SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 14, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2010-10-13

Reporting Person: Coker R. Howard (VP & GM Rigid Paper & Closures)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-10-13	Common Stock	M	3000.0000	$23.6900	Acquired	118347.0000	Direct
2010-10-13	Common Stock	S	644.0000	$35.0000	Disposed	117703.0000	Direct
2010-10-13	Common Stock	D	2356.0000	$35.0000	Disposed	115347.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-10-13	Stock Appreciation Right	$23.6900	M	3000.0000	Disposed	2016-02-04	Common Stock (3000.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6715.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	15791.4293	Indirect
Common Stock	6182.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	5815.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	5815.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	8578.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	7670.0000	Indirect