Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Marshall McAlister C II
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/15/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BRINKS CO [BCO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1801 BAYBERRY COURT, P.O. BOX 18100		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP, Gen Counsel and Secretary
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

RICHMOND, VA 23226		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock (1) 4,341
D
 
Common Stock 787
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (2) 09/15/2014 Common Stock 8,854 $ 69.11 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Marshall McAlister C II
1801 BAYBERRY COURT
P.O. BOX 18100
RICHMOND, VA 23226		       VP, Gen Counsel and Secretary  

Signatures

/s/ McAlister C. Marshall, II 09/17/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Subject to the terms and conditions of the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement, the Reporting Person has been granted Restricted Stock Units and shall be entitled to receive within 75 days following the relevant vesting date the number of shares of The Brink's Company's common stock underlying the Resticted Stock Units subject to vesting as follows: 1,447 shares on each of September 15, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
(2) The options vest in three installments as follows: 2,952 shares on September 15, 2009, 2,951 shares on September 15, 2010 and 2,951 shares on September 15, 2011.

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