Sonoco to Present at Goldman Sachs Conference

HARTSVILLE, S.C.—Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, will speak to the investment community on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at the Goldman Sachs 2009 Basic Materials Conference in New York City.

Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Charles J. Hupfer, senior vice president and chief financial officer, are scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The audio presentation will be featured on a Webcast and can be accessed via the Internet at http://www.sonoco.com, under the "Latest News" section, and from the conference Webcast site at http://cc.talkpoint.com/gold006/060309a_mg/?entity=5_GR77NKF.

Slides from the presentation will be available on the Sonoco Web site in the Investor Relations section under "Presentations." A replay of the presentation will be available on Sonoco’s Web site beginning at noon on June 3 for a period of 90 days.