---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-012924"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUN"
cik: "0001999001"
company_name: "Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW"
filed_at: "2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:29:34.226404+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Six Flags issues $1B 8.625% senior notes due 2032 to refinance 2027 notes

## Summary
- $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal of 8.625% senior notes due January 15, 2032 issued in private offering.
- Proceeds plus cash on hand will fund redemption of 5.375% and 5.500% Senior Notes due April 15, 2027.
- Notes are senior unsecured, rank equally with existing senior debt and junior to secured obligations.
- Interest payable semi-annually starting July 15, 2026; redeemable on or after July 15, 2028 at specified prices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-012924
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUN
- cik: 0001999001
- company_name: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW
- filed_at: 2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000119312526012924/0001193125-26-012924-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000119312526012924/d773779d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW incurred senior notes of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 8.625% per annum maturing January 15, 2032.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 8.625% per annum
  - Maturity: January 15, 2032
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 14, 2026 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. Interest and Maturity The Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 8.625% per annum, payable in cash semi-annually, in arrears, on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000119312526012924/0001193125-26-012924-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior notes due 2032 (effective 2026-01-14).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior notes due 2032
  - Effective: 2026-01-14
  source text: On January 14, 2026, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “Six Flags”), Canada’s Wonderland Company (“Cedar Canada”) and Millennium Operations LLC (“Millennium Operations” and, together with Cedar Canada, the “Subsidiary Co-Issuers” and, together with Six Flags and Cedar Canada, the “Co-Issuers”) closed its previously announced private offering (the “Offering”) of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000119312526012924/0001193125-26-012924-index.htm

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