SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 15, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2009-12-10

Reporting Person: Fuller Rodger D (VP GLOBAL RIGID PAPER&CLOSURE)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-10	Dividend Equivalents on Restricted Stock Units	$	A	35.8	Acquired		Common Stock (35.8)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Settlement of dividend equivalent rights in connection with conversation of derivative security and subsequent issuance of shares. The rights accrued when and as dividends were paid on Sonoco Products Company common stock and become payable proportionately with the Restricted Stock Units to when they relate.

F2: The dividend equivalent rights become exercisable appropriately with the options to which it is related. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.