{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001043509-21-000021","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SAH","cik":"0001043509","company_name":"SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC","filed_at":"2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:11.241841+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-28T16:04:17.851141+00:00","sec_items":["1.02"],"event_type":"debt","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Sonic Automotive redeems 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027, finances with new notes at lower rates","bullets":["On Oct 28, 2021, Sonic redeemed all outstanding 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027.","Redemption was conditioned on successful completion of new note offerings (4.625% due 2029 and 4.875% due 2031) on Oct 27.","Company satisfied and discharged all remaining obligations under the indenture for the 6.125% Notes.","The refinancing replaces a 6.125% coupon with lower-coupon notes (4.625% and 4.875%).","No financial impact quantified in filing; transaction closed in same week."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-21-000021","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-21-000021.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-21-000021.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-21-000021.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350921000021/0001043509-21-000021-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350921000021/sah-20211028.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-28T16:04:17.851141+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}