UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 7, 2018
 
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-13703
 
13-3995059
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
924 Avenue J East
 
 
Grand Prairie, Texas
 
75050
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(972) 595-5000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934 of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)
Emerging Growth Company  o    
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o     
 





Item 5.03     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On February 7, 2018, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (the "Company") approved the adoption of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws"). The Bylaws were amended primarily to permit a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning 3% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years, to nominate and include in the Company’s proxy materials directors constituting up to the greater of two directors and 20% of the Board, provided that the stockholder(s) and the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in the Bylaws. The foregoing description of the amendments to the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 8.01     Other Events .

On February 7, 2018, the Company announced that the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.78 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable March 5, 2018 to stockholders of record as of February 19, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits .
 
(d)      Exhibits
 
3.1     Amended and Restated Bylaws of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation

99.1     Press Release Announcing Quarterly Cash Dividend, dated February 7, 2018






SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Lance C. Balk
 
 
Name:
Lance C. Balk
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and General
 
 
 
Counsel
Date: February 7, 2018
 
 


 






SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

as adopted and in
effect on February 7, 2018


        

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OFFICES
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Registered Office
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2
Additional Offices
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3
Books and Records
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS
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4
Time and Place of Meetings
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5
Annual Meeting
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6
Special Meetings
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7
Notice of Meetings
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Inspectors of Election
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9
Quorum
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Voting; Proxies
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11
Order of Business
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Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations
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Action by Written Consent of Stockholders
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List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote
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DIRECTORS
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Function
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Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
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Resignation
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Regular Meetings
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Special Meetings
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Quorum
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Written Action
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Participation in Meetings by Remote Communications
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23
Committees
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Compensation
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Rules
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NOTICES
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Notice to Directors
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Notice to Stockholders
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Electronic Transmission
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Waiver of Notice
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30
Meeting Attendance via Remote Communication Equipment
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OFFICERS
18
 
31
Generally
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32
Compensation
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33
Succession
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34
Authority and Duties
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Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations
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STOCK
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36
Certificates
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37
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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Record Dates
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GENERAL
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Disbursements
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Fiscal Year
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Seal
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Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records
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Amendments
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OFFICES
1.      Registered Office . The registered office of the Company within the State of Delaware shall be located at the office of the Company or individual acting as the Company’s registered agent in Delaware.
2.      Additional Offices . The Company may, in addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, have such other offices and places of business, both within and outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or as the business and affairs of the Company may require.
3.      Books and Records . The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors or officers of the Company.
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4.      Time and Place of Meetings . All meetings of the stockholders for the election of the members (the “Directors”) of the Board or for any other purpose will be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board or, in the absence of a designation by the Board, the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, and stated in the notice of meeting, in each case, subject to Bylaws 5 and 6 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of remote communications, subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt from time to time. The Board may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the stockholders.
5.      Annual Meeting . If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held for the election of Directors at such date, time and place, if any, as may be designated from time to time by the Board or officer calling the annual meeting pursuant to Bylaw 4. Any other proper business brought before the meeting in accordance with Bylaws 11 and 12 may be transacted at the annual meeting.
6.      Special Meetings . Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (including any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation)) (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by (i) the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (iii) the President of the Company, or (iv) the Secretary of the Company within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of written request of the Board or upon the written request of stockholders holding shares representing at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the matter for which such meeting is to be called, voting as a single class. Any such request by stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Special meetings of holders of the outstanding preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”), if any, may be called in the manner and for the purposes provided in the applicable Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation).
7.      Notice of Meetings . Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting of the stockholders shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and time thereof, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10), nor more than sixty (60), calendar days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. When a meeting is

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adjourned to another place, date or time, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided , however , that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which properly could have been transacted at the original meeting.
8.      Inspectors of Election . The Company may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Company, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Company may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Company represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Company represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Company, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors.
9.      Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business thereat. If, however, such quorum

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is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Bylaw 7 until a quorum is present or represented.
10.      Voting; Proxies . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or in a Preferred Stock Designation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Every proxy must be authorized in a manner permitted by Section 212 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) or any successor provision. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Company a revocation of the proxy or a new later dated proxy. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Company, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Company or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Company which are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.
11.      Order of Business . (a) The Chairman, or such other officer of the Company designated by the Board, will call meetings of the stockholders to order and will act as presiding officer thereof. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v)

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limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
12.      Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .
(A)      Annual Meetings of Stockholders . (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of the Company and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, (c) by any stockholder of the Company who was a stockholder of record of the Company at the time the notice provided for in this Section 12 is delivered to the Secretary of the Company or who provides to the Secretary of the Company evidence of ownership of shares of the Company at the time the notice provided for in this Section 12(A) is delivered to the Secretary of the Company that the Board determines would be deemed acceptable for purposes of a stockholder proposal under Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule), who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12 or (d) with respect to director nominations, brought by any Eligible Holder (as defined in Section 12(B)) whose Stockholder Nominee (as defined in Section 12(B)) is included in the Company’s notice of meeting and proxy statement for the relevant annual meeting of the stockholders.
(2)      For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 12, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Company). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual

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meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a Director (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Company, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Company’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Company, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, with respect to securities of the Company, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record or beneficial owner of stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (vi) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Company’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of Directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance

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with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 12(A) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Company of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Company to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Company may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Company.
(3)      Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 12 to the contrary, in the event that the number of Directors to be elected to the Board at the annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 12 and there is no public announcement by the Company naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 12 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.
(B)      Inclusion of Stockholder Nominees in Proxy Statement . (1) Subject to the provisions of this Section 12(B), if expressly requested in the relevant Nomination Notice (as defined below), the Company shall include in its proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders: (a) the names of any person or persons nominated for election to the Board (each, a “Stockholder Nominee”), which shall also be included on the Company’s form of proxy and ballot, by any Eligible Holder (as defined below) or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders that has (individually and collectively, in the case of a group) satisfied, as determined by the Board, all applicable conditions and complied with all applicable procedures set forth in this Section 12(B) (such Eligible Holder or group of Eligible Holders being a “Nominating Stockholder”); (b) disclosure about each Stockholder Nominee and the Nominating Stockholder required under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable law to be included in the proxy statement; (c) any statement included by the Nominating Stockholder in the Nomination Notice for inclusion in the proxy statement in support of each Stockholder Nominee’s election to the Board (subject, without limitation, to Section 12(B)(5)), if such statement does not exceed 500 words per Stockholder Nominee and fully complies with Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Rule 14a-9 (or any successor rule) (the “Supporting Statement”); and (d) any other information that the Company or the Board determines, in their discretion, to include in the proxy statement relating to the nomination of each Stockholder Nominee, including, without limitation, any statement in opposition to the nomination, any information provided pursuant to this Section 12(B) and any solicitation materials or related information with respect to a Stockholder Nominee.

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Any determination whether or not a Stockholder Nominee was nominated in accordance with the procedures and other requirements set forth in this Section 12(B) shall be made in good faith by the Board, a committee of the Board or any officer of the Company designated by the Board or a committee of the Board; provided that, if any determination must be made at the annual meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty, acting in good faith, to make such determination, unless otherwise determined by the Board. Any determination adopted in good faith by the Board, a committee of the Board, or any officer of the Company designated by the Board or a committee of the Board, or the chairman of any annual meeting, as the case may be, shall be binding on all persons including the Company and its stockholders (including any beneficial owners).
(2)      The Company shall not be required to include in the proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders more Stockholder Nominees than that number of Directors constituting the greater of (A) two (2) and (B) twenty percent (20%) of the total number of Directors of the Company on the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be submitted pursuant to this Section 12(B) (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (the “Maximum Number”). The Maximum Number for a particular annual meeting shall be reduced by (A) Stockholder Nominees whom the Board itself decides to nominate for election at such annual meeting; (B) Stockholder Nominees who cease to satisfy, or Stockholder Nominees of Nominating Stockholders that cease to satisfy, the eligibility requirements in this Section 12(B), as determined by the Board; (C) Stockholder Nominees whose nomination is withdrawn by the Nominating Stockholder or who become unwilling or unable to serve on the Board; and (D) the number of incumbent Directors who had been Stockholder Nominees with respect to any of the preceding two (2) annual meetings of stockholders and whose reelection at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the Board. In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 12(B)(4) but before the date of the annual meeting, and the Board resolves to reduce the size of the board, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the number of Directors in office as so reduced. If the number of Stockholder Nominees pursuant to this Section 12(B) for an annual meeting of stockholders exceeds the Maximum Number because there is more than one Nominating Stockholder, then, promptly upon notice from the Company, each Nominating Stockholder will select one Stockholder Nominee for inclusion in the proxy statement until the Maximum Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of the ownership position as disclosed in each Nominating Stockholder’s Nomination Notice (as amended, as applicable), with the process repeated if the Maximum Number is not reached after each Nominating Stockholder has selected one Stockholder Nominee. If, after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 12(B)(4), a Nominating Stockholder or a Stockholder Nominee ceases to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 12(B), as determined by the Board, a Nominating Stockholder withdraws its nomination or a Stockholder Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board, whether before or after the mailing or other distribution of the definitive proxy statement, then the nomination shall be disregarded, and the Company (i) shall not be required to include in its proxy statement or on any ballot or

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form of proxy the disregarded Stockholder Nominee or any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the Nominating Stockholder or by any other Nominating Stockholder and (ii) may otherwise communicate to its stockholders, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy statement or ballot or form of proxy, that a Stockholder Nominee will not be included as a nominee in the proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy and will not be voted on at the annual meeting.
(3)      An “Eligible Holder” is a person who has either (a) been a record holder of the shares of common stock used to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 12(B)(3) continuously for the three (3)-year period specified in the following sentence or (b) provides to the Secretary of the Company, within the time period referred to in Section 12(B)(4), evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or more securities intermediaries in a form that the Board determines would be deemed acceptable for purposes of a stockholder proposal under Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule). An Eligible Holder or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders may submit a nomination in accordance with this Section 12(B) only if the person or group (in the aggregate) has continuously owned at least the Minimum Number (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common stock throughout the three-year period preceding and including the date of submission of the Nomination Notice, and continues to own at least the Minimum Number through the date of the annual meeting. Two (2) or more funds that are (a) under common management and investment control, (b) under common management and funded primarily by a single employer, or (c) a “group of investment companies,” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, shall be treated as one Eligible Holder if such Eligible Holder shall provide together with the Nomination Notice documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Company that demonstrates that the funds meet the criteria set forth in the foregoing (a), (b) or (c). In the event of a nomination by a group of Eligible Holders, any and all requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Holder that are set forth in this Section 12(B), including the minimum holding period, shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Minimum Number shall apply to the ownership of the group in the aggregate. Should any stockholder cease to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 12(B), as determined by the Board, or withdraw from a group of Eligible Holders at any time prior to the annual meeting of stockholders, the group of Eligible Holders shall only be deemed to own the shares held by the remaining members of the group. The “Minimum Number” of shares of the Company’s common stock means three percent (3%) of the number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the most recent date for which such amount is given in any filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the submission of the Nomination Notice. For purposes of this Section 12(B), an Eligible Holder “owns” only those outstanding shares of the Company as to which the Eligible Holder possesses both: (a) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (b) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) shall not include any shares (i) purchased or sold by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates in any

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transaction that has not been settled or closed, (ii) sold short by such Eligible Holder, (iii) borrowed by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates for any purpose or purchased by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or subject to any other obligation to resell to another person, or (iv) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Company, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Eligible Holder’s or any of its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates. An Eligible Holder “owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Eligible Holder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. An Eligible Holder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other similar instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the Eligible Holder. An Eligible Holder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has loaned such shares, provided that the Eligible Holder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days’ notice and continues to hold such shares through the date of the annual meeting. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of the Company are “owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the Board. No Eligible Holder shall be permitted to be in more than one (1) group constituting a Nominating Stockholder, and if any Eligible Holder appears as a member of more than one group, it shall be deemed to be a member of the group that has the largest ownership position as reflected in the Nomination Notice.
(4)      To nominate a Stockholder Nominee, the Nominating Stockholder must deliver to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred fiftieth (150) day, prior to the first anniversary of the date that the Company first sent its proxy statement for the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, all of the following information and documents (collectively, the “Nomination Notice”); provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days before or delayed by more than seventy (70) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting date, or if the Company did not hold an annual meeting in the preceding year, the Nomination Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein not earlier than the one hundred and fiftieth (150th) day and not later than the close of business on the later of the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day before such annual meeting and the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made: (a) A Schedule 14N (or any successor form) relating to each Stockholder Nominee, completed and filed with the Securities and

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Exchange Commission by the Nominating Stockholder as applicable, in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules; (b) A written notice, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, of the nomination of each Stockholder Nominee that includes the following additional information, agreements, representations and warranties by the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member): (i) the information required with respect to the nomination of Directors pursuant to Section 12(A)(2); (ii) the details of any relationship that existed within the past three years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N; (iii) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder acquired the securities of the Company in the ordinary course of business and did not acquire, and is not holding, any securities of the Company for the purpose or with the effect of influencing control or changing control of the Company; (iv) a representation and warranty that each Stockholder Nominee’s candidacy or, if elected, Board membership would not violate applicable state or federal law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are traded; (v) a representation and warranty that such Stockholder Nominee: (1) does not have any direct or indirect relationship with the Company that would cause the Stockholder Nominee to be considered not independent pursuant to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines as most recently published on its website and otherwise qualifies as independent under the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Company’s shares of common stock are traded; (2) is not and has not been subject to any event specified in Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (or any successor rule) under the Securities Act of 1933 or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act, without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of such Stockholder Nominee; and (3) is not a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) and has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years; (vi) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 12(B)(3) and has provided evidence of ownership to the extent required by Section 12(B)(3); (vii) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder intends to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 12(B)(3) through the date of the annual meeting and a statement regarding the Nominating Stockholder’s intent or lack thereof with respect to continued ownership of the Minimum Number of shares for at least one (1) year following the annual meeting; (viii) details of any position of a Stockholder Nominee related to any competitor (that is, any entity that produces products or provides services that compete with or are alternatives to the products produced or services provided by the Company or its affiliates) of the Company, within the three years preceding the submission of the Nomination Notice; (ix) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not engage in or aid or abet a “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) of the Exchange Act (without reference to the exception in Section 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) of the Exchange Act) (or any successor rules) with respect to the annual meeting, other than with respect to a Stockholder Nominee or any nominee of the Board; (x) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not use any proxy card other than the Company’s proxy card in soliciting stockholders in connection with the

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election of a Stockholder Nominee at the annual meeting; (xi) if desired, a Supporting Statement; and (xii) in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all group members with respect to matters relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination; (xiii) an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, pursuant to which the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member) agrees: (1) to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with the nomination, solicitation and election; (2) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any written solicitation materials with the Company’s stockholders relating to one or more of the Company’s Directors or Director nominees or any Stockholder Nominee, regardless of whether any such filing is required under rule or regulation or whether any exemption from filing is available for such materials under any rule or regulation; (3) to assume all liability (which shall be joint and several with respect to other group members if any) stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any actual or alleged legal or regulatory violation arising out of any communication by the Nominating Stockholder or any of its Stockholder Nominees (or those in active concert or participation with either) with the Company, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of Directors, including, without limitation, the Nomination Notice; (4) to indemnify and hold harmless (which shall be joint and several with respect to other group members if any) the Company and each of its current and former Directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss, damages, expenses or other costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Company or any of its current and former Directors, officers or employees arising out of or relating to a failure or alleged failure of the Nominating Stockholder or any of its Stockholder Nominees to comply with, or any breach or alleged breach of, its or their obligations, agreements or representations under this Section 12(B); and (5) in the event that any information included in the Nomination Notice or any other communication by the Nominating Stockholder (including with respect to any group member) with the Company, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading), or that the Nominating Stockholder (including any group member) has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 12(B)(3), to promptly (and in any event within 48 hours of discovering such misstatement, omission or failure) notify the Company and any other recipient of such communication of (x) the misstatement or omission in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct the misstatement or omission or (y) such failure; and (c) an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board, by each Stockholder Nominee: (i) to provide to the Company the information required with respect to the nomination of Directors pursuant to Section 12(A), including but not limited to a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 12(C); (ii) to provide to the Company such other information and certifications, including completion of the Company’s director questionnaire, as the Company may reasonably request; and (iii) at the reasonable request of the

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Nominating and Governance Committee, to meet with the Nominating and Governance Committee to discuss matters relating to the nomination of such Stockholder Nominee to the Board, including the information provided by such Stockholder Nominee to the Company in connection with his or her nomination and such Stockholder Nominee’s eligibility to serve as a member of the Board. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
The information and documents required by this Section 12(B)(4) to be provided by the Nominating Stockholder shall be (i) provided with respect to and executed by each group member, in the case of information applicable to group members; and (ii) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instruction 1 to Items 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) in the case of a Nominating Stockholder or group member that is an entity. The Nomination Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all the information and documents referred to in this Section 12(B)(4) (other than such information and documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Nomination Notice is provided) have been delivered to or, if sent by mail, received by the Secretary of the Company.
(5)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12(B), the Company may omit from its proxy statement any Stockholder Nominee and any information concerning such Stockholder Nominee (including a Nominating Stockholder’s Supporting Statement) and no vote on such Stockholder Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company), and the Nominating Stockholder may not, after the last day on which a Nomination Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of such Stockholder Nominee, if: (a) the Company receives a notice pursuant to Section 12(A) that a stockholder intends to nominate a candidate for Director at the annual meeting, whether or not such notice is subsequently withdrawn or made the subject of a settlement with the Company; (b) the Nominating Stockholder or the designated lead group member, as applicable, or any qualified representative thereof, does not appear at the meeting of stockholders to present the nomination submitted pursuant to this Section 12(B), the Nominating Stockholder withdraws its nomination or the chairman of the annual meeting declares that such nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 12(B) and shall therefore be disregarded; (c) the Board determines that such Stockholder Nominee’s nomination or election to the Board would result in the Company violating or failing to be in compliance with the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or these Bylaws or any applicable law, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, including any rules or regulations of the primary stock exchange on which the Company’s common stock is traded; (d) such Stockholder Nominee was nominated for election to the Board pursuant to this Section 12(B) at one of the Company’s three preceding annual meetings of stockholders and either withdrew or became ineligible or received a vote of less than twenty-five (25%) of the shares of common stock entitled to vote for such Stockholder Nominee; (e) such Stockholder Nominee has been, within the past three (3) years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for

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purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended; or (f) the Company is notified, or the Board determines, that the Nominating Stockholder or the Stockholder Nominee has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 12(B)(3), any of the representations and warranties made in the Nomination Notice ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading), such Stockholder Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board or any material violation or breach occurs of the obligations, agreements, representations or warranties of the Nominating Stockholder or such Stockholder Nominee under this Section 12(B).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12(B), the Company may omit from its proxy statement, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all or any portion of the Supporting Statement or any other statement in support of a Stockholder Nominee included in the Nomination Notice, if the Board determines that: (a) such information is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make the statements made not misleading; (b) such information directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to, any person; or (c) the inclusion of such information in the proxy statement would otherwise violate the Securities and Exchange Commission proxy rules or any other applicable law, rule, regulation, or listing standard.
The Company may solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statement relating to, any Stockholder Nominee.
(C)      General . (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to serve as Directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (A)(2)(c)(vi) of this Section 12) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 12, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to present a nomination or

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proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company. For purposes of this Section 12, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2)      To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a Director of the Company by a stockholder under Section 12(A)(2) or an Eligible Stockholder under Section 12(B), a person must complete and deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 12(A)(2) or 12(B), whichever is applicable) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company a written questionnaire providing the information requested about the background and qualifications of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made and a written representation and agreement (the questionnaire, representation, and agreement to be in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person: (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with his or her nomination, service or action as a director of the Company that has not been disclosed to the Company, (ii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such person would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Company, or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with the person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Company, with the person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law; (b) in the person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Company, and will comply with the Company’s Bylaws, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and any other Company policies and guidelines applicable to directors; and (c) currently intends to serve as a Director for the term for which he or she is standing for election and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
(3)      For purposes of this Section 12, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(4)      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12; provided however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements

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applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 12 (including paragraphs (A)(1)(c), (B) and (C) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c), (B) and (C) of this Section 12 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of (A)(2), business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 12 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the Company’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
13.      Action by Written Consent of Stockholders . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly held meeting of stockholders of the Company at which a quorum is present or represented and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
14.      List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make available, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Company. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Bylaw 14 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
DIRECTORS
15.      Function . The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board.

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16.      Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors under circumstances specified in a Preferred Stock Designation, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or other cause shall be filled by a majority vote of the Directors then in office, even if the number of such Directors then in office is less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, if applicable. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the Director whom such Director has replaced or until such Director’s successor has been elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board may shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
17.      Resignation . Any Director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission of his or her resignation to the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Any resignation will be effective when delivered or, if later, as of the date and time specified in such written notice.
18.      Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board may be held immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders or at such other time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as may from time to time be determined by the Board. Notice of regular meetings of the Board need not be given.
19.      Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board (a) may be called by the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer and (b) will be called by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary on the written request of at least two (2) Directors then in office, or the sole Director, as the case may be. Special meetings of the Board may be held at such time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as is determined by the Board or specified in the notice of any such meeting or, if called upon the request of Directors or the sole Director, as specified in such written request. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given, as provided in Bylaw 25, to each Director (i) at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting if such notice is oral notice given personally or by telephone or written notice given by hand delivery or by facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail or (ii) at least two (2) days before the meeting if such notice is sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery. If the Secretary shall fail or refuse to give such notice, then the notice may be given by the officer who called the meeting or the Directors who requested the meeting. Any and all business that may be transacted at a regular meeting of the Board may be transacted at a special meeting. The business to be transacted at, the purpose of, any special meeting shall be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting; provided , however , that additional business not specified in such notice may be conducted at such special meeting to the extent that the consideration and inclusion of such additional business at such special meeting is approved by a majority of the Whole Board. A special meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the Directors are present and do not object as provided in Bylaw 28 to the lack of notice or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Bylaw 28. For the purposes of

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these Bylaws, “Whole Board” means the total number of Directors the Company would have if there were no vacancies.
20.      Quorum . At all meetings of the Board, the Directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time to another place, time or date, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
21.      Written Action . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or any such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or committee in accordance with applicable law.
22.      Participation in Meetings by Remote Communications . Members of the Board or any committee designated by the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting pursuant to this Bylaw 22 shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
23.      Committees . (a) The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Company. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution adopted by the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.
(b)    Each committee of the Board will consist of one or more Directors and will have such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board may confer. Any such committee designated by the Board will have such name as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Board, a majority of the members of any committee of the Board will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which there is a quorum will be the act of such committee. Each committee of the Board may prescribe its own rules for calling and holding meetings and its method of procedure, subject to any rules prescribed by the Board, and will keep a written record of all actions taken by it.
(c)    members of each committee of the Board will serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Board or as may be specified in any resolution from time to time adopted by the Board. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any such

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committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.
24.      Compensation . The Board may establish the compensation for, and reimbursement of the expenses of, each Director of the Company for membership on the Board and on committees of the Board, attendance at meetings of the Board or committees of the Board, and for other services by Directors to the Company or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries.
25.      Rules . The Board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings and the oversight of the management of the affairs of the Company.
NOTICES
26.      Notice to Directors . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any Director, such notice shall be given either (i) in writing and sent by hand delivery or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, (ii) by means of facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail, or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a Director will be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the Director, (ii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the Director at the Director’s address appearing on the records of the Company, (iii) if sent by facsimile telecommunication, when sent to the facsimile transmission number for such Director appearing on the records of the Company (after receipt of a send confirmation) or (iv) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such Director appearing on the records of the Company.
27.      Notice to Stockholders . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in, Section 232 of the DGCL. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the stockholder, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Company, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Company, and (iv) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the

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stockholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (C) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (x) such posting and (y) the giving of such separate notice, and (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Company. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (I) the Company is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Company in accordance with such consent and (II) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Company’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided , however , the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
28.      Electronic Transmission . “Electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by telex, facsimile telecommunication, electronic mail, telegram and cablegram.
29.      Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver of such notice, signed before or after the date of such meeting by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to said notice, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice. All such waivers shall be kept with the books of the Company. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
30.      Meeting Attendance via Remote Communication Equipment . If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:
(1)      participate in a meeting of stockholders; and
(2)      be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (A) the Company shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (B) the Company shall implement reasonable

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measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings,
and (C) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the Company.
OFFICERS
31.      Generally . The officers of the Company shall be elected by the Board and shall consist of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board may from time to time determine including, but not limited to, any or all of the following: one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Vice Presidents (who may be given particular designations with respect to authority, function or seniority), one or more Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by specific action the Board may authorize the Chairman to appoint any person to any office other than Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary or Treasurer. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any of the offices may be left vacant from time to time as the Board may determine. In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Company or for any other reason deemed sufficient by the Board, the Board may delegate the absent or disabled officer’s powers or duties to any other officer or to any Director.
32.      Compensation . The compensation of all executive officers of the Company, as well as all officers and agents of the Company, who are also Directors, shall be fixed by the Board or by a committee of the Board. The Board may fix or delegate the power to fix, the compensation of other officers and agents of the Company to an officer of the Company.
33.      Succession . Each officer of the Company shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Any officer may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Board as provided in Bylaw 30.
34.      Authority and Duties . Each of the officers of the Company shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices or as may be specified from time to time by the Board.
35.      Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations . The Chief Executive Officer shall have, and is hereby given, full power and authority, except as otherwise required by law or directed by the Board or the stockholders of the Company, (i) to execute, on behalf of the Company, all duly authorized contracts, agreements, deeds, conveyances or other obligations of the Company, applications, consents, proxies and other powers of attorney, and other documents and instruments and (ii) to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Company, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders (or with respect

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to any action of such stockholders) of any other corporation in which the Company may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Company may possess by reason of its ownership of securities of such other corporation. The Chief Executive Officer may delegate to other officers, employees and agents of the Company the power and authority to take any action which the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to take under this Bylaw 35, with such limitations as the Chief Executive Officer may specify; such authority so delegated by the Chief Executive Officer shall not be re-delegated by the person to whom such execution authority has been delegated.
STOCK
36.      Certificates . The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Company. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
37.      Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The Secretary may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact, satisfactory to the Secretary, by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. As a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the Secretary may require the owners of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates to give the Company a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Secretary may direct as indemnity against any claims that may be made against the Company with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of the new certificate.
38.      Record Dates . (a) In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such

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determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
(b)    order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
(c)    Company will be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share of its stock is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, and will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not the Company has notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable law.
GENERAL
39.      Disbursements . All checks or demands for money and notes of the Company shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
40.      Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Company will end on December 31 of each year or such other date as may be fixed from time to time by the Board.
41.      Seal . The Board may adopt a corporate seal and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
42.      Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records . Each Director, each member of a committee designated by the Board and each officer of the Company shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any of the Company’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the Director, committee member or officer believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company.

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43.      Amendments . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws made, by the affirmative vote or written consent of a majority of the Whole Board or the unanimous consent of all members of the Board.

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Exhibit 99.1

Contact:
Stephen Purtell
Senior Vice President
Investor Relations and Treasurer
+1-972-595-5180
spurtell@sftp.com
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Dividend Increases Eleven Percent at Six Flags

Annualized Cash Dividend Increases from $2.80 to $3.12 per Share

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - February 7, 2018 - Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company, today announced that its board of directors declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.78 per share of common stock payable March 5, 2018, to shareholders of record as of February 19, 2018. The new dividend represents an 11 percent increase on an annualized basis, and a 22 percent increase compared to the same period in 2017.
“Six Flags’ cash flow will benefit greatly from the recently enacted tax reform, and we are using a portion of the savings to reward our shareholders with a higher dividend” said Marshall Barber, Chief Financial Officer. “In addition to investing in our employees and world-class theme parks, we remain committed to growing our attractive dividend by high-single digit increases for years to come.”
This represents the eighth consecutive year the company has raised its dividend since it was initiated in 2010.

About Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company with $1.3 billion in revenue and 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. For 57 years, Six Flags has entertained millions of families with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling water parks and unique attractions. For more information, visit www.sixflags.com .