SAH 2018 Annual Report

Board of Directors O. Bruton Smith Executive Chairman Sonic Automotive, Inc. David Bruton Smith Chief Executive Officer Sonic Automotive, Inc. William I. Belk 1,2,3 Affiliated with Southeast Investments, N.C. Inc. Lead Independent Director, Sonic Automotive, Inc. William R. Brooks Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Victor H. Doolan 1,3 Retired – President and Chief Executive Officer Volvo Cars North America John W. Harris III 1,2,3 President Lincoln Harris, LLC Robert Heller 1,2 Retired – Governor, Federal Reserve System and President and Chief Executive Officer, Visa U.S.A. Inc. R. Eugene Taylor 2,3 Vice Chairman First Horizon National Corporation 1 Audit Committee Member 2 Compensation Committee Member 3 Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member Executive Officers O. Bruton Smith Executive Chairman David Bruton Smith Chief Executive Officer Jeff Dyke President Heath R. Byrd Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Annual Stockholders’ Meeting Wednesday, April 24, 2019 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time Sonic Automotive, Inc. Corporate Headquarters 4401 Colwick Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 Registrar and Transfer Agent American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC New York, New York Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm KPMG LLP Charlotte, North Carolina Stock Performance Graph Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative stockholder return on Sonic’s Class A Common Stock against the cumulative total return of each of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a Peer Group Index for the time period commencing December 31, 2013 and ending December 31, 2018. The companies used in the Peer Group Index consist of AutoNation, Inc., Group 1 Automotive, Inc., Penske Automotive Group, Inc., Lithia Motors, Inc. and Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. All these companies are publicly traded companies known by Sonic to be involved in the automotive retail industry. The graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2013 in each of Sonic’s Class A Common Stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the Peer Group Index and that all dividends were reinvested. COMPARISON OF 5-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* Among Sonic Automotive, Inc., the S&P 500 Index, and a Peer Group Sonic Automotive, Inc. S&P 500 Peer Group *$100 invested on 12/31/13 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending December 31. Copyright© 2019 Standard & Poor’s, a division of S&P Global. All rights reserved. $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 12/13 12/14 12/15 12/16 12/17 12/18 Common Stock Our Class A Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SAH.” Our Class B Common Stock is not traded on a public market. Form 10-K A stockholder may obtain a free copy of Sonic’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, by contacting: Danny Wieland Sonic Automotive, Inc. Investor Relations 4401 Colwick Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 Phone: 704-566-2400 Corporate Governance Sonic’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the charters for the committees of the Board of Directors and Sonic’s Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our website at www.sonicautomotive.com and in print upon request to Sonic’s Secretary at 4401 Colwick Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211.