On February 14, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The GEO Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “GEO”), having received the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, approved the expansion of the size of the Board from ten to eleven members and appointed Andrew N. Shapiro to the Board effective February 14, 2022. Mr. Shapiro will serve as a director of GEO for a term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time his continued service on the Board of Directors will be subject to renomination and shareholder approval. The appointment of Mr. Shapiro was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person.

Mr. Shapiro has also been appointed as a member of the Audit and Finance Committee, the Corporate Planning Committee and the Independent Committee.