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accession: "0001628280-26-032819"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAH"
cik: "0001043509"
company_name: "SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:31:23.420587+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Sonic Automotive grants performance-based RSUs to CEO, COO, and CFO

## Summary
- David Bruton Smith receives 69,872 RSUs; Jeff Dyke 38,175; Heath R. Byrd 26,183.
- RSUs tied to 2026 adjusted EPS performance; forfeitable if conditions unmet.
- Awards vest in three tranches: 25% March 2027, 30% Feb 2028, 45% Feb 2029.
- No dividend equivalents or voting rights until converted to shares/cash.
- Compensation Committee approved grants effective May 6, 2026 under the 2026 Equity Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-032819
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAH
- cik: 0001043509
- company_name: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026032819/0001628280-26-032819-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000162828026032819/sah-20260506.htm

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