SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2012-02-07

Reporting Person: Pignone Marty F (VP Global Mfg, Industrial)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-07	Common Stock	A	420.0000	$32.9600	Acquired	6641.0000	Direct
2012-02-07	Common Stock	M	178.0000	$0.0000	Acquired	6819.0000	Direct
2012-02-07	Common Stock	F	143.0000	$32.9600	Disposed	6676.0000	Direct
2012-02-07	Common Stock	F	178.0000	$32.6100	Disposed	6498.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-07	Phantom Stock Units	$0.0000	A	9058.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (9058.0000)	Direct
2012-02-07	Phantom Stock Units	$0.0000	M	178.0000	Disposed		Common Stock (178.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	906.7626	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents performance shares which have vested but receipt of which has been deferred until six months after termination of service.

F2: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock. The shares were cashed out to account for withholding taxes.