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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001043509-24-000032
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive amends credit facility: floor plan commitments reduced $550M to $2.4B, maturity extended to 2029
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- Total floor plan commitments cut by $550M from $2.95B to $2.4B; new vehicle floor plan up $320M to $1.35B.
- Used vehicle floor plan commitments slashed by $870M to $700M.
- Maturity extended to March 13, 2029, with a one-year extension option.
- Quarterly dividend basket raised from $0.12 to $0.18 per share; liquidity covenant removed.
- Truist Bank repaid and its commitments terminated; increased flexibility for asset sales and share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000032/0001043509-24-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000032/sah-20240313.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-24-000032

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