Sonic Automotive, Inc. 9,000,000 Shares Class A Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Underwriting AgreementSonic Automotive Inc • September 23rd, 2009 • Retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations • New York
Sonic Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 9,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,350,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and Class B Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per share, to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”.
