AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of April 18, 2010 among THE GEO GROUP, INC., GEO ACQUISITION III, INC., and CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.Merger Agreement • April 19th, 2010 • Cornell Companies Inc • Services-facilities support management services • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 18, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is among THE GEO GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), GEO ACQUISITION III, INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and CORNELL COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Target”). Certain terms used in this Agreement are used as defined in Section 8.11.
