Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]

Financial Instruments

3. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s significant financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

			Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2024
	Carrying Value at March 31, 2024		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Restricted investment:
Rabbi Trusts	$	53,403	$	9,692	$	43,711	$	—
Marketable equity and fixed income securities		52,250		23,366		28,884		—
Other non-current assets		19,186		—		19,186		—
Interest rate swap derivatives		4,733		—		4,733		—

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2023
	Carrying Value at December 31, 2023		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Restricted investments:
Rabbi Trust	$	51,247	$	9,547	$	41,700	$	—
Marketable equity and fixed income securities		47,382		19,010		28,372		—
Other non-current assets		18,887		—		18,887		—
Interest rate swap derivatives		3,849		—		3,849		—

The Company’s Level 2 financial instruments included in the tables above as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consist of interest rate swap derivative assets/liabilities held by GEO, investments in equity and fixed income mutual funds held in the Company’s captive insurance subsidiary, Florina, the Company's rabbi trust established for employer contributions to The GEO Group, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and other non-current assets which include the cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies. The Company's Level 1 financial instruments included in the table above as of March 31, 2024 consist of money market funds held in Florina and money market funds held in the Company's rabbi trust established for its Executive Chairman's retirement account.

The interest rate swap derivative assets are valued using a discounted cash flow model based on projected borrowing rates. The Company's restricted investment in the rabbi trust for The GEO Group, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan is invested in Company-owned life insurance policies which are recorded at their cash surrender values. These investments are valued based on the underlying investments held in the policies' separate accounts. The underlying assets are equity and fixed income pooled funds. The marketable equity and fixed income securities are valued using quoted rates. The company-owned life insurance policies included in other non-current assets are valued at their cash surrender values.