Lead Independent Director · SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)

Chair, Audit Committee

William I. Belk director compensation at Sonic Automotive: $360K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for William I. Belk at SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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SONIC AUTOMOTIVE Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SONIC AUTOMOTIVE reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$137,500$200,921—$21,814$360,235
FY2024$137,500$213,363—$30,824$381,687
FY2022$107,500$144,297—$16,011$267,808
FY2021$97,500$148,358—$2,554$248,412

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC DEF 14A filed March 6, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-015631, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC filed document, accession 0001628280-26-015631. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 6, 2026.

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$360,235 William I. Belk, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 6, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $195,000 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit (Chair) · Compensation · NCG Committee

The rest of the SONIC AUTOMOTIVE board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
B. Scott SmithDirector$343,576
David Bruton SmithChair of the Board—
Keri A. KaiserIndependent Director$364,101
Marcus G. SmithDirector$392,107
Michael HodgeDirector$344,027
R. Eugene TaylorIndependent Director$350,661
William R. BrooksDirector$318,803

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