The GEO Group, Inc.
 

 
 
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 1, 2006
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
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)
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     Section 8 – Other Events
     Item 8.01. Other Events
     On January 1, 2006, GEO Care, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO”), completed the previously announced sale (the “Sale”) of Atlantic Shores Hospital, the Company’s private psychiatric care facility located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (“the Facility”), for a purchase price of $11.5 million in cash (the “Purchase Price”).
     The Sale was completed pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated December 9, 2005, with Atlantic Shores Hospital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (“PSI”).
     Pursuant to the Agreement, the Buyer will assume substantially all of the liabilities relating to the Facility post-closing. The Buyer and PSI, on the one hand, and the Company and GEO, on the other hand, are liable to each other for any breaches of their representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Agreement, up to a maximum amount equal to the Purchase Price. In addition, the Company will be subject to a non-compete covenant which will generally prevent the Company from operating, developing, managing or owning a behavioral health facility within the Florida counties of Miami-Dade and Broward (the “Restricted Territory”) for a period of three years. There are certain exceptions to the non-compete covenant set forth in the Agreement, including an exception which enables the Company to own, manage, or otherwise operate a behavioral health facility within the Restricted Territory during the three-year period pursuant to a contract, subcontract, lease, or arrangement with, or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority (as defined in the Agreement).

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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.
Dated: January 6, 2005
         
  The GEO Group, Inc.
 
 
  /s/ John G. O'Rourke    
  Name:   John G. O'Rourke   
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

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