# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000923796
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-204018
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6497
**Document Hash:** 5202e6dc4a87c9c472249d009c79f1be
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-204018.hdr.sgml**: 20260504

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-204018

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260428

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260504

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260504

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GEO GROUP INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000923796
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** GEN BUILDING CONTRACTORS - RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS [1520]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 650043078
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** FL
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14260
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26937787

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4955 TECHNOLOGY WAY
- **CITY:** BOCA RATON
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33431
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 561-893-0101

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4955 TECHNOLOGY WAY
- **CITY:** BOCA RATON
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33431

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940525

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2026

## THE GEO GROUP, INC.

#### (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| **Florida** | **1-14260** | **65-0043078** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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|:---|:---|
| **4955 Technology Way, Boca Raton, Florida** | **33431** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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#### Registrant's telephone number, including area code (561) 893-0101

#### N/A

#### (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<u>see</u> General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value | GEO | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

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| **Section 5** | **Corporate Governance and Management**  |

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| **Item 5.07** | **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**  |

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The GEO Group, Inc. ("GEO" or the "Company") 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 28, 2026. The following matters were voted on at the Annual Meeting: (1) the election of seven directors for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (2) the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as GEO's independent registered public accountants for the 2026 fiscal year and (3) the approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation paid to GEO's named executive officers, as disclosed in GEO's Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are set forth below.

1. All of the Board's director nominees were elected for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

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|  | **Votes For** | **Votes<br>Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker<br>Non-Votes** |
|  Thomas C. Bartzokis | 93380529 | 629438 | 57143 | 12704454 |
|  Jack Brewer | 73801028 | 20200389 | 65693 | 12704454 |
|  Donna Arduin Kauranen | 93401803 | 578669 | 86638 | 12704454 |
|  Scott M. Kernan | 93291384 | 717695 | 58031 | 12704454 |
|  Lindsay L. Koren | 93199735 | 788652 | 78723 | 12704454 |
|  Julie Myers Wood | 89794018 | 4212934 | 60158 | 12704454 |
|  George C. Zoley | 92434807 | 1538534 | 93769 | 12704454 |

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2. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as GEO's independent registered public accountants for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

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|  For: | 105876959.0 |
|  Against: | 783626.0 |
|  Abstain: | 110979.0 |
|  Broker Non-Votes: | 0.0 |

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3. The shareholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of GEO's named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below:

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|  For: | 67226927.0 |
|  Against: | 26715413.0 |
|  Abstain: | 124770.0 |
|  Broker Non-Votes: | 12704454.0 |

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#### 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 hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **THE GEO GROUP, INC.** | **THE GEO GROUP, INC.** |
| <u>May 4, 2026</u> | By: | /s/ Scott A. Schipma |
| Date |  | Scott A. Schipma |
|  |  | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

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