<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001062993-25-014155.txt : 20250812
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001062993-25-014155
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250811
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250812
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250812

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duchscher Robert
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001701397
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34198
		FILM NUMBER:		251206406

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7078 SHADY OAK ROAD
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SunOpta Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000351834
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			Z4
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7078 SHADY OAK ROAD
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344
		BUSINESS PHONE:		952-820-2518

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7078 SHADY OAK ROAD
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SUNOPTA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20031107

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAKE TECHNOLOGY LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940901
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    <periodOfReport>2025-08-11</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0000351834</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SunOpta Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STKL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Duchscher Robert</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>7078 SHADY OAK ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>EDEN PRAIRIE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55344</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Information Officer</officerTitle>
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    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-08-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>47500</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.2204</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11322</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $6.0900 to $6.2950, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to SunOpta Inc., any security holder of SunOpta Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote (1) to this Form 4.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Chris McCullough, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-08-12</signatureDate>
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    <title>SunOpta Inc.</title>
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    <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Chris McCullough, Brett Koch and Stacy Seidel, or each of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">1.<font style="width: 27.75pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director or both of SunOpta Inc. (the "<b>Company</b>"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<b>Exchange Act</b>"), and the rules thereunder;</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">2.<font style="width: 27.75pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<b>SEC</b>") and any securities exchange or similar authority, including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC;</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">3.<font style="width: 27.75pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">4.<font style="width: 27.75pt; display: inline-block;">&#160;</font>take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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    <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of this 3rd day of April, 2025.</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 50%; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">Signed and acknowledged:</p>
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