IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE. ) (Jointly Administered) Debtors. ) ) Related to Docket Nos.

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1 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) In re ) Chapter 11 ) Premier International Holdings Inc., et al., 1 ) Case No (CSS) ) ) (Jointly Administered) Debtors. ) ) Related to Docket Nos. 1989, 1991, 2004 ) ) THE SFI NOTEHOLDERS JOINDER IN THE OBJECTION OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS TO RESILIENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC S MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFIRMATION HEARING AND OBJECTION TO THE MOTION OF RESILIENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING NOTICE RELATING TO RESILIENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC S MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFIRMATION HEARING The Ad Hoc Committee of Six Flags Noteholders (the SFI Noteholders ), 2 as holders and advisors to holders of senior notes (the SFI Notes ) issued by Debtor Six Flags, Inc. ( SFI, and together with its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession, the Debtors ), hereby joins in the Objection of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors to Resilient Capital 1 The Debtors are the following thirty-seven entities (the last four digits of their respective taxpayer identification numbers, if any, follow in parentheses): Astroworld GP LLC (0431), Astroworld LP (0445), Astroworld LP LLC (0460), Fiesta Texas Inc. (2900), Funtime, Inc. (7495), Funtime Parks, Inc. (0042), Great America LLC (7907), Great Escape Holding Inc. (2284), Great Escape Rides L.P. (9906), Great Escape Theme Park L.P. (3322), Hurricane Harbor GP LLC (0376), Hurricane Harbor LP (0408), Hurricane Harbor LP LLC (0417), KKI, LLC (2287), Magic Mountain LLC (8004), Park Management Corp. (1641), PP Data Services Inc. (8826), Premier International Holdings Inc. (6510), Premier Parks of Colorado Inc. (3464), Premier Parks Holdings Inc. (9961), Premier Waterworld Sacramento Inc. (8406), Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc. (7486), SF HWP Management LLC (5651), SFJ Management Inc. (4280), SFRCC Corp. (1638), Six Flags, Inc. (5059), Six Flags America LP (8165), Six Flags America Property Corporation (5464), Six Flags Great Adventure LLC (8235), Six Flags Great Escape L.P. (8306), Six Flags Operations Inc. (7714), Six Flags Services, Inc. (6089), Six Flags Services of Illinois, Inc. (2550), Six Flags St. Louis LLC (8376), Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. (4873), South Street Holdings LLC (7486), Stuart Amusement Company (2016). 2 The SFI Noteholders are Stark Investments, CQS, Tricadia Capital Management, LLC, 1798 Global Partners, Capital Ventures International, Altai Capital Management, H Partners Management LLC, Bay Harbour Management, Pentwater Capital Management LP, Fortelus Capital Management LLP and their affiliates. NEWYORK (2K)

2 Management, LLC ( Resilient ) s Motion (the Motion ) for Permission to Participate in the Confirmation Hearing, dated April 19, 2010 [Docket No. 2004] (the OCC Objection ). The SFI Noteholders also object to the Motion of Resilient Capital Management, LLC for an Order Shortening Notice Relating to Resilient Capital Management LLC s Motion for Permission to Participate in the Confirmation Hearing, dated April 15, 2010 [Docket No. 1991] (the Motion to Shorten ). The SFI Noteholders submit that there is no basis for shortening notice here. During the March 26, 2010 telephonic conference with this Court, Resilient raised the issue of presenting an expert in opposition to the plan. (Mar. 26, 2010 Tr. at 32) The Court made it clear that the Scheduling Order previously entered was still in place. (Id. at 42) Such Scheduling Order provided, among other things, that expert reports were due on February 5, 2010 and rebuttal reports were due on February 12, In light of Resilient s decision not to comply with the Scheduling Order s deadlines, the Court found that Resilient did not have a seat at the table and stated that it was not prepared to hear any evidence from Resilient s expert. (Id.) The Court stated, however, that it would be willing to reconsider such finding and permit Resilient to participate substantively if Resilient filed a motion explaining why such permission would be appropriate. (Id.) The Court also scheduled the confirmation hearing to take place on April 28, (Id. at 43) Instead of moving promptly, Resilient waited nineteen days, until April 14 (two weeks before confirmation), before filing the Motion. Accordingly, any exigencies that currently exist with respect to the Motion are of Resilient s own making. While Resilient claims that it could not submit the Motion until it completed its expert report, it provides no explanation why it could not prepare an expert report until April 8, 2010, particularly in light of the fact that it had the time to monitor fifteen fact depositions taken in this case in January, as well as one of the NEWYORK (2K) 2

3 expert depositions taken in February. Accordingly, the SFI Noteholders submit that there is no reason why notice should be shortened here. For the reasons set forth above and in the OCC Objection, the SFI Noteholders respectfully request that the Motion and the Motion to Shorten be denied in their entirety. To the extent that the Court is inclined to grant either motion, the SFI Noteholders respectfully request that such determination be made as quickly as possible so that the SFI Noteholders will have an opportunity to depose Resilient s expert in advance of the confirmation hearing scheduled to take place next week. Dated: April 20, 2010 Wilmington, Delaware BAYARD, P.A. /s/ GianClaudio Finizio Neil Glassman (No. 2087) GianClaudio Finizio (No. 4253) Justin R. Alberto (No. 5126) 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington, Delaware Telephone: (302) Facsimile: (302) and- Thomas E Lauria J. Christopher Shore John K. Cunningham WHITE & CASE LLP Wachovia Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, 49th Floor Miami, Florida Telephone: (305) Facsimile: (305) Attorneys for the SFI Noteholders NEWYORK (2K) 3

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