Sonic 2010 Annual Report Download - page 56

Corporate Offices
300 Johnny Bench Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
405/225-5000
Web Address
www.sonicdrivein.com
Stock Transfer Agent
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
PO Box 43078
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3078
or
250 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
800/884-4225
[e-mail]
www.computershare.com
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Annual Meeting
Our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at
1:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on January 6, 2011, at our
Corporate Offices, 4th Floor, 300 Johnny Bench Drive, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
A copy of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
August 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, may be obtained without charge upon written
request to Stephen C. Vaughan, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, at our Corporate Offices. In addition,
we make available free of charge through our website at
www.sonicdrivein.com annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all
amendments to those reports filed with or furnished to the SEC.
The reports are available as soon as reasonably practical after we
electronically file such material with the SEC, and may be found
on our website under "Strictly Business/Investor Info/Financial
Information/SEC-All."
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this report that are not based on
historical facts are forward-looking statements and are subject
to uncertainties and risks. See Management's Discussion and
Analysis for a more complete discussion of forward-looking
statements, how we identify those statements, and the risks and
uncertainties that may cause our future results to differ
materially from those anticipated and discussed in the forward-
looking statements.
Stock Market Information
Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
under the symbol SONC. At November 8, 2010, we had
approximately 23,000 stockholders, including beneficial owners
holding shares in nominee or "street" name.
The table below sets forth our high and low sales prices for the
company's common stock during each fiscal quarter within the
two most recent fiscal years.
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2010 High Low
First Quarter $ 12.63 $ 9.05
Second Quarter $ 10.68 $ 8.07
Third Quarter $ 13.11 $ 8.29
Fourth Quarter $ 10.52 $ 7.28
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2009 High Low
First Quarter $ 18.19 $ 5.78
Second Quarter $ 12.86 $ 7.35
Third Quarter $ 12.09 $ 6.05
Fourth Quarter $ 11.75 $ 8.34
We currently anticipate that we will retain all of our earnings to
support our operations and develop our business. Therefore, we
do not pay any cash dividends on our outstanding common stock.
Future cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our Board
of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, future
operations and earnings, capital requirements, general financial
conditions, contractual restrictions, and other factors that our
Board may consider relevant.
Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return
The graph below compares the cumulative five-year total return
of holders of Sonic Corp.'s common stock with the cumulative
total returns of the NASDAQ Composite index and the NASDAQ
Retail Trade index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100
investment in our common stock and in each of the indexes (with
the reinvestment of all dividends) from 8/31/2005 to 8/31/2010.
Corporate Information
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