<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-16-133072.txt : 20160718
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160718173916
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-16-133072
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160714
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160718
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160718

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOMANICO RONALD JAMES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001239016

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09148
		FILM NUMBER:		161772136

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 JOE JERKINS BLVD
		CITY:			AUSTELL
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30106

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DOMANICO ROLAND JAMES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030605
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        <issuerTradingSymbol>BCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1801 BAYBERRY COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>RICHMOND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23226</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
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                <value>Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents a private, negotiated transaction between the Issuer and the Reporting Person at a price per share equal to the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of purchase.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Restricted Stock Unit represents a right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock units Award Agreement, one share of the Company's common stock subject to vesting in three equal annual installments, beginning in February 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 4,714 Restricted Stock Units that have not yet vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The options vest on July 14, 2019, the third anniversary of the grant date, as follows: if the average closing stock price over any 15 consecutive trading days between the grant date and the third anniversary was at least (a) $37.33, 1/3 of the options will vest; (b) $44.79, an additional 1/3 of the options  will vest; and (c) $47.78, the final 1/3 of the options will vest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Cariann D. Fisher, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-07-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.4_667145
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
EXHIBIT 24

                              	POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby authorizes, designates
and appoints McAlister C. Marshall, II, Lindsay K. Blackwood and Cariann D.
Fisher, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to sign
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on his 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 any
amendments thereto), 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 this 15th day of July, 2016.


/s/ Ronald J. Domanico
-------------------------
Ronald J. Domanico
</TEXT>
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