---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999001-26-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUN"
cik: "0001999001"
company_name: "Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW"
filed_at: "2026-07-02T20:46:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-02T20:48:08.388560+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Six Flags names Mark Pauls COO, Tim Fisher transitions to Special Advisor

## Summary
- Tim Fisher departs as COO effective July 15, 2026; will serve as Special Advisor through Dec 15, 2026.
- Mark Pauls appointed COO effective July 15, 2026; previously SVP Operations at Herschend Family Entertainment.
- Pauls' compensation: base salary $600,000, target annual incentive 90% of base, annual equity grant target $1,560,000.
- Pauls has nearly 50 years of industry experience including leadership at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999001-26-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUN
- cik: 0001999001
- company_name: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW
- filed_at: 2026-07-02T20:46:54+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000199900126000087/0001999001-26-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000199900126000087/fun-20260701.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999001-26-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999001-26-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999001-26-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Pauls was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 2, 2026, the Company also announced the appointment of Mark Pauls as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective July 15, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000199900126000087/0001999001-26-000087-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tim Fisher departed as Chief Operating Officer at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation/NEW.
  - Action: departure from the role
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 1, 2026, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) announced Tim Fisher’s departure from the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective July 15, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999001/000199900126000087/0001999001-26-000087-index.htm

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