Registration No. 333-69929
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
(Amendment No. 1)
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
South Carolina 57-0248420
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
One North Second Street, Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
CENTENNIAL SHARES PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Charles J. Hupfer Copies to:
Senior Vice President and George S. King, Jr., Esquire
Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Hulst Clawson, Esquire
Sonoco Products Company Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
One North Second Street 1201 Main Street, Suite 2200
Post Office Box 160 Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Hartsville, South Carolina 29551 (803) 779-3080
(Name and address of agent for service)
(843) 383-7000
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [X] Accelerated filer [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ] Smaller reporting company [ ]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed, pursuant to the Company's undertaking in Part II, Item 9(3) of the
original Registration Statement, for the purpose of removing from registration
the 1,800,000 shares originally registered for issuance pursuant to the Sonoco
Products Company Centennial Shares Plan, all of which remained unsold at
termination of the offering. The Centennial Shares Plan terminated pursuant to
its terms on December 31, 2004. All options granted pursuant to the plan also
expired on December 31, 2004, without any of such options having been exercised.
Accordingly, the offering of shares pursuant to the plan has terminated, and the
Company, therefore, removes such shares from registration.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hartsville, State of South Carolina on
July 21, 2008.
Sonoco Products Company
By: s/Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.
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Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on July 21, 2008.
Sonoco Products Company
By: s/Charles J. Hupfer
Charles J. Hupfer
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
By: s/Barry L. Saunders
Barry L. Saunders
Vice President and Corporate
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. and Charles J. Hupfer, jointly and severally, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement and
any and all amendments to this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documentation in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on July 16, 2008.
s/H. E. DeLoach, Jr. President, Chief Executive
------------------------------------- Officer and Director
H. E. DeLoach, Jr.
s/C. J. Bradshaw Director
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C. J. Bradshaw
Director
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J. L. Coker
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Director
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P. L. Davies
s/C. C. Fort Director
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C. C. Fort
s/E. H. Lawton III Director
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E. H. Lawton III
s/J. E. Linville Director
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J. E. Linville
s/J. M. Micali Director
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J. M. Micali
s/J. H. Mullin, III Director
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J H. Mullin, III
s/L. W. Newton Director
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L. W. Newton
Director
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M. D. Oken
s/P. R. Rollier Director
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P. R. Rollier
s/T. E. Whiddon Director
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T. E. Whiddon
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