SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2008

Dec 23, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2008-12-19

Reporting Person: BOWEN JIM C (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-12-19	Common Stock	M	776	—	Acquired	776	Direct
2008-12-19	Common Stock	F	776	$24.16	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-12-19	Phantom Stock Units	$	M	776	Disposed		Common Stock (776)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5407.03	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock. The shares were cashed out to account for withholding taxes.