---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-125284"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T09:13:35.759967+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco closes €3.615B acquisition of Eviosys, creating global metal packaging leader

## Summary
- Acquisition completed December 4, 2024; purchase price of €3.615 billion paid in cash and debt.
- Funded via $1.8B in senior notes, $700M Term Loan Facility, $1.5B 364-Day Term Loan, and cash on hand.
- Eviosys is Europe's leading manufacturer of food cans, ends, and closures, previously owned by KPS Capital Partners.
- Eviosys CEO Tomás López will continue to lead the business under Sonoco's Consumer Packaging segment.
- Transaction advances Sonoco's portfolio transformation and creates a global leader in metal food and aerosol can manufacturing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-125284
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465924125284/0001104659-24-125284-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465924125284/tm2429992d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-125284.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  SONOCO PRODUCTS CO completed an acquisition involving Titan Holdings Coöperatief U.A. and Titan Holdings I B.V. for €3.615 billion (closed 2024-12-04).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Titan Holdings Coöperatief U.A. and Titan Holdings I B.V.
  - Consideration: €3.615 billion
  - Closing: 2024-12-04
  source text: On December 4, 2024, the Company completed the Acquisition. The purchase price paid by the Company at the closing of the Acquisition (the “Purchase Price”) was €3.615 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465924125284/0001104659-24-125284-index.htm

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