FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
[ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB NUMBER 3235-0287
SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31,2001
OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
CONTINUE. SEE INSTRUCTION 1(B). HOURS PER RESPONSE.....0.5
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(PRINT OR TYPE RESPONSES)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Trading Symbol (Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
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X Officer Other
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(give title below) (specify below)
Smith Ollen Bruton Sonic Automotive, Inc. ("SAH")
Chairman and CEO
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS 4. Statement
Identification for
Number of Month/Year
Reporting
Person, if
an entity
(Voluntary)
c/o Sonic Automotive, Inc.
5401 East Independence Blvd. 11/99
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(Street) 5. If 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable
Amendment, Line)
Date of x Form filed by One Reporting Person
Original ---
Charlotte NC 28212 (Month/Year) ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I-- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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5. Amount of 6. Owner-
Securities ship
2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially Form:
action action or Disposed of (D) Owned at Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of (D) or Indirect
1. Title of (Month/ (Instr. 8) -------------------------------- Month Indirect Beneficial
Security Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 11-19-99 X 30,000 A $12.50 $30,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction
4(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
(over)
Sec 1474(3-99)
FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES
ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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7.
5. 6. Title and
Number of Date Exer- Amount of
Derivative cisable and Underlying
2. 4. Securities Expiration Securities
Conver- 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3
sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4)
1. Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- ----------------------
Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount
Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num-
Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares
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(Obligation Class A
Put Options to buy) $12.50 11-19-99 X 300 8-19-99 11-20-99 Common Stock 30,000
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10.
Ownership
9. Form of
8. Number of Deriv-
Price derivative ative
of Securities Security:
Deriv- Benefi- Direct 11.
ative cially (D) or Nature of
Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect
ity End of (I) Beneficial
(Instr. Month (Instr. Ownership
5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of /s/ Bruton Smith 12/8/99
facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. -------------------------------- ------------
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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