-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Nj5YBP1piVf+R2HummMhD66blPQd0hAHLZu7T/YzHOElAxL1Gk24okOpmxw4v/eR qGKB9tuCpE5CimmY7HALsA== 0000950144-06-005092.txt : 20060516 0000950144-06-005092.hdr.sgml : 20060516 20060516103240 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-06-005092 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060511 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20060516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060516 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: 000-00516 FILM NUMBER: 06844367 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 g01626e8vk.htm SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY Sonoco Products Company
 

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):      May 11, 2006
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
Commission File No. 0-516
     
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
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Section 1 — Registrant’s Business and Operations
           Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 11, 2006, Bank of America, N.A. assigned a portion of its commitment as a lender under the amended and restated credit agreement described below to Well Fargo Bank, National Association.
On May 3, 2006, the registrant entered into an amended and restated credit agreement to extend its $350 million bank line of credit supporting its commercial paper program to a new five-year maturity. The term of the line of credit allows commercial paper borrowings up to the maximum amount of the line of credit to be classified as long-term debt. The amended and restated credit agreement also provides the registrant the option to increase its credit line to $500 million subject to the concurrence of its lenders.
With the addition of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the lenders under the amended and restated agreement are: Bank of America, N.A.; Wachovia Bank, National Association; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company; Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; SunTrust Bank; Citibank, N.A.; The Bank of New York; Bank of Montreal; Carolina First Bank; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; State Street Bank and Trust Company; and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Bank of America is also the administrative agent and Wachovia Bank, National Association is also the syndication agent. Bank of America Securities, LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC are joint lead arrangers and joint book managers. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and SunTrust Bank are co-documentation agents.

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     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:     May 16, 2006
  By:   /s/ R.L. Bond
 
       
 
      R.L. Bond
Staff Vice President and Treasurer

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