Six Flags Announces Closing of Amendments to Credit Facility

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May 03, 2023

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX) (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of water parks in North America, today announced that concurrently with the closing of the Company’s previously announced offering of 7.250% Senior Notes due 2031, the Company amended its existing senior secured credit facility to, among other things, (i) establish a $500 million replacement revolving credit facility maturing in May 2028, refinancing the existing $350 million revolving credit facility in full, (ii) maintain the same interest rate margins on borrowings under the replacement revolving credit facility as are currently in effect, while reducing the fee on unused revolving commitments to 0.5%, stepping down to 0.375% upon achieving a senior secured leverage ratio of less than 1.25:1.00, (iii) replace LIBOR as the interest rate benchmark for borrowings under the senior secured credit facility with Term SOFR, (iv) modify the maximum senior secured leverage ratio that the Company must maintain to 4.50:1.00 for the four fiscal-quarter periods ending on or about December 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, and June 30, 2023, 4.25:1.00 for the four fiscal-quarter period ending on or about September 30, 2023, and each four fiscal-quarter period thereafter through the four fiscal-quarter period ending on or about June 30, 2024, and 3.75:1.00 for the four fiscal-quarter period ending on or about September 30, 2024, and each four fiscal-quarter period thereafter, and (v) make certain other changes to the covenants and other terms of the senior secured credit facility.