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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-030296.txt : 20090603
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090603103628
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-030296
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090601
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090603

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Strang Robert J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001449453

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09148
		FILM NUMBER:		09870177

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		825 THIRD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		40TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRINKS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000078890
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT & CARGO [4731]
		IRS NUMBER:				541317776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 BAYBERRY COURT
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 18100
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23226-1800
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8042899623

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 BAYBERRY COURT
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 18100
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23226-8100

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PITTSTON CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc4.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000078890</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BRINKS CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001449453</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Strang Robert J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1801 BAYBERRY COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 18100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RICHMOND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23226</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Brink's Units (DSAP)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>912.41</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>912.41</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>912.41</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person, as a participant in the Directors' Stock Accumulation Plan (the &quot;DSAP&quot;), will be entitled to receive a distribution in The Brink's Company (&quot;Brink's&quot;) Common Stock in respect of all Brink's Units in the Reporting Person's account following the Reporting Person's termination of service as a Non-Employee Director, in accordance with the terms of the DSAP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Brink's Units were credited to the Reporting Person's account under the DSAP as a result of an annual allocation, in accordance with the terms of the DSAP. The number of Brink's Units credited to the Reporting Person's account on the Transaction Date is based upon a share price of $27.40, which is the average trading price of Brink's Common Stock on June 1, 2009, calculated in accordance with the terms of the DSAP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Elizabeth C. Restivo
Elizabeth C. Restivo, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-06-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24.4_289412
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
                                                EXHIBIT 24

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby authorizes,
designates and appoints McAlister C. Marshall, II, Michael J. McCullough and
Elizabeth C. Restivo, and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
his/her behalf with respect to the ownership of, or transactions in, securities
of The Brink's Company, any report, statement or form (including Form 3, Form 4
and Form 5), and to do any and all acts and things for purposes of complying
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of
said attorneys shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     The authorization contained herein shall continue in effect until revoked
in writing or without notice upon termination of the attorney-in-fact and
agent's employment with The Brink's Company and any affiliate thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of November 14, 2008.



	                              /s/ Robert J. Strang
                                      ______________________
					  Robert J. Strang

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