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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-013958"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:11:12.577536+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco appoints First Citizens CFO Craig L. Nix to its Board; joins Audit and Financial Policy Committees

## Summary
- Craig L. Nix, CFO of First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), appointed as independent director on Feb 10, 2026, effective immediately.
- Nix will serve on the Audit Committee and Financial Policy Committee, standing for election at the 2026 Annual General Meeting.
- Nix brings over 20 years of corporate finance and leadership experience, including CFO roles at First Citizens since 2001.
- Chairman John R. Haley cites Nix's expertise in capital allocation, restructuring, and financial operations as valuable to Sonoco's strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-013958
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465926013958/0001104659-26-013958-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465926013958/tm266074d1_8k.htm

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