Oct 17, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. The Board of Directors of Sonoco declared a regular $.29 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend is payable on December 9, 2011, to shareholders of record as of November 18, 2011, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. According to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., Chairman and CEO, this is the 346th consecutive quarter, dating back to 1925, that the Company has paid cash dividends to shareholders. Sonoco is a global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with more than 300 operations in 34 countries.