-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Tz1Vn5aCPmPMiP+vw1EZEZxz2abgPedS97kjOdHShA3iNJUSnykkZi6MNfvwEHpr zTZXFh+WJb6Lib1UAM2Ndg== 0001193125-04-070460.txt : 20040427 0001193125-04-070460.hdr.sgml : 20040427 20040427110229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-04-070460 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040427 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20040427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001043509 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500] IRS NUMBER: 562010790 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13395 FILM NUMBER: 04755904 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5401 EAST INDEPENDENCE BLVD STREET 2: PO BOX 18747 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28212 BUSINESS PHONE: 7045323354 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5401 EAST INDEPENDENCE BLVD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28212 8-K 1 d8k.htm SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2004

 

 

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   1-13395   56-201079

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Indentification No.)

 

5401 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina       28212
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 566-2400

Item  9. Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On April 27, 2004, we issued a press release announcing the approval of a quarterly cash dividend.

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this current report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By:

  

/s/    Stephen K. Coss        

   
   

Stephen K. Coss

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

Dated: April 27, 2004

 

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EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

 

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

 

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 27, 2004)—Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: SAH) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share for shareholders of record on June 15, 2004. The dividend will be payable July 15, 2004.

 

About Sonic Automotive, Inc.

 

Sonic Automotive, Inc., a Fortune 300 Company, is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States operating 194 franchises and 39 collision repair centers. Sonic can be reached on the Web at www.sonicautomotive.com.

 

Included herein is a forward-looking statement pertaining to an anticipated cash dividend to shareholders. There are many factors that affect management’s views about future events and trends of the Company’s business. These factors involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results or trends to differ materially from management’s view, including without limitation, economic conditions, risks associated with acquisitions and the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking information.

 

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