SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Nov 5, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2010-11-04

Reporting Person: DELOACH HARRIS E JR (Director, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-11-04	Common Stock	M	162700.0000	$23.8000	Acquired	205871.0000	Direct
2010-11-04	Common Stock	S	162700.0000	$33.9094	Disposed	43171.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-11-04	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$23.8000	M	162700.0000	Disposed	2011-02-07	Common Stock (162700.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4667.7447	Indirect
Common Stock	1848.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	12365.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares sold at average price of $33.9094. Actual share price ranged between 33.90 and 33.99.