IPO registrations (S-1, F-1) · Registrants
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
- SEC CIK
- 1043509 · filings on EDGAR ↗
- Registration
- Form S-1, first filed 1997-08-08, last 1997-11-06; 1 initial registration, 7 amendments
- Outcome
- Final prospectus filed 1997-11-13
- Industry (SIC)
- Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations 5500
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Business address
- 4401 COLWICK ROAD, Charlotte, NC 28211
- EIN
- 56-2010790
- Ticker
- SAH (NYSE)
- EDGAR entity type
- operating
- Insiders and CEO pay
- SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC on the corporate pages
Offering terms
- Proposed price range
- $12.00–$14.00 per share (S-1/A filed 1997-11-06)
- Shares offered
- 5,000,000
- Listing
- NYSE under the symbol SAH
- Lead underwriters
- Merrill Lynch; Montgomery Securities (885,000 shares); Wheat, First Securities, Inc (885,000 shares)
- Syndicate
- Wheat First Butcher Singer; BancAmerica Robertson Stephens (75,000); J.C. Bradford & Co (75,000); Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (75,000); Furman Selz LLC (75,000); Goldman Sachs (75,000); Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation (75,000); J.P. Morgan (75,000); Morgan Stanley (75,000); Truist Securities (75,000); Citigroup (75,000); Stephens (75,000); Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc (40,000); Dain Bosworth Incorporated (40,000); Doft & Co., Inc (40,000); EVEREN Securities, Inc (40,000); Allen C. Ewing & Co (40,000); First Analysis Securities Corporation (40,000); Morgan Keegan (40,000); Pacific Crest Securities (40,000); Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc (40,000); Raymond James (40,000); RedWine & Company, Inc (40,000); Scott & Stringfellow, Inc (40,000); Siebert Williams Shank (40,000)
Read from the cover pages of the filings listed under “Prospectus pages read” below; check the document for anything that matters.
On this site
- Business registration: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC Fuzzy (name and state)
- Form 5500 plan sponsor: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. EXACT (EIN (EXACT))
- Political committee (FEC): SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC FEDERAL PAC (connected to SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC) Fuzzy (name and state)
- Political committee (FEC): SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC STATE PAC (connected to SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC) Fuzzy (name and state)
- SEC filer: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC EXACT (CIK (EXACT))
- Person page: H Robert Heller Fuzzy (officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director))
- Person page: Keri A Kaiser Fuzzy (officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director))
- Person page: O Bruton Smith Fuzzy (officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director,Officer,TenPercentOwner))
- Person page: R Eugene Taylor Fuzzy (officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director))
Filings 11
| Filed | Form | What it is | Name as filed | EDGAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-08-08 | S-1 | S-1 (registration) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000916641-97-000801 ↗ |
| 1997-08-29 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-002568 ↗ |
| 1997-10-03 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-002890 ↗ |
| 1997-10-17 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003028 ↗ |
| 1997-10-23 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003052 ↗ |
| 1997-10-23 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003055 ↗ |
| 1997-10-31 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003119 ↗ |
| 1997-11-06 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003170 ↗ |
| 1997-11-13 | 424B4 | 424B4 (final prospectus) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003272 ↗ |
| 1997-11-13 | 424B4 | 424B4 (final prospectus) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-97-003291 ↗ |
| 1999-05-03 | 424B4 | 424B4 (final prospectus) | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | 0000950168-99-001369 ↗ |
Prospectus pages read 2
| Filed | Form | Read as | Range | Price | Shares | Proceeds | Listing | Underwriters | What was found | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-11-06 | S-1/A | registration statement | $12.00–$14.00 | 5,000,000 | - | NYSE SAH | 9 | from the submission text; range, shares headline, underwriting table 6, cover names 3 | document ↗ | |
| 1997-11-13 | 424B4 | final prospectus | 5,000,000 | - | NYSE SAH | 28 | from the submission text; shares headline, underwriting table 26, cover names 3 | document ↗ |
Officers, directors and large holders Forms 3, 4 and 5
| Insider | Role | Title | Filings | Years | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUPPENLATZ MARK J | Officer | Exec VP of Corp Development | 9 | 2006–2007 | |
| RACHOR JEFFREY C | Director; Director,Officer | President and COO | 13 | 2006–2008 | |
| SMITH BRYAN SCOTT | Director,Officer; Director,Officer,TenPercentOwner; Director,TenPercentOwner; TenPercentOwner | CEO and President; President and CSO; Vice Chairman and CSO | 71 | 2006–2026 | |
| SMITH O BRUTON | Director,Officer,TenPercentOwner | Chairman and CEO; Executive Chairman | 75 | 2006–2022 | person page Fuzzy |
| COSPER DAVID P | Officer | Executive VP and Treasurer; Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer; Vice Chairman and CFO | 24 | 2006–2013 | |
| YOUNG GREG | Officer | VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 1 | 2006 | |
| BELK WILLIAM I | Director | 23 | 2006–2026 | ||
| BENTON WILLIAM P | Director | 3 | 2006–2008 | ||
| BROOKS WILLIAM R | Director | 25 | 2006–2026 | ||
| DOOLAN VICTOR H | Director | 22 | 2006–2021 | ||
| HELLER H ROBERT | Director | 20 | 2006–2021 | person page Fuzzy | |
| REWEY ROBERT L | Director | 10 | 2006–2014 | ||
| Vorhoff David C | Director | 8 | 2007–2013 | ||
| DYKE JEFF | Director,Officer; Officer | EVP of Operations; President | 102 | 2008–2026 | |
| SMITH DAVID BRUTON | Director,Officer; Director,Officer,TenPercentOwner | Chairman and CEO; Chief Executive Officer; Executive Vice President; Vice Chairman | 84 | 2008–2026 | |
| Rusnak Paul P. | TenPercentOwner | 29 | 2009–2026 | ||
| Byrd Heath | Officer | EVP and CFO | 75 | 2013–2026 | |
| Byrd Bernard Clinton Jr | Director | 4 | 2013–2015 | ||
| Harris John W. III | Director | 11 | 2014–2023 | ||
| TAYLOR R EUGENE | Director | 14 | 2015–2026 | person page Fuzzy | |
| SMITH MARCUS G | Director,TenPercentOwner; TenPercentOwner | 14 | 2015–2026 | ||
| SONIC FINANCIAL CORP | TenPercentOwner | 1 | 2018 | ||
| Kaiser Keri A | Director | 8 | 2020–2026 | person page Fuzzy | |
| Hodge Michael Edward | Director | 6 | 2022–2026 |
Everyone who filed an insider report for this company, from the SEC’s Insider Transactions Data Sets (2006 on). Person pages are matched by name and state only.
Data: SEC EDGAR. The quarterly full index (every S-1, S-1/A, F-1 and F-1/A since 1993, with the pricing prospectus, notice of effectiveness and withdrawal request of each registrant) and the company submissions data (SIC, state of incorporation, address, EIN, tickers, former names). Company details are what EDGAR holds today, not at the time of the filing.
Also on this site Fuzzy
| Record | Name as filed | Where | Dataset | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business registration | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | NC | State business registries | name and state |
| Plan sponsor | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. | NC | Form 5500 (employee benefit plans) | EIN (EXACT) |
| Political committee | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC FEDERAL PAC (connected to SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC) | NC | Campaign finance (FEC) | name and state |
| Political committee | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC STATE PAC (connected to SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC) | NC | Campaign finance (FEC) | name and state |
| Nonprofit | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY EMERGENCY FUND | NC | Nonprofits (IRS Form 990) | same street address and ZIP code, 4401 COLWICK RD 28211 (FUZZY: a shared address, not proof of a shared organization) |
| SEC filer | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC | SEC filers (EDGAR) | CIK (EXACT) | |
| Form 5500 plan sponsor | SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. | EIN (EXACT) | ||
| Person page | H Robert Heller | People (Form 990 officers, directors and employees) | officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director) | |
| Person page | Keri A Kaiser | People (Form 990 officers, directors and employees) | officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director) | |
| Person page | O Bruton Smith | People (Form 990 officers, directors and employees) | officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director,Officer,TenPercentOwner) | |
| Person page | R Eugene Taylor | People (Form 990 officers, directors and employees) | officer, director or 10% owner on the company's Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Director) |
Matched by an identifier (EIN, CIK, CRD), by name and state or city, or by street address; a shared name or address is not proof of the same person or organization. Every link says how it was made; how the cross-referencing works.
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