Oct 15, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. The Board of Directors of Sonoco (SON) declared a $30 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on Dec.10, 2012, to shareholders of record as of November 16, 2012, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. According to Harris E. DeLoach Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, this is the 350th consecutive quarter, dating back to 1925, that the Company has paid dividends to shareholders.