Sonoco Details Strategic And Financial Targets

HARTSVILLE, S.C., Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Harris E. DeLoach Jr., President, Chief Operating Officer and CEO-elect M. Jack Sanders and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Barry L. Saunders, today provided the investment community in New York with an update on the Company's 2012 performance and outlined the Company's strategic initiatives and financial outlook.

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2012 Base Earnings Guidance Unchanged; 2013 Estimates EstablishedSonoco expects fourth quarter and full-year 2012 base earnings to be unchanged from the Company's previously announced guidance of $.52 to $.56 and $2.17 to $2.21 per diluted share, respectively. The Company reported fourth quarter and full-year 2011 base earnings of $.46 and $2.29 per diluted share, respectively. Base earnings and base earnings per diluted share are non-GAAP financial measures adjusted to remove restructuring charges, asset impairment charges, acquisition expenses and other items, if any, the exclusion of which the Company believes improves comparability and analysis of the underlying financial performance of the business.

"At this point in the quarter, we have not seen any significant changes in business conditions that would cause us to revise guidance, but customer order patterns remain somewhat erratic and overall economic activity is uncertain," said Sonoco's CFO Saunders.

"Sonoco expects to recognize about $12 million in additional tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2012 associated with the repatriation of cash held outside the United States. This one-time charge is excluded from the Company's base earnings projections," Saunders said.

Commenting on the Company's 2012 expected results, DeLoach said, "Obviously, our performance in 2012 is not what we expected when we began the year. That said, we have weathered a difficult economic and operating environment and made changes we believe will improve our performance in the future."

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