Year end press release

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 24, 2004

 

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

  

1-13395

(Commission File Number)

  

56-201079

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5401 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

  

28212

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 566-2400

 

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure and Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On February 24, 2004, we issued a press release announcing results for our fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this current report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

Dated: February 24, 2004

   By:  

/S/    STEPHEN K. COSS        

       

Stephen K. Coss

Vice President and General Counsel

 

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