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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
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Sonoco Products Company
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LOGO
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA USA 29550-0160
April 8, 1996
IMPORTANT REMINDER
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD
APRIL 17, 1996
To: All Shareholders
Proxy material was mailed to you on March 15, 1996, for Sonoco Products
Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting to be held April 17, 1996.
As a shareholder of Sonoco, you are requested to consider and vote on some
important proposals at this meeting. The Board of Directors of your Company
believes these proposals are in the best interests of all Sonoco shareholders
and recommends that you vote for their adoption.
As of this morning our records indicate that we have not received your
voting instructions. Possibly you are planning to attend the meeting and vote in
person. However, if you cannot attend, enclosed is another proxy card which we
will appreciate your completing, signing and returning to us in the enclosed
postage-paid envelope. Your vote is important to us. Should you later determine
that you can attend, you can revoke your proxy as described below.*
If you have returned your proxy card within the past couple of days, it
probably crossed in the mail with this letter, and we thank you.
Sonoco Products Company
Shareholder Relations
Enclosure
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* Any shareholder who executes and delivers a proxy has the right to revoke it
at any time before it is voted. The proxy can be revoked by giving notice of
revocation at the Annual Meeting, or by delivery to the Secretary of the
Company, Post Office Box 160, One North Second Street, Hartsville, South
Carolina, 29551-0160, of an instrument which by its terms revokes the proxy, or
by delivery to the Secretary of a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. Any
shareholder who desires to do so can attend the meeting and vote in person in
which case the proxy will not be used.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION THROUGH EXCELLENCE
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SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA USA 29550-0160
April 3, 1996
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
Mr. Victor Winterflood
Corporate Trust Department
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
301 N. Church Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27102
Dear Victor:
Enclosed is the letter to shareholders for the second solicitation to be
mailed on April 8.
The letter has been typed on Sonoco letterhead and you should reproduce for
mailing. The second solicitation should be sent to registered shareholders only
(the ones that were mailed "Bulk") as the street accounts were handled First
Class.
If you have any questions, please call me at 803-383-7277.
Sincerely,
/s/ LANA O. ROPER
Lana O. Roper
Assistant Treasurer
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Enclosure
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION THROUGH EXCELLENCE
