/C O R R E C T I O N -- Sonoco/ Corrections to Text of Sonoco (NYSE: SON) Release Issued Earlier Today: Sonoco Reports Second Quarter Financial Results HARTSVILLE, S.C., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Although all per share amounts and the table of financial results are accurate as stated in the release of the second quarter financial results earlier today, income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2004 was incorrectly noted in the text as $38.7 million and should have been $35 million and income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2003 was noted as $29.3 million and should have been $21.4 million. Income from continuing operations for the first six months of 2004 and 2003 should have been $71.8 million and $48.7 million, respectively. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991006/SNCLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Sonoco CONTACT: Allan V. Cecil, Vice President, Sonoco, +1-843-383-7524, or Web site: http://www.sonoco.com/

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