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Form 3 SONOCO PRODUCTS CO For: Apr 20 Filed by: Florence John M

April 29, 2016 2:35 PM EDT
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Florence John M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
ONE NORTH SECOND ST
P O BOX 160

(Street)
HARTSVILLE SC 29551-0160

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/20/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO [ SON ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Corporate Attorney
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 94.2672
I
By Spouse
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units 02/10/2017 (1) 02/11/2019 Common Stock 150 (2) D  
Stock Appreciation Right 02/10/2017 02/10/2026 Common Stock 1,117 40.41 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. The restricted stock units vest 33%, 33% and 34% per year from date of grant.
2. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.
Remarks:
florence-poa.txt
By:Elizabeth R Kremer - Power of Attorney for John M. Florence 04/29/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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 twenty-first day of April, 2016.


	Signature:__________________________
       	Typed: 	 John M. Florence



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