GEO GROUP INC

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, and subsidiaries (the “Company” or “GEO”) specialize in the ownership, leasing and management of secure facilities, processing centers and community reentry centers in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The Company owns, leases and operates a broad range of facilities including maximum, medium and minimum security facilities, processing centers, as well as community-based reentry facilities and offers an expanded delivery of rehabilitation services under its 'GEO Continuum of Care' platform. The 'GEO Continuum of Care' platform integrates enhanced rehabilitative programs, which are evidence-based and include cognitive behavioral treatment and post-release services, and provides academic and vocational classes in life skills and treatment programs while helping individuals reintegrate into their communities. The Company develops new facilities based on contract awards, using its project development expertise and experience to design, construct and finance what it believes are state-of-the-art facilities that maximize security and efficiency. The Company provides innovative compliance technologies, industry-leading monitoring services, and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers and pretrial defendants. The Company also provides secure transportation services for individuals as contracted domestically and in the United Kingdom through its joint venture GEOAmey Ltd. (“GEOAmey”). At March 31, 2025, the Company’s worldwide operations include the management and/or ownership of approximately 77,000 beds at 98 facilities, including idle facilities, and also includes the provision of reentry and electronic monitoring and supervision services for thousands of individuals, including an array of technology products including radio frequency, GPS, and alcohol monitoring devices.

The Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and the instructions to Form 10-Q and consequently do not include all disclosures required by Form 10-K. The accounting policies followed for quarterly financial reporting are the same as those disclosed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2025 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The accompanying December 31, 2024 consolidated balance sheet has been derived from those audited financial statements. Additional information may be obtained by referring to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring items) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information for the interim periods reported in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been made. Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year ending December 31, 2025, or for any other future interim or annual periods.

2. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company has recorded goodwill as a result of its various business combinations. Goodwill is recorded as the difference, if any, between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the tangible assets and intangible assets acquired net of liabilities assumed, including noncontrolling interests. Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

The Company has also recorded other finite and indefinite-lived intangible assets as a result of its various business combinations. The Company's intangible assets include facility management contracts and trade names and technology, as follows (in thousands):

Amortization expense was$2.3 million and$2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company records the costs associated with renewal and extension of facility management contracts as expenses in the period they are incurred. As of March 31, 2025, the weighted average period before the next contract renewal or extension for the acquired facility management contracts was approximately 2.9 years.

Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2025 through 2029 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

3. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s significant financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

The Company’s Level 2 financial instruments included in the tables above as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consist of interest rate swap derivative assets/liabilities held by GEO, investments in equity and fixed income securities held in the Company’s captive insurance subsidiary, Florina Insurance Company, Inc. ("Florina"), the Company's rabbi trust established for employer contributions to The GEO Group, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and other non-current assets which include the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies. The Company's Level 1 financial instruments included in the table above as of March 31, 2025 consist of money market funds held in Florina and money market funds held in the Company's rabbi trust established for its Executive Chairman's retirement account.

The interest rate swap derivative assets are valued using a discounted cash flow model based on projected borrowing rates. The Company's restricted investment in the rabbi trust for The GEO Group, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan is invested in Company-owned life insurance policies which are recorded at their cash surrender values. These investments are valued based on the underlying investments held in the policies' separate accounts. The underlying assets are equity and fixed income pooled funds. The marketable equity and fixed income securities are valued using quoted rates. The company-owned life insurance policies included in other non-current assets are valued at their cash surrender values.

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The Company’s consolidated balance sheets reflect certain financial assets and liabilities at carrying value. The carrying value of certain debt instruments, if applicable, is net of unamortized discount. The following tables present the carrying values of those financial instruments and the estimated corresponding fair values at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

The fair values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash and investments approximates the carrying values of these assets at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Restricted cash consists of money market funds, bank deposits, commercial paper and time deposits used for asset replacement funds and other funds contractually required to be maintained at the Company's Australian subsidiary. It also includes cash on hand in the Company’s captive insurance subsidiary, Florina. The fair value of the money market funds and bank deposits is based on quoted market prices (Level 1).

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the recurring fair values of the Company's 8.625% Secured Notes due 2029 and the 10.250% Senior Notes due 2031 are based on Level 2 inputs using quotations by major market news services, such as Bloomberg. The fair value of the Company's Credit Agreement was also based on quotations by major market news services and also estimates of trading value considering the Company's borrowing rate, the undrawn spread and similar instruments.

As of December 31, 2024, the fair values of the Company's 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026 are based on Level 2 inputs by major market news services. During the first quarter of 2025, the Company retired the remaining principal balance of its 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026..

5. RESTRICTED CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents reported on the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

Amounts included in restricted cash and cash equivalents are attributable to certain contractual cash restriction requirements at the Company's wholly owned Australian subsidiary, asset replacement funds contractually required to be maintained and other guarantees and cash on hand in the Company’s captive insurance subsidiary, Florina. Restricted investments - non-current (included in Restricted Cash and Investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets) consists of the Company's rabbi trust established for employee and employer contributions to The GEO Group, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, its rabbi trust established for its Executive Chairman's retirement account held in a money market fund, investments in equity and fixed income securities and money market funds held in the Company’s captive insurance subsidiary, Florina, and certain contractual cash requirements at the Company’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary related to certain performance guarantees at its Ravenhall facility. The investments held in the rabbi trust related to The GEO Group, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and the investments in equity and fixed income mutual funds held in Florina are restricted investments that are not considered to be restricted cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. Refer to Note 3 - Financial Instruments.

6. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The following tables present the changes in shareholders’ equity that are attributable to the Company’s shareholders and to noncontrolling interests for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

[1]The Company withheld shares through net settlements to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements upon the vesting of shares

of restricted stock held by employees.

Automatic Shelf Registration on Form S-3

On October 30, 2023, the Company filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that enables the Company to offer for sale, from time to time and as the capital markets permit, an unspecified amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, guarantees of debt securities, warrants and units. The shelf registration statement became automatically effective upon filing and is valid for three years.

Prospectus Supplement

On December 28, 2023, in connection with the shelf registration, the Company filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement related to the offer and sale from time to time of our common stock at an aggregate offering price of up to $300 million through sales agents. Sales of shares of GEO's common stock under the prospectus supplement and equity distribution agreements entered into with the sales agents, if any, will be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933. There wereno shares of common stock sold under this prospectus supplement during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) represents the change in shareholders' equity from transactions and other events and circumstances arising from non-shareholder sources. The Company's total comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss) attributable to GEO, net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, foreign currency translation adjustments that arise from consolidating foreign operations that do not impact cash flows, net unrealized gains and/or losses on derivative instruments, marketable securities and pension liability adjustments within shareholders' equity and comprehensive income (loss).

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to GEO within shareholders' equity are as follows:

(1)

The foreign currency translation related to noncontrolling interests was not significant at March 31, 2025 or 2024.

7. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS

The Board adopted The GEO Group, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2018 Plan”), which was approved by the Company's shareholders and became effective on May 3, 2024. The Amended 2018 Plan supersedes the previous 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. As of the date the Amended 2018 Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders, it provided for a reserve of an additional 12,400,000 shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Amended 2018 Plan. The Company filed a Form S-8 registration statement related to the Amended 2018 Plan on May 7, 2024.

Stock Options

The Company uses a Black-Scholes option valuation model to estimate the fair value of each time-based or performance-based option awarded. A summary of the activity of stock option awards issued and outstanding under Company plans was as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted approximately 376,000 options to certain employees which had a grant date fair value of$13.95. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the amount of stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was$0.4 million and$0.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had$7.5 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock option awards that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.6 years.

Restricted Stock

Compensation expense for nonvested stock awards is recorded over the vesting period based on the fair value at the date of grant. Generally, the restricted stock awards vest in equal increments generally over either athree- orfour-year period. The fair value of restricted stock awards, which do not contain a market-based vesting condition, is determined using the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. The Company has historically issued share-based awards with service-based, performance-based and market-based vesting criteria.

A summary of the activity of restricted stock outstanding is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted approximately 1,827,000 shares of restricted stock to certain employees and executive officers. Of these awards,137,500 are market and performance-based awards which will be forfeited if the Company does not achieve certain annual metrics during 2025, 2026 and 2027.

The vesting of these performance-based restricted stock grants are subject to the achievement by GEO oftwo annual performance metrics as follows: (i) up to 50% of the shares of restricted stock ("TSR Target Award") can vest at the end of athree year performance period if GEO meets certain total shareholder return ("TSR") performance targets, as compared to the total shareholder return of a peer group of companies, over a three year period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 and (ii) up to 50% of the shares of restricted stock ("ROCE Target Award") can vest at the end of a three year period if GEO meets certain return on capital employed ("ROCE") performance targets over athree year period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. These market and performance awards can vest at between 0% and 200% of the target awards for both metrics. The number of shares shown for the performance-based awards is based on the target awards for both metrics.

The metric related to ROCE is considered to be a performance condition. For share-based awards that contain a performance condition, the achievement of the targets must be probable before any share-based compensation expense is recorded. The Company reviews the likelihood of which target in the range will be achieved and if deemed probable, compensation expense is recorded at that time. If subsequent to initial measurement there is a change in the estimate of the probability of meeting the performance condition, the effect of the change in the estimated quantity of awards expected to vest is recognized by cumulatively adjusting compensation expense. If ultimately the performance targets are not met, for any awards where vesting was previously deemed probable, previously recognized compensation expense will be reversed in the period in which vesting is no longer deemed probable. The fair value of these awards was determined based on the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant.

The metric related to TSR is considered to be a market condition. For share-based awards that contain a market condition, the probability of satisfying the market condition must be considered in the estimate of grant-date fair value and previously recorded compensation expense is not reversed if the market condition is never met. The fair value of these awards was determined based on a Monte Carlo simulation, which calculates a range of possible outcomes and the probabilities that they will occur, using the following weighted average key assumptions: (i) volatility of 51.4%; (ii) beta of 1.12; and (iii) risk free rate of 3.90%.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized$6.1 million and $5.5 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to its restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had$39.0 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested restricted stock awards, including non-vested restricted stock awards with performance-based and market-based vesting, that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company previously adopted The GEO Group Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan" or "ESPP”) effective July 9, 2011. The Company has since amended and restated the Plan (the “Amended ESPP”) which was approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 28, 2021 and became effective on July 9, 2021. The purpose of the Amended ESPP, which is qualified under Section 423 of the Code, is to encourage stock ownership through payroll deductions by the employees of GEO and designated subsidiaries of GEO in order to increase their identification with the Company’s goals and secure a proprietary interest in the Company’s success. These deductions are used to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a 5% discount from the then current market price. The maximum number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance over the term of the Amended ESPP on the amended effective date shall not exceed 506,023 shares.

The Amended ESPP is considered to be non-compensatory. As such, there is no compensation expense required to be recognized. Share purchases under the Amended ESPP are made on the last day of each month. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024,1,396 and 3,039 shares, respectively, of the Company's common stock were issued in connection with the Amended ESPP.

8. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share of common stock is computed by dividing the net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. available to common stockholders represents net income attributable to The GEO Group reduced by an allocation of earnings to participating securities. The 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026, which contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends declared and paid on the shares of common stock, are participating securities and are included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. Diluted EPS (as defined below) is calculated under the if-converted method and the two-class method for each class of shareholders using the weighted average number of shares attributable to each class. The calculation that results in the lowest diluted earnings per share amount for common stock is reported in the Company’s financial statements. The if-converted method includes the dilutive effect of potential common shares related to the 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026, if any. Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

For the three months ended March 31, 2025,320,935 weighted average shares of common stock underlying options were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share ("EPS") because the effect would be anti-dilutive. There were 22,153 common stock equivalents from restricted shares that were anti-dilutive for the period.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024,1,512,119 weighted average shares of common stock underlying options were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because the effect would be anti-dilutive. There were 135,231 common stock equivalents from restricted shares that were anti-dilutive for the period.

On February 24, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. (“GEOCH”), completed a private offering of $230 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026. During 2024, the Company issued approximately 12.4 million shares of GEO common stock in connection with private exchange transactions involving approximately $229.9 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.50%Exchangeable Senior Notes. The remaining balanceof the outstanding principal amount was retired during the first quarter of 2025. Refer to Note 10 - Debt for further information.

9. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company’s primary objective in holding derivatives is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with changes in interest rates. The Company measures its derivative financial instruments at fair value.

In August of 2019, the Company entered intotwo interest rate swap agreements in the aggregate notional amount of$44.3 million to fix the interest rate on certain of its variable rate debt to 4.22%. The Company has designated these interest rate swaps as hedges against changes in the cash flows of two identical promissory notes (the "Notes") which are secured by loan agreements and mortgage and security agreements on certain real property and improvements. The Company has determined that the swaps have payment, expiration dates, and provisions that coincide with the terms of the Notes and are therefore considered to be effective cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the Company records the change in fair value of the interest rate swaps as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of applicable taxes. Total unrealized loss recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, related to these cash flow hedges was$0.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The total fair value of the swap assets as of March 31, 2025 was$4.0 million and is recorded as a component of Other Non-Current assets within the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. There was no material ineffectiveness for the period presented. The Company does not expect to enter into any transactions during the next twelve months which would result in reclassification into earnings or losses associated with these swaps currently reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Refer to Note 10 - Debt for additional information.

10. DEBT

Debt outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):

Senior Notes Offering and Credit Agreement

On April 18, 2024, the Company announced the closing of its previously announced private offering of $1.275 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, comprised of $650.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior secured notes due 2029 (the "Secured Notes"), issued under the Indenture, dated as of April 18, 2024 (the "2029 Indenture") and $625.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.250% senior notes due 2031(the "Unsecured Notes" and, together with the Secured Notes, the "Notes"), issued under the Indenture, dated as of April 18, 2024 (the "2031 Indenture" and, together with the 2029 Indenture, the "Indentures"). The Notes are guaranteed (the "Secured Note Guarantees" and the "Unsecured Note Guarantees," respectively, and collectively, the "Guarantees" by GEO's domestic subsidiaries that are guarantors under a new senior secured credit facility and outstanding senior notes (the "Guarantors")

The Company also entered into a credit agreement, dated April 18, 2024 (the "Credit Agreement") to, among other things, evidence and govern a first-lien senior secured revolving credit facility and the commitments thereunder, and a first-lien senior secured term loan facility. The aggregate principal amount of revolving credit commitments under the senior revolving credit facility is $310 million (including a $175 million letter of credit subfacility) and the aggregate principal amount of the senior secured term loan facility is $450.0 million.

Secured Notes

Certain terms and conditions of the 2029 Indenture and the Secured Notes are as follows;

Maturity. The Secured Notes mature on April 15, 2029.

Interest. The Secured Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8.625% per year. Interest on the Secured Notes is payable semi-annually on each April 15 and October 15, commencing October 15, 2024.

Issue Price. The Secured Notes were issued at par.

Guarantees. The Secured Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Initial Guarantors (as defined in the 2029 Indenture) and may be guaranteed by additional subsidiaries of the Company when a subsidiary guarantees debt under the credit facilities (other than debt securities) and debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100.0 million.

Ranking. The Secured Notes and the Secured Note Guarantees are GEO and the Guarantors’ respective senior, secured obligations, and the indebtedness evidenced by the Secured Notes and the Secured Note Guarantees will rank equal in right of payment to all of GEO’s and the Guarantors’ other existing and future senior obligations, including the indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the guarantees thereof; effectively senior in right of payment to all of GEO’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future unsecured indebtedness, including the Unsecured Notes, the 2026 Exchangeable Senior Notes and, in each case, the guarantees thereof, to the extent of the value of the Collateral (as defined below); senior in right of payment to any of GEO’s and the Guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness; effectively junior in right of payment to any of GEO’s and the Guarantors’ future secured indebtedness that is secured by a lien on any assets not constituting Collateral, to the extent of the value of such assets; and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Secured Notes and joint ventures, including trade payables.

Security. The Secured Notes and the Secured Note Guarantees are secured on a first-priority basis by the same collateral (the “Collateral”) that secures the obligations under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms of the 2029 Indenture and security agreements relating to the Collateral and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, mortgages, deeds of trust or deed to secure debt and financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states applicable to the Collateral), each for the benefit of the Trustee, Collateral Agent and the holders of the Secured Notes.

Mandatory Redemption. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Secured Notes.

Optional Redemption. On or after April 15, 2026, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Secured Notes (which includes Additional Notes (as defined in the 2029 Indenture), if any), upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the fixed redemption prices expressed as percentages of the principal amount set forth in the 2029 Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Secured Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, subject to the rights of holders of Secured Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Secured Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes at any time and from time to time before April 15, 2026, with an amount up to the net proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 108.625% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date provided, that (1) at least 65%of the aggregate principal amountof Secured Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of that redemption and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of the equity offering. The Company may also redeem the Secured Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time before April 15, 2026, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Secured Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), plus the Applicable Premium (as defined in the 2029 Indenture) as of the applicable redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, subject to the rights of holders of Secured Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Secured Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date. Additionally, during any twelve-month period prior to April 15, 2026, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem the Secured Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Secured Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) at a redemption price (calculated by the Company and expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 103.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Change of Control. If a Change of Control (as defined in the 2029 Indenture) occurs, the Company will offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Secured Notes repurchased, to (but not including) the date of purchase, subject to the right of holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Secured Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date.

Certain Covenants. The 2029 Indenture contains certain covenants that will limit, among other things, the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ (as defined in the 2029 Indenture) ability to: incur additional indebtedness (including guarantees thereof); incur or create liens, other than Permitted Liens (as defined in the 2029 Indenture); make certain Restricted Payments (as defined in the 2029 Indenture); make certain investments; dispose of certain assets; allow to exist certain restrictions on the ability of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (as defined in the 2029 Indenture); engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses (as defined in the 2029 Indenture). These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

Events of Default. The 2029 Indenture contains customary events of default which could, subject to certain conditions, cause the Secured Notes to become immediately due and payable.

The Secured Notes are also subject to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “First Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), dated April 18, 2024, among GEO, GEOCH, the other grantors from time to time party thereto, Citizens Bank, N.A., as Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, and Ankura Trust Company, LLC as Initial Additional Collateral Agent and Initial Additional Authorized Representative. The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement sets forth the relative rights and obligations of the holders of First Lien Secured Obligations (which means (i) all obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement, (ii) all obligations under the Secured Notes, the 2029 Indenture, the Secured Note Guarantees and the Security Documents (as defined in the 2029 Indenture), and (iii) any other indebtedness secured on a first lien pari passu basis with such obligations), in each case, with respect to shared Collateral.

Unsecured Notes

Certain terms and conditions of the 2031 Indenture and the Unsecured Notes are as follows:

Maturity. The Unsecured Notes mature on April 15, 2031.

Interest. The Unsecured Notes accrue interest at a rate of 10.250% per year. Interest on the Unsecured Notes is payable semi-annually on each April 15 and October 15, commencing October 15, 2024.

Issue Price. The Unsecured Notes were issued at par.

Guarantees. The Unsecured Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Initial Guarantors (as defined in the 2031 Indenture) and may be guaranteed by additional subsidiaries of the Company when a subsidiary guarantees debt under the credit facilities (other than debt securities) and debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100.0 million.

Mandatory Redemption. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Unsecured Notes.

Optional Redemption. On or after April 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Unsecured Notes (which includes Additional Notes(as defined in the 2031 Indenture), if any), upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the fixed redemption prices expressed as percentages of the principal amount set forth in the 2031 Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Unsecured Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, subject to the rights ofholders of Unsecured Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Unsecured Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Unsecured Notes at any time and from time to time before April 15, 2027, with an amount up to the net proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 110.250% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date provided, that (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Unsecured Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of that redemption and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of the equity offering. The Company may also redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time before April 15, 2027, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), plus the Applicable Premium (as defined in the 2031 Indenture) as of the applicable redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, subject to the rights of holders of Unsecured Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Unsecured Notes have not been redeemed prior to such date.

Change of Control. If a Change of Control (as defined in the 2031 Indenture) occurs, the Company will offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Unsecured Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Unsecured Notes repurchased, to (but not including) the date of purchase, subject to the right of holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Unsecured Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date.

Certain Covenants. The 2031 Indenture contains certain covenants that will limit, among other things, the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ (as defined in the 2031 Indenture) ability to: incur additional indebtedness (including guarantees thereof); incur or create liens, other than Permitted Liens (as defined in the 2031 Indenture); make certain Restricted Payments (as defined in the 2031 Indenture); make certain investments; dispose of certain assets; allow to exist certain restrictions on the ability of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (as defined in the 2031 Indenture); engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses (as defined in the 2031 Indenture). These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

Events of Default. The 2031 Indenture contains customary events of default which could, subject to certain conditions, cause the Unsecured Notes to become immediately due and payable.

Credit Agreement

GEO and GEOCH, as borrowers (collectively, the “Credit Facility Borrowers”), entered into a Credit Agreement, dated April 18, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”) to, among other things, evidence and govern a first-lien senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”; and the commitments thereunder, the “Revolving Credit Facility Commitments”) and a first-lien senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Credit Facility”). The aggregate principal amount of revolving credit commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility is $310 million (including a $175 million letter of credit subfacility) and the aggregate principal amount of the New Term Loan Facility is $450.0 million.

The loans under the Revolving Credit Facility (the “Revolving Credit Loans”) bear interest at a per annum rate equal to either (i) Alternate Base Rate (as defined below) plus an applicable margin or (ii) Term SOFR (as defined below) (subjectto a 0.75% floor) plus an applicable margin, which applicable margin shall, in either case, vary depending on GEO’s total leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date, and the Credit Facility Borrowers will pay a fee in respect of the unused revolving commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility at a per annum rate ranging from 0.25% to 0.50%, in each case depending on GEO’s total leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date, where “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) Term SOFR (as defined below) for a one-month tenor in effect on such day, plus 1%, and “Term SOFR” means the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate. The loans under the Term Loan Facility (the “Term Loans”) bear interest at a per annum rate equal to either (i) Alternate Base Rate plus an applicable margin for Alternate Base Rate Loans and (ii) Term SOFR (subjectto a 0.75% floor) plus an applicable margin for Term SOFR Loans.

The Term Loans amortize at a rate equal to 1.25%of the original principal amount of such Term Loans per quarter. Mandatory prepayments of loans under the Credit Agreement are required in respect of certain casualty and asset sale proceeds and excess cash flow, subject to certain thresholds and exceptions. Voluntary prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans may be made by the Credit Facility Borrowers at any time without premium or penalty (subject to reimbursement for customary breakage expenses). Voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans and any prepayments of Term Loans required in connection with any acceleration of the maturity thereof (or in connection with a foreclosure or other disposition of or realization upon any Collateral or other satisfaction or compromiseof any obligations thereunder in any insolvency or other similar proceeding) will require payment of a premium equal to (i)2.00% of the principal amount prepaid or required to be prepaid if made prior to the first anniversary of the effective date of the Term Loan Facility and (ii)1.00% of the principal amount prepaid or required to be prepaid if made on or after the first anniversary of the effective date of the Term Loan Facility but prior to the second anniversary of the effective date of the Term Loan Facility.

The Revolving Credit Facility Commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility will terminate, and the Revolving Credit Loans will mature, on the earliest of (i)April 15, 2029, (ii) in the event that any Term Loans remain outstanding on the date that is ninety-one days prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date (as defined below), the date that is ninety-one days prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, (iii) in the event that an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than $100,000,000 of any Senior Notes remains outstanding on the Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date (as defined below), such Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date, it being understood that Senior Notes shall not be considered to be outstanding for purposes of this clause (iii) to the extent GEO, shall have deposited or caused to be deposited funds into a customary irrevocable escrow in an amount sufficient to pay or redeem such Senior Notes in full on the maturity date thereof (the “Maturity Reserve Condition”), where “Senior Notes” refers to each of the Secured Notes and the Unsecured Notes and any other senior notes issued by GEO or any of its subsidiaries (excluding the 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes), and “Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date” means the date that isninety-one days prior to the stated maturity date of the applicable Senior Notes. The Term Loans will mature on the earliest of (i) April 15, 2029 and (ii) in the event that an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than $100,000,000 of any series or class of Senior Notes remains outstanding on the Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date, such Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date, unless the Maturity Reserve Condition is satisfied with respect to such Senior Notes (such earliest date, the “Term Loan Maturity Date”).

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and negative covenants, including restrictions on the ability of GEO and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, (i) create, incur or assume any indebtedness, (ii) create, incur, assume or permit liens, (iii) make loans and investments, (iv) engage in mergers, acquisitions and asset sales, (v) make certain restricted payments, (vi) engage in transactions with affiliates, (vii) cancel, forgive, make any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on, or redeem or acquire for value any subordinated indebtedness, except as permitted under applicable subordination terms, (viii) engage in other businesses, except as permitted, and (ix) materially impair the security interests securing the obligations under the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement also contains certain financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio covenant, a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant and a minimum interest coverage ratio covenant. In addition, the Credit Agreement restricts GEO from electing to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code. The Credit Agreement also contains certain customary events of default.

The Credit Facility guarantors will guarantee the obligations in respect of the commitments and loans under the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Credit Facility Borrowers and the Credit Facility guarantors in respect of the Credit Agreement will be secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of their assets, including real property interests with respect to which the Credit Agreement requires the execution and delivery of a mortgage. The rights of the holders of the Secured Notes in the Collateral (including the right to exercise remedies) is subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had$80.0 million in borrowings under its revolver, and approximately$59.6 million in letters of credit which left approximately$170.4 million in additional borrowing capacity under the revolver. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2025 was 9.21%.

6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026

On February 24, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, GEOCH, completed a private offering of $230 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes were to mature on February 23, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or exchanged. The Convertible Notes bore interest at the rate of 6.50% per year plus an additional amount based on the dividends paid by the Company on its common stock, $0.01 par value per share. Interest on the Convertible Notes was payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2021.

Subject to certain restrictions on share ownership and transfer, holders could have exchanged the Convertible Notes at their option prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding November 25, 2025, but only under the following circumstances: (1) during the five consecutive business day period after any five consecutive trading day period, or the measurement period, in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes for each trading day of such measurement period was less than 98%of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the exchange rate for the Convertible Notes on each such trading day; or (2) upon the occurrence of certain specified corporate events. On or after November 25, 2025, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date of the Convertible Notes, holders could have exchanged their Convertible Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon exchange ofa Convertible Note, GEO was to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock.

Upon conversion, the Company was to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock. The initial conversion rate was 108.4011 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $9.225 per share of common stock). The conversion rate would have been subject to adjustment in certain events. If the Company or GEOCH had undergone a fundamental change, holders could have required GEOCH to purchase the Convertible Notes in whole or in part for cash at a fundamental change purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change purchase date.

During 2024, the Company retired $229.9 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes as a result of private exchange transactions with an exchange value of approximately $410 million. The consideration consisted of cash of $229.9 million, using a combination of the net proceeds from the Senior Notes Offering and cash on hand, and approximately 12.4 million shares of GEO common stock. Of the total amount of shares issued, the Company issued approximately 4.2 million shares that were in treasury. During the first quarter of 2025, the Company retired the remaining outstanding balance.

Other

In August of 2019, the Company entered into two identical notes in the aggregate amount of$37.7 million which are secured by loan agreements and mortgage and security agreements on certain real property and improvements. The terms of the notes are through September 1, 2034 and bear interest at LIBOR plus 200 basis points and are payable in monthly installments plus interest. The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements to fix the interest rate to 4.22%. Included in the balance at March 31, 2025 is$0.5 million of deferred loan costs incurred in the transaction. Refer to Note 9 - Derivative Financial Instruments for further information.

The Company was in compliance with its debt covenants at March 31, 2025.

Guarantees

Australia

The Company has entered into a guarantee in the form of a letter of credit in connection with the operating performance of a facility in Australia. The obligation amounted to approximately AUD 53.1 million, or$33.3 million, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2025.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company also hadfive other letters of credit outstanding under separate international facilities relating to performance guarantees of its Australian subsidiary totaling AUD 13.3 million, or$8.3 million, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2025.

Except as discussed above, the Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

11. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS

Litigation, Claims and Assessments

Immigration Detainee Litigation

Civil immigration detainees at the Aurora ICE Processing Center filed a class action lawsuit on October 22, 2014, against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint alleges that the Company was in violation of the Colorado Minimum Wage Act ("CMWA") and the Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”). The complaint also claims that the Company was unjustly enriched based on the level of payment the detainees received for work performed in a Voluntary Work Program ("VWP") the Company is required to implement at the facility under the terms of its contract with the federal government. On July 6, 2015, the court found that detainees were not employees under the CMWA and dismissed this claim. On February 27, 2017, the court granted the plaintiffs' motion for class certification on the TVPA and unjust enrichment claims. The plaintiffs' class seeks actual damages, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, restitution, attorneys’ fees and costs, and such other relief as the court may deem proper. On October 18, 2022, the court issued an order granting plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the Company’s affirmative defenses, denying the Company’s motion for summary judgment, motion to dismiss, and motion for decertification of the class, narrowing the class period for plaintiffs’ TVPA claims, and otherwise ruling against the Company’s motions for relief. All trial dates were stayed by court order pending appeal of certain of GEO's defenses to the

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument before the Tenth Circuit was held on September 18, 2023. On October 22, 2024, the Tenth Circuit issued an Order finding appellate review of GEO’s claim of immunity was premature and, therefore, the Tenth Circuit was currently without jurisdiction to consider the merits of GEO’s claimed immunity. On January 13, 2025, GEO filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the Tenth Circuit's decision. All trial dates remain stayed.

The first of two State of Washington lawsuits, Nwauzor et al. v. GEO Group, was filed on September 26, 2017, by immigration detainees against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The second lawsuit was filed on September 20, 2017, by the State Attorney General against the Company in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Pierce County, which the Company removed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on October 9, 2017. The plaintiffs claimed that State of Washington minimum wage laws should be enforced with respect to detainees who volunteer to participate in a VWP administered by GEO at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (the "Center") as required by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the terms of GEO’s contract. The Center houses people in the custody of federal immigration authorities while the federal government is determining their immigration status. In October 2021, an unfavorable jury verdict and court judgment resulting in a combined $23.2 million judgment entered against the Company in the retrial of the two cases, which judgment amounts were subsequently increased by a further award against the Company of attorney’s fees, costs, and pre-judgment interest in the amount of $14.4 million. Post-judgment interest is accruing on these judgments in accordance with Washington law. The trial court waived the necessity to post a supersedeas bond for the combined judgments and has stayed enforcement of the verdict and judgments while GEO’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is pending. Oral argument before the Ninth Circuit was held on October 6, 2022. On March 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit certified certain state law questions to the Washington Supreme Court. Oral argument before the Washington Supreme Court was held on October 17, 2023. On December 21, 2023, the Washington Supreme Court issued an opinion answering the questions certified by the Ninth Circuit. Under the Ninth Circuit’s March 7, 2023 order certifying the above questions to the Washington Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit resumed control and jurisdiction over the State of Washington lawsuits. On February 21, 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed its Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of GEO, arguing that the State of Washington judgments should be reversed because the Supremacy Clause precludes application of the Washington Minimum Wage Statute to work programs for federal detainees. In its Brief, the Department of Justice asserted that application of the Washington law independently contravened intergovernmental immunity because it would make federal detainees subject to provisions that do not apply, and never have applied, to persons in state custody, singling out a contractor with the federal government for obligations Washington does not itself bear. The Department of Justice also contended that the immigration statutory structure approved by Congress does not contemplate a role for states or state law in governing the VWP for federal detainees. On January 16, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued an Opinion by a 2-1 vote affirming the lower court’s decision. That Opinion includes a 24-page dissenting opinion. On February 6, 2025, GEO timely filed its Petition for Rehearing En Banc. On March 20, 2025, the United States filed an Amicus Brief with the Ninth Circuit in which it argued that the January 16, 2025 decision of the Ninth Circuit is incorrect in multiple respects, runs contrary to Circuit precedent, and creates significant tension with the case law of other circuits. The United States argued that the application of the state minimum-wage law to federal immigration detainees in the voluntary work program is preempted by a federal appropriation statute that sets the minimum allowance for detainee participants at $1 per day. Additionally, the United States argued that the application of the state minimum-wage law to federal immigration detainees likewise impermissibly discriminates against the federal government in violation of intergovernmental-immunity principles. A final mandate has not been issued by the Ninth Circuit and the appeal remains pending until resolution of the Petition for Rehearing.

In California, a class action lawsuit was filed on December 19, 2017, by immigration detainees against the Company in the U.S. District Court, Eastern Division of the Central District of California. The California lawsuit alleges violations of the state’s minimum wage laws, violations of the TVPA and California's equivalent state statute, unjust enrichment, unfair competition and retaliation. The California court has certified a class of individuals who have been civilly detained at the Company's Adelanto Facility from December 19, 2014, until the date of final judgment. On March 31, 2022, the court entered a stay until the Ninth Circuit rules on the State of Washington lawsuits.

Current and former detainees of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center and the Golden State Annex ICE Processing Center filed a class action lawsuit on July 13, 2022, against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. The complaint alleges that federal detainees who volunteer to participate in the VWP at GEO’s Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex ICE facilities are employees of GEO and entitled to the state’s minimum wage. Plaintiffs also make claims for unfair competition, unjust enrichment, human trafficking, forced labor, California's Private Attorneys General Act and retaliation. GEO filed both a motion to stay the action pending the Ninth Circuit's decision in the State of Washington lawsuits and a motion to dismiss the action in its entirety. On July 10, 2023, the court entered a stay until the Ninth Circuit rules on the State of Washington lawsuits. On February 10, 2025, the Court denied plaintiffs’ request to lift the stay until the Ninth Circuit rules on GEO’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc.

GEO believes it operates the VWP in full compliance with its contract with ICE and all applicable laws, regulations, and standards. GEO strongly disputes the claims made in these lawsuits, and intends to take all necessary steps to vigorously defend itself from these lawsuits. GEO has not recorded any accruals relating to these lawsuits at this time as losses are not considered probable.

Challenges to State Legislation that Conflict with Federal Contracts

On July 13, 2023, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the State of Washington for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the State of Washington’s newly enacted law – House Bill 1470. House Bill 1470 purports to empower state agencies with new rule making, inspection, investigation, and testing powers over the Northwest ICE Processing Center. House Bill 1470 also creates a statutory regime of civil penalties applicable to private detention facilities for violations of House Bill 1470 detention standards, and purports to create a private right of action for detainees aggrieved by violations of the statute. On March 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington entered an order preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of House Bill 1470 against GEO as the operator of the Northwest ICE Processing Center. On April 29, 2024, the State of Washington filed a Notice of Appeal of the order preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of House Bill 1470. On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments on the State of Washington’s appeal.

On April 15, 2024, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the State of New Jersey for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the State of New Jersey’s Assembly Bill 5207 – that purports to prohibit the operation of "private detention facilities" in the state, which would prevent the United States from using privately contracted detention facilities to house detainees in the custody of ICE. On April 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered an order preliminarily enjoining the State of New Jersey from enforcing Assembly Bill 5207 against a private detention facility-including any owned by Plaintiff GEO until a further Order of the Court.

On October 22, 2024, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the State of California and the Kern County Public Health Department for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the State of California’s newly enacted law – Senate Bill 1132. Senate Bill 1132 purports to empower state agencies with new inspection and investigation powers over GEO’s California facilities providing contracted services to ICE. Senate Bill 1132 also purports to impose standards prescribed by the Board of State and Community Corrections on GEO’s provision of contracted services to ICE in California. The State of California and Kern County filed a motion to dismiss on December 20, 2024. The U.S. District Court heard arguments on GEO’s motion for declaratory and injunctive relief and the defendants’ motion to dismiss on March 3, 2025.

Other Litigation

The nature of the Company's business also exposes it to various other legal claims or litigation, including, but not limited to, civil rights claims relating to conditions of confinement and/or mistreatment, sexual misconduct claims brought by individuals in its care, medical malpractice claims, claims related to deaths in custody, product liability claims, intellectual property infringement claims, claims relating to employment matters (including, but not limited to, employment discrimination claims, union grievances and wage and hour claims), property loss claims, environmental claims, automobile liability claims, indemnification claims by its customers and other third-parties, contractual claims and claims for personal injury or other damages resulting from contact with the Company's facilities, programs, electronic monitoring products, personnel or detainees, including damages arising from the escape of an individual in its care or from a disturbance or riot at a facility. Legal proceedings with respect to our facilities are unpredictable and, where material, can cause adverse effects, such as prompting modification or even termination of the underlying facility management contracts.

Other Assessment

A New Mexico non-income tax audit completed in 2016 included tax periods for which the state tax authority had previously processed a substantial tax refund. At the completion of the audit fieldwork, the Company received a notice of audit findings disallowing deductions that were previously claimed by the Company that was approved by the state tax authority and served as the basis for the approved refund claim. In early January 2017, the Company received a formal Notice of Assessment of Taxes and Demand for Payment from the taxing authority disallowing the deductions. The Company appealed the administrative ruling. In February 2024, the Company received notice that the New Mexico Court of Appeals had ruled against its appeal. The Company appealed this ruling to the New Mexico Supreme Court by timely filing a Petition for Writ of Certiorari on April 19, 2024. On July 8, 2024, the New Mexico Supreme Court denied the Company's Petition for Writ of Certiorari. The Company had established an estimated liability (inclusive of both the audit period and the post-audit period) based on its estimate of the most probable loss based on the facts and circumstances known and the advice of outside counsel in connection with this matter. In July 2024, the Company made a payment of approximately $18.9 million towards the estimated liability related to the assessment for the audited period.

Followingthe submission of an application in September 2024, the Company was accepted to participate in the State's managed audit program and entered into a Managed Audit Agreement (the "Agreement") with the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department for the post-audit period. The Agreement provides for a waiver of penalties and interest and as such, the Company recorded a favorable adjustment for penalties and interest related to the post-audit period of approximately $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2024. The managed audit is ongoing at this time.

Accruals for Legal Proceedings

The Company establishes accruals for specific legal proceedings when it is considered probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. However, the results of these claims or proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, and an unfavorable resolution of one or more of these claims or proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, including the modification or loss of one or more facility management contracts, or could result in a material impairment of the Company’s assets. The Company's accruals for loss contingencies are reviewed quarterly and adjusted as additional information becomes available. The Company generally does not accrue for anticipated legal fees and costs but expenses those items as incurred.

Commitments

The Company currently has contractual commitments for a number of projects using Company financing. The Company’s management estimates that the cost of these existing active capital projects will be approximately$47.1 million of which$14.2 million was spent through the first three months of 2025. The Company estimates the remaining capital requirements related to these capital projects will be$32.9 million which will be spent through the remainder of 2025.

Uncertain Tax Positions

A tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation, based on the technical merits of the position. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had a total of approximately $42.6 million of unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions. Approximately $38.9 million of this total was generated in the second quarter of 2024, and relates to interest deduction for GEO shares issued to the holders of our 6.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026. There was not a significant increase during the first quarter of 2025. Approximately all of the unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would impact our effective tax rate. The Company does not believe it has any existing tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that it will be required to record significant amounts of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company was marketing (or awaiting activation of) nine idle facilities to potential customers. One of the facilities, Cheyenne Mountain Recovery Center, is under a contract which has yet to be activated. The carrying values of these idle facilities are included in Property and Equipment in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The following table summarizes each of the idled facilities and their respective carrying values, excluding equipment and other assets that can be easily transferred for use at other facilities. There was no indication of impairment related to the Company's idle facilities as of March 31, 2025 other than discussed below.

Lease Revenue

The Company leases nine of its owned facilities to unrelated parties. Six of which have a month-to-month term through June 2025. The carrying value of these leased facilitiesas of March 31, 2025 is $45.1 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $26.5 million. For the additional three leased facilities, one facility has a term that expires in October 2026. The carrying value of this leased facility as of March 31, 2025 was $2.2 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $0.9 million. One facility has a term ofsixty-six months withone-year renewal options which base term expires in October 2028. The carrying value of this leased facility as of March 31, 2025 was $73.9 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $37.8 million. The remaining facility has a term oftwenty years with renewals and expires in October 2041. The carrying value of this leased facility as of March 31, 2025 was $20.3 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $18.7 million. Rental income, included in Revenues, for leased facilities for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, was approximately $3.8 million. As of March 31, 2025, future minimum rentals to be received on these leases are as follows:

12. BUSINESS SEGMENTS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Operating and Reporting Segments

The Company's segments are determined as those operations whose results are reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), who is the Company's Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate recourses and assess performance. The Company conducts its business through four reportable business segments: the U.S. Secure Services segment; the Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services segment; the Reentry Services segment; and the International Services segment. The Company has identified these four reportable segments to reflect the current view that the Company operates four distinct business lines, each of which constitutes a material part of its overall business.

The U.S. Secure Services segment primarily encompasses U.S.-based secure services business. The Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services segment, which conducts its services in the United States, represents services provided to adults for monitoring services and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers, and pretrial defendants. The Reentry Services segment, which conducts its services in the United States represents services provided to adults for residential and non-residential treatment, educational and community-based programs, pre-release and half-way house programs. The International Services segment primarily consists of secure services operations in South Africa and Australia. Segment disclosures below (in thousands) reflect the results of continuing operations. All transactions between segments are eliminated. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

Revenue and operating income for each segment are used by the CODM to assess the performance of each segment in a financial period. The performance of the operating segments is evaluated based on segment operating income, which is defined as income before income taxes before the following: unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses, interest expense, net, and loss on extinguishment of debt not allocated to the operating segments. The CODM uses segment operating income as the measure to make resource (including financial or capital resources) allocation decisions for each segment, predominantly in the annual budget and forecasting process. The CODM considers budget-to-actual variances on a monthly and quarterly basis when evaluating performance for each segment and making decisions about capital allocation.

Summarized financial information for the Company's segments is shown in the following tables including a reconciliation of the Company’s total operating income from its reportable segments to the Company’s income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates, in each case, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

[1] The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Intersegment expenses are included in the amounts shown.

[2] Other segment items include:

U.S. Secure Services - depreciation and amortization, food services and supplies, utilities, repairs and maintenance, rent and lease expense and certain other overhead expenses.

Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services - depreciation and amortization, cost of goods sold, rent and lease expense and certain other overhead expenses.

Reentry Services - depreciation and amortization, medical services and supplies, food services and supplies, rent and lease expense, utilities and certain other overhead expenses.

International Services- medical services and supplies, food services and supplies, utilities, repairs and maintenance and certain other overhead expenses.

Segment Assets

Asset Reconciliation

The following is a reconciliation of the Company's reportable segment assets to the Company's total assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Geographic Information

During each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s international operations were conducted through (i) the Company’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary, The GEO Group Australia Pty. Ltd., through which the Company has management contracts forthree correctional facilities and a contract to provide health services for several public prisons, and (ii) the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in South Africa, SACM, through which the Company manages one correctional facility.

Sources of Revenue

The Company derives most of its revenue from the management of secure facilities through public-private partnerships. The Company also derives revenue from the provision of reentry services and electronic monitoring and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs in the United States, and expansion of new and existing secure facilities, processing centers and reentry centers.

[1] Includes international secured services.

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates

Equity in earnings of affiliates includes the Company’s 50% owned joint ventures in South African Custodial Services Pty. Limited (“SACS”), located in South Africa, and GEOAmey located in the United Kingdom. The Company's investments in these entities are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company’s investments in these entities are presented as a component of Other Non-Current Assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company has recorded$0.1 million in earnings, net of tax, for SACS operations during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and$0.4 million in losses, net of tax, for SACS operations during the three months ended March 31, 2024, which are included in equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s investment in SACS was$7.1 million and$7.2 million, respectively, and represents its share of cumulative reported earnings.

The Company has recorded$0.7 million in earnings, net of tax, for GEOAmey's operations during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and$0.4 million in earnings, net of tax, for GEOAmey's operations during the three months ended March 31, 2024, which are included in equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s investment in GEOAmey was$8.1 million and $10.3 million, respectively, and represents its share of cumulative reported earnings.

13. BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables summarize key information related to the Company’s pension plans and retirement agreements (in thousands):

The service cost and other components of net periodic benefit cost are included in General and Administrative Expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The long-term portion of the pension liability as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was$26.4 million and$26.2 million, respectively, and is included in Other Non-Current Liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement

The Company has a non-qualified deferred compensation agreement with its Executive Chairman. The agreement provides for a lump sum cash payment upon retirement, no sooner than age 55. As of March 31, 2025, the Executive Chairman had reached age 55 and was eligible to receive the payment upon retirement.

On May 27, 2021, the Company and its Executive Chairman entered into an Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement which replaced the former CEO’s previous agreement, effective July 1, 2021. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement, upon the date that the Executive Chairman ceases to provide services to the Company, the Company will pay to the Executive Chairman an amount equal to $3.6 million which shall be paid in cash. The payment shall be credited with interest at a rate of 5% compounded quarterly. Additionally, at the end of each calendar year provided that the Executive Chairman is still providing services to GEO pursuant to the Executive Chairman Agreement, GEO will credit an amount equal to $1.0 million at the end of each calendar year (the “Employment Contributions Account”). The Employment Contributions Account will be credited with interest at the rate of 5% compounded quarterly. The balance of the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement was approximately $13.2 million at March 31, 2025 and is included in Other Non-Current Liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company has established several trusts for the purpose of paying the retirement benefit pursuant to the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement. The trusts are revocable “rabbi trusts” and the assets of the trusts are subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors in the event of the Company’s insolvency.

14. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires an entity to disclose the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption. It also requires an entity to include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current GAAP in the same disclosure. Additionally, it requires an entity to disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and to disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments in the ASU are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. An entity may apply the amendments prospectively for reporting periods after the effective date or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. While this ASU will impact only our disclosures and not our financial condition and results of operations, we are currently evaluating when we will adopt the ASU.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which focuses on the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU No. 2023-09 requires a public business entity (PBE) to disclose, on an annual basis, a tabular rate reconciliation using both percentages and currency amounts, broken out into specified categories with certain reconciling items further broken out by nature and jurisdiction to the extent those items exceed a specified threshold. In addition, all entities are required to disclose income taxes paid, net of refunds received disaggregated by federal, state/local, and foreign and by jurisdiction if the amount is at least 5% of total income tax payments, net of refunds received. For PBEs, the new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. An entity may apply the amendments in this ASU prospectively by providing the revised disclosures for the period ending December 31, 2025 and continuing to provide the pre-ASU disclosures for the prior periods, or may apply the amendments retrospectively by providing the revised disclosures for all periods presented. We will adopt this ASU prospectively for the period ending December 31, 2025, and it will impact only our disclosures with no impacts to our financial condition and results of operations.

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires a public entity to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items on an annual and interim basis and provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually. Additionally, it requires a public entity to disclose the title and position of the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). Weadopted the new standard effective December 31, 2024. As a result, we have enhanced our interim period segment disclosures to include the presentation of significant expenses by segment (recast for prior periods presented) and the disclosure of our CODM. Refer to Note 12 - Business Segments and Geographic Information.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the SEC did not, or are not expected to, have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.