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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 16, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cedar Fair Management, Inc., the general partner of Cedar Fair, L.P. (the “Partnership”), elected Louis Carr to fill a vacancy on the Board, effective November 16, 2020. Mr. Carr will serve as a Class I director and his term expires at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Limited Partner Unitholders. Mr. Carr serves on the Audit committee of the Board. There are no transactions between Mr. Carr and the Partnership that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Carr and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Carr was elected as a director. Mr. Carr’s compensation as a director will be provided on the same basis as that provided to the Partnership’s other non-employee directors, as further described in the Partnership’s Proxy Statement dated April 7, 2020, at pages 60-62. Mr. Carr’s compensation will be prorated to reflect the commencement date of his Board service. The Partnership will enter into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Carr in substantially the same form as the Form of Indemnification Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2011.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
A copy of the news release announcing Mr. Carr’s election to the Board is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit (99.1) | News Release of Cedar Fair, L.P., dated November 17, 2020 (furnished herewith in relation to Item 7.01) | |
| Exhibit (104) | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document) | |
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.
| CEDAR FAIR, L.P. | ||||||
| By: | Cedar Fair Management, Inc., General Partner | |||||
| Date: November 16, 2020 | By: | /s/ Brian C. Witherow | ||||
| Brian C. Witherow | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||