CoreCivic, Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced underwritten registered public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% senior notes due 2029. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of CoreCivic and are guaranteed by all of its subsidiaries that guarantee CoreCivic?s senior secured credit facilities, the $243.1 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% senior unsecured notes due October 2027, with an original aggregate principal amount of $250 million, and 8.250% senior unsecured notes due 2026. The aggregate net proceeds from the sale of the Notes are expected to be approximately $490.3 million, after deducting the initial purchasers?

discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. CoreCivic also announced the expiration and results of its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of the 2026 Notes, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 11, 2024. As of the Expiration Time, $494,103,000 aggregate principal amount of 2026 Notes, or approximately 83.3% of the aggregate principal amount of 2026 Notes outstanding, had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, not including any 2026 Notes that may be validly tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures.

Holders (as defined in the Offer to Purchase dated March 4, 2024 (the ?Offer to Purchase?)) who indicated by the Expiration Time that they will deliver their 2026 Notes through the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase, must deliver their 2026 Notes by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 13, 2024. The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer were set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related notice of guaranteed delivery. CoreCivic accepted for purchase and paid for all the 2026 Notes validly tendered in the Tender Offer at or prior to the Expiration Time and not validly withdrawn before the Expiration Time.

Holders of 2026 Notes who validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) their 2026 Notes in the Tender Offer at or prior to the Expiration Time received in cash $1,043.75 per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Notes (the ?Purchase Price?) validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the October 15, 2023 interest payment date for the 2026 Notes up to, but not including, the settlement date, March 12, 2024 (the ?Settlement Date?). With respect to the 2026 Notes tendered and accepted for purchase, if any, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase, the Holders of any such 2026 Notes will receive payment of the Purchase Price for such 2026 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the October 15, 2023 interest payment date for the 2026 Notes up to, but not including, the Settlement Date, on the payment date for any 2026 Notes tendered pursuant to a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, which is expected to be March 14, 2024. All accrued and unpaid interest on the 2026 Notes from the October 15, 2023 interest payment date up to, but not including, the Settlement Date will cease to accrue on the Settlement Date for the 2026 Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer, including those tendered pursuant to the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

The Notes were offered pursuant to CoreCivic?s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277631), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) on March 4, 2024. The offering of the Notes was made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus.