UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  May 8, 2013

 

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-13703

 

13-3995059

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

924 Avenue J East

 

 

Grand Prairie, Texas

 

75050

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(972) 595-5000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 8, 2013, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, two proposals were voted on and the final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

1.                                      Election of Directors.  The following eight nominees were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve for the ensuing year and until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

John W. Baker

 

43,590,485

 

109,535

 

2,276,506

 

Kurt M. Cellar

 

41,545,819

 

2,154,201

 

2,276,506

 

Charles A. Koppelman

 

43,592,754

 

107,266

 

2,276,506

 

Jon L. Luther

 

43,592,852

 

107,168

 

2,276,506

 

Usman Nabi

 

42,797,204

 

902,816

 

2,276,506

 

Stephen D. Owens

 

43,590,425

 

109,595

 

2,276,506

 

James Reid-Anderson

 

43,095,229

 

604,791

 

2,276,506

 

Richard W. Roedel

 

43,592,802

 

107,218

 

2,276,506

 

 

2.                                      Independent Auditor.  The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2013 was ratified.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

47,749,290

 

105,164

 

122,072

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lance C. Balk

 

 

Name:

Lance C. Balk

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and General

 

 

 

Counsel

 

 

 

 

Date: May 10, 2013

 

 

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