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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Bernstein - Barclays Capital. Jeffrey Bernstein - Barclays Capital A couple of questions. One, just as it regards to kind of the bigger picture, long term unit growth, you talk about the new markets you&#8217;re entering into and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:18:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic: Now Offering Juicy Returns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  Sonic Corp. SONC, owner of an expansive chain of drive-in restaurants reported earnings per share after the close of 24 cents after adjusting for one time items, which beat consensus estimates by 20%.  Although earnings slipped 2.7% compared to last year, the company did better...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:03:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew DiFrisco &#8211; Oppenheimer & Co. Matthew DiFrisco &#8211; Oppenheimer & Co. Can you give us a break out of that 130 to 135 stores for 2009 as far as the break down between franchise and company? W. Scott...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:09:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonic Corporation SONC   F3Q09 Earnings Call Transcript   June 23, 2009 5:00 pm ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:09:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Q2 2009 Earnings: Too Little Information]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Gordon submits: We all know it&#8217;s difficult being in the publicly traded company environment: lots of pressure, expense and analysts asking questions. But on Tuesday we counted SEVEN specific circumstances where Sonic SONC Management (CEO Hudson, President McLain and CFO Vaughn) punted on different earnings or expectations related analyst...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 02/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We&#8217;ll go first to Matt Difrisco with Oppenheimer. Matt Difrisco &#8211; Oppenheimer Thank you. I&#8217;m just trying to go through some of the comments and also the text in the release here. You mentioned that the day parts seem to be positive and that you...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Sonic's New Menu Strategy Work?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Gordon submits: Sonic SONC is an interesting company to watch&#8212;it has had one of the highest EBITDA margins in the restaurant sector, stable management, expanding, locations in a lot of middle America markets. But like others in the restaurant sector, it ran into trouble in 2008, and now isn&#8217;t...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:04:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corp. F1Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Joseph Buckley - Banc of America Securities Joseph Buckley - Banc of America Securities You talked about the value menu and the impact on sales the first 10 days of the program could you give...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic: What's Up with the Company Units?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Gordon submits: Sonic SONC released full year earnings on October 17th and is working forward on its fix-it plan. For the year, profits were down $4M or 6%.  While it&#8217;s been difficult times for all restaurants, I was intrigued by the sales softness of the company operated &#8220;partner&#8221;...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Steve West &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Steve West - Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Can you maybe explain the tip-credit wage initiative you are doing and really what does that mean? Are we supposed to be tipping at Sonic,...]]></description>
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