0001225208-11-021696.txt : 20110913 0001225208-11-021696.hdr.sgml : 20110913 20110913151716 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-11-021696 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110909 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110913 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110913 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WHIDDON THOMAS E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001196196 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00516 FILM NUMBER: 111087989 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SONOCO PRODUCTS CO STREET 2: 1 N SECOND STREET CITY: HARTSVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29550 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091767 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS & BOXES [2650] IRS NUMBER: 570248420 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE NORTH SECOND ST STREET 2: P O BOX 160 CITY: HARTSVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29551-0160 BUSINESS PHONE: 8433837000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE N. SECOND STREET CITY: HARTSVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29550 4 1 doc4.xml X0304 4 2011-09-09 0000091767 SONOCO PRODUCTS CO SON 0001196196 WHIDDON THOMAS E ONE NORTH SECOND ST P O BOX 160 HARTSVILLE SC 29551-0160 1 Phantom Stock Units 2011-09-09 4 A 0 120.3000 31.9000 A Common Stock 120.3000 13017.8000 D Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock. Acquired on quarterly dividend on Sonoco Products Company's directors' deferred compensation plan and will be settled upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service. whiddon-poa.txt By: Elizabeth R. Kremer - Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Whiddon 2011-09-13 EX-24 2 whiddon-poa.txt Special Power of Attorney Forms 3, 4 and 5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer, or both, of Sonoco Products Company constitutes and appoints Barry L. Saunders, Ritchie L. Bond and Elizabeth R. Kremer his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and each of them with full power to act without the other for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Act") and any amendment to the foregoing, on his or her behalf, or on behalf of any trust or other entity that is required by the rules under Section 16 of the Act, to file reports under Section 16 because of the fact that said director or officer is a trustee, fiduciary or otherwise, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The authority granted by this Special Power of Attorney shall remain in effect as long as the undersigned is required to file Forms 4 and 5 under the reporting requirements of Section 16. The undersigned acknowledges that no attorney-in-fact of the undersigned pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney, by serving in such capacity, is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Special Power of Attorney this nineteenth day of July, 2011. Signature:__________________________ Typed: Thomas E. Whiddon