase in revenues and 
operating profit was primarily due to better performance in South America and Europe. 

EMEA.  Revenues increased 26% in 2004 (15% on a constant currency basis) due to increased volumes in armored 
transportation, ATM servicing, currency processing and Global Services operations.  Operating profit improved 
due to higher volumes as a result of improved business conditions and competitor difficulties, particularly in 
France, and the impact of an acquisition of security operations in Greece.  Operating profit was higher than normal 
at the newly acquired Greek subsidiary due to additional revenue from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.  Revenues 
in 2003, particularly in the first quarter, were adversely affected by a generally weak economy and uncertainty 
related to the then-impending conflict in the Middle East.  European operating results began to improve in the last 
half of 2003 partially as a result of management changes and workforce reductions made to align resources to 
business needs.  

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South America.  Revenues and operating profits in 2004 improved due to better operating performance throughout 
the region and particularly in Venezuela.  This improved operating performance was primarily due to higher 
volumes of armored transportation business, which was driven in part by the exit of competitors from the market.  
Improved operating performance in Brazil was the result of increased volumes as well as the benefit of cost 
reductions made in late 2003.  However, the operating environment in Brazil remained highly competitive. 

Asia-Pacific.  Revenues and operating profits in 2004 were above the prior year reflecting improved results, 
particularly in Australia and Hong Kong.   

Other. International operating profit in 2004 was reduced by $3.1 million of higher expense as a result of the 
previously mentioned VAT and customs duties matter and unfavorable determinations in Brazil and Mexico related 
to non-income tax issues.  

Brink’s Home Security

Executive Overview 

BHS has reported strong growth in revenues and earnings for several years due to its ability to attract and retain 
customers through brand reputation and quality service while operating as efficiently as possible consistent with 
the desired level of service. 

In order to achieve higher efficiency and effectiveness, BHS focuses on controlling initial marketing and 
installation costs by matching sales representative staffing levels with the number of sales opportunities and the 
size of the technician workforce with available installation volume.  BHS then strives to keep customer service and 
monitoring costs as low as possible without detracting from its high-quality service levels. 

The Company believes customer retention is driven by customer selection and high customer service levels.  In 
order to obtain customers who are less likely to disconnect, the Company seeks to attract customers with solid 
credit scores and the willingness to pay reasonable up-front fees.  Once there is agreement to install an alarm 
system, the Company provides a high-quality installation followed up with continuing high-quality customer 
service and alarm monitoring.  BHS believes its disconnect rate benefits from consistently following this strategy.  

The Company believes that the performance of the U.S. economy may affect the performance of BHS.  However, the 
Company believes this effect is not as significant as it is for industries with close ties to economic performance.  In 
addition, there is some seasonality in performance as disconnect expenses can impact operating earnings.  Since 
more household moves take place during the second and third quarters of each year, the disconnect rate and 
related expenses are typically higher in those quarters than in the first and fourth quarters. 

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(20) 
8 

11 

13 

18 
13 

17 

18 
38 

17 
(22) 
13 

12 

8 

12 
4 

6 

23 
20 

Summary of Brink’s Home Security’s Results 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

% change 

2005 

2004 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

392.1 

345.6

310.4 

13 

11 

(In millions)

Revenues

Operating Profit 

Recurring services (a) 
Investment in new subscribers (b) 

Monthly recurring revenues (c) 

Cash Flow Information 

Depreciation and amortization (d) 
Impairment charges from subscriber  
  disconnects 
Amortization of deferred revenue (e) 
Deferred subscriber acquisition costs  

$ 

$ 

$ 

167.5 
(80.1) 
87.4 

147.8 
(67.0) 
80.8

125.9 
(54.7) 
71.2 

29.1 

26.1

23.3 

58.1 

51.5

47.9

45.2 
(29.5) 

38.4 
(26.1) 

34.3 
(25.0) 

(current year payments) 

(22.9) 

(19.5)

(18.4) 

Deferred revenue from new subscribers 

(current year receipts) 

Capital expenditures (f) 

40.7 
162.2 

34.6 
117.6

28.2 
98.0 

(a) Reflects operating profit generated from the existing subscriber base including the amortization of deferred revenues. 

(b) Primarily marketing and selling expenses, net of the deferral of direct selling expenses (primarily a portion of sales commissions),

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

incurred in the acquisition of new subscribers.  

This measure is reconciled below under the caption “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures.” 

Includes amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition costs. 

Includes amortization of deferred revenue related to active subscriber accounts as well as acceleration of amortization of deferred revenue 
related to subscriber disconnects. 

Capital expenditures in 2005 include $10.2 million for the purchase of BHS’s headquarters in Irving, Texas, which was formerly leased,
and $7.4 million for the construction of a second monitoring center in Knoxville, Tennessee.  The Knoxville facility became operational 
on February 28, 2006. 

Overview

Operating profit comprises recurring services minus the cost of the investment in new subscribers. Recurring 
services reflect the monthly monitoring and service earnings generated from the existing subscriber base, 
including the amortization of deferred revenues.  Impairment charges from subscriber disconnects and 
depreciation and amortization expenses, including the amortization of deferred direct costs from installations, are 
also charged to recurring services.  Operating profits from recurring services are affected by the size of the 
subscriber base, the amount of operational costs including depreciation, the level of subscriber disconnect activity 
and changes in the average monthly monitoring fee per subscriber.   

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Investment in new subscribers is the net expense (primarily marketing and selling expenses) incurred to add to 
the subscriber base every year.  The amount of the investment in new subscribers charged to income may be 
influenced by several factors, including the growth rate of new subscriber installations and the level of costs 
incurred to attract new subscribers.  As a result, increases in the rate of investment (the addition of new 
subscribers) may have a negative effect on current operating profit but a positive impact on long-term operating 
profit, cash flow and economic value.   

Capital expenditures are primarily for the equipment, labor and related overhead costs associated with system 
installations for new subscribers. 

Subscriber Activity 

(Subscriber data in thousands)

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

Number of subscribers:  
  Beginning of period 
Installations (a) 
  Disconnects (a) 

  End of period 

Average number of subscribers 
Disconnect rate (b)  

921.4 
167.3 
(69.9) 

1,018.8 

972.8 

833.5 
146.0 
(58.1) 

921.4 

875.5 

766.7 
121.9 
(55.1) 

833.5 

797.5 

7.2% 

6.6% 

6.9% 

15 
20 

11 

11 

20 
5 

11 

10 

(a) Customers who move from one location and then initiate a new service agreement at a new location are not included in either installations 
or disconnects.  Dealer accounts cancelled and charged back to the dealer during the specified contract term are also excluded from
installations and disconnects.  Inactive sites that are returned to service reduce disconnects.  2005 disconnects include 4,700 disconnects 
as a result of Hurricane Katrina.   

(b) The disconnect rate is a ratio, the numerator of which is the number of customer cancellations during the period and the denominator of 
which is the average number of customers during the period.  The gross number of customer cancellations is reduced for customers who 
move from one location and then initiate a new service agreement at a new location, accounts charged back to the dealers because the 
customers cancelled service during the specified contractual term and inactive sites that are returned to active service during the period.  

Installations increased 15% for 2005 and 20% for 2004 as compared to the prior-year periods due primarily to 
growth in traditional installation volume and, to a lesser extent, from installations through the growing dealer 
network and home builder activity.  The annualized disconnect rate for 2005 increased to 7.2% compared to 6.6% 
for 2004.  Excluding the effects of Hurricane Katrina, the annualized disconnect rate would have been 6.7% for 
2005.  BHS has maintained a low disconnect rate in recent years by improving subscriber selection and retention 
processes.  The disconnect rate may not materially improve in the future since some disconnects cannot be 
prevented because of factors beyond the Company’s control, including customers moving and cancelling service.

2005

The 13% increase in BHS’ revenues in 2005 over 2004 was primarily due to the larger subscriber base and slightly 
higher average monitoring rates.  These factors also contributed to an 11% increase in monthly recurring revenues 
for 2005 as compared to 2004.  The Company intends to selectively raise monitoring prices in the future. 

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Operating profit increased $6.6 million in 2005 compared to 2004 as higher profit from recurring services was 
partially offset by increased investment in new subscribers.  Higher profit from recurring services in 2005 was 
primarily due to incremental revenues and cost efficiencies generated from the larger subscriber base.  Higher 
investment in new subscribers was primarily due to increased volume and higher costs of installation activity.  As a 
result of a sharp increase in home technology installations for major homebuilders, costs were higher in 2005 
compared to 2004, although future revenue should benefit when a portion of these pre-wired sites are activated by 
new subscribers.  Additionally, reductions in the estimate for allowance for doubtful accounts resulted in an 
increase to operating profit of $3.3 million in 2005.  However this increase was partially offset by increased costs 
associated with subscriber disconnects, as discussed below. 

As of December 31, 2005, approximately 3,700 disconnects were caused by Hurricane Katrina and the Company 
accrued an additional 1,000 subscriber disconnects.  Accordingly, 4,700 subscriber disconnects (0.5% of 
subscriber base) have been included in 2005 disconnects and are a component of the disconnect rate in 2005.  
BHS anticipates filing insurance claims related to Hurricane Katrina for property damage insurance coverage for 
losses sustained in 2005 and claims under its business interruption policy for lost revenues.  BHS believes claims 
will range from approximately $3 million to $5 million.  The Company expects $2.2 million of property losses to be 
fully covered by insurance and has recognized insurance recoveries to the extent of recorded property losses.  
Because the Company’s insurance coverage provides for replacement value, it may record proceeds in excess of 
realized losses when its claim is ultimately settled.  Insurance proceeds for business interruption insurance will be 
recognized as a gain when claims are settled.   

In 2006, BHS expects double-digit growth rates in subscribers, revenues and operating profit, however, BHS 
expects the operating profit margin to be somewhat lower in the first half of 2006 than the 22% achieved in 2005 
and the 23% achieved in 2004.  The expected lower operating profit margin is due to higher anticipated investment 
in new subscribers primarily for installation activity at major home builders and a projected increase in selling, 
general and administrative expenses due to the opening of a new monitoring center in Knoxville, Tennessee, as 
discussed below.  

BHS continues to increase its presence in commercial alarm installation and monitoring business, and to increase 
the volume of its installation business in new homes by expanding relationships with major home builders.  As a 
result, the cost of investment in new subscribers continues to grow faster than monitored activations.  The 
construction of a second monitoring center in Knoxville, Tennessee, is substantially complete and the facility 
began operations on February 28, 2006.  The Knoxville monitoring center will provide additional service capacity 
for the existing subscriber base, increase capacity to sustain BHS’ continued growth, and provide enhanced 
security and disaster recovery capabilities.  Operating the new facility will result in additional administrative 
expense.  These initiatives are expected to have a positive impact on future growth and productivity. 

As previously discussed, BHS’s expenses in 2006 related to retirement plans are expected to be between $3 million 
and $4 million lower primarily as a result of the Company’s decision to freeze U.S. defined benefit pension plan 
benefits at December 31, 2005.   

2004

Revenues increased 11% in 2004 primarily due to a 10% larger average subscriber base, higher average monitoring 
rates, higher revenues from home builders and higher service revenues.  The slight increase in average monitoring 
rates was primarily due to new customers initiating service at higher average monitoring rates than the average 
rates being paid by existing customers.  These factors also contributed to a 12% increase in monthly recurring 
revenues as measured at year-end. 

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Operating profit for 2004 increased 13% as higher profit from recurring services was partially offset by an 
increased investment in new subscribers.  Higher profit from recurring services was primarily due to increased 
monitoring and service revenues resulting from a larger average subscriber base and, to a lesser extent, from 
improved service margins.  These increases were partially offset by increased depreciation and other costs 
associated with the larger subscriber base.  Investment in new subscribers increased 22% on 20% higher 
installations during 2004, reflecting an investment in additional sales and branch infrastructure to support 
expansion of installation services offered across most lines of business, partially offset by more cost-effective 
marketing efforts.   

Other

Police departments in several U.S. cities are not required to respond to calls from alarm companies unless an 
emergency has been visually verified.  If more police departments refuse to automatically respond to calls from 
alarm companies without visual verification, future results of operations for BHS could be adversely affected.  In 
cities that have stopped providing police response to burglar alarms, BHS has offered customers the option of 
receiving private guard response from guard companies who, in most cases, have contracted with BHS. 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - Monthly Recurring Revenues

The purpose of this table is to reconcile monthly recurring revenues, a non-GAAP measure, to its closest GAAP 
counterpart, BHS’ revenues. 

(In millions)

Monthly recurring revenues  (“MRR”) (a) 
Amounts excluded from MRR: 
  Amortization of deferred revenue 
  Other revenues (b) 

Revenues on a GAAP basis: 
  December 

January – November 

January – December 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

29.1 

3.3 
2.5 

34.9 
357.2 

392.1 

$ 

$ 

2004 

26.1

2.1 
1.8 

30.0 
315.6 

345.6

2003 

23.3

2.0 
2.4 

27.7 
282.7 

310.4

(a) MRR is calculated based on the number of subscribers at period end multiplied by the average fee per subscriber received in the last 

month of the period for contracted monitoring and maintenance services. 

(b) Revenues that are not pursuant to monthly contractual billings. 

The Company uses MRR to evaluate BHS’ performance, and believes the presentation of MRR is useful to investors 
because the measure is widely used in the industry to assess the amount of recurring revenues from subscriber fees 
that a home security business produces.  This supplemental non-GAAP information should be viewed in 
conjunction with the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. 

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Corporate Expense – The Brink’s Company

(In millions) 

2005

Corporate expense 

$ 

44.7 

2004

42.2

2003 

27.3 

2005 

6

2004 

55

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

Corporate expense was higher in 2005 compared to 2004 due to higher professional fees and higher employee 
pension and medical benefit costs.  As previously discussed, corporate expenses in 2006 related to retirement 
benefit plans are expected to be approximately $2 million lower primarily as a result of the Company’s decision to 
freeze U.S. defined benefit pension plan benefits at December 31, 2005.  In addition, the Company expects 
professional fees and other corporate costs to decline as the Company becomes more efficient and adapts to a 
smaller corporate size.  These reductions will be partially offset by the recording of stock option expense of 
between $8 million and $10 million in 2006, of which $5 million to $6 million will be recorded in corporate 
expense.  The Company believes that a significant portion of the estimated 2006 expense will be recorded in the 
third quarter. 

Corporate expense was $14.9 million higher in 2004 than 2003 primarily as a result of higher professional fees of 
approximately $6 million related to the Company’s documentation and testing of internal controls as required by 
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and due to higher long term incentive-based compensation 
expense of approximately $4 million.  This increase excludes higher professional fees related to the documentation 
and testing of internal controls at BAX Global, which have been classified as part of discontinued operations. 

Retained Liabilities and Assets of Former Operations 

Executive Overview 

The Company retains obligations which arose primarily as the result of its long history of operating in the coal 
industry.  Since these obligations require significant annual cash outflows and the recording of significant annual 
expenses, management believes it is important to closely monitor and manage these obligations and address the 
related financial effects. 

Of the various obligations, several have shorter terms and lesser values (reclamation, advance minimum royalties, 
workers’ compensation and the multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability).  The Company expects the cash 
payments for these obligations to be concentrated over the next few years and then end or decline significantly. 

The other three obligations (retiree medical benefit plan, Health Benefit Act and Black Lung) have longer terms 
and have higher estimated costs.  Payments associated with each liability are projected to be made over the next 60 
years or more.  Each liability is largely medical benefits-related, so medical inflation is an important 
consideration.  Each obligation covers a pool of individuals that is essentially capped since the Company no longer 
operates within the coal industry.  Further, such individuals are, for the most part, above or near normal 
retirement age.  Accordingly, these obligations should see a steady decrease in number of participants and 
beneficiaries over time.  The only exception to this expected decrease is the potential exposure to an increased 
share of the unassigned obligation under the Health Benefit Act. 

The net present value of these obligations is a valuable tool for assessing their fair value as of a point in time.  
However, such values will fluctuate over time solely due to changes in market interest rates.  The critical factor in 
evaluating each obligation is the cash flow needed to satisfy it.  

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The Company employs a team of employees, along with third parties, to monitor and control these liabilities with a 
primary goal of reducing future cash outflows.  The primary activities of this group are to verify eligibility of 
participants, design and implement plans that provide the required benefits at the lowest cost, and verify costs 
charged to the plans.  

The Company has established a VEBA to help manage the financial impact of the retiree medical benefit plan 
obligation.  The VEBA is used as a tax-efficient way to fund this obligation.  A funded VEBA would help insulate the 
Company’s assets, and eventually its cash flow, from the obligations.  The Company contributed $225 million to the 
VEBA on January 31, 2006, bringing its fair market value at that time to over $400 million.   

Legacy Liabilities and Assets 

The Company refers to its various long-term liabilities and assets related to its former operations as its “legacy” 
liabilities and assets.  Some of the Company’s legacy liabilities and assets are not fully recorded on the balance 
sheet because part of the losses have been deferred in accordance with GAAP.  In addition, under GAAP, some of 
these liabilities are discounted to reflect a present value, while others are not. 

To facilitate an understanding of the total estimated present value of these liabilities and assets as of December 31, 
2005, the following table presents a Company-defined amount, a “Legacy Value,” for the Company’s legacy 
liabilities and assets.  Some of the Legacy Values are considered non-GAAP measures because they exclude GAAP 
deferred loss adjustments, or reflect discounts to a present value for liabilities with extended payment dates that 
are not recorded at present value under GAAP.  The table reconciles each non-GAAP Legacy Value to its GAAP 
counterpart.

The liabilities and assets in the table are based on a variety of estimates, including actuarial assumptions, as 
described in the Application of Critical Accounting Policies and in the notes to the consolidated financial 
statements.  These estimated liabilities and assets will change in the future to reflect payments made, investment 
returns, annual actuarial revaluations, periodic revaluations of reclamation liabilities and other changes in 
estimates.  Actual amounts could differ materially from the estimated amounts.  

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Summary of Legacy Liabilities and Assets 

(In millions) 

Legacy liabilities: 
  Company-sponsored retiree medical (a):  
  Before Medicare subsidy and VEBA 
  Medicare subsidy value 
  VEBA 

Company-sponsored retiree medical 

$ 

695.2 
(62.2) 
(185.3) 

447.7 

  Health Benefit Act (b)  
  Black lung (c) 
  Multi-employer pension plans withdrawal liability (d)   
  Workers’ compensation 
  Advance minimum royalties 
  Reclamation 

Legacy liabilities 

Legacy assets: 
  Other assets (e)  
  Deferred tax assets (f) 

$ 

$ 

102.1 
51.7 
30.5 
26.0 
8.6 
5.6 

672.2 

15.5 
257.0 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

December 31, 2005 

Legacy 
Value 

Add Back 
Present-Value 
Effect 

Amounts Not 
Yet Recognized 
Under GAAP 

GAAP 
Amount 

- 
- 
- 

- 

72.8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

72.8 

- 
25.5 

(366.2) 
50.3 
(2.2) 

(318.1) 

- 
(12.2) 
- 
- 
- 
- 

(330.3) 

- 
(133.2) 

329.0 
(11.9) 
(187.5) 

129.6 

174.9 
39.5 
30.5 
26.0 
8.6 
5.6 

414.7 

15.5 
149.3 

(a) Company-sponsored retiree medical liabilities are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 

(“SFAS”) 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions.”  SFAS 106 requires a liability be recorded for 
the present value of future obligations; however, under the provisions of SFAS 106, actuarial gains and losses are deferred.  Actuarial gains 
and losses occur when actual events differ from assumptions (for example, when the actual health care inflation rate differs from the 
assumed inflation rate or when the actual return on investments is different than the estimated return) or when changes are made to 
assumptions used to estimate the liability, including the discount rate used to compute the present value (5.50% at December 31, 2005), 
expected health care inflation rates, expected life expectancy rates, asset returns and the effect of the Medicare subsidy.  Actuarial gains 
and losses are not immediately recognized in earnings because SFAS 106 allows employers to defer these gains and losses and then
amortize these gains and losses into earnings in future periods if the total unrecognized net gains and losses exceed 10% of the greater of 
the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation or plan assets as of the beginning of the year.  As a result, the Company’s balance sheet 
does not reflect these liabilities at the full present value of the ultimate projected obligations at the end of the year.  The Legacy Value in 
the table reflects the Company’s liability had the Company’s total projected obligations been fully accrued at the end of the year.  The 
Company discloses the projected amount of its obligation before the deferral of unrecognized gains and losses as “funded status” in note 4 
to the consolidated financial statements.   

In December 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”) was signed into law.  The 
Act provides for the payment of subsidies to sponsors of retiree medical benefit plans for a portion of pharmaceutical expenses as long as 
the plan meets requirements of the Act.  The $62.2 million Legacy Value in the table above reflects an estimate of the current value of such 
payments over the life of the plan. 

(b) Health Benefit Act liabilities are accounted for in accordance with EITF 92-13, “Accounting for Estimated Payments in Connection with 
the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992” and, accordingly, the Company has accrued the undiscounted estimate of its
projected obligation.  The Company uses various assumptions to estimate its liability to The United Mine Workers of America (“UMWA”)
Combined Fund (the “Combined Fund”) for future annual premiums, including the number of assigned and unassigned beneficiaries in
future periods, medical inflation, and the amount of funding of the Combined Fund premiums to be provided from the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund in future periods.   The estimated annual payments are expected to gradually decline over time as the beneficiary 
population declines, and the Company expects payments will be made over the next 60 to 70 years. To determine the Legacy Value of these 
assets, the Company’s actuaries discounted the estimated future cash flows to a present value amount using a discount rate of 5.50%.  The 
Company’s estimates of annual payments may change materially due to changes in future assumptions.  Changes to the 1992 law under 
which benefits are paid also could materially affect the Company’s estimate of its liability.  The estimation of the Legacy Value should not 
be considered a precise estimate because of the many variables that have been used to determine the estimate, including the discount rate 
and the amount of expected annual cash flows.  There are many factors that may change and cause the amount recorded in the balance 
sheet to not be representative of the amount the Company may actually pay. 

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(c)

Black lung liabilities are accounted for in accordance with SFAS 106.  Actuarial gains and losses resulting from changes in estimates of the 
Company’s black lung obligations are deferred and amortized into earnings in future periods. As a result, the Company’s balance sheet 
does not reflect these liabilities as if the projected obligation had been fully accrued at the end of the year.  The Legacy Value in the table 
reflects the Company’s projected obligations had it been fully accrued at the end of the year.  Of the Company’s $51.7 million of present 
value of self-insured black lung benefit obligations at December 31, 2005, approximately $39.5 million had been recognized on the 
balance sheet, with the difference relating to deferred unrecognized actuarial losses.  See note 4 to the consolidated financial statements 
for further information.

(d) Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liabilities are accounted for in accordance with SFAS 5, “Accounting for Contingencies.”  The 
Company withdrew from the UMWA 1950 and 1974 pension plans in June 2005 as the last employees working under UMWA labor 
agreements left the Company.  As a result of the withdrawal from these coal-related plans, the Company expects to be obligated to pay the 
plans $30.5 million, which represents the Company’s portion of the unfunded status of the plans as of June 30, 2004, as determined by the 
plan agreements and by law.   

(e)

(f)

“Other Assets” in the table is primarily a receivable from the state of Virginia related to tax benefits earned because of coal produced in 
prior years.  The Company expects to receive approximately $10 million in 2006, $3 million in 2007 and $1 million in each of 2008 and 
2009. 

The Company has not yet taken deductions in its tax returns for most of the retained liabilities associated with the former coal business, 
and has recorded a deferred tax asset for this future benefit for these temporary differences in book and tax bases.  The Company’s 
deferred tax benefit on a Legacy Value basis is different from its GAAP counterpart because the Company’s temporary differences were 
based on the Legacy Values of the various coal-related liabilities and assets.  In other words, if the Company had recorded the higher net 
Legacy Value of the liabilities on its balance sheet, it would have also recognized a larger deferred tax asset.  The $133.2 million reconciling 
item represents the additional hypothetical tax benefit related to the Company-sponsored retiree medical and black lung obligations.  The 
$25.5 million reconciling item represents the associated decrease to the deferred tax asset if the Health Benefit Act liability were recorded 
on a discounted basis.  

Under the Health Benefit Act, the Company and various subsidiaries are jointly and severally liable for 
approximately $416 million, at Legacy Value, of postretirement medical and Health Benefit Act obligations in the 
above table.  The purchasers of the Company’s BAX Global and natural resources assets have been indemnified by 
the Company for the related contingent liability.

Projected Payments and Expenses of Retained Retiree Liabilities and Administrative Costs 

The following tables include the actual cash payments and expense (continuing operations only) related to the 
Company’s liabilities from former operations for 2003, 2004 and 2005 and as projected for the next five years. 

The projected payments and expenses are estimated based on the same assumptions used in determining the 
estimated Legacy Value and GAAP counterparts at December 31, 2005.   The actual amount of payments and 
expense in future periods may be materially different than amounts presented.  The amounts paid or expensed in 
the future depends on many factors, including inflation in health care and other costs, the ultimate impact of the 
2003 Medicare reform bill, discount rates the market value of postretirement benefit plan assets, the level of 
contributions to and the performance of the VEBA, the number of participants in various benefit programs, the 
amount of Combined Fund premiums for unassigned beneficiaries funded by the AML, and the level of 
administrative costs needed to manage the retained liabilities. 

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Cash Payments 

(In millions) 

Actual Payments 

Projected Payments 

Years Ending December 31, 

2003 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

Postretirement benefits other than pensions: 
  Company-sponsored medical plans (a): 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Before Medicare subsidy 
Estimated effect of Medicare subsidy 
Benefit payments made from VEBA (b)  

Subtotal 

  Health Benefit Act 
  Black lung 
Withdrawal liability 
Workers’ compensation 
Advance minimum royalties 
Reclamation and inactive mine costs 
Administration and other 
Cash proceeds and receipts  

  Total 

VEBA contributions (a) 

$  75 

$  82 

$  30 
- 
- 
30 
8 
8 
- 
8 
1 
5 
18 
(3) 

35 
- 
- 
35 
9 
7 
- 
5 
1 
3 
8 
(6) 

62 

50 

36 
- 
- 
36 
8 
6
- 
5 
1 
5 
5 
(2) 

64 

- 

$  42 
(2) 
- 
40 
9 
5 
31 
4 
1 
2 
5 
- 

$  97 

$  225 

45 
(3) 
- 
42 
12 
5 
- 
3 
1 
1 
5 
- 

69 

- 

47 
(3) 
- 
44 
11 
5 
- 
3 
1 
1 
4 
- 

69 

- 

50 
(4) 
- 
46 
11 
5 
- 
2 
1 
1 
4 
- 

70 

- 

51 
(3) 
- 
48 
10 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
4 
- 

70 

- 

(a)

The Company has contributed cash to a VEBA to be used to make future payments of the Company’s retiree medical plans, including a 
contribution of $225 million in January 2006.  The Company re-evaluates its contribution policy annually and is not obligated to fund the 
VEBA.  The Company may elect at any time to use either these assets or its cash from operations to pay benefits for its retiree medical 
plans.

(b) Assumes benefit payments are not made from VEBA.  

Expenses in Continuing Operations 

(In millions) 

Actual Expense 

Projected Expense 

Years Ending December 31, 

2003 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

Postretirement benefits other than pensions: 
  Company-sponsored medical plans (a): 

Before Medicare subsidy and VEBA 
Estimated effect of Medicare subsidy 
Estimated investment income in VEBA (a) 

$  50 
- 
- 

Subtotal 

  Black lung  
Pension (b) 
Administrative, legal and other coal  
  expenses, net  
Other income, net  

Total 

50 
6 
(1) 

18 
(3) 

$ 

70 

52 
(6) 
(9) 

37 
5 
2 

9 
(7) 

46 

54 
(6) 
(13) 

35 
4 
5 

7 
(12) 

39 

$  58 
(7) 
(34) 

17 
4 
3 

6 
- 

$  30 

58 
(7) 
(39) 

12 
4 
1 

6 
- 

23 

57 
(7) 
(42) 

8 
3 
(3) 

5 
- 

13 

56 
(7) 
(46) 

3 
3 
(5) 

5 
- 

6 

55 
(7) 
(50) 

(2) 
3 
(7) 

5 
- 

(1) 

(a)

(b)

Beginning in 2004, the Company accounted for the VEBA as a plan asset of Company-sponsored medical plans in accordance with SFAS
106 and has recognized a lower amount of amortization of previously unrecognized losses due to the effects of the 2003 medical subsidy 
legislation.  The above projection includes the contribution of $225 million to the VEBA in January 2006 but assumes that there will be no 
further contributions made to the VEBA.  To the extent contributions are made, projected investment income will be increased to reflect 
the long-term rate of return on such contributions.   

Includes U.S. pension costs (credits) for BAX Global in the projection period.  The above projection does not assume that any pension 
contributions will be made.  If voluntary or required contributions are made, projected expenses from that year forward would be reduced 
by the expected long-term return on those contributions.   

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Following are comments covering the more significant legacy liabilities in the above tables.  For additional 
information, please see note 4 to the consolidated financial statements.  Each of these liabilities and assets is 
affected by estimates and judgments.  More information is available at “Application of Critical Accounting 
Policies” later in Management’s Discussion and Analysis. 

Company-Sponsored Retiree Medical Benefits Obligations and VEBA

The Company provides postretirement health care benefits to eligible former coal miners and their dependents.  
With the assistance of actuaries, the Company annually reevaluates the estimated future cash flows, expenses and 
current values of the obligations.  Projected payments are expected to increase each year for the next five years as a 
result of medical inflation and as eligible participants attain retirement age.  This increase will be partially offset by 
reductions in the number of participants through mortality.   

The Legacy Value, which equals the funded status at December 31, 2005, increased to $448 million from $445 
million at December 31, 2004 primarily due to a decrease in the discount rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% and an 
increase in the assumed medical inflation rate partially offset by the effects of converting to an updated mortality 
table.

A VEBA has been established by the Company under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(9).  In general, a 
contribution made to the VEBA becomes deductible for federal income tax purposes in the year in which it is made.  
Investment earnings within the VEBA and distributions from the VEBA to pay designated benefits or to reimburse 
the Company for designated benefit payments are not subject to federal income tax from the Company’s 
perspective.  The Company can determine the timing and size of any payment from the VEBA to cover expenses of 
eligible participants. 

The following table summarizes the activity in the VEBA for the last three years: 

(In millions) 

2003 
2004 
2005

Balance at 
January 1,

$ 

18 
105 
172 

Contributions 

Earnings 

Benefit 
Payments 

Balance at 
December 31, 

82 
50 
- 

5 
17 
13 

- 
- 
- 

105 
172 
185

In January 2006, the Company contributed $225 million to the VEBA upon completion of the sale of BAX Global.  
The VEBA’s assets are allocated among active investment managers of equities and fixed income securities.  
Approximately 70% of the trust assets are invested in equities, and 30% are invested in fixed income securities.  
The VEBA’s assets are being invested in a similar fashion to the Company’s primary U.S. pension plan and the 
Company has estimated the same expected long-term rate of return of 8.75% per year. 

Health Benefit Act Obligations 

In October 1992, The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (the “Health Benefit Act”) was enacted as 
part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.  The Health Benefit Act established rules for the payment of future health care 
benefits for thousands of retired union mine workers and their dependents. The Health Benefit Act established a 
trust fund, The United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund (the “Combined Fund”), to which 
“signatory operators” and “related persons,” including The Brink’s Company and some of its subsidiaries and 
former subsidiaries (collectively, the “Brink’s Companies”), are jointly and severally liable to pay annual 
premiums for those beneficiaries directly assigned to a signatory operator and its related persons, on the basis set 
forth in the Health Benefit Act.   

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In addition, the Health Benefit Act provides that assigned companies, including the Brink’s Companies, are 
required to fund, pro rata according to the total number of assigned beneficiaries, a portion of the health benefits 
for unassigned beneficiaries if these benefits are not funded from other designated sources.  To date, almost all of 
the funding for unassigned beneficiaries has been provided from transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
Fund (the “AML Fund”) or other government sources.   

The Company’s liability for Health Benefit Act obligations is equal to the undiscounted estimated amount of future 
annual premiums the Company expects to pay to the Combined Fund.  The Company’s estimated annual premium 
is equal to the total number of beneficiaries (including assigned beneficiaries and an allocated percentage of the 
total unassigned beneficiaries) at October 1, the beginning of the plan year, multiplied by the premium per 
beneficiary for that year.  The Company expects to pay annual premiums over the next 60 to 70 years, but it expects 
these annual premiums to gradually decline over time as the number of beneficiaries decreases.   

Since the passing of the Health Benefit Act, the vast majority of the costs for unassigned beneficiaries have been 
paid with transfers of cash from the AML Fund or other government sources.  From the inception of the Combined 
Fund through December 31, 2005, the Company has paid only $1.1 million to the Combined Benefit Fund for 
premiums related to the unassigned pool, including $0.5 million in 2005. 

In 2005, the authority for continued transfers from the AML Fund was extended for another year, but this authority 
may expire in 2006.  Since the continued transfers of funds are not sufficiently assured, the Company’s estimate of 
its obligation assumes that no transfers beyond the current plan year will be available to offset future Company 
payments.  There may be a legislative or regulatory extension to the transfer authority.  If the transfer authority is 
extended, the Company may decrease its estimate of the probable liability for future premiums payments by a 
material amount.   

Moreover, the Company’s estimate of its contingent liability for unassigned beneficiaries could increase materially 
in the future if other responsible coal operators become insolvent.  This liability could also change materially if the 
percentage of unassigned beneficiaries that are allocated to the Company changes due to relative mortality rates of 
the Company’s assigned beneficiaries compared to the total assigned beneficiaries.   

The Company uses Legacy Value, a non-GAAP value, to assess the fair value of obligations under the Health Benefit 
Act.  The Company believes that Legacy Value information is useful to investors and creditors as an estimate of the 
fair value of a series of payments to be made over an extended period of time for these obligations. 

Legacy 
Value 
(discounted) 

Add-Back 
Present-Value 
Effect 

GAAP 
basis 
(undiscounted) 

(In millions) 

2005

2004

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004 

Assigned and other 
Unassigned 

  Total 

$ 

65 
37 

$

102 

67 
37 

104 

45   
28   

73 

53 
29 

82 

110 
65 

175 

120 
66 

186 

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The Legacy Value (representing the present value of the obligation) of the Company’s Health Benefit Act 
obligations at December 31, 2005, was slightly lower than the $104 million of a year earlier.  The Company made $8 
million of payments in 2005.  In addition, a slightly lower number of beneficiaries were assigned to the Brink’s 
Companies in 2005 than was projected last year.  Both of these factors also explain the decrease in the GAAP basis 
measurement, which is undiscounted.  In addition, the Legacy Value increased from the prior year due to the 
reduction in the discount rate used by 25 basis points to 5.50%, and the accretion of interest for 2005.   

Payments related to the Health Benefit Act are projected to rise in 2007 to reflect the current assumption that the 
previous sources of funding for the unassigned pool will not continue beyond 2006.  If future funding of all of the 
unassigned benefits becomes available through the AML Fund or other sources, projections for 2007 and later 
years may be reduced by up to $4 million per year. 

Any changes to expected future obligations determined during annual reevaluations are recorded as expenses or 
benefits within discontinued operations. 

Black Lung Obligation

The Company makes payments to former miners who have been determined to have pneumoconiosis (black lung 
disease).  Such payments primarily cover disability payments and condition-related medical expenses.  These 
payments stretch out over many years and have been discounted to a net present value.  Actuarial gains and losses 
are deferred and amortized into continuing expense over the average remaining life expectancy of all participants 
(approximately 10 years). 

The Legacy Value, which equals the accumulated projected benefit obligation, of the black lung obligations 
decreased to $51.7 million in 2005 from $55.2 million in 2004 largely due to $6.1 million of cash benefit payments 
made in 2005.  This decrease was partially offset by the effect of reducing the discount rate by 25 basis points to 
5.50% as of December 31, 2005. 

Future cash payments are expected to gradually decline as the number of participants declines through mortality.  
Future expense levels are also expected to decline as the remaining value of the obligation declines. 

Withdrawal Liabilities

The Company withdrew from the UMWA 1950 and 1974 pension plans in June 2005 as the last employees working 
under UMWA labor agreements left the Company.  As a result of the withdrawal from these coal-related plans, the 
Company expects to be obligated to pay the plans $30.5 million, which represents the Company’s portion of the 
unfunded status of the plans as of June 30, 2004, as determined by the plan agreements and by law.   

Primary U.S. Pension Plan 

The Company maintains a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all non-union 
employees in the U.S. who meet vesting and other requirements.  In October 2005, the Company announced that 
benefit levels for the primary U.S. defined benefit pension plan would be frozen effective December 31, 2005.  As a 
result, participants in the plan will cease to earn additional benefits after 2005, although participants who have not 
met requirements for vesting will continue to accrue vesting service in accordance with terms of the plans.  Using 
actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2005, this plan had an accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”) of 
approximately $746 million.  The ABO is an estimate of the benefits earned through December 31, 2005.  Since the 
plan is frozen and no additional benefits will accrue, the Projected Benefit Obligation (“PBO”) is now the same as 
the ABO. 

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The ABO represents the net present value of expected future cash flows discounted to December 31, 2005 at 5.50%.  
The Company selects a discount rate for its pension liability after reviewing published long-term yield information 
for a small number of high-quality fixed-income securities (Moody’s AA bond yields).  The Company, with the aid 
of its advisors, also calculates an average yield for a broader range of long-term high-quality securities with 
maturities in line with expected benefit payments.  As market interest rates fluctuate, the net present value of the 
Company’s obligation will change.  The impact of a one percentage point (100 basis points) change in the discount 
rate used at December 31, 2005 would have been as follows: 

(In millions) 

Increase (decrease) in: 
  ABO at December 31, 2005 
  2006 expense 

Increased 
by 1.0% 

$ 

(101) 
(10) 

Discount Rates 

Decreased 
by 1.0% 

$ 

128 
12 

At December 31, 2005, the fair value of the plan’s assets approximated $620 million.  The Company uses a long-
term rate of return assumption to determine annual income from plan assets.  This expected income reduces plan 
expense.  The Company’s expected long-term rate of return in 2006 is 8.75%.  If the Company were to use a 
different long-term rate of return assumption it would affect annual pension expense. 

The historical and projected benefit payments and expense for the U.S. plan are set out in the table below.  The 
projected benefit payments and expense reflect assumptions used in the valuation at year-end 2005.  These 
assumptions are reviewed annually, and it is likely that they will change in future years. 

(In millions) 
Years Ending December 31, 

2003 

Payment of benefits (paid from plan trust)  $ 
Expense (income) 

23 
18 

Actual 
2004 

25 
27 

2005 

26 
42 

2006 

28 
5 

$ 

Projected 
2007 

29 
1 

2008 

31 
(7) 

As can be noted from reviewing the above tables, changes in discount rates significantly affect the amount of 
expense recorded.  The level of expense increased over the last several years largely due to a reduction in the 
discount rate assumption used as a result of decreasing market interest rates.  Also contributing to the increase in 
expense has been the poor performance of investment markets from 2000 to 2002, although this has been 
moderated by the performance from 2003 to 2005.  The above expense amounts were charged to the business 
segments in approximately the following proportions:  Brink’s - 45%, BHS – 15%; Corporate, BAX Global and 
former operations – 40%.

The amount of cash the Company may have to contribute in the future for the Company’s primary U.S. pension plan 
is determined using a different set of assumptions than is used for financial accounting purposes.   

Based on December 31, 2005 data, assumptions and funding regulations, the Company expects to make up to a  
$1 million contribution to the plan for the 2006 plan year.  Under existing regulations and using the same 
assumptions for 2006 activity, a contribution of approximately $54 million could be required for the 2007 plan 
year but the actual payment could be delayed until as late as September 2008.  Up to $31 million could be required 
for the 2008 plan year.   

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The above estimated contributions are likely to change.  Congress and the Executive Branch of the federal 
government are expected to evaluate changes to pension funding requirements.  As part of this evaluation they may 
adopt changes to the definition of the discount rate to be used for funding purposes and to the amount of time 
required to fund the full liability.  Any changes to the discount rate used for funding through an extension of the 
current relief are expected to reduce required contributions.  In addition, actual investment returns and interest 
rates are likely to differ from those assumed at December 31, 2005.  Voluntary contributions have the effect of 
reducing and potentially delaying later required contributions.  The Company has made voluntary contributions 
aggregating $31 million over the last three years. 

The pension plan’s benefits will be paid out over an extended period of time.  Accordingly, the Company takes a 
long-term approach to funding levels and contribution policies.  Historically, long-term returns on assets invested 
have significantly exceeded the discount rate for pension liabilities so it is expected that a portion of the future 
liability will be funded by investment returns.  As a result, the Company’s funding target over the medium-term is 
to cover only a portion of the ABO, essentially the obligations already earned as of a given measurement date.  
Under this approach, the plan was 83% funded at December 31, 2005. 

Discontinued Operations

(In millions)

Gain (loss) on sale of 

  BAX Global (costs associated with the sale) 
  Timber 
  Gold 
  Natural Gas 
  Coal 

$

Results from operations 

  BAX Global 
  Timber 
  Gold 
  Natural Gas 

Adjustments to contingent liabilities of former operations 

  Litigation settlement gain 
  Health Benefit Act liabilities 
  Withdrawal liabilities  
  Reclamation liabilities 
  Workers’ compensation liabilities 
  Recovery of environmental costs  
  Other 

Income from discontinued operation before income taxes 
Income tax (expense) benefit 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations 

$ 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2005 

(2.8) 
- 
- 
- 
- 

86.8 
- 
- 
- 

15.1 
2.3 
6.1 
(6.2) 
0.4 
- 
0.1 

101.8 
3.7 

105.5 

- 
20.7 
(0.9) 
- 
5.0 

49.5 
(0.5) 
(1.2) 
- 

- 
3.2 
15.4 
(0.1) 
(4.9) 
- 
(3.3) 

82.9
(32.9) 

50.0

2003 

- 
4.8 
- 
56.2 
- 

(0.4) 
(0.2) 
(4.1) 
11.2 

- 
(31.3) 
(17.0) 
(3.2) 
0.2 
5.3 
(2.7) 

18.8
(27.3) 

(8.5)

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The operating results of BAX Global and former natural resource operations have been reclassified to discontinued 
operations for all periods presented. 

BAX Global 

In November 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of BAX Global, a wholly owned freight 
transportation subsidiary, and on January 31, 2006, the Company sold BAX Global for $1.1 billion in cash.  See note 
5 to the consolidated financial statements.  Accordingly, BAX Global’s results of operations have been reported 
herein as discontinued operations for all periods presented.  BAX Global’s assets and liabilities have been 
classified as held for sale on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet for 2005.   

(In millions) 

Revenues 

Operating profit 
Interest and other nonoperating expense, net 

Pretax income (loss) 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

2005

2004

2003 

2005 

2004 

$  2,899.4 

2,440.6 

1,999.2 

$

$ 

91.4 
(4.6) 

86.8 

52.6 
(3.1) 

49.5 

2.6 
(3.0) 

(0.4) 

19 

74 
48 

75 

22 

200+ 
3 

NM

BAX Global’s revenues increased 19% in 2005 compared to 2004 due to improved volumes in all regions and in 
particular Asia-Pacific.  BAX Global’s operating profit in 2005 was $38.8 million higher compared to 2004 
primarily due to an increase in air export volumes and improved margins in Asia-Pacific.  In addition, 
depreciation and amortization of BAX Global’s long-lived assets ceased during November 2005 as a result of the 
assets being classified as held for sale, which reduced 2005 expense by $4.9 million.  The increase in 2005 
operating profit was partially offset by a $2.9 million charge covering ancillary costs which management concluded 
could not be billed back to customers. 

BAX Global 2004 revenues were higher than 2003 as a result of the strengthening of economies in the Americas 
region, improving economic conditions and new business in several Asia-Pacific countries and the favorable effect 
of currency changes in Europe.  Operating profit in 2004 was $50 million above 2003 as a result of higher volumes 
from the Intra America network and Asia-Pacific primarily associated with the high technology industry.  In 
addition, the 2004 operating profit benefited from charters under contract for the U.S. government and other 
charter activity for both government and commercial customers.  Operating profit in 2004 includes a $5.0 million 
impairment charge to cover the abandonment of capitalized transportation logistics software. 

Former Natural Resource Operations 

The Company sold a portion of its timber business for $5.4 million in cash in 2003 and recognized a $4.8 million 
pretax gain.  In 2004, the Company received an additional $33.7 million for the remaining portion of its timber 
business.  After deducting the book value of related assets and the payment of $6.2 million in 2004 to purchase 
equipment formerly leased, the Company recognized a $20.7 million pretax gain in 2004.   

In February 2004, the Company sold its gold operations for approximately $1.1 million in cash plus the assumption 
of liabilities and recognized a $0.9 million loss.   

In August 2003, the Company sold its natural gas business and received $81.2 million in cash and recognized a 
$56.2 million gain.   

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Adjustments to Contingent Liabilities of Former Operations 

Federal Black Lung Excise Tax. In 1999, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia entered a final 
judgment in favor of the Company, ruling that the Federal Black Lung Excise Tax (“FBLET”) is unconstitutional as 
applied to export coal sales. Through December 31, 2004, the Company had received refunds including interest of 
$27.2 million, including $2.8 million received in 2003.  In December 2005, the Company reached a final 
settlement agreement related to all claims for FBLET refunds and recorded a pretax gain of $15.1 million.  The 
Company has received payments covering this refund during the first quarter of 2006.   

Health Benefit Act Liabilities.  The Company has obligations under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 
1992 (the “Health Benefit Act”), as described in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements.  The estimated 
liability is reduced each year as payments are made.  In addition, the Company reduced the estimated liability by 
$2.3 million in 2005 and $3.2 million in 2004 and increased the estimated liability by $31.3 million in 2003 to 
reflect changes in the estimates of the undiscounted liability.  This estimated liability will be adjusted in future 
periods as assumptions change.  

The $2.3 million reduction in the liability in 2005 was primarily related to a one-year extension of funding by the 
AML of unassigned benefits and a lower-than-projected per-beneficiary health care premium rate, partially offset 
by a higher number of unassigned beneficiaries attributed to the Company.   

The $3.2 million reduction in the liability in 2004 was primarily related to a slight decrease in the number of 
beneficiaries assigned to the Company at October 1, 2004 compared to the amount estimated at the end of 2003.  
As a result, the estimate of assigned beneficiaries in future periods was also lower.  

The $31.3 million charge in 2003 was primarily related to the assumed increase in the number of unassigned 
beneficiaries allocated to the Company.  The increased allocation was due to two factors.  First, the Company 
increased its allocation percentage because of a change in the way the Company interprets the statute governing the 
allocation, based on findings of court cases in 2003.  Second, other coal operations became insolvent during the 
period and their assigned beneficiaries were transferred to the unassigned pool.  These actions reduced the 
denominator (the total assigned pool) in the computation of the allocation percentage, increasing the Company’s 
allocation assumption, and increased the unassigned pool.   

Withdrawal Liabilities.  The Company withdrew from the UMWA 1950 and 1974 pension plans in June 2005 as the 
last employees working under UMWA labor agreements left the Company.  As a result of the withdrawal from these 
coal-related plans, the Company expects to be obligated to pay the plans $30.5 million, which represents the 
Company’s portion of the unfunded status of the plans as of June 30, 2004, as determined by the plan agreements 
and by law.   

The Company’s estimate of the obligation in 2004 and 2003 was based on the funded status of the multi-employer 
plans for the most recent measurement date.  The change in the Company’s liability in the last three years was due 
to changes in the UMWA plans’ unfunded liabilities.  

Other.  The Company recorded $6.2 million in 2005, to reflect an increase in the estimated cost of reclamation at 
its former coal mines.  The estimate of the cost of reclamation may change in the future.  

In 2004, the Company recognized $4.9 million of expense to reflect an increase in the expected settlement of coal-
related workers’ compensation claims.  In 2004 the Company settled legal and other contingencies related to its 
former coal operations and recognized additional expense of $3.3 million.  

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In 2003, the Company and a third party reached an agreement that establishes the allocation of costs related to an 
environmental remediation project, and as a result, the Company recognized a $5.3 million pretax gain.  The 
Company estimates its portion of the remaining clean-up and operational and maintenance costs related to the 
environmental matter to be $2.7 million.  

Other operating income, net 

Other operating income, net, is a component of the operating segments’ previously discussed operating profits.  

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

(In millions) 

Gain on sale of equity interest 
Gains on sale of operating assets and  

interests, net 

Share in earnings of equity affiliates 
Royalty income 
Foreign currency transaction losses, net 
Impairment loss 
Penalties on unpaid value-added taxes 
Other

2005

$ 

- 

9.6 
3.4 
2.0 
(3.1) 
(1.3) 
- 
4.4 

Total

$ 

15.0 

2004

- 

5.7 
1.0 
1.6 
(0.2)
(0.3) 
(0.4) 
3.7 

11.1

2003 

10.4 

7.7 
0.3 
1.7 
- 
- 
- 
1.9 

22.0 

2005 

- 

68 
200+ 
25 
200+ 
200+ 
(100) 
19 

35 

2004 

(100) 

(26) 
200+
(6)
NM
NM 
NM 
95

(50) 

Other operating income in 2005 includes the recognition of a $5.8 million gain on a 2003 West Virginia coal asset 
sale.  The gain was recognized in 2005 due to the formal transfer of liabilities to the buyer in 2005.  In addition, a 
$3.1 million gain on the sale of residual assets and mineral rights related to former mining operations in Kentucky 
was recognized in 2005.  

Other operating income in 2004 included $5.7 million of gains on sale of operating assets, net, which were 
primarily the result of disposing of residual assets of the Company’s former coal operations.   

In October 2003, the Company sold its 23.3% equity interest in MPI Mines Ltd., an Australian exploration and 
development company with interests in gold and nickel, for $18.8 million in cash and recognized a $10.4 million 
pretax gain in continuing operations.   

Other operating income in 2003 included a $5.5 million gain on the sale of operating assets of Brink’s and gains of 
$2.2 million from the sale of residual assets of the former coal operations. 

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Nonoperating Income and Expense 

Interest Expense 

(In millions) 

Interest expense 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

2005

$ 

18.6 

2004

20.8

2003 

23.6 

2005 

(11) 

2004 

(12) 

Interest expense in 2005 was lower than 2004 as a result of repaying a portion of the Senior notes and because of 
lower interest accruals for contingent income tax matters.  In addition, interest expense in 2004 included $0.7 
million interest expense related to value-added tax matters as discussed in note 22 to the consolidated financial 
statements.  Interest expense was lower in 2004 compared to 2003 primarily due to lower average borrowings and 
interest rates.

Interest and Other Income, Net 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

(In millions) 

2005

2004

2003 

Interest income 
Dividend income from real estate investment 
Gains (losses) on sales of marketable

$ 

securities, net 

Gain on monetization of coal royalty agreement 
Other, net 

Total

$ 

4.7 
4.1 

0.2 
- 
0.3 

9.3 

3.8 
- 

4.3 
-
(0.2) 

7.9

5.4 
- 

(0.2) 
2.6 
1.2 

9.0 

2005 

24 
NM 

(95) 
- 
NM 

18 

2004 

(30) 
- 

NM 
(100) 
NM 

(12) 

Interest income declined in 2004 from 2003 primarily as a result of the Company’s decision to restrict the VEBA in 
early 2004.  After the restriction, investment income from the VEBA that was recorded in interest and other 
income in 2003 was treated as an offset to postretirement medical benefit expense, which is a component of 
operating income.   

Dividend income in 2005 was higher than 2004 primarily due to $4.1 million of dividends collected in 2005 from a 
real estate investment.  Dividend income related to this investment is projected to be up to $9 million in 2006. 

Upon the restriction of the VEBA to pay benefits under the postretirement medical plans of the Company, 
unrealized gains of $4.4 million were recorded as income in 2004. 

Minority Interest 

(In millions) 

Minority interest 

Years Ended December 31, 

% change 

2005

$ 

14.3 

2004

12.4

2003 

8.4

2005 

15 

2004 

48 

The increase in minority interest in the last two years is primarily due to increases in the earnings of the 
Company’s Venezuelan and Colombian subsidiaries of Brink’s.   

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Income Taxes 

Years Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003 

2005 

2004 

2003 

Income tax expense (benefit) 

Effective tax rate 

(in millions) 

(in percentages) 

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 

$ 

49.5 
(3.7) 

40.6 
32.9 

36.4 
27.3 

53.9% 
(3.6)% 

36.2% 
39.7% 

49.0% 
145.2% 

Overview

The Company’s effective tax rate has varied in the past three years from the statutory U.S. federal rate due to 
various factors, including: 

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changes in circumstances resulting in the need for valuation allowances,  
the amount of pretax losses in jurisdictions with existing valuation allowances, 
other changes in the geographical mix of earnings, 
timing of benefit recognition for uncertain tax positions, 
state income taxes,  
repatriation of earnings in 2005, and 
the initial recognition of a net deferred tax benefit recorded as a result of its decision to sell the stock of 
BAX Global.

The Company establishes or reverses valuation allowances for deferred tax assets depending on all available 
information including historical and expected future operating performance of its subsidiaries.  Changes in 
judgment about the future realization of deferred tax assets can result in significant adjustments to the valuation 
allowances.  Based on the Company’s historical and future expected taxable earnings, management believes it is 
more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of the deferred tax assets, net of valuation 
allowances.   

The Company currently believes its effective income tax rate in 2006 will be approximately 39% to 41%, excluding 
the potential effects of changes in judgments as to the realizability of deferred tax assets and the status of 
contingent tax matters.  The Company expects to use a substantial amount of its U.S. tax credit carryforwards in 
2006 to offset tax amounts owed related to the sale of BAX Global. 

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Continuing Operations 

2005
The effective income tax rate on continuing operations in 2005 was higher than the 35% U.S. statutory tax rate 
primarily as a result of new valuation allowances in various countries in South America and Europe, the effects of 
losses in tax jurisdictions for which the Company does not record a tax benefit for such losses and $3 million of tax 
expense related to the repatriation of non-U.S. earnings.  This was partially offset by the favorable resolution of 
contingent state income tax matters.  The Company repatriated cash of $49 million from Brink’s entities in 2005 
under the repatriation provision of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.  The Company expects to pay 
additional income tax of $3 million related to the 2005 repatriation, which amount was recognized as tax expense 
in 2005.   

2004
The effective income tax rate on continuing operations in 2004 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily 
as a result of state income taxes and the recording of income tax expense of $2.1 million for net valuation allowance 
adjustments.  

2003
The effective income tax rate on continuing operations in 2003 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily 
due to recording income tax expense of $15.5 million for net valuation allowance adjustments for a portion of 
Brink’s foreign deferred tax assets. 

Adjustments to income tax expense 
The Company has recorded adjustments in each of the last three years based on an ongoing analysis of its U.S. and 
non-U.S. current and deferred income tax asset and liability accounts.  The Company has included in income from 
continuing operations the effect of these adjustments because they did not aggregate to a material amount in any 
individual year.  The income tax benefit related to these adjustments was $0.9 million in 2005, $0.3 million in 
2004 and $5.8 million in 2003.  

Discontinued Operations 

Discontinued operations includes the tax provision or benefit associated with the Company’s BAX Global and 
former natural resource businesses, including the resolution of associated contingent tax matters.   

The effective tax rate in 2005 was lower than the 35% U.S. statutory tax rate primarily as a result of an income tax 
benefit of $27.4 million recorded upon the resolution of income tax matters with the Internal Revenue Service 
related to the former natural resource business.  In addition, the Company recognized a $7.0 million deferred tax 
benefit in 2005 for the excess of the tax basis over the carrying value of the Company’s investment in BAX Global as 
a result of the Company’s decision to sell BAX Global’s stock.   

The effective tax rate in 2004 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate due to state income tax expense.  The 
effective tax rate in 2003 was higher than the U.S. statutory rate due to state deferred tax valuation allowances 
related to BAX Global and additional accruals made in 2003 for tax contingencies related to the natural resource 
business.

Other

As of December 31, 2005, the Company has not recorded U.S. federal deferred income taxes on approximately $145 
million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries and equity affiliates.  It is expected that these earnings 
will be permanently reinvested in operations outside the U.S.  It is not practical to compute the estimated deferred 
tax liability on these earnings.   

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Foreign Operations 

The Company operates in approximately 50 countries outside the U.S., each with a local currency other than the 
U.S. dollar. Because the financial results of the Company are reported in U.S. dollars, they are affected by changes 
in the value of various foreign currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. Changes in exchange rates may also affect 
transactions which are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency. The diversity of foreign 
operations helps to mitigate a portion of the impact that foreign currency fluctuations in any one country may have 
on the translated results.  

The Company, from time to time, uses foreign currency forward contracts to hedge transactional risks associated 
with foreign currencies, as discussed under “Market Risk Exposures” below.   

Brink’s Venezuelan subsidiaries (“Brink’s Venezuela”) were considered to be operating in a highly inflationary 
economy in 2002.  For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, Venezuela’s economy was not 
considered highly inflationary.  It is possible that Venezuela’s economy may be considered highly inflationary 
again at some time in the future.   

The Company is exposed to certain risks when it operates in highly inflationary economies, including the risk that 

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the rate of price increases for services will not keep pace with cost inflation; 
adverse economic conditions in the highly inflationary country may discourage business growth which 
could affect demand for the Company’s services; and 
the devaluation of the currency may exceed the rate of inflation and reported U.S dollar revenues and 
profits may decline. 

Brink’s Venezuela is also subject to local laws and regulatory interpretations that determine the exchange rate at 
which repatriating dividends may be converted.  It is possible that Brink’s Venezuela may be subject to less 
favorable exchange rates on dividend remittances at some time in the future.  The Company’s reported U.S. dollar 
revenues, earning and equity could be adversely affected if the Company were to change to a less favorable currency 
exchange rate to translate Brink’s Venezuela financial results and financial position. 

The Company is also subject to other risks customarily associated with doing business in foreign countries, 
including labor and economic conditions, political instability, controls on repatriation of earnings and capital, 
nationalization, expropriation and other forms of restrictive action by local governments. The future effects, if any, 
of these risks on the Company cannot be predicted. 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 

Overview

Over the last three years, the Company has used the cash generated from operations and the divestiture of the 
natural resources businesses to acquire security operations in Europe and to strengthen its balance sheet by 
reducing debt and making contributions to the VEBA and its primary U.S. pension plan.  Cash flows before 
financing activities in the last three years were also used in part to make significant cash payments associated with 
retained liabilities of the former coal operations.  Net cash proceeds from the sale of natural resource businesses 
totaled $179 million over the last three years.  

During the past three years, the Company acquired security operations for an aggregate purchase price of $75 
million.  Debt repayments, net, aggregated $64 million and the Company has contributed $132 million to the VEBA 
and $31 million to the primary U.S. pension plan over the last three years.   

In January 2006, the Company received $1.1 billion in cash from the sale of BAX Global.  The Company immediately 
used the proceeds to contribute $225 million to the VEBA and pay down $46 million of short-term debt.  In 
addition, the Company expects to use proceeds to pay down up to a further $140 million of debt and repurchase 
between $400 million and $600 million of Company common stock. 

The Company may elect to pay up to $30.5 million to satisfy a former coal multi-employer pension withdrawal 
liability in 2006.   

In addition, in conjunction with the Company’s decision to freeze U.S. defined benefit pension plan benefit levels 
and enhance the benefits associated with the U.S. 401(k) plan, the Company announced that the funding of the 
Company’s U.S. defined contribution matching expense would be in cash rather than Company stock.  Using the 
rates of salary and employee participation in effect during 2005, the Company expects $13 million to $15 million 
higher cash outflows in 2006 as a result of this change. 

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Summary of Cash Flow Information 

(In millions) 

Cash flows from operating activities 

  Continuing operations: 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Years Ended December 31, 

$ change 

2005

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

Before changes in operating assets and liabilities 
Changes in assets and liabilities, including  

$  266.3 

199.5 

184.4 

$ 

66.8 

15.1

working capital 
Subtotal 
  Discontinued operations: 

BAX Global 
Natural gas, timber and gold 
Operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities 

  Continuing operations: 
Capital expenditures 
Net proceeds from: 
Disposal of former natural resource interests 
Notes receivable and settlement of royalty agreement 

Subtotal of natural resource cash proceeds 

Contributions to VEBA (a) 
Acquisitions 
Other 

Subtotal 
  Discontinued operations: 

BAX Global 
Natural gas, timber and gold 

  Investing activities 

(6.5) 
259.8 

54.2 
- 
314.0 

32.4 
231.9 

52.8 
0.2 
284.9 

39.8 
224.2 

60.3 
19.2 
303.7 

(38.9) 
27.9 

1.4 
(0.2) 
29.1 

(7.4) 
7.7 

(7.5) 
(19.0) 
(18.8) 

(271.7) 

(194.9) 

(179.1) 

(76.8) 

(15.8) 

5.0 
- 
5.0 
- 
(53.2) 
(2.5) 
(322.4) 

(72.8) 
- 
(395.2) 

28.6 
- 
28.6 
- 
(14.8) 
7.7 
(173.4) 

(48.3) 
(0.8) 
(222.5) 

119.4 
26.0 
145.4 
(82.0) 
(7.2) 
16.6 
(106.3) 

(47.1) 
(8.8) 
(162.2) 

(23.6) 
- 
(23.6) 
- 
(38.4) 
(10.2) 
(149.0) 

(24.5) 
0.8 
(172.7) 

(90.8) 
(26.0) 
(116.8) 
82.0 
(7.6) 
(8.9) 
(67.1) 

(1.2) 
8.0 
(60.3) 

Cash flows before financing activities

$

(81.2)

62.4

141.5

$  (143.6) 

(79.1)

(a)

In 2004, the VEBA was restricted to pay coal-related retiree medical benefits.  As a result, the Company began to account for the VEBA as 
an offset to the postretirement obligation (see note 4 to the consolidated financial statements).  Accordingly, $50 million of net cash 
contributions in 2004 have been classified within operating activities.  In 2003, $82 million of contributions were classified within 
investing activities. 

Operating Activities 

2005

Operating cash flow from continuing operations increased by $27.9 million in 2005 compared to 2004 primarily 
due to lower contributions to U.S. pension plans and VEBA in 2005.  This was partially offset by lower operating 
profit and more cash used for working capital needs as a result of increased receivables. 

2004

Operating cash flow from continuing operations increased by $7.7 million in 2004 from the prior period primarily 
as a result of improved cash flow from operating performance of the Company’s business segments.  Partially 
offsetting this increase was a $50 million contribution to the VEBA in 2004.  Contributions to the VEBA were 
classified as investing activities in 2003.   

Operating cash flow from discontinued operations decreased by $26.5 million in 2004 from the prior period 
primarily as a result of the Company’s natural resource business generating less cash in 2004, since these 
businesses were sold in 2003 and early 2004.  

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Investing Activities 

Continuing Operations 

Cash used for investing activities by continuing operations increased by $149.0 million in 2005 compared to 2004 
primarily due to higher cash outflows of $76.8 million for capital expenditures and $38.4 million for acquisitions.  
Cash from investing activities in 2004 included $23.6 million of higher net proceeds from the disposition of assets 
compared to 2005. 

Capital Expenditures 

(In millions) 

Capital Expenditures 

Brink’s
BHS 
Corporate and other 

Capital expenditures 

Years Ended December 31, 

$ change 

2005

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

$ 

109.0 
162.2 
0.5 

$ 

271.7 

76.2 
117.6 
1.1 

194.9 

80.9 
98.0 
0.2 

179.1 

$

32.8 
44.6 
(0.6) 

$ 

76.8 

(4.7) 
19.6 
0.9 

15.8 

Capital expenditures for 2005 were $76.8 million higher than 2004.  The increase includes $14.0 million spent to 
purchase the BHS headquarters and monitoring facility and two Brink’s branch facilities in the U.S. that were 
previously leased.  In addition, 2005 capital expenditures includes $7.4 million for the development of BHS’ new 
Knoxville monitoring facility and $7.0 million for the construction of a Brink’s branch facility.  Also contributing to 
the increase in capital expenditures is the growth in subscriber installations at BHS, increased information 
technology spending and higher expenditures for vehicles at Brink’s. 

Higher capital expenditures at BHS in 2004 as compared to 2003 were primarily due to an increase in subscriber 
installations.   

Capital expenditures in 2006 are currently expected to range from $270 million to $280 million.  Expected capital 
expenditures for 2006 reflect an increase in customer installations at BHS and information technology spending at 
Brink’s.   

Proceeds from Disposition of Assets and Investments 
Cash flows from investing activities included cash proceeds of $5.0 million in 2005 and $28.6 million in 2004 
from the sale of natural resource businesses.  Cash flows from investing activities in 2003 included cash proceeds 
of $119.4 million from the sale of natural resource businesses and equity interests and the realization of $26.0 
million of cash related to the monetization of notes receivable from the 2002 sale of the Company’s former Virginia 
coal operations.   

VEBA
The Company made contributions of $82 million to its VEBA in 2003, which, as noted above, were classified as an 
investing activity.  The Company classified $50 million of contributions in 2004 as an operating activity.  No 
contributions were made to the VEBA in 2005 but the Company contributed $225 million in January 2006 using 
proceeds from the sale of BAX Global. 

Acquisitions 
As previously described, Brink’s has made a number of acquisitions in the last three years including several 
operations in Europe for $53.2 million in 2005 and $22.0 million in the prior two years. 

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Discontinued Operations 
Cash used for investing activities increased by $23.7 million in 2005 from 2004 primarily as a result of higher 
capital expenditures at BAX Global.   

Business Segment Cash Flows

The Company’s cash flows before financing activities for each of the operating segments are presented below. 

(In millions) 

2005

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

Years Ended December 31, 

$ change 

Cash flows before financing activities 

Continuing operations: 
  Business segments: 

Brink’s 
BHS 

Subtotal of business segments 

  Corporate and former operations: 

  Proceeds from sale of natural resource interests  
  Contributions to the VEBA, net 
  Contributions to primary U.S. pension plan 
  Other 

Subtotal of continuing operations

Discontinued operations: 
  BAX Global 
  Natural gas, timber and gold 

$ 

(11.5) 
14.6 

3.1

5.0 
- 
- 
(70.7) 

(62.6) 

(18.6) 
- 

Cash flows before financing activities   

$ 

(81.2)   

108.5
47.6 

156.1 

28.6 
(50.0) 
(11.0) 
(65.2) 

58.5 

4.5 
(0.6) 

62.4

66.5 
28.8 

95.3 

145.4 
(82.0) 
(20.0) 
(20.8) 

117.9 

13.2 
10.4 

141.5 

$  (120.0) 
(33.0) 

(153.0) 

(23.6) 
  50.0 
11.0 
(5.5) 

(121.1) 

(23.1) 
0.6 

$  (143.6) 

42.0
18.8 

60.8 

(116.8) 
32.0 
9.0 
(44.4) 

(59.4) 

(8.7) 
(11.0) 

(79.1)

Overview

Cash flows before financing activities from the Company’s business segments have averaged $85 million over the 
last three years.  Sales of natural resource interests also provided $179 million in cash over that period.  Using this 
cash flow, the Company made $163 million in voluntary contributions to its VEBA and primary U.S. pension plan 
over the last three years.  Cash flows before financing activities in the last three years were also used in part to make 
significant annual cash payments associated with retained liabilities of the former coal operations.   

Brink’s 

Cash flows before financing activities at Brink’s decreased by $120.0 million in 2005 primarily due to a $38.4 
million increase in cash used for acquisitions ($53.2 million for the acquisition of operations in Europe in 2005 
compared with $14.8 million for acquisitions in 2004) and a $32.8 million increase in capital expenditures.  Lower 
operating profit in 2005 also reduced cash from operations.  In addition, cash used for working capital needs was 
higher in 2005 primarily as a result of increased receivables on a 12% increase in revenue.   

Cash before financing activities increased in 2004 over 2003 primarily due to higher operating profits partially 
offset by an increase in cash used for acquisitions. 

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BHS

The decrease in BHS’ cash flows before financing activities is primarily due to $10.2 million spent for the purchase 
of BHS’ headquarter facilities, $7.4 million for the development of the Knoxville facility and a $25.0 million 
increase in capital expenditures reflecting the growth in installations of security systems.  This was partially offset 
by higher cash flows from operations as a result of higher operating profit.   

The year-over-year increase in cash flows before financing activities at BHS in 2004 is primarily due to higher 
operating results partially offset by an increase in capital expenditures reflecting growth in installations of security 
systems. 

Corporate and Former Operations 

The Company received $179.0 million in net proceeds during the last three years from the sale of substantially all of 
its natural resource interests.  In the last three years, the Company contributed $132.0 million to its VEBA and 
$31.0 million to its primary U.S. pension plan.  The $44.4 million increase in 2004 other cash outflows reflects 
higher corporate expenses compared to 2003 and the collection of the remaining receivables from the coal 
business in 2003.  The Company may elect to pay up to approximately $30.5 million in 2006 to satisfy its liability 
related to withdrawing from the 1950 and 1974 multiemployer pension plans at the former coal business.

Discontinued Operations 

Cash flows before financing activities from discontinued operations in 2005 decreased primarily due to a decrease 
in the sale of accounts receivable as a result of the termination of the securitization program and an increase in 
capital expenditures partially offset by improved operating results at BAX Global. 

Cash flow before financing activities from discontinued operations was lower in 2004 as a result of the sale of 
$52.0 million less accounts receivable at BAX Global at year end 2004 versus the prior year, partially offset by 
improved operating results at BAX Global.  In addition, the natural resource businesses were sold in 2003 and 
2004.

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Financing Activities

Summary of Financing Activities 

(In millions) 

2005

2004 

2003 

Years Ended December 31, 

Net borrowings (repayments) of debt: 

  Short-term debt 
  Revolving Facility 
  Senior Notes 
  Other 

$ 

  Net borrowings (repayments) of debt 

Dividends 
Dividends to minority interests in subsidiaries 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and other 
Discontinued operations, net 

  Cash flows from financing activities 

$ 

14.0 
107.1 
(18.3) 
(16.2) 

86.6 
(5.5) 
(6.7) 
26.9 
(7.7) 

93.6 

(7.9)
(12.5) 
- 
(16.4) 

(36.8) 
(5.4) 
(4.8) 
22.4 
(2.3) 

(26.9) 

(14.3)
(98.1) 
- 
(1.8) 

(114.2) 
(5.3) 
(2.9) 
1.1 
(4.6) 

(125.9) 

The Company’s day-to-day operating liquidity needs are typically financed by short-term debt, the accounts 
receivable securitization facility (through December 15, 2005 when the facility expired), and the Company’s 
Revolving Facility and Letter of Credit Facility, both of which are described below in “Capitalization.” 

With proceeds from the sale of BAX Global, the Company paid $46 million of debt in January 2006.  The Company 
expects to make a self-tender offer for a portion of its outstanding common stock, which is expected to result in 
significant cash outflows of between $400 million and $600 million during 2006.   

The Company paid quarterly dividends on its common stock at an annual rate of $0.10 per share in each of the last 
three years.  Dividends paid on common stock totaled $5.5 million in 2005, $5.4 million in 2004 and $5.3 million 
in 2003.   

Future dividends are dependent on the earnings, financial condition, cash flow and business requirements of the 
Company, as determined by the Board.  On January 26, 2006, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 
$0.025 per share of common stock, payable on March 1, 2006 to shareholders of record on February 8, 2006. 

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Capitalization 

The Company uses a combination of debt, operating leases and equity to capitalize its operations.  As of December 
31, 2005, debt as a percentage of capitalization (total debt and shareholders’ equity) was 27% compared to 26% at 
December 31, 2004.  The increase resulted from higher debt of $68.7 million partially offset by the impact of 
higher equity of $149.0 million.  Equity increased in 2005 primarily as a result of net income of $142.4 million and 
the issuance of shares related to employee benefit plans, partially offset by other comprehensive losses.   

Summary of Debt, Equity and Other Liquidity Information 

Amount available  
under credit facilities
  December 31, 

2005

Outstanding Balance 
December 31, 

2005

2004 

$ change (a) 

(In millions)

Debt: 

Short-term debt: 

Multi-currency revolving facility 
and other committed facilities 

  Long-term debt: 

  Revolving Facility 

Letter of Credit Facility 
Senior Notes 
Dominion Terminal  

Associates (“DTA”) bonds 

Other 
  Debt 

$ 

51

$ 

25.5 

276
6

$

333

$

123.6 
- 
76.7 

43.2 
43.9 
312.9 

27.5 

18.4 
- 
95.0 

43.2 
60.1 
244.2

Shareholders’ equity 

$  837.5 

688.5 

Other Liquidity Information: 
  Cash and cash equivalents 
  Amount sold under accounts receivable  

securitization facility 

  Net Debt (b)  
  Net Financings (b) 

$ 

96.2 

- 
216.7 
216.7 

169.0 

25.0 
75.2 
100.2 

$ 

(2.0) 

105.2 
- 
(18.3) 

- 
(16.2) 
68.7 

149.0 

$ 

$ 

$ 

(72.8) 

(25.0) 
141.5 
116.5 

(a)

In addition to cash borrowings and repayments, the change in the debt balance also includes changes in currency exchange rates and 
borrowings under new capital leases. 

(b) Net Debt and Net Financings are non-GAAP measures.  Net Debt is equal to short-term debt plus the current and noncurrent portion of 
long-term debt, (“Debt” in the tables), less cash and cash equivalents.  Net Financings are equal to Net Debt plus the amount sold under 
the accounts receivable securitization facility.  See reconciliation below. 

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Reconciliation of Net Debt and Net Financings to GAAP Measures 

 December 31, 

(In millions) 

2005

2004 

2003 

2002 

2001 

Short-term debt 
Long-term debt 
DTA bonds 
  Debt 
Less cash and cash equivalents 

Net Debt 
Amounts sold under accounts receivable  

securitization facility 

Net Financings 

$ 

25.5 
287.4 
- 
312.9 
(96.2) 

216.7 

- 

$

216.7 

27.5
216.7 
- 
244.2 
(169.0) 

75.2 

25.0 

100.2

35.8 
238.7 
- 
274.5 
(128.7) 

145.8 

77.0 

222.8 

41.8 
317.5 
- 
359.3 
(102.3) 

257.0 

72.0 

329.0 

27.8 
270.1 
43.2 
341.1 
(86.7) 

254.4 

69.0 

323.4 

The supplemental Net Debt and Net Financing information is non-GAAP financial information that management 
believes is an important measure to evaluate the Company’s financial leverage.  This supplemental non-GAAP 
information does not affect any reported amounts.  This supplemental non-GAAP information should be viewed in 
conjunction with the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. 

Debt

The Company has an unsecured $400 million revolving bank credit facility (“Revolving Facility”) with a syndicate 
of banks upon which it may borrow (or otherwise satisfy credit needs) on a revolving multi-currency basis over a 
five-year term ending in October 2009.  At December 31, 2005, $276.4 million was available for use under the 
Revolving Facility.  The Company has the option to borrow based on LIBOR plus a margin, prime rate or a 
competitive bid among the individual banks.   

The Company has an unsecured $150 million credit facility with a bank to provide letters of credit and other 
borrowing capacity over a five-year term ending in December 2009 (the “Letter of Credit Facility”).  The costs of 
these letters of credit are expected to be approximately the same as borrowings under its $400 million facility 
discussed above.  As of December 31, 2005, $5.9 million was available for use under this revolving credit facility.  
The Revolving Facility and the multi-currency revolving credit facilities described below are also used for the 
issuance of letters of credit and bank guarantees. 

The Company has three unsecured multi-currency revolving bank credit facilities totaling $121.4 million at 
December 31, 2005, of which $50.8 million was unused.  When rates are favorable, the Company also borrows from 
other banks under short-term uncommitted agreements.  Various foreign subsidiaries maintain other secured and 
unsecured lines of credit and overdraft facilities with a number of banks.  Amounts borrowed under these 
agreements are included in short-term borrowings.

At December 31, 2005, the Company had $76.7 million of Senior Notes outstanding that are scheduled to be repaid 
in 2006 through 2008, including $18.3 million which was paid as scheduled in January 2006.  Interest on each 
series of the Senior Notes is payable semiannually, and the Company has the option to prepay all or a portion of the 
Senior Notes prior to maturity subject to a make-whole provision.  The Senior Notes are unsecured.  On February 
28, 2006, the Company gave notice to the holders of the Senior Notes that the Company would elect to prepay the 
remaining $58.4 million outstanding in the first quarter of 2006.  A make-whole payment of approximately $1.7 
million is expected to be paid in connection with this prepayment.   

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The Company’s Brink’s, BHS and BAX Global subsidiaries have guaranteed the Revolving Facility, the Letter of 
Credit Facility and the Senior Notes.  As of January 31, 2006, BAX Global is no longer a guarantor.  The Revolving 
Facility, the Letter of Credit Facility, the agreement under which the Senior Notes were issued and the multi-
currency revolving bank credit facilities each contain various financial and other covenants.  The financial 
covenants, among other things, limit the Company’s total indebtedness, limit the use of proceeds on sales of assets 
(including the sale of BAX Global), provide for minimum coverage of interest costs, and require the Company to 
maintain a minimum level of net worth.  The credit agreements do not provide for the acceleration of payments 
should the Company's credit rating be reduced.  If the Company were not to comply with the terms of its various 
loan agreements, the repayment terms could be accelerated and the commitment could be withdrawn.  An 
acceleration of the repayment terms under one agreement could trigger the acceleration of the repayment terms 
under the other loan agreements.  The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at December 31, 
2005.

In 2003, at the Company’s request, the Peninsula Ports Authority of Virginia issued a new series of bonds to 
replace the previous bonds related to Dominion Terminal Associates, a deep water coal terminal in which the 
Company no longer has an interest.  The Company continues to pay interest on and guarantee payment of the $43.2 
million principal of the new bonds and ultimately will have to pay for the retirement of the new bonds in 
accordance with the terms of the guarantee.  The new bonds bear a fixed interest rate of 6.0% and mature in 2033.  
The new bonds may mature prior to 2033 upon the occurrence of specified events such as the determination that 
the bonds are taxable or the failure of the Company to abide by the terms of its guarantee.   

The Company believes it has adequate sources of liquidity to meet its near-term requirements. 

Equity 

At December 31, 2005, the Company had 100 million shares of common stock authorized and 58.7 million shares 
issued and outstanding.  Of the outstanding shares at December 31, 2005, 1.2 million shares were held by The 
Brink’s Company Employee Benefit Trust and have been accounted for in a manner similar to treasury stock for 
earnings per share purposes.  The Company has the authority to issue up to 2.0 million shares of preferred stock, 
par value $10 per share.   

The Company has the authority to repurchase up to 1.0 million shares of common stock with an aggregate purchase 
price limitation of $19.1 million.  The Company made no repurchases under this program during 2005 or 2004.  

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements 

The Company has various off-balance sheet arrangements that are described in the notes to the consolidated 
financial statements.  See note 13 for the BAX Global accounts receivable securitization program, which expired 
December 15, 2005, and note 14 for operating leases that have residual value guarantees or other terms that cause 
the agreement to be considered a variable interest.  The Company uses these off-balance sheet arrangements to 
lower its cost of financings and to provide access to a broader pool of lenders.  The Company believes its off-
balance sheet arrangements are an important component of its capital structure. 

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Contractual Obligations

The following table includes the contractual obligations of the Company as of December 31, 2005.  

(In millions) 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

Later 
Years 

Total 

Estimated Payments Due by Period 

Contractual obligations  

  Long-term debt obligations:  

  Senior notes (a) 
  Other 

  Capital lease obligations  
  Operating lease obligations 
  Purchase obligations: 

Service contracts  
Other 

  Other long-term liabilities reflected on the  
  Company’s balance sheet under GAAP - 
non-coal related workers compensation  

and other claims  

  Subtotal 

Legacy liabilities (b) 

  Total 

Contractual obligations of BAX Global (c) 

$ 

76.7 
2.9 
7.6 
66.7 

11.9 
7.5 

- 
11.2 
5.3 
54.1 

1.1 
0.1 

- 
1.8 
3.9 
41.0 

0.9 
0.1 

- 
124.4 
3.5 
28.7 

0.7 
- 

- 
0.8 
2.2 
20.1 

0.5 
- 

- 
45.5 
1.6 
47.2 

0.2 
- 

76.7 
186.6 
24.1 
257.8 

15.3 
7.7 

28.1 
201.4 
92.0 
$  293.4 

$ 

123.9 

15.0 
86.8 
64.0 
150.8 

57.5 

8.2 
55.9 
65.0 
120.9 

42.9 

4.9 
162.2 
66.0 
228.2 

29.8 

3.4 
27.0 
66.0 
93.0 

21.2 

8.2 
102.7 
1,337.0 
1,439.7 

67.8 
636.0 
1,690.0 
2,326.0 

96.1 

371.4 

(a)

The Company expects to prepay the Senior Notes in 2006 with the proceeds of the sale of BAX Global. 

(b) The projected payments for liabilities related to former coal operations (legacy liabilities) are discussed in “Results of Operations – 

Retained Liabilities and Assets of Former Operations.”  A portion of the projected payments may ultimately be paid by the VEBA.  The 
Company may elect at any time to use either these assets or its cash from operations to pay benefits for its retiree medical plans.  
Estimated payments above exclude administration and other payments.   

(c) Contractual obligations related to BAX Global of $371.4 million have been segregated in the above table.  These obligations were assumed 

by a third party in early 2006 as a result of the sale of BAX Global described in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements. 

Other Potential Use of Credit 

Surety Bonds 

The Company is required by various state and federal laws to provide security with regard to its obligations to pay 
workers’ compensation, to reclaim lands used for mining by the Company’s former coal operations and to satisfy 
other obligations.  As of December 31, 2005, the Company had outstanding surety bonds with third parties totaling 
approximately $71.8 million that it has arranged in order to satisfy various security requirements.  Most of these 
bonds provide financial security for previously recorded liabilities.  The Company expects $9.4 million of the 
outstanding surety bonds to be replaced with surety bonds provided by the purchaser of BAX Global.  Surety bonds 
are typically renewable on a yearly basis; however, there can be no assurance the bonds will be renewed or that 
premiums in the future will not increase.   

If the remaining surety bonds are not renewed, the Company believes that it has adequate available borrowing 
capacity under its Letter of Credit Facility and its Revolving Facility to provide letters of credit or other collateral to 
secure its obligations.   

The Company has issued letters of credit under its Letter of Credit Facility, described in “Debt” above, to satisfy a 
portion of its security requirements.  At December 31, 2005, $135.8 million of the $144.1 million issued letters of 
credit were used to satisfy security requirements.

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Contingent Matters

Income Tax  

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to tax examinations in various U.S. and foreign jurisdictions and the 
Company has accrued approximately $13 million for related contingencies at December 31, 2005.  While it is 
difficult to predict the final outcome of the various issues that may arise during an examination, the Company 
believes that it has adequately provided for all contingent income tax liabilities and interest.   

Former Operations 

The Company has recorded estimated liabilities for contingent liabilities, including those for premiums to the 
Combined Fund, coal-related workers’ compensation claims and reclamation obligations.  These are discussed in 
more detail at “Results of Operations – Retained Liabilities and Assets of Former Operations – Legacy Liabilities 
and Assets.” 

BAX Global is defending a claim related to the apparent diversion by a third party of goods being transported for a 
customer.  Although BAX Global is defending this claim vigorously and believes that its defenses have merit, it is 
possible that this claim ultimately may be decided in favor of the claimant.  If so, the Company expects that the 
ultimate amount of reasonably possible unaccrued losses could range from $0 to $9 million.  The Company has 
contractually indemnified the purchaser of BAX Global for this contingency.   

The Company has retained all pre-closing tax assets and liabilities related to BAX Global, except deferred income 
taxes.  The Company has $23.3 million accrued for these net tax liabilities at December 31, 2005.   

Insurance claims 

The Company expects to file insurance claims of $4.0 million to $6.5 million related to property damage and 
business interruption insurance coverage for losses sustained from Hurricane Katrina.  As of December 31, 2005, 
the Company had recorded a receivable of $2.2 million for claims to be filed, which equals the amount of 
hurricane-related property losses recognized to date.  Because the Company’s property damage insurance coverage 
provides for replacement value, the Company expects to record proceeds in excess of realized losses when the 
claims are ultimately settled.  Claims for lost revenues under business interruption coverage will be recognized as 
operating income when the claims are settled. 

Value-added taxes (“VAT”) and customs duties 

During 2004, the Company determined that one of its non-U.S. Brink’s business units had not paid customs duties 
and VAT with respect to the importation of certain goods and services.  The Company was advised that civil and 
criminal penalties could be asserted for the non-payment of these customs duties and VAT.  Although no penalties 
have been asserted to date, they could be asserted at any time.  The business unit has provided the appropriate 
government authorities with an accounting of unpaid customs duties and VAT and has made payments covering its 
calculated unpaid VAT.  As a result of its investigation, the Company accrued charges of $1.1 million to operating 
profit and recorded estimated interest expense of $0.7 million related to this matter during 2004.  The Company 
believes that the range of reasonably possible losses is between $0.4 million and $3.0 million for potential 
penalties on unpaid VAT and between $0 and $35 million for unpaid customs duties and associated penalties.  The 
Company believes that the assertion of the penalties on unpaid customs duties would be excessive and would 
vigorously defend against any such assertion.  The Company does not expect to be assessed interest charges in 
connection with any penalties that may be asserted.  The Company continues to diligently pursue the timely 
resolution of this matter and, accordingly, the Company’s estimate of the potential losses could change materially 
in future periods.  The assertion of potential penalties may be material to the Company’s financial position and 
results of operations.  

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BHS contingency for a component 

BHS has been notified by one of its equipment suppliers that it is reviewing data associated with the reliability of a 
component.  The supplier is examining currently available data and developing additional data in order to complete 
the review.  The conclusions from the review could range from the confirmation of the reliability of the component 
to a requirement to replace the component.  The Company does not currently believe that actions, if any, stemming 
from this review will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position.  The Company expects to be 
reimbursed for costs, if any, that may be incurred in responding to the review.  However, depending upon the 
timing and amounts of expenditures and reimbursements, there could be an impact on results of operations for 
individual quarters in 2006.   

MARKET RISK EXPOSURES

The Company’s continuing operations have activities in approximately 50 countries. These operations expose the 
Company to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in interest rates, commodities prices and 
foreign currency exchange rates.  These financial and commodity exposures are monitored and managed by the 
Company as an integral part of its overall risk management program. 

The Company periodically uses various derivative and non-derivative financial instruments, as discussed below, to 
hedge its interest rate, commodities prices and foreign currency exposures when appropriate. The risk that 
counterparties to these instruments may be unable to perform is minimized by limiting the counterparties used to 
major financial institutions with investment grade credit ratings.  The Company does not expect to incur a loss 
from the failure of any counterparty to perform under the agreements.  The Company does not use derivative 
financial instruments for purposes other than hedging underlying financial or commercial exposures. 

The sensitivity analyses discussed below for the market risk exposures were based on the facts and circumstances 
in effect at December 31, 2005. Actual results will be determined by a number of factors that are not under 
management’s control and could vary materially from those disclosed. 

Interest Rate Risk 

The Company uses both fixed and floating rate debt and leases to finance its operations. Floating rate obligations, 
including the Company’s Revolving Facility, expose the Company to fluctuations in cash flows due to changes in the 
general level of interest rates.  Fixed rate obligations, including the Company’s Senior Notes and Dominion 
Terminal Associates debt, are subject to fluctuations in fair values as a result of changes in interest rates. 

Based on the contractual interest rates on the floating rate debt at December 31, 2005, a hypothetical 10% increase 
in rates would increase cash outflows by approximately $0.7 million over a twelve-month period (in other words, 
the Company’s weighted average interest rate on its floating rate instruments was 4.25% per annum at December 
31, 2005. If that average rate were to increase by 43 basis points to 4.68%, the cash outflows associated with these 
instruments would increase by $0.7 million annually).  The effect on the fair value of the Company’s Senior Notes 
and Dominion Terminal Associates debt for a hypothetical 10% decrease in the yield curve from year-end 2005 
levels would result in a $4.3 million increase in the fair values of this debt.   

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Commodities Price Risk 

The Company consumes various commodities in the normal course of its business and, from time to time, uses 
derivative financial instruments to minimize the variability in forecasted cash flows due to price movements in 
these commodities. The derivative contracts are entered into in accordance with guidelines set forth in the 
Company’s risk management policies.  

During 2004 and 2003, BAX Global utilized swap contracts to fix a portion of forecasted jet fuel purchases at 
specific price levels.  In addition, depending on market conditions, the Company has been able to adjust its pricing 
through the use of surcharges on shipments to partially offset large increases in the cost of jet fuel.  At December 
31, 2005, the Company had no outstanding jet fuel hedge derivatives.   

During 2003, the Company utilized option strategies and forward sales contracts to hedge the selling price on a 
portion of its forecasted natural gas and gold sales.  The Company exited the natural gas business in 2003 and the 
gold business in early 2004.  Following the sale of these businesses, the Company had no outstanding natural gas or 
gold derivatives. 

Foreign Currency Risk 

The Company’s continuing operations, primarily through its Brink’s operations, has exposure to the effects of 
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on the results of all of its foreign operations, which are operated 
primarily in local currencies but are reported in U.S. dollars.  

The Company is exposed periodically to the foreign currency rate fluctuations that affect transactions not 
denominated in the functional currency of domestic and foreign operations. To mitigate these exposures, the 
Company may, from time to time, enter into foreign currency forward contracts.  The Company does not use 
derivative financial instruments to hedge investments in foreign subsidiaries since such investments are long-
term in nature. 

The effects of a hypothetical simultaneous 10% appreciation in the U.S. dollar from year-end 2005 levels against 
all other currencies of countries in which the Company has continuing operations are as follows: 

(In millions) 

Translation of 2005 earnings into U.S. dollars 
Transactional exposures 
Translation of net assets of foreign subsidiaries 

Hypothetical Effects 
Increase/ (decrease) 

$ 

(1.1) 
0.1 
(25.7) 

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APPLICATION OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

The application of accounting principles requires the use of assumptions, estimates and judgments which are the 
responsibility of management.  Management makes estimates and judgments based on, among other things, 
knowledge of operations, markets, historical trends and likely future changes, similarly situated businesses and, 
when appropriate, the opinions of advisors with relevant knowledge and experience.  Many assumptions, estimates 
and judgments are straightforward; others are not.  Reported results could have been materially different had the 
Company used a different set of assumptions, estimates and judgments. 

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance 

It is common for companies to record expenses and accruals before the related payments are actually made.  In the 
U.S., and most other countries and tax jurisdictions, many deductions for tax return purposes cannot be taken until 
the expenses are paid.  Similarly, some tax credits and tax loss carryforwards cannot be used until future periods 
when sufficient taxable income is generated. In these circumstances, under GAAP, companies accrue for the tax 
benefit expected to be received in future years if, in the judgment of management, it is “more likely than not” that 
the company will receive the tax benefits.  These benefits (deferred tax assets) are often offset, in whole or in part, 
by the effects of deferred tax liabilities which relate primarily to deductions available for tax return purposes under 
existing tax laws and regulations before such costs are reported as expenses under GAAP. 

As of December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $349 million of net deferred tax assets on its 
consolidated balance sheet.  A significant amount of the Company’s deferred tax assets relates to expected future 
tax deductions arising from retiree medical and other coal-related expenses the Company has already recorded in 
its financial statements.  For more details associated with this net balance, see note 17 to the accompanying 
consolidated financial statements. 

Since there is no absolute assurance that these assets will be ultimately realized, management annually reviews the 
Company’s deferred tax positions to determine if it is more likely than not that the assets will be realized. Periodic 
reviews include, among other things, the nature and amount of the taxable income and expense items, the expected 
timing when assets will be used or liabilities will be required to be reported and the reliability of historical 
profitability of businesses expected to provide future earnings. Furthermore, management considers tax-planning 
strategies it can use to increase the likelihood that the tax assets will be realized.  If after conducting the periodic 
review, management determines that the realization of the tax asset does not meet the “more-likely-than-not” 
criteria, an offsetting valuation allowance is recorded thereby reducing net earnings and the deferred tax asset in 
that period.  For these reasons and since changes in estimates can materially affect net earnings, management 
believes the accounting estimate related to deferred tax asset valuation allowances is a “critical accounting 
estimate.”

Approximately 84% of the deferred tax assets before valuation allowance at December 31, 2005 relates to the U.S. 
federal tax jurisdiction.  Due to its expectation that the historical profitability of the Company’s U.S. portion of the 
Brink’s and BHS operations will continue and the lengthy period over which coal-related liabilities will become 
available for deduction on tax returns, management has concluded that it is more likely than not that these 
deferred tax assets will be realized.   

For U.S. state jurisdictions and non-U.S. jurisdictions, the Company has evaluated its ability to fully utilize the net 
deferred tax assets on an individual jurisdiction basis.  Due to a recent history of losses in some non-U.S. 
jurisdictions and doubts about whether future operating performance will be sufficiently profitable to realize 
deferred tax assets, the Company has approximately $42 million of valuation allowances at December 31, 2005.  

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Among other things, should tax statutes, the timing of deductibility of expenses or expectations for future 
performance change, the Company could decide to adjust its valuation allowances, which would increase or 
decrease tax expense, possibly materially.  

Goodwill and Property and Equipment Valuations 

Accounting Policies 

At December 31, 2005, the Company had property and equipment of $867.4 million and goodwill of $103.8 million, 
net of accumulated depreciation and amortization.  The Company reviews these assets for possible impairment 
using the guidance in SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” for goodwill and SFAS 144, “Accounting 
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets,” for property and equipment and other long-lived assets.  
The review for impairment requires the use of significant judgments about the future performance of the 
Company’s operating subsidiaries and, as such, the Company believes they represent critical accounting estimates.   

Application of Accounting Policies 

Goodwill
Goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually.  The Company estimates the fair value of Brink’s, the only 
reporting unit that has goodwill, primarily using estimates of future cash flows.  The fair value of the reporting unit 
is compared to its carrying value to determine if an impairment is indicated.  At December 31, 2005, net goodwill 
was $103.8 million at Brink’s.  To date, no impairment has been identified.  BAX Global’s goodwill of $165.2 
million at December 31, 2005 has been included in assets held for sale.   

Due to a history of profitability and cash flow, the carrying values of long-lived assets of Brink’s are believed to be 
appropriate. 

Property and Equipment 
To determine if an impairment exists related to property and equipment, the Company compares estimates of the 
future undiscounted net cash flows of groups of assets to their carrying value when events or changes in 
circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable.  For purposes of assessing impairment, assets 
are grouped at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash 
flows of other groups of assets. 

Brink’s has not had any material impairments of property and equipment in the last three years.   

Each quarter, when BHS customers disconnect their monitoring service, BHS records an impairment charge 
related to the carrying value of the related security systems estimated to be permanently disconnected based on 
historical reconnection experience.  BHS makes estimates about future reconnection experience in its estimate of 
impairment charges.  Future reconnection experience is estimated using historical data.  Should the estimate of 
future reconnection experience change, BHS’s impairment charges would be affected. 

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Employee and Retiree Benefit Obligations 

The Company provides its employees and retirees benefits arising from both Company-sponsored plans (e.g. 
defined benefit pension plans) and statutory requirements (e.g. medical benefits for otherwise ineligible former 
employees and nonemployees under the Health Benefit Act).   

The primary benefits which require the Company to make cash payments over an extended period of years are: 

Pension obligation 
Retiree medical obligation 

(cid:120)
(cid:120)
(cid:120) Health Benefit Act premiums to the Combined Fund 
(cid:120)

Black Lung obligation 

Accounting Policy 

The Company accounts for its pension plans under SFAS 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions.”  The Company 
accounts for its retiree medical obligations and Black Lung obligations under SFAS 106, “Employers’ Accounting 
for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions.”  As a result of annual remeasurements, the Company records 
changes in liabilities and associated expenses over time as required under these accounting standards.   

Health Benefit Act obligations are recorded under EITF 92-13, “Accounting for Estimated Payments in Connection 
with the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992,” which requires the Company to accrue estimated 
undiscounted future premiums to be paid to the Combined Fund. 

As is normal for these benefits, cash payments will be made for periods ranging from the current year to over 
seventy years from now for these benefits.  The amount of the cash payments and related expenses will be affected 
over time by inflation, salary increases, investment returns and market interest rates, changes in the numbers of 
plan participants and changes in the benefit obligations and/or laws and regulations covering the benefit 
obligations.  Because of the inherent volatility of these items and because the obligations are significant, the 
Company believes these represent critical accounting estimates. 

The critical accounting estimates that determine the carrying values of liabilities and the resulting annual expense 
are discussed below.  The plans that are affected by the assumptions discussed are identified parenthetically in the 
relevant title. 

Application of Accounting Policy 

Discount Rate (Pension, Retiree Medical and Black Lung) 

A discount rate is used to determine the present value of future payments. The rate should reflect returns expected 
from high-quality bonds and will fluctuate over time with market interest rates. In general, the Company’s liability 
changes in an inverse relationship to interest rates, i.e. the lower the discount rate, the higher the associated plan 
obligation.   

The Company selects a discount rate for its plan obligations after reviewing published long-term yield information 
for a small number of high-quality fixed-income securities (e.g. Moody’s AA bond yields).  The Company’s 
advisors also calculate yields for the broader range of long-term high-quality securities with maturities in line with 
expected payments.  After considering these factors, the Company selected a discount rate of 5.50% as of 
December 2005 and 5.75% as of December 31, 2004.  The average Moody’s AA bond yields for the ten year period 
ended December 31, 2005 was approximately 6.9%. 

Sensitivity Analysis 
The discount rate selected at year end materially affects the valuations of plan obligations at year end and 
calculations of net periodic expenses for the following year.  

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The tables below compare hypothetical plan obligation valuations as of December 31, 2005 and estimated expenses 
for 2006 if the Company had used discount rates that were 100 basis points lower or higher. 

Plan Obligations at December 31, 2005 

(In millions) 

Primary U.S. pension plan ABO and PBO 
Coal-related retiree medical accumulated postretirement  
  benefit obligation (“APBO”) 
Black Lung APBO 

Projected 2006 Expense 

(In millions) 

Primary U.S. pension plan 
Coal-related retiree medical 
Black Lung 

Hypothetical 
4.50% 

$ 

873.7 

707.3 
55.6 

Hypothetical 
4.50% 

$ 

16.8 
18.8 
4.0 

Actual 
5.50% 

745.6 

633.0 
51.7 

Actual 
5.50% 

5.2 
17.0 
3.9 

Hypothetical 
6.50% 

644.4 

571.6 
47.7 

Hypothetical 
6.50% 

(4.4) 
15.3 
3.7 

Return on Assets (Pension and Retiree Medical) 

The Company’s primary U.S. defined benefit pension plan had assets at December 31, 2005 valued at 
approximately $620 million.  This pension plan’s assets are invested primarily using actively managed accounts 
with asset allocation targets of 47.5% domestic equities and 22.5% international equities, which include a broad 
array of market capitalization sizes and investment styles, and 30% fixed income securities.  The Company’s policy 
does not permit certain investments, including investments in The Brink’s Company common stock, unless part of 
a commingled fund.  Fixed-income investments must have an investment grade rating at the time of purchase.  The 
plan rebalances its assets on a quarterly basis if actual allocations of assets are outside predetermined ranges.  
Among other factors, the performance of asset groups and investment managers will affect the long-term rate of 
return.

The Company-sponsored retiree medical plan had assets in a VEBA at December 31, 2005 valued at approximately 
$185 million.  The assets in the VEBA are invested and managed on a similar basis to the pension plan.  
Accordingly, the same long-term rate of return assumption is used for the VEBA. 

Pension accounting principles require companies to use estimates of expected asset returns over long periods of 
time.  The Company selects the expected long-term rate of return assumption using advice from its investment 
advisor and its actuary considering the plan’s asset allocation targets and expected overall investment manager 
performance and a review of its most recent ten-year historical average compounded rate of return.  After 
following the above process, the Company selected 8.75% as its expected long-term rate of return as of December 
31, 2005 and 2004.   

It is unlikely that in any given year the actual rate of return will be the same as the assumed long-term rate of 
return.  In general, if actual returns exceed the expected long-term rate of return, future levels of expense will go 
down and vice-versa.  Over the last ten years, the annual returns of the Company’s primary pension plan have 
fluctuated from a high of a 27.5% gain (2003) to a low of a 9.3% loss (2002) and averaged over 9.6%, net of fees,  
per annum over the period.  During that time period, there were seven years in which returns exceeded the 
assumed long-term rate of return and three years, the three years ended December 31, 2002, with returns below 
the assumed long-term rate of return. 

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If the Company were to use a different long-term rate of return assumption, it would affect annual pension expense 
but would have no immediate effect on funding requirements.  For every hypothetical change of 100 basis points in 
the assumed long-term rate of return on plan assets, the Company’s U.S. annual pension plan expense in 2005 
would have increased or decreased by approximately $6 million before tax.  Similarly, the 2005 benefit of 
investment income in the VEBA would have increased or decreased by approximately $2 million. 

The reduction (or “credit”) to pension expense associated with the assumed investment return fluctuates based on 
the level of plan assets (over time, the higher the level of assets, the higher the credit and vice versa) and the 
assumed rate of return (the higher the rate, the higher the credit and vice versa).  

For the pension plan, the Company calculates expected investment returns by applying the expected long-term rate 
of return to the market-related value of plan assets.  The market-related value of the plan assets is different from 
the actual or fair-market value of the assets.  The actual or fair-market value is the value of the assets at a point in 
time that are available to make payments to pensioners and to cover any transaction costs.  The market-related 
value recognizes changes in fair-value on a straight-line basis over five years.  This recognition method spreads the 
effects of year-over-year volatility in the financial markets over several years. 

The Company has elected to calculate expected investment returns on assets in the VEBA by applying the expected 
long-term rate of return to the fair market value of the assets at year end.  This method is likely to cause the credit 
from the VEBA’s expected return to fluctuate more than the similar credit in the pension plan. 

Salary Inflation (Pension) 

Historically, pension expense and liabilities varied with the expected rate of salary increases – the higher or lower 
the annual increase, the higher or lower the liability and expense.  Since the Company has frozen benefits under 
the U.S. defined benefit pension plan, this assumption will no longer affect future pension expense and liability for 
that plan.   

Medical Inflation (Retiree Medical, Health Benefit Act) 

Changes in medical inflation will affect liability and expense amounts differently for the Company’s plans. There is 
a direct link between medical inflation and expected spending for postretirement medical benefits under the 
Company-sponsored plan for 2005 and for later years. Future cash payments associated with the Health Benefit 
Act will reflect only a portion of the effect of medical inflation as a result of statutory limitations on premium 
growth.

For the retiree medical plan, the Company assumed an inflation rate of 10% for 2006, and projects this rate to 
decline to 5% by 2011 for the Company-sponsored plans.  The average annual increase for medical inflation in the 
plan for the last three years has been above 9%.  Health Benefit Act liabilities were assumed to have a 4.5% 
inflation rate for premium payments.  The average annual premium increase over the last three years has been 
below 4.5% since premium increases are related only to increases in prices of medical benefits and do not include 
cost changes stemming from the use of more expensive treatments, changes in technology or the amount of care 
required.  Because of the volatility of medical inflation it is likely that there will be future adjustments to these 
estimates, although the direction and extent of these adjustments cannot be predicted at the present time. 

If the Company had assumed that the health care cost trend rates would be 100 basis points higher in each future 
year, the APBO for the coal-related retiree medical benefit plan would have been approximately $76 million higher 
at December 31, 2005 and the expense for 2005 would have been $3.8 million higher.  If the Company had assumed 
that the future health care cost trend rate would be 100 basis points lower, the APBO would have been 
approximately $64 million lower at December 31, 2005 and the related 2005 expenses would have been $3.2 
million lower. 

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Numbers of Participants (All Plans) 

The valuations of all of these benefit plans are affected by the life expectancy of the participants. Accordingly, the 
Company relies on actuarial information to predict the number and life expectancy of participants.  The Company 
uses the following mortality table for its major plans.  

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Plan 

Retiree medical 
Black Lung 
Health Benefit Act 
U.S. pension  

Mortality table 

RP-2000 Combined Healthy Blue Collar 
1983 Group Annuity 
U.S. Life 79-81 
RP-2000 Combined Healthy Blue Collar 

The 2005 number of participants by major plan are as follows: 

Plan 

  Coal-related 
  All other 

Total retiree medical 
Black Lung 
Health Benefit Act – assigned beneficiaries (a) 
U.S. pension 

Number of participants 

5,413 
5,400 

10,813 
805 
2,140 
23,809 

(a)

In addition to assigned beneficiaries, there are 15,349 unassigned beneficiaries, of which 
approximately 10% are allocated to subsidiaries of the Company. 

Due to the complexity of the contractual relationship with the UMWA for postretirement medical benefits and the 
application of regulations associated with the Health Benefit Act, the number of participants has and will continue 
to fluctuate as new participants are made known to the Company and as the Company and others investigate the 
application of the regulations.  Since the Company is no longer operating in the coal industry, it anticipates that the 
number of participants in the postretirement medical plan and the number of beneficiaries under the Health 
Benefit Act will decline over time due to mortality. 

Changes in Laws (All Plans) 

The Company’s valuations of its liabilities are determined under existing laws and regulations. Changes in laws and 
regulations which affect the ultimate level of liabilities and expense are reflected once the changes are final and 
their impact can be reasonably estimated.  Recent changes in laws that provide government subsidies for amounts 
paid for pharmaceuticals for medicare-eligible medical plan participants have reduced the Company’s liability.  
Changes in laws directed at changing the funding available for medical benefits related to unassigned beneficiaries 
under the Health Benefit Act could significantly reduce the Company’s ultimate liability to the Combined Fund. 

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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 

Adopted Standards 

In March 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation 47, “Accounting 
for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), an interpretation of SFAS 143, “Asset Retirement 
Obligations.”  FIN 47 clarifies that the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in SFAS 143 includes 
a legal obligation associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset in which the timing and/or method 
of settlement is conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity.  An entity is 
required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the 
liability can be reasonably estimated, even if conditional on a future event.  The Company has conditional asset 
retirement obligations primarily associated with leased facilities.  The Company adopted FIN 47 on December 31, 
2005 and recognized the following:   

(In millions) 
Adjustment at December 31, 2005 

Increase in assets (a): 
  Leasehold improvements 
  Noncurrent deferred income tax asset 

Increase in liabilities - asset retirement obligations (b) 

$ 

3.8 
0.9 
4.7 

(10.1) 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax (c) 

$ 

(5.4) 

(a)

(b)

(c)

Includes $1.1 million of assets held for sale.  

Includes $2.1 million of liabilities held for sale. 

Includes $1.0 million of cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax, related to BAX Global. 

In July 2005 the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) APB 18-1, “Accounting by an Investor for Its 
Proportionate Share of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income of an Investee Accounted for under the Equity 
Method in Accordance with APB Opinion 18 upon a Loss of Significant Influence.”  FSP APB 18-1 requires an 
investor’s proportionate share of an investee’s equity adjustments for other comprehensive income to be offset 
against the carrying value of the investment at the time significant influence is lost.  FSP APB 18-1 requires 
comparative financial statements be retrospectively adjusted to reflect the provisions of the FSP APB 18-1.  The 
Company adopted FSP APB 18-1 on October 1, 2005.  The carrying value (before the effect of FSP APB 18-1) of 
Brink’s cost method investment that was previously accounted for under the equity method was $8.9 million at 
December 31, 2005 and 2004.  Cumulative currency losses of $14.5 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004 were 
reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and increased the carrying value of the Company’s related 
investment to $23.4 million.  This reclassification had no effect on net income.   

Effective January 1, 2004, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities,” which addresses how a business enterprise should evaluate whether it has a 
controlling financial interest in an entity through a means other than voting rights.  The implementation of this 
new standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.  

Effective December 31, 2003, the Company adopted SFAS 132R, “Employers’ Disclosure about Pensions and Other 
Postretirement Benefits.”  SFAS 132R does not change the way liabilities are valued and expenses are calculated for 
those plans.  The standard requires, among other things, additional disclosures about the assets held in employer 
sponsored plans, disclosures relating to plan asset investment policy and practices and disclosure of expected 
contributions to be made to the plans and expected benefit payments to be made by the plans. 

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In December 2004, the FASB issued FSP FAS 109-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign 
Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004."  The American Jobs Creation Act 
introduced a limited-time 85% dividends-received deduction on the repatriation of foreign earnings to U.S. 
taxpayers, provided certain criteria are met.  FSP FAS 109-2 provides accounting and disclosure guidance for the 
repatriation provision.  FSP FAS 109-2 was effective immediately and the required disclosures have been included 
in note 17 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

Standards not yet adopted 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123R, “Share-Based Payment.” SFAS 123R is a revision of SFAS 123 and 
supersedes APB 25.  SFAS 123R eliminates the use of the intrinsic value method of accounting, and requires 
companies to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based 
on the fair value of those awards.  Compensation expense related to stock options that are subject to continued 
vesting upon retirement will be recognized over the period of employment up to the retirement-eligible date.  The 
Company is required to adopt SFAS 123R effective January 1, 2006.  SFAS 123R permits companies to adopt its 
requirements using either a “modified prospective” method or a “modified retrospective” method.  Under the 
“modified prospective” method, compensation cost is recognized in the financial statements beginning with the 
effective date, based on the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments granted after that date, and 
based on the requirements of SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R.  
Under the “modified retrospective” method, the requirements are the same as under the “modified prospective” 
method, except that entities also are allowed to restate financial statements of previous periods based on pro forma 
disclosures made in accordance with SFAS 123.  The Company will apply the modified prospective method upon 
adoption of SFAS 123R.   

Based on current estimates, the Company believes that it will record in continuing operations pretax expense of 
between $8 million and $10 million during 2006 for stock option grants issued under these plans.   The actual 2006 
expense will be different from the estimate because the number of options to be granted in 2006 and other 
variables assumed in estimating the fair value of the 2006 grants are not currently known.  The Company believes 
that a significant portion of the estimated 2006 expense will be recorded in the third quarter.  

Proposed Standards 

In 2005, the FASB announced a project to consider changing the accounting model for pension plans that are 
currently accounted for under SFAS 87 and other postretirement benefit plans currently accounted for under SFAS 
106.  Phase I of the proposed rule modification is designed to address only balance sheet presentation of asset and 
liabilities, and Phase II of the proposed rule modification is designed to address how changes in the assets and 
liabilities are reflected in earnings.  The principal effect of Phase I, as presently conceived, would be to require 
companies to record assets and liabilities on the balance sheet including the effect of actuarial and other gains and 
losses that are presently unrecognized under existing accounting guidance.  Phase I is targeted to be in place by the 
end of 2006.  Because the Company has significant pretax losses not recognized in equity ($331 million at 
December 31, 2005), the effect of the proposed new rule, as presently conceived, could materially reduce the 
reported equity of the Company upon adoption. 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION 

This document contains both historical and forward-looking information.  Words such as “anticipates,” 
“estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “may,” “should” and similar expressions may 
identify forward-looking information.  Forward-looking information in this document includes, but is not limited 
to, statements regarding use of proceeds from the sale of BAX Global, costs associated with indemnities and tax 
liabilities from the BAX Global sale, the expectation of significant ongoing expenses and cash outflows related to 
former coal operations, the creation of further valuation allowances and the reversal of valuation allowances, the 
realization of deferred tax assets, the anticipated effective tax rate for 2006, the expected reduction in U.S. 
retirement benefit plan expenses in 2006, Brink’s ability to generate operating profit margins above 7% annually, 
variances in Brink’s performance from period to period, possible insurance recoveries, expected annual cost 
savings from Brink’s restructuring in Europe, the outcome of the issue relating to the non-payment of customs 
duties and value-added tax by a non-U.S. subsidiary of Brink’s, Incorporated, the effect of the U.S. economy on 
BHS’ performance, changes in the disconnect rate and related expenses at BHS, selective increases in BHS’ 
monitoring prices, expectations regarding 2006 growth rates in subscribers, revenues and operating profit at BHS 
and expected lower operating profit margins at BHS for the first half of 2006. the impact of BHS’ second 
monitoring center on expenses and future growth and productivity, the impact of freezing the U.S. defined benefit 
pension plan, the impact that the refusal of police departments to respond to calls from alarm companies without 
visual verification could have on BHS’ results of operations, the duration and size of Legacy liabilities, anticipated 
changes in the estimated payments and expenses related to Legacy liabilities, expected coal-related tax benefits, 
the expectation that the Company will realize the benefit of net deferred tax assets, the estimated payout period for 
annual Combined Fund premiums, changes in payment requirements for unassigned beneficiaries under the 
Health Benefit Act and increases of the Company’s obligations under the Health Benefit Act for this and other 
reasons, the decline over time of cash payments for black lung obligations, the satisfaction of the liability for the 
coal-related multi-employer plans, expected tax payments arising from the 2005 repatriation, the utilization of 
U.S. tax carryforwards, cash out flows arising from the changes to the 401(k) plan, the timing and amount of stock 
option expense related to the new accounting requirements, possible share repurchases, the possibility that 
Venezuela may be considered highly inflationary again, the possibility that Brink’s Venezuela may be subject to less 
favorable exchange rates on dividend remittances, capital expenditures in 2006, expected utilization of additional 
debt, estimated contractual obligations for the next five years, the adequacy of sources of liquidity to meet the 
Company’s near term requirements, the use of earnings from foreign subsidiaries and equity affiliates, the impact 
of exchange rates, the ability of the Company to provide letters of credit or other collateral to replace any surety 
bonds that are not renewed in the future, the use of the Letter of Credit Facility to replace surety bonds and other 
letters of credit, future contributions to and use of the VEBA, and expected investment returns on funds 
contributed to the VEBA, if any, the outcome of pending litigation, estimates for coal-related contingent liabilities, 
the possible need to replace a component used by BHS and the impact that replacing the component would have on 
BHS’ financial condition and results of operations, the likelihood of losses due to non-performance by parties to 
hedging instruments, projected payments and expense for the primary U.S. pension plan and its expected long-
term rate of return, possible pension plan contributions, the effectiveness of the Company’s hedges, estimates of 
future reconnection experience at BHS and the impact of any change in estimates on BHS’ impairment charges, 
estimated discount rates and expected returns on assets related to legacy liabilities, the Company’s salary increase 
assumption, changes in the assumed level of inflation for a number of the Company’s benefit plans, and the impact 
of recent proposals regarding changes to the accounting model for pension plans, involve forward-looking 
information which is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and contingencies which could cause 
actual results, performance or achievements, to differ materially from those that are anticipated. 

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These risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, include, but 
are not limited to, strategic initiatives and acquisition opportunities, the Company’s tax position and the tax impact 
of various possible uses of the proceeds from the BAX Global sale, decisions by the Company’s Board of Directors, 
the satisfaction or waiver of limitations on the use of proceeds contained in various of the Company’s financing 
arrangements, the demand for capital, the timing of the pass-through of costs by third parties and governmental 
authorities relating to the disposal of the coal assets, retirement decisions by mine workers, performance of the 
investments made by the multi-employer plans, estimates made by the multi-employer plans, the number of 
participants in the multi-employer plans and the cost to administer the plans, comparisons of hours worked by 
covered coal employees over the last five years versus industry averages, black lung claims incidence, the number 
of dependents of mine workers for whom benefits are provided, actual medical and legal expenses related to 
benefits, increases in the Company’s shares of the unassigned obligations under the Health Benefit Act, the 
funding and benefit levels of multi-employer plans and pension plans, changes in inflation rates (including 
medical inflation) and interest rates, acquisitions and dispositions made by the Company in the future, the ability 
of the operations to identify losses as relating to Hurricane Katrina and positions taken by insurers, the financial 
condition of the insurers, the willingness of BHS’ customers to absorb price increases and the actions of BHS’ 
competitors, BHS’ ability to maintain subscriber growth and return to a lower disconnect rate, costs associated 
with BHS’ new facility, the ability of BHS to hire and retain high quality employees at reasonable costs in Knoxville, 
the return to profitability of operations in jurisdictions where the Company has recorded valuation adjustments, 
the ability of Brink’s competitors to provide safe and reliable service at a lesser cost, Brink’s ability to cost 
effectively match customer demand with appropriate resources, Brink’s loss experience, changes in insurance 
costs, Brink’s ability to integrate recent acquisitions, the performance of Brink’s European operations and the 
effect of recent restructuring efforts, the input of governmental authorities regarding the non-payment of customs 
duties and value-added tax, the ability of the home security industry to dissuade law enforcement and 
municipalities from refusing to respond to alarms, the willingness of BHS’ customers to pay for private response 
personnel or other alternatives to police responses to alarms, the amount of work performed by third parties in 
connection with the Company’s compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the demand for 
capital by the Company and the availability of such capital, the cash, debt and tax position and growth needs of the 
Company, the funding of and accounting for the VEBA, the determination of taxes owed from the BAX Global sale 
and offsets to these taxes in addition to the Company’s tax credit carryforwards, the stability of the Venezuelan 
economy and changes in Venezuelan policy regarding exchange rates for dividend remittances, discovery of new 
facts relating to civil suits, the addition of claims or changes in relief sought by adverse parties, changes in the 
scope or method of remediation or monitoring, the decision to require the replacement of the component used by 
BHS, the timing of any such replacement and the costs associated therewith, payments received by BHS from the 
third party that sold the component to BHS, the financial condition of that third party, the ability of BHS to 
complete new installations and respond to other service calls during the time allotted to replace the component, 
the nature of the Company’s hedging relationships, the financial performance of the Company, overall economic 
and business conditions, foreign currency exchange rates, changes in assumptions underlying the Company’s 
critical accounting policies, as more fully described in the section “Application of Critical Accounting Policies” but 
including, the likelihood that net deferred tax assets will be realized, discount rates, expectations of future 
performance, the timing of deductibility of expenses, estimated reconnection experience at BHS, anticipated 
return on assets, projections regarding the number of participants in and beneficiaries of the Company’s employee 
and retiree benefit plans, inflation, and the promulgation and adoption of new accounting standards and 
interpretations, including FIN 47, FSP APB 18-1, FASB Interpretation 46, and SFAS 123R, mandatory or voluntary 
pension plan contributions, the impact of continuing initiatives to control costs and increase profitability, pricing 
and other competitive industry factors, fuel prices, new government regulations, legislative initiatives, judicial 
decisions, variations in costs or expenses and the ability of counterparties to perform. 

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MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL 
REPORTING 

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over 
financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company’s internal 
control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and 
board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.  

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect 
misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance 
with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.  

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of  
December 31, 2005. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of 
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework”.
Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of December 31, 2005, the Company’s internal control over financial 
reporting is effective based on those criteria.  

Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 
2005, has been audited by KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm which also audited the 
Company’s consolidated financial statements. KPMG’s attestation report on management’s assessment of the 
Company’s internal control over financial reporting appears on page 75 hereof. 

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REPORT of INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders 
The Brink’s Company 

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal 
Controls over Financial Reporting, that The Brink’s Company maintained effective internal control over financial 
reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” 
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).  The Brink’s 
Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for 
its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.  Our responsibility is to express an 
opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over 
financial reporting based on our audit. 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about 
whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.  Our audit 
included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s 
assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such 
other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable 
basis for our opinion. 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance 
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in 
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  A company’s internal control over financial 
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable 
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide 
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in 
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company 
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) 
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or 
disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect 
misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that 
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the 
policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

In our opinion, management’s assessment that The Brink’s Company maintained effective internal control over 
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established 
in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by COSO.  Also, in our opinion, The Brink’s Company 
maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, 
based on criteria established in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by COSO. 

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States), the consolidated balance sheets of The Brink’s Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 
2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and 
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and our report dated March 7, 
2006, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. 

ï
ïKPMG LLP 
Richmond, Virginia 
March 7, 2006

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REPORT of INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders 
The Brink’s Company 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of The Brink’s Company and subsidiaries (the 
“Company”) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, 
comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended 
December 31, 2005.  These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s 
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our 
audits. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about 
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, 
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the 
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall 
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the 
financial position of The Brink’s Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of 
their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, in 
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

As discussed in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for 
conditional asset retirement obligations in 2005. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States), the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, 
based on criteria established in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 7, 2006, expressed an unqualified 
opinion on management’s assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial reporting. 

ï

KPMG LLP 
Richmond, Virginia 
March 7, 2006

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

Consolidated Balance Sheets 

(In millions, except per share amounts) 

ASSETS

Current assets: 
  Cash and cash equivalents 
  Accounts receivable, (net of estimated uncollectible  

amounts:  2005 - $11.3;  2004 - $26.7) 

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets 
  Deferred income taxes  
  Assets held for sale 

  Total current assets 

Property and equipment, net 
Goodwill 
Deferred income taxes 
Other

  Total assets 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities: 
  Short-term borrowings 
  Current maturities of long-term debt 
  Accounts payable 
  Accrued liabilities 
  Liabilities held for sale 

  Total current liabilities 

Long-term debt 
Accrued pension costs 
Postretirement benefits other than pensions  
Deferred revenue 
Deferred income taxes 
Other

  Total liabilities 

Commitments and contingent liabilities (notes 4, 5, 12, 14, 17 and 22) 

Shareholders’ equity:  
  Common stock, par value $1 per share: 

  Shares authorized: 100.0 
  Shares issued and outstanding: 2005 – 58.7;  2004 - 56.7 

  Capital in excess of par value 
  Retained earnings 
  Employee benefits trust, at market value:   

  Shares not allocated to employees: 2005 – 1.2;  2004 – 1.1 

  Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss): 

  Minimum pension liabilities 
  Foreign currency translation 
  Unrealized gains on marketable securities 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss 

Total shareholders’ equity 

December 31, 

2005

2004

$ 

96.2 

419.1 
36.0 
174.0 
976.5 
1,701.8 

867.4 
103.8 
196.9 
167.0 

$ 

3,036.9 

$ 

25.5 
35.5 
118.8 
454.6 
491.4 
1,125.8 

251.9 
170.0 
304.8 
150.7 
18.8 
177.4 
2,199.4 

58.7 
530.6 
488.0 

(55.2) 

(151.6) 
(33.7) 
0.7 
(184.6) 

837.5 

169.0

749.5 
58.1 
116..0
- 
1,092.6 

914.0 
259.6 
234.7 
191.8 

2,692.7 

27.5
35.1 
357.0 
612.5 
- 

1,032.1 

181.6 
117.0 
331.2 
139.5 
26.0 
176.8 
2,004.2 

56.7 
457.4 
352.9 

(44.9) 

(129.9) 
(3.7) 
- 
(133.6) 

688.5 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 

$ 

3,036.9 

2,692.7 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 
2004

2003 

2005

$ 

2,549.0 

2,277.5

1,999.4

2,041.8 
406.8 
2,448.6 
15.0 

1,790.7 
360.5 
2,151.2 
11.1 

1,591.7 
332.4 
1,924.1 
22.0 

(In millions, except per share amounts) 

Revenues

Expenses:
Operating expenses 
Selling, general and administrative expenses 
  Total expenses 
Other operating income, net 

Operating profit

Interest expense 
Interest and other income, net 
Minority interest 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes 

Provision for income taxes 

Income from continuing operations

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes 
Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income taxes 

115.4 

(18.6) 
9.3 
(14.3) 
91.8 
49.5 

42.3 

105.5 
147.8 
(5.4) 

Net income

$ 

142.4 

Earnings per common share 
Basic:

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle 
  Net income 

Diluted:

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle 
  Net income 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding 

Basic 
Diluted 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.75 
1.88 
(0.10) 
2.53 

0.74 
1.85 
(0.09) 
2.50 

56.3 
57.0 

137.4 

(20.8) 
7.9 
(12.4) 
112.1 
40.6 

71.5 

50.0 
121.5 
- 

121.5

1.31
0.92 
- 
2.23

1.29
0.91 
- 
2.20

54.6 
55.3 

97.3 

(23.6) 
9.0 
(8.4) 
74.3 
36.4 

37.9 

(8.5) 
29.4 
- 

29.4

0.71
(0.16) 
- 
0.55

0.71
(0.16) 
- 
0.55

53.1 
53.2 

As discussed in note 1, the Company adopted FIN 47 during 2005 on a cumulative basis as of December 31, 2005 resulting in a 
change in the Company’s method of accounting for conditional asset retirement obligations.  Pro forma amounts, assuming the 
new method of accounting for conditional retirement obligations was applied retroactively, are presented in note 1. 

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions) 

Net income 

Other comprehensive income (loss): 
  Minimum pension liability adjustments: 

  Adjustments to minimum pension liability 
  Tax benefit (expense) related to minimum pension liability adjustment 

  Minimum pension liability adjustments, net of tax 

Foreign currency: 
  Translation adjustments arising during the year  
  Reclassification of translation losses upon changing to cost  

method accounting for investment 

  Tax benefit related to translation adjustments 
  Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income 

  Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax 

Cash flow hedges: 
  Unrealized net gains on cash flow hedges arising during the year 
  Tax expense related to unrealized net gains on cash flow hedges 
  Reclassification adjustment for net losses (gains) realized in net income 
  Tax expense (benefit) related to net losses (gains) realized in net income 

  Unrealized net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax 

  Marketable securities: 

  Unrealized net gains on marketable securities arising during the year 
  Tax expense related to unrealized net gains on marketable securities 
  Reclassification adjustment for net losses (gains) realized in net income 
  Tax expense (benefit) related to net losses (gains) realized in net income 

  Unrealized net gains (losses) on marketable securities, net of tax 

Other comprehensive income (loss) 

Comprehensive income  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005

$ 

142.4 

121.5

29.4

(33.3) 
11.6 

(21.7) 

(32.3) 

- 
2.3 
- 

(30.0) 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

1.2 
(0.4) 
(0.2) 
0.1 

0.7 

(51.0) 

(9.2) 
1.4 

(7.8) 

25.7 

14.5 
0.9 
0.8 

41.9 

2.6 
(0.9) 
(2.8) 
1.0 

(0.1) 

0.1 
-
(4.3) 
1.5 

(2.7) 

31.3 

27.1 
(12.0) 

15.1 

47.0 

- 
- 
0.9 

47.9 

2.4 
(0.7) 
5.2 
(1.6) 

5.3 

4.4 
(1.5)
0.2 
(0.1) 

3.0 

71.3 

$

91.4 

152.8 

100.7 

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity 

Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 

(In millions) 

Capital 
in Excess 
of Par 
Value 

Accumulated 
Other 

Employee  
Benefits  Comprehensive 

Trust 

Loss 

Total 

Retained 
Earnings 

Common 
Stock

Balance as of December 31, 2002 

54.3 

383.0 

213.1 

(33.0) 

(236.2) 

381.2 

Net income 
Other comprehensive income 
Common stock dividends ($0.10 per share) 
Employee benefits trust: 
  Remeasurement 
  Distributions for benefit programs 
Tax benefit of stock options exercised 

Balance as of December 31, 2003 

Net income 
Other comprehensive income 
Common stock dividends ($0.10 per share) 
Retire shares of common stock 
Employee benefits trust: 
  Shares issued to trust 
  Remeasurement 
  Distributions for benefit programs 
Tax benefit of stock options exercised 

Balance as of December 31, 2004 

Net income 
Other comprehensive loss 
Common stock dividends ($0.10 per share) 
Retire shares of common stock 
Employee benefits trust: 
  Shares issued to trust 
  Remeasurement 
  Distributions for benefit programs 
Tax benefit of stock options exercised 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

54.3 

- 
- 
- 
(0.1) 

2.5 
- 
- 
- 

56.7 

- 
- 
- 
(0.1) 

2.1 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

(0.1) 
(0.1) 
0.2 

29.4 
- 
(5.3) 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

0.1 
18.9 
- 

- 
71.3 
- 

- 
- 
- 

29.4 
71.3 
(5.3) 

- 
18.8 
0.2 

383.0 

237.2 

(14.0) 

(164.9) 

495.6 

- 
- 
- 
(0.2) 

58.9 
28.7 
(17.7) 
4.7 

121.5 
- 
(5.4) 
(0.4) 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

(61.4) 
(28.7) 
59.2 
- 

- 
31.3 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

121.5 
31.3 
(5.4) 
(0.7) 

- 
- 
41.5 
4.7 

457.4 

352.9 

(44.9) 

(133.6) 

688.5 

- 
- 
- 
(2.1) 

65.0 
22.5 
(27.3) 
15.1 

142.4 
- 
(5.5) 
(1.8) 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

(67.1) 
(22.5) 
79.3 
- 

(55.2) 

- 
(51.0) 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

142.4 
(51.0) 
(5.5) 
(4.0) 

- 
- 
52.0 
15.1 

(184.6) 

837.5 

Balance as of December 31, 2005  

$ 

58.7 

530.6 

488.0 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements 

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and subsidiaries 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 

(In millions)

Years Ended December 31, 
2004

2005 

2003 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Cash flows from operating activities: 
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: 

$ 

142.4 

(Income) loss from discontinued operations 

  Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle 
  Depreciation and amortization 

Impairment charges from subscriber disconnects 

  Amortization of deferred revenue 

Impairment of other long-lived assets 

  Deferred income taxes 
  Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable 
  Other operating, net 
  Postretirement benefit funding (more) less than expense: 

  Pension 
  Other than pension 

  Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions: 

  Accounts receivable 
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 
  Deferred subscriber acquisition cost 
  Deferred revenue from new subscribers 
  Other, net 

  Discontinued operations, net 

  Net cash provided by operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures 
Cash proceeds from: 
  Disposal of former natural resource interests 
  Disposal of other property and equipment 
  Monetization of notes receivable and royalty agreement related to sale of  

former coal operations 

Acquisitions
Contributions to Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association trust 
Other, net 
Discontinued operations, net 

  Net cash used by investing activities 

Cash flows from financing activities:
Long-term debt: 
  Additions 
  Repayments 
Short-term borrowings (repayments), net 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 
Dividends 
Dividends to minority interest holders in subsidiaries 
Other, net 
Discontinued operations, net 

  Net cash provided (used) by financing activities 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

121.5

(50.0) 
- 
133.2 
38.4 
(26.1) 
0.3 
8.6 
4.2 
16.9 

14.3 
(61.8) 

(16.0) 
26.0 
(19.5) 
34.6 
7.3 
53.0 
  284.9 

29.4

8.5 
- 
121.0 
34.3 
(25.0) 
- 
2.9 
3.5 
3.4 

(1.9) 
8.3 

17.7 
2.2 
(18.4) 
28.2 
10.1 
79.5 
303.7 

(105.5) 
5.4 
149.3 
45.2 
(29.5) 
1.3 
11.8 
3.6 
15.8 

38.0 
(11.5) 

(42.2) 
16.8 
(22.9) 
40.7 
1.1 
54.2 
314.0 

(271.7) 

  (194.9) 

(179.1) 

5.0 
3.8 

- 
(53.2) 
- 
(6.3) 
(72.8) 
(395.2) 

211.9 
(139.3) 
14.0 
28.3 
(5.5) 
(6.7) 
(1.4) 
(7.7) 
93.6 

(6.6) 
5.8 
(78.6) 
169.0 
96.2 

$

28.6 
8.8 

- 
(14.8) 
- 
(1.1) 
(49.1) 
  (222.5) 

89.5 
  (118.4) 
(7.9) 
24.2 
(5.4) 
(4.8) 
(1.8) 
(2.3) 
(26.9) 

4.8 
40.3 
- 
128.7 
169.0 

119.4 
17.4 

26.0 
(7.2) 
(82.0) 
(0.8) 
(55.9) 
(162.2) 

80.1 
(180.0) 
(14.3) 
1.7 
(5.3) 
(2.9) 
(0.6) 
(4.6) 
(125.9) 

10.8 
26.4 
- 
102.3 
128.7 

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THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 

Basis of Presentation 

The Brink’s Company (along with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) conducts business in the security industry, 
through two wholly owned subsidiaries:  

(cid:120)
(cid:120)

Brink’s, Incorporated (“Brink’s”) 
Brink’s Home Security, Inc. (“BHS”) 

In November 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of BAX Global Inc. (“BAX Global”), a 
wholly owned freight and transportation subsidiary of the Company.  Accordingly, BAX Global’s results of 
operations have been reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented.  BAX Global’s assets and 
liabilities in 2005 have been classified as held for sale.  In January 2006, the Company sold BAX Global for $1.1 
billion in cash, subject to final sales price adjustments.  In prior years, the Company sold its natural resource 
businesses and interests, and the results of these operations have also been reported as discontinued operations.  
The Company has significant liabilities associated with its former coal operations and expects to have significant 
ongoing expenses and cash outflows related to these obligations.  See note 5. 

Principles of Consolidation 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Brink’s Company and the subsidiaries it 
controls.  Control is determined based on ownership rights or, when applicable, based on whether the Company is 
considered the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity.  The Company’s interest in 20%- to 50%-owned 
companies that are not controlled are accounted for using the equity method (“equity affiliates”), unless the 
Company does not sufficiently influence the management of the investee.  Other investments are accounted for as 
cost-method investments or as available-for-sale marketable securities.  All material intercompany accounts and 
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  

Revenue Recognition 
Brink’s. Revenue is recognized when services are performed.  Services related to armored car transportation, 
ATM servicing, cash logistics and coin sorting and wrapping are performed in accordance with the terms of 
customer contracts, which have contract prices that are fixed and determinable.  Brink’s assesses the customer’s 
ability to meet the contractual terms, including payment terms, before entering into contracts.  Customer 
contracts are automatically extended after the initial contract period until either party terminates the agreement.

BHS. Monitoring revenues are recognized monthly as services are provided pursuant to the terms of subscriber 
contracts, which have contract prices that are fixed and determinable.  BHS assesses the subscriber’s ability to 
meet the contract terms, including payment terms, before entering into the contract.  Nonrefundable installation 
revenues and a portion of the related direct costs of acquiring new subscribers (primarily sales commissions) are 
deferred and recognized over an estimated 15 year subscriber relationship period.  When an installation is 
identified for disconnection, any unamortized deferred revenues and deferred costs related to that installation are 
recognized at that time.   

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BAX Global.  Revenues related to transportation services are recognized, together with related variable 
transportation costs, on the date shipments depart from facilities en route to destination locations.  BAX Global 
and its customer agree to the terms of the shipment, including pricing, prior to shipment.  Pricing terms are fixed 
and determinable, and BAX Global only agrees to shipments when it believes that the collectibility of related 
billings is reasonably assured.  Export freight service revenues are shared among the origin and destination 
countries.

Cash and Cash Equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits and investments with original maturities of 
three months or less. 

Trade Accounts Receivable 
Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest.  The allowance for 
doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses on the Company’s 
existing accounts receivable.  The Company determines the allowance based on historical write-off experience 
using industry and customer specific data.  The Company reviews its allowance for doubtful accounts quarterly.  
Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the 
potential for recovery is considered remote.  Through December 15 2005, the Company had an accounts receivable 
securitization program (described in note 13).  Transfers of receivables under this program were accounted for as 
a sale. 

Property and Equipment 
Purchased property and equipment are recorded at cost.  Depreciation is calculated principally on the straight-
line method based on the estimated useful lives of individual assets or classes of assets. 

Leased property and equipment meeting capital lease criteria are capitalized at the present value of the related 
lease payments.  Amortization is calculated on the straight-line method based on the lease term. 

Leasehold improvements are recorded at cost.  Amortization is calculated principally on the straight-line method 
over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the leasehold improvement or lease term.  Renewal periods are 
included in the lease term when the renewal is determined to be reasonably assured. 

Estimated Useful Lives (a) 

Buildings 
Building leasehold improvements 
Security systems 
Vehicles 
Capitalized software   
Other machinery and equipment 
Machinery and equipment leasehold improvements 

(a)

Excludes BAX Global. 

Years 

10 to 25 
3 to 10 
15 
3 to 12 
3 to 6 
3 to 20 
3 to 10 

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Expenditures for routine maintenance and repairs on property and equipment, including aircraft, are charged to 
expense.  Major renewals, betterments and modifications are capitalized and amortized over the lesser of the 
remaining life of the asset or, if applicable, lease term.  Scheduled air time and periodic engine overhaul cost are 
capitalized when incurred and amortized over flying time to the next scheduled maintenance date. 

BHS retains ownership of most security systems installed at subscriber locations. Costs for those systems are 
capitalized and depreciated over the estimated lives of the assets. Costs capitalized as part of security systems 
include equipment and materials used in the installation process, direct labor required to install the equipment at 
subscriber sites, and other costs associated with the installation process.  These other costs include the cost of 
vehicles used for installation purposes and the portion of telecommunication, facilities and administrative costs 
incurred primarily at BHS’ branches that are associated with the installation process.  In 2005, direct labor and 
other costs represented approximately 68% of the amounts capitalized, while equipment and materials 
represented approximately 32% of amounts capitalized.  In addition to regular straight-line depreciation expense 
each period, the Company charges to expense the carrying value of security systems estimated to be permanently 
disconnected based on each period’s actual disconnects and historical reconnection experience. 

Part of the costs related to the development or purchase of internal-use software is capitalized and amortized over 
the estimated useful life of the software.  Costs that are capitalized include external direct costs of materials and 
services to develop or obtain the software, and internal costs, including compensation and employee benefits for 
employees directly associated with a software development project.   

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets 
Goodwill is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of tangible and identifiable 
intangible net assets of businesses acquired.  Intangibles assets arising from business acquisitions include 
covenants not to compete, customer lists and other identifiable intangibles.  Intangible assets that are subject to 
amortization have average remaining useful lives ranging from 1 to 8 years and are amortized primarily on a 
straight-line basis.  

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets 
Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually by comparing the carrying value of the reporting unit to its 
estimated fair value.  The Company bases its estimates of fair value on projected future cash flows.  The Company 
completed goodwill impairment tests during each of the last three years with no impairment charges required.   

Long-lived assets besides goodwill are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate 
the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.   

For long-lived assets other than goodwill that are to be held and used in operations, an impairment is indicated 
when the estimated total undiscounted cash flow associated with the asset or group of assets is less than carrying 
value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the asset down to its fair value, and a loss is recorded as 
the difference between the carrying value and fair value.   

Long-lived assets held for sale are carried at the lower of carrying value or fair value less cost to sell.  Fair values 
are determined based on quoted market values, discounted cash flows or internal and external appraisals, as 
applicable.  

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Investments Held by VEBA Trust 
Prior to January 1, 2004, the Company accounted for investments held by its Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary 
Association trust (“VEBA”) as available-for-sale marketable securities and unrealized gains and losses were 
recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and realized gains and losses were recognized in earnings.  
Realized gains and losses were computed based on the average cost method.   

Effective January 1, 2004, the Company restricted the use of the assets held by its VEBA to pay only obligations of 
its coal-related retiree medical plan and, accordingly, began accounting for the VEBA as a plan asset.  Since 
January 1, 2004, the VEBA is reflected as a direct offset to the liability within postretirement benefits other than 
pensions on the Company’s balance sheet.  With the restriction in the use of the VEBA, an unrealized net gain of 
$4.4 million was recognized in 2004 within interest and other income, net.   

Share-Based Compensation  
The Company accounts for share-based compensation plans using the intrinsic value method prescribed in 
Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related 
interpretations.  The Company grants stock options with an exercise price equal to the market price of the stock on 
the date of grant and, as a result, the Company has not recognized any compensation expense related to its stock 
option plans.

Had compensation costs for the Company’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value of awards 
at the grant dates consistent with the optional recognition provision of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock Based 
Compensation,” net income and net income per share would have been the pro forma amounts indicated below: 

(In millions, except per share amounts)

Net income 

  As reported  
  Less share-based compensation expense determined under  

the fair value method, net of related tax effects 

  Pro forma 

Net income per share 

  Basic, as reported 
  Basic, pro forma 
  Diluted, as reported 
  Diluted, pro forma 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

2004 

2003 

$ 

142.4 

(4.1) 

$ 

138.3 

$ 

$ 

2.53 
2.46 
2.50 
2.43 

121.5

(3.6) 

117.9

2.23
2.16 
2.20 
2.13 

29.4

(4.7) 

24.7

0.55
0.47 
0.55 
0.46 

In these tables, the fair value of each stock option grant is estimated at the time of grant using the Black-Scholes 
option-pricing model.  If a different option-pricing model had been used, results may have been different.  The 
fair value of options that vest entirely at the end of a fixed period, generally three years, is estimated using a single 
option approach and amortized on a straight line basis over the total vesting period.  The fair value of options that 
vest ratably over three years is estimated using a multiple-option approach and amortized on a straight-line basis 
over each separate vesting period.  Forfeitures are recognized when they occur.   

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The assumptions used and the resulting weighted-average grant-date estimates of fair value for options granted 
are as follows: 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Options granted 

In millions 

  Weighted-average exercise price per share 

Weighted-average assumptions 

  Expected dividend yield 
  Expected volatility 
  Risk-free interest rate 
  Expected term (in years) 

Fair value estimates 

In millions  

  Weighted-average per share 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

0.7 
35.95 

$ 

0.9 
31.88

0.6 
15.24

0.4% 
34% 
3.8% 
4.1 

0.5%
32% 
3.3% 
3.8 

0.5%
37% 
2.3% 
4.0 

$ 
$ 

7.8 
11.21 

8.3
8.84

3.0
4.69

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions 
The Company has postretirement benefit obligations other than pensions provided under Company-sponsored 
plans.   In  addition, the Company is obligated to pay premiums to the United Mine Workers Association 
Combined Benefit Fund (the “Combined Fund”) pursuant to rules established by the Coal Industry Retiree Health 
Benefit Act of 1992 (the “Health Benefit Act”) as further discussed in note 4. 

Postretirement benefits for Company-sponsored plans are accounted for in accordance with SFAS 106, 
“Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions,” which requires employers to accrue 
the cost of retirement benefits during the period of employees’ service with the Company.  Actuarial gains and 
losses are deferred.  The portion of the deferred gains or losses that exceeds 10% of the greater of the accumulated 
postretirement benefit obligation or plan assets at the beginning of the year is amortized into earnings over the 
average remaining life expectancy for inactive participants.   

Postretirement benefit obligations to the Combined Fund are recorded as a liability when they are probable and 
estimable in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 92-13, “Accounting for Estimated Payments in 
Connection with the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992.”  

Income Taxes 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded to recognize the expected future tax benefits or costs of events that 
have been reported in different years for financial statement purposes than tax purposes.  Deferred tax assets and 
liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and 
liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which these items are expected to reverse.  Management 
periodically reviews recorded deferred tax assets to determine if it is more-likely-than-not they will be realized.  
If management determines it is not more-likely-than-not a deferred tax asset will be realized, an offsetting 
valuation allowance is recorded, reducing earnings and the deferred tax asset in that period. 

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Foreign Currency Translation 
The Company’s consolidated financial statements are reported in U.S. dollars.  A substantial amount of the 
Company’s business is transacted in other currencies due to the large number of countries in which the Company 
operates.  In addition, the Company’s foreign subsidiaries maintain their records primarily in the currency of the 
country within which they operate.  Accordingly, income, expense and balance sheet values must be translated into 
U.S. dollars.  The value of assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using rates of 
exchange at the balance sheet date and resulting cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in other 
comprehensive income (loss).  Revenues and expenses are translated at rates of exchange in effect during the year.  
Transaction gains and losses and translation adjustments relating to subsidiaries in countries with highly 
inflationary economies are included in net income.  No subsidiaries operated in highly inflationary economies for 
the three years ended December 31, 2005. 

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities 
All derivative instruments are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If the derivative has been 
designated as a cash flow hedge, changes in the fair value are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) 
until the hedged transaction is recognized in earnings.  

Concentration of Credit Risks 
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risks are principally cash 
and cash equivalents and accounts receivables.  Cash and cash equivalents are held by major financial institutions.  
The Company routinely assesses the financial strength of significant customers and this assessment, combined 
with the large number and geographic diversity of its customers, limits the Company’s concentration of risk with 
respect to accounts receivable. 

Use of Estimates 
In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), management of the Company has 
made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure 
of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ 
materially from those estimates.  The most significant estimates used by management are related to goodwill and 
other long-lived assets, pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, and deferred tax assets.   

Reclassifications 
Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s financial statement 
presentation and to reflect the retrospective adoption of certain accounting standards, discussed below. 

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New Accounting Standards 

Adopted Standards 
In March 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation 47, “Accounting 
for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), an interpretation of SFAS 143, “Asset Retirement 
Obligations.”  FIN 47 clarifies that the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in SFAS 143 includes 
a legal obligation associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset in which the timing and/or method 
of settlement is conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity.  An entity is 
required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the 
liability can be reasonably estimated, even if conditional on a future event.  The Company has conditional asset 
retirement obligations primarily associated with leased facilities.  The Company adopted FIN 47 on December 31, 
2005 and recognized the following:   

(In millions) 
Adjustment at December 31, 2005 

Increase in assets (a): 
  Leasehold improvements 
  Noncurrent deferred income tax asset 

Increase in liabilities - asset retirement obligations (b) 

$ 

3.8 
0.9
4.7 

(10.1)

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax (c) 

$ 

(5.4)

(a)

(b)

(c)

Includes $1.1 million of assets held for sale.  

Includes $2.1 million of liabilities held for sale. 

Includes $1.0 million of cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax, related to BAX Global. 

If the Company had adopted FIN 47 on January 1, 2003 income from continuing operations and net income, and 
the respective per share amounts, would have been the following on a pro forma basis in the three years ended 
2005.

(In millions) 
Net income, as reported
Add back cumulative effect 
Less total depreciation and interest accretion expense, net of tax 

$ 

2005
142.4 
5.4 
(1.6) 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004
121.5 
- 
(1.0) 

Pro forma net income 

$ 

146.2 

120.5 

Net income per common share: 

Basic:

As reported 
Pro forma 

Diluted:

As reported 
Pro forma 

$ 

$ 

2.53 
2.60 

2.50 
2.57 

2.23 
2.21 

2.20 
2.18 

2003 
29.4 
- 
(1.0) 

28.4 

0.55 
0.54 

0.55 
0.53 

The pro forma amounts were measured using the same information, assumptions and interest rates used to 
measure the liability for conditional asset retirement obligations recognized upon adoption of FIN 47.  

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In July 2005 the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) APB 18-1, “Accounting by an Investor for Its 
Proportionate Share of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income of an Investee Accounted for under the Equity 
Method in Accordance with APB Opinion 18 upon a Loss of Significant Influence.”  FSP APB 18-1 requires an 
investor’s proportionate share of an investee’s equity adjustments for other comprehensive income to be offset 
against the carrying value of the investment at the time significant influence is lost.  FSP APB 18-1 requires 
comparative financial statements be retrospectively adjusted to reflect the provisions of the FSP APB 18-1.  The 
Company adopted FSP APB 18-1 on October 1, 2005.  The carrying value (before the effect of FSP APB 18-1) of 
Brink’s cost method investment that was previously accounted for under the equity method was $8.9 million at 
December 31, 2005 and 2004.  Cumulative currency losses of $14.5 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004 were 
reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and increased the carrying value of the Company’s 
related investment to $23.4 million.  This reclassification had no effect on net income.    

Effective January 1, 2004, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities,” which addresses how a business enterprise should evaluate whether it has a 
controlling financial interest in an entity through a means other than voting rights.  The implementation of this 
new standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.  

Effective December 31, 2003, the Company adopted SFAS 132R, “Employers’ Disclosure about Pensions and Other 
Postretirement Benefits.”  SFAS 132R does not change the way liabilities are valued and expenses are calculated for 
those plans.  The standard requires, among other things, additional disclosures about the assets held in employer 
sponsored plans, disclosures relating to plan asset investment policy and practices and disclosure of expected 
contributions to be made to the plans and expected benefit payments to be made by the plans.  

In December 2004, the FASB issued FSP FAS 109-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign 
Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004."  The American Jobs Creation Act 
introduced a limited-time 85% dividends-received deduction on the repatriation of foreign earnings to U.S. 
taxpayers, provided certain criteria are met.  FSP FAS 109-2 provides accounting and disclosure guidance for the 
repatriation provision.  FSP FAS 109-2 was effective immediately and the required disclosures have been included 
in note 17 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  

Standards not yet adopted 
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123R, “Share-Based Payment.” SFAS 123R is a revision of SFAS 123 and 
supersedes APB 25.  SFAS 123R eliminates the use of the intrinsic value method of accounting, and requires 
companies to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based 
on the fair value of those awards.  Compensation expense related to stock options that are subject to continued 
vesting upon retirement will be recognized over the period of employment up to the retirement-eligible date.  The 
Company is required to adopt SFAS 123R effective January 1, 2006.  SFAS 123R permits companies to adopt its 
requirements using either a “modified prospective” method or a “modified retrospective” method.  Under the 
“modified prospective” method, compensation cost is recognized in the financial statements beginning with the 
effective date, based on the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments granted after that date, and 
based on the requirements of SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R.  
Under the “modified retrospective” method, the requirements are the same as under the “modified prospective” 
method, except that entities also are allowed to restate financial statements of previous periods based on pro 
forma disclosures made in accordance with SFAS 123.  The Company will apply the modified prospective method 
upon adoption of SFAS 123R.   

Based on current estimates, the Company believes that it will record in continuing operations pretax expense of 
between $8 million and $10 million during 2006 for stock option grants issued under these plans.  The actual 2006 
expense will be different from the estimate because the number of options to be granted in 2006 and other 
variables assumed in estimating the fair value of the 2006 grants are not currently known.  The Company believes 
that a significant portion of the estimated 2006 expense will be recorded in the third quarter.   

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Note 2 - Segment Information

The Company conducts business in two operating segments: Brink’s and BHS.  These reportable segments are 
identified by the Company based on how resources are allocated and operating decisions are made.  Management 
evaluates performance and allocates resources based on operating profit or loss, excluding corporate allocations.  
In November 2005, the Company’s board of directors approved the sale of BAX Global, a wholly owned freight 
transportation subsidiary of the Company.  Accordingly, BAX Global’s results of operations have been reported as 
discontinued operations for all periods presented and are not included in 2005 revenues and operating profit 
segment information.  Discontinued operations are discussed in note 5.  BAX Global’s assets and liabilities have 
been classified as held for sale on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet for 2005.  In January 2006, the 
Company sold BAX Global.   

Brink’s offers services globally including armored car transportation, automated teller machine (“ATM”) 
replenishment and servicing, currency and deposit processing including its “Cash Logistics” operations, coin 
sorting and wrapping, arranging the secure air transportation of valuables (“Global Services”) and the deploying 
and servicing of safes and safe control devices, including its patented CompuSafe(cid:163) service.  Brink’s operates in 
approximately 50 countries.   

BHS offers monitored security services in North America primarily for owner-occupied, single-family residences.  
To a lesser extent, BHS offers security services for commercial and multi-family properties.  BHS typically installs 
and owns the on-site security systems, and charges fees to monitor and service the systems.  

Revenues 

Operating Profit 

(In millions)

Business Segments 

Brink’s
BHS
  Business Segments 
Corporate  
Gain on sale of equity interest 
Former coal operations 

(In millions)

Business Segments 

Brink’s
BHS
Corporate  

  Property and equipment 
Amortization of BHS deferred subscriber  
  acquisition costs 
Amortization of Brink’s intangible assets 

Years Ended December 31, 
2003 
2004 

2005 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2005 

2003 

$  2,156.9 
392.1 
2,549.0 

1,931.9
345.6 
2,277.5

- 
- 
-

- 
- 
- 

1,689.0 
310.4 
1,999.4 
- 
- 
- 

$  2,549.0 

2,277.5

1,999.4 

$  111.9 
87.4 
199.3 
(44.7) 
- 
(39.2) 

$  115.4 

144.7
80.8 
225.5 
(42.2) 
- 
(45.9) 

137.4 

112.5
71.2 
183.7 
(27.3) 
10.4 
(69.5) 

97.3 

Capital Expenditures 

Depreciation and Amortization 

Years Ended December 31, 
2003 
2005 

2004 

Years Ended December 31, 
2005 

2004 

2003 

$ 

109.0 
162.2 
0.5 

271.7 

-
-

76.2
117.6 
1.1 

80.9
98.0 
0.2 

194.9

179.1

  - 
  - 

- 
- 

$  87.3 
49.1 
0.7 

137.1 

9.0 
3.2 

79.1
42.9 
0.7 

122.7 

8.6 
1.9 

69.4
40.1 
2.5 

112.0 

7.8 
1.2 

$ 

271.7 

194.9 

179.1 

$  149.3 

133.2 

121.0 

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(In millions)

Business Segments 

Brink’s
BHS 

  Business Segments 
BAX Global 
Former natural resource operations and interests:  
  Net deferred tax assets 
  Other residual coal assets 
Corporate:
  VEBA (see note 1) 
  Other and eliminations 

(In millions)

Other BHS Information 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Assets

December 31, 
2004 

2005 

$  1,096.7 
585.1 

1,681.8 
976.5 

255.1 
34.2 

- 
89.3 

1,055.7
440.6 

1,496.3 
839.7 

230.1 
25.3 

- 
101.3 

2003 

945.2
410.9 

1,356.1 
763.1 

228.0 
50.4 

105.2 
45.8 

$  3,036.9 

2,692.7

2,548.6

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2005 

2003 

Impairment charges from subscriber disconnects 
Amortization of deferred revenue 
Deferred subscriber acquisition costs (current year payments) 
Deferred revenue from new subscribers (current year receipts) 

$ 

45.2 
(29.5) 
(22.9) 
40.7 

34.3
(25.0) 
(18.4) 
28.2 

38.4
(26.1) 
(19.5) 
34.6 

Revenues 

Long-Lived Assets (a) 

December 31, 
2004(b) 

2003 (b) 

2005 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

(In millions)

Geographic

International: 
  France 
  Other 

  Subtotal 

$ 

145.9 
269.4 

415.3 

168.1
315.9 

484.0 

776.6
3.8 

780.4 

156.4 
278.8 

435.2 

767.9
7.1 

775.0 

$ 

508.1 
975.6 

466.6
822.8 

374.2
681.8 

  1,483.7 

1,289.4 

1,056.0 

  1,065.3 

- 

  1,065.3 

988.1
-

988.1 

943.4
-

943.4 

United States: 
  Business segments 
  Corporate and former operations 

Subtotal 

641.4 
3.2 

644.6 

$  1,059.9 

1,264.4

1,210.2 

$  2,549.0 

2,277.5

1,999.4

(a)

(b)

Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment, net, goodwill, other intangible assets, net and deferred charges. 

Includes $321.1 million in 2004 and $347.3 million in 2003 of long-lived assets related to BAX Global.   

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Revenues are recorded in the country where service is initiated or performed.  The Company has no single 
customer that represents more than 10% of its total revenue. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions)

Net assets outside the U.S. (a) 

Europe, Middle East and Africa  
Latin America 
Asia Pacific  
Other

2005 

190.5 
123.9 
166.1 
38.4 

518.9 

$

$

December 31, 
2004 

252.5 
92.0 
155.2
53.6 

553.3 

(a)

Includes $222.2 million in 2005, and $213.1 million in 2004 and $210.7 million in 2003 related to BAX Global. 

(In millions)

Investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates 

Brink’s
Other

Share of earnings (losses) of unconsolidated equity affiliates 

Brink’s
Other

2005 

10.2 
5.5 

15.7 

3.0 
0.4 

3.4 

$

$

$

$

December 31, 
2004 

11.9 
5.2 

17.1 

1.0 
- 

1.0 

2003 

241.8 
73.7 
116.9
40.0 

472.4 

2003 

23.1 
6.9 

30.0 

1.6 
(1.3) 

0.3 

The Company’s accounting method for a 20%-owned investment of Brink’s changed in the third quarter of 2004 
from the equity method of accounting to the cost method of accounting reflecting management’s conclusion that 
the Company no longer sufficiently influenced the management of the investee.  The Company’s equity method 
investment at December 31, 2003 was $10.1 million.   

Undistributed earnings of equity affiliates included in consolidated retained earnings approximated $8.7 million 
at December 31, 2005 and $8.6 million at December 31, 2004. 

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Note 3 - Earnings Per Share

(In millions)

Numerator - income from continuing operations 

Denominator - weighted-average common shares outstanding 
Basic 
Effect of dilutive stock options 

Diluted

Antidilutive stock options excluded from denominator 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Years Ended December 31, 
2003 
2004 
2005 

$

42.3

71.5 

37.9 

56.3 
0.7 

57.0 

- 

54.6
0.7 

55.3

0.6

53.1
0.1 

53.2

3.1

Shares of the Company’s common stock held by The Brink’s Company Employee Benefits Trust (the “Trust”) that 
have not been allocated to employees under the Company’s various benefit plans are excluded from earnings per 
share calculations since they are treated as treasury shares for the calculation of earnings per share.  During 2005, 
the board of directors approved and issued 2.1 million shares of common stock to the Trust.  The Trust held 1.2 
million unallocated shares at December 31, 2005, 1.1 million unallocated shares at December 31, 2004 and 0.6 
million unallocated shares at December 31, 2003.   

Note 4 – Employee and Retiree Benefits 

The employee benefit plans and other liabilities described below cover eligible employees and retirees.  The 
measurement date for all plans is December 31. 

Pension Plans 

The Company has noncontributory defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all U.S. non-union 
employees who meet vesting and other minimum requirements. The Company also has other contributory and 
noncontributory defined benefit plans for eligible non-U.S. employees. Benefits under most of the plans are 
based on salary (including commissions, bonuses, overtime and premium pay) and years of service. The 
Company’s policy is to fund at least the minimum actuarially determined amounts required by applicable 
regulations.

In October 2005, the Company announced that benefit levels for its U.S. defined benefit pension plans would be 
frozen, effective December 31, 2005.  As a result, participants in the U.S. defined benefit pension plans will cease 
to earn additional benefits after 2005, although participants who have not met requirements for vesting will 
continue to accrue vesting service in accordance with the terms of the plans.   

The Company has retained the obligations and assets related to the participation of BAX Global’s employees in the 
Company’s U.S. pension plans.  Pension obligations and assets of BAX Global’s non-U.S. subsidiaries have been 
assumed by the purchaser and these accrued and prepaid amounts have been reclassified as assets and liabilities 
held for sale.  Pension expenses for BAX Global employees for the years presented have been included in 
discontinued operations.  After January 31, 2006, the date of sale, pension expense related to participation by BAX 
Global employees in U.S. pension plans will be included in continuing operations. 

In June 2003, the Company amended the benefit formula for its U.S. pension plan which resulted in a $4.1 million 
reduction in service cost in 2003 from what it would have otherwise been.  This change had no effect on benefits 
earned for service prior to June 2003. 

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The weighted-average assumptions used in determining the net pension cost and benefit obligations for the 
Company’s pension plans were as follows: 

Discount rate: 
  Pension cost 
  Benefit obligation at year end  

Expected long-term rate of return on assets -  
  Pension cost   

Average rate of increase in salaries (a): 
  Pension cost 
  Benefit obligation at year end  

U.S. Plans 

Non-U.S. Plans 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

2003 

5.75% 
5.50% 

6.25% 
5.75% 

6.75% 
6.25% 

5.32% 
4.75% 

5.55% 
5.32% 

5.86% 
5.55% 

8.75% 

8.75% 

8.75% 

6.04% 

6.37% 

6.74% 

5.03% 
N/A (b) 

5.03% 
5.03% 

5.04% 
5.03% 

3.21% 
3.06% 

3.09% 
3.21% 

3.40% 
3.09% 

(a)

Salary scale assumptions are determined through historical experience and vary by age and industry. 

(b) Not applicable at December 31, 2005 because the U.S. plan benefits were frozen and pension benefit payments will be based on salaries

earned through December 31, 2005. 

The RP-2000 Combined Healthy Blue Collar mortality table was used to estimate the expected lives of participants 
in the U.S. pension plans at December 31, 2005.  The 1983 Group Annuity Mortality table was used to estimate the 
expected lives of participants in the U.S. pension plans at December 31, 2004 and 2003.  Expected lives of 
participants in non-U.S. pension plans were estimated using mortality tables in the country of operation. 

The net pension cost for the Company’s pension plans is as follows: 

(In millions) 
Years Ended December 31, 

U.S. Plans 
2004 

2003 

2005 

Non-U.S. Plans 
2004 

2003 

2005 

Service cost 
Interest cost on PBO 
Return on assets - expected 
Amortization of losses 
Curtailment loss 
Net pension cost 

Included in: 
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations 

Net pension cost 

$  28.2 
43.8 
(49.9) 
22.9 
0.2 
$ 45.2 

23.5
40.8 
(49.5) 
14.4 
- 
29.2

23.0 
38.6
(49.1)
7.4 
- 
19.9 

$  10.1 
10.6 
(10.0) 
3.3 
- 
$  14.0 

8.7
9.4 
(8.8) 
3.1 
- 
12.4 

$  33.3 
11.9 

$ 45.2 

21.4 
7.8 

29.2 

14.5 
  5.4 

19.9 

$  9.8 
4.2 

8.1 
4.3 

$ 14.0 

12.4 

7.6 
7.8 
(7.4) 
3.1 
- 
11.1 

6.8 
4.3 

11.1 

Total 
2004 

32.2 
50.2 
(58.3) 
17.5 
- 
41.6

2005 

$ 38.3 
54.4 
(59.9) 
26.2 
0.2 
$  59.2 

$  43.1 
16.1 

$ 59.2 

29.5 
12.1 

41.6 

2003 

30.6 
46.4 
(56.5) 
10.5 
- 
31.0

21.3 
9.7 

31.0 

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Reconciliations of the projected benefit obligation (“PBO”), plan assets, funded status and net pension assets at 
December 31, 2005 and 2004 for all of the Company’s pension plans are as follows: 

(In millions) 

U.S. Plans 

Non-U.S. Plans 

Total 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

PBO at beginning of year 
Service cost 
Interest cost 
Plan participant contributions 
Acquisitions 
Benefits paid 
Actuarial loss 
Curtailment gain 
Foreign currency exchange 
PBO at end of year 

$

$

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year  $
Return on assets – actual 
Acquisitions
Plan participant contributions 
Employer contributions 
Benefits paid 
Foreign currency exchange 

762.4 
28.2 
43.8 
- 

(26.8) 
66.7 
(110.0) 
- 
764.3 

595.1
51.2 
-
- 
0.5 
(26.8) 
- 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year 

$  620.0 

$

$

$

Funded status 
Unrecognized experience loss 
Unrecognized prior service cost 

Net prepaid pension assets 

Included in: 
Prepaid pension assets 
Accrued pension cost: 
  Current, included in accrued liabilities 
  Noncurrent 
Liabilities held for sale 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss 

(144.3) 
185.8 
- 

41.5 

(0.6) 
(143.7) 
- 
185.8 

Net prepaid pension assets 

$

41.5 

672.9 
23.5 
40.8 
- 

(25.3) 
50.5 
- 
- 
762.4 

541.9ï  
67.1 
-
- 
11.4 
(25.3) 
- 

595.1

(167.3) 
253.3 
0.2 

86.2 

  210.7 
10.1 
10.6 
3.1 
4.1 
(5.7) 
17.3 
(0.6) 
  (17.2) 
  232.4 

  158.1 
16.9 
2.6 
3.1 
8.2 
(5.7) 
  (12.0) 

171.2 

  (61.2) 
  64.3 
0.8 

172.4 
8.7 
9.4 
2.7 

(5.9) 
7.8 
- 
15.6 
210.7 

135.5
7.4 
- 
2.7 
6.7 
(5.9) 
11.7 

158.1 

(52.6) 
57.3 
1.0 

  973.1 
  38.3 
  54.4 
3.1 
4.1
  (32.5) 
  84.0 
  (110.6) 
  (17.2) 
  996.7 

753.2 
  68.1 
2.6
3.1 
8.7 
  (32.5) 
  (12.0) 

791.2 

  (205.5) 
  250.1 
0.8 

3.9 

5.7 

  45.4 

845.3 
32.2 
50.2 
2.7 

(31.2) 
58.3 
-
15.6 
973.1 

677.4 
74.5 
-
2.7 
18.1 
(31.2)
11.7 

753.2 

(219.9) 
310.6 
1.2 

91.9 

- 

- 

- 

14.1 

- 

14.1 

(0.4) 
(80.8) 
- 
167.4 

86.2 

(5.2) 
  (26.3) 
  (14.9) 
  50.3 

3.9 

(7.6) 
(36.2) 
- 
35.4 

5.7 

(5.8) 
  (170.0) 
  (14.9) 
  236.1 

45.4 

(8.0) 
(117.0) 
- 
202.8 

91.9 

The unrecognized experience loss decreased in 2005 as a result of a curtailment gain, primarily as a result of 
freezing the U.S. plan, partially offset by lower discount rate assumptions and longer projected lives.  The 
Company’s unrecognized experience loss increased in 2004 primarily due to lower discount rate assumptions 
(which increased the accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”) and PBO) partially offset by higher-than-expected 
returns on plan assets.  Actuarial losses are largely deferred with a portion of these losses being amortized on a 
straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits under the 
plans. 

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Information comparing plan assets to plan obligations as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 are aggregated below.  
The ABO differs from the PBO in that the ABO is the obligation earned through the date noted.  The PBO includes 
assumptions about future compensation levels for non-U.S. plans.  

(In millions) 

December 31, 

PBO
ABO
Fair value of plan assets 

ABO Greater 
Than Plan Assets 

Plan Assets 
Greater Than ABO 

Total 

2005  

2004 

2005 

2004 

2005 (a) 

2004 

$ 

994.5 
978.1 
789.2 

919.7 
824.5 
703.5 

2.2 
1.1 
2.0 

53.4 
47.5 
49.7 

996.7 
979.2 
791.2 

973.1 
872.0 
753.2 

(a)

Includes BAX Global’s non-U.S. pension plans with PBO of $60.8 million, ABO of $56.5 million and fair value of plan assets of $41.8
million at December 31, 2005.

The Company’s weighted-average asset allocations at December 31, 2005 and 2004 by asset category is as follows: 

(In millions, except percentages) 

December 31, 

Equity securities 
Debt securities 
Other

Total

U.S. Plans 

2005 

2004 

72% 
28% 
- 

72% 
27% 
1% 

100% 

100% 

Plan assets at fair value 
Actual return on assets during year 

$
$

620.0 
51.2 

595.1 
67.1 

Non-U.S. Plans 

2005  

2004 

57% 
41% 
2% 

54% 
43% 
3% 

100% 

100% 

171.2 
16.9 

158.1 
7.4 

Assets of U.S. pension plans are invested primarily using actively managed accounts with asset allocation targets of 
70% equities, which include a broad array of market capitalization sizes and investment styles, and 30% fixed 
income securities.  The Company’s policy does not permit certain investments, including investments in The 
Brink’s Company common stock, unless part of a commingled fund.  Fixed-income investments must have an 
investment grade rating at the time of purchase.  The plan rebalances its assets on a quarterly basis if actual 
allocations of assets are outside predetermined ranges.  Among other factors, the performance of asset groups and 
investment managers will affect the long-term rate of return.   

The Company selects the expected long-term rate of return assumption for its U.S. pension plan using advice from 
its investment advisor and its actuary considering the plan’s asset allocation targets and expected overall 
investment manager performance and a review of its most recent ten-year historical average compounded rate of 
return.

Based on December 31, 2005 data, assumptions and funding regulations, the Company does not currently plan to 
make a contribution to the primary U.S. plan in 2006.  There are limits to the amount of benefits which can be paid 
to participants from a U.S. qualified pension plan.  The Company maintains a nonqualified U.S. plan to pay 
benefits for those eligible current and former employees in the U.S. whose benefits exceed the regulatory limits.   

Assets of non-U.S. plans are invested primarily using actively managed accounts with weighted-average asset 
allocation targets of 54% equities, 44% fixed income securities and 2% other, primarily cash.  The Company 
selects the expected long-term rates of return for its non-U.S. pension plans using advice from its investment 
advisors and its actuary considering plan asset allocation targets and expected overall investment manager 
performance.

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The Company expects to contribute approximately $0.6 million to its U.S. pension plans and $5.2 million to its 
non-U.S. pension plans in 2006. 

The Company’s projected benefit payments at December 31, 2005 for each of the next five years and the aggregate 
five years thereafter are as follows: 

(In millions) 

2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 through 2015 

Total 

U.S. Plans 

Non-U.S. Plans (a) 

$ 

28.8 
  30.2 
31.5 
  32.9 
  34.3 
  198.0 

$  355.7 

3.8 
4.3 
5.1 
5.4 
6.3 
36.8 

61.7 

(a)

Excludes payments for BAX Global’s non-U.S. plans. 

Termination Benefits 

Total 

32.6 
34.5 
36.6 
38.3 
40.6 
234.8 

417.4 

During 2005, one of the Company’s Brink’s European subsidiaries resized its operations and accrued $6.1 million 
in termination benefits.  This event was accounted for under SFAS 88, “Employer’s Accounting for Settlement and 
Curtailment of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and for Termination Benefits.” 

Multi-employer Pension Plans 

The Company contributes to multi-employer pension plans in a few of its non-U.S. subsidiaries.  Multi-employer 
pension expense (excluding changes to the withdrawal liability discussed below) have been classified in 
continuing and discontinued operations as follows: 

(In millions)

Multi-employer Expense 

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 

Years Ended December 31, 
2003 
2004 
2005 

$ 

$

2.9 
0.3 

3.2 

3.4 
0.3 

3.7 

2.5 
0.3 

2.8 

The Company withdrew from the UMWA 1950 and 1974 pension plans in June 2005 as the last employees working 
under UMWA labor agreements left the Company.  In addition, during 2005 the UMWA reduced the estimate of 
the unfunded status of the plans and, accordingly, the Company reduced its estimated $36.6 million withdrawal 
liability by $6.1 million to $30.5 million.  As a result of the withdrawal from these coal-related plans, the Company 
is obligated to pay the plans $30.5 million, which represents the Company’s portion of the unfunded status of the 
plans as of June 30, 2004, as determined by the plan agreements and by law.   

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Savings Plans 

The Company sponsors various defined contribution plans to assist eligible employees provide for retirement.  
Employee contributions to the primary U.S. 401(k) plan in the first half of 2003 were matched at rates of between 
50% to 100% on up to 5% of compensation (subject to limitations).  In June 2003, the Company modified the 
match provision of the primary U.S. 401(k) plan and employee contributions were matched at 75% over the last 
half of 2003 and all of 2004 and 2005.  In October 2005, the Company announced that beginning January 1, 2006, 
the matching contribution will increase from 75% to 125%.  The Company’s contribution expense is as follows: 

(In millions) 

U.S. 401(k)

Other Plans 

Total 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2005 

2004 

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 

$ 

6.5 
3.6 

7.3 
3.6 

8.2 
3.3 

$  2.6 
4.3 

$ 

10.1 

10.9 

11.5 

$  6.9 

2.1 
3.7 

5.8 

1.9 
3.1 

5.0 

$  9.1 
7.9 

9.4 
7.3 

2003 

10.1 
6.4 

$  17.0 

16.7 

16.5 

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions 

Summary 
The Company has various postretirement benefits other than pensions.  The related liability amounts recorded on 
the balance sheets for the last two years are detailed below.   

(In millions)

Company-sponsored plans 
Health Benefit Act 
Black Lung 

Included in: 
  Current, included in accrued liabilities 
  Liabilities held for sale 
  Noncurrent 

December 31, 

2005 

156.8 
174.9 
39.5 

371.2 

56.4 
10.0 
304.8 

371.2 

$ 

$

$

$ 

2004 

157.1
185.5 
41.5 

384.1 

52.9 
- 
331.2 

384.1 

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Company-Sponsored Plans 
The Company provides postretirement health care benefits (the “Company-sponsored plans”) for eligible active 
and retired employees in the U.S. and Canada of the Company’s current and former businesses, including eligible 
participants of the former coal operations (the “coal-related” plans).  The U.S. postretirement obligations related 
to BAX Global were assumed by the purchaser in January 2006.  At December 31, 2005, $10.0 million was classified 
as a component of liabilities held for sale for these plans.  BAX Global’s postretirement expenses have been 
included in discontinued operations.  The components of net periodic postretirement costs related to Company-
sponsored plans were as follows: 

(In millions) 
Years Ended December 31, 

Service cost 
Interest cost on accumulated 
  postretirement benefit  
  obligations (“APBO”) 
Return on assets – expected 
Amortization of losses 

Net periodic postretirement  

Coal-related plans 
2004 

2005 

2003 

Other plans 
2004 

2005 

2003 

Total 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

- 

-

- 

$ 

1.0 

1.0

0.9 

$ 

1.0 

1.0 

0.9 

33.9 
(15.1) 
15.7 

32.2 
(9.2) 
13.5 

34.7 
- 
14.3 

1.5 
- 
0.3 

1.6 
- 
0.3 

1.5 
- 
0.1 

35.4 
(15.1) 
16.0 

33.8 
(9.2) 
13.8 

36.2 
- 
14.4 

costs 

$  34.5 

36.5

49.0 

$ 

2.8 

2.9 

2.5 

$  37.3 

39.4 

51.5 

Included in: 
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations 

Net periodic postretirement  

$  34.5 

- 

36.5 
- 

49.0 
- 

$ 

1.3 
1.5 

1.5 
1.4 

1.3 
1.2 

$  35.8 
1.5 

38.0 
1.4 

50.3 
1.2 

costs 

$

34.5 

36.5 

49.0 

$

2.8 

2.9 

2.5 

$

37.3 

39.4 

51.5 

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Reconciliations of the APBO and funded status to the accrued other postretirement benefit cost (the amount 
recorded on the balance sheet) for Company-sponsored plans at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows: 

(In millions) 

Years Ended December 31, 

APBO at beginning of year 
Service cost 
Interest cost 
Plan amendments 
Benefits paid 
Actuarial (gain) loss, net 
Foreign currency exchange 
Other

APBO at end of year  

Coal-related plans 

Other plans 

Total 

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004 

2005 

2004 

$ 

617.7 
- 
33.9 
- 
(35.6) 
17.0 
- 
- 

526.2 
- 
32.2 
- 
(35.0) 
96.3 
- 
(2.0) 

$ 

30.2 
1.0 
1.5 
(2.1) 
(2.0) 
(2.8) 
0.2 
- 

$

633.0 

617.7 

$ 

26.0 

26.8 
1.0 
1.6 
- 
(2.3) 
3.1 
- 
- 

30.2 

$  647.9 
1.0 
35.4 
(2.1) 
(37.6) 
14.2 
0.2 
- 

553.0 
1.0 
33.8 
- 
(37.3) 
99.4 
- 
(2.0) 

$  659.0 

647.9

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year 
Employer contributions: 
  Restriction of VEBA at January 1, 2004 (see note 1)   
  Payments to beneficiaries 
  Payments to VEBA 
Return on assets – actual 
Benefits paid 
Fair value of plan assets at end of year 

$ 

Funded status 
Unrecognized experience loss 
Unrecognized prior service cost (credit) 

Accrued other postretirement benefit cost  

at end of year 

$

172.4 

- 

$   

- 

- 

$ 

172.4 

- 

- 
35.6 
- 
12.9 
(35.6) 
185.3 

105.2 
35.0 
50.0 
17.2 
(35.0) 
172.4 

$ (447.7) 
318.1 
- 

(445.3) 
314.6 
- 

- 
2.0 
- 
- 
(2.0) 
- 

- 
2.3 
- 
- 
(2.3) 
- 

- 
37.6 
- 
12.9 
(37.6) 
185.3 

105.2 
37.3 
50.0 
17.2
(37.3) 
172.4

$ 

(26.0) 
0.3 
(1.5) 

(30.2) 
3.1 
0.7 

$  (473.7) 
318.4 
(1.5) 

(475.5) 
317.7 
0.7 

$   

$ 

$  (129.6) 

(130.7) 

$ 

 (27.2) 

(26.4) 

$  (156.8) 

(157.1) 

The APBO for each of the plans was determined using the unit credit method and an assumed discount rate as 
follows:

Company-sponsored plans 

2005 

2004 

2003 

Weighted-average discount rate: 

Postretirement cost 
Benefit obligation at year end  
Expected long-term rate of return 
on assets – postretirement cost 

5.75%
5.50%

8.75% 

6.25% 
5.75% 

8.75%

6.75%
6.25%

N/A

For Company-sponsored coal-related plans, the assumed health care cost trend rate used to compute the 2005 
APBO was 10% for 2006, declining ratably to 5% in 2011 and thereafter (in 2004: 10% for 2005 declining ratably 
to 5% in 2010 and thereafter).  Other plans in the U.S. provide for fixed-dollar value coverage for eligible 
participants and, accordingly, are not adjusted for inflation. 

The RP-2000 Combined Healthy Blue Collar mortality table is primarily used to estimate expected lives of 
participants at December 31, 2005.  The 1983 Group Annuity Mortality table was used to estimate expected lives of 
participants at December 31, 2004 and 2003. 

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The table below shows the estimated effects of a one percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend 
rates for each future year. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

Effect of Change in Assumed 
Health Care Trend Rates 

(In millions) 

Increase 1% 

Decrease 1% 

Higher (lower): 
  Service and interest cost in 2005 
  APBO at December 31, 2005 

$ 

3.9 
76.8 

(3.3) 
(64.6) 

On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”) 
was signed into law.  The Act introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare as well as a federal subsidy to 
sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare 
prescription drug benefits.  Because of the broadness of coverage provided under the Company’s plan, the 
Company believes that the plan benefits are at least actuarially equivalent to the Medicare benefits.  The Company 
reflected the estimated effect of the new legislation in 2003 as a $45.7 million reduction to the actuarial loss, as 
permitted by FSP 106-1, “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.”  The estimated value of the projected federal subsidy assumes no 
changes in participation rates and assumes that the subsidy is received in the year after claims are paid.  The 
estimated reduction in per capita claim costs for participants over 65 years old was 12%.  

The Act had no effect on 2003 expense.  The Company’s net periodic postretirement costs were approximately $5.8 
million lower in 2004 and $6.1 million lower in 2005 due to the Act as a result of lower amortization of losses.  The 
estimated net present value of the subsidy, reflected as a reduction to the APBO, was approximately $62 million at 
December 31, 2005 and $59 million at December 31, 2004. 

The coal-related plans had an actuarial loss in 2005 primarily related to the reduction in the discount rate and 
longer projected lives, partially offset by actuarial gains pursuant to enrollment verification death audit performed 
by the Company.  The Company’s other plans had net actuarial gains in 2005 primarily due to expected reduced per 
capita claims as a result of an amendment of the Canadian Plan.  The plans had net actuarial losses in 2004 due to a 
combination of the increase in expected medical inflation and the reduction in the discount rate.   

In 2004, the Company restricted the use of the VEBA to be used to only pay benefits related to the Company’s coal-
related postretirement medical plan.  Accordingly, under SFAS 106, estimated returns on the VEBA assets were 
included in the determination of net periodic postretirement costs for 2005 and 2004. 

The Company’s asset allocations at December 31, 2005 and 2004 by asset category are as follows: 

(In millions, except percentages)

Equity securities 
Debt securities 
Other

Total

Plan assets at fair value 
Actual return on assets during year 

December 31, 
2005 

71%
28% 
1% 

100% 

$ 
$ 

185.3 
12.9 

December 31, 
2004

73%
26%
1%

100%

$
$

172.4
17.2

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Plan assets of the Company-sponsored postretirement medical plan held by the VEBA are invested primarily using 
actively managed accounts with asset allocation targets of 70% equities, which include a broad array of market 
capitalization sizes and investment styles, and 30% fixed income securities.  The Company’s policy does not 
permit certain investments, including investments in The Brink’s Company common stock, unless part of a 
commingled fund.  Fixed-income investments must have an investment grade rating at the time of purchase.  The 
plan rebalances its assets on a quarterly basis if actual allocations of assets are outside predetermined ranges.  
Among other factors, the performance of asset groups and investment managers will affect the long-term rate of 
return.

The Company selects the expected long-term rate of return assumption after reviewing advice from its investment 
advisor and its actuary considering the plan’s asset allocation targets and expected overall investment manager 
performance and after reviewing the most recent ten-year historical average compounded rate of return for the 
primary U.S. pension plan which is invested similarly.   

In January 2006, the Company contributed $225 million to the VEBA with a portion of the proceeds from the sale 
of BAX Global.  The Company determines whether it will make other discretionary contributions on an annual 
basis, although it does not currently expect to make further contributions in the next several years if investment 
returns are adequate to pay future obligations. 

The Company’s projected benefit payments at December 31, 2005 for each of the next five years and the aggregate 
five years thereafter are as follows: 

(In millions) 
2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010  
2011 through 2015 
Total 

Before Medicare Subsidy 

Coal-related Plans  Other Plans (a) 

$ 

41.6 
44.9 
47.3 
49.8 
51.3 
254.0 
$  488.9 

1.1 
1.1 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
5.0 
10.2 

Subtotal 
42.7 
46.0 
48.3 
50.8 
52.3 
259.0 
499.1 

Medicare 
Subsidy (b) 
(2.0) 
(3.1) 
(3.4) 
(3.5) 
(3.7) 
(20.6) 
(36.3) 

Net Projected 
payments 
40.7 
42.9 
44.9 
47.3 
48.6 
238.4 
462.8 

(a)

The projected benefit payments do not include BAX Global’s projected benefit payments.   

(b) Only the coal-related plans are expected to meet the requirements to receive the Medicare subsidy. 

Health Benefit Act Liabilities 

Background 
In October 1992, The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (the “Health Benefit Act”) was enacted as 
part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.  The Health Benefit Act established rules for the payment of future health 
care benefits for thousands of retired union mine workers and their dependents.  

Assigned Beneficiaries.  The Health Benefit Act established a trust fund, The United Mine Workers of America 
Combined Benefit Fund (the “Combined Fund”), to which “signatory operators” and “related persons,” including 
The Brink’s Company and some of its subsidiaries and former subsidiaries (collectively, the “Brink’s 
Companies”), are jointly and severally liable to pay annual premiums for those beneficiaries directly assigned to a 
signatory operator and its related persons, on the basis set forth in the Health Benefit Act.   

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On an annual basis, the Brink’s Companies receive notices from the Social Security Administration (the “SSA”) 
with regard to the current number of assigned beneficiaries for which the Brink’s Companies are deemed 
responsible under the Health Benefit Act. 

Unassigned Beneficiaries.  In addition, the Health Benefit Act provides that assigned companies, including the 
Brink’s Companies, are required to fund, pro rata according to the total number of assigned beneficiaries, a 
portion of the health benefits for unassigned beneficiaries if these benefits are not funded from other designated 
sources.  To date, almost all of the funding for unassigned beneficiaries has been provided from transfers from the 
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund (the “AML Fund”) or other government sources.  

Information and Assumptions Used to Estimate Obligation 
The Company’s liability for Health Benefit Act obligations is equal to the undiscounted estimated amount of future 
annual premiums the Company expects to pay to the Combined Fund.  The Company’s estimated annual premium 
is equal to the total number of beneficiaries (including assigned beneficiaries and an allocated percentage of the 
total unassigned beneficiaries) at October 1, the beginning of the plan year, multiplied by the premium per 
beneficiary for that year.  The Company expects to pay annual premiums over the next 60 to 70 years, but it expects 
these annual premiums to gradually decline over time as the number of beneficiaries decreases.  

The estimated liability at December 31, 2005 assumes that almost all of the costs for unassigned beneficiaries for 
the plan year ending September 30, 2006 will continue to be paid with transfers of cash from the AML Fund and 
other government sources.  Transfers to the Combined Fund from the AML Fund beyond this date are not 
sufficiently assured and the Company’s current estimate of its obligations assumes that no future transfers will be 
made by the AML Fund.  The Company’s estimate of its probable contingent liability for premiums for unassigned 
beneficiaries could materially decrease in future periods depending on the availability of future funding from the 
AML Fund or other sources.  Moreover, the Company’s estimate of its contingent liability for unassigned 
beneficiaries could increase materially in the future if other responsible coal operators become insolvent.  This 
liability could also change materially if the percentage of unassigned beneficiaries that are allocated to the 
Company changes due to relative mortality rates of the Company’s assigned beneficiaries compared to the total 
assigned beneficiaries.   

Information provided by the Combined Fund and assumptions made by the Company are as follows: 

At the beginning of the plan year 

Number of assigned beneficiaries for the Brink’s Companies 
Total unassigned pool of beneficiaries 
Percent of total unassigned pool allocated to the Brink’s Companies 
Health benefit premium per beneficiary 

2005 

2,140 
15,349 

10.0% 

$ 

3,228 

2004 

2,343 
16,502 

9.7% 

3,099 

According to the Health Benefit Act, the rate of inflation for per-beneficiary health care premiums cannot exceed 
the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index.  At December 31, 2005 and 2004, annual inflation rates 
for per-beneficiary health care premiums were assumed to be 4.5% for all future years.  The U.S. Life 79-81 
mortality table has been used to estimate a gradual decline in the number of beneficiaries.  The Company’s 
estimate assumes that there will be no additions to the Combined Fund unassigned beneficiary group as a result of 
future coal operator insolvencies.  

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Undiscounted Obligation for Health Benefit Act Liabilities 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions)

Combined Fund: 
  Assigned beneficiaries 
  Unassigned beneficiaries 
Other

Reconciliation of Health Benefit Act Liabilities 

(In millions)

Beginning of the year 
Actuarial (gain) loss, net (a) 
Payments 

End of the year 

(a) 

Included in income (loss) from discontinued operations. 

December 31, 

2005 

2004 

$ 

$ 

$ 

103.7 
64.7 
6.5 

174.9 

2005 

185.5 
(2.3) 
(8.3) 

$ 

174.9 

112.4
66.1 
7.0 

185.5

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

197.5 
(3.2) 
(8.8) 

185.5

2003 

174.1 
31.3 
(7.9) 

197.5

The $2.3 million actuarial gain in 2005 was primarily related to a one-year extension of funding by the AML of 
unassigned benefits and a lower-than-projected per-beneficiary health care premium rate, partially offset by a 
higher number of unassigned beneficiaries attributed to the Company.   

The $3.2 million actuarial gain in 2004 is primarily related to a slight decrease in the number of beneficiaries 
assigned to the Company at October 1, 2004 compared to the amount estimated at the end of 2003.  As a result, the 
estimate of assigned beneficiaries in future periods was also lower.   

The $31.3 million charge in 2003 is primarily related to the assumed increase in the number of unassigned 
beneficiaries allocated to the Company.  The increased allocation was due to two factors.  First, the Company 
increased its allocation percentage because of a change in the way the Company interprets the statute governing 
the allocation, based on findings of court cases in 2003.  Second, other coal operations became insolvent during 
the period and their assigned beneficiaries were transferred to the unassigned pool.  These actions reduced the 
denominator (the total assigned pool) in the computation of the allocation percentage, increasing the Company’s 
allocation assumption, and increased the unassigned pool.   

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The Company currently estimates that its annual cash funding under the Health Benefit Act will be slightly higher 
in 2006, increase in 2007 to $11.7 million as a result of the assumption that premiums for unassigned beneficiaries 
will not be funded through transfers from the AML Fund.   In subsequent years, payments are expected to decline 
as the number of beneficiaries decreases.  The Company’s projected benefit payments at December 31, 2005 for 
each of the next five years and the aggregate five years thereafter are as follows: 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions) 
2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010  
2011 through 2015 
  Total 

Projected
Payments
8.5 
11.7 
11.1 
10.5 
9.8 
40.3 
91.9 

$ 

$ 

Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung) Obligations 

The Company acts as self-insurer with respect to almost all black lung obligations.  Provision is made for 
estimated benefits based on annual reports prepared by independent actuaries.  Unrecognized losses, 
representing the excess of the present value of expected future benefits over existing accrued liabilities, are 
amortized over the average remaining life expectancy of participants (approximately 10 years).  The components of 
net periodic postretirement benefit costs related to black lung obligations were as follows: 

(In millions)

Interest cost on APBO 
Amortization of losses 

Net periodic postretirement costs 

$ 

2005 

2.9 
1.2 

$ 

4.1 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

3.6
1.2 

4.8

2003 

4.5
1.5 

6.0

Reconciliations of the APBO and funded status to the accrued other postretirement benefit costs for black lung 
obligations at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows: 

(In millions)

APBO at beginning of year 
Interest costs 
Benefits paid 
Actuarial gain, net 

APBO at end of year 

Funded status 
Unrecognized experience loss 

Accrued other postretirement benefit cost at end of year 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

55.2 
2.9 
(6.1) 
(0.3) 

51.7 

(51.7) 
12.2 

(39.5) 

$ 

$

$

$

2004 

63.0
3.6 
(7.0) 
(4.4) 

55.2 

(55.2) 
13.7 

(41.5) 

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The 1983 Group Annuity Mortality table is used to estimate expected lives of participants.  The following are the 
other key actuarial assumptions for the black lung obligations:   

Black Lung Benefits 

Discount rate: 
  Postretirement cost 
  Benefit obligation at year end 
Medical cost inflation 

2005 

2004 

5.75% 
5.50% 
8.00% 

6.25% 
5.75% 
8.00% 

The Company’s projected benefit payments for black lung benefits at December 31, 2005 for each of the next five 
years and the aggregate five years thereafter are as follows: 

(In millions) 
2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010  
2011 through 2015 
  Total 

Projected
Payments
5.0 
4.8 
4.7 
4.5 
4.4 
19.5 
42.9 

$ 

$ 

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Note 5 – Discontinued Operations 

(In millions)

Gain (loss) on sale of 

  BAX Global (costs associated with the sale) 
  Timber 
  Gold 
  Natural Gas 
  Coal 

$

Results from operations 

  BAX Global 
  Timber 
  Gold 
  Natural Gas 

Adjustments to contingent liabilities of former operations 

  Litigation settlement gain 
  Health Benefit Act liabilities (see note 4) 
  Withdrawal liabilities (see note 4) 
  Reclamation liabilities 
  Workers’ compensation liabilities 
  Recovery of environmental costs  
  Other 

Income from discontinued operation before income taxes 
Income tax (expense) benefit 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations 

$ 

BAX Global 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

2005 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

(2.8) 
- 
- 
- 
- 

86.8 
- 
- 
- 

15.1 
2.3 
6.1 
(6.2) 
0.4 
- 
0.1 

101.8 
3.7 

105.5 

- 
20.7 
(0.9) 
- 
5.0 

49.5 
(0.5) 
(1.2) 
- 

- 
3.2 
15.4 
(0.1) 
(4.9) 
- 
(3.3) 

82.9
(32.9) 

50.0

- 
4.8 
- 
56.2 
- 

(0.4) 
(0.2) 
(4.1) 
11.2 

- 
(31.3) 
(17.0) 
(3.2) 
0.2 
5.3 
(2.7) 

18.8
(27.3) 

(8.5)

The Company sold BAX Global, a wholly owned freight transportation subsidiary, on January 31, 2006 for $1.1 
billion in cash.  The final purchase price and the gain on the sale will change for closing adjustments the Company 
believes are customary for a transaction of this nature.  Net after-tax proceeds are expected to approximate $1.0 
billion.  The Company has either retained or indemnified the purchaser for some pre-sale liabilities including 
those for income taxes and for existing litigation as discussed in note 22.  The resolution of these matters is 
expected to take several years. 

The Company initially retained ownership of BAX Global’s airline subsidiary, Air Transport International, LLC 
(“ATI”), pending the receipt of required regulatory approval.  Regulatory approval was obtained and ATI was sold 
on February 28, 2006 for nominal consideration.  The Company has concluded that under FIN 46R, 
“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” ATI should not be included in the consolidated results of the 
Company after January 31, 2006. 

The Company immediately contributed $225 million of the proceeds to the VEBA designated to pay retiree medical 
obligations of former coal operations, paid down $46 million of short-term debt.  On February 28, 2006, the 
Company gave notice to pay down $58.4 million of long-term debt.

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BAX Global’s results of operations, including ATI, have been reported as discontinued operations for all periods 
presented.

The following tables show selected financial information included in discontinued operations for the three years 
ended December 31, 2005. 

(In millions)

BAX Global 

  Revenues 
  Pretax income (loss) 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

2004 

2003

$  2,899.4 
86.8 

2,440.6 
49.5 

1,999.2 
(0.4) 

In accordance with SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.”  BAX Global 
ceased depreciating and amortizing long-lived assets after November 2005, the date BAX Global was classified as 
held for sale.  Had BAX Global not ceased depreciation and amortization, its pretax income in 2005 would have 
been $4.9 million lower.

Interest expense included in discontinued operations was $2.0 million in 2005, $2.1 million in 2004 and $1.8 
million in 2003.  Interest expense recorded in discontinued operations includes only interest on third-party 
borrowings made directly by BAX Global.  The Company has not allocated other consolidated interest expense to 
discontinued operations. 

Assets and liabilities for BAX Global and ATI for 2005 have been classified as held for sale.  The assets and 
liabilities that are held for sale comprise the following: 

(In millions)

ASSETS 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Accounts receivable, net 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 
Property and equipment, net 
Goodwill 
Deferred income taxes and other 

  Assets held for sale 

LIABILITIES 

Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 
Long-term debt 
Accrued pension costs and postretirement benefits 
Deferred income taxes and other

  Liabilities held for sale 

December 31,  
2005 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

78.6 
497.9 
26.5 
145.9 
165.2 
62.4 

976.5 

7.1 
436.4 
1.9 
23.2 
22.8

491.4 

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Operating Leases 
As of December 31, 2005, BAX Global’s future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases 
with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year are as follows: 

(In millions) 

2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
Later years 

$ 

Facilities 

61.4 
50.7 
39.0 
27.8 
20.0 
94.0 

$ 

292.9 

Other 

6.2 
4.3 
2.2 
1.0 
0.5 
0.4 

14.6 

Total 

67.6 
55.0 
41.2 
28.8 
20.5 
94.4 

307.5 

At December 31, 2005 BAX Global had 13 DC-8 aircraft under one-year lease agreements.  The lease agreements 
expire in 2006 with operating lease payments aggregating $10.9 million.  These payments are not included in the 
table above.  Net rent expense for BAX Global was $96.2 million in 2005, $84.7 million in 2004 and $75.9 million 
in 2003, which amounts are included in income from discontinued operations.   

Former Natural Resource Operations 

In February 2005, the Company received additional cash proceeds from the previous sale of its coal business in 
Virginia; the related pre-tax gain of $5 million was recorded in 2004.  

The Company sold a portion of its timber business for $5.4 million in cash in 2003 and recognized a $4.8 million 
pretax gain.  In 2004, the Company received an additional $33.7 million for the remaining portion of its timber 
business.  After deducting the book value of related assets and the payment of $6.2 million in 2004 to purchase 
equipment formerly leased, the Company recognized a $20.7 million pretax gain in 2004.   

In February 2004, the Company sold its gold operations for approximately $1.1 million in cash plus the assumption 
of liabilities and recognized a $0.9 million loss.   

In August 2003, the Company sold its natural gas business and received $81.2 million in cash and recognized a 
$56.2 million gain.   

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The following tables show selected financial information included in discontinued operations for the three years 
ended December 31, 2005. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions)

Timber  

  Revenues 
  Pretax loss 

Gold 

  Revenues 
  Pretax loss 

Natural Gas   

  Revenues 
  Pretax income 

Years Ended December 31, 

2005 

2004 

2003

$

$ 

$ 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

1.2 
(0.5) 

4.4
(1.2) 

-
- 

21.1 
(0.2) 

23.5
(4.1) 

7.3
11.2 

Adjustments to Contingent Liabilities of Former Operations 

Ongoing expenses related to former operations, including expenses related to Company-sponsored 
postretirement benefit obligations, Black Lung obligations, pension obligations and expenditures for legal fees 
and other administrative activities, are classified within continuing operations.  Adjustments to contingent assets 
and liabilities related to former operations, including those related to reclamation matters, worker’s 
compensation claims, multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liabilities, the Health Benefit Act liabilities and 
remaining legal contingencies are reported within discontinued operations. 

Federal Black Lung Excise Tax 
In 1999, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia entered a final judgment in favor of the 
Company, ruling that the Federal Black Lung Excise Tax (“FBLET”) is unconstitutional as applied to export coal 
sales. Through December 31, 2004, the Company had received refunds including interest of $27.2 million, 
including $2.8 million received in 2003.  In December 2005, the Company reached a final settlement agreement 
related to all claims for FBLET refunds and recorded a pretax gain of $15.1 million.  The Company has received 
payments covering this refund during the first quarter of 2006.   

Other
The Company recorded $6.2 million in 2005, to reflect an increase in the estimated cost of reclamation at its 
former coal mines.  The estimate of the cost of reclamation may change in the future.  

In 2004, the Company recognized $4.9 million of expense to reflect an increase in the expected settlement of coal-
related workers’ compensation claims.  In 2004, the Company settled legal and other contingencies related to its 
former coal operations and recognized additional expense of $3.3 million.   

In 2003, the Company and a third party reached an agreement that establishes the allocation of costs related to an 
environmental  remediation  project,  and  as  a  result,  the  Company  recognized  a  $5.3  million  pretax  gain.    The 
Company estimates its portion of the remaining clean-up and operational and maintenance costs related to the 
environmental matter to be $2.7 million.   

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Income taxes 

Discontinued operations includes the tax provision or benefit associated with the Company’s BAX Global and 
former natural resource businesses, including the resolution of associated contingent tax matters. 

The effective tax rate in 2005 was lower than the 35% U.S. statutory tax rate primarily as a result of an income tax 
benefit of $27.4 million recorded upon the resolution of income tax matters with the Internal Revenue Service 
related to the former natural resource business.  In addition, the Company recognized a $7.0 million net deferred 
tax benefit as a result of its decision to sell the stock of BAX Global.   

The effective tax rate in 2004 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate due to state income tax expense.  The 
effective tax rate in 2003 was higher than the U.S. statutory rate due to state deferred tax valuation allowances 
related to BAX Global and additional accruals made in 2003 for tax contingencies related to the natural resource 
business.

Note 6 - Property and Equipment 

The following table presents the Company’s property and equipment that is classified as held and used: 

December 31, 

(In millions)

Land 
Buildings 
Leasehold improvements 
Security systems 
Vehicles 
Capitalized software 
Aircraft and related assets 
Other machinery and equipment 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization 
Property and equipment, net (a) 

(a)

Includes $134.0 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

2005

$

27.1 
125.2 
146.0 
734.1 
209.3 
80.4 
- 
340.1 
  1,662.2 
(794.8) 
$  867.4 

2004

23.2 
159.6 
171.2 
647.3 
210.5 
155.8 
64.0 
480.2 
1,911.8 
(997.8) 
914.0

Amortization of capitalized software costs included in continuing operations was $13.3 million in 2005, $10.6 
million in 2004 and $8.9 million in 2003. 

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Note 7 - Acquisitions  

The Company acquired security operations in seven countries over the last two years.  These operations have all 
been included in the Company’s Brink’s operating segment. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions) 
Greece 
Other 

Acquisition completed 
in the quarter ended  
March 31, 2004 
September 30, 2004 

Luxembourg, Scotland and Ireland 
Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic  
Other 

March 31, 2005 
June 30, 2005 
December 31, 2005 

Purchase price 
$ 

11.9 
2.9 
14.8 

41.9 
10.7 
0.6 
53.2 

$ 

$ 

$ 

These acquisitions have been accounted for as business combinations.  Under the purchase method of accounting, 
assets acquired and liabilities assumed from these operations are recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition.  
The consolidated statements of operations include the results of operations for an acquired entity from the date of 
acquisition.  The results of the acquired operations were not material to the Company’s consolidated statements of 
operation for the periods presented. 

Purchase prices for 2005 acquisitions have been preliminarily allocated based on estimates of fair value of assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed.  The final valuation of net assets is expected to be completed as soon as possible, 
but not later than one year from the acquisition date in accordance with U.S. GAAP.   

Note 8 –Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets 

Goodwill 
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows: 

(In millions) 
December 31, 2003 
Acquisitions 
Foreign currency exchange 
December 31, 2004 
Acquisitions 
Adjustments (a) 
Foreign currency exchange 
Reclassification to assets held for sale 
December 31, 2005 

Brink’s 
77.7 
7.7 
6.7 
92.1 
22.8 
(1.1) 
(10.0) 
- 
103.8 

$ 

$ 

BAX Global 
166.4 
- 
1.1 
167.5 
- 
- 
(2.3) 
  (165.2) 
- 

Total
244.1 
7.7 
7.8 
259.6 
22.8 
(1.1) 
(12.3) 
(165.2) 
103.8 

(a)

Purchase accounting adjustment occurring in the year following the acquisition and adjustments to valuation allowances for deferred tax 
assets. 

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Other Intangible Assets 

(In millions)

Finite-lived intangible assets 
Accumulated amortization 

Intangible assets, net (a) 

(a)

Includes $0.9 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

December 31, 

$ 

2005 

21.6 
(5.0) 

$ 

16.6

2004

9.6
(2.5) 

7.1

The Company’s intangible assets are included in other assets on the balance sheet and consist primarily of 
covenants not to compete and customer lists. 

Note 9 - Other Assets 

(In millions)

Deferred subscriber acquisition costs 
Investment in unconsolidated entities: 
  Cost method (a) 
  Equity method 
Deferred charges for aircraft heavy maintenance 
Long-term receivables  
Prepaid pension assets (see note 4) 
Intangible assets, net (see note 8) 
Other 

Other assets (b) 

December 31, 

2005 

$ 

72.1 

23.4 
15.7 
- 
15.9 
- 
16.6 
23.3 

$  167.0 

2004

65.1

23.4 
17.1 
18.7 
16.7 
14.1 
7.1 
29.6 

191.8

(a) As discussed in note 1, the Company retrospectively adjusted its cost method investment in 2004 to reflect the adoption of FSP APB 18-1, 

increasing the investment by $14.5 million for cumulative currency translation losses.   

(b)

Includes $32.2 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

Note 10 - Accrued Liabilities

(In millions)

Payroll and other employee liabilities 
Taxes 
Postretirement benefits other than pensions  (see note 4) 
Aircraft lease turnback obligations (a) 
Withdrawal obligation for coal related multi-employer pension plan (see note 4) 
Workers’ compensation and other claims 
Other 

Accrued liabilities (b) 

December 31, 

2005 

$  103.2 
92.4 
56.4 
- 
30.5 
31.9 
140.2 

$  454.6 

2004

135.9
111.5 
52.9 
52.2 
36.6 
37.6 
185.8 

612.5

(a) Aircraft lease turnback obligations represent amounts estimated to be paid related to heavy maintenance upon the expiration of aircraft 

lease agreements.   

(b)

Includes $167.7 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

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Note 11 - Other Liabilities 

(In millions)

Workers’ compensation and other claims 
Minority interest 
Other 

Other liabilities (a) 

(a) 

Includes $15.3 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

Note 12 - Long-Term Debt

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

December 31, 

$ 

2005 

61.9 
41.5 
74.0 

$  177.4 

2004 

65.1
40.0 
71.7 

176.8

(In millions, denominated in U.S. dollars unless noted)

December 31,

2005 

2004

Bank credit facilities: 
  Revolving Facility (year-end weighted average rate of 3.75% in 2005 and 2.90% in 2004) 
  Euro-denominated credit facilities of French subsidiaries (year-end weighted average  

$  123.6 

rate of 3.23% in 2005 and 3.11% in 2004) 

  Other non-U.S. dollar denominated facilities (year-end weighted average rate of 9.53%  

in 2005 and 9.92% in 2004) 

Senior Notes: 
  Series A, 7.84%, due 2006-2007 
  Series B, 8.02%, due 2008 
  Series C, 7.17%, due 2006-2008 

Other:
  Capital leases (average rates: 5.55% in 2005 and 5.35% in 2004) 
  Dominion Terminal Associates 6.0% bonds, due 2033 

Total long-term debt (a) 

Current maturities of long-term debt: 
  Bank credit facilities 
  Senior Notes 
  Capital leases 

Total current maturities of long-term debt 

Total long-term debt excluding current maturities  

(a)

Includes $2.7 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

3.9 

15.9 

143.4 

36.7 
20.0 
20.0 

76.7 

24.1 
43.2 

  287.4 

2.9 
25.0 
7.6 

35.5 

$ 251.9 

18.4

7.5

20.6 

46.5

55.0 
20.0 
20.0 

95.0 

32.0
43.2 

216.7 

6.0 
18.3 
10.8 

35.1 

181.6 

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The Company has an unsecured $400 million revolving bank credit facility (“Revolving Facility”) with a syndicate 
of banks against which it may borrow (or otherwise satisfy credit needs) on a revolving multi-currency basis over a 
five-year term ending in October 2009.  At December 31, 2005, $276.4 million was available for use under the 
Revolving Facility.  The Company has the option to borrow based on LIBOR plus a margin, prime rate or a 
competitive bid among the individual banks.  The margin on LIBOR borrowings, which can range from 0.3% to 
1.0% depending on the Company’s credit rating, was 0.6% at December 31, 2005.  When borrowings and letters of 
credit under the Revolving Facility are in excess of $200 million, the applicable interest rate is increased by 
0.125%.  The Company also pays an annual facility fee on the Revolving Facility based on the Company's credit 
rating.  The facility fee, which can range from 0.1% to 0.25%, was 0.15% as of December 31, 2005.   

The Company has an unsecured $150 million credit facility with a bank to provide letters of credit and other 
borrowing capacity over a five-year term ending in December 2009 (the “Letter of Credit Facility”).  The costs of 
these letters of credit are expected to be approximately the same as borrowings under its $400 million facility 
discussed above.  As of December 31, 2005, $5.9 million was available for use under this revolving credit facility.  
The Revolving Facility and the multi-currency revolving credit facilities described below are also used for the 
issuance of letters of credit and bank guarantees.  

The Company has three unsecured multi-currency revolving bank credit facilities totaling $121.4 million in 
available credit at December 31, 2005, of which $50.8 million was unused.  When rates are favorable, the Company 
also borrows from other banks under short-term uncommitted agreements.  Various foreign subsidiaries 
maintain other secured and unsecured lines of credit and overdraft facilities with a number of banks.  Amounts 
borrowed under these agreements are included in short-term borrowings.   

At December 31, 2005, the Company had $76.7 million of Senior Notes outstanding that are scheduled to be repaid 
in 2006 through 2008, including $18.3 million which was paid as scheduled in January 2006.  Interest on each 
series of the Senior Notes is payable semiannually, and the Company has the option to prepay all or a portion of the 
Senior Notes prior to maturity subject to a make-whole provision.  The Senior Notes are unsecured.  On February 
28, 2006, the Company gave notice to the holders of the Senior Notes that the Company would elect to prepay the 
remaining $58.4 million outstanding in the first quarter of 2006.  A make-whole payment of approximately $1.7 
million is expected to be paid in connection with this prepayment.   

Minimum repayments of long-term debt, excluding the repayments of Senior Notes discussed above, are as 
follows:

(In millions) 
2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
Later years 
Total (a) 

Capital 
Leases 
7.6 
5.3 
3.9 
3.5 
2.2 
1.6 
24.1 

$ 

$ 

Other long- 
term debt 
2.9 
11.2 
1.8 
124.4 
0.8 
45.5 
186.6 

Total 
10.5 
16.5 
5.7 
127.9 
3.0 
47.1 
210.7 

(a)

Excludes repayments of BAX Global’s $2.9 million long-term debt. 

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Capital Leases 

Property under capital leases are included in property and equipment as follows: 

(In millions) 

Asset class: 
  Buildings 
  Vehicles 
  Machinery and equipment 

  Less: accumulated amortization 

  Total (a) 

(a)

Includes $2.2 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

Asset Balance at December 31, 

2005 

2004

$ 

$ 

28.3 
54.5 
15.2 

98.0 
56.4 

41.6 

31.7
61.2 
17.1 

110.0 
59.3 

50.7

The Company’s Brink’s, BHS, and BAX Global subsidiaries have guaranteed the Revolving Facility, the Letter of 
Credit Facility and the Senior Notes.  As of January 31, 2006, BAX Global is no longer a guarantor as a result of the 
sale of BAX Global.  The Revolving Facility, the Letter of Credit Facility, the agreement under which the Senior 
Notes were issued and the multi-currency revolving bank credit facilities each contain various financial and other 
covenants.  The financial covenants, among other things, limit the Company’s total indebtedness, limit the use of 
proceeds on sales of assets (including the sale of BAX Global), provide for minimum coverage of interest costs, and 
require the Company to maintain a minimum level of net worth.  The credit agreements do not provide for the 
acceleration of payments should the Company's credit rating be reduced.  If the Company were not to comply with 
the terms of its various loan agreements, the repayment terms could be accelerated and the commitment could be 
withdrawn.  An acceleration of the repayment terms under one agreement could trigger the acceleration of the 
repayment terms under the other loan agreements.  The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants 
at December 31, 2005.   

In 2003, at the Company’s request, the Peninsula Ports Authority of Virginia issued a new series of bonds to 
replace the previous bonds related to Dominion Terminal Associates, a deep water coal terminal in which the 
Company no longer has an interest.  The Company continues to pay interest on and guarantee payment of the 
$43.2 million principle of the new bonds and ultimately will have to pay for the retirement of the new bonds in 
accordance with the terms of the guarantee.  The new bonds bear a fixed interest rate of 6.0% and mature in 2033.  
The new bonds may mature prior to 2033 upon the occurrence of specified events such as the determination that 
the bonds are taxable or the failure of the Company to abide by the terms of its guarantee.   

At December 31, 2005, the Company had undrawn unsecured letters of credit and guarantees totaling $221.1 
million, including $144.1 million issued under the Letter of Credit Facility, and $44.1 million issued under the 
multi-currency revolving bank credit facility.  These letters of credit primarily support the Company’s obligations 
under various self-insurance programs, credit facilities and aircraft leases.   

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Note 13 - Accounts Receivable and Asset Securitization 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions) 

Trade
Other

Estimated uncollectible amounts 

Accounts receivable, net (a) 

December 31, 

2005 

$  372.0 
58.4 
430.4 
(11.3) 

$

419.1 

2004

716.1
60.1
776.2
(26.7) 

749.5 

(a)

Includes $377.6 million for trade and other receivables, net of $10.6 million in estimated uncollectible amounts in 2004, related to BAX 
Global in 2004. 

In December 2000, the Company entered into a five-year agreement to sell a revolving interest in BAX Global’s 
U.S. domestic accounts receivable through a commercial paper conduit program. The primary purpose of the 
agreement was to obtain access to a lower-cost source of funds.  The securitization program terminated in 
December 2005 under the terms of the agreement. 

Qualifying accounts receivable of BAX Global’s U.S. operations were sold on a monthly basis, without recourse, to 
BAX Funding Corporation (“BAX Funding”), a wholly owned consolidated special-purpose subsidiary of BAX 
Global. BAX Funding then sold an undivided interest in the entire pool of accounts receivable to a bank-sponsored 
conduit entity. The conduit issued commercial paper to finance the purchase of its interest in the receivables. 
Under the program, BAX Funding could sell up to a $90 million interest in the receivables pool to the conduit. 
During the term of the agreement, the conduit’s interest in daily collections of accounts receivable was reinvested 
in newly originated receivables.  

(In millions)

Accounts receivable purchased by BAX Funding: 
  Total pool 
  Revolving interest sold to conduit 

Amount included in accounts receivable 

December 31, 
2004

$

$

118.9
(25.0) 

93.9

Due to the short-term nature of the Company’s retained interest in accounts receivable, its fair value 
approximated carrying value, net of an appropriate allowance.  The Company did not record a servicing asset or 
liability because the average servicing period for accounts receivable approximated one month.   

The discounts and other fees of the accounts receivable securitization are included as a component of the 
Company’s income (loss) from discontinued operations.  Expense recorded was as follows: 

(In millions)

Discounts and other fees of BAX Global’s accounts receivable  

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

securitization program 

$ 

2.7 

1.7 

1.7 

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Note 14 –Operating Leases 

The Company leases facilities, vehicles, computers and other equipment under long-term operating and capital 
leases with varying terms. Most of the operating leases contain renewal and/or purchase options.  The Company 
expects that in the normal course of business, the majority of operating leases will be renewed or replaced by other 
leases. 

As of December 31, 2005, future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases with initial or 
remaining lease terms in excess of one year are included below.  The table excludes operating leases related to BAX 
Global.  See note 5 for information about leases related to BAX Global. 

(In millions) 

Facilities 

Vehicles 

Other 

2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
Later years 

$ 

34.1 
27.8 
20.7 
15.9 
11.6 
35.8 

$ 

145.9 

29.0 
23.4 
17.9 
11.1 
7.5 
10.7 

99.6 

3.6 
2.9 
2.4 
1.7 
1.0 
0.7 

12.3 

Total 

66.7 
54.1 
41.0 
28.7 
20.1 
47.2 

257.8 

The table above includes lease payments for the initial accounting lease term and all renewal periods for most 
vehicles under operating leases used in Brink’s and BHS’ U.S. operations.  If the Company were to not renew these 
leases, it would be subject to a residual value guarantee.  The Company’s maximum residual value guarantee was 
$58.3 million at December 31, 2005.  If the Company continues to renew the leases and pays all of the lease 
payments for the vehicles that have been included in the above table (which aggregate lease payments decline over 
four to eight years), this residual value guarantee will reduce to zero at the end of the final renewal period.  In 
addition, the Company has $4.9 million of maximum guaranteed residuals on another operating lease. 

Net rent expense included in continuing operations amounted to $84.3 million in 2005, $74.4 million in 2004 and 
$76.1 million in 2003.   

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Note 15 - Share-Based Compensation Plans 

The Company has stock incentive plans to encourage employees and nonemployee directors to remain with the 
Company and to more closely align their interests with those of the Company’s shareholders. 

Stock Option Plans

In May 2005, the shareholders of the Company approved the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”) as the 
successor plan to the 1988 Stock Option Plan (the “1988 Plan”).  As a result, the 1988 Plan terminated in May 2005 
except as to options still outstanding.  The 2005 Plan is similar to the 1988 Plan but also allows for grants of 
restricted stock and restricted stock units as well as performance units and other share-based awards.  No 
restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units or share-based awards other than stock options were 
granted in 2005 under the 2005 Plan.  The Company also has a Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the 
“Directors’ Plan”).   

Options are granted at a price not less than the average quoted market price on the date of grant.  All grants in the 
last three years under the 2005 Plan and the 1998 Plan have a maximum term of six years and all of these grants 
either vest over three years from the date of grant or vest 100% at the end of the third year.  The Directors’ Plan 
options are granted with a maximum term of ten years and vest in full at the end of six months.  There are 4.6 
million shares underlying options that are authorized, but not yet granted.  Although it has not expressed any 
intent to do so, the Company has the right to amend, suspend, or terminate its stock incentive plans at any time by 
action of the Company’s Board of Directors. 

The table below summarizes the activity in all plans for options of the Company’s common stock for 2005, 2004 
and 2003. 

(Shares in thousands) 

Outstanding at December 31, 2002 
Granted 
Exercised 
Forfeited or expired 

Outstanding at December 31, 2003 
Granted 
Exercised 
Forfeited or expired 

Outstanding at December 31, 2004 
Granted 
Exercised 
Forfeited or expired 

Outstanding at December 31, 2005 

Shares 

4,059 
629 
(121) 
(611) 

3,956 
937 
(1,262) 
(362) 

3,269 
699 
(1,498) 
(131) 

2,339 

Per Share 
Weighted Average 
Exercise Price 

$ 

23.29 
15.24 
14.10 
30.79 

21.14 
31.88 
19.63 
35.18 

23.24 
35.95 
21.06 
26.62 

$ 

28.25 

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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 
2005.

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(Shares in thousands) 

Stock Options Outstanding 

Weighted Average 
Remaining Contractual 
Life (Years) 

Shares 

Per Share 
Weighted Average 
Exercise Price 

  Range of 
Exercise Prices 

$  13.66 to 14.99 
15.00 to 15.49 
15.50 to 21.49 
  21.50 to 31.99 
  32.00 to 33.99 
  34.00 to 35.99 
  36.00 to 159.12 

52 
429 
309 
99 
741 
648 
61 

Total 

2,339 

4.2 
3.5 
2.5 
3.4 
4.6 
5.5 
5.9 

4.3 

$ 

14.15 
15.27 
21.37 
23.64 
32.71 
35.79 
39.79 

$ 

28.25 

Stock Options Exercisable 

Per Share 

  Weighted Average 

Shares 

Exercise Price 

52 
153 
309 
99 
157 
- 
20 

790 

$ 

14.15 
15.27 
21.37 
23.64 
32.81 
- 
41.67 

$ 

22.77 

There were 1.5 million shares of exercisable options with a weighted-average exercise price of $20.68 per share at 
December 31, 2004 and 2.3 million shares of exercisable options with a weighted-average exercise price of $22.62 
per share at December 31, 2003.   

In conjunction with the sale of BAX Global in the first quarter of 2006, 0.3 million options held by BAX Global 
employees were modified such that the options became immediately vested.  This modification will result in 
additional compensation expense of $7.4 million and will be recorded within discontinued operations in the first 
quarter of 2006.  The weighted-average exercise price of these options is $25.67 and the options must be exercised 
within 90 days. 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), as amended in 2004, the Company was authorized to 
issue common stock to eligible employees.  The ESPP was terminated in June 2005.  The ESPP was a 
noncompensatory plan that allowed eligible employees to buy the Company’s common stock at below market value, 
subject to plan limitations on the amount an employee could purchase annually.  Under the ESPP, the Company 
sold approximately 0.1 million shares of common stock to employees in both 2005 and 2004, and approximately 
0.2 million shares in 2003.   

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Note 16 - Capital Stock

Repurchase Program 

The Company has the remaining authority to purchase up to 1.0 million shares of common stock under a share 
repurchase program authorized by the board of directors, with an aggregate purchase price limitation of $19.1 
million.

Employee Benefits Trust 

The Brink’s Company Employee Benefits Trust (the “Trust”) holds shares of the Company’s common stock to fund 
obligations under compensation and employee benefit programs that provide for the issuance of stock.  The 
Company issued 2.1 million shares in 2005 and 2.5 million shares in 2004 of common stock to the Trust.  Shares 
held by the Trust that have not been allocated to employees are accounted for at fair value as a reduction of 
shareholders’ equity similar to treasury stock.  Shares of common stock will be voted by the trustee in the same 
proportion as those voted by the Company’s employees participating in the Company’s 401(k) plan.  

Preferred Stock 

At December 31, 2005, the Company has authority to issue up to 2.0 million shares of preferred stock, par value 
$10 per share. 

Series A Preferred Stock Rights Agreement 

Under the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of September 2003, holders of common stock have 
rights to purchase a new Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) of the 
Company at the rate of one right for each share of common stock. Each right, if and when it becomes exercisable, 
will entitle the holder to purchase one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of 
$60.00, subject to adjustment.  

Each fractional share of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to participate in dividends and to vote on an 
equivalent basis with one whole share of common stock. Each right will not be exercisable until after a third party 
acquires more than 15% of the total voting rights of all outstanding common stock or on specific dates as may be 
designated by the Board after commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer by a third party for more than 
15% of the total voting rights of all outstanding common stock. 

If after the rights become exercisable, the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination, each 
right will entitle the holder to purchase, for the purchase price, common stock of the surviving or acquiring 
company having a market value of twice the purchase price. In the event a third party acquires more than 15% of all 
outstanding common stock, the rights will entitle each holder to purchase, at the purchase price, that number of 
fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock equivalent to the number of shares of common stock which at the 
time of the triggering event would have a market value of twice the purchase price.  As an alternative to the 
purchase described in the previous sentence, the Board may elect to exchange the rights for other forms of 
consideration, including that number of shares of common stock obtained by dividing the purchase price by the 
market price of the common stock at the time of the exchange or for cash equal to the purchase price. The rights 
may be redeemed by the Company at a price of $0.01 per right and expire on September 25, 2007. 

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Note 17 - Income Taxes 

(In millions)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes 

U.S.
Foreign 

Total

Income tax expense (benefit) 

Current 

U.S. federal 
State 
Foreign 

Deferred 

U.S. federal 
State 
Foreign 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

$ 

$ 

45.1 
46.7 

91.8 

(0.3) 
1.9 
36.1 

37.7 

10.0 
(2.1) 
3.9 

11.8 

$ 

49.5 

56.5
55.6 

112.1

0.1
5.4
26.5 

32.0 

13.2 
- 
(4.6) 

8.6 

40.6

34.7
39.6 

74.3

17.7
1.0
14.8 

33.5 

(12.6) 
3.7 
11.8 

2.9 

36.4

The U.S. federal current income tax provision on continuing operations in 2003 was offset by U.S. federal current 
tax benefits included in the loss from discontinued operations. 

(In millions)

Comprehensive provision (benefit) for income taxes allocable to 

Continuing operations 
Discontinued operations 
Change in accounting principle 
Other comprehensive income (loss) 
Shareholders’ equity 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

49.5 
(3.7) 
(0.9) 
(13.6) 
(15.1) 

$ 

16.2 

40.6
32.9
- 
(3.9)
(4.7) 

64.9 

36.4
27.3
- 
15.9
(0.2) 

79.4 

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December 31, 

2005 

2004 

The components of the net deferred tax asset are as follows: 

(In millions)

Deferred tax assets 

Postretirement benefits other than pensions   
Pension liabilities 
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liabilities 
Workers’ compensation and other claims 
Deferred revenue 
Deferred tax on investment in BAX Global 
Other assets and liabilities 
Net operating loss carryforwards 
Alternative minimum and other tax credits 

Subtotal 
Valuation allowances 

Total deferred tax assets 

Deferred tax liabilities

Property and equipment, net 
Prepaid pension assets 
Other prepaid assets 
Other assets and miscellaneous 

Total deferred tax liabilities 
Net deferred tax asset

Included in: 
  Current assets 
  Noncurrent assets 
  Current liabilities, included in accrued liabilities 
  Noncurrent liabilities 

$

$ 

$

115.6 
78.1 
10.9 
42.4 
69.1 
9.2 
70.0 
44.1 
79.4 

518.8 
(42.1) 

476.7 

84.3 
6.2 
25.3 
12.3 

128.1 
348.6 

174.0 
196.9 
(3.5) 
(18.8) 

125.2 
56.0 
12.8 
46.8
60.4
- 
137.3 
78.4
56.1 

573.0 
(55.8)

517.2

130.1 
9.5 
20.4 
33.4 

193.4 
323.8

116.0 
234.7 
(0.9) 
(26.0) 

323.8 

Net deferred tax asset (a) 

$

348.6 

(a)

Includes a net deferred tax asset of $26.6 million in 2004 related to BAX Global. 

The valuation allowances relate to deferred tax assets in various state and non-U.S. jurisdictions. Based on the 
Company’s historical and expected future taxable earnings, and a consideration of available tax-planning 
strategies, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of the existing 
deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances, at December 31, 2005.

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The following table reconciles the difference between the actual tax provision from continuing operations and the 
amounts obtained by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% in each year to the income from 
continuing operations before income taxes.  

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions)

Income tax expense computed at 35% statutory rate 
Increases (reductions) in taxes due to: 
  Adjustments to valuation allowances 
  State income taxes, net 
  Medicare subsidy of postretirement costs 
  Repatriation of foreign earnings under the AJCA 
  Foreign income taxes 
  Foreign tax credit carryover 
  Taxes on undistributed earnings of foreign affiliates 
  Changes in accrual for tax contingencies 
  Adjustments to current and deferred tax accounts 
  Other 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

32.1 

39.2

26.0

18.6 
1.9 
(2.1) 
2.9 
4.7 
(3.9) 
0.7 
(3.8) 
(0.9) 
(0.7) 

2.1 
2.7 
(2.0) 
- 
(0.3) 
- 
(1.7) 
1.2 
(0.3) 
(0.3) 

40.6

15.5 
3.1 
- 
- 
(0.5) 
- 
1.2 
(2.0) 
(5.8) 
(1.1) 

36.4

Actual income tax expense on continuing operations 

$ 

49.5 

Adjustments to the beginning-of-year valuation allowance of $10.0 million in 2005, $1.4 million in 2004 and 
$15.1 million in 2003 related primarily to several international operations with a recent history of losses.  The 
valuation allowance also increased by $8.6 million in 2005, $0.7 million in 2004 and $0.4 million in 2003 to offset 
the net increase in deferred tax assets in jurisdictions where the Company had previously concluded that valuation 
allowances were necessary.  The valuation allowances were required due to the Company’s assessment that these 
assets did not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition criteria of SFAS 109.  

Adjustments were made to the Company’s current and deferred tax assets and liabilities in each of the prior three 
years based on a detailed analysis conducted by the Company.  The Company also recognized tax benefits related to 
uncertain tax positions upon favorable settlements of issues relating primarily to the Company’s state tax returns 
in 2005 and U.S. federal tax returns in 2003.  

As of December 31, 2005, the Company has not recorded U.S. federal deferred income taxes on approximately 
$145 million of undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries and equity affiliates related to continuing 
operations.  It is expected that these earnings will be permanently reinvested in operations outside the U.S.  It is 
not practical to compute the estimated deferred tax liability on these earnings.  

The Company repatriated cash of $71.2 million in 2005, including $22.4 million related to BAX Gobal’s non-U.S. 
subsidiaries, under the repatriation provision of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.  The Company 
recognized $3.6 million of additional income tax expense in 2005, including $0.7 million included as a component 
of discontinued operations, related to the repatriation.  

The Company’s U.S. entities file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return. 

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As of December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $72 million of alternative minimum tax credits and $7.4 
million of foreign tax credits available to offset future U.S. federal income taxes.  Under current tax law, the 
carryforward period for the alternative minimum tax credits is unlimited, and the 10-year carryforward period for 
the foreign tax credits will expire in 2013 with respect to $2.9 million, in 2014 with respect to $2.5 million, and in 
2015 with respect to $2.0 million. 

The gross amount of the net operating loss carryforwards as of December 31, 2005 was $146.3 million related to 
continuing operations.  The tax benefit of net operating loss carryforwards, before valuation allowances, as of 
December 31, 2005 was $44.1 million, and expire as follows: 

(In millions) 

Year of expiration: 

  2006-2010 
  2011-2015 
  2016 and thereafter 
  Unlimited 

Federal 

State 

Foreign 

Total 

$ 

$ 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

0.3 
- 
1.2 
- 

1.5 

6.2 
1.6 
- 
34.8 

42.6 

6.5 
1.6 
1.2 
34.8 

44.1 

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to tax examinations in various U.S. and foreign jurisdictions and the 
Company has accrued approximately $13 million for related contingencies at December 31, 2005.  While it is 
difficult to predict the final outcome of the various issues that may arise during an examination, the Company 
believes that it has adequately provided for all contingent income tax liabilities, penalties and interest.   

Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information 

(In millions)

Cash paid for: 
Interest 
Income taxes, net 

Other noncash financing activities – settlement of employee  
  benefits with Company common shares 

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

$ 

23.9 
70.4 

20.2 

19.3
34.4 

16.3 

23.9
25.3 

16.8 

As part of the Company’s changes to its U.S. pension plans, beginning on January 1, 2006, the Company will make 
matching contributions related to its 401(k) plans in cash rather than in the Company’s common stock. 

The Company’s sales of natural resource assets in 2004 and 2003 included noncash proceeds, primarily the 
assumption of liabilities by the purchaser.  Noncash proceeds were $14.8 million in 2004 and $2.6 million in 
2003.

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Note 19- Other Operating Income, Net 

(In millions)

Gain on sale of equity interest 
Gains on sale of operating assets and mineral rights, net 
Share in earnings of equity affiliates 
Royalty income 
Foreign currency transaction losses, net 
Impairment losses 
Penalties on unpaid value-added taxes 
Other

Total

Years Ended December 31, 
2004 

2003 

2005 

$ 

- 
9.6 
3.4 
2.0 
(3.1) 
(1.3) 
- 
4.4 

$ 

15.0 

- 
5.7 
  1.0 
  1.6 
(0.2)
(0.3) 
(0.4) 
3.7 

11.1 

10.4 
7.7 
0.3 
1.7 
-
- 
- 
1.9 

22.0 

In October 2003, the Company sold its 23.3% equity interest in MPI Mines Ltd., an Australian exploration and 
development company with interests in gold and nickel, for $18.8 million in cash and recognized a $10.4 million 
pretax gain in continuing operations.  

In November 2003, the Company sold substantially all of its remaining coal-related assets for $14 million in cash 
plus the assumption of reclamation and other liabilities for total proceeds of $28.8 million.  The Company 
recognized gains of $5.8 million in 2005 and $0.3 million in 2004 as liabilities related to reclamation were 
formally transferred to the buyer.  

In addition, a $3.1 million gain on the sale of residual assets and mineral rights related to former mining 
operations in Kentucky was recognized in 2005.   

Note 20 – Interest and Other Nonoperating Income (Expense), Net 

(In millions) 

Interest income 
Dividend income from real estate investment 
Gains (losses) on sales of marketable securities 
Gain on monetization of coal royalty agreement 
Other, net 

Total

Years Ended December 31, 
2004

2005

2003 

$ 

$ 

4.7 
4.1 
0.2 
- 
0.3 

9.3 

3.8 
- 
4.3 
-
(0.2) 

7.9 

5.4 
- 
(0.2) 
2.6
1.2 

9.0 

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Note 21 - Risk Management 

The Company has risk management policies designed to minimize the impact on earnings and cash flows from 
fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices and foreign exchange rates.  The Company utilizes derivative and 
non-derivative financial instruments in order to manage these risks.  The Company does not use derivative 
financial instruments for purposes other than hedging underlying commercial or financial exposures of the 
Company.  The risk that counterparties to these derivative financial instruments may be unable to perform is 
minimized by limiting the counterparties to major financial institutions with investment grade credit ratings.  The 
Company does not expect to incur a loss from the failure of any counterparty to perform under the agreements.  In 
addition, depending on market conditions, the Company has been able to adjust its pricing through the use of 
surcharges to partially offset large increases in the cost of commodities such as jet fuel. 

Derivative Financial Instruments 

The Company had net fair value liabilities of $0.1 million at December 31, 2005 and net fair value assets of $0.2 
million at December 31, 2004 associated with BAX Global’s foreign currency forward contacts.  The outstanding 
derivative financial instruments were assumed by the purchaser of BAX Global in January 2006. 

Non-Derivative Financial Instruments 

Non-derivative financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, 
consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables.  The carrying amounts of cash and cash 
equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of the 
short-term nature of these instruments. 

The fair value of the Company’s floating-rate short-term and long-term debt approximates the carrying amount. 
The fair value of the Company’s significant fixed rate long-term debt is described below.  Fair value is estimated by 
discounting the future cash flows using rates for similar debt instruments at the valuation date. 

(In millions)

Senior Notes 
DTA bonds  

December 31, 

2005 

2004 

Fair  
Value 

79.5 
48.8 

$ 

Carrying 
Values 

76.7 
43.2 

Fair 
Value 

102.6
46.6 

Carrying 
Values 

95.0
43.2 

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Note 22 - Other Commitments and Contingencies 

Purchase Obligations 

At December 31, 2005, the Company had noncancelable commitments for $23.0 million for equipment purchases, 
and information technology and other services.   

Value-added taxes (“VAT”) and customs duties 

During 2004, the Company determined that one of its non-U.S. Brink’s business units had not paid customs 
duties and VAT with respect to the importation of certain goods and services.  The Company was advised that civil 
and criminal penalties could be asserted for the non-payment of these customs duties and VAT.  Although no 
penalties have been asserted to date, they could be asserted at any time.  The business unit has provided the 
appropriate government authorities with an accounting of unpaid customs duties and VAT and has made payments 
covering its calculated unpaid VAT.  As a result of its investigation, the Company accrued charges of $1.1 million to 
operating profit and recorded estimated interest expense of $0.7 million related to this matter during 2004.  The 
Company believes that the range of reasonably possible losses is between $0.4 million and $3.0 million for 
potential penalties on unpaid VAT and between $0 and $35 million for unpaid customs duties and associated 
penalties.  The Company believes that the assertion of the penalties on unpaid customs duties would be excessive 
and would vigorously defend against any such assertion.  The Company does not expect to be assessed interest 
charges in connection with any penalties that may be asserted.  The Company continues to diligently pursue the 
timely resolution of this matter and, accordingly, the Company’s estimate of the potential losses could change 
materially in future periods.  The assertion of potential penalties may be material to the Company’s financial 
position and results of operations. 

BAX Global’s Litigation 

BAX Global is defending a claim related to the apparent diversion by a third party of goods being transported for a 
customer.  Although BAX Global is defending this claim vigorously and believes that its defenses have merit, it is 
possible that this claim ultimately may be decided in favor of the claimant.  If so, the Company expects that the 
ultimate amount of reasonably possible unaccrued losses could range from $0 to $9 million.  The Company has 
contractually indemnified the purchaser of BAX Global for this contingency.   

BAX Global’s Taxes 

The Company has retained all pre-closing tax assets and liabilities related to BAX Global, except deferred income 
taxes.  The Company has $23.3 million accrued for these net tax liabilities at December 31, 2005.   

Former Coal Operations 

At December 31, 2005, the Company had obligations of $8.6 million (at net present value) under mineral lease 
agreements that give it the right to access and mine coal properties in exchange for required minimum annual 
payments.  These agreements require that the Company pay royalties to lessors based on production of coal or 
minimum amounts if coal is not produced.    

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BHS contingency for a component 

BHS has been notified by one of its equipment suppliers that it is reviewing data associated with the reliability of a 
component.  The supplier is examining currently available data and developing additional data in order to 
complete the review.  The conclusions from the review could range from the confirmation of the reliability of the 
component to a requirement to replace the component.  The Company does not currently believe that actions, if 
any, stemming from this review will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position.  The Company 
expects to be reimbursed for costs, if any, that may be incurred in responding to the review.  However, depending 
upon the timing and amounts of expenditures and reimbursements, there could be an impact on results of 
operations for individual quarters in 2006.  

Gain Contingency - Insurance claims 

The Company expects to file insurance claims of $4.0 million to $6.5 million related to property damage and 
business interruption insurance coverage for losses sustained from Hurricane Katrina.  As of December 31, 2005 
the Company has recorded a receivable of $2.2 million for claims to be filed, which equals the amount of 
hurricane-related property losses recognized to date.  Because the Company’s property damage insurance 
coverage provides for replacement value, the Company expects to record proceeds in excess of realized losses 
when the claims are ultimately settled.  Claims for lost revenues under business interruption coverage will be 
recognized as operating income when the claims are settled. 

Surety Bonds 

The Company is required by various state and federal laws to provide security with regard to its obligations to pay 
workers’ compensation, to reclaim lands used for mining by the Company’s former coal operations and to satisfy 
other obligations.  As of December 31, 2005, the Company had outstanding surety bonds with third parties totaling 
approximately $71.8 million that it has arranged in order to satisfy various security requirements.  Most of these 
bonds provide financial security for previously recorded liabilities.  The Company expects $9.4 million of the 
outstanding surety bonds to be replaced with surety bonds provided by the purchaser of BAX Global.  Surety bonds 
are typically renewable on a yearly basis; however, there can be no assurance the bonds will be renewed or that 
premiums in the future will not increase.  

If the remaining surety bonds are not renewed, the Company believes that it has adequate available borrowing 
capacity under its Letter of Credit Facility and its Revolving Facility to provide letters of credit or other collateral to 
secure its obligations.   

The Company has issued letters of credit under its Letter of Credit Facility, described in “Debt” above, to satisfy a 
portion of its security requirements.  At December 31, 2005, $135.8 million of the $144.1 million issued letters of 
credit was used to satisfy security requirements.   

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Note 23 - Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

(In millions, except per share amounts)

st

1

2005 Quarters 
nd
2

rd

3

th

4

(a)

st
1

2004 Quarters
rd
nd
2

 3

th

4

 (b)

Revenues 
Operating profit 
Income (loss) from: 
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations 
  Cumulative effect of change in  
accounting principle   

Net income

Net income (loss) per common share: 
Basic:
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations 
  Cumulative effect of change in  

  accounting principle   

Basic 

Diluted:
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations 
  Cumulative effect of change in  
accounting principle 

Diluted

Dividends declared per common share 
Stock prices: 
  High 
  Low 

$ 

$

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$

$

601.1 
  29.0 

633.5 
18.3 

651.3 
44.0 

663.1 
24.1 

$  540.0 
31.4 

551.2 
25.7 

580.3 
45.0 

606.0 
35.3 

10.5 
3.1 

- 
13.6 

2.2 
13.1 

- 
15.3 

23.4 
42.4 

- 
65.8 

6.2 
46.9 

(5.4) 
47.7 

14.9 
10.9 

- 
25.8 

11.8 
6.8 

- 
18.6 

28.3 
9.8 

- 
38.1 

16.5 
22.5 

- 
39.0 

0.19 
0.05 

- 
0.24 

0.19 
0.05 

- 
0.24 

0.04 
0.23 

- 
0.27 

0.04 
0.23 

- 
0.27 

0.41 
0.76 

- 
1.17 

0.41 
0.74 

- 
1.15 

0.11 
0.82 

(0.09) 
0.84 

0.11 
0.81 

0.28 
0.20 

- 
0.48 

0.21 
0.13 

- 
0.34 

0.27 
0.20 

0.21 
0.13 

(0.09) 
0.83 

- 
$    0.47 

- 
0.34  

0.52 
0.17 

- 
0.69 

0.51 
0.17 

- 
0.68 

0.30 
0.41 

- 
0.71 

0.29 
0.41 

- 
0.70 

0.025 

0.025 

0.025 

0.025 

$  0.025  0.025  

0.025 

  0.025 

39.70 
33.43 

37.36 
29.73 

41.50 
35.50 

49.17 
37.85 

$  28.38 
22.71 

34.47   
27.57   

34.29 
25.80 

  39.91 
  30.00 

$

$

$

$ 

$ 

(a)

The Company’s results of operations in the fourth quarter of 2005 includes an after-tax charge of $5.4 million to reflect the cumulative 
effect of a change in accounting principle related to the adoption of FIN 47.  During the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company reached a 
final settlement agreement related to all claims for Federal Black Lung Excise Tax and recorded a pretax gain of $15.1 million in
discontinued operations.  The Company received this refund in 2006.  The Company results in the fourth quarter of 2005 included a $3.0 
million gain as liabilities related to reclamation were formally transferred to the buyer.  During the fourth quarter of 2005 the Company 
repatriated cash of $71.2 million, including $22.4 million related to BAX Global’s non-U.S. subsidiaries, under the provision of the 
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.  The Company recorded additional income tax expense of $3.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, 
including $0.7 million included as a component of discontinued operations, related to the repatriation.  During the fourth quarter of 
2005, the Company recognized a $7.0 million deferred tax benefit in discontinued operations as a result of changing its intention
regarding its investment in BAX Global. 

(b)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations in the fourth quarter of 2004 includes a $5.0 million pretax gain as a result of additional 
proceeds from the sale of a former coal operation, and $7.3 million of pretax income as a result of a decrease in the estimate of the 
Company’s obligation related to the withdrawal from coal-related multiemployer pension plans. 

(c)

In November 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the sale of BAX Global.  Accordingly, the quarterly results presented in 
this table have been reclassified to reflect BAX Global as discontinued operations. 

At December 31, 2005, approximately $350 million of stockholders’ equity was not available for dividends to 
shareholders due to limitations imposed by the Company’s Revolving Facility and other lending arrangements (see 
note 12).  Earnings per share amounts for each quarter are required to be computed independently.  As a result, 
their sum may not equal the annual earnings per share.  The Company’s quarterly financial data has been 
reclassified to reflect the Company’s BAX Global, natural gas, timber and gold as part of discontinued operations.  
The Company’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange as “BCO.”  As of March 1, 2006, there were 
approximately 2,657 shareholders of record of common stock.  

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2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
and subsidiaries 

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA 

Five Years in Review

(In millions, except per share amounts) 

2005 

2004

2003 

2002 

2001 

Revenues and Income 

Revenues 
Income from continuing operations 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (a) 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (b) 
Net income (loss) 

$ 2,549.0 
42.3 
105.5 
(5.4) 
142.4 

$ 

Financial Position

Property and equipment, net 
Total assets 
Long-term debt, less current maturities 
Shareholders’ equity 

Per Common Share 

Basic, net income (loss): 
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations (a) 
  Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (b) 
Total basic 
Diluted, net income (loss): 
  Continuing operations 
  Discontinued operations (a) 
  Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (b) 
Total diluted 
Cash dividends 

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding

$  867.4 
  3,036.9 
251.9 
837.5 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 
$ 

0.75 
1.88 
(0.10) 
2.53 

0.74 
1.85 
(0.09) 
2.50 
0.10 

2,277.5
71.5
50.0 
- 
121.5

914.0
2,692.7
181.6
688.5 

1.31
0.92 
-   
2.23

1.29
0.91
  -   

2.20
0.10

1,999.4 
37.9 
(8.5) 
- 
29.4 

1,862.3
57.6 
(31.5) 
- 
26.1 

1,793.9
58.5 
(41.9) 
- 
16.6 

873.2
2,548.6 
221.5 
495.6 

871.2
2,459.9 
304.2 
381.2 

915.5
2,423.2 
257.4 
476.1 

0.71
(0.16) 
- 
0.55 

0.71
(0.16) 
- 
0.55 
0.10 

1.08
(0.60) 
-   
0.48 

1.08 
(0.60) 
- 
0.48 
0.10 

1.13
(0.82) 
- 
0.31 

1.12 
(0.81) 
- 
0.31 
0.10 

Basic
Diluted  

  56.3 
  57.0 

54.6
55.3 

53.1 
53.2 

52.1 
52.4 

51.2 
51.4 

(a)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations reflects the operations and gains and losses on disposal of the Company’s former coal,
natural gas, timber, gold and BAX Global operations.  Some of the expenses recorded within discontinued operations through 2002 are 
continuing after the disposition of the coal business and are recorded within continuing operations in 2003, 2004 and 2005.  The
expenses that continue primarily consist of postretirement and other employee benefits associated with Company-sponsored plans and 
black lung obligations, and administrative and legal expenses to oversee residual assets and retained benefit obligations.  See notes 4 and 
5.  In accordance with APB 30, the Company included these expenses within discontinued operations for periods prior to 2003.  
Beginning in 2003, expenses related to Company-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit obligations, black lung obligations and 
related administrative costs are recorded as a component of continuing operations.  The amount of expenses related to postretirement 
and other employee benefits associated with the Company-sponsored plans and black lung obligations that were charged to discontinued 
operations were $2 million and $53 million, for the years ended 2002 and 2001, respectively.  Adjustments to contingent liabilities are 
continuing to be recorded within discontinued operations. 

(b) The Company’s 2005 results of operations includes a noncash after-tax charge of $5.4 million or $0.09 per diluted share to reflect the 

cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle pursuant to the adoption of FIN 47. 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT 

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

The Board of Directors, as elected by the 
shareholders, is divided into three classes, with the 
term of office of one of the three classes of directors 
expiring each year, and with each class being elected 
for a three-year term. Presently, there are twelve 
members of the Board of Directors, eleven of whom 
are outside directors with broad experience in 
business, finance and public affairs. 

1, 3, 4

Roger G. Ackerman
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Corning 
Incorporated (specialty glass, ceramics and 
communications) 

1, 4, 6

Betty C. Alewine
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer – COMSAT 
Corporation (provider of global satellite services and 
digital networking services and technology) 

1, 2, 3

James R. Barker
Chairman – The Interlake Steamship Co. (vessel owners 
and operators of self unloaders); Chairmen – New 
England Fast Ferry Company, LLC (ferry owners and 
operators); Vice Chairman – Mormac Marine Group, Inc. 
(vessel operating Company); and Vice Chairman – Moran 
Towing Corporation (tug and barge owners and operators) 

Marc C. Breslawsky1, 5, 6
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Imagistics 
International Inc. (direct sales, service and marketing of 
enterprise office imaging and document solutions) 

1,2,5 

John S. Brinzo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer –  
Cleveland – Cliffs Inc (supplier of iron ore products to the 
steel industry in North America, China and Europe) 

1, 3, 6

James L. Broadhead
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – FPL 
Group, Inc. (public utility holding company) 

1

Michael T. Dan
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive 
Officer – The Brink’s Company 

Ronald M. Gross1, 2, 4
Chairman Emeritus, Former Chairman and Chief 
Executive Officer – Rayonier Inc. (a global supplier of 
specialty pulps, timber and wood products)

1, 5, 6

Murray D. Martin
President and Chief Operating Officer – Pitney Bowes Inc. 
(provider of integrated mail and document management 
solutions)

1, 2, 5

Lawrence J. Mosner
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Deluxe 
Corporation (helps financial institutions and small 
businesses better manage, promote, and grow their 
businesses)

1, 2, 6

Carl S. Sloane
Private Consultant and Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of 
Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard University, 
Graduate School of Business Administration

1, 4, 5

Ronald L. Turner
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer –  
Ceridian Corporation (information services company 
engaged in providing outsourcing services to human 
resources, transportation and retail markets in the United 
States, Canada and Europe)

1
Executive Committee 
2
Audit and Ethics Committee 
3
Compensation and Benefits Committee 
4
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee 
5
Finance Committee 
Pension Committee

6

THE BRINK’S COMPANY 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 

Michael T. Dan 
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive 
Officer

James B. Hartough 
Vice President –Corporate Finance and Treasurer 

Frank T. Lennon 
Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Austin F. Reed 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 

Robert T. Ritter 
Vice Presidentand Chief Financial Officer

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The Brink’s Company

Corporate Headquarters
The Brink’s Company
1801 Bayberry Court
P.O. Box 18100
Richmond, VA 23226-8100
Telephone: (804) 289-9600
Facsimile: (804) 289-9770
www.brinkscompany.com

Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the shareholders of the company 
is scheduled to be held at 1 p.m. (EDT) on May 5, 2006, 
at the InterContinental The Barclay New York, 
111 East 48th Street, New York, New York 10017

Inquiries
Communications concerning stock transfer requirements, lost 
certificates, dividends or change of address should be addressed 
to the company’s transfer agent, Computershare, at the address
listed below, or by calling (800) 730-6001.

Inquiries from investors and members of the media should 
be directed to: 
Edward A. Cunningham
Director – Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
(804) 289-9708
ecunningham@brinkscompany.com

Auditors
KPMG LLP
Richmond, VA

Common Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar
Computershare
P.O. Box 43023
Providence, RI 02940-3023
(800) 730-6001
www.computershare.com

Investor Information
Copies of the 2005 Annual Report for the company; press releases
announcing quarterly results; the 2005 Form 10-K, including the 
financial statements and the financial statement schedules thereto,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and any other
information filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, are available free of charge at www.brinkscompany.com,
by calling toll free (877) 275-7488, or by writing to the Investor
Relations Department at The Brink’s Company Corporate
Headquarters using the address provided. Our Chief Executive
Officer is required to make, and he has made, an annual certifica-
tion to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stating that he was 
not aware of any violation by us of the corporate governance listing
standards of the NYSE. Our Chief Executive Officer made his
annual certification to that effect to the NYSE as of May 23,2005
In addition, we have filed, as exhibits to our Annual Report on Form
10-K, the certifications of our principal executive officer and princi-
pal financial officer required under sections 906 and 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission regarding the quality of our public disclosure.

Environmental Policy
The Brink’s Company is dedicated to compliance with environ-
mental laws and sound environmental practices. The company 
has accordingly developed broad environmental principles to 
govern its diverse operations.  The management of each busi-
ness is required to adopt and adhere to policies consistent with
these broad principles and to effectively address environmental
concerns, including those of particular application to the activi-
ties of each business.

Management Objectives

• Recognize environmental management as a high priority.
• Establish environmentally sound programs and practices 

for conducting operations, taking into particular 
consideration the efficient use of energy and the safe 
disposal of residual wastes.

• Educate, train and motivate employees to conduct their 
activities in an environmentally responsible manner.

• Contribute to the development of business and 

governmental programs that enhance environmental 
awareness and protection.

The Brink’s Company and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers.

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