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Table of Contents ( Mark One ) UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 Form 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Florida ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 4955 Technology Way Boca Raton , Florida ( Address of principal executive offices ) Title of Each Class Common Stock , $ 0.01 Par Value Commission file number : 1-14260 The GEO Group , Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 561 ) 893-0101 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) GEO 65-0043078 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 33431 ( Zip Code ) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None No □ No 风 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes 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 . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 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 . 0 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . No 风 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes The aggregate market value of the 87,144,087 voting and non - voting shares of common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant as of June 30 , 2020 ( based on the last reported sales price of such stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date , the last business day of the registrant's quarter ended June 30 , 2020 of $ 11.83 per share ) was approximately $ 1.0 billion . As of February 11 , 2021 , the registrant had 121,307,472 shares of common stock outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain portions registrant's definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders , which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this report , are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report . 0 0 0