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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 DIVIDEND PRESS RELEASE - Six Flags Entertainment Corpdividendpressreleaseaugust.htm


 
 
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) August 17, 2017
 
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)
 
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Item 8.01    Other Events.
 
     On August 17, 2017, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.64 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable September 11, 2017 to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)                 Exhibits
 
99.1                        Press Release Announcing Quarterly Cash Dividend, dated August 17, 2017


 





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: August 17, 2017
 
 


 





EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press Release Announcing Quarterly Cash Dividend, dated August 17, 2017