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Free Writing Prospectus
  Filed pursuant to Rule 433
(To Prospectus dated July 31, 2009 and
  Registration No. 333-160964
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement Dated October 25, 2010)
    
Sonoco Products Company
Final Term Sheet
October 25, 2010
     
Issuer:
  Sonoco Products Company
 
    
Size:
  $350,000,000
 
    
Maturity Date:
  November 1, 2040
 
    
Coupon (Interest Rate):
  5.75%
 
    
Yield to Maturity:
  5.806%
 
    
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  190 bps
 
    
Benchmark Treasury:
  4.375% US Treasury Notes due May 15, 2040
 
    
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  108-05+; 3.906%
 
    
Interest Payment Dates:
  Semi-annually on each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2011
 
    
Make-Whole Call:
  Make-whole at T + 30 bps (before six months prior to the Maturity Date)
 
    
Par Call:
  At any time on or after the date that is six months prior to the Maturity Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
 
    
Price to Public:
  99.209%
 
    
Trade Date:
  October 25, 2010
 
    
Settlement Date:
  November 1, 2010 (T+5)
 
    
Expected Ratings:*
  Baa2 (Moody’s)/ BBB+ (S&P)
 
    
CUSIP / ISIN:
  835495 AJ 1 / US835495AJ18
 
    
Joint Book-Running Managers:
  Banc of America Securities LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
 
    
Co-Managers:
  BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA) Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
* None of these ratings is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold these securities. Each rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time, and should be evaluated independently of any other rating.
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