SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 22, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2011-02-18

Reporting Person: Coker R. Howard (VP Global Rigid Paper & Closur)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-18	Common Stock	M	3000.0000	$23.6900	Acquired	119455.0000	Direct
2011-02-18	Common Stock	S	704.0000	$36.5054	Disposed	118751.0000	Direct
2011-02-18	Common Stock	D	2296.0000	$36.6200	Disposed	116455.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-02-18	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	7315.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	16592.1395	Indirect
Common Stock	6782.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	5815.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	5815.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	8578.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	8270.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The $36.5054 is an average price, shares sold between $36.46 and $36.54