Departure of Matthew Ouimet from Cedar Fair’s Board of Directors

(eap) Recently, Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company announced that Matthew A. Ouimet is leaving the company’s board of directors to devote more time to personal interests. For more than ten years, Ouimet served as CEO for the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, among other positions. Prior to that, he held various positions at The Walt Disney Company for around seventeen years.

“On behalf of the entire board of directors and management team, and all our colleagues past and present, I’d like to thank Matt Ouimet for his passion, vision, and invaluable contributions to Cedar Fair over the years,” said Daniel J. Hanrahan, Cedar Fair’s chairman of the board. “Since joining the Company as president in 2011, Matt has directly led or played a key role in establishing Cedar Fair as one of the largest and most successful regional amusement park companies in the world. We wish him all the best.”

“I am extremely grateful to have been a member of the Cedar Fair management team and board of directors,” concludes Matt Ouimet. “I have great confidence in the Company’s current leadership team and will enjoy following their future successes.” ■