~~FORM~~☑ ~~10-Q~~QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

As of November 2, ~~2021,~~2022, the registrant had ~~122,534,921~~124,150,091 shares of common stock outstanding.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

~~6. SHAREHOLDERS’~~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 and nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021 (in thousands):

	Common shares					Additional Paid-In			Distributions in Excess of			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
	Shares			Amount		Capital			Earnings			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity			Common shares					Additional Paid-In			Accumulated			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Balance, June 30, 2021		122,409		$	1,273	$	1,272,014		$	(160,875	)	$	(21,132	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,113	)	$	985,068
																										Shares			Amount		Capital			Deficit			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Balance, June 30, 2022																											124,003		$	1,289	$	1,284,867		$	(84,105	)	$	(25,839	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,281	)	$	1,069,832
Proceeds from exercise of stock options																											3			—		20			—			—			—		—			—			20
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—		4,329			—			—			—		—			—			4,329			—			—		3,141			—			—			—		—			—			3,141
Restricted stock granted		103			—		—			—			—			—		—			—			—			50			1		(1	)		—			—			—		—			—			—
Restricted stock canceled		(43	)		—		—			—			—			—		—			—			—			(6	)		—		—			—			—			—		—			—			—
Other adjustment to additional paid-in capital [2]		—			—		(3,600	)		—			—			—		—			—			(3,600	)
Shares withheld for net settlements of share- based awards [3]		(12	)		—		(90	)		—			—			—		—			—			(90	)
Other adjustment																											—			—		—			2			—			—		—			—			2
Issuance of common stock - ESPP		8			—		72						—			—		—			—			72			7			—		48						—			—		—			—			48
Net income (loss)		—			—		—			34,710			—			—		—			(69	)		34,641			—			—		—			38,337			—			—		—			(25	)		38,312
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—		—			—			(2,722	)		—		—			8			(2,714	)		—			—		—			—			(798	)		—		—			23			(775	)
Balance, September 30, 2021		122,465		$	1,273	$	1,272,725		$	(126,165	)	$	(23,854	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,174	)	$	1,017,706
Balance, September 30, 2022																											124,057		$	1,290	$	1,288,075		$	(45,766	)	$	(26,637	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,283	)	$	1,110,580

Common shares

Additional
Paid-In

Distributions
in Excess of

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Treasury shares

Noncontrolling

Total
Shareholders'

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Loss

Shares

Amount

Interests

Equity

For the Three Months Ended
   September 30, 2020

Balance, June 30, 2020

121,371

$
1,262

$
1,252,037

$
(174,038
)

$
(29,554
)

4,787

$
(104,457
)

$
(955
)

$
944,295

Proceeds from exercise of
   stock options

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

-

Stock-based compensation
   expense

—

—

4,689

—

—

—

—

—

4,689

Restricted stock canceled

(22
)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

-

Dividends paid [1]

—

—

—

(58,527
)

—

—

—

—

(58,527
)
Other adjustment to paid-in capital [2]

280

—

280

Purchase of treasury shares [2]

(25
)

—

—

—

—

25

(280
)

(280
)
Shares withheld for net
   settlements of share-
   based awards [3]

(1
)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

-

Issuance of common
   stock - ESPP

16

—

170

—

—

—

—

—

170

Net income (loss)

—

—

—

39,220

—

—

—

(48
)

39,172

Other comprehensive income
   (loss)

—

—

—

—

2,481

—

—

4

2,485

Balance, September 30, 2020

121,339

$
1,262

$
1,257,176

$
(193,345
)

$
(27,073
)

4,812

$
(104,737
)

$
(999
)

$
932,284

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	Common shares					Additional Paid-In			Accumulated			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
	Shares			Amount		Capital			Deficit			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Balance, June 30, 2021		122,409		$	1,273	$	1,272,014		$	(160,875	)	$	(21,132	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,113	)	$	985,068
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—		4,329			—			—			—		—			—			4,329
Restricted stock granted		103			—		—			—			—			—		—			—			-
Restricted stock canceled		(43	)		—		—			—			—			—		—			—			-
Other adjustment to paid-in capital [2]							(3,600	)								—								(3,600	)
Shares withheld for net settlements of share- based awards [1]		(12	)		—		(90	)		—			—			—		—			—			(90	)
Issuance of common stock - ESPP		8			—		72			—			—			—		—			—			72
Net income (loss)		—			—		—			34,710			—			—		—			(69	)		34,641
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—		—			—			(2,722	)		—		—			8			(2,714	)
Balance, September 30, 2021		122,465		$	1,273	$	1,272,725		$	(126,165	)	$	(23,854	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,174	)	$	1,017,706


	Common shares						Additional Paid-In			Accumulated			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
	Shares			Amount			Capital			Deficit			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Balance January 1, 2022		122,472		$	1,273		$	1,276,213		$	(175,960	)	$	(20,216	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,195	)	$	975,016
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		3			—			20			—			—			—		—			—			20
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—			13,010			—			—			—		—			—			13,010
Restricted stock granted		1,836			18			(18	)		—			—			—		—			—			—
Restricted stock canceled		(46	)		—			—			—			—			—		—			—			—
Other adjustment		—			—			—			(89	)		—			—		—			—			(89	)
Shares withheld for net settlements of share- based awards [1]		(229	)		(1	)		(1,300	)		—			—			—		—			—			(1,301	)
Issuance of common stock - ESPP		21			—			150			—			—			—		—			—			150
Net income (loss)		—			—			—			130,283			—			—		—			(119	)		130,164
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—			—			—			(6,421	)		—		—			31			(6,390	)
Balance, September 30, 2022		124,057		$	1,290		$	1,288,075		$	(45,766	)	$	(26,637	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,283	)	$	1,110,580


	Common shares						Additional Paid-In			Accumulated			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
	Shares			Amount			Capital			Deficit			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Balance, January 1, 2021		121,318		$	1,262		$	1,262,267		$	(222,892	)	$	(22,589	)		4,835	$	(104,946	)	$	(1,020	)	$	912,082
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		—			—			—			—			—			—		—			—			-
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—			15,755			—			—			—		—			—			15,755
Restricted stock granted		1,551			16			(16	)		—			—			—		—			—			-
Restricted stock canceled		(154	)		(2	)		2			—			—			—		—			—			-
Dividends paid		—			—			—			(30,487	)		—			—		—			—			(30,487	)
Shares withheld for net settlements of share- based awards [1]		(268	)		(3	)		(2,088	)		—			—			—		—			—			(2,091	)
Issuance of common stock - ESPP		35			—			252			—			—			—		—			—			252
Purchase of treasury shares		(17	)		—			—			—			—			17		(153	)		—			(153	)
Other adjustment to additional paid-in capital		—			—			(3,447	)		—			—			—		—			—			(3,447	)
Net income (loss)		—			—			—			127,214			—			—		—			(157	)		127,057
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—			—			—			(1,265	)		—		—			3			(1,262	)
Balance, September 30, 2021		122,465		$	1,273		$	1,272,725		$	(126,165	)	$	(23,854	)		4,852	$	(105,099	)	$	(1,174	)	$	1,017,706

Common shares

Additional
Paid-In

Distributions
in Excess of

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Treasury shares

Noncontrolling

Total
Shareholders'

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Loss

Shares

Amount

Interests

Equity

For the Nine Months Ended
   September 30, 2021

Balance January 1, 2021

121,318

$
1,262

$
1,262,267

$
(222,892
)

$
(22,589
)

4,835

$
(104,946
)

$
(1,020
)

$
912,082

Proceeds from exercise of
   stock options

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Stock-based compensation
   expense

—

—

15,755

—

—

—

—

—

15,755

Restricted stock granted

1,551

16

(16
)

—

—

—

—

—

—

Restricted stock canceled

(154
)

(2
)

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

Dividends paid [1]

—

—

—

(30,487
)

—

—

—

—

(30,487
)
Other adjustment to additional
   paid-in capital [2]

—

—

(3,447
)

—

—

—

—

—

(3,447
)
Shares withheld for net
   settlements of share-
   based awards [3]

(268
)

(3
)

(2,088
)

—

—

—

—

—

(2,091
)
Issuance of common
   stock - ESPP

35

—

252

—

—

—

—

—

252

Purchase of treasury shares [2]

(17
)

—

—

—

17

(153
)

—

(153
)
Net income (loss)

—

—

—

127,214

—

—

—

(157
)

127,057

Other comprehensive income
   (loss)

—

—

—

—

(1,265
)

—

—

3

(1,262
)
Balance, September 30, 2021

122,465

$
1,273

$
1,272,725

$
(126,165
)

$
(23,854
)

4,852

$
(105,099
)

$
(1,174
)

$
1,017,706

Common shares

Additional
Paid-In

Earnings in
Excess of

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Treasury shares

Noncontrolling

Total
Shareholders'

Shares

Amount

Capital

Distributions

Loss

Shares

Amount

Interests

Equity

For the Nine Months Ended
   September 30, 2020

Balance, January 1, 2020

121,225

$
1,254

$
1,230,865

$
(119,779
)

$
(20,335
)

4,210

(95,175
)

$
(782
)

$
996,048

Proceeds from exercise
   of stock options

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

Stock-based compensation
   expense

—

—

19,163

—

—

—

—

—

19,163

Restricted stock granted

900

9

(9
)

—

—

—

—

—

-

Restricted stock canceled

(49
)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

-

Dividends paid [1]

—

—

—

(174,687
)

—

—

—

—

(174,687
)
Shares withheld for net
   settlements of share-
   based awards [3]

(174
)

(1
)

(2,788
)

—

—

—

—

—

(2,789
)
Issuance of common
   stock - ESPP

39

—

465

—

—

—

—

—

465

Purchase of treasury shares [2]

(602
)

—

—

—

—

602

(9,562
)

—

(9,562
)
Other adjustment to additional paid-in capital [2]

—

—

9,479

—

—

—

—

—

9,479

Net income (loss)

—

—

—

101,121

—

—

—

(174
)

100,947

Other comprehensive
   income (loss)

—

—

—

—

(6,738
)

—

—

(43
)

(6,781
)
Balance, September 30, 2020

121,339

$
1,262

$
1,257,176

$
(193,345
)

$
(27,073
)

4,812

$
(104,737
)

$
(999
)

$
932,284

~~[1]~~

~~Dividends paid are net of dividends forfeited on unvested shares of restricted stock.~~

[~~2] On February 26, 2020 (the "Effective Date"), the~~1] The Company and its then Chief Executive Officer (“former CEO”) entered into an amended and restated executive retirement agreement that amends the former CEO’s executive retirement agreement. The amended and restated executive retirement agreement provided thatwithheld shares through net settlements to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements upon the ~~former CEO’s retirement~~vesting of shares

of restricted stock held by employees.

[2] Represents a reclassification from ~~the Company, the Company would pay a lump sum amount initially equal~~equity to ~~$8,925,065 (the “Grandfathered Payment”) which was to be paid~~other non-current liabilities in the form of a fixed number of shares of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of the Grandfathered Payment was reclassified to stockholders’ equity. Additional shares of the Company’s common stock were creditedconnection with a value equal to any dividends declared and paid on the Company’s shares of common stock, calculated by reference to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the payment date for such dividends (rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares).

On the Effective Date, an amount equal to the Grandfathered Payment was invested in the Company’s common stock (“GEO Shares”). The number of the Company’s shares of common stock as of the Effective Date was equal to the Grandfathered Payment divided by the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Effective Date (rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares), which equaled 553,665 shares of the Company’s common stock. Additional shares of the Company’s common stock are credited with a value equal to any dividends declared and paid on the Company’s shares of common stock, calculated by reference to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the payment date for such dividends (rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares).

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~~The Company and its former CEO entered into on May 27, 2021, and effective as of July 1, 2021,~~ an Amended and Restated Executive

Retirement Agreement ~~which replaced~~with the ~~February 26, 2020 agreement discussed above.~~ ~~Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement, upon the date that~~Company's former CEO as the former ~~CEO ceases to provide services to the Company, the Company will pay to the former CEO an amount equal to $3,600,000 which shall be paid in cash.~~ ~~As the former CEO’s~~CEO's retirement payment will no longer be settled with a fixed

number of shares ~~of GEO’s common stock,~~ ~~$3,600,000 has been reclassed from equity to other non-current liabilities.~~but will instead be paid in cash. Refer to Note ~~11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters~~13 - Benefit Plans for further information.

~~[3]~~

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company withheld shares through net share settlements to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements upon vesting of shares of restricted stock held by employees.

~~REIT Distributions~~

As a REIT, GEO is required to distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and by excluding net capital gain) and began paying regular quarterly REIT dividends in 2013. The amount, timing and frequency of future dividends, however, will be at the sole discretion of GEO's Board and will be declared based upon various factors, many of which are beyond GEO's control, including, GEO's financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status, limitations on distributions in GEO's existing and future debt instruments, limitations on GEO's ability to fund distributions using cash generated through GEO's taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs") and other factors that GEO's Board may deem relevant. On April 7, 2021, GEO’s Board immediately suspended GEO’s quarterly dividend payments. Refer to Note 1 – Basis of Presentation for further information.

~~During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020, GEO declared and paid the following regular cash distributions to its shareholders as follows:~~

Declaration Date

Record Date

Payment Date

Distribution
Per Share

Aggregate
Payment Amount
(in millions)

February 3, 2020

February 14, 2020

February 21, 2020

$
0.48

$
58.2

April 6, 2020

April 17, 2020

April 24, 2020

$
0.48

$
58.5

July 7, 2020

July 17, 2020

July 24, 2020

$
0.48

$
58.5

October 6, 2020

October 16, 2020

October 23, 2020

$
0.34

$
41.5

January 15, 2021

January 25, 2021

February 1, 2021

$
0.25

$
30.5

~~Stock Buyback Program~~

On February 14, 2018, the Company announced that its Board authorized a stock buyback program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to a maximum of $200.0 million of its shares of common stock. The stock buyback program was to be funded primarily with cash on hand, free cash flow and borrowings under the Company's $900.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolver"). The program was effective through October 20, 2020. The stock buyback program was intended to be implemented through purchases made from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, in accordance with applicable Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") requirements. The stock buyback program did not obligate the Company to purchase any specific amount of the Company's common stock and could have been suspended or extended at any time at the discretion of the Company's Board.

Automatic Shelf Registration on Form S-3

On October 30, 2020, the Company filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the ~~SEC~~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 June 28, 2021, 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 the Company’s common stock at an aggregate offering price of up to ~~$300~~$300 million through sales agents. Sales of shares of the Company’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 were 0no shares of common stock sold under this prospectus supplement during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 or the year ended December 31, 2021.

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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 attributable to GEO, net income 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 income (loss) attributable to GEO within shareholders' equity are as follows:


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	(In thousands)
	Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (1)			Change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax			Change in marketable securities, net of tax			Pension adjustments, net of tax			Total
Balance, January 1, 2022	$	(12,461	)	$	(2,524	)	$	7		$	(5,238	)	$	(20,216	)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		(11,679	)		6,247			(1,245	)		256			(6,421	)
Balance, September 30, 2022	$	(24,140	)	$	3,723		$	(1,238	)	$	(4,982	)	$	(26,637	)


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	(In thousands)
	Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (1)			Change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax			Pension adjustments, net of tax			Total
Balance, January 1, 2021	$	(9,207	)	$	(4,752	)	$	(8,630	)	$	(22,589	)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		(3,825	)		2,093			467			(1,265	)
Balance, September 30, 2021	$	(13,032	)	$	(2,659	)	$	(8,163	)	$	(23,854	)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

(In thousands)

Foreign currency
translation
adjustments,
net of tax (1)

Change
in fair
value of
derivatives,
net of tax

Pension
adjustments,
net of tax

Total

Balance, January 1, 2021

$
(9,207
)

$
(4,752
)

$
(8,630
)

$
(22,589
)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

(3,825
)

2,093

467

(1,265
)
Balance, September 30, 2021

$
(13,032
)

$
(2,659
)

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The foreign currency translation related to noncontrolling interests was not significant at September 30, 2022 or 2021.

The Board adopted The GEO Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2018 Amended and Restated Plan"), which was approved by the Company's shareholders on April 28, 2021. The 2018 Amended and Restated Plan supersedes the previous 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. As of the date the 2018 Amended and Restated Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders’, it provided for a reserve of an additional 16,800,000 shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2018 Amended and Restated Plan. The Company filed a Form S-8 registration statement related to the 2018 Amended and Restated Plan on June 15, 2021.

The Company uses a Black-Scholes option valuation model to estimate the fair value of each time-based or performance-based option awarded. For options granted during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the fair value was estimated using the following assumptions: (i) volatility of ~~43.28%~~48.03%; (ii) expected term of 5 ~~years;~~ years and (iii) risk free interest rate of ~~0.24%; and (iv) the then expected dividend yield of 13.30% (subsequent to the grant date the Board suspended the Company’s quarterly dividend payments)~~1.56%. A summary of the activity of stock option awards issued and outstanding under Company plans was as follows for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021:~~2022:

On March 1, ~~2021,~~2022, the Company granted approximately ~~478,000~~342,000 options to certain employees which had a per share grant date fair value of ~~$0.79.~~$2.49. For the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, the amount of stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was ~~$0.6~~$0.4 million and ~~$0.8~~$0.6 million, respectively. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the Company had ~~$1.0~~$1.0 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock option awards that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of ~~2.2~~2.8 years.

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 a three or four-yearperiod. 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.

During the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the Company granted ~~approximately 1,551,000~~1,835,592 shares of restricted stock to certain employees and executive officers. Of these awards, ~~919,000~~1,025,000 are market and performance-based awards which will be forfeited if the Company does not achieve certain annual metrics during ~~2021,~~ 2022, 2023 and ~~2023.~~2024.

The vesting of these performance-based restricted stock grants are subject to the achievement by GEO of 2two annual performance metrics as follows: (i) up to ~~50%~~50% of the shares of restricted stock ("TSR Target Award") can vest at the end of a three 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, ~~2021~~2022 to December 31, ~~2023~~2024 and (ii) up to ~~50%~~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 a three year period from January 1, ~~2021~~2022 to December 31, ~~2023.~~2024. Certain of these performance-based restricted stock grants can vest over a one-year period if GEO meets certain performance targets, as mentioned above, over ~~three~~ two remainingone-yearperiods from ~~January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021,~~ January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. These market and performance awards can vest at between 0%0% and ~~200%~~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 ~~48.2%~~57.5%; (ii) beta of ~~0.79;~~0.93; and (iii) risk free rate of ~~0.22%~~1.45%.

For the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, the Company recognized ~~$15.2~~$12.6 million and ~~$18.3~~$15.2 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to its restricted stock awards. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the Company had ~~$19.3~~$17.0 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 2.2 years.

The Company previously adopted The GEO Group Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ~~“Plan~~“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%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 nine months ended September 30, ~~2021, 35,314~~2022, 20,769 shares of the Company's common stock were issued in connection with the Amended ESPP.

10. DEBT

Debt outstanding as of September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and December 31, ~~2020~~2021 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2021			December 31, 2020			September 30, 2022			December 31, 2021
Senior Credit Facility:
Term loan	$	764,000		$	770,000		$	—		$	762,000
Unamortized discount on term loan		(1,290	)		(1,705	)		—			(1,152	)
Unamortized debt issuance costs on term loan		(3,059	)		(4,043	)		—			(2,733	)
Revolver		787,073			704,437			—			784,895
Total Senior Credit Facility		1,546,724			1,468,689			—			1,543,010
Exchange Credit Agreement [*]
Tranche 1 Loans								857,178			—
Unamortized premium on tranche 1 loans								26,774			—
Unamortized debt issuance costs on tranche 1 loans								(23,847	)		—
Tranche 2 Loans								236,799			—
Unamortized discount on tranche 2 loans								(3,062	)		—
Unamortized debt issuance costs on tranche 2 loans								(6,611	)		—
Revolver								50,000			—
Total Exchange Credit Agreement								1,137,231			—
10.500% Public Second Lien Notes due 2028
Notes Due in 2028								286,521			—
Unamortized discount								(15,960	)		—
Unamortized debt issuance costs								(8,457	)		—
Total 10.500% Public Second Lien Notes due 2028								262,104			—
9.500% Private Second Lien Notes due 2028
Notes Due in 2028								239,142
Unamortized discount								(23,154	)
Unamortized debt issuance costs								(6,733	)
Total 9.500% Private Second Lien Notes due 2028								209,255			—
6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes:
Notes Due in 2026		230,000			—			230,000			230,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(8,665	)		—			(6,945	)		(8,246	)
Total 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due in 2026		221,335			—
Total 6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due in 2026								223,055			221,754
6.00% Senior Notes:
Notes Due in 2026		350,000			350,000			110,858			350,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(3,257	)		(3,709	)		(829	)		(3,099	)
Total 6.00% Senior Notes Due in 2026		346,743			346,291
Total 6.00% Senior Notes Due in 2026								110,029			346,901
5.875% Senior Notes:
Notes Due in 2024		225,293			242,500			23,253			225,293
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(1,526	)		(2,000	)		(109	)		(1,410	)
Total 5.875% Senior Notes Due in 2024		223,767			240,500
Total 5.875% Senior Notes Due in 2024								23,144			223,883
5.125% Senior Notes:
Notes Due in 2023		259,275			281,783			—			259,275
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(1,388	)		(2,033	)		—			(1,221	)
Total 5.125% Senior Notes Due in 2023		257,887			279,750
5.875% Senior Notes:
Notes Due in 2022		—			193,958
Unamortized debt issuance costs		—			(710	)
Total 5.875% Senior Notes Due in 2022		—			193,248
Total 5.125% Senior Notes Due in 2023								—			258,054
Non-Recourse Debt		317,671			344,614			—			310,108
Unamortized debt issuance costs on non-recourse debt		(4,624	)		(5,237	)		—			(4,556	)
Unamortized discount on non-recourse debt		—			(25	)
Total Non-Recourse Debt		313,047			339,352			—			305,552
Finance Lease Liabilities		4,460			5,029			2,147			3,843
Other debt		41,660			42,413
Other debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs								40,596			41,363
Total debt		2,955,623			2,915,272			2,007,561			2,944,360
Current portion of finance lease liabilities, long-term debt and non-recourse debt		(27,010	)		(26,180	)		(44,702	)		(18,568	)
Finance Lease Liabilities, long-term portion		(2,147	)		(2,988	)		(1,457	)		(1,977	)
Non-Recourse Debt, long-term portion		(297,456	)		(324,223	)		—			(297,856	)
Long-Term Debt	$	2,629,010		$	2,561,881		$	1,961,402		$	2,625,959

[*] As further discussed below, the exchange credit agreement included Tranche 3 Loans which were redeemed prior to September 30, 2022.

~~Amended~~Exchange Offer

On August 19, 2022, the Company completed an exchange offer to exchange certain of its outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under its senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a new Exchange Credit Agreement as follows:

~~On June 12, 2019,~~

Amendment No. 4 and Amendment No. 5 to Existing Credit Agreement

In connection with the exchange offer, (i) the Company and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. (“Corrections”), as borrowers (the “Borrowers”), certain lenders (the “Consenting Lenders”) and BNP Paribas, as the existing administrative agent (the “Existing Administrative Agent”) under the Company’s existing senior secured credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), entered into Amendment No. 24 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, ~~(the "Credit Agreement"~~dated as of August 19, 2022 (“Amendment No. 4”) by, and ~~among~~(ii) the ~~refinancing lenders party thereto, the other lenders party thereto, GEO and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. and the administrative agent. Under the amendment, the maturity date~~Borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the ~~revolver component of~~Borrowers (the “Credit Facility Guarantors”), the ~~Credit Agreement was extended to May 17, 2024. The borrowing capacity~~Consenting Lenders, the Existing Administrative Agent, Alter Domus Products Corp., as the new administrative agent for the lenders under the amended ~~revolver remains~~existing credit agreement (in such capacity, the “Amended Credit Agreement Administrative Agent”), and Alter Domus Products Corp., as the administrative agent for the lenders under the Exchange Credit Agreement (as defined below) (in such capacity, the “Exchange Credit Agreement Administrative Agent”), entered into Amendment No. 5 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022 (“Amendment No. 5,” and the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by Amendment No. 4 and Amendment No. 5, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).

Pursuant to Amendment No. 4, the Borrowers and the Consenting Lenders amended the Existing Credit Agreement to permit the consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations described below. Pursuant to Amendment No. 5, (i) the Existing Administrative Agent was replaced as administrative agent under the Amended Credit Agreement with the Amended Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, (ii) the Borrowers and the Consenting Lenders agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth therein, (iii) the Company agreed to purchase the revolving credit commitments of certain Consenting Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and exchange such revolving credit commitments with revolving credit commitments under the Exchange Credit Agreement, (iv) certain Consenting Lenders holding such revolving credit commitments agreed to exchange their revolving credit loans and related obligations for cash, tranche 2 term loans under the Exchange Credit Agreement (“Tranche 2 Loans”) and tranche 3 term loans under the Exchange Credit Agreement (“Tranche 3 Loans”), (v) certain Consenting Lenders holding such revolving credit commitments agreed to assign their revolving credit loans and related obligations to certain other Consenting Lenders (who then agreed to exchange such assigned revolving credit loans and related obligations for tranche 1 term loans under the Exchange Credit Agreement (“Tranche 1 Loans”)) and exchange the remainder of such revolving credit loans and related obligations for cash, Tranche 2 Loans and/or Tranche 3 Loans, (vi) the Company agreed to purchase the term loans of certain Consenting Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and exchange such term loans with Tranche 1 Loans or a combination of Tranche 1 Loans and cash, and (vii) all letters of credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement were deemed issued and outstanding under the Exchange Credit Agreement and no longer outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.

After giving effect to Amendment No. 4 and Amendment No. 5 and the transactions described therein, approximately $87 million in aggregate principal amount of revolving credit commitments and approximately $102 million in aggregate principal amount of term loans remained outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility Guarantors continue to guarantee the obligations in respect of the commitments and loans under the Amended Credit Agreement, and the collateral securing the Borrowers’ and the Credit Facility Guarantors’ obligations in respect of the commitments and loans under the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the effectiveness of the transactions (the “Common Collateral”) continues to secure the Borrower’s and the Credit Facility Guarantors’ obligations in respect of the commitments and loans under the Amended Credit Agreement after giving effect to the transactions. Revolving credit loans under the Amended Credit Agreement will continue to bear interest at ~~$900.0~~a per annum rate equal to LIBOR (with no LIBOR floor) plus 1.50% to 2.50%, and the Borrowers will continue to pay a fee in respect of unused revolving commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement at a per annum rate of 0.25% to 0.30%, in each case depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date. Term loans under the Amended Credit Agreement will continue to bear interest at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR (subject to a floor of 0.75%) plus 2.00%. The revolving credit commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement terminate on May 17, 2024, and the term loans under the Amended Credit Agreement mature on March 23, 2024. The representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants in the Amended Credit Agreement were amended so that the representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants in the Exchange Credit Agreement are incorporated by reference into the Amended Credit Agreement. Subsequent to the transactions, but prior to September 30, 2022, the term loans were repaid in full.

The transactions were accounted for as an extinguishment of the revolving credit loan and term loans with the new Tranche 1, 2 and 3 Loans recorded at fair value. The Company used a third-party valuation firm to assist with the estimation of the fair values which were

determined to be $884.6 million, $233.7 million and ~~its pricing remains unchanged currently bearing~~$43.6 million for the Tranche 1 Loans, Tranche 2 Loans and Tranche 3 Loans, respectively, resulting in a $27.4 million premium, $3.1 million discount and $1.6 million discount, respectively, at issuance. Refer to Note 4 - Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities for discussion on the valuation methodology and assumptions used to estimate the fair value. The premium and discounts are being amortized as non-cash interest ~~at LIBOR plus 2.25%.~~expense over the terms of the Tranche 1, 2 and 3 Loans using the effective interest method. As a result, ~~of the transaction,~~ the Company ~~incurred~~recorded a net loss on extinguishment of debt of ~~$1.2~~approximately $13.1 million ~~during 2019~~and $50.9 million related to the revolving credit loans and term loans, respectively. The net loss on extinguishment of debt represented the difference between the carrying values that were exchanged (including unamortized debt issuance costs) and the fair value of the Tranche 1, 2 and 3 Loans.

New Exchange Credit Agreement

In connection with the exchange offer, the Borrowers, the Consenting Lenders and the Exchange Credit Agreement Administrative Agent entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022 (the “Exchange Credit Agreement”), to, among other things, evidence and govern the exchanged revolving credit commitments (the “Exchange Revolving Credit Facility”), Tranche 1 Loans, Tranche 2 Loans and Tranche 3 Loans described above. On the transaction date, after giving effect to the transactions, the aggregate principal amount of revolving credit commitments under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility was approximately $187 million (including a $175 million letter of credit subfacility), the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche 1 Loans was approximately $857 million, the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche 2 Loans was approximately $237 million and the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche 3 Loans was approximately $45 million.

Revolving credit loans under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus between 2.25% and 3.25%, and the Borrowers will pay a fee in respect of unused revolving commitments under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility at a per annum rate of 0.25% to 0.30%, in each case depending on the Company’s total leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date. Tranche 1 Loans bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Term SOFR (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus 7.125%, Tranche 2 Loans bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Term SOFR (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus 6.125% and Tranche 3 Loans bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Term SOFR (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus 2.00%. At any time after the earlier of (x) February 19, 2024, solely in the event that no 2023 Notes (defined below) or 2024 Notes (defined below) remain outstanding at such time, and (y) November 1, 2024, (i) if the Company’s first lien leverage ratio is less than 1.50:1.00 at such time, then the interest rate margin on Tranche 1 Loans and Tranche 2 Loans will be reduced by 0.25%, and (ii) if the Company has achieved a public corporate credit rating of at least B3 or B-, as applicable (in any case with a stable or better outlook), from any two of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, then the interest rate margin on Tranche 1 Loans and Tranche 2 Loans will be reduced by 0.25%, resulting in a total reduction in the interest rate margin on Tranche 1 Loans and Tranche 2 Loans of 0.50% if both conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) are satisfied. If, following any reduction in the interest rate margin in accordance with the previous sentence, the condition giving rise to such reduction is no longer satisfied as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter, such interest rate margin reduction will no longer apply unless and until such condition is satisfied again.

Loans under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility may not be borrowed if, at the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such extension of credit and any planned future expenditures entered into or expected to be made or payments on indebtedness required to be made, in each case within 60 days of such extension of credit, domestic unrestricted cash for the Company and its restricted subsidiaries exceeds $234 million. Tranche 1 Loans amortize at a rate of 1.25% per quarter, and Tranche 3 Loans amortize at a rate of 0.25% per quarter. Tranche 2 Loans are not subject to amortization. Mandatory prepayments of loans under the Exchange Credit Agreement are required in respect of certain ~~unamortized deferred loan costs. Additionally, loan costs~~casualty and asset sale proceeds, excess cash flow and domestic unrestricted cash in excess of ~~$4.7~~$234 million ~~were incurred~~as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, subject to certain thresholds and ~~capitalized~~exceptions. Voluntary prepayments of Tranche 2 Loans, Tranche 3 Loans and loans under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility may be made by the Borrowers at any time without premium or penalty (subject to reimbursement for customary breakage expenses). Voluntary prepayments of Tranche 1 Loans and any prepayments of Tranche 1 Loans required in connection with any acceleration of the ~~transaction.~~

~~Table of Contents~~

~~The Credit Agreement evidences a credit facility (the "Credit Facility") consisting~~maturity thereof require payment of a ~~$764.0 million term loan bearing interest at LIBOR plus 2.00% (with~~premium equal to (i) a ~~LIBOR floor~~customary “make whole” amount if made prior to the first anniversary of ~~0.75%),~~the Transaction Date, (ii) 3.00% of the principal amount prepaid or required to be prepaid if made on or after the first anniversary but prior to the second anniversary of the transaction date, and ~~a $900.0 million revolver initially bearing interest at LIBOR plus 2.25% (with 0 LIBOR floor) together with AUD275 million,~~(iii) 2.00% of the principal amount prepaid or ~~$198.3 million, based~~required to be prepaid if made on ~~exchange rates as~~or after the second anniversary but prior to the third anniversary of ~~September 30, 2021, available solely for~~ the ~~issuance of financial letters of~~transaction date.

The revolving credit commitments under the Exchange Revolving Credit Facility terminate, and ~~performance letters of credit,~~the Tranche 1 Loans and Tranche 2 Loans mature, in each case ~~denominated~~on the earliest of (i) March 23, 2027, and (ii) in ~~Australian Dollars under~~ the ~~Australian Dollar Letter~~event that an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than $100,000,000 of ~~Credit Facility~~any Specified Senior Note (defined below) remains outstanding on the Springing Maturity Date (defined below) applicable thereto, such Springing Maturity Date, it being understood that Specified Senior Notes are not outstanding to the extent the Company or GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., as applicable, shall have deposited or caused to be deposited funds into a customary irrevocable escrow in an amount sufficient to pay or redeem such Specified Senior Notes in full on the maturity date thereof, where “Specified Senior Notes” refers to each of the 2026 Notes and the Company’s 6.500% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026 (the ~~"Australian LC Facility"~~“2026 Exchangeable Senior Notes”),and “Springing Maturity Date” means the date that is 91 days prior to the stated

maturity date of the 2026 Notes or the 2026 Exchangeable Senior Notes, as applicable. The Tranche 3 Loans mature on March 23, 2024. ~~As of~~Subsequent to the transaction, but prior to September 30, ~~2021, there~~2022, The Tranche 3 Loans were ~~0 letters of credit issued under the Australian LC Facility. Amounts to be borrowed by GEO under the Credit Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions to borrowing.~~ redeemed in full.

The term loan component is scheduled to mature on March 23, 2024. The revolving credit commitment component is scheduled to mature on May 17, 2024. The Credit Agreement also has an accordion feature of $450.0 million, subject to lender demand and prevailing market conditions and satisfying the relevant borrowing conditions.

~~The~~Exchange Credit Agreement contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and ~~certain customary~~negative covenants, ~~that restrict GEO’s~~including restrictions on the ability of the Company 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) issue, sell or otherwise dispose of capital stock, (vii) engage in transactions with affiliates, (viii) ~~allow the total leverage ratio to exceed 6.25 to 1.00, allow the senior secured leverage ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00, or allow the interest coverage ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00, (ix)~~ cancel, forgive, make any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on, or redeem or acquire for value any senior notes, except as permitted, ~~(x) alter the business GEO conducts,~~(ix) engage in other businesses, except as permitted, and ~~(xi)~~(x) materially impair ~~GEO’s lenders’~~the security interests ~~in the collateral for its loans.~~

Events of default under the Credit Agreement include, but are not limited to, (i) GEO’s failure to pay principal or interest when due, (ii) GEO’s material breach of any representation or warranty, (iii) covenant defaults, (iv) liquidation, reorganization or other relief relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (v) cross default under certain other material indebtedness, (vi) unsatisfied final judgments over a specified threshold, (vii) certain material environmental liability claims asserted against GEO, and (viii) a change in control.

~~All of~~securing the obligations under the Exchange Credit Agreement. The Exchange Credit Agreement also contains certain financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio covenant of 6.25:1.00, a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant of 3.50:1.00, a minimum interest coverage ratio covenant of 1.50:1.00 and a cap of $55 million on the amount of unrestricted cash that the Company’s foreign subsidiaries may hold as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. In addition, the Exchange Credit Agreement restricts the Company from electing to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code. The Exchange Credit Agreement also contains certain customary events of default.

The Credit Facility Guarantors guarantee the obligations in respect of the commitments and loans under the Exchange Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Borrowers and the Credit Facility Guarantors in respect of the Exchange Credit Agreement are ~~unconditionally guaranteed~~secured by first-priority liens on the Common Collateral securing the obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and, other than with respect to the Tranche 3 Loans, first-priority liens on certain ~~domestic subsidiaries~~additional assets of ~~GEO~~the Borrower and the Credit Facility Guarantors (the “Exclusive Collateral”), including real property interests with respect to which the Exchange Credit Agreement requires the execution and delivery of a mortgage but with respect to which the Amended Credit Agreement does not. The rights of the secured parties under the Amended Credit Agreement and the ~~related guarantees~~Exchange Credit Agreement in respect of the Common Collateral are ~~secured~~governed by a ~~perfected first-priority pledge~~First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (the “First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as of substantially all of GEO’s present and future tangible and intangible domestic assets and all present and future tangible and intangible domestic assets of each guarantor, including but not limited to a first-priority pledge of all ofAugust 19, 2022, among the ~~outstanding capital stock owned by GEO~~Amended Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, the Exchange Credit Agreement Administrative Agent and each ~~guarantor in their domestic subsidiaries.~~

~~GEO Australasia Holdings Pty Ltd, GEO Australasia Finance Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for~~additional senior representative party thereto from time to time, and acknowledged by the ~~GEO Australasia Finance Holding Trust,~~Borrower and together with GEO Australasia Holdings, collectively (the “Australian Borrowers") are wholly owned foreign subsidiaries of GEO. GEO has designated each of the Australian Borrowers as restricted subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement. However, the Australian Borrowers are not obligated to pay or perform any obligations under the Credit Agreement other than their own obligations as Australian Borrowers under the Credit Agreement. The Australian Borrowers do not pledge any of their assets to secure any obligations under the Credit Agreement.Facility Guarantors.

On August 18, 2016, the Company executed a letter of offer providing for a bank guarantee line and bank guarantee/standby sub-facility in an aggregate amount of approximately AUD59 million, or $42.6 million, based on exchange rates in effect as of September 30, 2021 (collectively, the “Bank Guarantee Facility”). The Bank Guarantee Facility allows GEO to provide letters of credit to assure performance of certain obligations of its wholly owned subsidiary relating to its correctional facility in Ravenhall, located near Melbourne, Australia. The Bank Guarantee Facility is unsecured. The issuance of letters of credit under the Bank Guarantee Facility is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in the letter of offer. Letters of credit issued under the bank guarantee lines are due on demand and letters of credit issued under the bank guarantee/standby sub-facility cannot have a duration exceeding twelve months. The Bank Guarantee Facility may be terminated by the lender on 90 days written notice. As of September 30, ~~2021, there was AUD59 million in letters of credit issued under the Bank Guarantee Facility.~~

~~As of September 30, 2021,~~2022, the Company had approximately ~~$764.0 million in aggregate borrowings outstanding under its term loan, approximately $787.1~~$50.0 million in borrowings under its revolver, and approximately ~~$89.4~~$99.0 million in letters of credit which left approximately ~~$23.6~~$125.0 million in additional borrowing capacity under the ~~Revolver.~~revolver. Subsequent to the transaction, but prior to September 30, 2022, the Tranche 3 Loans were repaid in full. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement as of September 30, ~~2021~~2022 was ~~2.70%~~9.85%.

5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024

The Company exchanged $100.6 million and $178.3 million principal amounts of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, respectively, for newly issued $286.5 million 10.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes maturing on June 30, 2028 ("New Registered Notes") and, if elected, cash upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus. Holders of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 could elect cash and new notes at 100% par or new notes only at 105% par. Holders of the 5.785% Senior Notes due 2024 could elect cash and new notes at 100% par or new notes only at 103% par. The transactions were accounted for as an extinguishment of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, with the New Registered Notes recorded at fair value on the issuance date. The Company used a third-party valuation firm to assist with the estimation of the fair value which was determined to be $270.4 million resulting in a $16.2 million discount at issuance. Refer to Note 4 - Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities for discussion on the valuation methodology and assumptions used to estimate the fair value. The discount is being amortized as non-cash interest expense over the term of the New Registered Notes using the effective interest method. As a result, the Company recorded a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $7.2 million related to the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 which represented the difference between the carrying values that were exchanged (including unamortized debt issuance costs) and the fair value of the New Registered Notes. After the transactions, there was approximately $125.7 million and $23.3 million remaining in outstanding principal on the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, respectively. Subsequent to the transaction, but prior to September 30, 2022, the remaining balance of the of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 was deposited on account with the Trustee and the Indenture was discharged. On October 6, 2022, the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 were redeemed in full.

6.00% Senior Notes due 2026

The Company exchanged $239.1 million principal amount of its 6.000% Senior Notes due 2026 for newly issued $239.1 million 9.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes maturing on December 31, 2028 ("New Private Notes"). The transaction was accounted for as an extinguishment of the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026, with the New Private Notes recorded at fair value on the issuance date. The Company used a third-party valuation firm to assist with the estimation of the fair value which was determined to be $215.7 million resulting in a $23.4 million discount at issuance. Refer to Note 4 - Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities for discussion on the valuation methodology and assumptions used to estimate the fair value. The discount is being amortized as non-cash interest expense over the

term of the Private Notes due 2028 using the effective interest method. As a result, the Company recorded a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $21.6 million related to the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 which represented the difference between the carrying value that was exchanged (including unamortized debt issuance costs) and the fair value of the New Private Notes. After the transaction there was approximately $110.9 million remaining in outstanding principal on the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026.

A description of the New Registered Notes and the New Private Notes is as follows:

Issuance of 10.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028

The Company issued $286.5 million aggregate principal amount of New Registered Notes pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022 (the “Registered Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”) and Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as trustee and second lien collateral trustee (in such capacities, the “Trustee” and “Second Lien Collateral Trustee,” as applicable).

The New Registered Notes will initially be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (collectively, the “Registered Notes Guarantees”) by each of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Registered Notes Indenture) that has guaranteed its obligations under the Exchange Credit Agreement and may be guaranteed by additional subsidiaries as described in the Registered Notes Indenture.

The New Registered Notes and the Registered Notes Guarantees are secured on a second-priority basis by the same collateral (the “Collateral”) that secures the obligations under the Exchange Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Registered Notes Indenture and the Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors, the Second Lien Collateral Trustee and the Trustee. The Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement sets forth therein the relative rights of the second-lien secured parties with respect to the Collateral and covering certain other matters relating to the administration of security interests. The Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement generally controls substantially all matters related to the interest of the second-lien secured parties in the Collateral, including with respect to directing the Second Lien Collateral Trustee, distribution of proceeds and enforcement.

The New Registered Notes are also subject to the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), dated August 19, 2022, among the Amended Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, the Exchange Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, each additional senior representative party thereto from time to time and the Second Lien Collateral Trustee and acknowledged by the Company and the Guarantors, and, in connection with the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, the Second Lien Collateral Trustee entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the New Registered Notes and the New Private Notes. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement restricts the actions permitted to be taken by the Second Lien Collateral Trustee with respect to the Collateral on behalf of the holders of the New Registered Notes and the New Private Notes, and the Second Lien Collateral Trustee, on behalf of itself and the holders of the New Registered Notes and the New Private Notes, agreed to limit certain other rights with respect to the Collateral during any insolvency proceeding.

The New Registered Notes bear interest at a rate of 10.500% per year, accruing from August 19, 2022. Interest on the New Registered Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on June 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning on December 31, 2022. The New Registered Notes will mature on June 30, 2028, subject to earlier repurchase or redemption in accordance with the terms of the Registered Notes Indenture.

The Company may redeem some or all of the New Registered Notes at any time upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a price equal to (a) 103% of the principal amount of the New Registered Notes redeemed, if redeemed prior to August 19, 2023, (b) 102% of the principal amount of the New Registered Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2023, but prior to August 19, 2024, (c) 101% of the principal amount of the New Registered Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2024, but prior to August 19, 2025 or (d) 100% of the principal amount of the New Registered Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2025, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium set forth in the Registered Notes Indenture. If the Company experiences certain change of control events, the Company must offer to repurchase the New Registered Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The Registered Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company’ ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to incur certain additional indebtedness and issue preferred stock, make certain dividend payments, distributions, investments and other restricted payments, sell certain assets, agree to any restrictions on the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to make payments to the Company, create certain liens, merge, consolidate or sell all or substantially all of their assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications as described in the Registered Notes Indenture.

Issuance of 9.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028

The Company issued $239.1 million aggregate principal amount of New Private Notes pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022 (the “Private Notes Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Trustee.

The New Private Notes will initially be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (collectively, the “Private Notes Guarantees”) by each of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Registered Notes Indenture) that has guaranteed its obligations under the Exchange Credit Agreement and may be guaranteed by additional subsidiaries as described in the Registered Notes Indenture.

The New Private Notes and Private Notes Guarantees are subject to the terms of the Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement and the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement described above on the same terms as the New Registered Notes.

The New Private Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.500% per year, accruing from August 19, 2022. Interest on the New Private Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on June 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning on December 31, 2022. The New Private Notes will mature on December 31, 2028, subject to earlier repurchase or redemption in accordance with the terms of the Private Notes Indenture.

The Company may redeem some or all of the New Private Notes at any time upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a price equal to (a) 103% of the principal amount of the New Private Notes redeemed, if redeemed prior to August 19, 2023, (b) 102% of the principal amount of the New Private Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2023, but prior to August 19, 2024, (c) 101% of the principal amount of the New Private Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2024, but prior to August 19, 2025 or (d) 100% of the principal amount of the New Private Notes redeemed, if redeemed on or after August 19, 2025, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium set forth in the Private Notes Indenture. If the Company experiences certain change of control events, the Company must offer to repurchase the New Private Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The Private Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to incur certain additional indebtedness and issue preferred stock, make certain dividend payments, distributions, investments and other restricted payments, sell certain assets, agree to any restrictions on the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to make payments to the Company, create certain liens, merge, consolidate or sell all or substantially all of their assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications as described in the Private Notes Indenture.

Debt Issuance Fees

As a result of the transactions discussed above, the Company incurred a total of approximately $52.8 million of debt issuance fees which were allocated to the new revolving credit commitments, new Tranche 1, 2 and 3 Loans, New Registered Notes and New Private Notes based on their fair values at date of issuance. The debt issuance fees are being amortized over the terms of the respective agreements using the effective interest method.

As a result of the repayment of the remaining principal balance of Term Loan B, the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and the newly issued Tranche 3 Loans as discussed further above, the Company wrote off an additional $2.3 million in deferred loan costs to loss on extinguishment of debt.

6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026

On February 24, 2021, the Company’s ~~wholly-owned~~wholly owned subsidiary, ~~GEOCH,~~GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. (“GEOCH”), completed a private offering of ~~$230~~$230 million aggregate principal amount of ~~6.50% exchangeable senior unsecured notes due 2026~~Convertible Notes which included the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ over-allotment option to purchase an additional ~~$30~~$30 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will mature on February 23, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or exchanged. The Convertible Notes bear interest at the rate of ~~6.50%~~6.50% per year plus an additional amount based on the dividends paid by the Company on its common stock, ~~$0.01~~$0.01 par value per share. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, ~~2021.~~2021.

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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 notes for each trading day of such measurement period was less than ~~98%~~98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the exchange rate for the 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 notes, holders may exchange their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon exchange of a note, GEO will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, conditions had not been met to exchange the notes.

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

The Company used the net proceeds from this offering, including the exercise in full of the initial purchasers' over-allotment option to fund the redemption of the then outstanding amount of approximately ~~$194.0~~$194.0 million of the Company’s ~~5.875% senior notes~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2022, to re-purchase additional senior notes and used remaining net proceeds to pay related transaction fees and expenses, and for general corporate purposes of the Company. As a result of the redemption, deferred loan costs in the amount of approximately ~~$0.7~~$0.7 million were written off to loss on extinguishment of debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The notes were offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside of the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Neither the notes nor any of the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon exchange of the notes, if any, have been, or will be, registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.

The Company elected to early adopt ~~ASU~~Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, on January 1, 2021. The new standard simplifies the accounting for convertible debt by removing the requirements to separately present certain conversion features in equity. In addition, the new standard also simplifies the guidance in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contract in Entity’s Own Equity, by removing certain criteria that must be satisfied to classify a contract as equity. Finally, the new standard ~~revises~~revised the guidance on calculating earnings per share. The Company determined under the guidance of the new standard that the embedded conversion option does not require bifurcation and all proceeds were allocated to the Convertible Notes as a single instrument and is included in Long-Term Debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The costs incurred in the issuance, including the initial purchasers discount, totaling approximately ~~$9.6~~$9.6 million, are classified as a cash outflow within the financing activities section in the consolidated statement of cash flows, and are also being amortized to expense over the term of the Convertible Notes. ~~The Company did 0t have any convertible instruments outstanding during 2020.~~

Because the Company currently intends to settle conversions by paying cash up to the principal amount of the Convertible Notes, with any excess conversion value settled in shares of common stock, the Convertible Notes are being accounted for using the net settlement method (or treasury stock-type method) for the purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share. Using this method, the denominator will be affected when the average share price of the Company's common stock for a given period is greater than the conversion price of approximately ~~$9.225~~$9.225 per share. There was no dilutive impact for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

~~6.00% Senior Notes due 2026~~

Interest on the 6.00% Senior Notes accrues at the stated rate. The Company pays interest semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year. On or after April 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or part of the 6.00% Senior Notes at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the 6.00% Senior Notes. The indenture contains certain covenants, including limitations and restrictions on the Company and its subsidiary guarantors.

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~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2024~~

Interest on the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 accrues at the stated rate. The Company pays interest semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year. On or after October 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or part of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024. The indenture contains certain covenants, including limitations and restrictions on the Company and its subsidiary guarantors.

~~5.125% Senior Notes due 2023~~

Interest on the 5.125% Senior Notes accrues at the stated rate. The Company pays interest semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year. On or after April 1, 2018, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or part of the 5.125% Senior Notes at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the 5.125% Senior Notes. The indenture contains certain covenants, including limitations and restrictions on the Company and its subsidiary guarantors.

~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2022~~

Interest on the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 accrued at the stated rate. The Company paid interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year. On or after January 15, 2017, the Company had a right, at its option, to redeem all or part of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022. The Company redeemed the outstanding amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 in March 2021.

Debt Repurchases

On August 16, 2019, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase and/or retire a portion of the ~~6.00%~~6.00% Senior Notes due 2026, the ~~5.875%~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, the ~~5.125%~~5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, the ~~5.875%~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively the "GEO Senior Notes") and the Company's term loan under its Amended Credit Agreement through cash purchases, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, up to an aggregate maximum of ~~$100.0~~$100.0 million, subject to certain limitations through December 31, 2020. During the first quarter of 2021, the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 were redeemed in connection with the offering of the Convertible Notes discussed above. On February 11, 2021, the Board authorized a new repurchase program for repurchases/retirements of the above referenced GEO Senior Notes and term loan, subject to certain limitations up to an aggregate maximum of $100.0 million through December 31, 2022.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company repurchased ~~$22.5~~$22.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its ~~5.125%~~5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of ~~90.68%~~90.68% for a total cost of ~~$20.4~~$20.4 million. Additionally, the Company repurchased ~~$17.2~~$17.2 million in aggregate principal amount of its ~~5.875%~~5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at a weighted average price of ~~79.51%~~79.51% for a total cost of ~~$13.7~~$13.7 million. As a result of these repurchases, the Company recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of ~~$4.7~~

$4.7 million, net of the write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.

~~During~~ There were no debt repurchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company repurchased $11.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of 75.66% for a total cost of $8.3 million. Additionally, the Company repurchased $2.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at a weighted average price of 76.75% for a total cost of $1.5 million. As a result of these repurchases, the Company recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.0 million, net of the write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.2022.

Non-Recourse Debt

~~Northwest ICE Processing Center~~

The remaining balance of the original debt service requirement under the $54.4 million note payable ("2011 Revenue Bonds") to WEDFA is $8.1 million, all of which is classified as current in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021. The payment of principal and interest on the 2011 Revenue Bonds issued by WEDFA was non-recourse to GEO. The 2011 Revenue Bonds matured in October 2021 and had a fixed coupon rate of 5.25%.

As of September 30, 2021, included in current restricted cash and cash equivalents is $8.6 million of funds held in trust for debt service and other reserves with respect to the above-mentioned note payable to WEDFA.

Australia - Ravenhall

In connection with a design and build project agreement with the State of Victoria, in September 2014, the Company entered into a syndicated facility agreement (the "Construction Facility") to provide debt financing for construction of the project. The Construction Facility provided for non-recourse funding up to ~~AUD791~~AUD791 million, or approximately ~~$570.5~~$511.2 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, ~~2021.~~2022. In accordance with the terms of the contract, upon completion and commercial acceptance of the project in late 2017, the State of Victoria made a lump sum payment of ~~AUD310~~AUD310 million, or approximately ~~$223.6~~$200.3 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, ~~2021.~~2022. The term of the Construction Facility was through September 2020 and bore interest at a variable rate quoted by certain Australian banks plus 200 basis points. On May 22, 2019, the Company completed an offering of ~~AUD461.6~~AUD461.6 million, or ~~$332.9~~$298.3 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, aggregate principal amount of non-recourse senior secured notes due 2042 (the "Non-Recourse Notes"). The amortizing Non-Recourse Notes were issued by Ravenhall Finance Co Pty

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Limited in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Non-Recourse Notes were issued with a coupon and yield to maturity of ~~4.23%~~4.23% with a maturity date of March 31, 2042. ~~The net proceeds from this offering were used to refinance~~On September 20, 2022, the ~~outstanding Construction Facility~~Company sold its equity investment interest in the Ravenhall project and, ~~to pay all related fees, costs and expenses associated with the transaction. As~~as a result, the Non-Recourse Notes were transferred to the buyer and is no longer an outstanding obligation of the ~~transaction, the Company incurred a $4.5 million loss on extinguishment of debt related~~Company. Refer to ~~swap termination fees~~Note 11 - Commitments, Contingencies and ~~unamortized deferred costs associated with the Construction Facility. Additionally, loan costs of approximately $7.5 million were incurred and capitalized in connection with the offering.~~Other Matters for further information.

Other

In August of 2019, the Company entered into two identical Notes in the aggregate amount of ~~$44.3~~$44.3 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%~~4.22%. Included in the balance at September 30, ~~2021~~2022 is ~~$0.7~~$0.6 million of deferred loan costs incurred in the transaction. Refer to Note 9 - Derivative Financial Instruments for further information.

Guarantees

Australia

The Company has entered into a guarantee in connection with the operating performance of a facility in Australia. The obligation amounted to approximately ~~AUD59~~AUD59 million, or ~~$42.6~~$38.1 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, ~~2021. The guarantee is secured by outstanding letters of credit under the Company's Revolver.~~2022.

As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the Company also had 7seven other letters of credit outstanding under separate international facilities relating to performance guarantees of its Australian subsidiary totaling ~~$9.6 million.~~$8.6 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, 2022.

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

~~[1] Effective October 15, 2021, the Company entered into a~~ ~~five-year~~ contract with ICE for its Aurora ICE Processing Center to provide immigration detention, transportation, security and medical services. In connection with the contract, ICE also has an option to exercise a contract with Cheyenne Mountain Recover Center for any excess capacity needs.

Equity in earnings of affiliates includes the Company’s ~~50%~~50% owned joint ventures in South African Custodial Services Pty. Limited (“SACS”), located in South Africa, and GEOAmey PECS Limited (“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 ~~$2.7~~$2.1 million in earnings, net of tax, for SACS operations during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, and ~~$2.8~~$2.7 million in earnings, net of tax, for SACS operations during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2020,~~2021, which are included in equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, the Company’s investment in SACS was ~~$10.7~~$9.2 million and ~~$11.1~~$10.3 million, respectively, and represents its share of cumulative reported earnings.

The Company has recorded ~~$2.9~~$1.7 million in earnings, net of tax, for GEOAmey's operations during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, and ~~$4.4~~$2.9 million in earnings, net of tax, for GEOAmey's operations during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2020,~~2021, which are included in equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision in the accompanying consolidated statements of

operations. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, the Company’s investment in GEOAmey was ~~$9.4~~$9.2 million and ~~$11.8~~$10.1 million, respectively, and represents its share of cumulative reported earnings.

~~[1]~~ The long-term portion of the pension liability as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was $31.8 million and $31.5 million, respectively, and is included in Other Non-Current Liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company also has a non-qualified deferred compensation agreement with its former CEO. The agreement ~~provided~~provides for a lump sum cash payment upon retirement, no sooner than age ~~55.~~55. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, the former CEO had reached age 55 and was eligible to receive the payment upon retirement.

On ~~February 26, 2020,~~May 27, 2021, the Company and its former CEO entered into ~~an amended and restated executive retirement agreement that amends the former CEO’s executive retirement agreement.~~

The amended and restated executive retirement agreement provided that upon the former CEO’s retirement from the Company, the Company would pay a lump sum amount initially equal to $8,925,065 (determined as of February 26, 2020) which was to be paid in the form of a fixed number of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Grandfathered Payment would be delayed for six months and a day following the effective date of the former CEO’s termination of employment in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

On the Effective Date, an amount equal to the Grandfathered Payment was invested in the Company’s common stock. The number of the Company’s shares of common stock as of the Effective Date was equal to the Grandfathered Payment divided by the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Effective Date (rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares), which equaled 553,665 shares of the Company’s common stock. Additional shares of the Company’s common stock were credited with a value equal to any dividends declared and paid on the Company’s shares of common stock, calculated by reference to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the payment date for such dividends (rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares).

The Company had established several trusts for the purpose of paying the retirement benefit pursuant to the amended and restated executive retirement agreement. The trusts were 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.

The Company repurchased shares of its outstanding common stock under its stock buyback program and contributed such shares to the trusts in order to fund the retirement benefit under the amended and restated executive retirement agreement. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 710 – Compensation-General, the shares of common stock held in the rabbi trusts were classified as treasury stock. In addition, the amended and restated executive retirement agreement qualified for equity accounting under ASC 710 and therefore, the fair value of the Grandfathered Payment had been reclassified to stockholders’ equity.

~~The Company and its former CEO entered into on May 27, 2021, and effective as of July 1, 2021,~~ an Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement which replaced the ~~February 26, 2020~~former CEO’s previous agreement, ~~discussed above.~~ effective July 1, 2021. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement, upon the date that the former CEO ceases to provide services to the Company, the Company will pay to the former CEO an amount equal to ~~$3,600,000~~$3,600,000 which shall be paid in cash. The payment shall be credited with interest at a rate of As5% compounded quarterly. Additionally, at the end of each calendar year provided that the former ~~CEO’s retirement payment~~CEO is still providing services to GEO pursuant to the Executive Chairman Agreement, GEO will ~~no longer~~credit an amount equal to $1,000,000 at the end of each calendar year (the “Employment Contributions Account”). The Employment Contributions Account will be ~~settled~~credited with ~~a fixed number~~interest at the rate of ~~shares of GEO’s common stock,~~ ~~$3,600,000 has been reclassed from equity to other non-current liabilities.~~5 ~~Refer to Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters for further information.~~

% compounded quarterly. The ~~long-term portion~~balance of the ~~pension liability as of~~Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement was approximately $5.8 million at September 30, ~~2021~~2022.

The Company has established several trusts for the purpose of paying the retirement benefit pursuant to the Amended and ~~December 31, 2020 was $34.6 million~~Restated Executive Retirement Agreement. The trusts are revocable “rabbi trusts” and ~~$33.2 million, respectively, and is included in Other Non-Current Liabilities~~the assets of the trusts are subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors in the ~~accompanying consolidated balance sheets.~~event of the Company’s insolvency.

In October 2021, an unfavorable jury verdict and combined $23.2 million judgments were entered against the Company in the retrial of two cases, State of Washington v. GEO Group and Nwauzor et. al. v. GEO Group (the “lawsuits”), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The original trial of the lawsuits resulted in a mistrial in June 2021 as that jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. GEO will address the need for a bond for the combined judgments and will request a stay of enforcement of the verdict and judgments while its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is pending.

GEO strongly disagrees with the verdict and judgments in the retrial of the lawsuits. GEO intends to raise several issues on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including the applicability of the state of Washington’s Minimum Wage Act to detainees who participate in the federally mandated Voluntary Work Program at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (the “Center”), and the affirmative defenses that GEO believes were wrongly dismissed in these cases. GEO looks forward to having those and other related issues heard on appeal based on GEO’s belief that the cases were wrongly decided. GEO intends to take all necessary steps to vigorously defend itself.

The lawsuits were filed by the State of Washington Attorney General and a private class of detainee plaintiffs. The plaintiffs claimed that Washington State minimum wage laws should be enforced with respect to detainees who volunteer to participate in a Voluntary Work Program administered by GEO at the Center as required by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the terms of

~~GEO’s contract. The Center houses persons in the custody of federal immigration authorities while their immigration status is being determined by the federal government.~~

In a similar lawsuit involving a Voluntary Work Program administered by CoreCivic at an ICE Processing Center in New Mexico, Ndambi et al. v. CoreCivic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of CoreCivic in March 2021. In a unanimous decision in that case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a U.S. District Court ruling which dismissed the case and found that detainees who volunteer to participate in the Voluntary Work Program in immigration processing centers are not employees and are not owed wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New Mexico’s minimum wage law.

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. The Company believes that it is more likely than not that it will prevail in an appeal from the judgments in these cases. As such, under ASC 450-20-25, the Company does not believe a loss is probable and the Company has not recorded an accrual relating to those two cases at this time. 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. The Company's accruals for loss contingencies are reviewed quarterly and adjusted as additional information becomes available. The Company does not accrue for anticipated legal fees and costs but expenses those items as incurred. Refer to Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters for further information.

On October 1, 2021, GEO formed a wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary, Florina Insurance Company, Inc. (“Florina”) to enhance its risk financing strategies. Florina is incorporated in the state of Vermont and is licensed and regulated by the state of Vermont, including with respect to its insurance programs, levels of liquidity and other requirements. GEO began procuring insurance policies to cover deductibles for workers’ compensation, general liability, automobile liability, medical professional liability, and directors & officers’ liability as well as procuring insurance policies for its directors’ and officers’ excess liability and excess casualty liability through Florina effective October 1, 2021.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “Forward-looking” statements are any statements that are not based on historical information. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report, including, without limitation, statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, the impact of COVID-19 on our business, the efficacy and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, legal proceedings, our corporate structure ~~or REIT status~~ and potential steps to address our future debt maturities are “forward-looking” statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate” or “continue” or the negative of such words or variations of such words and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements and we can give no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, or “cautionary statements,” include, but are not limited to:

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our ability to expand, diversify and grow our secure services, reentry, community-based services, monitoring services, evidence-based supervision and treatment programs and secure transportation services businesses;

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if we failed to remain qualified as a REIT for those years we elected REIT status, we would be subject to additional corporate income taxes and would not be able to deduct distributions to shareholders when computing our taxable income for those years;

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our ability to win management contracts for which we have submitted proposals, retain existing management contracts, prevail in any challenge or protest involving the award of a management contract and meet any performance standards required by such management contracts;

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~~our ability to raise new project development capital given the often short-term nature of the customers’ commitment to use newly developed facilities;~~

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~~our ability to develop long-term earnings visibility;~~

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~~our ability to successfully conduct our operations in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia through joint ventures or a consortium;~~

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our ability to win management contracts for which we have submitted proposals, retain existing management contracts, prevail in any challenge or protest involving the award of ~~Contents~~

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~~the impact of the anticipated LIBOR transition in 2021;~~

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~~the instability of foreign exchange rates, exposing us to currency risks in Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, or other countries in which we may choose to conduct our business;~~

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our ability to raise new project development capital given the often short-term nature of the customers’ commitment to use newly developed facilities;

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~~an increase in unreimbursed labor rates;~~

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our ability to develop long-term earnings visibility;

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~~our exposure to rising medical costs;~~

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our ability to successfully conduct our operations in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia through joint ventures or a consortium;

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~~our ability to manage costs and expenses relating to ongoing litigation arising from our operations;~~

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the impact of the LIBOR transition;

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our ability to successfully pursue an appeal to reverse the recent unfavorable verdict and judgments in the retrial of the lawsuits in the State of Washington, our company being required to record an accrual for the judgments in the future, and our ability to defend similar other pending litigation and the effect such other litigation may have on our company;

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the instability of foreign exchange rates, exposing us to currency risks in Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, or other countries in which we may choose to conduct our business;

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~~our ability to accurately estimate on an annual basis, loss reserves related to general liability, workers’ compensation and automobile liability claims;~~

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an increase in unreimbursed labor rates;

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if we fail to remain qualified as a REIT, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular corporation and could face a substantial tax liability, which would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our shareholders;

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our exposure to rising medical costs;

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~~qualifying as a REIT involves highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);~~

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our ability to manage costs and expenses relating to ongoing litigation arising from our operations;

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~~complying with the REIT requirements may cause us to liquidate or forgo otherwise attractive opportunities;~~

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~~dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends;~~

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our ability to prevail in our challenge to EHB 1090 legislation that is pending in the State of Washington;

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~~REIT distribution requirements could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan;~~

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our ability to accurately estimate on an annual basis, loss reserves related to general liability, workers’ compensation and automobile liability claims;

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~~our cash distributions are not guaranteed and may fluctuate;~~

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our ability to fulfill our debt service obligations and its impact on our liquidity;

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~~certain of our business activities may be subject to corporate level income tax and foreign taxes, which would reduce our cash flows, and may have potential deferred and contingent tax liabilities;~~

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our ability to deleverage and repay, refinance or otherwise address our debt maturities in an amount or on the timeline we expect, or at all;

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~~REIT ownership limitations may restrict or prevent you from engaging in certain transfers of our common stock;~~

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despite current indebtedness levels, we may still incur more indebtedness, which could further exacerbate the risks relating to our indebtedness;

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~~our use of taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) may cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT;~~

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the covenants in the indentures governing the Convertible Notes, the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026, the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 and the covenants in the indentures governing the 2028 Registered Notes, the 2028 Private Exchange Notes and the Exchange Credit Agreement impose significant operating and financial restrictions which may adversely affect our ability to operate our business;

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~~new legislation or administrative or judicial action, in each instance potentially with retroactive effect, could make it more difficult or impossible for us to maintain our qualification as a REIT;~~

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servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash and our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control and we may not be able to generate the cash required to service our indebtedness;

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~~our ability to fulfill our debt service obligations and its impact on our liquidity;~~

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because portions of our senior indebtedness have floating interest rates, a general increase in interest rates would adversely affect cash flows;

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~~our ability to deleverage and repay, refinance or otherwise address our debt maturities in an amount or on the timeline we expect, or at all;~~

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we depend on distributions from our subsidiaries to make payments on our indebtedness and these distributions may not be made;

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~~we are incurring significant indebtedness in connection with substantial ongoing capital expenditures. Capital expenditures for existing and future projects may materially strain our liquidity;~~

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we may not be able to satisfy our repurchase obligations in the event of a change of control because the terms of our indebtedness or lack of funds may prevent us from doing so;

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~~despite current indebtedness levels, we may still incur more indebtedness, which could further exacerbate the risks relating to our indebtedness;~~

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our ability to identify and successfully complete any potential sales of additional Company-owned assets and businesses in commercially advantageous terms on a timely basis, or at all;

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the covenants in the indentures governing the 6.50% Convertible Notes, the 6.00% Senior Notes, the 5.125% Senior Notes and the 5.875% Senior Notes and the covenants in our senior credit facility impose significant operating and financial restrictions which may adversely affect our ability to operate our business;

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from time to time, we may not have a management contract with a client to operate existing beds at a facility or new beds at a facility that we are expanding, and we cannot assure you that such a contract will be obtained. Failure to obtain a management contract for these beds will subject us to carrying costs with no corresponding management revenue;

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servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control and we may not be able to generate the cash required to service our indebtedness;

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negative conditions in the capital markets could prevent us from obtaining financing on desirable terms, which could materially harm our business;

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~~because portions of our senior indebtedness have floating interest rates, a general increase in interest rates would adversely affect cash flows;~~

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~~we depend on distributions from our subsidiaries to make payments on our indebtedness. These distributions may not be made;~~

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~~we may not be able to satisfy our repurchase obligations in the event of a change of control because the terms of our indebtedness or lack of funds may prevent us from doing so;~~

our facility management contracts, due to executive orders, terminations, non-renewals or competitive re-bids, which could adversely affect our results of operations and liquidity, including our ability to secure new facility management contracts from other government customers;

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~~our ability to identify and successfully complete any potential sales of additional Company-owned assets and businesses on commercially advantageous terms on a timely basis, or at all;~~

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our growth depends on our ability to secure contracts to develop and manage new secure facilities, processing centers and community-based facilities and to secure contracts to provide electronic monitoring services, community-based reentry services and monitoring and supervision services, the demand for which is outside our control;

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we may not be able to meet state requirements for capital investment or locate land for the development of new facilities, which could adversely affect our results of operations and future growth;

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~~negative conditions in the capital markets could prevent us from obtaining financing on desirable terms, which could materially harm our business;~~

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we partner with a limited number of governmental customers who account for a significant portion of our revenues. The loss of, or a significant decrease in revenues from, these customers could seriously harm our financial condition and results of operations;

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we are subject to the loss of our facility management contracts, due to executive orders, terminations, non-renewals or competitive re-bids, which could adversely affect our results of operations and liquidity, including our ability to secure new facility management contracts from other government customers;

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State budgetary constraints may have a material adverse impact on us;

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our growth depends on our ability to secure contracts to develop and manage new secure facilities, processing centers and community based facilities and to secure contracts to provide electronic monitoring services, community-based reentry services and monitoring and supervision services, the demand for which is outside our control;

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competition for contracts may adversely affect the profitability of our business;

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~~we may not be able to meet state requirements for capital investment or locate land for the development of new facilities, which could adversely affect our results of operations and future growth;~~

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we are dependent on government appropriations, which may not be made on a timely basis or at all and may be adversely impacted by budgetary constraints at the federal, state, local and foreign government levels;

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public and political resistance to the use of public-private partnerships for secure facilities, electronic monitoring and supervision as alternatives to detention, processing centers and community reentry centers could result in our inability to obtain new contracts or the loss of existing contracts, impact our ability to obtain or refinance debt financing or enter into commercial arrangements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our securities;

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~~State budgetary constraints may have a material adverse impact on us;~~

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adverse publicity may negatively impact our ability to retain existing contracts and obtain new contracts;

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~~competition for contracts may adversely affect the profitability of our business;~~

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we may incur significant start-up and operating costs on new contracts before receiving related revenues, which may impact our cash flows and may not be recouped;

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failure to comply with extensive government regulation and applicable contractual requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations;

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public resistance to the use of public-private partnerships for secure facilities, processing centers and community reentry centers could result in our inability to obtain new contracts or the loss of existing contracts, impact our ability to obtain or refinance debt financing or enter into commercial arrangements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our securities;

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we may face community opposition to facility locations, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain new contracts;

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~~adverse publicity may negatively impact our ability to retain existing contracts and obtain new contracts;~~

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our business operations expose us to various liabilities for which we may not have adequate insurance and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations;

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~~we may incur significant start-up and operating costs on new contracts before receiving related revenues, which may impact our cash flows and not be recouped;~~

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we may not be able to obtain or maintain the insurance levels required by our government contracts;

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~~failure to comply with extensive government regulation and applicable contractual requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations;~~

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our exposure to rising general insurance costs;

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~~we may face community opposition to facility locations, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain new contracts;~~

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natural disasters, pandemic outbreaks, global political events and other serious catastrophic events could disrupt operations and otherwise materially adversely affect our business and financial condition;

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our international operations expose us to risks that could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations;

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~~we may not be able to obtain or maintain the insurance levels required by our government contracts;~~

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we conduct certain of our operations through joint ventures or consortiums, which may lead to disagreements with our joint venture partners or business partners and adversely affect our interest in the joint ventures or consortiums;

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~~our exposure to rising general insurance costs;~~

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we are dependent upon our senior management and our ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel;

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our profitability may be materially adversely affected by inflation;

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~~our international operations expose us to risks that could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations;~~

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various risks associated with the ownership of real estate may increase costs, expose us to uninsured losses and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations;

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risks related to facility construction and development activities may increase our costs related to such activities;

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~~we are dependent upon our senior management and our ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel;~~

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the rising cost and increasing difficulty of obtaining adequate levels of surety credit on favorable terms could adversely affect our operating results;

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~~our profitability may be materially adversely affected by inflation;~~

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adverse developments in our relationship with our employees could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations;

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~~various risks associated with the ownership of real estate may increase costs, expose us to uninsured losses and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations;~~

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technological changes could cause our electronic monitoring products and technology to become obsolete or require the redesign of our electronic monitoring products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business;

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~~risks related to facility construction and development activities may increase our costs related to such activities;~~

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any negative changes in the level of ~~Contents~~acceptance of or resistance to the use of electronic monitoring products and services by governmental customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations;

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we depend on a limited number of third parties to manufacture and supply quality infrastructure components for our electronic monitoring products. If our suppliers cannot provide the components or services we require in a timely manner and/or with such quality as we expect, our ability to market and sell our electronic monitoring products and services could be harmed;

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the interruption, delay or failure of the provision of our services or information systems could adversely affect our business;

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an inability to acquire, protect or maintain our intellectual property and patents in the electronic monitoring space could harm our ability to compete or grow;

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our electronic monitoring products could infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, which may lead to litigation that could itself be costly, could result in the payment of substantial damages or royalties, and/or prevent us from using technology that is essential to our products;

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we license intellectual property rights in the electronic monitoring space, including patents, from third party owners. If such owners do not properly maintain or enforce the intellectual property underlying such licenses, our competitive position and business prospects could be harmed. Our licensors may also seek to terminate our license;

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we may be subject to costly product liability claims from the use of our electronic monitoring products, which could damage our reputation, impair the marketability of our products and services and force us to pay costs and damages that may not be covered by adequate insurance;

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our ability to identify suitable acquisitions, and to successfully complete and integrate such acquisitions on satisfactory terms, to enhance occupancy levels and the financial performance of assets acquired and estimate the synergies to be achieved as a result of such acquisitions or achieve such synergies;

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as a result of our acquisitions, we have recorded and will continue to record a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. In the future, our goodwill or other intangible assets may become impaired, which could result in material non-cash charges to our results of operations;

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we are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility;

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the market price of our common stock may vary substantially;

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future sales of shares of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and may be dilutive to current shareholders;

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various anti-takeover protections applicable to us may make an acquisition of us more difficult and reduce the market value of our common stock;

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failure to maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could have an adverse effect on our business and the trading price of our common stock;

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we may issue additional debt securities that could limit our operating flexibility and negatively affect the value of our common stock; and

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other factors contained in our filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, those detailed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

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~~the rising cost and increasing difficulty of obtaining adequate levels of surety credit on favorable terms could adversely affect our operating results;~~

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~~adverse developments in our relationship with our employees could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations;~~

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any negative changes in the level of acceptance of or resistance to the use of electronic monitoring products and services by governmental customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations;

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we depend on a limited number of third parties to manufacture and supply quality infrastructure components for our electronic monitoring products. If our suppliers cannot provide the components or services we require and with such quality as we expect, our ability to market and sell our electronic monitoring products and services could be harmed;

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~~the interruption, delay or failure of the provision of our services or information systems could adversely affect our business;~~

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~~an inability to acquire, protect or maintain our intellectual property and patents in the electronic monitoring space could harm our ability to compete or grow;~~

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~~we are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility;~~

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~~the market price of our common stock may vary substantially;~~

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~~future sales of shares of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and may be dilutive to current shareholders;~~

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~~various anti-takeover protections applicable to us may make an acquisition of us more difficult and reduce the market value of our common stock;~~

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~~failure to maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could have an adverse effect on our business and the trading price of our common stock;~~

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~~we may issue additional debt securities that could limit our operating flexibility and negatively affect the value of our common stock; and~~

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other factors contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including, but not limited to, those detailed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Introduction

The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors including, but not limited to, those described above under “Forward-Looking Information”, those described below under "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors" and under “Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on

Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020 and under “Part II – Item 1A Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,~~ 2021. ~~The~~This discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We ~~are a fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) specializing~~specialize in the ownership, leasing and management of secure facilities, processing centers and reentry facilities and the provision of community-based services ~~and youth services~~ in the United States, Australia and South ~~Africa and the United Kingdom.~~Africa. We own, lease and operate a broad range of secure facilities including maximum, medium and minimum-security facilities, processing centers, as well as community-based reentry facilities. We develop new facilities based on contract awards, using our project development expertise and experience to design, construct and finance what we believe are state-of-the-art facilities. We provide innovative technologies, industry-leading monitoring services, and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community based programs. We also provide secure transportation services domestically and in the United Kingdom through our joint venture ~~GEOAmey PECS Ltd. (“GEOAmey”).~~GEOAmey.

We operated as a REIT from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2020. As a REIT, we provided services and conducted other business activities through TRSs. A TRS is a subsidiary of a REIT that is subject to applicable corporate income tax rates and certain qualification requirements. Our use of TRSs permitted us to engage in certain business activities in which the REIT could not engage directly, so long as those activities were conducted in entities that elected to be treated as TRSs under the Code, and enabled GEO to, among other things, provide correctional services at facilities that we own and at facilities owned by our government partners. A TRS is not subject to the distribution requirements applicable to REITs so it may retain income generated by its operations for reinvestment.

On December 2, 2021, we announced that our Board unanimously approved a plan to terminate our REIT status and become a taxable C Corporation, effective for the year ended December 31, 2021. As a result, we are no longer required to operate under REIT rules, including the requirement to distribute at least 90% of REIT taxable income to our shareholders, which provides us with greater flexibility to use our free cash flow. Effective January 1, 2021, we were subject to federal and state income taxes on our taxable income at applicable tax rates and are no longer entitled to a tax deduction for dividends paid. We operated as a REIT for the 2020 tax year, and existing REIT requirements and limitations, including those established by our organizational documents, remained in place until December 31, 2020. In connection with terminating our REIT status, the Board also voted unanimously to discontinue our quarterly dividend.

At September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, our worldwide operations include the management and/or ownership of approximately ~~86,000~~82,000 beds at ~~107~~102 secure services and community based facilities, including idle facilities, and also include the provision of community supervision services for an average of more than ~~200,000~~500,000 individuals, including ~~over 100,000~~nearly 200,000 through an array of technology products including radio frequency, GPS, and alcohol monitoring devices.

We provide a diversified scope of services on behalf of our government agency partners:

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our secure facility management services involve the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, and food services at secure services facilities;

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our reentry services involve supervision of individuals in community-based programs and re-entry centers and the provision of temporary housing, programming, employment assistance and other services with the intention of the successful reintegration of residents into the community;

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we provide comprehensive electronic monitoring and supervision services;

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we develop new facilities, using our project development experience to design, construct and finance what we believe are state-of-the-art facilities;

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we provide secure transportation services; and

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our services are provided at facilities which we either own, lease or are owned by the government.

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~~our secure facility management services involve the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, and food services at secure services facilities;~~

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our community based services involve supervision of individuals in community-based programs and re-entry centers and the provision of temporary housing, programming, employment assistance and other services with the intention of the successful reintegration of residents into the community;

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~~we provide comprehensive electronic monitoring and supervision services;~~

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~~we develop new facilities, using our project development experience to design, construct and finance what we believe are state-of-the-art facilities;~~

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~~we provide secure transportation services; and~~

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~~our services are provided at facilities which we either own, lease or are owned by the government.~~

For the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, we had consolidated revenues of ~~$1,699.1~~$1,756.0 million and ~~$1,772.0~~$1,699.1 million, respectively. We maintained an average company-wide facility occupancy rate of 86.0% including 68,920 active beds and excluding 13,061 idle beds which includes those being marketed to potential customers for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 86.5% including 78,366 active beds and excluding 7,968 idle beds which includes those being marketed to potential customers for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 87.4% including 89,086 active beds and excluding 3,889 idle beds which includes those being marketed to potential customers and beds under development for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021. Overall occupancy levels have been lower than prior periods due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the impacts of the Executive Order (as defined below).

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As a REIT, we are required to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and by excluding net capital gain) and we began paying regular quarterly REIT dividends in 2013. The amount, timing and frequency of future dividends, however, will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors (the "Board”) and will be declared based upon various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including, our financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, limitations on our ability to fund distributions using cash generated through our taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs") and other factors that our Board may deem relevant. On April 7, 2021, GEO’s Board immediately suspended GEO’s quarterly dividend payments.

~~During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020, respectively, we declared and paid the following regular cash distributions to our shareholders as follows:~~

On April 7, 2021, we announced that our Board had immediately suspended GEO’s quarterly dividend payments with the goal of maximizing the use of cash flows to repay debt, deleverage and internally fund growth. While we currently intend to maintain our corporate tax structure as a REIT, the Board is evaluating GEO’s corporate tax structure. The Board’s evaluation of the current corporate tax structure and GEO’s REIT status is expected to take into consideration, among other factors, potential changes to GEO’s financial operating performance, as well as potential changes to the Code applicable to U.S. corporations and REITs. As a result of this evaluation, we have engaged financial advisors and legal advisors to assist in evaluating various corporate structure alternatives. The Board expects to conclude its evaluation in the fourth quarter of 2021, and should the Board determine to maintain GEO’s REIT status, an additional dividend payment may be required before year-end in order to meet the minimum REIT distribution requirements under the Code.

Reference is made to Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February ~~16, 2021,~~28, 2022, for further discussion and analysis of information pertaining to our financial condition and results of operations as of and for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

~~2021~~Business Segments

We conduct our business through four reportable business segments: our U.S. Secure Services segment; our Electronic Monitoring and ~~Recent Developments~~

~~CEO Succession Plan~~

~~On June 1, 2021,~~Supervision Services segment; our Reentry Services segment and our International Services segment. We have identified these four reportable segments to reflect our current view that we ~~announced~~operate four distinct business lines, each of which constitutes a material part of our overall business. We have determined that our ~~Board had determined that~~previously reportable business segment, Facility Construction and Design, no longer qualifies as a reportable segment as it is in the best interests of GEO to implement a succession plan for the Chief Executive Officer position given that GEO’s Founder, Chairman and prior Chief Executive Officer, George C. Zoley, is 71 years oldno longer meets certain quantitative thresholds and has ~~served~~been aggregated with GEO for approximately forty years. The primary objectives of the Board in initiating a succession plan were to secure Mr. Zoley’s services on a long-term basis to ensure a proper senior management transition, and to retainour International Services reportable business segment. In addition, we appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, ~~that would succeed Mr. Zoley~~the chief operating decision maker, during fiscal 2021. Based on changes to the way our chief operating decision maker views the business and financial results used to allocate resources to our electronic monitoring and supervision services operations, along with the growth of the business, we report the electronic monitoring and supervision services operation as a separate reportable segment. This segment is presented as Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services. Previously, the electronic monitoring and supervision services operations were included in ~~that role. This change will allow Mr. Zoley~~our GEO Care reportable segment. In addition, the ~~ability~~GEO Care reportable segment was renamed Reentry Services and includes services provided to ~~focus on planning of GEO’s future.~~

~~On May 27, 2021,~~adults for residential and non-residential treatment, educational and community-based programs, pre-release and half-way house programs. We have retroactively restated our segment presentation for the ~~Board terminated without cause Mr. Zoley’s existing employment agreement, effective as of June~~three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 to reflect these changes.

Our U.S. Secure Services segment primarily encompasses our U.S.-based public-private partnership secure services business. Our Electronic Monitoring and ~~entered~~Supervision Services segment, which conducts its services in the U.S., consists of our electronic monitoring and supervision services. Our Reentry Services segment consists of various community-based and reentry services. Our International Services segment primarily consists of our public-private partnership secure services operations in Australia and South Africa.

Recent Developments

Exchange Offering

On August 19, 2022, we completed an exchange offer to exchange certain of our outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under our senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a new five-year employment agreement with Mr. Zoley as Executive Chairman, in a modified role and at reduced compensation effective July 1, 2021. The new employment agreement with Mr. Zoley will secure Mr. Zoley’s continuous employment, enabling GEO to continue to benefit from Mr. Zoley’s extensive knowledge and experience, and providing for an orderly transition of senior management.

In order to transition the role of Chief Executive Officer to a successor in an orderly manner, our Board determined it was in the best interests of GEO to create a new officer position for the role of Executive Chairman and appoint Mr. Zoley as Executive Chairman, effective as of July 1, 2021. As a result, the Company and Mr. Zoley entered into on May 27, 2021 an Executive Chairman Employment Agreement effective as of July 1, 2021 (the “Executive Chairman Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Executive Chairman Agreement, Mr. Zoley will serve as Executive Chairman assisting the new Chief Executive Officer in his transition, among other duties and responsibilities, and report directly to the Board of Directors for a term of five years ending on June 30, 2026 and subject to automatic renewals for one-year periods unless either the Company or Mr. Zoley gives written notice at least one (1) year prior to the expiration of the term. Under the terms of the Executive Chairman Agreement, Mr. Zoley will be paid an annual base salary of $1.0 million and will be eligible to receive target annual performance awards equal to 100% of base salary in accordance with the terms

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of any plan governing senior management performance awards. Mr. Zoley will also be entitled to receive an annual equity incentive award with a grant date fair value equal to 100% of base salary and subject to a time-based vesting schedule of one (1) year from the date of grant. Additionally, the Company will credit Mr. Zoley’s account balance under the Amended and Restated Executive Retirement Agreement on an annual basis in an amount equal to 100% of his base salary. Lastly, Mr. Zoley is entitled to participate in all benefits and perquisites available to executive officers of GEO.

Also, on May 27, 2021, our Board determined that it was in the best interests of GEO to appoint Jose Gordo as the successor Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of July 1, 2021, in light of Mr. Gordo’s business experience and background, his long history of working with GEO, his intimate understanding of the Company’s business and his service on the Board of Directors. Jose Gordo, 48, has over 20 years of experience in business management, private equity, corporate finance and business law. Since June 2017, Mr. Gordo has served as the Managing Partner of a general partnership that invests in and actively oversees small and medium-sized privately held companies, with a focus on the healthcare, consumer products and technology industries. From 2013 to early 2017, Mr. Gordo served as the Chief Financial Officer of magicJack Vocaltec Ltd., a publicly traded company in the telecommunications industry. Prior to that position, Mr. Gordo served as a Managing Director at The Comvest Group, a Florida-based private equity firm. Mr. Gordo was also previously a partner at the national law firm of Akerman LLP, where he specialized in corporate law matters, advising public and private companies and private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He received a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. degree from the University of Miami.

In connection with his appointment, Mr. Gordo and the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) on May 27, 2021 to provide that Mr. Gordo will be employed by the Company for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2021. Unless the Employment Agreement is sooner terminated, or not renewed, it will automatically extend upon the end of its initial term for a rolling three-year term. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Gordo will serve as Chief Executive Officer and report directly to the Executive Chairman. Either Mr. Gordo or the Company may terminate Mr. Gordo’s employment under the Employment Agreement for any reason upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice.

Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Gordo will be paid an annual base salary of $900,000, subject to the review and potential increase within the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Gordo will also be entitled to receive a target annual performance award of 85% of Mr. Gordo’s base salary and will also be entitled to participate in the Company’s stock incentive plan and upon the effective date, the Company will grant Mr. Gordo an award of 50,000 performance-shares that will vest ratably over a three-year period.

facility. Refer to Note ~~11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters~~10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further ~~information.~~discussion.

Ravenhall

Effective September 20, 2022, we sold our equity investment interest in the government-owned Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Australia for approximately $84 million in gross proceeds, pre-tax to an unrelated third party. We continue to manage the operations of the facility on behalf of the State of Victoria. As a result of the sale, we recorded a net gain of approximately $29.3 million. The proceeds, along with available cash on hand, were used to repay all of the remaining outstanding principal of our Term Loan B and our newly issued Tranche 3 Loans. Refer to Note 11 - Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters and Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.

Executive Order

On January 26, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order directing the United States Attorney General not to renew ~~U.S.~~ Department of Justice (“DOJ”) contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities, as consistent with applicable ~~law (the “Executive Order”).~~law. Two agencies of the DOJ, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) and the U.S. Marshals Service (“USMS”), utilize ~~our~~GEO’s support services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted of federal crimes, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial or sentencing in U.S. federal courts. ~~Our~~As of September 30, 2022, GEO has three company-owned/company-leased facilities under direct contracts with the BOP for our company-owned 1,940-bed Great Plains Correctional Facility, our company-owned 1,732-bed Big Spring Correctional Facility, our company-owned 1,800-bed Flightline Correctional Facility, and our company-owned 1,800-bed North Lake Correctional FacilityUSMS, which have ~~renewal~~current contract option periods that expire ~~on May 31, 2021, November 30, 2021, November 30, 2021,~~between February 28, 2023 and September 30, ~~2022, respectively. Additionally, the contracts with the BOP~~2023. These facilities combined represented approximately 6% of our revenues for the county owned and managed 1,800-bed Reeves County Detention Center I & II and the 1,376-bed Reeves County Detention Center III have renewal option periods that expire September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, respectively. We have a management agreement with Reeves County, Texas for the management oversight of these two county-owned facilities. The Great Plains, Big Spring, Flightline, North Lake Correctional Facilities, Reeves County Detention Center I & II and Reeves County Detention Center III generated approximately $145 million in revenues during the year ended December 31, 2020. The BOP has experienced a decline in federal prison populations over the last several years, a trend that has more recently been accelerated by the COVID-19 global pandemic. As a result of the Executive Order and the decline in federal prison populations, our above-described contracts with the BOP may not be renewed over the coming years. On March 5, 2021, we were notified by the BOP that it had decided to not exercise its contract renewal option for the company-owned, 1,940-bed Great Plains Correctional Facility in Oklahoma, when the contract base period expired on May 31, 2021. On March 25, 2021, we were notified that the BOP had decided to terminate its contract with the county-owned and managed Reeves County Detention Center I & II effective May 10, 2021. On August 18, 2021, we were notified by the BOP of the non-renewal of the contract options for our Big Spring and Flightline Facilities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, our secure services contracts with the BOP accounted for approximately 9% of our total revenues.

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Unlike the BOP, the USMS does not own and operate its detention facilities. The USMS contracts for the use of facilities, which are generally located in areas near federal courthouses, primarily through intergovernmental service agreements, and to a lesser extent, direct contracts. We are cooperating with the USMS in assessing various alternatives on how to comply with the Executive Order. During the first quarter of 2021, we were notified by the USMS that it would not renew its contract for the company-owned Queens Detention Facility in New York, when the contract base period ended on March 31, 2021. We currently operate four additional detention facilities that are under direct contracts and eight detention facilities that are under intergovernmental agreements with the USMS. The four direct contracts are up for renewal at various times over the next few years, including two in late 2021. Effective October 1, 2021, we entered into a six-month contract extension with the USMS for the 770-bed Western Region Detention Facility in California. The contract with the USMS was operating under a two-year option period which was scheduled to end on September 30, 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the direct contracts and intergovernmental agreements with the USMS accounted for approximately 16% of our total revenues.

The Executive Order only applies to agencies that are part of the DOJ, which includes the BOP and USMS. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) facilities are not covered by the Executive Order as ICE is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, not the DOJ. However, it is possible that the federal government could choose to take similar action on ICE facilities in the future. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, contracts for ICE Processing Centers, not including the alternatives to detention contract under ISAP accounted for approximately 25% of our total revenues.

President Biden’s administration may implement additional executive orders or directives relating to federal criminal justice policies ~~and~~and/or immigration policies, which may impact the federal government’s use of public-private partnerships with respect to secure correctional and detention ~~needs,~~facilities and immigration processing centers, including with respect to our contracts, and/or may impact the budget and spending priorities of federal agencies, including the BOP, USMS, and ~~ICE.~~U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), which is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

COVID-19

~~COVID-19~~

We have been and are currently closely monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on all aspects of our business and geographies, including how it will impact those entrusted in our care and governmental partners. We did incur disruptions during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 from the COVID-19 pandemic and are unable to predict the overall future impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows due to numerous uncertainties. Refer to further discussion regarding the economic impacts of COVID-19 to our operations in the Outlook section below.

~~Asset Divestiture~~Contract Developments

~~On July 1, 2021, we completed a divestiture of~~As previously disclosed, our youth division, which was organized as a separate independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization (“Abraxas”). The divestiture included the sale of certain non-real estate assets in the Company’s youth division for total consideration of $10 million which was in the form of an unsecured term note receivable (“Term Note”). The Term Note matures July 1, 2026 and bears annual interest at 5%. Principal payments of $250,000 are due annually each year starting July 1, 2022. After June 30, 2023, an additional payment will be due equal to 50% of the excess cash flow (as defined in the Term Note) in excess of $1,000,000. The remaining balance is due on the maturity date. Additionally, we have provided a $4 million working capital line of credit (“Grid Note”) which matures on December 31, 2022 and bears daily interest at prime minus 1%. Each loan under the Grid Note is payable upon the earlier of (i) on demand, (ii) thirty days from the funding date, or (iii) the maturity date. The sale resulted in the assignment of our youth services management contracts to Abraxas. We retained the ownership of the youth services real estate assets and have entered into lease agreements with Abraxas for the six company-owned youth facilities. As a result of the transaction, we recorded a loss on asset divestiture of approximately $5 million. On October 15, 2021, we signed a letter agreement with Abraxas and another unrelated not-for-profit entity for the settlement of the Term Note and termination of the Grid Note. In accordancecontract with the letter agreement, Abraxas will become affiliated with the other unrelated not-for-profit entity and will pay GEO $8 million in full settlement of the Term Note, upon such affiliation, but no later than December 31, 2021.

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On November 1, 2021, we transitioned the operation of our company-owned 600-bed Guadalupe County Correctional Facility to the New Mexico Corrections Department and began a new lease agreement with the State of New Mexico, with a two-year base period and successive two-year renewals through October 2041.

~~In August 2021 and October 2021, we entered into 5-year contract renewals~~BOP for our company-owned ~~Broward Transitional Center and our company-owned Aurora ICE Processing Center, respectively.~~

Effective October 1, 2021, we entered into a six-month contract extension with the USMS for the 770-bed Western Region Detention Facility in California. The contract with the USMS was operating under a two-year option period which was scheduled to end on September 30, 2021.

On September 30, 2021 we announced that we have entered into a new five-year contract with Clearfield County, Pennsylvania to utilize our company-owned 1876-bed Moshannon Valley Facility in Decatur Township, Pennsylvania. Clearfield County is responsible for detainees under a five-year contract with ICE and expects to use the Moshannon Valley Facility to address its capacity needs.

~~In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, we received notice that the County intends to take over management of the managed-only George W. Hill Correctional Facility effective April 2022.~~

On August 18, 2021, we were notified by the BOP that it has decided to not exercise the contract renewal option for our company-owned, 1,732-bed Big Springs and the company-owned 1,800-bed Flightline Correctional Facilities in Texas, when the contract base periods expire on November 30, 2022. The contracts for these facilities generated approximately $68 million in combined annualized revenues.

~~On March 5, 2021, we were notified by the BOP that it has decided to not exercise the contract renewal option for the company-owned, 1,940-bed Great Plains~~North Lake Correctional Facility in ~~Oklahoma, when~~Michigan expired at the ~~contract base period expired on May 31, 2021. The contract for~~end of September 2022. As of the ~~facility generated approximately $35 million in annualized revenues.~~

~~On March 15, 2021,~~end of the third quarter, we announced that the USMS has decided to not exercise the contract renewal option for our company-owned, 222-bed Queens Detention Facility in New York, when the contract base period ended on March 31, 2021. The contract for the facility generated approximately $19 million in annualized revenues.

~~On March 25, 2021, we were notified by~~no longer have any contracts with the BOP ~~that it has decided to terminate the contract~~ for the county-owned and managed, 1,800-bed Reeves County Detention Center I & II in Texas effective May 10, 2021, which was earlier than the contract base period was scheduled to expire on September 30, 2022. The contract for the facility generated approximately $4 million in annualized revenues.

We were also not awarded the managed-only contracts for the Bay, Graceville and Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facilities in Florida during the recent re-bid solicitation process by the State of Florida.We subsequently filed a protest challenging the award of the contracts, and as a result of the protest, we were able to retain the management contract for the Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility. Our contracts for the Bay and Graceville Correctional and Rehabilitation Facilities have been transitioned to a different operator. The contracts for these two facilities generated approximately $15 million and $25 million in annualized revenues respectively.secure correctional facilities.

Idle Facilities

We are currently marketing ~~approximately 7,400~~13,061 vacant beds at ~~seven~~eleven of our idle facilities to potential customers. The carrying values of these idle facilities totaled ~~$210.9~~$352.8 million as of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, excluding equipment and other assets that can be easily transferred for use at other facilities. Refer to Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies and ~~other matters~~Other Matters included in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.

Critical Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As such, we are required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. We routinely evaluate our estimates based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. During the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, we did not experience any significant changes in estimates or judgments inherent in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. A summary of our significant accounting policies is contained in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the notes to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Comparison of Third Quarter ~~2021~~2022 and Third Quarter ~~2020~~2021

Revenues


	2021		% of Revenue			2020		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change			2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)																(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	369,609		66.3	%	$	392,384		67.8	%	$	(22,775	)		(5.8	)%	$	368,493		59.8	%	$	369,609		66.3	%	$	(1,116	)		(0.3	)%
GEO Care		135,315		24.3	%		134,940		23.3	%		375			0.3	%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services																		137,039		22.2	%		74,575		13.4	%		62,464			83.8	%
Reentry Services																		65,406		10.6	%		60,740		10.9	%		4,666			7.7	%
International Services		52,350		9.4	%		48,489		8.4	%		3,861			8.0	%		45,745		7.4	%		52,353		9.4	%		(6,608	)		(12.6	)%
Facility Construction & Design		3		0.0	%		3,323		0.6	%		(3,320	)		(99.9	)%
Total	$	557,277		100.0	%	$	579,136		100.0	%	$	(21,859	)		(3.8	)%	$	616,683		100.0	%	$	557,277		100.0	%	$	59,406			10.7	%

U.S. Secure Services

Revenues decreased slightly by ~~$22.8~~$1.1 million in Third Quarter ~~2021~~2022 compared to Third Quarter ~~2020~~2021 primarily due to aggregate decreases of ~~$63.4~~$33.7 million due to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned Big Springs and Flightline Correctional Facilities, our managed-only Bay and Graceville Correctional Rehabilitation Facilities, as well as our managed-only George W. Hill Correctional Facility. These decreases were partially offset by aggregate net increases of $14.0 million resulting from the contract activation and ramp up at our company-owned Moshannon Valley Processing Center, our company-owned Eagle Pass Detention Center and new transportation contracts. In addition, we experienced aggregate net increases in rates and/or per diem amounts in connection with contract modifications, transportation services and increased occupancies of $18.6 million.

The number of compensated mandays in U.S. Secure Services facilities was approximately 4.6 million in Third Quarter 2022 and 4.8 million in Third Quarter 2021. We experienced an aggregate net decrease of approximately 200,000 mandays as a result of contract terminations, partially offset by contract activations and increases in occupancies discussed above. We look at the average occupancy in our facilities to determine how we are managing our available beds. The average occupancy is calculated by taking compensated mandays as a percentage of capacity. The average occupancy in our U.S. Secure Services facilities was 90.5% and 88.4% of capacity in the Third Quarter 2022 and Third Quarter 2021, respectively, excluding idle facilities.

Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

Revenues increased by $62.5 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 due to increases in average participant counts under the Intensive Supervision and Appearance Program ("ISAP").

Reentry Services

Revenues increased by $4.7 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to increases of $4.0 million due to new/reactivated contracts, day reporting centers and programs including the activation of our company-owned Tampa Residential Reentry Center in Tampa, Florida in September 2021. We also experienced a net aggregate increase of $0.7 million related to increased census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to increased programming needs and referrals.

International Services

Revenues for International Services decreased by $6.6 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $3.9 million. We also experienced a net decrease of $2.7 million primarily driven by the transition of our management contract for the Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in the United Kingdom to the government effective September 30, 2021.

Operating Expenses


	2022		% of Segment Revenues			2021		% of Segment Revenues			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	281,694		76.4	%	$	277,156		75.0	%	$	4,538			1.6	%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		61,351		44.8	%		32,043		43.0	%		29,308			91.5	%
Reentry Services		51,121		78.2	%		43,021		70.8	%		8,100			18.8	%
International Services		42,044		91.9	%		47,680		91.1	%		(5,636	)		(11.8	)%
Total	$	436,210		70.7	%	$	399,900		71.8	%	$	36,310			9.1	%

U.S. Secure Services

Operating expenses for U.S. Secure Services increased by $4.5 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to aggregate net increases of $11.4 million resulting from the contract activation and ramp up at our company-owned Moshannon Valley Processing Center and Eagle Pass Detention Center. In addition, we experienced aggregate net increases in connection with transportation services, increased occupancies and the variable costs associated with those services of $18.8 million. Partially offsetting these increases were $25.7 million related to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned Big Springs, Flightline and Great Plains Correctional Facilities, our Queens Detention Facility, our managed-only Bay and Graceville Correctional Rehabilitation Facilities, as well as our managed-only George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

Operating expenses increased by $29.3 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to increases in variable costs related to increases in average participant counts under ISAP.

Reentry Services

Operating expenses for Reentry Services increased by $8.1 million during Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to increases of $2.9 million due to new/reactivated contracts, day reporting centers and programs including the activation of our company-owned Tampa Residential Reentry Center in Tampa, Florida in September 2021. We also experienced an aggregate net increase of $5.9 million related to increased census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to increased programming needs and referrals and the associated variable costs. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease of $0.7 million due to contract terminations. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue increased due to the closure of certain underperforming facilities.

International Services

Operating expenses for International Services decreased by $5.6 million in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $3.6 million. We also experienced a net decrease of $2.0 million primarily driven by the transition of our management contract for the Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in the United Kingdom to the government effective September 30, 2021.

Depreciation and Amortization


	2022		% of Segment Revenue			2021		% of Segment Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	19,337		5.2	%	$	20,399		5.5	%	$	(1,062	)		(5.2	)%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		8,015		5.8	%		7,479		10.0	%		536			7.2	%
Reentry Services		4,469		6.8	%		4,455		7.3	%		14			0.3	%
International Services		509		1.1	%		550		1.1	%		(41	)		(7.5	)%
Total	$	32,330		5.2	%	$	32,883		5.9	%	$	(553	)		(1.7	)%

U.S. Secure Services

U.S. Secure Services depreciation and amortization expense decreased in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to certain assets becoming fully depreciated and or amortized as well as certain asset dispositions at our company-owned facilities.

Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

Depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to certain equipment additions.

Reentry Services

Reentry Services depreciation and amortization expense was relatively consistent in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021.

International Services

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased slightly in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

Other Unallocated Operating Expenses


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
General and Administrative Expenses	$	50,022		8.1	%	$	50,475		9.1	%	$	(453	)		(0.9	)%

Non-Operating Expenses

Interest Income and Interest Expense


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest Income	$	5,111		0.8	%	$	5,990		1.1	%	$	(879	)		(14.7	)%
Interest Expense	$	46,537		7.5	%	$	32,525		5.8	%	$	14,012			43.1	%

Interest income decreased in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

On August 19, 2022, we completed an exchange offer to exchange certain of our outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under our senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a new Exchange Credit Agreement. Interest expense increased in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to higher interest rates on the new debt instruments as well as the net amortization of deferred issuance costs and discounts/premiums related to the transaction. Additionally, SOFR/LIBOR rates have increased in Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021. Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change		% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	$	37,487		6.1	%	$	—		(—	)%	$	37,487		100.0	%

During Third Quarter 2022, the Company completed an exchange offer to exchange certain of its outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.000% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under its senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a new credit facility. As a result of the transactions, we recorded a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $37.5 million. Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Gain (Loss) on Asset Divestitures


	2022		% of Revenue			2021			% of Revenue			$ Change		% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Gain (Loss) on Asset Divestitures	$	29,279		4.7	%	$	(6,088	)		(1.1	)%	$	35,367		(580.9	)%

During Third Quarter 2022, we sold our equity investment interest in the government-owned Ravenhall Correctional Centre project in Australia for approximately $84 million in gross proceeds, pre-tax to an unrelated third party. As a result of the transaction, we recorded a gain of approximately $29.3 million. Refer to Note 11 - Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

During Third Quarter 2021, we completed a divestiture of our youth division. As a result of the transaction, we recorded a loss of approximately $5.0 million. Also in Third Quarter 2021, we recorded a loss of approximately $1.1 million related to the disposition of certain assets at our company-owned Queens Detention Center, located in New York and our company-owned DuPage Interventions center, located in Illinois.

Income Tax Provision


	2022		Effective Rate			2021		Effective Rate			$ Change		% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Provision for Income Taxes	$	11,246		23.2	%	$	8,395		20.3	%	$	2,851		34.0	%

The provision for income taxes and our effective tax rate during Third Quarter 2022 increased compared to Third Quarter 2021 principally due to the Company electing to terminate its REIT status at the end of 2021 and becoming a taxable C corporation. In Third Quarter 2022, there was a $4.3 million net discrete tax benefit as compared to a $1.7 million net discrete tax expense in Third Quarter 2021. We estimate our 2022 annual effective tax rate to be in the range of approximately 27% to 29%, exclusive of any discrete items.

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, net of Income Tax Provision


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates	$	1,071		0.2	%	$	1,640		0.3	%	$	(569	)		(34.7	)%

Equity in earnings of affiliates, presented net of income tax provision, represents the earnings of SACS and GEOAmey in the aggregate. Equity in earnings of affiliates decreased during Third Quarter 2022 compared to Third Quarter 2021 primarily due to less favorable performance by GEOAmey.

Comparison of Nine Months 2022 and Nine Months 2021

Revenues


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	1,073,140		61.1	%	$	1,125,014		66.2	%	$	(51,874	)		(4.6	)%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		346,444		19.7	%		199,788		11.8	%		146,656			73.4	%
Reentry Services		192,557		11.0	%		212,914		12.5	%		(20,357	)		(9.6	)%
International Services		143,904		8.2	%		161,357		9.5	%		(17,453	)		(10.8	)%
Total	$	1,756,045		100	%	$	1,699,073		100.0	%	$	56,972			3.4	%

U.S. Secure Services

Revenues decreased by $51.9 million in Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021 primarily due to aggregate decreases of $131.6 million due to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned D. Ray James, Rivers, ~~Moshannon Valley~~Big Springs, Flightline, Reeves County Detention I & II and Great Plains Correctional Facilities, our Queens Detention Facility, ~~McFarland Female Community Reentry Facility and~~ our managed-only Bay and Graceville Correctional Rehabilitation ~~Facilities.~~Facilities, as well as our managed-only George W. Hill Correctional Facility. Also included in this decrease is the transition of the operation of our company-owned Guadalupe County Correctional Facility to the New Mexico Corrections Department in November 2021. These decreases were partially offset by aggregate net increases of ~~$21.8~~$32.4 million resulting from the ~~activations in late 2020~~contract activation and ~~early 2021 of~~ramp up at our company-owned ~~Golden State,~~Moshannon Valley Processing Center, Desert View ~~and Central Valley Annexes~~Annex as well as our company-owned Eagle Pass Detention Center. In addition, we experienced aggregate net increases in ~~populations,~~rates and/or per diem amounts in connection with contract modifications, transportation services ~~and/or rates of $18.8 million primarily due to~~and increased occupancies ~~at our USMS and ICE facilities mainly due to the large increase in the number~~ of ~~crossings at the Southern border during 2021.~~$47.3 million.

The number of compensated mandays in U.S. Secure Services facilities was approximately ~~4.8~~13.6 million in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 and ~~5.5~~14.3 million in ~~Third Quarter 2020.~~Nine Months 2021. We experienced an aggregate net decrease of approximately 700,000 mandays as a result of contract terminations, partially offset by contract activations and increases in occupancies discussed above. We look at the average occupancy in our facilities to determine how we are managing our available beds. The average occupancy is calculated by taking compensated mandays as a percentage of capacity. The average occupancy in our U.S. Secure Services facilities was ~~88.4%~~89.9% and ~~88.1%~~89.3% of capacity in ~~the Third Quarter~~Nine Months 2022 and Nine Months 2021, ~~and Third Quarter 2020,~~ respectively, excluding idle facilities.

~~GEO Care~~Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

Revenues increased by ~~$0.4~~$146.7 million in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to increases ~~of $3.0 million due to new/reactivated contracts and programs. We also experienced an increase of $1.5 million due to net increases~~ in ~~census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers as a result of increased programming needs and referrals.Additionally, we experienced an increase of $14.0 million due to increased client and~~average participant counts under ~~our Intensive Supervision and Appearance Program (“ISAP”) and electronic monitoring services. These increases were partially offset~~ISAP.

Reentry Services

Revenues decreased by ~~decreases of $0.6~~$20.4 million in Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021 primarily due to ~~contract terminations/closures of underutilized facilities which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. Additionally, we experienced~~ a decrease of ~~$17.5~~$34.5 million as a result of the sale of our youth business which was effective July 1, 2021. This decrease was partially offset by increases of $10.2 million due to new/reactivated contracts, day reporting centers and programs including the activation of our company-owned Tampa Residential Reentry Center in Tampa, Florida in September 2021. Also partially offsetting the decrease was a net aggregate increase of $3.9 million related to increased census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to increased programming needs and referrals.

International Services

Revenues for International Services ~~increased~~decreased by ~~$3.9~~$17.5 million in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020. We experienced a net increase in revenues of $0.6 million which was~~Nine Months 2021 primarily ~~due to favorable performance at our South African subsidiary. Additionally, we had an increase~~ due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of ~~$3.3~~$10.8 million.

~~Facility Construction & Design~~

~~In Third Quarter 2021 and Third Quarter 2020, we had Facility Construction & Design services related to an expansion project at~~ We also experienced a net decrease of $6.7 million primarily driven by the transition of our ~~Fulham Correctional~~management contract for the Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in ~~Australia which has been substantially completed. The decrease was due~~the United Kingdom to ~~a decrease in construction activity as~~ the ~~project neared completion.~~

government effective September 30, 2021.~~Table of Contents~~

Operating Expenses


	2022		% of Segment Revenues			2021		% of Segment Revenues			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	796,913		74.3	%	$	843,896		75.0	%	$	(46,983	)		(5.6	)%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		162,072		46.8	%		87,485		43.8	%		74,587			85.3	%
Reentry Services		144,563		75.1	%		159,137		74.7	%		(14,574	)		(9.2	)%
International Services		129,614		90.1	%		142,542		88.3	%		(12,928	)		(9.1	)%
Total	$	1,233,162		70.2	%	$	1,233,060		72.6	%	$	102			0.0	%

2021

% of Segment
Revenues

2020

% of Segment
Revenues

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

U.S. Secure Services

$
277,156

75.0
%

$
294,053

74.9
%

$
(16,897
)

(5.7
)%
GEO Care

75,064

55.5
%

93,218

69.1
%

(18,154
)

(19.5
)%
International Services

47,677

91.1
%

43,550

89.8
%

4,127

9.5
%
Facility Construction & Design

3

100.0
%

3,310

99.6
%

(3,307
)

(99.9
)%
Total

$
399,900

71.8
%

$
434,131

75.0
%

$
(34,231
)

(7.9
)%

U.S. Secure Services

Operating expenses for U.S. Secure Services decreased by ~~$16.9~~$47.0 million in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to decreases of ~~$37.7~~$107.6 million related to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned D. Ray James, Rivers, ~~Moshannon Valley,~~Big Springs, Flightline, Reeves County Detention I & II and Great Plains Correctional Facilities, our Queens Detention Facility, ~~McFarland Community Reentry Facility as well as~~ our managed-only Bay and Graceville Correctional Rehabilitation Facilities, as well as our managed-only George W. Hill Correctional Facility. Also included in this decrease is the transition of the operation of our company-owned Guadalupe County Correctional Facility to the New Mexico Corrections Department in November 2021. We also experienced a net decrease of $6.2 million related to certain indirect expenses primarily related to actuarial insurance expense adjustment for general liability and employee medical. These decreases were partially offset by aggregate net increases of ~~$8.1~~$28.3 million resulting from the ~~activations in late 2020~~contract activation and ~~early 2021 of~~ramp up at our company-owned ~~Golden State,~~Moshannon Valley Processing Center, Desert View ~~and Central Valley Annexes~~Annex as well as our company-owned Eagle Pass Detention Center. ~~. Additionally,~~In addition, we experienced aggregate net increases ~~of $12.7 million related to increases~~ in ~~population,~~connection with transportation services, increased occupancies and the variable costs associated with those services ~~primarily as a result~~ of $38.5 million.

Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

Operating expenses increased ~~occupancies at our USMS and ICE facilities mainly~~by $74.6 million in Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021 primarily due to ~~the large increase~~increases in ~~the number of crossings at the Southern border during 2021.~~variable costs related to increases in average participant counts under ISAP.

Reentry Services

~~GEO Care~~

Operating expenses for ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services decreased by ~~$18.2~~$14.6 million during ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to aggregate decreases of $2.3 million related to contract terminations/closures of underutilized facilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. In addition, we experienced net decreases of $4.6 million related to net decreases in census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to declines in programs as a result of lower levels of referrals by federal, state and local agencies due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we experienced a decrease of ~~$16.4~~$30.7 million as a result of the sale of our youth business which was effective July 1, ~~2021.These~~2021. We also experienced a decrease of $2.8 million due to contract termination. These decreases were partially offset by increases of ~~$1.9~~$6.2 million due to new/reactivated contracts, day reporting centers and programs ~~and day reporting center openings. We also experienced an~~including the activation of our company-owned Tampa Residential Reentry Center in Tampa, Florida in September 2021. Also partially offsetting the decreases was a net aggregate increase of ~~$3.2~~$12.7 million related to increased census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to ~~increases in average client~~increased programming needs and participant counts under our ISAP and electronic monitoring services. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased in Third Quarter 2021 compared to Third Quarter 2020 primarily due to the closure of underperforming/underutilized facilities as discussed above.referrals.

International Services

Operating expenses for International Services ~~increased~~decreased by ~~$4.1~~$12.9 million in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020. We experienced a net increase in operating expenses of $2.2 million which was~~Nine Months 2021 primarily ~~due to additional costs related to our 489-bed expansion at our Junee Correctional Centre in Australia which was completed at the end of Third Quarter 2020. We also experienced an increase~~ due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of ~~$1.9~~$9.7 million.

~~Facility Construction & Design~~

~~In Third Quarter 2021 and Third Quarter 2020, we had Facility Construction & Design services related to an expansion project at~~ We also experienced a net decrease of $3.2 million primarily driven by the transition of our ~~Fulham Correctional~~management contract for the Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in ~~Australia which has been substantially completed. The decrease in operating expense was due~~the United Kingdom to ~~a decrease in construction activity as~~ the ~~project neared completion.~~government effective September 30, 2021.

Depreciation and Amortization


	2022		% of Segment Revenue			2021		% of Segment Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Secure Services	$	61,233		5.7	%	$	61,647		5.5	%	$	(414	)		(0.7	)%
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		23,534		6.8	%		22,783		11.4	%		751			3.3	%
Reentry Services		13,967		7.3	%		14,173		6.7	%		(206	)		(1.5	)%
International Services		1,550		1.1	%		1,703		1.1	%		(153	)		(9.0	)%
Total	$	100,284		5.7	%	$	100,306		5.9	%	$	(22	)		(0.0	)%

2021

% of Segment
Revenue

2020

% of Segment
Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

U.S. Secure Services

$
20,399

5.5
%

$
19,984

5.1
%

$
415

2.1
%
GEO Care

11,934

8.8
%

13,105

9.7
%

(1,171
)

(8.9
)%
International Services

550

1.1
%

539

1.1
%

11

2.0
%
Total

$
32,883

5.9
%

$
33,628

5.8
%

$
(745
)

(2.2
)%

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U.S. Secure Services

U.S. Secure Services depreciation and amortization expense ~~increased~~decreased slightly in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to ~~renovations in connection with our contract activations~~decreases related to certain assets becoming fully depreciated and/or amortized as well as certain asset dispositions at ~~certain of~~ our company-owned facilities.

~~GEO Care~~Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services

~~GEO Care~~Depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly in Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021 primarily due to certain equipment additions.

Reentry Services

Reentry Services depreciation and amortization expense decreased slightly in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to certain asset dispositions at our company-owned centers.

International Services

Depreciation and amortization expense ~~increased~~decreased slightly in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

Other Unallocated Operating Expenses


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
General and Administrative Expenses	$	147,878		8.4	%	$	153,642		9.0	%	$	(5,764	)		(3.8	)%

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

General and Administrative Expenses

$
50,475

9.1
%

$
46,644

8.1
%

$
3,831

8.2
%

General and administrative expenses comprise substantially all of our other unallocated operating expenses which primarily includes corporate management salaries and benefits, professional fees and other administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses ~~increased~~decreased in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 by ~~$3.8~~$5.8 million primarily due to ~~$3.0~~one-time employee restructuring expenses of $7.5 million incurred in Nine Months 2021. Partially offsetting this decrease were increased professional fees for financial and legal advisors assisting us in reviewing ~~capital structure alternatives. The remainder of the net increase was primarily due to~~potential asset sales as well as normal professional, consulting and other administrative expenses.

Non-Operating Expenses

Interest Income and Interest Expense


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest Income	$	16,301		0.9	%	$	18,177		1.1	%	$	(1,876	)		(10.3	)%
Interest Expense	$	111,383		6.3	%	$	96,422		5.7	%	$	14,961			15.5	%

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Interest Income

$
5,990

1.1
%

$
6,360

1.1
%

$
(370
)

(5.8
)%
Interest Expense

$
32,525

5.8
%

$
30,749

5.3
%

$
1,776

5.8
%

Interest income decreased in ~~Third Quarter 2021~~Nine Months 2022 compared to ~~Third Quarter 2020~~Nine Months 2021 primarily due to the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

~~Interest expense increased in Third Quarter 2021 compared~~On August 19, 2022, we completed an exchange offer to ~~Third Quarter 2020 primarily due to higher balances under the revolver component~~exchange certain of our credit facility. During 2021, we drew down significant amounts under our revolver as a conservative precautionary step to preserve liquidity, maintain financial flexibility, and obtain additional funds for general corporate purposes. Partially offsetting the increase was the effect of decreases in the LIBOR rate.

~~Gain on Extinguishment of Debt~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

$
—

(—
)%

$
1,472

0.3
%

$
(1,472
)

100.0
%

~~During Third Quarter 2020, we repurchased $2.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our~~outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, ~~at a weighted average price of 76.75% for a total cost of $1.5 million. During Third Quarter 2020 we also repurchased $5.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.125%~~6.00% Senior Notes due ~~2023 at~~2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under our senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a ~~weighted average price~~new Exchange Credit Agreement. Interest expense increased

in Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021 primarily due to higher interest rates on the new debt instruments as well as the net amortization of ~~80.63% for a total cost of $4.4 million. As a result of these transactions, we recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $1.5 million, net of~~deferred issuance costs and discounts/premiums related to the ~~write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs. We did not make any repurchases~~transaction. Additionally, SOFR/LIBOR rates have increased in ~~Third Quarter~~Nine Months 2022 compared to Nine Months 2021.

Refer to Note ~~10-~~10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

~~Loss~~(Loss) Gain on ~~Asset Divestiture~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Loss on Asset Divestiture

$
5,031

0.9
%

$
—

(—
)%

$
5,031

100.0
%

~~Table~~Extinguishment of ~~Contents~~Debt


	2022			% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
(Loss) Gain on Extinguishment of Debt	$	(37,487	)		(2.1	)%	$	4,693		0.3	%	$	(42,180	)		(898.8	)%

~~On July 1, 2021,~~During Nine Months 2022, we completed ~~a divestiture~~an exchange offer to exchange certain of our ~~youth division, which was sold to~~outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under our senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a separate independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The divestiture included the sale of certain non-real estate assets in the Company’s youth division for total consideration of $10 million which was in the form of an unsecured term note receivable. The sale resulted in the assignment of our youth services management contracts to the independent not-for-profit entity.new credit facility. As a result of the ~~transaction,~~transactions, we recorded a net loss on ~~asset divestiture~~extinguishment of ~~approximately $5 million.~~

~~Loss on Dispositions~~debt of ~~Real Estate~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Loss on Dispositions of Real Estate

$
1,057

0.2
%

$
271

0.0
%

$
786

290.0
%

The increase in Third Quarter 2021 compared to Third Quarter 2020 is primarily due to the disposition of certain assets at our company-owned Queens Detention Center located in New York and our company-owned DuPage Interventions center located in Illinois during Third Quarter 2021.

~~Income Tax Provision~~

2021

Effective Rate

2020

Effective Rate

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Provision for Income Taxes

$
8,395

20.3
%

$
4,616

11.1
%

$
3,779

81.9
%

The provision for income taxes and our effective tax rate during Third Quarter 2021 increased compared to Third Quarter 2020. The increase in the tax expense is primarily due to a change in the composition of our income between our REIT and TRS subsidiaries and certain non-recurring items. In Third Quarter 2021, there was a $1.7$37.5 million, net discrete tax expense as compared to a $0.2 million net discrete tax expense in the Third Quarter of 2020. As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to shareholders and in turn we are allowed a deduction for the distribution at the REIT level. Our wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiaries continue to be fully subject to federal, state and foreign income taxes, as applicable. We estimate our annual effective tax rate to be in the range of approximately 11% to 13% exclusive of any discrete items.

~~Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, net of Income Tax Provision~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates

$
1,640

0.3
%

$
2,243

0.4
%

$
(603
)

(26.9
)%

Equity in earnings of affiliates, presented net of income tax provision, represents the earnings of SACS and GEOAmey in the aggregate. Equity in earnings of affiliates decreased during Third Quarter 2021 compared to Third Quarter 2020 primarily due to less favorable performance by GEOAmey.

~~Comparison of Nine Months 2021 and Nine Months 2020~~

~~Revenues~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

U.S. Secure Services

$
1,125,014

66.2
%

$
1,180,211

66.6
%

$
(55,197
)

(4.7
)%
GEO Care

412,702

24.3
%

417,643

23.6
%

(4,941
)

(1.2
)%
International Services

160,755

9.5
%

158,593

9.0
%

2,162

1.4
%
Facility Construction & Design

602

0.0
%

15,535

0.9
%

(14,933
)

(96.1
)%
Total

$
1,699,073

100.0
%

$
1,771,982

100.0
%

$
(72,909
)

(4.1
)%

~~U.S. Secure Services~~

Revenues decreased by $55.2 million in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to aggregate decreases of $116.9 million due to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned D. Ray James, Rivers, Moshannon Valley and Great Plains Correctional Facilities as well as our Queens Detention Facility. These decreases were partially offset by aggregate net increases of $60.9 million resulting from the activations in late 2020 and early 2021 of our company-owned Golden State, Desert View and Central Valley Annexes, our company-owned Eagle Pass Detention Center and our managed-only contract for the El Centro Detention Center in California which was effective in December 2020. In addition, we experienced aggregate net increases in populations, transportation services and/or rates of $22.5 million due to increased occupancy at our USMS and ICE facilities mainly due to the

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large increase in the number of crossings at the Southern border during 2021. These increases in occupancy were offset by decreases in population, transportation and/or rates of $21.7 million at our BOP and State facilities primarily due to the impacts of the ~~COVID-19 pandemic.~~write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.

The number of compensated mandays in U.S. Secure Services facilities was approximately 14.3 million in Nine Months 2021 and 16.5 million in Nine Months 2020. We experienced an aggregate net decrease of approximately 2,200,000 mandays as a result of contract terminations, partially offset by contract activations and increases in occupancies discussed above. We look at the average occupancy in our facilities to determine how we are managing our available beds. The average occupancy is calculated by taking compensated mandays as a percentage of capacity. The average occupancy in our U.S. Secure Services facilities was 89.3% and 89.5% of capacity in Nine Months 2021 and Nine Months 2020, respectively, excluding idle facilities.

~~GEO Care~~

Revenues decreased by $4.9 million in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to decreases of $10.8 million due to contract terminations/closures of underutilized facilities which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and other economic factors. Additionally, we experienced a decrease of $20.9 million as a result of the sale of our youth business which was effective July 1, 2021. We also experienced net decreases of $2.6 million due to decreases in census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to declines in programs as a result of lower levels of referrals by federal, state and local agencies primarily due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These decreases were partially offset by increases of $11.4 million due to new/reactivated contracts and programs as well as an increase of $18.0 million due to increased client and participant counts under our ISAP and electronic monitoring services.

~~International Services~~

Revenues for International Services increased by $2.2 million in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020. We experienced an increase due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $11.3 million. Partially offsetting this increase was a net decrease in revenues of $9.1 million which was primarily due to the transition of the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre to government operation in State of Queensland, Australia at the end of June 2020.

~~Facility Construction & Design~~

In Nine Months 2021 and Nine Months 2020, we had Facility Construction & Design services related to an expansion project at our Fulham Correctional Centre in Australia which has been substantially completed. The decrease was due to a decrease in construction activity as the project neared completion.

~~Operating Expenses~~

2021

% of Segment
Revenues

2020

% of Segment
Revenues

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

U.S. Secure Services

$
843,896

75.0
%

$
892,779

75.6
%

$
(48,883
)

(5.5
)%
GEO Care

246,622

59.8
%

289,907

69.4
%

(43,285
)

(14.9
)%
International Services

142,038

88.4
%

141,739

89.4
%

299

0.2
%
Facility Construction & Design

504

83.7
%

15,487

99.7
%

(14,983
)

(96.7
)%
Total

$
1,233,060

72.6
%

$
1,339,912

75.6
%

$
(106,852
)

(8.0
)%

~~U.S. Secure Services~~

Operating expenses for U.S. Secure Services decreased by $48.9 million in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to decreases of $94.1 million related to the ramp-down/deactivations of our company-owned D. Ray James, Rivers, Moshannon Valley and Great Plains Correctional Facilities as well as our Queens Detention Facility. These decreases were partially offset by increases of $39.2 million resulting from the activations in late 2020 and early 2021 of our company-owned Golden State, Desert View and Central Valley Annexes, our company-owned Eagle Pass Detention Center and our managed-only contract for the El Centro Detention Center in California which was effective in December 2020. Additionally, we experienced aggregate net increases of $6.0 million primarily due to increased occupancy at our USMS facilities mainly due to the large increase in the number of crossings at the Southern border during 2021.

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~~GEO Care~~

Operating expenses for GEO Care decreased by $43.3 million during Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to aggregate decreases of $14.7 million related to contract terminations/closures of underutilized facilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other economic factors. In addition, we experienced decreases of $14.0 million related to net decreases in census levels at certain of our community-based and reentry centers due to declines in programs as a result of lower levels of referrals by federal, state and local agencies due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also experienced a decrease of $21.0 million as a result of the sale of our youth business which was effective July 1, 2021. These decreases were partially offset by increases of $4.9 million due to new/reactivated contracts and programs and day reporting center openings. We also experienced an increase of $1.5 million due to increases in average client and participant counts under our ISAP and electronic monitoring services. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to the closure of underperforming/underutilized facilities as discussed above.

~~International Services~~

Operating expenses for International Services increased slightly by $0.3 million in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020. We experienced a net decrease in operating expenses of $14.9 million which was primarily due to the transition of the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre to government operation in State of Queensland, Australia at the end of June 2020. This decrease was partially offset by an increase due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations of $15.2 million.

~~Facility Construction & Design~~

~~Depreciation and Amortization~~

2021

% of Segment
Revenue

2020

% of Segment
Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

U.S. Secure Services

$
61,647

5.5
%

$
60,281

5.1
%

$
1,366

2.3
%
GEO Care

36,956

9.0
%

38,570

9.2
%

(1,614
)

(4.2
)%
International Services

1,703

1.1
%

1,538

1.0
%

165

10.7
%
Total

$
100,306

5.9
%

$
100,389

5.7
%

$
(83
)

(0.1
)%

~~U.S. Secure Services~~

U.S. Secure Services depreciation and amortization expense increased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to renovations in connection with our contract activations at certain of our company-owned facilities.

~~GEO Care~~

~~GEO Care depreciation and amortization expense decreased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to certain asset dispositions at our company-owned centers.~~

~~International Services~~

~~Depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations.~~

~~Other Unallocated Operating Expenses~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

General and Administrative Expenses

$
153,642

9.0
%

$
145,969

8.2
%

$
7,673

5.3
%

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General and administrative expenses comprise substantially all of our other unallocated operating expenses which primarily includes corporate management salaries and benefits, professional fees and other administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 by $7.7 million primarily due to one-time employee restructuring expenses of $9.0 million. We also experienced an increase of $3.0 million in professional fees for financial and legal advisors assisting us in reviewing capital structure alternatives. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease in stock-based compensation of $3.4 million and less travel, marketing, business development and other corporate administrative expenses primarily due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

~~Non-Operating Expenses~~

~~Interest Income and Interest Expense~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Interest Income

$
18,177

1.1
%

$
17,046

1.0
%

$
1,131

6.6
%
Interest Expense

$
96,422

5.7
%

$
95,539

5.4
%

$
883

0.9
%

~~Interest income increased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations.~~

Interest expense increased in Nine Months 2021 compared to Nine Months 2020 primarily due to higher balances on the revolver component of our credit facility. During 2021, we drew down significant amounts on our revolver as a conservative precautionary step to preserve liquidity, maintain financial flexibility, and obtain additional funds for general corporate purposes. Partially offsetting the increase was the effect of decreases in the LIBOR rate.

~~Gain on Extinguishment of Debt~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

$
4,693

0.3
%

$
3,035

0.2
%

$
1,658

54.6
%

During Nine Months 2021, we repurchased $22.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of 90.68% for a total cost of $20.4 million. We also repurchased $17.2 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at a weighted average price of 79.51% for a total cost of $13.7 million. As a result of these transactions, we recognized a gain on extinguishment of debt of $4.7 million, net of the write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.

Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Gain on Asset Divestitures


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change		% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Gain on Asset Divestitures	$	32,332		1.8	%	$	4,291		0.3	%	$	28,041		653.5	%

During Nine Months ~~2020,~~2022, we ~~repurchased $11.0~~sold our equity investment interest in the government-owned Ravenhall Correctional Centre project in Australia for approximately $84 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of 75.66% for a total cost of $8.3 million. Additionally, we repurchased $2.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at a weighted average price of 76.75% for a total cost of $1.5 million. As a result of these repurchases, we recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.0 million, net of the write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.

~~Loss on Asset Divestiture~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Loss on Asset Divestiture

$
5,031

(—
)%

$
—

(—
)%

$
5,031

100.0
%

~~On July 1, 2021, we completed a divestiture of our youth division, which was sold~~gross proceeds, pre-tax to a separate independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The divestiture included the sale of certain non-real estate assets in the Company’s youth division for total consideration of $10 million which was in the form of an ~~unsecured term note receivable. The sale resulted in the assignment of our youth services management contracts to the independent not-for-profit entity.~~unrelated third party. As a result of the transaction, we recorded a ~~loss on asset divestiture~~gain of approximately $5$29.3 million. Refer to Note 11 - Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion. The net gain in Nine Months 2022 also includes the sale of our Perry County Correctional Facility located in Alabama.

~~Gain (Loss) on Dispositions of Real Estate~~

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Gain (Loss) on Dispositions of Real Estate

$
9,322

1.7
%

$
(1,151
)

(0.2
)%

$
10,473

(909.9
)%

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The net gain in Nine Months 2021 iswas primarily due to gains on the sale of our interest in Talbot Hall, located in New Jersey and the sale of our ~~company-owned~~Company-Owned McCabe Center, located in ~~Texas.~~ Texas which was partially offset by the divestiture of our youth division which resulted in a loss of approximately $5.0 million.

Income Tax Provision

2021

Effective Rate

2020

Effective Rate

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Provision for Income Taxes

$
21,394

15.0
%

$
15,358

14.1
%

$
6,036

39.3
%


	2022		Effective Rate			2021		Effective Rate			$ Change		% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Provision for Income Taxes	$	48,106		27.6	%	$	21,394		15.0	%	$	26,712		124.9	%

The provision for income taxes and our effective tax rate increased during Nine Months ~~2021~~2022 compared to Nine Months ~~2020. The increase in the tax expense and the effective rate is primarily~~2021 principally due to ~~an overall increase in book income~~the Company electing to terminate its REIT status at the end of 2021 and tobecoming a ~~lesser extend due to certain non-recurring items.~~taxable C corporation. In Nine Months ~~2021,~~2022, there was a net $2.3 million discrete tax benefit compared to a net $3.5 million discrete tax expense ~~compared to a net $2.4 million discrete tax expense~~ in Nine Months ~~2020.~~2021. Included in the provision for income taxes ~~were $2.5 million and $2.8 million of discrete tax expense~~ in Nine Months 2022 and Nine Months 2021 were a $2.0 million and ~~2020, respectively,~~$2.5 million discrete tax expense related to stock compensation that vested during the respective periods. As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to shareholders and in turn we are allowed a deduction for the distribution at the REIT level. Our wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiaries continue to be fully subject to federal, state and foreign income taxes, as applicable. We estimate our 2022 annual effective tax rate to be in the range of approximately ~~11%~~27% to ~~13%~~29%, exclusive of any discrete items.

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, net of Income Tax Provision

2021

% of Revenue

2020

% of Revenue

$ Change

% Change

(Dollars in thousands)

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates

$
5,647

0.3
%

$
7,202

0.4
%

$
(1,555
)

(21.6
)%


	2022		% of Revenue			2021		% of Revenue			$ Change			% Change
	(Dollars in thousands)
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates	$	3,786		0.2	%	$	5,647		0.3	%	$	(1,861	)		(33.0	)%

Equity in earnings of affiliates, presented net of income tax provision, represents the earnings of SACS and GEOAmey in the aggregate. Equity in earnings of affiliates decreased during Nine Months ~~2021~~2022 compared to Nine Months ~~2020~~2021 primarily due to less favorable performance by GEOAmey.

Financial Condition

Capital Requirements

Our current cash requirements consist of amounts needed for working capital, ~~distributions of our REIT taxable income in order to maintain our REIT qualification,~~ debt service, supply purchases, investments in joint ventures, and capital expenditures related to either the development of new secure, ~~services~~processing and reentry facilities, or the maintenance of existing facilities. In addition, some of our management contracts require us to make substantial initial expenditures of cash in connection with opening or renovating a facility. Generally, these initial expenditures are subsequently fully or partially recoverable as pass-through costs or are billable as a component of the per diem rates or monthly fixed fees to the contracting agency over the original term of the contract. Additional capital needs may also arise in the future with respect to possible acquisitions, other corporate transactions or other corporate purposes.

We currently have contractual commitments for a number of projects using Company financing. We estimate that the cost of these existing active capital projects will be approximately ~~$16.3~~$32.4 million of which ~~$4.8~~$13.2 million was spent through September 30, ~~2021.~~2022. We estimate that the remaining capital requirements related to these capital projects will be ~~$11.5~~$19.2 million which will be spent through the remainder of ~~2021.~~2022.

We plan to fund all of our capital needs, including capital expenditures, from cash on hand, cash from operations, borrowings under our Exchange Credit Agreement and any other financings which our management and Board, in their discretion, may consummate. Currently, our primary source of liquidity to meet these requirements is cash flow from operations and borrowings under our Exchange Credit Agreement. Our management believes that our financial resources and sources of liquidity will allow us to manage the continued impact of COVID-19 on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. For the full-year 2022, we have reduced our planned capital spending by deferring capital expenditure projects where possible and closely managing our working capital. We previously completed our annual budgeting process and have identified cost savings at the corporate and facility level. Additionally, we may from time to time pursue transactions for the potential sale of additional assets and businesses and/or other strategic transactions. Our management believes that cash on hand, cash flows from operations and availability under our Exchange Credit Agreement will be adequate to support our capital requirements for 2022 as disclosed under “Capital Requirements” above. The challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as the current political environment, generally and on our business are continuing to evolve. Consequently, we will continue to evaluate our financial position in light of future developments, the Executive Order and COVID-19.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Indebtedness

Exchange Offering

On August 19, 2022, we completed an exchange offer to exchange certain of our outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026 and certain revolving credit loans and term loans under our senior secured credit facility into newly issued Senior Second Lien Secured Notes and a new Exchange Credit Agreement. As a result of the transactions, we recorded a net loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $37.5 million and incurred a total of approximately $52.8 million of debt issuance fees which will be amortized over the terms of the respective agreements using the effective interest method. Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Following the completed exchange offer in August 2022, S&P Global Ratings upgraded our issuer rating to B with a stable outlook. In September 2022, Moody’s Investors Service upgraded our corporate family rating to B3 with a stable outlook.

6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026

On February 24, 2021, our ~~wholly-owned~~wholly owned subsidiary, ~~GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. (“GEOCH”),~~GEOCH, completed a private offering of $230 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% ~~exchangeable senior unsecured notes~~Exchangeable Notes due 2026, ~~(the “Convertible Notes”),~~ which included the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ over-allotment option to purchase an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will mature on February 23, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or exchanged. The Convertible Notes bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per year plus an additional

amount based on the dividends paid by GEO on its common stock. Interest on the notes is 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 may exchange the 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 notes for each trading day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the

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last reported sale price of our common stock and the exchange rate for the 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 notes, holders may exchange their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon exchange of a note, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. As of September 30, 2021, conditions had not been met to exchange the notes.

Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or a combination of cash and shares of common stock. The initial conversion rate is 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 will be subject to adjustment in certain events. If GEO or GEOCH undergoes a fundamental change, holders may require GEOCH to purchase the notes in whole or in part for cash at a fundamental change purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change purchase date.

We used the net proceeds from this offering, including the exercise in full of the initial purchasers' over-allotment option to fund the redemption of the then outstanding amount of approximately $194.0 million of our existing 5.875% senior notes due 2022, to re-purchase additional senior notes and we used the remaining net proceeds to pay related transaction fees and expenses, and for general corporate purposes of the Company. As a result of the redemption, deferred loan costs in the amount of approximately $0.7 million were written off to loss on extinguishment of debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

~~Credit Agreement~~

On June 12, 2019, we entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") by and among the refinancing lenders party thereto, the other lenders party thereto, GEO and GEOCH and the administrative agent. Under the amendment, the maturity date of the revolver was extended to May 17, 2024. The borrowing capacity under the amended revolver remains at $900.0 million, and its pricing remains unchanged currently bearing interest at LIBOR plus 2.25%. As a result of the amendment, we incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.2 million during 2019 related to certain unamortized deferred loan costs. Additionally, loan costs of $4.7 million were incurred and capitalized in connection with the amendment.

A syndicate of approximately 65 lenders participate in our Credit Agreement, six of which have indicated that they do not intend to provide new financing to GEO but will honor their existing obligations. Refer to Item 1A - Risk Factors included in Part I of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 for further discussion. The banks that have withdrawn participation remain contractually committed for approximately three years. Additionally, these six banks represent less than 25% of our overall borrowing capacity under our Credit Agreement. We are in frequent communication with potential new lenders as well as the credit rating agencies. In March 2021, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded GEO’s issuer rating to B2 and in May 2021, Standard & Poor’s S&P Global downgraded GEO’s issuer rating to CCC+.

As of September 30, 2021, we had approximately $764.0 million in aggregate borrowings outstanding under our term loan, approximately $787.1 million in borrowings under our revolver, and approximately $89.4 million in letters of credit which left approximately $23.6 million in additional borrowing capacity under the revolver. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2021 was 2.70%.

In 2021, we elected to draw down significant amounts in borrowings under the revolver component of our credit facility as a conservative precautionary step to preserve liquidity, maintain financial flexibility, and obtain additional funds for general corporate purposes.

Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Australia - Ravenhall

In connection with a design and build project agreement with the State of Victoria, in September 2014, we entered into a syndicated facility agreement (the "Construction Facility") to provide debt financing for construction of the project. The Construction Facility provided for non-recourse funding ~~up to AUD 791.0 million, or approximately $593.9 million, based on exchange rates as of~~for the project. In September ~~30, 2021. In accordance with the terms of the contract, upon completion and commercial acceptance of~~2022, we sold our equity investment interest in the project ~~in late 2017, the State of Victoria made a lump sum payment of AUD310 million, or approximately $252.7 million, based on exchange rates~~

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as of September 30, 2021. The term of the Construction Facility was through September 2020 and bore interest at a variable rate quoted by certain Australian banks plus 200 basis points. On May 22, 2019, we completedto an offering of AUD 461.6 million, or $346.6 million, based on exchange rates as of September 30, 2021, aggregate principal amount of the Non-Recourse Notes. The amortizing Non-Recourse Notes were issued by Ravenhall Finance Co Pty Limited in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Non-Recourse Notes were issued with a coupon and yield to maturity of 4.23% with a maturity date of March 31, 2042. The net proceeds from this offering were used to refinance the outstanding Construction Facility and to pay all related fees, costs and expenses associated with the transaction. As a result of the transaction, we incurred a $4.5 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to swap termination fees and unamortized deferred costs associated with the Construction Facility. Additionally, loan costs of approximately $7.5 million were incurred and capitalized inunrelated third party. In connection with the ~~offering.~~sale, the non-recourse debt was transferred to the buyer and is no longer an outstanding obligation of GEO. Refer to Note 11 - Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Other

In August ~~2020,~~of 2019, we entered into two identical promissory notes in the aggregate amount of $44.3 million which are secured by loan agreements and mortgage and security agreements on certain real property and improvements. The terms of the promissory notes are through September 1, 2034 and bear interest at LIBOR plus 200 basis points and are payable in monthly installments plus interest. We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to fix the interest rate to 4.22%. ~~Included in the balance at September 30, 2021 is $0.7 million of deferred loan costs incurred in the transaction.~~ Refer to Note 9 - Derivative Financial Instruments and Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

~~In addition to the~~Our debt outstanding under the new Exchange Credit ~~Facility,~~Agreement, the New Registered Notes, the New Private Notes, the 6.50% ~~Convertible~~Exchangeable Notes due 2026, the 6.00% Senior Notes ~~the 5.125% Senior Notes,~~due 2026 and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 ~~we also have significant debt obligations which, although these obligations are non-recourse to us,~~ require cash expenditures for debt service. Our significant debt obligations could have material consequences. See “Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our High Level of Indebtedness” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~2021. We are exposed to various commitments and contingencies which may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. We also have guaranteed certain obligations for certain of our international subsidiaries. These ~~non-recourse obligations,~~ commitments, ~~and~~ contingencies and guarantees are further discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

Debt Repurchases

On August 16, 2019, our Board authorized us to repurchase and/or retire a portion of our 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026, the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively the "GEO Senior Notes") and our term loan under our Amended Credit Agreement through cash purchases, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, up to an aggregate maximum of $100.0 million, subject to certain limitations through December 31, 2020. ~~During the Third Quarter 2021, the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 were redeemed in connection with the offering of the Convertible Notes discussed above.~~ On February 11, 2021, our Board authorized a new repurchase program for repurchases/retirements of part of the above referenced GEO Senior Notes and term loan, subject to certain limitations up to an aggregate maximum of $100.0 million through December 31, 2022.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repurchased $22.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of 90.68% for a total cost of $20.4 million. Additionally, we repurchased $17.2 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 at a weighted average price of 79.51% for a total cost of $13.7 million. As a result of these repurchases, we recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $4.7 million, net of the write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.

~~During~~ There were no debt repurchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we repurchased $11.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 at a weighted average price of 75.66% for a total cost of $8.3 million. As a result of these repurchases, we recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $3.0 million, net2022 except as part of the ~~write-off of associated unamortized deferred loan costs.~~exchange offering discussed further above.

Refer to Note 10 - Debt of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information on our indebtedness.

We consider opportunities for future business and/or asset acquisitions or dispositions as we deem appropriate when market conditions present opportunities. If we are successful in our pursuit of any new projects, our cash on hand, cash flows from operations and borrowings under the ~~existing~~new Exchange Credit ~~Facility~~Agreement may not provide sufficient liquidity to meet our capital needs and we could be forced to seek additional financing or refinance our existing indebtedness. There can be no assurance that any such financing or

refinancing would be available to us on terms equal to or more favorable than our current financing terms, or at all. Additionally, the magnitude, severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic may negatively impact the availability of opportunities for future business and/or asset acquisitions or asset dispositions and market conditions generally. In the future, our access to capital and ability to compete for future ~~capital intensive~~capital-intensive projects will also be dependent upon, among other things, our ability to meet certain financial covenants in the indenture governing the ~~5.125% Senior~~New Registered Notes, the indenture governing the New Private Notes, the indenture governing the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, the indenture governing the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2026, the indenture governing our Convertible Notes and our Exchange Credit Agreement. A substantial decline in our financial performance could limit our access to capital pursuant to these covenants and have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and capital resources and, as a result, on our financial condition and results of operations. In addition to these foregoing potential constraints on our capital, a

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number of state government agencies have been suffering from budget deficits and liquidity issues. While we were in compliance with our debt covenants as of September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and we expect to continue to be in compliance with our debt covenants, if these constraints were to intensify, our liquidity could be materially adversely impacted as could our ability to remain in compliance with these debt covenants.

We may from time to time seek to purchase or retire our outstanding senior notes through repurchases, redemptions and/or exchanges for equity securities, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such repurchases, redemptions or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved may be material.

~~Quarterly Dividends~~

Guarantor Financial Information

GEO’s ~~6.50%~~New Registered Notes, New Private Notes, Convertible Notes, 6.00% Senior Notes ~~5.125% Senior Notes~~due 2026, and the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by certain of our ~~wholly-owned~~wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).

Summarized financial information is provided for The GEO Group, Inc. (“Parent”) and the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis in accordance with SEC Regulation S-X Rules 3-10 and 13-01. The accounting policies used in the preparation of this summarized financial information are consistent with those elsewhere in the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company, except that intercompany transactions and balances of the Parent and Subsidiary Guarantor entities with non-guarantor entities have not been eliminated. Intercompany transactions between the Parent and Subsidiary Guarantors have been eliminated and equity in earnings from and investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries have not been presented.

Summarized statement of operations (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Net operating revenues	$	1,602,182	$	1,529,731
Income from operations		280,776		197,208
Net income		105,331		103,446
Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.		105,331		103,446

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2021

Net operating revenues

$
1,529,731

Income from operations

197,208

Net income

103,446

Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.

103,446

Summarized balance sheets (in thousands):


	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020		September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Current assets	$	690,290	$	607,044	$	443,924	$	707,457
Noncurrent assets (a)		3,184,621		3,268,260		3,053,143		3,115,622
Current liabilities		354,708		350,041		362,010		314,233
Noncurrent liabilities (b)		2,782,208		2,737,673		2,162,065		2,820,252

(a) Includes amounts due from non-guarantor subsidiaries of $13.6 million and $22.5 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

(b) Includes amounts due to non-guarantor subsidiaries of $9.2 million and $14.8 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

~~(a)~~

~~Includes amounts due from non-guarantor subsidiaries of $23.9 million and $26.7 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.~~

~~(b)~~

~~Includes amounts due to non-guarantor subsidiaries of $14.4 million and $17.4 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.~~

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~~Capital Requirements~~

~~As a REIT, we are subject to a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we annually~~distribute to our shareholders an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for dividends paid and by excluding any net capital gain). Generally, we expect to distribute all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income so as not to be subject to the income or excise tax on undistributed REIT taxable income. The amount, timing and frequency of distributions will be at the sole discretion of our Board and will be based upon various factors. As discussed above, on April 7, 2021, we announced that our Board had immediately suspended our quarterly dividend payments with the goal of maximizing the use of cash flows to repay debt, deleverage and internally fund growth. While we currently intend to maintain our corporate tax structure as a REIT, our Board is evaluating our corporate tax structure.

We plan to fund all of our capital needs, including distributions of our REIT taxable income necessary to maintain our REIT qualification should our Board determine to maintain our REIT status, and capital expenditures, from cash on hand, cash from operations, borrowings under our Credit Facility and any other financings which our management and Board, in their discretion, may consummate. Currently, our primary source of liquidity to meet these requirements is cash flow from operations and borrowings under our $900.0 million Revolver. Our management believes that our financial resources and sources of liquidity will allow us to manage the anticipated impact of COVID-19 on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. For the full-year 2021, we have reduced our planned capital spending by deferring capital expenditure projects where possible and closely managing our working capital. We previously completed our annual budgeting process and have identified cost savings at the corporate and facility level. Additionally, we may from time to time pursue transactions to deleverage our balance sheet and reduce our funded recourse debt, including our nearer term maturities consisting of our 5.125% Senior Notes, our 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 and our Credit Facility, which transactions may include, subject to market conditions, capital markets transactions, repurchases, redemptions, exchanges or other refinancing of our existing debt, the potential sale of additional assets and businesses and/or other strategic transactions. Our management believes that cash on hand, cash flows from operations and availability under our Credit Facility will be adequate to support our capital requirements for 2021 as disclosed under “Capital Requirements” above. The challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as the current political environment, generally and on our business are continuing to evolve. Consequently, we will continue to evaluate our financial position in light of future developments, particularly those relating to the Executive Order and COVID-19.

Automatic Shelf Registration on Form S-3

Refer to Note 6 - Shareholders' Equity of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Except as discussed in the notes to our Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Cash Flow

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, ~~2021~~2022 was ~~$585.4~~$121.4 million, compared to ~~$89.1~~$585.4 million as of September 30, ~~2020.~~

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Operating Activities

~~Cash~~Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $311.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 versus net cash provided by operating activities of $289.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021 versus cash~~2021. Cash provided by operating activities ~~of $358.1 million for~~during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2020. Cash~~2022 was positively impacted by net income attributable to GEO, non-cash expenses such as depreciation and amortization, loss on extinguishment of debt, amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest, dividends received from unconsolidated joint ventures and stock-based compensation expense. Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax and gain on asset divestitures, net, loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment, net and gain on assets held for sale negatively impacted cash. Changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets decreased in total by $49.6 million, representing a positive impact on cash. The increase was primarily driven by the favorable timing of billings and collections. Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities increased by $9.1 million which positively impacted cash. The increase was primarily driven by the timing of payments.

Net cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was positively impacted by net income attributable to GEO, non-cash expenses such as depreciation and amortization, amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest, ~~dividends received from unconsolidated joint ventures, loss on asset divestiture,~~ loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment, net, dividends received from unconsolidated joint ventures and stock-based compensation expense. Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax, gain on extinguishment of debt and gain on ~~disposition of real estate~~asset divestitures, net negatively impacted cash. Changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets decreased in total by $44.3 million, representing a positive impact on cash. The decrease was primarily driven by the favorable timing of billings and collections. Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities decreased by $6.1 million which negatively impacted cash. The decrease was primarily driven by the timing of payments. Additionally, cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was positively impacted by a decrease in changes in contract receivable related to our correctional facility in Ravenhall, Australia of $4.7 million which was a result of the timing of interest accruals and payments received towards the contract receivable.

~~Cash provided by operating~~Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $60.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was positively impacted by net income attributable to GEO, non-cash expenses such as depreciation and amortization, amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest, loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment and stock-based compensation expense. Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax, negatively impacted cash. Changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets decreased in total by $58.5 million, representing a positive impact on cash. The decrease2022 was primarily ~~driven by~~ the favorable timing of billings and collections. Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities increased by $69.2 million which positively impacted cash. The increase was primarily driven by the timing of payments. Additionally, cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was positively impacted by a decrease in changes in contract receivable related to our correctional facility in Ravenhall, Australia of $3.8 million which was a result of ~~the timing~~capital expenditures of ~~interest accruals and payments received towards the contract receivable.~~

~~Investing Activities~~

~~Cash~~$72.2 million partially offset by proceeds from assets held for sale of $15.8 million. Net cash used in investing activities of $40.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily the result of capital expenditures of $57.4 million partially offset by proceeds from ~~sales~~sale of real estate ~~assets~~ of $18.6 million. ~~Cash~~

Financing Activities

Net cash used in ~~investing activities of $77.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily the result of capital expenditures of $83.8 million.~~

~~Financing Activities~~

~~Cash provided by~~ financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 was approximately ~~$28.4~~$670.1 million compared to net cash ~~used in~~provided by financing activities of ~~$259.0~~$28.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2020. Cash~~2021. Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was primarily the result of payments on long-term debt of $676.1 million, payments on non-recourse debt of $1.3 million and debt issuance costs of $41.5 million partially offset by proceeds from long-term debt of $50 million. Net cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily ~~the result~~due to proceeds from long-term debt of $435.0 million partially offset by dividends paid of $30.5 million, payments on long-term debt of $359.6 million, payments on non-recourse debt of $5.1 million and ~~payments of~~ debt issuance costs of $9.6 million. These decreases were offset by proceeds from long-term debt of $435.0 million. Cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily the result of dividends paid of $174.1 million, payments on long-term debt of $380.1 million, payments on non-recourse debt of $4.5 million and repurchases of common stock of $9.6 million. These decreases were partially offset by proceeds from long-term debt of $311.6 million.

Non-GAAP Measures

Funds from Operations ("FFO") is a widely accepted supplemental non-GAAP measure utilized to evaluate the operating performance of real estate investment trusts. It is defined in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, which defines FFO as net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders (computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization, excluding gains and losses from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, extraordinary items and sales of properties, and including adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

~~We also present Normalized Funds From Operations, or Normalized FFO, and~~ Adjusted Funds from Operations ~~or AFFO, as supplemental non-GAAP financial measures of real estate investment trusts' operating performance.~~

~~Normalized FFO~~("AFFO") is defined as ~~FFO~~net income attributable to GEO adjusted by adding depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, the amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest, (gain)/loss on asset divestitures, pre-tax, and by subtracting facility maintenance capital expenditures and other non-cash revenue and expenses. From time to time, AFFO is also adjusted for certain items which by their nature are not comparable from period to period or that tend to obscure ~~the Company’s~~GEO’s actual operating performance, including for the periods presented ~~Covid-19 expenses, pre-tax, gain~~gain/loss on the extinguishment of debt, pre-tax, ~~one-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, start-up expenses, pre-tax, M&A~~transaction related expenses, pre-tax, one-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, ~~loss on asset divestiture, pre-tax,~~ and ~~close-out expenses, pre-tax and the~~ tax effect of adjustments to ~~FFO.~~net income attributable to GEO.

AFFO is defined as Normalized FFO adjusted by adding non-cash expenses such as non-real estate related depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, the amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest, and by subtracting recurring consolidated maintenance capital expenditures and other non-cash revenue and expenses.

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Because of the unique design, structure and use of our secure facilities, processing centers and reentry centers, we believe that assessing the performance of our secure facilities, processing centers and reentry centers without the impact of depreciation or amortization is useful and meaningful to investors. Although NAREIT has published its definition of FFO, companies often modify this definition as they seek to provide financial measures that meaningfully reflect their distinctive operations. We have modified FFO to derive Normalized FFO and AFFO that meaningfully reflect our operations.

Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability. The adjustments we make to derive the non-GAAP measures of ~~Normalized FFO and~~ AFFO exclude items which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income attributable to GEO but have no impact on our cash flows, or we do not consider them to be fundamental attributes, or the primary drivers of our business plan and they do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We may make adjustments to ~~FFO~~AFFO from time to time for certain other income and expenses that do not reflect a necessary component of our operational performance on the basis discussed above, even though such items may require cash settlement. Because ~~FFO, Normalized FFO and~~ AFFO ~~exclude~~excludes depreciation and amortization unique to real estate as well as non-operational items and certain other charges that are highly variable from year to year, they provide our investors with performance measures that reflect the impact to operations from trends in occupancy rates, per diem rates, operating costs and interest costs, providing a perspective not immediately apparent from net income attributable to GEO.

We believe the presentation of ~~FFO, Normalized FFO and~~ AFFO ~~provide~~provides useful information to investors as they provide an indication of our ability to fund capital expenditures and expand our business. ~~FFO, Normalized FFO and~~ AFFO ~~provide~~provides disclosure on the same basis as that used by our management and provide consistency in our financial reporting, facilitate internal and external comparisons of our historical operating performance and our business units and provide continuity to investors for comparability purposes. ~~Additionally, FFO, Normalized FFO and AFFO are widely recognized measures in our industry as a real estate investment trust.~~

Our reconciliation of net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. to ~~FFO, Normalized FFO and~~ AFFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020~~2021 is as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,
2021

September 30,
2020

September 30,
2021

September 30,
2020

Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.

$
34,710

$
39,220

$
127,214

$
101,121

Add (Subtract):

Real estate related depreciation and amortization

18,825

18,359

56,643

55,139

Loss (gain) on real estate assets

1,057

271

(9,322
)

1,151

NAREIT Defined FFO

$
54,592

$
57,850

$
174,535

$
157,411

Add (Subtract):

Gain on extinguishment of debt, pre-tax

—

(1,472
)

(4,693
)

(3,035
)
Start-up expenses, pre-tax

—

1,895

—

4,401

One-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax

—

—

7,459

—

Loss on asset divestiture

5,031

—

5,031

—

M&A related expenses, pre-tax

3,977

—

3,977

—

Covid-19 expenses, pre-tax

—

2,635

—

7,404

Close-out expenses, pre-tax

—

1,715

—

5,935

Tax effect of adjustments to Funds From Operations *

(763
)

142

(750
)

(620
)
Normalized Funds from Operations

$
62,837

$
62,765

$
185,559

$
171,496

Add (Subtract):

Non-real estate related depreciation and amortization

14,058

15,269

43,663

45,250

Consolidated maintenance capital expenditures

(3,419
)

(3,878
)

(11,929
)

(15,045
)
Stock-based compensation expense

4,329

4,689

15,755

19,163

Other non-cash revenue & expenses

(1,102
)

—

(3,306
)

—

Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or
premium and other non-cash interest

1,974

1,776

5,559

5,153

Adjusted Funds from Operations

$
78,677

$
80,621

$
235,301

$
226,017


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2022			September 30, 2021			September 30, 2022			September 30, 2021
Net income attributable to GEO	$	38,337		$	34,710		$	130,283		$	127,214
Add (Subtract):
Depreciation and amortization		32,330			32,883			100,284			100,306
Facility maintenance capital expenditures		(4,211	)		(2,229	)		(13,217	)		(7,795	)
Stock-based compensation expense		3,141			4,329			13,010			15,755
Other non-cash revenue & expenses		—			(1,102	)		—			(3,306	)
Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest		2,456			1,974			6,211			5,559
(Gain) loss on asset divestitures, net		(29,279	)		6,088			(32,332	)		(4,291	)
Other Adjustments
Add (Subtract):
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, pre-tax		37,487			—			37,487			(4,693	)
Transaction related expenses, pre-tax		1,322			3,977			1,322			3,977
One-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax		—			—			—			7,459
Tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to GEO *		(7,697	)		(2,254	)		(6,930	)		1,685
Adjusted Funds from Operations	$	73,886		$	78,376		$	236,118		$	241,870

* Tax effect of adjustments relate to (gain) loss on asset divestitures, loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, transaction related expenses, one-time employee restructuring expenses and gain on extinguishment of debt. In connection with the termination of our REIT status effective for the year ended December 31, 2021, the tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to GEO have been presented for third quarter and year to date 2021 to reflect the applicable tax rates that we would have been subject to as a taxable C Corporation.

Tax effect of adjustments relate to loss (gain) on real estate assets, gain on extinguishment of debt, start-up expenses, M&A related expenses, one-time employee restructuring expenses, loss on asset divestiture, COVID-19 expenses and close-out expenses.

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Outlook

The following discussion contains statements that are not limited to historical statements and, therefore, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to “Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors” and the "Forward Looking Statements - Safe Harbor" sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, ~~2020, as well as the "Part II – Item 1A. Risk Factors" and the "Forward-Looking Statements - Safe Harbor" section and other disclosures contained in the Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,~~ 2021 ~~June 30, 2021 and this Form 10-Q~~ for further discussion on forward-looking statements and the risks and other factors that could prevent us from achieving our goals and cause the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements and the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements.

~~Executive Order~~

On January 26, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the United States Attorney General not to renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities, as consistent with applicable law. Two agencies of the DOJ, the BOP and USMS, utilize our services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted of federal crimes, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial or sentencing in U.S. federal courts. Our contracts with the BOP for our company-owned 1,940-bed Great Plains Correctional Facility, our company-owned 1,732-bed Big Spring Correctional Facility, our company-owned 1,800-bed Flightline Correctional Facility, and our company-owned 1,800-bed North Lake Correctional Facility have renewal option periods that expire on May 31, 2021, November 30, 2021, November 30, 2021, and September 30, 2022, respectively. Additionally, the contracts with the BOP for the county owned and managed 1,800-bed Reeves County Detention Center I & II and the 1,376-bed Reeves County Detention Center III have renewal option periods that expire September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, respectively. We have a management agreement with Reeves County, Texas for the management oversight of these two county-owned facilities. The Great Plains, Big Spring, Flightline, North Lake Correctional Facilities, Reeves County Detention Center I & II and Reeves County Detention Center III generated approximately $145 million in revenues for GEO during the year ended December 31, 2020. The BOP has experienced a decline in federal prison populations over the last several years, a trend that has more recently been accelerated by the COVID-19 global pandemic. As a result of the Executive Order and the decline in federal prison populations, our above-described contracts with the BOP may not be renewed over the coming years. On March 5, 2021, we were notified by the BOP that it had decided to not exercise its contract renewal option for the company-owned, 1,940-bed Great Plains Correctional Facility in Oklahoma, when the contract base period expired on May 31, 2021. On March 25, 2021, we were notified that the BOP had decided to terminate its contract with the county-owned and managed Reeves County Detention Center I & II effective May 10, 2021. On August 18, 2021, we were notified by the BOP of the non-renewal of the contract options for our Big Spring and Flightline Facilities. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, our secure services contracts with the BOP accounted for approximately 9% of our total revenues.

Unlike the BOP, the USMS does not own and operate its detention facilities. The USMS contracts for the use of facilities, which are generally located in areas near federal courthouses, primarily through intergovernmental service agreements, and to a lesser extent, direct contracts. We are cooperating with the USMS in assessing various alternatives on how to comply with the Executive Order. During the first quarter of 2021, we were notified by the USMS that it would not renew its contract for the company-owned Queens Detention Facility in New York, when the contract base period ended on March 31, 2021. We currently operate four additional detention facilities that are under direct contracts and eight detention facilities that are under intergovernmental agreements with the USMS. The four direct contracts are up for renewal at various times over the next few years, including two in late 2021. ~~Effective October 1, 2021~~, we entered into a six-month contract extension with the USMS for the 770-bed Western Region Detention Facility in California. The contract with the USMS was operating under a two-year option period which was scheduled to end on September 30, 2021. ~~For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the direct contracts and intergovernmental agreements with the USMS accounted for approximately 16% of our total revenues.~~

The Executive Order only applies to agencies that are part of the DOJ, which includes the BOP and USMS. ICE facilities are not covered by the Executive Order as ICE is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, not the DOJ. However, it is possible that the federal government could choose to take similar action on ICE facilities in the future. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, contracts for ICE Processing Centers, not including the alternatives to detention contract under ISAP, accounted for approximately 25% of our total revenues.

President Biden’s administration may implement additional executive orders or directives relating to federal criminal justice policies and immigration policies which may impact the federal government’s use of public-private partnerships with respect to correctional and detention needs, including with respect to our contracts, and/or may impact the budget and spending priorities of federal agencies, including the BOP, USMS, and ICE.

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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, now known as COVID-19 (“COVID-19”), was reported in Wuhan, China and has since extensively impacted the global health and economic environment. In January 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. On February 28, 2020, the WHO raised its assessment of the COVID-19 threat from high to very high at a global level due to the continued increase in the number of cases and affected countries, and on March 11, 2020, the WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic.

~~Health and Safety~~

From the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, our corporate, regional, and field staff have taken steps to mitigate the risks of the novel coronavirus and have worked with our government partners to implement best practices consistent with the guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”). Ensuring the health and safety of all those entrusted to our care and of our employees has always been our number one priority. GEO’s COVID-19 mitigation initiatives have included:

~~Guidance~~

•	~~We issued guidance to all our facilities, consistent with the guidance issued for correctional and detention facilities by the CDC.~~

~~Testing~~

•	~~We increased testing capabilities at our secure services facilities and entered into contracts with multiple commercial labs to provide adequate testing supplies and services.~~

•	~~We invested approximately $2 million to acquire 45 Abbott Rapid COVID-19 ID NOW devices and testing kits capable of diagnosing not only COVID-19, but Influenza and Strep Throat.~~

•	~~Through August of 2021, we had administered more than 160,000 COVID-19 tests to those in our care at our secure services facilities.~~

~~Bi-Polar Ionization~~

•	~~We invested $3.7 million to install Bi-Polar Ionization Air Purification Systems at select secure services facilities to reduce the spread of airborne bacteria and viruses.~~

~~Facemasks and Personal Hygiene Products~~

•	~~We have provided continuing access to facemasks to all inmates and detainees, with a minimum of three facemasks per week or more often upon request.~~

•	We increased the frequency of distribution of personal hygiene products, including soap, shampoo and body wash, and tissue paper, and we are ensuring the daily availability of bars of soap or soap dispensers at each sink for hand washing in all of our facilities.

~~Social Distancing~~

•	~~We have implemented social distancing pursuant to directives from our government agency partners and communicated these obligations and requirements via meetings, memos, and postings.~~

•	~~We deployed floor markers throughout our facilities to inform and encourage social distancing and modified facility movements to accommodate social distancing.~~

~~Engineering Controls~~

•	~~We temporarily suspended onsite social visitation~~

•	~~We established requirements for staff to complete a medical questionnaire and pass a daily temperature check.~~

•	~~We modified intake procedures to screen new inmates/detainees and established isolation and quarantine procedures for COVID-19 positive and symptomatic cases, consistent with CDC guidelines.~~

~~Administrative/Work Practice Controls~~

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•	~~We posted reminders regarding coughing and sneezing etiquette, the importance of frequent handwashing, and the use of facemasks.~~

•	We increased cleaning and disinfection of facilities, including high-touch areas (e.g., doorknobs/handles, light switches, handheld radios), housing unit dayrooms, dining areas, and other areas where inmates/detainees assemble.

•	We advised our employees to remain home if they exhibit flu-like symptoms, and we have exercised flexible paid leave and Paid Time Off policies to allow for employees to remain home if they exhibit flu-like symptoms or to care for a family member.

•	~~We enacted quarantine and testing policies for any employees who may have come into contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.~~

~~Vaccination~~

•

We are working closely with our government partners and State and Local Health Departments to coordinate vaccination efforts for staff, inmates, detainees, and residents at our secure facilities and reentry centers and programs across the country and the coordination of these vaccination efforts is in alignment with recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), as well as criteria established through the Food and Drug Administration approval process.

•	The timing of vaccine distribution to staff, inmates, detainees, and residents is presently being directed by the Local and State Health Departments in the jurisdictions in which we operate through the guidance and prioritization recommendations offered by the CDC and ACIP.

•	Through August of 2021, GEO has worked with our government agency partners and State and Local Health Departments to administer approximately 36,000 doses of the vaccine to inmates, detainees, and residents in our facilities.

~~Along with implementing these measures,~~ GEO is continuing to coordinate closely with our government agency partners and local health agencies to ensure the health and safety of all those in our care and our employees. We are grateful for our frontline employees, who are making sacrifices daily to provide care for all those in our facilities, during this unprecedented global pandemic. Information on the steps we have taken to address and mitigate the risks of COVID-19 can be found at www.geogroup.com/~~COVID19. The information on or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.~~COVID19.

Economic Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic and related government-imposed mandatory closures, the efficacy and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, shelter in-place restrictions and social distancing protocols and increased expenditures on engineering controls, personal protective equipment, diagnostic testing, medical expenses, temperature scanners, protective plexiglass barriers and increased sanitation have had, and will continue to have, a severe impact on global economic conditions and the environment in which we operate. Starting in late March and

In early ~~April~~ 2020, we began to observe negative impacts from the pandemic on our performance in our secure services ~~business, specifically with our~~business. In addition to court mandates related to COVID-19 that limit capacity utilization at certain facilities, a driver of low utilization across ICE ~~Processing Centers and U.S. Marshals Facilities, as a result of a decrease in court sentencing at~~facilities has been the ~~federal level and reduced operational capacity to promote social distancing protocols which have continued into 2021. The federal government has also put in place~~ Title 42 ~~public health~~COVID-19 related restrictions that have been in place at the Southwest border which result in the immediate removal of single adults apprehended by the United States Border Patrol. This reduced operational capacity and the Title 42 public health restrictions may result in reduced reliance by ICE on GEO for detention beds and/or ICE processing centers.since March 2020. Additionally, our reentry services business conducted through our ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services business segment has also been negatively impacted, specifically our residential reentry centers ~~and non-residential day reporting programs~~ were impacted ~~by declines in programs~~ due to lower levels of referrals by federal, state and local agencies. Throughout the pandemic, new intake at residential reentry centers have significantly slowed down as governmental agencies across the country have opted for non-residential alternatives, including furloughs, home confinement and day reporting. We expect that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have ~~also~~an impact on our populations during the remainder of 2022, depending on various factors. While we experienced a significant increase in COVID-19 cases at the ~~transmission~~end of ~~COVID-19 at most of our facilities continuing in Third Quarter 2021 and to date in~~ the fourth quarter of ~~2021.~~2021 and in the early part of 2022, consistent with the spread of the Omicron variant across the country, we are currently experiencing relatively low levels of COVID-19 cases among our staff and the individuals in our care. If we are unable to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 at our facilities, we could experience a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. ~~We expect the continued impact of COVID-19 in the form of reduced operational capacity and decline in programs with a slow recovery to more normalized operations by the end of 2021 and into 2022.~~ Although we are unable to predict the duration or scope of the COVID-19 pandemic or estimate the extent of the overall future negative financial impact to our operating results, an extended period of depressed economic activity necessitated ~~by actions~~ to ~~combat~~combating the disease, and the severity and duration of the related global economic crisis may adversely impact our future financial performance.

Revenue

Due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to determine the future landscape of growth opportunities in the near term; however, any positive trends may, to some extent, be adversely impacted by government budgetary constraints in light of the pandemic or any changes to a government's willingness to maintain or grow public-private partnerships in the future. While state finances overall were stable prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, future budgetary pressures may cause state agencies to pursue a number of cost savings initiatives which may include reductions in per diem rates and/or the scope of services provided by private operators or the decision to not re-bid a contract after expiration of the contract term. These potential cost savings initiatives could have a material adverse impact on our current operations and/or our ability to pursue new business opportunities. Additionally, if state budgetary constraints, as discussed above, develop, persist or intensify, our state customers’ ability to pay us may be impaired and/or we may be forced to renegotiate our management contracts on less favorable terms and our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be materially adversely impacted. We plan to actively bid on any new projects that fit our target profile for profitability and operational risk. Any positive trends in the industry may be offset by several factors, including budgetary constraints, contract modifications, contract terminations, contract non-renewals, contract re-bids and/or the decision to not re-bid a contract after expiration of the contract term and the impact of any other potential changes to the willingness or ability to maintain or grow public-private partnerships on the part of other government agencies. We believe we have a strong relationship with our government agency partners and we believe that we operate facilities that maximize security, safety and efficiency while offering our suite of GEO Continuum of Care programs, services and resources.

On January 26, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order directing the United States Attorney General not to renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities, as consistent with applicable law. Two agencies of the DOJ, the BOP and the USMS, utilize GEO’s support services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted of federal crimes, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial or sentencing in U.S. federal courts. As of September 30, 2022, GEO has three company-owned/company-leased facilities under direct contracts with USMS, which have current contract option periods that

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expire between February 28, 2023 and September 30, 2023. These facilities combined represented approximately 6% of ~~Contents~~our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021.

President Biden’s administration may implement additional executive orders or directives relating to federal criminal justice policies and/or immigration policies, which may impact the federal government’s use of public-private partnerships with respect to secure correctional and detention facilities and immigration processing centers, including with respect to our contracts, and/or may impact the budget and spending priorities of federal agencies, including the BOP, USMS, and ICE, which is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Prior to the Executive Order, we have historically had a relatively high contract renewal rate, however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to renew our expiring management contracts on favorable terms, or at all. Also, while we are pleased with our track record in re-bid situations, we cannot assure that we will prevail in any such future situations.

California enacted legislation that became effective on January 1, 2020 aimed at phasing out public-private partnership contracts for the operation of secure correctional facilities and detention facilities within California and facilities outside of the State of California housing State of California inmates. ~~Additionally,~~Currently, we have four public-private partnership contracts in place with ICE ~~and the USMS~~ relating to secure services facilities located in California. ~~Our contract for our Central Valley facility was discontinued by~~These facilities/annexes generated approximately $160 million in combined annual revenues during the ~~State~~year ended December 31, 2021, and their contracts do not expire until December of California at the end of September 2019, and our three other California secure facility contracts for our Desert View, Golden State, and McFarland Facilities were discontinued during 2020. During the fourth quarter of 2019, we signed two 15-year contracts with ICE for five company-owned facilities in California totaling 4,490 beds, including the Central Valley, Desert View, and Golden State facilities and a managed-only contract with the USMS for the government-owned, 512-bed El Centro Service Processing Center in California. Additionally, we2034. GEO and the ~~U.S. Department of Justice~~DOJ have filed separate legal actions challenging the constitutionality of the attempted ban on new federal contracts entered into after the effective date of the California law. On October 5, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior U.S. District Court decision dismissing the ~~lower court’s decision, holding~~requests by GEO and the United States for declaratory and injunctive relief and ruled that ~~AB-32 conflicted~~AB32 conflicts with federal law in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and ~~could not stand.~~discriminates against the federal government in violation of the intergovernmental immunity doctrine. On April 26, 2022, the Ninth Circuit granted California’s petition for an en banc hearing and vacated the previous panel’s opinion. En banc arguments took place the week of June 21, 2022, in Pasadena, California. On September 26, 2022, in an 8-3 decision, the En Banc court vacated the prior decision denying the requests by GEO and the United States for declaratory and injunctive relief barring application of the California law to federal immigration processing centers. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, En Banc, ruled that AB-32 would give California a virtual power of review over detention decisions made by ICE in violation of the Supremacy Clause. The court held that whether analyzed under intergovernmental immunity or preemption, California cannot exert such control over the federal government’s detention operations. The case is remanded to the U.S. District Court for further proceedings, consistent with the court’s ruling.

Recently the State of Washington approved a similar measure, EHB 1090, banning the use of public-private partnership contracts for the operation of detention facilities in the ~~state.,~~state, that GEO is also challenging in federal court. GEO’s contract for the company-owned 1,575-bed Northwest ICE Processing Center in Washington has a renewal option period that expires in 2025. The facility generates approximately $64 million in annualized revenues for GEO. In

Effective April 6, 2022, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ~~we received notice that the County intends to take~~took over management of the managed-only George W. Hill Correctional ~~Facility effective April 2022.~~Facility. The George W. Hill Correctional Facility ~~generates~~generated approximately $46 million in annualized revenue for GEO.

Internationally, we are exploring opportunities in our current markets and will continue to actively bid on any opportunities that fit our target profile for profitability and operational risk. We are pleased to have been awarded a ten-year contract renewal for the continued delivery of secure transportation under our GEOAmey joint venture in the United Kingdom. Total revenue over the ten-year period is expected to be approximately $760 million. In New South Wales, Australia, we ~~have~~ developed a 489-bed expansion at the Junee Correctional ~~Centre which was substantially completed during the third quarter of 2020.~~Centre. We have also constructed a 137-bed expansion at the Fulham Correctional Centre in Victoria, Australia. With respect to our Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in the United Kingdom, we were unfortunately unsuccessful in the ~~current~~ competitive rebid process and transitioned the management contract in October 2021. In addition, we transitioned the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre to government operation in the State of Queensland, Australia at the end of ~~June~~September 2020.

With respect to our reentry services, electronic monitoring services, and community-based services business, ~~conducted through our GEO Care business segment,~~ we are currently pursuing a number of business development opportunities. Related to opportunities for community-based reentry services, we are working with our existing federal, state, and local clients to leverage new opportunities for both residential reentry facilities as well as non-residential day reporting centers. However, in light of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we may not be successful. We continue to expend resources on informing federal, state and local governments about the benefits of public-private partnerships, and we anticipate that there will be new opportunities in the future as those efforts continue to yield results. We believe we are well positioned to capitalize on any suitable opportunities that become available in this area.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of those expenses incurred in the operation and management of our contracts to provide services to our governmental clients. Labor and related costs represented ~~59% and 58.2%~~58.9% of our operating expenses during each of the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020, respectively.~~2021. Additional significant operating expenses include food, utilities and medical costs. During the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, operating expenses totaled ~~72.6%~~70.2% and ~~75.6%~~72.6%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues. We expect our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues in ~~2021~~2022 will be impacted by the opening of any new or existing idle facilities as a result of the cost of transitioning and/or start-up operations related to a facility opening. We also expect that our operating expenses will be impacted by the effect of inflation on costs related to personnel, utilities, insurance, and medical and food, among other operational costs. During ~~2021,~~2022, we will incur carrying costs for facilities that are currently vacant. Additionally, we have increased our spending on engineering controls, personal protective equipment, diagnostic testing, medical expenses, temperature scanners, protective plexiglass barriers and increased sanitation as a result of COVID-19 and expect to incur several millions of dollars in such costs in 2021.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of corporate management salaries and benefits, professional fees and other administrative expenses. During the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021~~2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, general and administrative expenses totaled ~~9.0%~~8.4% and ~~8.2%~~9.0%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues. We expect general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues in ~~2021~~2022 to remain consistent or decrease as a result of cost savings ~~initiatives as well as less travel, marketing and other corporate administrative expenses primarily due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.~~

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Idle Facilities

We are currently marketing ~~approximately 7,400~~13,061 vacant beds at ~~five~~seven of our U.S. Secure Services and at ~~two~~four of our ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services idle facilities to potential customers. The annual net carrying cost of our idle facilities in ~~2021~~2022 is estimated to be ~~$5.3~~$20.3 million, ~~inclusive of revenues earned on certain facilities during 2021 before they became idle,~~ including depreciation expense of ~~$8.7~~$15.7 million. As of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, these ~~seven~~eleven facilities had a combined net book value of ~~$210.9~~$352.8 million. We currently do not have any firm commitment or agreement in place to activate the remaining facilities. Historically, some facilities have been idle for multiple years before they received a new contract award. These idle facilities are included in the U.S. Secure Services and ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services segments. The per diem rates that we charge our clients often vary by contract across our portfolio. However, if the ~~seven~~eleven remaining idle facilities were to be activated using our U.S. Secure Services and ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services average per diem rates in ~~2021~~2022 (calculated as the U.S. Secure Services and ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services revenue divided by the number of U.S. Secure Services and ~~GEO Care~~Reentry Services mandays) and based on the average occupancy rate in our facilities through September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, we would expect to receive incremental annualized revenue of approximately ~~$200~~$350 million and an annualized increase in earnings per share of approximately ~~$0.20~~$0.35 to ~~$0.25~~$0.40 per share based on our average operating margins.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to market risks related to changes in interest rates with respect to our Exchange Credit ~~Facility.~~Agreement. Payments under the Exchange Credit ~~Facility~~Agreement are indexed to a variable interest rate. Based on borrowings outstanding under the Exchange Credit ~~Facility~~Agreement of approximately ~~$1,547~~$1,144 million and approximately ~~$68.3~~$99.0 million in outstanding letters of credit, as of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, for every one percent increase in the average interest rate applicable to the Credit Facility, our total annual interest expense would increase by approximately ~~$16~~$12 million.

Additionally, we invest our cash in a variety of short-term financial instruments to provide a return. These instruments generally consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less. While these instruments are subject to interest rate risk, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in market interest rates would not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We are also exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar, and the Australian dollar, the South African Rand and the British Pound currency exchange rates. Based upon our foreign currency exchange rate exposure as of September 30, ~~2021,~~2022, every 10 percent change in historical currency rates would have approximately a ~~$7.8~~$6.4 million effect on our financial position and approximately a ~~$2.3~~$1.9 million impact on our results of operations during the nine months ended September 30, ~~2021.~~2022.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, referred to as the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this report. On the basis of this review, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to give reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed with the SEC, under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, in a manner that allows timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

It should be noted that the effectiveness of our system of disclosure controls and procedures is subject to certain limitations inherent in any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing and evaluating the controls and procedures, the assumptions used in identifying the likelihood of future events, and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our disclosure controls and procedures will detect all errors or fraud. As a result, by its nature, our system of disclosure controls and procedures can provide only reasonable assurance regarding management’s control objectives.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

Our management is responsible to report any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management believes that there have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. There were no significant changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the ~~nine months~~quarter ended September 30, ~~2021.~~2022.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

~~The information required herein is incorporated by reference from Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies~~

Shareholder and ~~Other Matters~~Derivative Litigation

On July 7, 2020, a putative shareholder class action lawsuit was filed against the Company and ~~Note 15 – Subsequent Events~~its officers George C. Zoley and Brian R. Evans, in the ~~Notes~~U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On November 18, 2020, the lead plaintiffs, James Michael DeLoach and Edward Oketola, filed a consolidated class action amended complaint against Messrs. Zoley and Evans––as well as current and former Company officers J. David Donahue and Ann M. Schlarb. On September 23, 2021, the court dismissed all claims against Messrs. Evans and Donahue, and Ms. Schlarb, and dismissed all claims against GEO and Mr. Zoley other than claims related to GEO's disclosures about pending litigation. On October 4, 2021, plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action second amended complaint. The second amended complaint alleges that GEO and Mr. Zoley violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and alleges that Mr. Zoley violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, by making materially false and misleading statements and/or omissions related to pending litigation, and seeks relief individually and on behalf of a putative class consisting of all persons and entities––other than the defendants, the officers and directors of the Company, members of their immediate families and their legal representatives, heirs, successors or assigns and any entity in which the defendants have or had a controlling interest––who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities during the alleged class period from November 9, 2018 to August 5, 2020, inclusive. The second amended complaint seeks damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, expert fees, other costs, and such other relief as the court may deem proper. On June 21, 2022, the court dismissed all claims in the second amended complaint other than those related to the ~~Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included~~Company’s statements about pending lawsuits made prior to July 17, 2019.

After the putative shareholder class action lawsuit was filed, three related putative shareholder derivative actions have also been filed. These cases generally allege breaches of fiduciary duties related to the same underlying matters alleged in ~~Part I, Item~~the class action. First, on July 1, ~~of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.~~

~~ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.~~

~~Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K~~2021, a putative shareholder derivative complaint was filed in Palm Beach County, Florida Circuit Court against the Company, as well as current and former Company directors and officers George C. Zoley, Jose Gordo, Brian R. Evans, Ann M. Schlarb, Richard H. Glanton, Anne N. Foreman, Christopher C. Wheeler, Julie M. Wood, Guido van Hauwermeiren, Scott M. Kernan, and Duane Helkowski (collectively, the “State Court Defendants”). Second, On November 12, 2021, a putative shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the ~~year ended December 31, 2020 (the “2020 Form 10-K”)~~Southern District of Florida against the Company, the State Court Defendants, as well as current and ~~Item 1A of Part II of our Quarterly Report~~former Company officers David Venturella and J. David Donahue (collectively, the “Derivative Defendants”). Third, on ~~Form 10-Q~~August 24, 2022, a putative stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the ~~quarter ended~~Southern District of Florida against the Company and the Derivative Defendants. The state-court complaint alleges breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims against the State Court Defendants relating to purported healthcare and quality of care deficiencies, an allegedly inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, alleged forced labor by detainees, and alleged exposure to pending litigation, which purportedly led to damage to GEO. The federal-court complaints make similar allegations of breach of fiduciary duty as to the Derivative Defendants, and also allege that the Derivative Defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder and that Mr. Zoley contributed to alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 21D of the Exchange Act. The state-court lawsuit and the first federal-court lawsuit are currently stayed pending the resolution of the federal putative shareholder class action lawsuit described above.

GEO strongly disputes the claims made in these four lawsuits, and intends to take all necessary steps to vigorously defend itself from these lawsuits.

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 Wages of Workers Act and the Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”). The plaintiff class claims that the Company was unjustly enriched based on the level of payment the detainees received for work performed in a voluntary work program 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 Colorado Minimum Wage Order and dismissed this claim. In February 2017, the court granted the plaintiff-class’s motion for class certification on the TVPA and unjust enrichment claims. The plaintiff 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.

Since the Colorado suit was initially filed, four similar lawsuits have been filed - two in the state of Washington and two in California.

The first of the two state of Washington lawsuits was filed on September 9, 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 Washington State minimum wage laws should be enforced with respect to detainees who volunteer to participate in a Voluntary Work Program 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 persons in the custody of federal immigration authorities while their immigration status is being determined by the federal government. In October 2021, an unfavorable jury verdict and Court judgment resulting in a combined $23.2 million judgment were 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 interest in the amount of $12.7 million. The trial court has 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 was held on October 6, 2022. The case has been formally submitted to the three-judge panel for decision. GEO intends to take all necessary steps to vigorously defend itself. The Company has not established an accrual for this judgment as it believes a potential loss related to this case is not probable.

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 and that the Company violated the TVPA and California's equivalent state statute. 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, ~~2021 (the “2021 Q1 Form 10-Q”) includes~~2022, the court entered a ~~detailed discussion~~stay of the ~~risk factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or future prospects.Set forth below are modifications to our existing risk factors that supplement~~California case until the ~~existing risk factors previously disclosed~~Ninth Circuit rules on the Washington cases.

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. This lawsuit is similar to the cases in Colorado, Washington and California discussed above. The complaint alleges that federal detainees who volunteer to participate in the Voluntary Work Program ("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 unjust enrichment, human trafficking and forced labor.

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 December 30, 2019, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against the State of California for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging California’s newly enacted law - Assembly Bill 32 ("AB-32"), - which prohibits the operation of "private detention facilities" in California, including facilities in which the Company provides secure immigration detention contract services to the Federal government. The Company’s lawsuit asserts that AB-32 violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which protects the federal government from regulation by any state. By prohibiting federal detention facilities in California, the suit argues AB-32 substantially interferes with the ability of USMS and ICE to carry out detention responsibilities for the federal government. Secondly, because AB-32 creates an exemption for the application of AB-32 for the State of California for the use of "private detention facilities" (to alleviate overcrowding), California’s statute unlawfully discriminates against the federal government. On January 24, 2020, ~~Form 10-K~~the United States filed a lawsuit challenging AB-32. On October 8, 2020, the court issued an order granting, in part, and denying in part, the Company’s and the United States’ motions for preliminary injunction and California’s motion to dismiss. Among other findings, the court (1) dismissed the Company’s intergovernmental immunity claims as well as the United States’ preemption claims as applied to ICE facilities; (2) found that the Company and the United States were likely to succeed on the preemption claims as applied to U.S. Marshals’ facilities and enjoined enforcing AB-32 against those facilities; and (3) refused to enjoin California from enforcing AB-32 against ICE contracts with the Company and the United States. The Company and the United States appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was held on June 7, 2021. On October 5, 2021, ~~Q1 Form 10-Q.We encourage you~~a three-Judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision, holding that AB-32 conflicted with federal law. California petitioned the Ninth Circuit for the matter to ~~read these risk factors~~be heard by the Court sitting en banc, which petition was accepted. On September 26, 2022, in ~~their entirety.~~an 8-3 en banc decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that AB-32 violates the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause and that AB-32 is preempted, vacated the lower court’s denial of the Company’s and the United States’ motions for preliminary injunction, and remanded the case to the District Court to consider the remaining preliminary injunction factors.

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On April 29, 2021, 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 1090 – that purports to ~~various liabilities for~~prohibit the operation of "private detention facilities" in the state, which ~~we may not have adequate insurance~~would prevent the United States from using privately contracted detention facilities to house detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and ~~may have~~Customs Enforcement (“ICE”). The court has entered a ~~material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results~~stay in this action pending the final resolution of ~~operations.~~the AB-32 appeal.

Other Litigation

The nature of ~~our services~~the Company's business also exposes usit to various ~~types of~~other third-party ~~allegations and~~ legal claims or litigation against the Company, including, but not limited to, civil rights claims relating to conditions of confinement and/or mistreatment, sexual misconduct claims brought by individuals ~~within our~~in its care, medical malpractice claims, claims ~~relating~~related to ~~the federal Trafficking and Victims Protection Act, claims relating to our COVID-19 response procedures,~~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 ~~our~~the Company's facilities, programs, electronic monitoring products, personnel or ~~prisoners,~~detainees, including damages arising from the escape of an ~~inmate’s escape~~individual in its care or from a disturbance or riot at a facility. ~~In addition, our management contracts generally require us to indemnify~~

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 ~~governmental agency against any damages to which the governmental agency may be subject in connection with such claims or litigation.~~

We maintain insurance coverage for these general types of claims, except for claims relating to employment matters, for which we carry no insurance. However, we generally have high deductible payment requirements on our primary insurance policies, including our general liability insurance, and there are also varying limits on the maximum amount of ~~our overall coverage. As a result,~~ the ~~insurance we maintain to cover~~loss can be reasonably estimated. However, the various liabilities to which we are exposed may not be adequate. Any losses relating to matters for which we are either uninsured or for which we do not have adequate insurance could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, any losses relating to employment matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. To the extent the events serving as a basis for any potential claims are alleged or determined to constitute illegal or criminal activity, we could also be subject to criminal liability. Such liability could result in significant monetary fines and could affect our ability to bid on future contracts and/or retain our existing contracts.

During the third quarter of 2021, the court hearing the previously disclosed shareholder class action filed against GEO and certain of its officers granted in part and denied in part the defendants' motion to dismiss. As set forth more fully in Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters, the court allowed narrowed claims to proceed against GEO and Mr. Zoley. Also during the third quarter of 2021, as set forth more fully in Note 11 – Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters, a putative shareholder derivative complaint was filed in state court against GEO and its directors and certain of its officers.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, we received an unfavorable jury verdict and combined $23.2 million judgments in the retrial of two cases, State of Washington v. GEO Group and Nwauzor et al. v. GEO Group, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. While we strongly disagree with the verdict and judgments in these two cases and intend to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we cannot make any assurances that we will prevail on appeal. At this time, GEO has not recorded an accrual relating to these two cases because a loss, following the appeals process, is not considered probable. If we are required to record an accrual with regard to these cases or other similar cases, that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

~~The~~ results of these claims or proceedings ~~or other litigation matters,~~ 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.~~flows 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 ~~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. The Company~~ does not accrue for anticipated legal fees and costs but expenses those items as incurred.

63ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

~~Table~~Item 1A of ~~Contents~~

~~We are dependent upon our senior management and our ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel.~~

~~We are dependent upon the continued service of each member~~Part I of our senior management team, including George C. Zoley, Ph.D., our Executive Chairman, Jose Gordo, our Chief Executive Officer, Brian R. Evans, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, James H. Black, our Senior Vice President and President, Secure Services, Ann Schlarb, our Senior Vice President and President, GEO Care, David Venturella, our Senior Vice President, Client Relations and also our other executive officers atAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the ~~Senior or Executive Vice President level and above. The unexpected loss~~year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Form 10-K”) includes a detailed discussion of ~~Dr. Zoley, Mr. Gordo, Mr. Evans or any other key member of our senior management team~~the risk factors that could materially ~~adversely~~ affect our business, financial condition or ~~results of operations.~~future prospects. We encourage you to read these risk factors in their entirety.

In addition, the services we provide are labor-intensive. When we are awarded a facility management contract or open a new facility, depending on the service we have been contracted to provide, we may need to hire operating, management, correctional officers, security staff, physicians, nurses and other qualified personnel. Our business is labor intensive, and some of our operations may experience a high rate of employee turnover from time to time. We believe there is currently a labor shortage impacting both publicly operated and privately operated secure facilities, processing centers and community reentry centers. It can be challenging for us to find appropriately skilled and qualified personnel at affordable rates. We may be unable to hire and retain a sufficiently skilled labor force to support our operating needs, our contractual requirements and our growth strategy. A labor shortage could negatively affect our ability to efficiently operate our facilities and our overall business. Any such shortage may adversely impact our ability to serve our customers effectively. Our labor and training expenses could increase as a result of a shortage in the supply of skilled personnel and an increase in the compensation we will need to pay to attract and retain such personnel, which could adversely affect our profitability. The success of our business requires that we attract, develop and retain our personnel. Our inability to hire sufficient qualified personnel on a timely basis or the loss of significant numbers of personnel at existing facilities could have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. If we were to be unable to fully staff or fill vacancies on a timely basis in our secure facilities, processing centers and community reentry centers, it could result in negative consequences, including requests by our government customers to provide a plan of correction, assessments of fines or other penalties under our contracts, or contract cancellations or non-renewals.

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

Not applicable

Period

Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased
(1)

Average
Price
Paid per
Share

Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs

Approximate
Dollar
Value of
Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs
(in millions)

July 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021

10,674

$
7.24

—

$
—

August 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021

1,146

$
7.74

—

$
—

September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021

558

$
6.77

—

$
—

Total

12,378

—

~~(1)~~

We withheld 12,378 shares through net share settlements to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements upon vesting of shares of restricted stock held by employees. These purchases were not made as part of a publicly announced plan or program.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

(A)

Exhibits


~~(A)~~


4.1	~~Exhibits~~

		Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as trustee and second lien collateral trustee, relating to the 10.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
4.2		Form of 10.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
. 4.3		Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as trustee and second lien collateral trustee, relating to the 9.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
~~31.1~~ 4.4		Form of 9.500% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.3).
4.5		Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2013, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, relating to the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
4.6		Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2014, among The GEO Group, Inc. and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, relating to the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
4.7		Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2014, among The GEO Group, Inc. and Regions Bank (successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, relating to the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.1 *		Amendment No. 4 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022, by and among the lenders party thereto (including pursuant to a borrower assignment agreement), The GEO Group, Inc., GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. and BNP Paribas, as administrative agent for the lenders under the existing credit agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.2 *		Amendment No. 5 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Agency Resignation and Appointment Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022, by and among The GEO Group, Inc., GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the revolving credit lenders party thereto, the term lenders party thereto, the issuing lenders and the swingline lender, BNP Paribas, as the existing administrative agent for lenders under the existing credit agreement, Alter Domus Products Corp., as the new administrative agent for the lenders under the amended credit agreement, and Alter Domus Products Corp., as the administrative agent for the lenders under the exchange credit agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.3		Credit Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022 among The GEO Group, Inc. and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., as borrowers, the lenders referred to therein and Alter Domus Products Corp., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.4		First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022 among Alter Domus Products Corp., as exchange credit facility agent for the exchange credit facility secured parties, Alter Domus Products Corp., as existing credit facility agent for the existing credit facility secured parties and each additional senior representative from time to time party thereto, and acknowledged by The GEO Group, Inc. and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc. as borrowers and the other grantors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.5		Second Lien Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022, among The GEO Group, Inc., the other grantors from time to time party thereto, Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as indenture trustee, Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as private exchange notes indenture trustee, and Ankura Trust Company, LLC as second lien collateral trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).


10.6		First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2022, among Alter Domus Products Corp., as exchange credit facility agent for the exchange credit facility secured parties, Alter Domus Products Corp., as existing credit facility agent for the existing credit facility secured parties Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as second lien secured notes collateral trustee, each additional representative from time to time thereto, and acknowledged by The GEO Group, Inc. and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., as borrowers and the other grantors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 25, 2022).
10.7		Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2022, among the Company and the Consenting Creditors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 19, 2022).

31.1		SECTION 302 CEO Certification.

31.2		SECTION 302 CFO Certification.

32.1		SECTION 906 CEO Certification.

32.2		SECTION 906 CFO Certification.

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65* Certain portions of these Exhibits have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601 because they are both (i) not material to investors and (ii) the type of information that the Registrant customarily and actually treats as private or confidential and have been marked with ‘‘[***]’’ to indicate where omissions have been made. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally an unredacted copy of the Exhibit to the SEC upon its request.

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SIGNATURES

~~SIGNATURES~~

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


		THE GEO GROUP, INC.

Date:	November ~~5, 2021~~8, 2022	/s/ Brian R. Evans
		Brian R. Evans
		Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		(duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)

6662


Florida		65-0043078
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4955 Technology Way Boca Raton, Florida		33431
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	GEO	New York Stock Exchange


	September 30, 2021			December 31, 2020			September 30, 2022			December 31, 2021
	(Unaudited)						(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	537,070		$	283,524		$	91,645		$	506,491
Restricted cash and cash equivalents		30,201			26,740			—			20,161
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,285 and $4,183, respectively		327,723			362,668
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $834 and $1,155, respectively								383,694			365,573
Contract receivable, current portion		6,313			6,283			—			6,507
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		31,682			32,108			40,388			45,176
Total current assets		932,989			711,323			515,727			943,908
Restricted Cash and Investments		60,732			37,338			89,760			76,158
Property and Equipment, Net		2,055,406			2,122,195			2,012,679			2,037,845
Assets Held for Sale		9,717			9,108			480			7,877
Contract Receivable		366,155			396,647			—			367,071
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets, Net		118,073			124,727			95,119			112,187
Deferred Income Tax Assets		36,604			36,604
Goodwill		755,222			755,250			755,179			755,225
Intangible Assets, Net		172,794			187,747			151,272			166,124
Other Non-Current Assets		81,104			79,187			84,292			71,013
Total Assets	$	4,588,796		$	4,460,126		$	3,704,508		$	4,537,408
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	67,411		$	85,861		$	71,408		$	64,073
Accrued payroll and related taxes		80,798			67,797			68,777			67,210
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		216,404			202,378			218,628			200,712
Operating lease liabilities, current portion		28,982			29,080			23,910			28,279
Current portion of finance lease liabilities, long-term debt and non-recourse debt		27,010			26,180			44,702			18,568
Total current liabilities		420,605			411,296			427,425			378,842
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities		30,726			30,726			45,074			80,768
Other Non-Current Liabilities		95,789			115,555			81,593			87,073
Operating Lease Liabilities		95,357			101,375			76,977			89,917
Finance Lease Liabilities		2,147			2,988			1,457			1,977
Long-Term Debt		2,629,010			2,561,881			1,961,402			2,625,959
Non-Recourse Debt		297,456			324,223			—			297,856
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)
Commitments, Contingencies and Other Matters (Note 11)
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, NaN issued or outstanding		0			0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 187,500,000 shares authorized, 127,317,890 and 126,153,173 issued and 122,465,518 and 121,318,175 outstanding, respectively		1,273			1,262
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding								—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 187,500,000 shares authorized, 128,908,175 and 127,323,762 issued and 124,055,803 and 122,471,390 outstanding, respectively								1,290			1,273
Additional paid-in capital		1,272,725			1,262,267			1,288,075			1,276,213
Distributions in excess of earnings		(126,165	)		(222,892	)
Accumulated deficit								(45,766	)		(175,960	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(23,854	)		(22,589	)		(26,637	)		(20,216	)
Treasury stock, 4,852,372 and 4,834,998 shares, at cost, respectively		(105,099	)		(104,946	)
Treasury stock, 4,852,372 shares, at cost, respectively								(105,099	)		(105,099	)
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.		1,018,880			913,102			1,111,863			976,211
Noncontrolling interests		(1,174	)		(1,020	)		(1,283	)		(1,195	)
Total shareholders’ equity		1,017,706			912,082			1,110,580			975,016
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	4,588,796		$	4,460,126		$	3,704,508		$	4,537,408


	Nine Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2021			September 30, 2020			September 30, 2022			September 30, 2021
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	127,057		$	100,947		$	130,164		$	127,057
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		157			174			119			157
Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.		127,214			101,121			130,283			127,214
Adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense		100,306			100,389			100,284			100,306
Stock-based compensation		15,755			19,163			13,010			15,755
Gain on extinguishment of debt		(4,693	)		(3,035	)
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt								37,487			(4,693	)
Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest		5,559			5,153			6,211			5,559
Provision for doubtful accounts		—			288			133			—
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax		(5,647	)		(7,202	)		(3,786	)		(5,647	)
Dividends received from unconsolidated joint ventures		5,186			5,296			2,706			5,186
Loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment, net		7,111			3,593
Loss on assets held for sale		—			774
Loss on asset divestiture		5,031			—
(Gain) loss on disposition of real estate		(9,322	)		1,151
Loss (gain) on sale/disposal of property and equipment, net								(1,101	)		7,111
Gain on assets held for sale								(3,053	)		—
Gain on asset divestitures, net								(29,279	)		(4,291	)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets		44,339			58,498			49,593			44,339
Changes in contract receivable		4,734			3,787			—			4,734
Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		(6,096	)		69,151			9,064			(6,096	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		289,477			358,127			311,552			289,477
Cash Flow from Investing Activities:
Insurance proceeds - damaged property		1,027			9,497			—			1,027
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		4,118			83			1,647			4,118
Proceeds from sales of real estate		18,581			—			—			18,581
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale		—			1,516			15,812			—
Change in restricted investments		(6,807	)		(4,455	)		(5,544	)		(6,807	)
Capital expenditures		(57,382	)		(83,817	)		(72,233	)		(57,382	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(40,463	)		(77,176	)		(60,318	)		(40,463	)
Cash Flow from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt		435,000			311,579			50,000			435,000
Payments on long-term debt		(359,638	)		(380,055	)		(676,114	)		(359,638	)
Payments on non-recourse debt		(5,081	)		(4,530	)		(1,302	)		(5,081	)
Taxes paid related to net share settlements of equity awards		(2,091	)		(2,789	)		(1,301	)		(2,091	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection with ESPP		252			465			150			252
Payment for repurchases of common stock		—			(9,562	)
Debt issuance costs		(9,587	)		—			(41,536	)		(9,587	)
Cash dividends paid		(30,487	)		(174,134	)		—			(30,487	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		28,368			(259,026	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities								(670,103	)		28,368
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		(3,788	)		(309	)		(8,080	)		(3,788	)
Net Increase in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		273,594			21,616			(426,949	)		273,594
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, beginning of period		311,853			67,472			548,322			311,853
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of period	$	585,447		$	89,088		$	121,373		$	585,447
Supplemental Disclosures:
Non-cash Investing and Financing activities:
Right-of-use assets obtained from operating lease liabilities	$	2,103		$	10,398		$	8,924		$	2,103
Equipment obtained from finance lease liabilities	$	—		$	1,616
Principal Exchanges of Debt							$	1,620,318		$	—
Dividends paid in treasury shares	$	153		$	553		$	—		$	153
Conversion of pension liability to shares of common stock	$	—		$	8,925
Conversion of shares of common stock to pension liability	$	3,600		$	—		$	—		$	3,600
Debt issuance costs in accrued expenses							$	11,245		$	—
Capital expenditures in accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	7,795		$	7,983		$	4,842		$	7,795

	January 1, 2021		Foreign Currency Translation			September 30, 2021
U.S. Secure Services	$	316,366	$	0		$	316,366
GEO Care [1]		438,443		0			438,443
International Services		441		(28	)		413
Total Goodwill	$	755,250	$	(28	)	$	755,222


Large accelerated filer	☑	Accelerated filer	☐

Non-accelerated filer	☐	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐

		Emerging growth company	☐


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION	3
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ~~2021~~2022 AND ~~2020~~2021	3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED) FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ~~2021~~2022 AND ~~2020~~2021	4
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, ~~2021~~2022 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, ~~2020~~2021	5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ~~2021~~2022 AND ~~2020~~2021	6
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	7
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	34
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	6256
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	6256
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION	6357
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	6357
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS	6359
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	6459
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	6459
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	6459
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION	6459
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS	6560
SIGNATURES	6662


	January 1, 2022		Foreign Currency Translation			September 30, 2022
U.S. Secure Services	$	316,366	$	—		$	316,366
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services		289,570		—			289,570
Reentry Services		148,873		—			148,873
International Services		416		(46	)		370
Total Goodwill	$	755,225	$	(46	)	$	755,179


	September 30, 2022									December 31, 2021
	Weighted Average Useful Life (years)		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Facility management contracts		16.3	$	308,335	$	(203,071	)	$	105,264	$	308,369	$	(189,163	)	$	119,206
Technology		7.3		33,700		(32,892	)		808		33,700		(31,982	)		1,718
Trade names	Indefinite			45,200		—			45,200		45,200		—			45,200
Total acquired intangible assets			$	387,235	$	(235,963	)	$	151,272	$	387,269	$	(221,145	)	$	166,124


Fiscal Year	Total Amortization Expense		Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2021	$	7,178
2022		18,131
Remainder of 2022			$	3,601
2023		13,487		11,813
2024		9,754		9,314
2025		9,703		9,263
2026				7,157
Thereafter		69,341		64,924
	$	127,594	$	106,072


			Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2021								Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2022
	Carrying Value at September 30, 2021		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Carrying Value at September 30, 2022		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Restricted investment:
Rabbi Trust	$	42,556	$	—	$	42,556	$	—	$	34,934	$	—	$	34,934	$	—
Fixed income securities		2,101		—		2,101		—
Liabilities:
Marketable equity and fixed income securities										25,098		—		25,098		—
Interest rate swap derivatives	$	3,367	$	—	$	3,367	$	—		4,712		—		4,712		—


			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021
	Carrying Value at December 31, 2021		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Restricted investments:
Rabbi Trust	$	42,937	$	—	$	42,937	$	—
Marketable equity and fixed income securities		11,551		—		11,551		—
Fixed income securities		1,927		—		1,927		—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap derivatives	$	3,195	$	—	$	3,195	$	—

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020
	Carrying Value at December 31, 2020		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Restricted investments:
Rabbi Trust	$	35,749	$	—	$	35,749	$	—
Fixed income securities		1,932		—		1,932		—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap derivatives	$	6,015	$	—	$	6,015	$	—

			Estimated Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2021
	Carrying Value as of September 30, 2021		Total Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	537,070	$	537,070	$	537,070	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash and investments		48,377		48,377		48,377		—		—
Liabilities:
Borrowings under senior credit facility	$	1,549,783	$	1,444,437	$	—	$	1,444,437	$	—
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023		259,275		245,410		—		245,410		—
5.875% Senior Notes due 2024		225,293		191,519		—		191,519		—
6.00% Senior Notes due 2026		350,000		276,113		—		276,113		—
6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026		230,000		238,799		—		238,799		—
Non-recourse debt		317,671		317,671		—		317,671		—


			Estimated Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2022
	Carrying Value as of September 30, 2022		Total Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	91,645	$	91,645	$	91,645	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash and investments		29,728		29,728		29,728		—		—
Liabilities:
Borrowings under exchange credit facility	$	1,143,977	$	1,161,385	$	—	$	1,161,385	$	—
10.500% Public Second Lien Notes due 2028		286,521		283,882		—		283,882		—
9.500% Private Second Lien Notes due 2028		239,142		222,856		—		222,856		—
5.875% Senior Notes due 2024		23,253		22,197		—		22,197		—
6.00% Senior Notes due 2026		110,858		90,945		—		90,945		—
6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026		230,000		246,392		—		246,392		—


			Estimated Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021
	Carrying Value as of December 31, 2021		Total Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	506,491	$	506,491	$	506,491	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash and investments		41,831		41,831		41,831		—		—
Liabilities:
Borrowings under senior credit facility	$	1,546,895	$	1,448,280	$	—	$	1,448,280	$	—
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023		259,275		248,479		—		248,479		—
5.875% Senior Notes due 2024		225,293		199,522		—		199,522		—
6.00% Senior Notes due 2026		350,000		283,691		—		283,691		—
6.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026		230,000		248,211				248,211
Non-recourse debt		310,108		310,108		—		310,108		—

			Estimated Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020
	Carrying Value as of December 31, 2020		Total Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	283,524	$	283,524	$	283,524	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash and investments		28,329		28,329		28,329		—		—
Liabilities:
Borrowings under senior credit facility	$	1,474,437	$	1,342,066	$	—	$	1,342,066	$	—
5.875% Senior Notes due 2022		193,958		192,736		—		192,736		—
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023		281,783		256,096		—		256,096		—
5.875% Senior Notes due 2024		242,500		202,458		—		202,458		—
6.00% Senior Notes due 2026		350,000		279,493		—		279,493		—
Non-recourse debt		344,614		344,632		—		344,632		—


	September 30, 2021			September 30, 2020			September 30, 2022			September 30, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	537,070		$	53,676		$	91,645		$	537,070
Restricted cash and cash equivalents - current		30,201			27,229			—			30,201
Restricted cash and investments - non-current		60,732			40,970			89,760			60,732
Less Restricted investments - non-current		(42,556	)		(32,787	)		(60,032	)		(42,556	)
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents shown in the statement of cash flows	$	585,447		$	89,088		$	121,373		$	585,447

	Common shares						Additional Paid-In			Earnings in Excess of			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Treasury shares					Noncontrolling			Total Shareholders'
	Shares			Amount			Capital			Distributions			Loss			Shares		Amount			Interests			Equity
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Balance, January 1, 2020		121,225		$	1,254		$	1,230,865		$	(119,779	)	$	(20,335	)		4,210		(95,175	)	$	(782	)	$	996,048
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		—			—			1			—			—			—		—			—			1
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—			19,163			—			—			—		—			—			19,163
Restricted stock granted		900			9			(9	)		—			—			—		—			—			-
Restricted stock canceled		(49	)		—			—			—			—			—		—			—			-
Dividends paid [1]		—			—			—			(174,687	)		—			—		—			—			(174,687	)
Shares withheld for net settlements of share- based awards [3]		(174	)		(1	)		(2,788	)		—			—			—		—			—			(2,789	)
Issuance of common stock - ESPP		39			—			465			—			—			—		—			—			465
Purchase of treasury shares [2]		(602	)		—			—			—			—			602		(9,562	)		—			(9,562	)
Other adjustment to additional paid-in capital [2]		—			—			9,479			—			—			—		—			—			9,479
Net income (loss)		—			—			—			101,121			—			—		—			(174	)		100,947
Other comprehensive income (loss)		—			—			—			—			(6,738	)		—		—			(43	)		(6,781	)
Balance, September 30, 2020		121,339		$	1,262		$	1,257,176		$	(193,345	)	$	(27,073	)		4,812	$	(104,737	)	$	(999	)	$	932,284

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution Per Share		Aggregate Payment Amount (in millions)
February 3, 2020	February 14, 2020	February 21, 2020	$	0.48	$	58.2
April 6, 2020	April 17, 2020	April 24, 2020	$	0.48	$	58.5
July 7, 2020	July 17, 2020	July 24, 2020	$	0.48	$	58.5
October 6, 2020	October 16, 2020	October 23, 2020	$	0.34	$	41.5
January 15, 2021	January 25, 2021	February 1, 2021	$	0.25	$	30.5

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
	(In thousands)
	Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (1)			Change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax			Pension adjustments, net of tax			Total
Balance, January 1, 2020	$	(12,314	)	$	(1,476	)	$	(6,545	)	$	(20,335	)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		(2,759	)		(4,299	)		320			(6,738	)
Balance, September 30, 2020	$	(15,073	)	$	(5,775	)	$	(6,225	)	$	(27,073	)


	Shares			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price		Wtd. Avg. Remaining Contractual Term (years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	(in thousands)							(in thousands)
Options outstanding at January 1, 2022		1,847		$	19.92		6.23	$	73
Options granted		342			5.76
Options exercised		(3	)		7.52
Options forfeited/canceled/expired		(260	)		15.94
Options outstanding at September 30, 2022		1,926		$	17.98		6.18	$	605
Options vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2022		1,853		$	18.38		6.08	$	526
Options exercisable at September 30, 2022		1,228		$	22.83		4.89	$	13

	Shares			Wtd. Avg. Grant Date Fair Value
	(in thousands)					Shares			Wtd. Avg. Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted stock outstanding at January 1, 2021		2,154		$	20.61
						(in thousands)
Restricted stock outstanding at January 1, 2022							2,619		$	12.56
Granted		1,551			6.95		1,836			6.09
Vested		(929	)		20.54		(807	)		16.27
Forfeited/canceled		(154	)		10.58		(46	)		9.49
Restricted stock outstanding at September 30, 2021		2,622		$	12.55
Restricted stock outstanding at September 30, 2022							3,602		$	8.25

		Design			Net Carrying Value
Facility	Segment	Capacity		Date Idled	September 30, 2021
Great Plains Correctional Facility	Secure Services		1,940	2021	$	69,097
D. Ray James Correctional Facility	Secure Services		1,900	2021		53,212
Rivers Correctional Facility	Secure Services		1,450	2021		40,081
McFarland Female Community Reentry Facility	Secure Services		300	2020		11,665
Perry County Correctional Facility	Secure Services		690	2015		11,272
Cheyenne Mountain Recovery Center [1]	GEO Care		750	2020		17,298
Coleman Hall	GEO Care		350	2017		8,238
Total			7,380		$	210,863


						Secure Services		Reentry Services		Total
		Secure Services		Reentry Services		Net Carrying Value		Net Carrying Value		Net Carrying Value
Facility	Year Idled	Design Capacity		Design Capacity		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2022
Great Plains Correctional Facility	2021		1,940		—	$	70,016	$	—	$	70,016
D. Ray James Correctional Facility	2021		1,900		—		51,285		—		51,285
Northlake Correctional Facility	2022		1,800		—		69,113		—		69,113
Rivers Correctional Facility	2021		1,450		—		38,348		—		38,348
Big Spring Correctional Facility	2021		1,732		—		33,678		—		33,678
Flightline Correctional Facility	2021		1,800		—		35,586		—		35,586
McFarland Female Community Reentry Facility	2020		300		—		11,038		—		11,038
Cheyenne Mountain Recovery Center	2020		—		750		—		16,806		16,806
Albert Bo Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center	2022		—		900		—		14,198		14,198
Coleman Hall	2017		—		350		—		7,844		7,844
Hector Garza Center	2020		—		139		—		4,882		4,882
Total			10,922		2,139	$	309,064	$	43,730	$	352,794


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021			Year Ended December 31, 2020			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of period	$	33,530		$	37,551		$	31,830		$	33,530
Service cost		1,053			1,254			839			1,404
Interest cost		956			1,306			721			1,274
Actuarial gain		0			3,180			—			(3,505	)
Other reclassification [1]		0			(8,925	)
Benefits paid		(649	)		(836	)		(733	)		(873	)
Projected benefit obligation, end of period	$	34,890		$	33,530		$	32,657		$	31,830
Change in Plan Assets
Plan assets at fair value, beginning of period	$	0		$	0		$	—		$	—
Company contributions		649			836			733			873
Benefits paid		(649	)		(836	)		(733	)		(873	)
Plan assets at fair value, end of period	$	0		$	0		$	—		$	—
Unfunded Status of the Plan	$	34,890		$	33,530		$	32,657		$	31,830

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in millions)
July 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021		10,674	$	7.24		—	$	—
August 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021		1,146	$	7.74		—	$	—
September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021		558	$	6.77		—	$	—
Total		12,378				—