Press Release: Six Flags, Inc.
August 19, 2002
NEW YORK, NY -- Six Flags, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: PKS) announced Aug. 14 that Kieran E. Burke, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, had purchased 148,754 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to an exercise
of employee stock options held by Mr. Burke.
Additionally, the Company announced that it had received indications from individual directors, officers and employees
that they were purchasing in the open market approximately 80,000 shares in the aggregate. Finally, the Company
announced that Mr. Burke and James F. Dannhauser, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, had provided to the Securities
and Exchange Commission the certification of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002
required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company, with thirty-eight parks in markets throughout
North America and Europe. The information contained in this news release, other than historical information, consists
of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange
Act. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. Important factors, including general economic conditions, consumer spending levels, adverse weather conditions,
terrorist activities and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.
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Contact:
Six Flags, Inc.
Jim Dannhauser, 212/599-4693
or
KCSA
Sarah Shepard / Elizabeth Mwangi
212/896-1236 / 212/896-1242
sshepard@kcsa.com / emwangi@kcsa.com