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Sonic Corp – ‘10-K’ for 8/31/14 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 10/24/14, at 5:15pm ET   ·   For:  8/31/14   ·   Accession #:  868611-14-54   ·   File #:  0-18859

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10/24/14  Sonic Corp                        10-K        8/31/14   82:11M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.23M 
 2: EX-10.11    Material Contract                                   HTML    134K 
 3: EX-21.01    Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     24K 
 4: EX-23.01    Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     27K 
 5: EX-23.02    Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     27K 
 6: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 9: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
57: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     52K 
45: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    128K 
55: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
59: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Income                   HTML    101K 
76: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders’ Equity     HTML     63K 
48: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML    127K 
54: R7          Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     73K 
41: R8          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     79K 
31: R9          Impairment Of Long-Lived Assets                     HTML     29K 
77: R10         Accounts And Notes Receivable                       HTML     68K 
61: R11         Goodwill And Other Intangibles                      HTML     48K 
60: R12         Other Operating Income And Expenses                 HTML     28K 
66: R13         Leases                                              HTML    140K 
67: R14         Property, Equipment And Capital Leases              HTML     75K 
64: R15         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     45K 
68: R16         Debt                                                HTML     66K 
56: R17         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments                 HTML     37K 
58: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    186K 
63: R19         Stockholders’ Equity                                HTML    123K 
82: R20         Employee Benefit And Cash Incentive Plans           HTML     30K 
72: R21         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     34K 
51: R22         Selected Quarterly Financial Data                   HTML    120K 
62: R23         Valuation And Qualifying Accounts                   HTML     99K 
53: R24         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    136K 
                (Policy)                                                         
24: R25         Accounts And Notes Receivable (Tables)              HTML     63K 
73: R26         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Tables)             HTML     38K 
79: R27         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    137K 
36: R28         Property, Equipment And Capital Leases (Tables)     HTML     69K 
35: R29         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     44K 
39: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     44K 
40: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    180K 
42: R32         Stockholders’ Equity (Tables)                       HTML     93K 
22: R33         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
70: R34         Earnings Per Share (Computation Of Basic And        HTML     60K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share) (Details)                            
50: R35         Impairment Of Long-Lived Assets (Details)           HTML     28K 
52: R36         Accounts And Notes Receivable (Schedule Of          HTML     52K 
                Accounts And Notes Receivable) (Details)                         
27: R37         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Narrative)          HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R38         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Changes In The      HTML     28K 
                Carrying Amount Of Goodwill) (Details)                           
16: R39         Other Operating Income And Expenses (Details)       HTML     32K 
43: R40         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     30K 
75: R41         Leases (Components Of Net Investment In Direct      HTML     36K 
                Financing Leases) (Details)                                      
26: R42         Leases (Schedule Of Future Minimum Rental Payments  HTML     62K 
                Receivable) (Details)                                            
34: R43         Leases (Schedule Of Future Minimum Rental           HTML     83K 
                Payments) (Details)                                              
38: R44         Leases (Schedule Of Rent Expense For Operating      HTML     38K 
                Leases) (Details)                                                
46: R45         Property, Equipment And Capital Leases (Narrative)  HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
21: R46         Property, Equipment And Capital Leases (Schedule    HTML     52K 
                Of Property, Equipment And Capital Leases)                       
                (Details)                                                        
30: R47         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     41K 
18: R48         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML     95K 
74: R49         Debt (Schedule Of Long-Term Debt) (Details)         HTML     36K 
25: R50         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative)     HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R51         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     58K 
28: R52         Income Taxes (Components Of Provision For Income    HTML     50K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
44: R53         Income Taxes (Provision For Income Taxes Computed   HTML     44K 
                By Applying The Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate)               
                (Details)                                                        
17: R54         Income Taxes (Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And   HTML     81K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
20: R55         Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax    HTML     35K 
                Benefits) (Details)                                              
37: R56         Stockholders’ Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML    108K 
23: R57         Stockholders’ Equity (Weighted Average Assumptions  HTML     35K 
                Used To Estimate The Fair Value Of Stock Option                  
                Grants) (Details)                                                
78: R58         Stockholders’ Equity (Summary Of Stock Option       HTML     60K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
49: R59         Stockholders’ Equity (Summary Of Restricted Stock   HTML     45K 
                Units) (Details)                                                 
65: R60         Employee Benefit And Cash Incentive Plans           HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R61         Commitments And Contingencies (Details)             HTML     32K 
32: R62         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Schedule Of      HTML     66K 
                Selected Quarterly Financial Data) (Details)                     
69: R63         Valuation And Qualifying Accounts (Details)         HTML     37K 
80: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    121K 
19: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    157K 
33: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.69M 
10: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- sonc-20140831                       XML   2.06M 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- sonc-20140831_cal               XML    247K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- sonc-20140831_def                XML    345K 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- sonc-20140831_lab                     XML   1.09M 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- sonc-20140831_pre              XML    847K 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- sonc-20140831                         XSD    136K 
47: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000868611-14-000054-xbrl      Zip    156K

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