Sonic to Present at the Cowen and Company 7th Annual Consumer Conference

OKLAHOMA CITY, (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today announced that it will participate in Cowen and Company's 7th Annual Consumer Conference, which takes place in New York January 12-13. The investor presentation by Sonic's management is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, and will be available to investors via a live audio webcast. A link to the webcast can be found at the investor section of the company's website, www.sonicdrivein.com. The event will be available for replay for a period of 30 days using the same link.

Sonic, America's Drive-In, originally started as a hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., called Top Hat Drive-In, and then changed its name to Sonic in 1959. The first drive-in to adopt the Sonic name is still serving customers in Stillwater, Okla. Sonic has more than 3,500 drive-ins coast to coast, where more than a million customers eat every day.

SOURCE: Sonic Corp.

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