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accession: "0001628280-25-004424"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:47:31.796366+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonic Automotive raises base salaries for CEO, President, CFO; grants performance RSUs

## Summary
- CEO David Bruton Smith base salary increased from $1,336,366 to $1,737,276 (30% raise).
- President Jeff Dyke base salary increased from $1,193,230 to $1,491,538 (25% raise).
- CFO Heath Byrd base salary increased from $930,000 to $1,023,000 (10% raise).
- Compensation Committee set 2025 bonus criteria: adjusted EPS goals and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Performance RSUs granted: Smith 53,035 units, Dyke 30,135 units, Byrd 23,487 units; vest over 3 years subject to performance and employment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-004424
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828025004424/0001628280-25-004424-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828025004424/sah-20250205.htm

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