SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Nov 8, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2004-11-05

Reporting Person: SMITH EDWARD L (VP-CUSTOMER & BUS DEVELOPMENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-11-05	Common Stock	M	7969	$18.0736	Acquired	8543.1072	Direct
2004-11-05	Common Stock	S	7969	$27.2	Disposed	574.1072	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-11-05	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$18.0736	M	7969	Disposed	2005-02-01	Common Stock (7969)	Direct
2004-11-05	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$18.0736	H	0.5	Disposed	2005-02-01	Common Stock (0.5)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	678.1081	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Received $13.56 in payment of fractional share at rate of $27.12 per share.