---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043509-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:19:18.881068+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonic Automotive shareholders elect all 9 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 9 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 127.1M to 134.0M, no opposition majority.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for 2024 approved: 140.4M for, 0.4M against.
- Advisory approval of 2023 named executive officer compensation passed: 138.3M for, 0.3M against.
- Annual meeting held April 24, 2024; all proposals passed as recommended by board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043509-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000044/0001043509-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000044/sah-20240424.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: 2. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 140,367,584 372,229 12,285 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000044/0001043509-24-000044-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2023 at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: 3. Advisory vote to approve the Company's named executive officer compensation in fiscal 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 138,324,220 316,258 29,602 2,082,018
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000044/0001043509-24-000044-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Election of directors: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes David Bruton Smith 129,228,979 9,417,303 23,798 2,082,018 Jeff Dyke 133,957,586 4,688,639 23,855 2,082,018 William I. Belk 128,680,312 9,965,924 23,844 2,082,018 William R. Brooks 128,845,654 9,800,108 24,318 2,082,018 Michael Hodge 128,848,999 9,796,752 24,329 2,082,018 Keri A. Kaiser 127,502,062 11,143,816 24,202 2,082,018 B. Scott Smith 128,072,413 10,571,865 25,802 2,082,018 Marcus G. Smith 128,074,161 10,571,591 24,328 2,082,018 R. Eugene Taylor 127,068,011 11,577,751 24,318 2,082,018
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000044/0001043509-24-000044-index.htm

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