THE GEO GROUP FORM 8-K
 



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): January 28, 2005

THE GEO GROUP, INC.


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Florida   1-14260   65-0043078
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

621 NW 53rd Street, Suite 700, Boca Raton, Florida 33487


(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (561) 893-0101


(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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     Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

     Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     On January 28, 2005, the board of directors of The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO”) appointed Mr. William M. Murphy and Mr. John M. Perzel to GEO’s board of directors. In addition to the board of directors, Mr. Murphy will serve on the GEO board’s Audit and Finance Committee, Corporate Planning Committee and Independent Committee. Mr. Perzel will serve on the GEO board’s Audit and Finance Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Independent Committee. GEO has determined that each of Messrs. Murphy and Perzel is an independent director within the meaning of Rule 303A.02 of the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange. In connection with the appointments of Messrs. Murphy and Perzel, the main committees of the GEO board of directors have been rearranged as follows:

       
 
AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
    INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE
 
Richard Glanton, Chairman
    Norman A. Carlson, Chairman
William M. Murphy
    John M. Perzel
John M. Perzel
    Anne N. Foreman
    William M. Murphy
 
     
 
CORPORATE PLANNING COMMITTEE
    NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE
 
Anne N. Foreman, Chairman
    Anne N. Foreman, Chairman
Norman A. Carlson
    Richard H. Glanton
William M. Murphy
    John M. Perzel
 
     
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
    OPERATIONS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
 
Richard H. Glanton, Chairman
    Norman A. Carlson, Chairman
Anne N. Foreman
    Richard H. Glanton
John M. Perzel
    Anne N. Foreman
 
     
 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
     
 
     
George C. Zoley, Chairman
     
Wayne H. Calabrese
     
Richard H. Glanton
     
 

     GEO’s press release announcing the appointment of Messrs. Murphy and Perzel is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

     Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

     99.1     Press release dated February 1, 2005.

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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.

         
  THE GEO GROUP, INC.
 
 
February 2, 2005
Date 
By:   /s/ John G. O’Rourke    
    John G. O’Rourke   
    Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and duly authorized signatory) 
 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
     
Exhibit No.
  Description
99.1
  Press Release dated February 1, 2005