SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2023-02-17

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i5847546b357841919bcf0764ab4576d6_134"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.31</font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CEDAR FAIR, L.P.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Purpose of this Plan&#59; Summary Plan Description</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The purpose of this Cedar Fair, L.P. Executive and Management Severance Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) is to ensure that Cedar Fair, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Cedar Fair Management, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Magnum Management Corporation, an Ohio corporation (collectively referred to herein as &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cedar Fair</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; or the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), will have the continued dedication of certain key executive and management employees by providing payment of severance benefits to eligible Participants whose employment with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated for reasons described in this Plan. This Plan is effective as of November 10, 2022 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Effective Date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;)&#59; and supersedes any plan, program, guidelines, policy or arrangements previously in effect for Participants by which severance benefits would be provided by the Company&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided, however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">,</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">this Plan does not supersede any individual written employment agreement that may provide for severance pay or severance pay and severance benefits upon termination of employment. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Plan is intended to be an unfunded welfare plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing severance benefits to a select group of highly compensated executives or management employees. All benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid directly by the Company out of its general assets. The Company shall not be required to segregate on its books or otherwise any amount to be used for the payment of benefits under this Plan. This Plan is not funded and has no assets. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Payments under this Plan are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (as defined below) together with any Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Section 409A</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) and shall be interpreted accordingly. However, in no event is the Company responsible for any tax or penalty owed by a Participant with respect to the payments under the Plan. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This document is the Plan document, and also serves as the summary plan description of the Plan as required by the Employee