{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-25-012955","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SON","cik":"0000091767","company_name":"SONOCO PRODUCTS CO","filed_at":"2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:06.800039+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-26T22:34:30.198195+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Sonoco appoints Scott A. Clark, former Michelin EVP, to Board of Directors","bullets":["Board increased from 11 to 12 directors, effective Feb. 12, 2025.","Clark, 59, is a 28-year Michelin veteran, most recently EVP and member of Group Executive Committee.","He will serve on the Audit and Executive Compensation Committees as an independent director.","Clark previously served as Chairman and President of Michelin North America.","He will stand for election at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012955","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012955.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012955.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012955.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465925012955/0001104659-25-012955-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465925012955/tm256275d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-26T22:34:30.198195+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"b3f10ce895","claim":"Scott A. Clark was appointed as Director at SONOCO PRODUCTS CO.","evidence_excerpt":"On February 12, 2025, upon the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sonoco Products Company (the “Company”) approved an increase to the size of the Board from eleven (11) to twelve (12) directors and appointed Scott A. Clark to the Board.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465925012955/0001104659-25-012955-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}