SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 8, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2006-02-06

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-02-06	Common Stock	M	4000	$23.86	Acquired	4828	Direct
2006-02-06	Common Stock	M	4000	$25.13	Acquired	8828	Direct
2006-02-06	Common Stock	M	3000	$23.8	Acquired	11828	Direct
2006-02-06	Common Stock	M	1695	$25.55	Acquired	13523	Direct
2006-02-06	Common Stock	S	12695	$33.25	Disposed	828	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-02-06	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$23.8	M	3000	Disposed	2011-02-07	Common Stock (3000)	Direct
2006-02-06	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$23.86	M	4000	Disposed	2014-02-04	Common Stock (4000)	Direct
2006-02-06	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$25.13	M	4000	Disposed	2012-02-06	Common Stock (4000)	Direct
2006-02-06	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$25.55	M	1695	Disposed	2006-08-30	Common Stock (1695)	Direct
2006-02-06	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$25.55	H	0.2054	Disposed	2006-08-30	Common Stock (0.2054)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	460.86	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Received $6.82 in payment of fractional share at rate of $33.17 per share.