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Six Flags Entertainment Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 10/20/15, at 5:12pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/15   ·   Accession #:  701374-15-137   ·   File #:  1-13703

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/20/15  Six Flags Entertainment Corp      10-Q        9/30/15   57:6.2M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    482K 
 2: EX-31.1     Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO Certification                       HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Section 906 CFO Certification                       HTML     19K 
37: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     38K 
28: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    135K 
35: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
39: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     97K 
52: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     21K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
29: R6          Condensed Consolidation Statements of               HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
34: R7          Condensed Consolidation Statements of               HTML     27K 
                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
24: R8          Condensed Consolidation Statements of Equity        HTML     72K 
18: R9          Condensed Consolidation Statements of Cash Flows    HTML    116K 
53: R10         General - Basis of Presentation                     HTML    100K 
41: R11         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     96K 
40: R12         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     45K 
45: R13         Long-Term Indebtedness                              HTML     55K 
46: R14         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     86K 
44: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     46K 
47: R16         Noncontrolling Interests, Partnerships and Joint    HTML     29K 
                Ventures                                                         
36: R17         Business Segments                                   HTML     80K 
38: R18         Pension Benefits                                    HTML     54K 
43: R19         Stock Repurchase Plans                              HTML     21K 
57: R20         General - Basis of Presentation (Policies)          HTML    129K 
49: R21         General - Basis of Presentation (Tables)            HTML     63K 
31: R22         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     83K 
42: R23         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     40K 
33: R24         Long-Term Indebtedness (Tables)                     HTML     38K 
15: R25         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R26         Noncontrolling Interests, Partnerships and Joint    HTML     25K 
                Ventures (Tables)                                                
54: R27         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML     77K 
21: R28         Pension Benefits (Tables)                           HTML     53K 
20: R29         General - Basis of Presentation (Details)           HTML     73K 
22: R30         General - Basis of Presentation (Details 2)         HTML     57K 
23: R31         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     94K 
26: R32         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     39K 
14: R33         Long-Term Indebtedness (Details)                    HTML    174K 
48: R34         Long-Term Indebtedness (Details 2)                  HTML     42K 
30: R35         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     37K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
17: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     80K 
56: R38         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2)           HTML     65K 
12: R39         Noncontrolling Interests, Partnerships and Joint    HTML     39K 
                Ventures (Details)                                               
27: R40         Business Segments (Details)                         HTML     50K 
51: R41         Business Segments (Details 2)                       HTML     39K 
16: R42         Pension Benefits (Details)                          HTML     42K 
19: R43         Stock Repurchase Plans (Details)                    HTML     36K 
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     98K 
13: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     71K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- six-20150630                        XML   1.68M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- six-20150630_cal                XML    185K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- six-20150630_def                 XML    396K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- six-20150630_lab                      XML   1.33M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- six-20150630_pre               XML    692K 
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25: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000701374-15-000137-xbrl      Zip    197K

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