0000091767-15-000005.txt : 20150213 0000091767-15-000005.hdr.sgml : 20150213 20150213133255 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000091767-15-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150211 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20150213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091767 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS & BOXES [2650] IRS NUMBER: 570248420 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11261 FILM NUMBER: 15612113 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE NORTH SECOND ST STREET 2: P O BOX 160 CITY: HARTSVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29551-0160 BUSINESS PHONE: 8433837000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE N. SECOND STREET CITY: HARTSVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29550 8-K 1 newdirectornagarajan.htm ELECTION OF NEW DIRECTOR New Director Nagarajan



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 11, 2015
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
Commission File No. 001-11261
 
Incorporated under the laws
  
I.R.S. Employer Identification
of South Carolina
  
No. 57-0248420
1 N. Second St.
Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
Telephone: 843/383-7000
 
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Sundaram Nagajaran was elected to the Sonoco Board of Directors on February 11, 2015.

Mr. Nagarajan is executive vice president of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., (NYSE: ITW) and has worldwide responsibility for the company’s Automotive OEM segment, which produces components and fasteners for automotive-related applications. He originally joined Hobart Brothers in 1991, which was acquired by ITW in 1996. After holding various roles of increasing responsibility at Hobart Brothers, Mr. Nagarajan was promoted to group vice president of ITW’s Welding Group in 2006 and group president of Welding International in 2008. Most recently he was executive vice president of ITW’s Welding segment.

Mr. Nagarajan, 52, resides in Lake Forest, Illinois, and holds a BS degree from South Gujarat (India) University, an MBA from Wright State (Ohio) University and an MS and Ph.D. in materials science from Auburn (Alabama) University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of EWI, an engineering consulting firm, and a former member of the Board of Trustees of Hobart Welding Institute and Technology and of the American Welding Society (AWS) Foundation, Inc. He is engaged with a number of not-for-profit organizations in the Chicago area and is a member of the Executive Club and Economics Club of Chicago. 

Mr. Nagarajan has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Employee and Public Responsibility Committees of the Board.

The Company has not entered into any material contracts, plans or arrangements with Mr. Nagarajan. There are no family relationships between Mr. Nagarajan and any other executive officer or director of the Company, and there are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which she has been appointed. There are no transactions between the Company and Mr. Nagarajan that would constitute related person transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.





SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
 
 
 
Date: February 13, 2015
 
By:
 
/s/ Barry L. Saunders
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barry L. Saunders
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer