CoreCivic, Inc.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(1)On May 12,2022, the BOD approved a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $150.0 million of the Company's common stock. This original authorization, along with the dates and amounts of subsequent increases to the authorization by the BOD to the share repurchase program, are as follows (in thousands):

Repurchases of the Company's outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at the Company's discretion based on parameters set by the BOD from time to time in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchases or otherwise, subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements. The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate the Company to purchase any particular amount of its common stock. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, suspended, increased or decreased by the BOD in its discretion at any time. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had repurchased a total of 28.1 million shares of the Company's common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $444.2 million.

On August 4, 2026, the BOD authorized an increase to the Company's existing share repurchase program pursuant to which CoreCivic may purchase up to an additional $500.0 million in shares of CoreCivic's outstanding common stock. As a result of the increase, the aggregate authorization under CoreCivic's repurchase program increased from $700.0 million shares of common stock to up to $1.2 billion shares of common stock. Including the increased authorization, CoreCivic has $755.8 million remaining under the share repurchase program.