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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-037639"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEO"
cik: "0000923796"
company_name: "GEO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:52:21.679772+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GEO Group reduces board size from nine to eight directors to eliminate vacancy

## Summary
- Board approved amendment decreasing the number of directors on the Board from nine to eight, effective February 9, 2024.
- Amendment eliminates an existing vacancy on the Board and is reflected in Article V, Section 1 of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws.
- The amendment was recommended by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and adopted by the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-037639
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEO
- cik: 0000923796
- company_name: GEO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524037639/0001193125-24-037639-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524037639/d763000d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-037639.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  GEO GROUP INC: Decreased the number of directors constituting the whole Board from nine to eight, eliminating a vacancy (effective 2024-02-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-09
  source text: On February 9, 2024, the Board having received the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, approved a decrease to the number of directors which constitute the whole Board from nine directors to eight directors so that there is no longer a vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524037639/0001193125-24-037639-index.htm

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