SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Apr 26, 2005

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2005-04-20

Reporting Person: Saunders Barry L (Staff VP & Corp. Controller)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	451.91	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$23.8	2011-02-07	Common Stock (3000)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$23.86	2014-02-04	Common Stock (4000)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$25.13	2012-02-06	Common Stock (4000)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$25.55	2006-08-30	Common Stock (1695.2054)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$27.31	2015-02-02	Common Stock (5000)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$28.0625	2009-02-03	Common Stock (2200)		Direct
Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$33.6932	2008-02-04	Common Stock (2200)		Direct
Phantom Stock Units	$		Common Stock (293.962)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: 1-for-1

F2: The reported phantom stock units are to be settled in cash upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.