
| Disclaimer 4 Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company uses “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Modified EBITDA” and “Free Cash Flow” to assess the operating results and effectiveness of its business. These terms presented in this Presentation are supplemental measures of performance that are not required by, or recognized as being in accordance with, United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow provide useful information to investors regarding its operating performance and its capacity to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow are used by many investors, analysts and rating agencies as a measure of performance. Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow are not defined by GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to net income (loss), income (loss) from continuing operations, net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities or any other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of its operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow as defined in this Presentation may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies. This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated statements of operations and statements of cash flows contained in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, which are included in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Six Flags’ net income (loss) before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, discontinued operations, income tax expense (benefit), other expense, early repurchase of debt (formerly an extraordinary loss), equity in operations of partnerships, minority interest in earnings (losses), interest expense (net), amortization, depreciation, stock-based compensation, gain (loss) on disposal of assets, interests of third parties in the Adjusted EBITDA of four parks that are less than wholly owned (consisting of Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags White Water Atlanta, and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly Six Flags Marine World, the minority interest in which we purchased in July 2007), plus the Company’s interest in the Adjusted EBITDA of Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark (“HWP”) and dick clark productions, inc (“dcp”). Modified EBITDA is defined as Adjusted EBITDA plus the interests of third parties in the Adjusted EBITDA of the four parks that are less than wholly owned less the Company's interest in the Adjusted EBITDA of Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark and dcp. Free Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA excluding (i) cash interest expense (net) and debt issuance costs, dividends and taxes paid in cash and (ii) capital expenditures, net of property insurance recoveries. For the analyses included herein, Modified EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow all exclude the costs of the change in corporate management that occurred in December 2005 (approximately $13.9 million recognized as expense in 2006). Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow have important limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA: excludes certain tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available; does not reflect any cash capital expenditure requirements for assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future does not reflect significant interest expense, or cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on the Company’s debts. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow do not reflect changes in or cash requirements for working capital. Certain of these items can represent a reduction of cash that could be used for other corporate purposes. Because of these limitations investors should rely primarily on the Company’s GAAP results and use Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow only as supplemental information. The Company uses non-GAAP measures such as Adjusted EBITDA, Modified EBITDA and Free Cash Flow. Reconciliations of these measures to GAAP are available on the Company's website. |