SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Oct 8, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2009-10-06

Reporting Person: Pignone Marty F (VICE PRESIDENT PAPER - NA)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-10-06	Common Stock	M	3920	—	Acquired	7352	Direct
2009-10-06	Common Stock	F	1311	$27.11	Disposed	6041	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-10-06	Phantom Stock Units	$	M	3920	Disposed		Common Stock (3920)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	842.1068	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.

F2: The reporting person elected to receive a portion of Phantom Stock now instead of deferring to receive after retirement.