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FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
[ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------
SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 OMB NUMBER 3235-0287
OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP EXPIRES:DECEMBER 31, 2001
CONTINUE. SEE INSTRUCTION 1(b). ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
HOURS PER RESPONSE......0.5
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(PRINT OR TYPE RESPONSES)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Trading Symbol (Check all applicable)
______ Director ______10% Owner
X Officer (give _______ Other (specify
------- title below) below)
Vice President-Corporate Development
Iuppenlatz, Mark J. Sonic Automotive, Inc. ("SAH") ------------------------------------
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS 4. Statement
Identification for
Number of Month/Year
Reporting
Person, if
an entity
(Voluntary)
c/o Sonic Automotive, Inc.
6415 Idlewild Rd., Suite 109 3/00
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable
Date of Original Line)
(Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Charlotte, NC 28212 ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I-- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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5. Amount of 6. Owner-
Securities ship
2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially Form:
action action or Disposed of (D) Owned at Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of (D) or Indirect
1. Title of (Month/ (Instr. 8) ---------------------------- Month Indirect Beneficial
Security Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 3/24/00 P 400 A $9.688 D
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Class A Common Stock 3/24/00 P 2,600 A $ 9.75 8,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction
4(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
(Over)
SEC 1474(3-99)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES
ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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Title and Ownership
Number of Date Exer- Amount of Form of
Derivative cisable and Underlying Number of Deriv-
Securities Expiration Securities Price Derivative ative
Conver- Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Securities Security:
sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4) Deriv- Benefi- Direct
Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- -------------- ative cially (D) or Nature of
Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect
Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num- ity End of (I) Beneficial
Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of (Instr. Month (Instr. Ownership
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of /s/ Mark J. Iuppenlatz 4-3-00
facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. -------------------------------- ------------
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one
of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE
Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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