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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091767-26-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T21:33:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T10:05:27.945928+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco aligns global consumer packaging under single leadership; names Ernest Haynes President

## Summary
- Ernest Haynes named President of Global Consumer Packaging, overseeing $5.2B in annual sales, 98 operations in 25 countries.
- Sean Cairns, President EMEA/APAC, is leaving after 17 years; James Harrell continues as President of Industrial Paper Packaging.
- Haynes reports to CEO Howard Coker; has nearly 30 years at Sonoco, previously led Consumer Americas and Metal Packaging.
- New structure aims to simplify operating model, improve collaboration, innovation, and growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091767-26-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T21:33:38+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000041/0000091767-26-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000009176726000041/son-20260804.htm

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