Jul 19, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. The Board of Directors of Sonoco declared a $.30 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on September 10, 2012, to shareholders of record as of August 17, 2012, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. According to Harris E. DeLoach Jr., Chairman and CEO, this is the 349th consecutive quarter, dating back to 1925, that the Company has paid dividends to shareholders. Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services.