Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

 

LOGO

 

 

(Mark One)

        
  [X]    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)      
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934      
          
     For the Year Ended December 31, 2011      
          
     OR      
          
  [    ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)      
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934      
          
     For the Transition Period from                  to                       
          
     Commission File Number: 0-18859      
  A.   

Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

     
     Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan      
  B.   

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

     
    

Sonic Corp.

300 Johnny Bench Drive

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

     


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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Audited Financial Statements

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

     2   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4   

Supplemental Schedule

  

Schedule H; Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year)

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Plan Administrator

Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2011, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Such information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

May 25, 2012

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

     December 31,  
     2011     2010  

Investments (at fair value)

   $   27,458,538      $   26,193,823   

Receivables:

    

  Contributions:

    

  Participants

            98,453   

  Employer

     43,413        176,426   

  Notes receivable from participants

     673,646        668,289   

  Other

            16,457   

Total receivables

     717,059        959,625   

Total assets

     28,175,597        27,153,448   

Liabilities:

    

  Excess contributions payable

     119,965          

  Other

     25,817        20,141   

Total liabilities

     145,782        20,141   

Net assets reflecting all investments, at fair value

     28,029,815        27,133,307   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a common/collective trust

     (82,690     (66,281

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 27,947,125      $ 27,067,026   

See accompanying notes.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Change attributed to:

  

  Investment income (loss):

  

    Net depreciation in fair value of investments

   $ (1,663,118

    Interest and dividends

     361,670   

  Total net investment loss

     (1,301,448

  Interest income on notes receivable from participants

     34,629   

  Contributions:

  

    Participants

     2,278,393   

    Employer

     1,766,602   

    Rollover

     182,043   

  Total contributions

     4,227,038   

Net change

     2,960,219   

Deductions:

  

  Benefit payments

     1,934,861   

  Administrative expenses

     145,259   

Total deductions

     2,080,120   

Net increase in net assets available for benefits

     880,099   

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year

     27,067,026   

Net assets available for benefits at end of year

   $     27,947,125   

See accompanying notes.

 

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2011

1. Description of the Plan

General

The Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (“the Plan”), was last amended and restated April 1, 2010. The Plan has been amended six times subsequent to this date with the most recent amendment on December 28, 2011. The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering “eligible employees” of Sonic Corp. (“the Employer” or “the Company”), as defined in the Plan agreement. Generally, an employee is eligible to participate in the Plan if the employee is 21 years old or older and has completed one year of service with the Company. Effective January 1, 2011, only 90 days of service is required for salary deferral, but one year of service for matching contributions. An eligible employee’s entry date into the Plan is the first day of the next calendar quarter (January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, October 1st) following the date on which the employee satisfies the eligibility requirements of the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). See the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

Contributions

Participants may contribute up to 50% of pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan document. A salary deferral contribution will automatically be made for each newly eligible participant in the amount of 1% of the participant’s plan year compensation, unless the participant elects to defer an amount other than 1%. Participants may also roll over amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans. Participants direct the investment of all contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan limits a participant’s contributions to the Sonic Stock investment fund to 25% of the participant’s total contributions. Effective April 1, 2011, the Company matches the first 3% of participant contributions at 100% and the second 3% of participant contributions as follows:

 

                                Years of Service    Employer Match(1)

Less than 10 years (50% of second 3% salary deferral)

   1.50%          

Between 10 years and 20 years (75% of second 3% salary deferral)

   2.25%          

More than 20 years (100% of second 3% salary deferral)

   3.00%          

 

(1)

Amount represents employer match for second 3% of participant contributions. Salary deferral contributions that exceed 6% of the participants compensation, as defined by the Plan, will not be taken into account when calculating matching contributions.

Prior to April 1, 2011, Sonic made matching contributions in an amount equal to 100% of the first 3% of the participant’s salary deferral contributions and 50% of the participant’s second 3% of salary deferral contributions.

Nonelective contributions may be made each Plan year on behalf of each participant at the discretion of the Employer. Each participant must be a corporate eligible employee and employed on the date the contribution is made. The Company made nonelective contributions during 2011.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

Additional profit sharing amounts may be contributed at the option of the Company’s Board of Directors. Contributions are subject to certain limitations. No such discretionary contribution was made for 2011.

Vesting

Participants are vested immediately in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company contributions is based on years of continuous service. A participant is 100% vested after six years of credited service, with 20% vesting after two years of service, followed by additional 20% annual increments through the sixth year.

Participants’ Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocations of the Company’s contributions and Plan earnings and charged with applicable administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant compensation or account balances, as defined. Forfeited balances of terminated participants’ non-vested accounts may be used to reduce employer contributions and to pay plan expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. Forfeitures used to reduce employer contributions and pay plan expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 were $117,719 and $145,259, respectively. Unallocated forfeited non-vested balances of $17,125 and $120,187 were included in the Plan assets at December 31, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Participant Loans

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance, whichever is less. Participants are limited to two outstanding loans at any one time. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at rates which are commensurate with local prevailing rates as determined quarterly by the plan administrator. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.

Payment of Benefits

On termination of service, death, disability, or retirement, a participant may elect to receive a lump-sum payment in an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest or may elect to receive monthly, quarterly, or annual installments over a period of not more than the participant’s assumed life expectancy.

Administration

The Plan is administered by the Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan Administrative Committee of the Company. Certain administrative expenses incurred by the Plan may be paid by the Company.

Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right to terminate the Plan or discontinue Company contributions at any time. Upon termination of the Plan, the rights of participants under the Plan shall become 100% vested and non-forfeitable and the net assets of the Plan would be distributed by the Plan Administrator.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. Benefit payments are recorded when paid.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses were recorded as of December 31, 2011 or 2010. If a participant ceases to make a note repayment and the plan administrator deems the note to be a distribution, the note receivable balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.

Excess Contributions Payable

Amounts payable to participants for contributions in excess of amounts allowed by the IRS are recorded as a liability with a corresponding reduction to contributions. The Plan distributed the excess contributions to the applicable participants prior to March 15, 2012.

Fair Value Measurement

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. To determine fair value, a three-level hierarchy is used. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

   

Level 1 valuations use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date. An active market is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

 

   

Level 2 valuations use inputs other than actively quoted market prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include: (a) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, (b) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, (c) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability such as interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals and (d) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

   

Level 3 valuations use unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to the extent observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value:

 

             Assets at Fair Value as of  December 31, 2011          
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual Funds:

           

Large Cap

   $ 8,101,151                       $ 8,101,151   

Mid Cap

     446,353                         446,353   

Small Cap

     3,293,121                         3,293,121   

Balanced Fund

     1,795,309                         1,795,309   

Bond Fund

     4,863,655                         4,863,655   

International Fund

     3,411,139                         3,411,139   

US Treasury

     279,539                         279,539   

Money Market Fund

     93,630                         93,630   

Employer Stock

     1,894,445                         1,894,445   

Cash Reserve Account

     17,125                         17,125   

Common/Collective Trust:

           

Stable Pooled Fund

           $ 3,263,071                 3,263,071   
   $ 24,195,467       $ 3,263,071       $         –       $ 27,458,538   

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual Funds:

           

Large Cap

   $ 7,871,074                       $ 7,871,074   

Mid Cap

     449,129                         449,129   

Small Cap

     3,370,856                         3,370,856   

Balanced Fund

     582,524                         582,524   

Bond Fund

     4,373,244                         4,373,244   

International Fund

     3,728,429                         3,728,429   

US Treasury

     1,048,764                         1,048,764   

Money Market Fund

     54,791                         54,791   

Employer Stock

     1,515,789                         1,515,789   

Cash Reserve Account

     120,187                         120,187   

Common/Collective Trust:

           

Stable Pooled Fund

           $ 3,079,036                 3,079,036   
   $ 23,114,787       $ 3,079,036       $         –       $ 26,193,823   

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Shares of mutual funds are valued at published market prices, which represent the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares held by the Plan at year end.

The Sonic common stock is held by participants in a unitized fund, which means participants do not own shares of Sonic common stock but rather own an interest in the unitized fund. The fund consists of common stock and cash equivalents to meet the fund’s daily cash needs. Unitizing the fund allows for daily trades. The value of a unit reflects the combined value of the Sonic common stock and cash held by the fund. The Plan owns the underlying assets of shares in common stock and the underlying cash.

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through a common/collective trust fund, the Diversified Stable Pooled Fund, which is solely invested in the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund G (“DRC Fund”). The statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the DRC Fund and the adjustment from fair value to contract value. The fair value of the Plan’s interest in the DRC Fund is determined by the issuer of the common/collective trust fund at year-end based on the fair value of its underlying investments. The contract value of the DRC Fund represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

The DRC Fund is designed to deliver safety and stability by preserving principal and accumulating earnings. This DRC Fund is primarily invested in guaranteed investment contracts, bank investment contracts, and synthetic investment contracts. Participant-directed redemptions have no restrictions.

Withdrawals from the DRC Fund which are due to the Plan’s initiated events will be made within the twelve month period following Diversified Retirement Corporation (Diversified or DRC) receipt of the Plan’s written withdrawal request. Initiated events are events within the control of the Plan which Diversified reasonably determines would have an adverse financial effect on the DRC Fund including, but not limited to, a merger, layoffs, bankruptcy, full or partial Plan termination and early retirement incentive programs. During the above referenced twelve-month period, benefit distributions and participant-directed transfers to non-competing funds will be permitted from the DRC Fund, subject to a 90-day equity wash provision.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and market risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.” ASU 2011-04 was issued to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. This pronouncement is effective for reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. The new guidance will require prospective application. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have a material impact on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

3.  Investments

The Plan’s investments are held by an appointed trust company. The Plan’s recordkeeper is DRC and the trustee for the Plan is State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSBT”). The following represents the fair value of investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund/ A

   $ 2,955,605       $ 3,243,776   

American Funds Growth Fund of America/ A

     *         3,667,174   

American Funds Income Fund

     1,795,309         *   

Diversified Stable Pooled Fund**

     3,263,071         3,079,036   

Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund

     4,314,059         3,847,133   

Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund

     1,434,189         1,398,045   

Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund

     1,858,932         1,972,811   

Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income A

     4,461,815         4,203,900   

Mainstay Large Cap Growth R1

     3,639,336         *   

Sonic Corp. common stock

     1,894,445         1,515,789   

 

*

   Amount did not represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of the period indicated.

** Contract value as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $3,180,381 and $3,012,755, respectively.

The Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated/(depreciated) in fair value for the year ended as follows:

 

     Year ended  
  December 31, 2011  
 

Mutual Funds

   $ (1,151,665

Common/Collective Trust Fund

     58,227   

Employer Stock Fund

     (569,680
  

 

 

 

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

   $ (1,663,118
  

 

 

 

4.  Income Tax Status

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) dated October 15, 2007 stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the IRS, the Plan was amended and restated. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualified status. The Company has indicated that it will take the necessary steps to maintain the Plan’s qualified status.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. require plan management to evaluate uncertain tax positions taken by the Plan. The financial statement effects of a tax position are recognized when the position is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, to be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2011, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected

 

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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

to be taken. The Plan has recognized no interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan Administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2008.

5.  Related-Party Transactions

The DRC Fund is managed by DRC. Because DRC is the Plan’s recordkeeper, transactions involving the DRC Fund qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Additionally, a portion of the Plan’s assets are invested in a unitized fund holding the Company’s common stock. Because the Company is the Plan Sponsor, transactions involving the Company’s common stock qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Another party-in-interest to the Plan is SSBT, which serves as the passive trustee for the Plan. In this capacity, SSBT serves as the legal trustee of the Plan; however, as is permitted under the terms of the trust between SSBT and the Plan, SSBT has contracted with DRC for DRC to provide certain necessary duties and responsibilities for the operation of the trust. All of these transactions are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules.

6.  Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefit per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     December 31,  
     2011      2010  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 27,947,125       $ 27,067,026   

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a common/collective trust

     82,690         66,281   

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 28,029,815       $ 27,133,307   

The following is a reconciliation of the net increase per the financial statements to the net income per the Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended  
     December 31,
2011
 

Net increase per the financial statements

   $ 880,099   

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a common/collective trust at December 31, 2011

     82,690   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a common/collective trust at December 31, 2010

     (66,281
  

 

 

 

Net income per the Form 5500

   $ 896,508   
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

 

Certain fully benefit-responsive contracts (common/collective trusts that invest in insurance contracts, synthetic contracts and separate guaranteed contracts) are recorded on the financial statements at contract value versus fair value on the Form 5500.

 

 

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Supplemental Schedule

 


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Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

Plan Number 001

EIN: 73-1371046

December 31, 2011

 

(a)  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor or Similar Party

  

(c)

Description of
Investment including
maturity date, rate of
interest, collateral,
par or maturity value

    

(e)

Current Value

 

*

  State Street Bank and Trust Company      Cash Reserve Account       $ 17,125   
  American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund/ A      84,062 shares         2,955,605   
  American Funds Income Fund      107,247 shares         1,795,309   
  Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund      21,899 shares         280,525   

*

 

Diversified Stable Pooled Fund – Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund G

     197,898 shares         3,263,071   
  Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund      316,512 shares         4,314,059   
  Federated Treasury      279,539 shares         279,539   
  Goldman Sachs Growth Opportunities I      7,510 shares         165,828   
  Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund      51,757 shares         1,434,189   
  Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund      118,858 shares         1,858,932   
  Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income A      240,270 shares         4,461,815   
  Lazard Emerging Markets Fund      26,485 shares         455,534   
  Mainstay Large Cap Growth R1      519,905 shares         3,639,336   
  Oppenheimer International Bond Fund      88,788 shares         549,596   

*

  Sonic Corp. common stock      280,913 shares         1,894,445   

*

  State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund      93,630 shares         93,630   
                  Total investments         27,458,538   

*

  Participant Loans     

 

 

 

Interest rates from

4.25% to 9.32%  

with varying    

maturities      

  

  

  

  

     673,646   
                  Total       $ 28,132,184   

*Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan.

Column (d) is not applicable as investments are participant-directed.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Sonic Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

 

By:

  

/s/ Claudia San Pedro

  
    

Claudia San Pedro, Chair of the Sonic

    

Corp. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

    

Administrative Committee

  

Date: May 25, 2012


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.    Description

23.1

  

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm