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Sonoco Board Increases Dividend

   Sonoco logo. (PRNewsFoto/Sonoco)

HARTSVILLE, SC UNITED STATES
    HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonoco's (NYSE:
SON) Board of Directors today declared a $.24 per share regular quarterly
dividend, an increase from $.23 per share. This 324th consecutive quarterly
dividend will be payable June 9, 2006, to shareholders of record as of May
19, 2006.
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991006/SNCLOGO )
    Sonoco, founded in 1899, is a $3.5 billion global manufacturer of
industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with
more than 300 operations in 35 countries serving customers in 85 nations.
Additional information about the Company is available at
http://www.sonoco.com.


SOURCE Sonoco




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    CONTACT:
    Allan V. Cecil, Vice President, Sonoco,
    +1-843-383-7524, or allan.cecil@sonoco.com