SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 27, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2010-04-26

Reporting Person: ARTHUR VICKI B (VP-Global Corporate Accts)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-26	Common Stock	M	5000	$27.31	Acquired	14070	Direct
2010-04-26	Common Stock	S	5000	$34.2073	Disposed	9070	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-26	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$27.31	M	5000	Disposed	2015-02-02	Common Stock (5000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	909.7827	Indirect
Common Stock	4183	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares sold at an average price of $34.2073. Actual share sale price ranged between $34.20 to $34.23.