The GEO Group Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.47 Per Share
October 15 2018 - 6:55AM
Business Wire
The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) ("GEO") announced that on
October 15, 2018, its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.47 per share. The quarterly cash dividend will be
paid on November 2, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close
of business on October 26, 2018.
George C. Zoley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GEO,
said: “We are pleased to declare a quarterly cash dividend of $0.47
per share, or $1.88 per share annualized, which is indicative of
our continued commitment to return value to our shareholders.”
The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) is the first fully integrated
equity real estate investment trust specializing in the design,
financing, development, and operation of correctional, detention,
and community reentry facilities around the globe. GEO is the
world's leading provider of diversified correctional, detention,
community reentry, and electronic monitoring services to government
agencies worldwide with operations in the United States, Australia,
South Africa, and the United Kingdom. GEO's worldwide operations
include the ownership and/or management of 139 facilities totaling
approximately 96,000 beds, including projects under development,
with a growing workforce of approximately 23,000 professionals.
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding
future events and the future performance of GEO that involve risks
and uncertainties that could materially affect actual results,
including statements regarding the timing and amount of dividends.
Factors that could cause actual results to vary from current
expectations and forward-looking statements contained in this press
release include, but are not limited to: (1) GEO’s ability to
declare future quarterly cash dividends and the timing and amount
of such future dividends; (2) GEO’s ability to successfully pursue
further growth and continue to enhance shareholder value; (3) GEO’s
ability to access the capital markets in the future on satisfactory
terms or at all; (4) GEO’s ability to control operating costs
associated with contract start-ups; (5) GEO’s ability to timely
open facilities as planned, profitably manage such facilities and
successfully integrate such facilities into GEO’s operations
without substantial costs; (6) GEO’s ability to win management
contracts for which it has submitted proposals and to retain
existing management contracts; (7) GEO’s ability to obtain future
financing on acceptable terms or at all; (8) GEO’s ability to
sustain company-wide occupancy rates at its facilities; and (9)
other factors contained in GEO’s Securities and Exchange Commission
filings, including its Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports.
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President, Corporate Relations
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