GEO Group completes $950M Adelanto complex sale
GEO expects to continue providing support services under an ICE contract with a full term through December 19, 2034.
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The GEO Group, Inc. completed the sale of its three-facility Adelanto Complex in California to the United States for an aggregate gross purchase price of $950 million; the facilities total 2,644 beds. After federal and state taxes and transaction fees and expenses, GEO anticipates approximately $705 million in net proceeds. The company intends to use the proceeds, together with cash flow from operations, to reduce debt, repurchase common stock and for general corporate purposes.
On October 5, 2026, GEO announced that its Board had increased the share repurchase authorization from $500 million to $1.25 billion, effective through December 31, 2029. The authorization does not obligate GEO to repurchase any particular amount. GEO expects to continue support services for the facilities under its existing ICE contract, which has a full term through December 19, 2034, inclusive of the current term ending December 19, 2029 and a five-year option period. ICE may terminate the contract for non-appropriation of funds or convenience. GEO is also pursuing possible sales of other company-owned facilities to ICE, but has no definitive agreement or precise timeline for additional transactions and gives no assurance they will occur.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On October 2, 2026, The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“GEO” or the “Company”), and CPT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Adelanto Complex Purchase Agreement”) with the United States of America and its assigns, by and through the Department of Homeland Security (the “Buyer”), pursuant to which, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Company sold to Buyer its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center (the “Adelanto West Facility”), 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center (the “Adelanto East Facility”), and 704-bed Desert View Annex (the “Desert View Facility”, and collectively with the Adelanto West Facility and the Adelanto East Facility, the “Adelanto Complex”) located in Adelanto, California, and certain related assets and property for an aggregate purchase price of $950,000,000. The sale of the Adelanto Complex was completed concurrently with the parties’ entry into the Adelanto Complex Purchase Agreement.
The above summary of the Adelanto Complex Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Adelanto Complex Purchase Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
After federal and state taxes and transaction fees and expenses, the Company anticipates receiving approximately $705 million in net proceeds from the sale of the Adelanto Complex. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Adelanto Complex along with cashflow from operations to reduce the Company’s debt, repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock, and for other general corporate purposes.
The Company expects to continue providing support services for the Adelanto West Facility, the Adelanto East Facility, and the Desert View Facility under the Company’s existing contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), which has a full term effective through December 19, 2034, inclusive of the current term ending December 19, 2029, and a five-year option period. As is the case with all of the Company’s contracts with government agencies, ICE has the ability to terminate the existing contract for non-appropriation of funds or for convenience and as a result, the Company can provide no assurance that it will continue to manage those facilities in the future.
In addition to the completed sale of the Adelanto Complex, the Company remains engaged in an active process for the sale of multiple other company-owned facilities to ICE, subject to mutual agreement on price and the Company’s continued management of those facilities under long-term support services contracts. At this time, there is no definitive agreement in place nor a precise timeline for the closing of any additional transactions, and the Company can provide no assurance that any additional transactions will occur.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and future performance of the Company that involve risks and uncertainties that could materially and adversely affect actual results, including statements regarding the sale of the Adelanto Complex, the Company’s anticipated net proceeds from the sale of the Adelanto Complex, the intended use of such net proceeds, the Company’s expectation to continue providing support services at the Adelanto West Facility, the Adelanto East Facility, and the Desert View Facility under the existing ICE contract, the increase in the Company’s share repurchase authorization, the Company’s ability to successfully negotiate and consummate the sales of additional company-owned facilities to ICE on commercially acceptable terms or at all, and the Company’s efforts to reduce debt, repurchase shares of common stock, and enhance shareholder value. 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 and similar expressions.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report include, but are not limited to: (1) the Company’s ability to execute on the share repurchase program authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on the timeline it expects; (2) the Company’s ability to deleverage and repay, refinance or otherwise address its debt maturities in an amount and on terms commercially acceptable to
the Company, and on the timeline it expects or at all; (3) the Company’s ability to successfully negotiate and complete any potential sales of additional company-owned assets to ICE on commercially acceptable terms on a timely basis, or at all; (4) changes in federal and state government policy, orders, directives, legislation and regulations that affect public-private partnerships with respect to secure, correctional and detention facilities, processing centers and reentry centers; (5) changes in federal immigration policy; (6) public and political opposition to the use of public-private partnerships with respect to secure, correctional and detention facilities, processing centers and reentry centers; (7) general economic and market conditions, including changes to governmental budgets and their impact on existing contracts, contract renewals, renegotiations, per diem rates, fixed payment provisions, and occupancy levels; (8) the Company’s ability to address inflationary pressures related to labor-related expenses and other operating costs; (9) the Company’s ability to successfully pursue growth opportunities and continue to create shareholder value; (10) any adverse impact on the Company’s financial results caused by any federal government shutdown; (11) the intended use of proceeds from the transactions described in this Current Report; and (12) other factors contained in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission periodic filings, including its Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports, many of which are difficult to predict and outside of the Company’s control.
| Item 2.01 | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On October 5, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the sale of the Adelanto Complex and the increase of the Company’s share repurchase authorization. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On October 5, 2026, GEO announced that its Board of Directors had approved an increase to the share repurchase authorization under its share repurchase program from $500 million to $1.25 billion, which is effective through December 31, 2029.
Repurchases of GEO’s outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at the discretion of GEO’s senior management from time to time in the open market, by block purchase, through privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to a trading plan, or otherwise in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be extended, increased, decreased, suspended or terminated by GEO’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. Repurchases of the Company’s common stock (and the timing thereof) will depend upon market conditions, regulatory requirements, the Company’s existing obligations, including its Credit Agreement, other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities and other factors as may be considered in the Company’s sole discretion. The authorization for the share repurchase program does not obligate GEO to purchase any particular amount of the Company’s common stock.
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| 10.1 | Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among The GEO Group, Inc., CPT Operating Partnership, L.P. and the United States of America, by and through the Department of Homeland Security, dated October 2, 2026.* | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company dated October 5, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
| * | Certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted in reliance on Instruction 4 of Item 1.01 of Form 8-K and Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will provide, on a supplemental basis, a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. |
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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.
| October 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Shayn P. March | ||||
| Date | Shayn P. March | |||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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Exhibit 99.1
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NEWS RELEASE |
4955 Technology Way ∎ Boca Raton, Florida 33431 ∎ www.geogroup.com
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THE GEO GROUP SELLS THE ADELANTO, CALIFORNIA ICE PROCESSING CENTER COMPLEX COMPRISED OF THREE FACILITIES TOTALING 2,644 BEDS FOR $950 MILLION AND INCREASES SHARE REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATION TO $1.25 BILLION
Boca Raton, Fla. – October 5, 2026 — The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) (“GEO” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company has completed the sales of its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center (“Adelanto West”), 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center (“Adelanto East”), and 704-bed Desert View Annex (“Desert View”) located in Adelanto, California to the United States of America and its assigns, by and through the Department of Homeland Security, for an aggregate gross sales price of $950 million. After federal and state taxes and transaction fees and expenses, GEO anticipates receiving approximately $705 million in net proceeds from these sales.
GEO expects to continue providing support services under the Company’s existing contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for Adelanto East, Adelanto West, and Desert View, which has a full term effective through December 19, 2034, inclusive of the current term ending December 19, 2029 and a five-year option period.
GEO expects to use the net proceeds from the sales along with cashflow from operations to reduce the Company’s debt, repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock, and for other general corporate purposes. GEO’s Board of Directors has increased the Company’s share repurchase authorization, which is effective through December 31, 2029, by $750 million to $1.25 billion.
In addition to these completed sales, GEO remains engaged in an active process for the sale of multiple other company-owned facilities to ICE, subject to mutual agreement on price and GEO’s continued management of those facilities under long-term support services contracts. At this time, there is no definitive agreement in place nor a precise timeline for the closing of any additional transactions, and GEO can provide no assurance that any additional transactions will occur.
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NEWS RELEASE
George C. Zoley, GEO’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, said, “We are pleased with the completion of these important asset sales to the U.S. federal government, and we look forward to continuing to provide high-quality secure support services under our existing long-term contracts with ICE. We are proud of our 40-year public-private partnership with ICE, and we stand ready to continue to assist the federal government in meeting its immigration enforcement priorities. We remain focused on allocating capital to enhance long-term value for shareholders, including through share repurchases.”
Repurchases of GEO’s outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at our senior management’s discretion from time to time in the open market, by block purchase, through privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to a trading plan, or otherwise in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be extended, increased, decreased, suspended or terminated by our Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. Repurchases of the Company’s common stock (and the timing thereof) will depend upon market conditions, regulatory requirements, the Company’s existing obligations, including its Credit Agreement, other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities and other factors as may be considered in the Company’s sole discretion. The authorization for the share repurchase program does not obligate GEO to purchase any particular amount of the Company’s common stock.
About The GEO Group
The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) is a leading diversified government service provider, specializing in design, financing, development, and support services for secure facilities, processing centers, and community reentry centers in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. GEO’s diversified services include enhanced in-custody rehabilitation and post-release support through the award-winning GEO Continuum of Care®, secure transportation, electronic monitoring, community-based programs, and correctional health and mental health care. GEO’s worldwide operations include the ownership and/or delivery of support services for 97 facilities totaling approximately 76,000 beds, including idle facilities and projects under development, with a workforce of up to approximately 20,000 employees.
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| Contact: Pablo E. Paez Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations |
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NEWS RELEASE
Use of forward-looking statements
This news release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and any such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in GEO’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including its Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary statements and risk factors contained in GEO’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including those referenced above. GEO disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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| Contact: Pablo E. Paez Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations |
(866) 301 4436 |