son-20221208


South Carolina						57-0248420
(State or other jurisdiction or incorporation)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
No par value common stock	SON	New York Stock Exchange, LLC

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Mr. Boyd, 64, has over 35 years of experience with global consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Until his retirement in 2014, he held leadership positions at multiple international firms, including Tate & Lyle, The Coca-Cola Company, and The Dial Corporation, focusing primarily on consumer products sales, marketing, distribution, and customer management. Mr. Boyd currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Johnson C. Smith University, and he has previously served on a number of community and industry boards.

Mr. Boyd has been appointed to serve on the Employee and Public Responsibility and Audit Committees of the Board, is an independent member of the Sonoco Board, and will stand for election by shareholders at the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting.

The Company has not entered into any material contracts, plans or arrangements with Mr. Boyd. There are no family relationships between Mr. Boyd and any other executive officer or director of the Company, and there are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which he has been appointed. There are no transactions between the Company and Mr. Boyd that would constitute related person transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

For additional information regarding the foregoing, please see the Registrant’s news release announcing the appointment of Steven L. Boyd to the Sonoco Board of Directors effective December 8, 2022.

(d) Exhibits


			Exhibit No.						Description of Exhibit
			99.1						News Release Announcing the Appointment of Steven Boyd to Sonoco Products Company's Board of Directors
			104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY

Date: December 12, 2022

By:

/s/ Robert R. Dillard

Robert R. Dillard

Chief Financial Officer


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