Sonoco Products (SON) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

R. Howard Coker, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $10.1M in 2025, flat from $10.1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 151:1, on median employee pay of $67,310.

Filed
March 13, 2026
Annual meeting
April 15, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
8
CEO total pay
$10.1Mflat vs prior year
CEO to median employee
151:1median $67,310
CEO pay in equity
68%$6.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
94%of votes cast
CEO At-Risk Compensation
87%Target total direct compensation
NEO Average At-Risk Pay
75%Target total direct compensation
Net Sales Growth
$7.5BGrew 42% in 2025
Adjusted Operating Profit
$955MGrew 67% in 2025

How Coker was paid

$10.1M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Stock awards68%Non-equity incentive15%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
R. Howard CokerPresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,142,078
Paul JoachimczykChief Financial Officer$3,007,778
Rodger D. FullerChief Operating Officer$3,773,519
John M. Florence, Jr.General Counsel, Secretary, & Vice President / General Manager–Paper Packaging, North America$2,284,628
James A. Harrell, IIIPresident, Global Industrial Paper Packaging Division$2,134,265
Robert R. DillardFormer Chief Financial Officer$19,754
Jerry A. CheathamFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$1,305,428
Russell K. GrissettFormer President Global Flexibles$3,211,094

What changed and why

  • 87%87% of the CEO’s target total direct compensation is at risk based on performance.
  • $7.5BNet sales grew 42% to $7.5 billion following the Eviosys acquisition.
  • $955MAdjusted operating profit grew 67% to $955 million during the fiscal year.
  • 97.0%Performance-based annual cash incentives achieved a 97.0% payout level.
  • 42.1%The 2023-2025 Long-Term Incentive Plan vested at 42.1% of target.
  • 94.46%Shareholders approved the previous executive compensation program with 94.46% support.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.