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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

OR

     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to

Commission file number: 0-4466

The GEO Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan

The GEO Group, Inc.

(Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the Plan)

One Park Place, 621 NW 53rd Street, Suite 700
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
(Address of principal executive offices)



 


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THE GEO GROUP, INC.
401(K) PLAN
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005

 


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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005
         
    Page  
    1  
 
       
Financial statements:
       
    2  
    3  
 
       
    4  
 
       
Supplemental Schedules:        
 
       
    9  
 
       
Schedule of loans or fixed income obligations in default or classified as uncollectible
    10  

 


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Plan Sponsor
The GEO Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Boca Raton, Florida
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The GEO Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of The GEO Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedules on Pages 9 and 10 as of December 31, 2005 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
Aidman, Piser & Company, P.A.
May 25, 2006

 


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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
                 
    2005     2004  
Assets:
               
Investments, at fair value:
               
Common/collective trusts
  $ 5,760,373     $ 5,292,280  
Pooled/mutual funds
    15,026,504       13,432,523  
The GEO Group, Inc. common stock
    2,310,037       2,749,728  
 
           
 
    23,096,914       21,474,531  
 
               
Participant loans
    1,705,044       1,434,243  
Receivables:
               
Participant
          282,975  
Employer
    60,149       93,864  
Other
          14,828  
 
           
Total assets
    24,862,107       23,300,441  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities:
               
Accrued expenses
          2,336  
 
           
Total liabilities
          2,336  
 
           
 
               
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 24,862,107     $ 23,298,105  
 
           

See notes to financial statements.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005
         
Additions to net assets attributed to:
       
Investment income:
       
Interest and dividends
    629,434  
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    243,670  
 
     
 
    873,104  
 
     
 
       
Contributions:
       
Participant
    3,151,670  
Employer
    695,662  
 
     
 
    3,847,332  
 
     
 
       
Total additions
    4,720,436  
 
     
 
       
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
Benefits paid to participants
    3,156,434  
 
     
Total deductions
    3,156,434  
 
     
 
       
Net increase
    1,564,002  
 
       
Net assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
    23,298,105  
 
     
 
       
End of year
  $ 24,862,107  
 
     

See notes to financial statements.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
1.   Plan description:
 
    Plan description:
 
    The GEO Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan, (the “Plan”) was amended and restated on January 1, 1999 by The GEO Group, Inc. (the “Company”) as a defined contribution plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employment Retirement Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
 
    The following is a summary of major plan provisions. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information.
 
    Participation:
 
    An employee age 18 or older is eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the payroll period following the date of employment.
 
    Contributions and allocations:
 
    The Plan permits tax-deferred contributions of from 1% to 30% of a participant’s annual compensation, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limitations. Amounts contributed by participants are fully vested when made. The Plan allows for rollovers of vested contributions from previous employers’ qualified plans.
 
    The Company may contribute to the Plan either annual or monthly matching contributions on behalf of participants who made elective deferrals during such period in an amount determined annually by the Company’s management. The Company may, at its discretion, designate a different matching contribution formula for participants at each separate work site, and/or participants with different job classifications. In order to be entitled to an allocation of the Company’s annual matching contribution, participants, as defined under the Plan, must be employed on the last day of the Plan year. Also, the Company, at its discretion, may make a basic voluntary contribution to the Plan each year. Total participant contributions are subject to certain limitations established by the IRC.
 
    Participant accounts:
 
    Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocations of the Company’s contributions and Plan earnings. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances as of the date of the allocation.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
1.   Plan description (continued):
 
    Participant loans:
 
    Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 not to exceed the lesser of $50,000, or 50% of their vested account balance. A loan is repayable through payroll deductions over a period of no more than five years, unless it is used to acquire a principal residence, in which case the repayment period may not exceed ten years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s vested account. The interest rates on loans outstanding as of December 31, 2005 ranged from 5.0% to 8.0% and as of December 31, 2004 ranged from 5.0% to 6.0%. Participant loans are valued at cost which approximates fair value.
 
    Forfeitures:
 
    Forfeitures are used to reduce employer contributions. Forfeitures of approximately $16,000 and $20,000 were used to reduce the employer contributions due to the Plan during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
 
    Vesting:
 
    Participants who are employed at South Florida State Hospital facility vest 100% immediately in the Company’s contributions. All other Plan participants vest in the Company’s contributions upon completion of three or more years of service. Additionally, Company contributions become fully vested upon normal retirement age, as defined by the Plan, death, or termination of employment as a result of a total or permanent disability.
 
    Payment of benefits:
 
    Eligible participants may elect to receive benefits in a lump-sum payment, a series of payments within one calendar year, a series of annual installments of approximately equal amount to be paid over a period of five to ten years, or may be used by the employee to purchase an immediate or deferred annuity. The amount of benefits paid will be determined by the balance in the participant’s Plan account at the date of retirement, termination, death or disability.
 
2.   Summary of significant accounting policies:
 
    Accounting estimates:
 
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions to and deductions from net assets during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
2.   Summary of significant accounting policies (continued):
 
    Investments, investment valuation and income recognition:
 
    The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value determined using the quoted closing or last bid prices on the last day of the Plan year. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
 
    Payment of benefits:
 
    Benefit claims are recorded when they have been processed and approved for payment by the Plan.
 
3.   Investments:
 
    Investments that represent 5% or more of the net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows:
                                 
    2005     2004  
            Market             Market  
    Shares     Value     Shares     Value  
Dreyfus Capital Preservation Fund
    5,758,146     $ 5,758,146       5,292,280     $ 5,292,280  
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund
    52,957       2,105,025       50,948       1,971,171  
Dreyfus Basic S & P500 Stock Index Fund
    149,163       3,864,819       143,734       3,613,483  
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund
    65,131       2,697,055       55,752       2,465,921  
Templeton Foreign Fund
    118,569       1,503,454       89,176       1,096,863  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    133,206       1,398,666       118,442       1,263,776  
Janus Olympus Fund
    41,308       1,350,351       40,474       1,158,784  
The GEO Group, Inc. Common Stock
    100,743       2,310,037       103,451       2,749,728  
    During 2005, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:
         
    Net  
    Appreciation  
    (Depreciation)  
    In Fair Value  
Pooled/mutual funds
  $ 600,084  
Common stock
    (356,414 )
 
     
 
  $ 243,670  
 
     

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
4.   Collective trust:
 
    The Dreyfus Capital Preservation Fund is a collective investment trust that invests mainly in Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GIC”). A GIC is a general obligation of an insurance company, which agrees to pay a guaranteed rate for the term of the contract and to return principal at maturity. This fund may also invest in repurchase agreements, private placements, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, shares of registered investment companies, bank investment contracts and corporate investment contracts. The Dreyfus Capital Preservation Fund is fully benefit-responsive and, in accordance with Statement of Position No. 94-4, “Reporting of Investment Contracts Held by Health and Welfare Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Pension Plans”, is recorded at contract value, which approximates fair value. Contract value represents contributions under the contract plus accrued interest. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the issuers of the contracts or otherwise. The crediting interest rate and average effective yield on this account approximates 4% for 2005.
 
5.   Plan termination:
 
    Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100 percent vested in their accounts.
 
6.   Income tax status:
 
    The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated December 18, 2002, that the Plan is designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.
 
7.   Administrative expenses:
 
    Substantially all costs of administering the Plan are paid directly or reimbursed by the Company. Administrative expenses of approximately $50,000 were paid by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2005.
 
8.   Party-in-interest transactions:
 
    Certain Plan investments are shares of pooled/mutual funds managed by The Dreyfus Company Trust Company, a subsidiary of Mellon Bank. Mellon Bank is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
9.   Risks and uncertainties:
 
    The Plan provides for various investment options in investment securities. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.

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THE GEO GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN
(Plan Number 001, Employer Identification Number 65-0043078)
Schedule H, line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2005
                 
    (b)   (c)   (e)  
        Description of investment      
    Identity of issue   including maturity date,      
    borrower, lessor or   rate of interest, collateral,   Current  
(a)   similar party   par or maturity value   value  
   
 
  Common/Collective Trusts:        
*  
The Dreyfus Trust Company
  Dreyfus Capital Preservation Fund   $ 5,758,146  
   
 
  TBC Inc. Pooled Employer Daily Variable Rate     2,227  
   
 
         
   
 
        5,760,373  
   
 
         
                 
   
 
  Pooled/Mutual Funds:        
*  
The Dreyfus Trust Company
  Dreyfus Appreciation Fund     2,105,025  
                 
*  
The Dreyfus Trust Company
  Dreyfus Basic S&P500 Stock Index Fund     3,864,819  
                 
*  
The Dreyfus Trust Company
  Dreyfus Premier Balanced Fund     1,192,497  
                 
*  
The Dreyfus Trust Company
  Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund     2,697,055  
                 
   
Franklin Templeton
  Templeton Foreign Fund     1,503,454  
                 
   
MAS Funds
  MAS Midcap Value Fund     914,637  
                 
   
PIMCO Funds Distributors, LLC
  PIMCO Total Return Fund     1,398,666  
                 
   
Janus Distributors, Inc.
  Janus Olympus Fund     1,350,351  
   
 
         
   
 
        15,026,504  
   
 
         
                 
   
 
  Common Stock:        
   
The GEO Group, Inc.
  The GEO Group, Inc.     2,310,037  
   
 
         
                 
   
 
  Participant Loans:        
   
 
  Participant loans (interest rates of 5.0%        
   
Participant loans
  to 8.0%, maturing no later than 2010)     1,705,044  
   
 
         
                 
   
 
  Total   $ 24,801,958  
   
 
         
 
*   Represents party-in-interest to the Plan

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The GEO Group 401(k) Plan
Schedule G, Part I — Schedule of Loans or Fixed Income Obligations in Default or Classified as Uncollectible
December 31, 2005
                                                             
                Amount Received During                        
                Reporting Year                     Amount Overdue  
                                        (g) Detailed              
                                        Description of Loan              
                                        Including Dates of              
                                        Making and              
                                        Maturity, Interest              
                                        Rate, the Type and              
                                        Value of              
                                        Collateral, and              
                                        Renegotiation of              
                                        the Loan and the              
                                        Terms of the              
                                        Renegotiation and              
    (b) Identity and   (c) Original Amount                     (f) Unpaid Balance     Other Material              
(a)   Address of Obligor   of Loan     (d) Principal     (e) Interest     at End of Year     Items.     (h) Principal     (i) Interest  
   
ALLEN,TIMMY
    2,025                   1,231             1,231       105  
   
ALLEN,TIMMY
    1,067                   971             971       141  
   
BARBEY,CRYSTAL
    2,100       223       38       1,093             1,093       282  
   
BRINN,DANIEL
    2,500       2,399       241       351             351       5  
   
CAMPBELL,CATHY
    5,025       749       86       3,306             3,306       168  
   
CHALMERS,LUDENA
    3,000       560       49       2,110             2,110       80  
   
CHERRY,ROBBINS L
    4,000       1,375       1,337       459             459       5  
   
CHERRY,ROBBINS L
    1,000       392       378       192             192       4  
   
DEMATTOS,CAROLP
    1,794       73       0       17             17       0  
   
EDWARDS,LINDA I
    3,825       370       99       3,300             3,300       384  
   
FLIPPIN,KIMBERLY
    5,419                   4,713             4,713       553  
   
JOHNSON,JIMMY D
    3,000       213       198       1,346             1,346       48  
   
JOHNSON,JIMMY D
    2,025       332       308       838             838       28  
   
JORDAN,YOLANDA T
    1,025                   562             562       13  
   
MANESS,BONNIE
    7,697       848       132       5,276             5,276       363  
   
MENDOZA, MARILYN
    11,000       320       66       7,917             7,917       749  
   
MENDOZA, MARILYN
    5,523       192       39       4,915             4,915       564  
   
SCARLETT-HAMILTO
    1,400       552       547       0             0       0  
   
SMITH,WILLIE
    5,957                   5,796             5,796       823  
   
SMITH,WILLIE
    5,957                   5,796             5,796       823  
   
BOYER,BRYAN
    14,825                   14,825             14,825       1,869  
   
BRACY,ALEXIS D
    2,520                   2,520             2,520       288  
   
CAMPBELL,CATHY
    20,000                   20,000             20,000       2,098  
   
CASEY,CARRIE
    3,500                   3,500             3,500       460  
   
JENKINS,DAVID B
    2,823                   2,823             2,823       98  
   
JORDAN,YOLANDA T
    2,250                   2,250             2,250       295  
   
MILORD, BEVERLEY
    1,700                   1,700             1,700       150  
   
PICKETT,FRED
    3,100                   3,100             3,100       428  
   
SPARKS,CHARLES
    7,400                   7,400             7,400       1,486  
   
SPELLS,MARGARET
    1,000                   1,000             1,000       104  
   
WHITAKER,MARSHEI
    4,600                   4,600             4,600       826  
   
WILLIAMS,ESTHER
    1,000                   1,000             1,000       60  
   
GALLEGO, CARLA
    1,535                   1,535             1,535       42  
   
FORREST,DAVID M
    14,000                   14,000             14,000       762  
   
TOUSANT,BELINDA
    1,000                   429             429       28  
   
TOUSANT,BELINDA
    1,000                   901             901       41  
   
LOFTON,YOLENE
    1,194       819             375             375       4  
   
VIOLETTE,LINDA
    1,200                   1,127             1,127       141  
     
   
 
    159,986       9,418       3,517       133,274               133,274       14,317  
         
Note: The Geo Group 401(k) will consider any defaulted loans to be deemed distributions in the subsequent year in order to address these defaults.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrators have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
  The GEO Group, Inc.
401(k) Retirement Plan
 
 
Date: June 29, 2006  /s/ John G. O’Rourke    
  JOHN G. O’ROURKE   
  Plan Administrator