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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-014585"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:23:52.542607+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SeaWorld Entertainment changes corporate name to United Parks & Resorts Inc., ticker changes to PRKS

## Summary
- Name change effective Feb 12, 2024; NYSE ticker changes from SEAS to PRKS starting Feb 13, 2024.
- No stockholder vote required; name change does not affect stockholder rights.
- Bylaws amended to reflect new name and add Rule 14a-19 universal proxy compliance requirements.
- Bylaws also set white proxy card exclusively for the Board; other technical and clarifying changes included.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-014585
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024014585/0000950170-24-014585-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024014585/prks-20240212.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-014585
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-014585.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  United Parks & Resorts Inc.: Name change to United Parks & Resorts Inc. via Certificate of Amendment (effective 2024-02-12).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-12
  source text: On February 12, 2024, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. changed its corporate name to United Parks & Resorts Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (the "Name Change").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024014585/0000950170-24-014585-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  United Parks & Resorts Inc.: Amended and restated Bylaws to reflect name change and add Rule 14a-19 compliance provisions (effective 2024-02-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-12
  source text: on February 12, 2024, the Company amended and restated the Company's Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the "Bylaws") to reflect the Name Change.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024014585/0000950170-24-014585-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.