ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL AGREEMENT.

As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 19, 2021, SunOpta Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiary, SunOpta Grains and Foods Inc. (the "Subsidiary") are developing a new plant-based beverage facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Metropolitan area. In connection with this project, the Subsidiary previously entered into a Lease Agreement with Cornerstone Development Partners, LLC to lease a building with approximately 284,495 square feet of space to be constructed on land located in Ellis County, Texas (the "Facility"). The Subsidiary intends to use the Facility for manufacturing, processing, distributing and warehousing food products and ancillary general administrative office use.

On September 7, 2021, the Subsidiary entered into two equipment lease arrangements with Liberty Commercial Finance LLC ("Lessor") to finance equipment to be installed in connection with the build-out of the Facility. The lease arrangements consist of Equipment Schedule No. 04 ("Lease 4") and Equipment Schedule No. 07 ("Lease 7" and, together with Lease 4, the "Leases"), which were issued pursuant to an existing Master Equipment Lease Agreement number 32115 dated as of June 18, 2020 between Subsidiary and Lessor (the "Master Lease").

Lease 4 provides for equipment with a total cost of $20 million. The monthly rent is $471,300 based on the equipment cost and a monthly equivalent lease rate factor ("MELRF") of 0.023565, which is subject to adjustment based on U.S. SWAP rates.

Lease 7 provides for equipment with a total cost of $30 million. The monthly rent is $706,950 based on the equipment cost and a MELRF of 0.023565, which is subject to adjustment based on U.S. SWAP rates.

The Initial Term of the Leases expires on the date that is 48 months after the first day of the month following the Rent Commencement Date, which is expected to occur by August 15, 2022. The Leases contain customary purchase options, which allow the Subsidiary to purchase the equipment for a nominal amount at the end of the lease term.

The Leases do not include the manufacturing equipment for the Facility, which the Company expects to finance primarily with borrowings under the Company's existing delayed draw term loan, which was put in place in December 2020.

The foregoing description of the Leases does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Leases and the Master Lease, complete copies of which are incorporated herein by reference and filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 to this report.

ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF REGISTRANT.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description


  10.1         Equipment Schedule No. 04 dated as of September 7, 2021
             between SunOpta Grains and Foods Inc. and Liberty Commercial
             Finance LLC
  10.2         Equipment Schedule No. 07 dated as of September 7, 2021
             between SunOpta Grains and Foods Inc. and Liberty Commercial
             Finance LLC
  10.3         Master Equipment Lease Agreement number 32115 dated as of June
             18, 2020 between SunOpta Grains and Foods Inc. and Liberty
             Commercial Finance LLC
104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline
             XBRL document)

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