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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

6 Flags asking for bond cash-in

from this afternoon's Los Angeles Business Journal (5/14):

Six Flags Asks Bond Holders to Cash In
By ALLEN P. ROBERTS Jr. - 5/14/2008

"Six Flags Inc., the owner and operator of Six Flag Magic Mountain in Valencia, said Wednesday that it is seeking to exchange existing bonds at a discount to extend maturities and avoid defaulting.

Bondholders in the New York-based theme park operator are being asked to swap notes maturing in 2010, 2013 and 2014 for 65 cents on the dollar in exchange for $400 million of new bonds maturing in 2016. For the exchange, bondholders will get 12.25 percent versus 8.875 percent to 9.625 percent on the existing bonds." ...

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