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SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC

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10.32 0.16 1.57%

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10.2385 -0.0815 -0.79%

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2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	2007 Employees
$8,336,900,000	4.6%	$95,500,000	11,400

Key Executives: SAH

Name	Title	Officer Since
O. Bruton Smith	CEO	1/1/97
David P. Cosper	CFO	-
Greg D. Young	Chief Accounting Officer	-
B. Scott Smith	President	1/1/97
David C. Vorhoff	Director	4/19/07
Victor H. Doolan	Director	7/25/05
H. Robert Heller	Director	1/1/00
William P. Benton	Director	12/1/97

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On April 19, 2007, the Company appointed David C. Vorhoff to its Board of Directors. Mr. Vorhoff is a co-founding Partner of McColl Partners, LLC, and has served as a Managing Director of the firm since its founding in 2001. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, McColl Partners provides investment banking services to middle-market companies and financial institutions, and advises clients in three primary areas: mergers and acquisitions;... View Full Profile

David C. Vorhoff

Victor H. Doolan, 67, was appointed as a director of Sonic in July 2005. Prior to being appointed as a director of Sonic, Mr. Doolan served for approximately three years as president of Volvo Cars North America until his retirement in March 2005. Prior to joining Volvo, Mr. Doolan served as the Executive Director of the Premier Automotive Group, the luxury division of Ford Motor Company from July 1999 to June 2002. Mr. Doolan also enjoyed a... View Full Profile

Victor H. Doolan

Mr. Young has been Sonic's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since June 30, 2000. Before joining Sonic, Mr. Young was the Chief Financial Officer of Menziken Automation, Inc. and, prior to that, was a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP.... View Full Profile

Greg D. Young

David P. Cosper, 53, is our Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. In March 2007, Mr. Cosper was appointed to Vice Chairman after serving as Executive Vice President since March 2006. He joined Sonic Automotive on March 1, 2006 as an Executive Vice President and became our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 16, 2006. Mr. Cosper served as Treasurer through the end of 2006 and relinquished the position in February 2007. Prior to... View Full Profile

David P. Cosper

Robert Heller, 68, was appointed a director of Sonic in January 2000. Mr. Heller served as a director of FirstAmerica Automotive, Inc. from January 1999 until its acquisition by Sonic in December 1999. Mr. Heller was a director and Executive Vice President of Fair, Isaac and Company from 1994 until 2001, where he was responsible for strategic relationships and marketing. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Heller was President and Chief Executive Officer of... View Full Profile

H. Robert Heller

William P. Benton, 84, became a director of Sonic in December 1997. Mr. Benton retired from Ford Motor Company as its Vice President of Marketing worldwide after a 37-year career with that company. During that time, Mr. Benton held the following major positions: Vice President and General Manager of Lincoln-Mercury Division; Vice President and General Manager of Ford Division; Group Vice President of Ford of Europe and a member of Ford Motor... View Full Profile

William P. Benton

B. Scott Smith, 40, is the Co-Founder of Sonic. He is also President and Chief Strategic Officer of Sonic. Prior to his appointment as President in March 2007, Mr. Smith served as Sonic's Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer since October 2002. Mr. Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonic from April 1997 until October 2002. Mr. Smith has been a Sonic director since its organization in January 1997. Mr. Smith also serves as a... View Full Profile

B. Scott Smith

B. Scott Smith, 40, is the Co-Founder of Sonic. He is also President and Chief Strategic Officer of Sonic. Prior to his appointment as President in March 2007, Mr. Smith served as Sonic's Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer since October 2002. Mr. Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonic from April 1997 until October 2002. Mr. Smith has been a Sonic director since its organization in January 1997. Mr. Smith also serves as a... View Full Profile

Jeffrey C. Rachor

O. Bruton Smith, 81, is the Founder of Sonic. He is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Sonic and has served as such since Sonic's organization in January 1997, and he currently is a director and executive officer of many of Sonic's subsidiaries. Mr. Smith has worked in the retail automobile industry since 1966. Mr. Smith is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, a director and controlling stockholder of Speedway... View Full Profile

O. Bruton Smith

William I. Belk, 58, became a director of Sonic in March 1998. Mr. Belk is currently Vice President and a director for Monroe Hardware Company. Mr. Belk is a partner in the investment banking firm Carolina Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Belk previously held the position of Chairman and director for certain Belk stores, a retail department store chain. Mr. Belk is an attorney with an LLM-Taxation.... View Full Profile

William I. Belk

Robert L. Rewey, 69, was appointed as a director of Sonic in December 2001. Mr. Rewey served as the Group Vice President of Ford Motor Company's North American Operations and Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Services from January 2000 until his retirement in April 2001. During his career with Ford, Mr. Rewey also served as President of Lincoln Mercury Division and then Ford Division and Group Vice President of North American sales, marketing... View Full Profile

Robert L. Rewey

William R. Brooks, 58, has been a director of Sonic since its organization in January 1997. Mr. Brooks also served as Sonic's initial Treasurer, Vice President and Secretary from January 1997 to April 1997. Since December 1994, Mr. Brooks has been the Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and a director of SMI, and became Executive Vice President of SMI in February 2004. Mr. Brooks also serves as an executive officer and a director... View Full Profile

William R. Brooks

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Insider Transactions: SAH

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
06/19/08	SMITH BRYAN SCOTT	10,000	Sale	$142,633.00
06/19/08	SMITH BRYAN SCOTT	10,000	Exercise of Stock Options	$91,900.00
06/18/08	SMITH BRYAN SCOTT	90,000	Sale	$1.34 M

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Ownership Breakdown : SAH

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	151.00
Mutual Fund	233.00
Other Major	12.00

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Indices : SAH

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUT.X	Russell 2000 Index	719.19	2.37 0.33%
$SPCY	S&P Smallcap 600 Index	376.47	1.90 0.51%
—	Fortune 500 Industrial Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: SAH

Data as of 6/25/08

Current Short Interest Shares	301.99 M
Current Short Interest Ratio	5.90
Float	39.90 M

Short Interest as % of Float	11.10
Average Daily Volume	892,000.00
Outstanding Shares	28.39 M

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SEC Filings: SAH

Accepted Date	Description
07/15/2008	SEC Filing: Current Event
07/10/2008	SEC Filing: >= 5% Acquisition
06/20/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell

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