GEO GROUP INC

As more specifically provided in our Bylaws, no business may be brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder unless the shareholder has provided proper notice to us not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Accordingly, since our annual meeting for 2025 is scheduled for April 29, 2025, any shareholder proposal to be considered at the 2026 annual meeting must be properly submitted to us not earlier than December 30, 2025 nor later than January 29, 2026. These requirements are separate from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s requirements that a shareholder must meet in order to have a proposal included in our proxy statement. For the 2026 annual meeting, under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s requirements, any shareholder proposals must be received by GEO no later than November 20, 2025 in order to be included in our 2026 proxy statement.

In addition to satisfying the requirements under our Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, a person who intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice to the Company that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act, including a statement that such person intends to solicit the holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power of the Company’s shares entitled to vote in the election of directors in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees.