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Ownership Document |
Schema Version: X0306 |
Document Type: 4 |
Period of Report: 7/1/20 |
Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 91767 |
| Issuer Name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: SON |
Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1311411 |
| | Owner Name: Yates Lloyd M |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: 1N 2ND ST |
| | Owner Street 2: |
| | Owner City: HARTSVILLE |
| | Owner State: SC |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 29550 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? Yes |
Non-Derivative Table: |
Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Phantom Stock Units |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 7/1/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 626.6000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 51.8700 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 626.6000 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 1,831.0000 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock. |
| Footnote - F2: The phantom stock units were accrued under the Sonoco Products Company directors deferred compensation plan and are to be settled in Sonoco Products Company common stock 6 months after the reporting person's retirement. |
Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: By Elizabeth R Kremer - Power of Attorney for Lloyd M Yates |
| Signature Date: 7/3/20 |