Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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Selected Quarterly Financial Data

The following table sets forth selected quarterly financial data of the Company:

(unaudited)	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
2013
Net sales	$	1,179,213		$	1,226,256		$	1,227,749		$	1,214,874
Gross profit	205,716			222,564			224,037			221,187
Restructuring/Asset impairment charges	(4,289		)	(8,678		)	(5,818		)	(6,253		)
Net income attributable to Sonoco	48,139			54,988			61,240			54,746
Per common share:
Net income attributable to Sonoco:
- basic	$	0.47		$	0.54		$	0.60		$	0.53
- diluted	0.47			0.53			0.59			0.53
Cash dividends
- common	0.30			0.31			0.31			0.31
Market price
- high	35.05			35.93			39.80			41.82
- low	29.75			32.03			34.65			37.85
2012
Net sales	$	1,212,370		$	1,202,359		$	1,195,530		$	1,175,870
Gross profit	216,861			216,542			206,229			204,000
Restructuring/Asset impairment charges	(15,212		)	(9,396		)	444			(8,694		)
Net income attributable to Sonoco	43,068			51,323			58,836			42,783
Per common share:
Net income attributable to Sonoco:
- basic	$	0.42		$	0.50		$	0.58		$	0.42
- diluted	0.42			0.50			0.57			0.42
Cash dividends
- common	0.29			0.30			0.30			0.30
Market price
- high	34.83			33.91			31.67			32.51
- low	31.02			29.57			28.61			29.00