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SunOpta Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/28/24, at 5:08pm ET   ·   For:  12/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1062993-24-4783   ·   File #:  1-34198

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/28/24  SunOpta Inc.                      10-K       12/30/23  118:13M                                    Newsfile Corp./FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report -- form10k                            HTML   2.42M 
 2: EX-4.7      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     81K 
                -- exhibit4-7                                                    
 3: EX-10.20    Material Contract -- exhibit10-20                   HTML     65K 
 4: EX-10.21    Material Contract -- exhibit10-21                   HTML     65K 
 5: EX-10.22    Material Contract -- exhibit10-22                   HTML     51K 
 6: EX-21       Subsidiaries List -- exhibit21                      HTML     35K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
11: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     40K 
                Awarded Compensation -- exhibit97                                
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit31-1       HTML     35K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit31-2       HTML     35K 
10: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02 -- exhibit32         HTML     31K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML    104K 
18: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    147K 
19: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     65K 
20: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    152K 
21: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     38K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    102K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     33K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    140K 
25: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     69K 
26: R10         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     83K 
27: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     45K 
28: R12         Restricted Cash                                     HTML     35K 
29: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     60K 
30: R14         Leases                                              HTML    109K 
31: R15         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     57K 
32: R16         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     43K 
33: R17         Notes Payable                                       HTML     34K 
34: R18         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     72K 
35: R19         Series B-1 Preferred Stock                          HTML     43K 
36: R20         Common Shares                                       HTML     38K 
37: R21         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    149K 
38: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    129K 
39: R23         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     74K 
40: R24         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     68K 
41: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
42: R26         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     74K 
                and Major Customers                                              
43: R27         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     34K 
44: R28         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML     88K 
45: R29         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     45K 
46: R30         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     39K 
47: R31         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    133K 
48: R32         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     35K 
49: R33         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     79K 
50: R34         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     47K 
51: R35         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     57K 
52: R36         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    111K 
53: R37         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     59K 
54: R38         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     43K 
55: R39         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     65K 
56: R40         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    160K 
57: R41         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    130K 
58: R42         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     71K 
59: R43         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     66K 
60: R44         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     71K 
                and Major Customers (Tables)                                     
61: R45         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML     87K 
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R46         Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)         HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R47         Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of        HTML     50K 
                useful life for property plant and equipment)                    
                (Details)                                                        
64: R48         Discontinued Operations (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     90K 
65: R49         Discontinued Operations (Schedule of income         HTML     75K 
                statement disclosures) (Details)                                 
66: R50         Discontinued Operations (Schedule of assets and     HTML     63K 
                liabilities held for sale test) (Details)                        
67: R51         Inventories (Schedule of inventory, current)        HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R52         Inventories (Schedule of inventory reserve)         HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R53         Property, Plant and Equipment (Narrative)           HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R54         Property, Plant and Equipment (Schedule of          HTML     57K 
                property, plant and equipment) (Details)                         
71: R55         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     47K 
72: R56         Lease (Schedule of cost) (Details)                  HTML     41K 
73: R57         Leases (Schedule of balance sheet classification)   HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R58         Leases (Schedule of cash flow information)          HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R59         Leases (Schedule of other information) (Details)    HTML     41K 
76: R60         Leases (Schedule of lessee, operating lease         HTML     72K 
                liability, maturity) (Details)                                   
77: R61         Intangible assets (Schedule of major components)    HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R62         Intangible assets (Schedule of future               HTML     47K 
                amortization) (Details)                                          
79: R63         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     48K 
80: R64         Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     34K 
81: R65         Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     80K 
82: R66         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Line of Credit          HTML     54K 
                Facilities) (Details)                                            
83: R67         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Maturities of           HTML     55K 
                Long-term Debt) (Details)                                        
84: R68         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Interest Expense and    HTML     46K 
                Interest Income) (Details)                                       
85: R69         Series B-1 Preferred Stock (Narrative) (Details)    HTML     90K 
86: R70         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML    105K 
87: R71         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of stock option  HTML     81K 
                activity) (Details)                                              
88: R72         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of non-vested    HTML     52K 
                stock option activity) (Details)                                 
89: R73         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of               HTML     52K 
                weighted-average assumptions to determine fair                   
                value of stock options granted) (Details)                        
90: R74         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of stock         HTML     79K 
                options outstanding and exercisable) (Details)                   
91: R75         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of non-vested    HTML     52K 
                RSU activity) (Details)                                          
92: R76         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of non-vested    HTML     52K 
                PSU activity) (Details)                                          
93: R77         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of TSR PSUs      HTML     52K 
                using a Monte Carlo valuation model (Details)                    
94: R78         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of non-vested    HTML     53K 
                TSR PSU activity (Details)                                       
95: R79         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     33K 
96: R80         Income Taxes (Schedule of components of income tax  HTML     59K 
                expense) (Details)                                               
97: R81         Income Taxes (Schedule of components of earnings    HTML     40K 
                (Loss) Before Income Taxes) (Details)                            
98: R82         Income Taxes (Schedule of components of income tax  HTML     47K 
                expense (Benefit)) (Details)                                     
99: R83         Income Taxes (Schedule of deferred tax assets and   HTML     57K 
                liabilities) (Details)                                           
100: R84         Income Taxes (Schedule of deferred tax assets and   HTML     42K  
                liabilities by geographic segment) (Details)                     
101: R85         Income Taxes (Schedule of deferred income tax       HTML     36K  
                valuation allowance) (Details)                                   
102: R86         Income Taxes (Schedule of net operating losses,     HTML     75K  
                tax credits and capital losses recorded deferred                 
                tax assets) (Details)                                            
103: R87         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     45K  
104: R88         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Disclosure of basic and  HTML    105K  
                diluted earnings (Loss) Per Share) (Details)                     
105: R89         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     69K  
106: R90         Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R91         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     44K  
                and Major Customers (Narrative) (Details)                        
108: R92         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     53K  
                and Major Customers (Disaggregated by product                    
                category) (Details)                                              
109: R93         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     50K  
                and Major Customers (Revenues from External                      
                Customers) (Details)                                             
110: R94         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     38K  
                and Major Customers (Long-Lived Assets) (Details)                
111: R95         Disaggregation of Revenue, Geographic Information,  HTML     41K  
                and Major Customers (Major Customers) (Details)                  
112: R96         Subsequent Event (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     37K  
113: R97         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML    119K  
                (Details)                                                        
115: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    217K  
118: XML         XBRL Instance -- form10k_htm                         XML   2.54M  
114: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    208K  
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- stkl-20231230_cal               XML    215K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- stkl-20231230_def                XML   1.10M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- stkl-20231230_lab                     XML   4.87M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- stkl-20231230_pre              XML   1.56M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- stkl-20231230                         XSD    414K 
116: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              741±  1.11M  
117: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001062993-24-004783-xbrl      Zip    653K

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This Exhibit is an XBRL File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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