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Byrd Heath – ‘4’ for 4/12/21 re: Sonic Automotive Inc.

On:  Wednesday, 4/14/21, at 7:06pm ET   ·   For:  4/12/21   ·   Accession #:  1209191-21-26732   ·   File #:  1-13395

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/14/21  Byrd Heath                        4                      1:16K  Sonic Automotive Inc.             DONNELLEY FIN… File16/FA

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 4   —   SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 4           Form 4 Submission -- doc4.xml/3.6                   HTML      3K


        

This ‘4’ Document is an XML Data File that may be rendered in various formats:

  Form 4    –   Plain Text   –  SEC Website  –  EDGAR System  –    XML Data    –  <?xml?> File
 
 
XML Data rendering:  Form 4 Submission
 
                                                                                                                                                                                
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="F1"> Employee stock options exercised and underlying shares sold pursuant to pre-established 10b5-1 Trading Plan. </footnote>
<footnote id="F2"> This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $49.35 per share to $50.07 per share. The price reported 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 purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. </footnote>
<footnote id="F3"> This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $49.00 per share to $49.40 per share. The price reported 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 purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. </footnote>
<footnote id="F4"> This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $49.00 per share to $50.24 per share. The price reported 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 purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. </footnote>
<footnote id="F5"> The date indicated is the grant date, and the options vest in three equal installments on the anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued employment requirements and compliance with certain restrictive covenants. </footnote>
</footnotes>
<remarks></remarks>
<ownerSignature>
<signatureName> /s/ Heath R. Byrd </signatureName>
<signatureDate> 2021-04-14 </signatureDate>
</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>


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