Current Report Filing (8-k)
11 May 2019 - 6:38AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): May 7, 2019
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
|
|
|
|
|
Florida
|
|
1-14260
|
|
65-0043078
|
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
|
|
(Commission File Number)
|
|
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
|
|
|
4955 Technology Way, Boca Raton, Florida
|
|
33431
|
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
|
|
(Zip Code)
|
Registrants 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 (
see
General Instructions A.2. below):
|
☐
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|
|
☐
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14a-12)
|
|
☐
|
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-(b))
|
|
☐
|
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
|
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. ☐
Securities registered pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Act:
|
|
|
|
|
Title of each class
|
|
Trading Symbol
|
|
Name of each exchange on
which registered
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
|
|
GEO
|
|
New York Stock Exchange
|
Section 5
|
Corporate Governance and Management
|
Item 5.07.
|
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
|
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO or the Company) 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 7, 2019. The
following matters were voted on at the 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
GEOs independent registered public accountants for the 2019 fiscal year, (3) the approval, on a
non-binding
advisory vote, of the compensation paid to GEOs named executive officers, as
disclosed in GEOs Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation
S-K,
including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and
narrative discussion, and (4) a shareholder proposal regarding the publication of an annual Human Rights Report beginning in September 2019. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are set
forth below.
1. All of the Boards 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:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Votes For
|
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
Broker Non-Votes
|
Anne N. Foreman
|
|
|
|
100,866,680
|
|
|
|
|
2,588,868
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
Richard H. Glanton
|
|
|
|
98,114,800
|
|
|
|
|
5,340,748
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
Scott M. Kernan
|
|
|
|
97,950,109
|
|
|
|
|
5,505,439
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
Guido Van Hauwermeiren
|
|
|
|
102,888,703
|
|
|
|
|
566,845
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
Christopher C. Wheeler
|
|
|
|
89,993,278
|
|
|
|
|
13,462,270
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
Julie Myers Wood
|
|
|
|
90,094,615
|
|
|
|
|
13,360,902
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
George C. Zoley
|
|
|
|
98,122,738
|
|
|
|
|
5,332,810
|
|
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
2. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as GEOs independent registered public accountants for
the 2019 fiscal year was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
For:
|
|
|
110,796,495
|
|
Against:
|
|
|
865,309
|
|
Abstain:
|
|
|
425,442
|
|
Broker
Non-Votes:
|
|
|
0
|
|
3. The shareholders approved, in a
non-binding
advisory vote,
the compensation of GEOs named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
For:
|
|
|
101,272,340
|
|
Against:
|
|
|
1,537,210
|
|
Abstain:
|
|
|
645,998
|
|
Broker
Non-Votes:
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
4. The shareholders approved a shareholder proposal regarding the publication of an
annual Human Rights Report beginning in September 2019, by the votes set forth in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
For:
|
|
|
89,129,403
|
|
Against:
|
|
|
12,271,605
|
|
Abstain:
|
|
|
2,054,540
|
|
Broker
Non-Votes:
|
|
|
8,631,698
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
May 10, 2019
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Brian R. Evans
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brian R. Evans
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
|
Geo (NYSE:GEO)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Geo (NYSE:GEO)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024