SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 8, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK: 0001043509
Period of Report: 2010-04-06

Reporting Person: DYKE JEFF (EVP of Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-06	Class A Common Stock	M	41666	$1.81	Acquired	180376	Direct
2010-04-06	Class A Common Stock	S	41666	$11.9833	Disposed	138710	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-06	Options to Purchase	$1.81	M	41666	Disposed	2019-03-30	Class A Common Stock (41666)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Options exercised and shares sold pursuant to 10b5-1 trading plan.

F2: This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $11.86 per share to $12.04 per share. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sales price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.