GEO GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 2, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GEO GROUP INC (GEO)
CIK: 0000923796
Period of Report: 2011-09-01

Reporting Person: Wierdsma Thomas M (SVP - Project Development)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-01	Restricted Stock	S	397	$21.23	Disposed	28223	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option	$20.625	2017-01-18	Common Stock (40000)	40000	Direct
Stock Option	$16.69	2018-10-30	Common Stock (10000)	10000	Direct
Stock Option	$21.07	2019-10-28	Common Stock (7500)	7500	Direct
Stock Option	$24.61	2021-03-01	Common Stock (7500)	7500	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares of vested restricted stock were sold by Mr. Wierdsma to The GEO Group, Inc. ("GEO") on September 1, 2011 at a price per share of $21.23, which was the closing trading price of GEO common stock on that date. GEO repurchased the shares pursuant to its recently announced $100 million stock buyback program. The proceeds from this sale were used to pay the taxes associated with the September 1, 2011 vesting of 1,500 shares of restricted stock.