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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001043509-22-000016
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 4.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive restates Q1-Q2 2022 fleet revenue; internal control material weakness
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- Restatement corrects overstatement of fleet new vehicle revenue by $130.4M (Q1) and $146.6M (Q2); no impact on gross profit or net income.
- Error stemmed from gross vs. net accounting for certain fleet transactions at one RFJ-acquired store; affects 3 months ended Mar 31 and Jun 30, 2022.
- Management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting for Q1-Q3 2022; remediation plan to be detailed in Q3 10-Q.
- Prior 10-Qs for Mar 31 and Jun 30, 2022 no longer reliable; KPMG informed and Audit Committee authorized restatement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350922000016/0001043509-22-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350922000016/sah-20221026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-22-000016

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