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 4, 2016
Corrections Corporation of America
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-16109 | 62-1763875 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
10 Burton Hills Boulevard,
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(615) 263-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On May 4, 2016, Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing its 2016 first quarter financial results. A copy of the release is furnished as a part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference. The release contains certain financial information calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, which the Company believes is useful to investors and other interested parties. The Company has included information concerning this non-GAAP information in the release, including a reconciliation of such information to the most comparable GAAP measures, the reasons why the Company believes such information is useful, and the Company’s use of such information for additional purposes.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of those sections. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission by the Company as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Item 2.02. The Company does not undertake a duty to update the information in this Current Report and cautions that the information included in this Current Report is current only as of May 4, 2016 and may change thereafter.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report:
Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release dated May 4, 2016
SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: May 4, 2016 | CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA | |||||
| By: | /s/ David M. Garfinkle | |||||
| David M. Garfinkle | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated May 4, 2016 | |