---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-305223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEO"
cik: "0000923796"
company_name: "GEO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T06:42:50.585641+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GEO Group establishes $300M at-the-market equity offering program

## Summary
- Equity Distribution Agreements with nine managers allow up to $300M in common stock sales.
- Managers receive up to 2.0% commission on gross sales price.
- Program replaces prior shelf registration that expired October 30, 2023.
- Company is not obligated to sell any shares; no minimum volume guaranteed.
- Proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-305223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEO
- cik: 0000923796
- company_name: GEO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312523305223/0001193125-23-305223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312523305223/d669399d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  GEO GROUP INC entered into Equity Distribution Agreements with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, Imperial Capital, LLC, JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, Noble Capital Markets, Inc., Northland Securities, Inc., StoneX Financial Inc., Virtu Americas LLC, and Wedbush Securities Inc. valued at up to $300,000,000 (effective 2023-12-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, Imperial Capital, LLC, JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, Noble Capital Markets, Inc., Northland Securities, Inc., StoneX Financial Inc., Virtu Americas LLC, and Wedbush Securities Inc.
  - Value: up to $300,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-12-28
  source text: On December 28, 2023, The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO” or the “Company”) entered into separate substantially similar Equity Distribution Agreements (the “Equity Distribution Agreements”) with each of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, Imperial Capital, LLC, JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, Noble Capital Markets, Inc., Northland Securities, Inc., StoneX Financial Inc., Virtu Americas LLC, and Wedbush Securities Inc. as managers (the “Managers”), pursuant to which the Company may sell from time to time, in a continuous equity offering program under its Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-275219) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $300,000,000 (the “Shares”) through the Managers, acting as the Company’s agent and/or principal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312523305223/0001193125-23-305223-index.htm

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