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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-26	Common Stock	M	1600	$23.8	Acquired	44771	Direct
2010-04-26	Common Stock	S	1600	$34.2613	Disposed	43171	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	$23.8	M	1600	Disposed	2011-02-07	Common Stock (1600)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4635.5222	Indirect
Common Stock	1848	Indirect
Common Stock	12365	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares sold at an average price of $34.2613. Actual share sale price ranged between $34.25 to $34.29.