SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Sep 24, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2009-09-16

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-09-16	Common Stock	M	3333	$28.77	Acquired	23274	Direct
2009-09-16	Common Stock	F	1067	$28.77	Disposed	22207	Direct
2009-09-17	Common Stock	M	3333	$28.43	Acquired	25540	Direct
2009-09-17	Common Stock	F	1115	$28.43	Disposed	24425	Direct
2009-09-18	Common Stock	M	1152	$28.43	Acquired	25577	Direct
2009-09-18	Common Stock	F	385	$28.43	Disposed	25192	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-09-18	Dividend Equivalents on Restricted Stock Units	$	M	1152	Disposed		Common Stock (1152)	Direct
2009-09-16	Restricted Stock	$	M	3333	Disposed	2010-02-22	Common Stock (3333)	Direct
2009-09-17	Restricted Stock	$	M	3333	Disposed	2010-02-22	Common Stock (3333)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9108.65	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Settlement of dividend equivalent rights in connection with exercise of option. The rights accrued when and as dividends were paid on Sonoco Products Company common stock and became exercisable proportionately with the option to which they related. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.

F2: Vesting of Restricted Stock units (conversion of derivative security) and subsequent issuance of shares.