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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Sonic Automotive (SAH)

Sonic Automotive sets 2025 bonus targets, grants performance RSUs and raises executive salaries

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

On February 5, 2025, Sonic Automotive's Compensation Committee set 2025 performance bonus criteria tied to adjusted earnings per share and customer satisfaction, granted performance-based restricted stock units, and approved higher base salaries retroactive to January 1, 2025. Shareholders may track these awards because the salary increases raise fixed executive pay, while the bonuses and RSUs depend on the company's 2025 adjusted earnings per share.

Key points

  • Base salaries rise retroactive to January 1, 2025: David Bruton Smith (Chairman and CEO) from $1,336,366 to $1,737,276; Jeff Dyke (President) from $1,193,230 to $1,491,538; Heath R. Byrd (EVP and CFO) from $930,000 to $1,023,000.
  • Performance-based RSU grants of 53,035 units to Smith, 30,135 to Dyke and 23,487 to Byrd, subject to forfeiture based on 2025 adjusted EPS, with vesting on March 31, 2026 (25%), February 5, 2027 (30%) and February 5, 2028 (45%).
  • 2025 bonuses are tied to adjusted EPS and dealership customer satisfaction goals for the January 1 to December 31, 2025 Performance Period, with amounts to be determined by March 15, 2026.

The filing

CompanySonic Automotive (SAH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 7, 2025, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-004424

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:55 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 07, 2025.

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