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Weil Advises Cedar Fair on Financing Related to the Merger with Six Flags and Redemption of its 2025 Senior Secured Notes

Weil advised Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN) in connection with its new $1.0 billion Term Loan Facility and $300 million Revolving Credit Facility and the redemption of its 5.500% Senior Secured Notes due May 2025 in advance of its previously announced merger with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX). Additionally, Weil advised Cedar Fair in connection with the issuance by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Six Flags Theme Parks Inc., of $850 million of 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032.

The Weil Cedar Fair team is led by Mergers & Acquisitions partners Michael J. Aiello and Matthew Gilroy. The financing transactions were led by Banking & Finance partner Jessie Chiang, counsel Nick Nikic and associates Kate Waterman, Marc Policastro and Julia Pjevach; Capital Markets partners Frank Adams and Michael Stein and associates Stefan Tsourovakas, Joseph Hahn, Christopher Martin and Tiara Bond; Real Estate partner Jannelle Seales, attorney Leslie Smith and associates Morgan Foulsham and Ilana Bier; Tax partner Daniel Nicholas and associate Madeline Joerg; Technology & IP Transactions Co-Head Jeffrey Osterman; and Environmental Head Annemargaret Connolly and partner Matthew Morton.

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