---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-22-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T19:07:43.751035+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco board member Sundaram Nagarajan resigns effective August 31, 2022

## Summary
- Sundaram Nagarajan, 60, resigned from Sonoco's Board effective immediately for personal reasons.
- His resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company or its management.
- Nagarajan had served on Sonoco's Board since 2015, including on compensation and financial policy committees.
- He is President and CEO of Nordson Corporation (NDSN).
- Chairman John R. Haley thanked Nagarajan for his service and guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-22-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176722000055/0000091767-22-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176722000055/son-20220826.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091767-22-000055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sundaram Nagarajan resigned as Member of Board of Directors at SONOCO PRODUCTS CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of Board of Directors
  source text: On August 26, 2022, Sundaram Nagarajan, 60, extended his resignation from the Sonoco Products Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective August 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176722000055/0000091767-22-000055-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.