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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001043509-21-000021
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 1.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive redeems 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027, finances with new notes at lower rates
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350921000021/0001043509-21-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350921000021/sah-20211028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-21-000021

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