---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-005124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:42:04.477873+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco COO Rodger Fuller retiring Feb 28, 2026; role eliminated

## Summary
- Rodger Fuller retires after 40-year career; COO role is not being filled.
- Effective February 28, 2026; business unit presidents will report directly to CEO Howard Coker.
- Fuller served as COO since 2020, oversaw global operations and IT.
- Planned succession; no negative event or immediate financial impact disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-005124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465926005124/0001104659-26-005124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465926005124/tm263580d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-005124.txt

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