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Sonic Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Sonic (SONC)

Q3 2012 Earnings Call

June 20, 2012 5:00 pm ET

Executives

Claudia San Pedro - Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations

J. Clifford Hudson - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

W. Scott McLain - President and President of Sonic Industries Services Inc

Stephen C. Vaughan - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Analysts

Jeffrey Andrew Bernstein - Barclays Capital, Research Division

Brian J. Bittner - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division

Keith Siegner - Crédit Suisse AG, Research Division

John S. Glass - Morgan Stanley, Research Division

Will Slabaugh - Stephens Inc., Research Division

Michael W. Gallo - CL King & Associates, Inc.

Matthew J. DiFrisco - Lazard Capital Markets LLC, Research Division

Joseph T. Buckley - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division

Presentation

Operator

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to today's Sonic Corp. Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Claudia San Pedro, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Ms. San Pedro.

Claudia San Pedro

Good afternoon, everyone. We are pleased to host this conference call regarding results issued this afternoon for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended on May 31, 2012.

Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that comments made during this conference call that are not based on historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are made in reliance on the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to uncertainties and risks. It should be noted that at the company's future results may differ materially from those anticipated and discussed in the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause or contribute to such differences have been described in the news release issued this afternoon and the company's annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We refer you to these sources for more information.

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