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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-21-007782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STKL"
cik: "0000351834"
company_name: "SunOpta Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:02:13.401808+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SunOpta signs 15-year lease for new plant-based beverage facility near Dallas-Fort Worth

## Summary
- Lease for 284,495 sq ft facility in Ellis County, TX; initial term 15 years plus three 5-year renewal options.
- Monthly base rent starts at $233,523 and escalates to $308,129 over term; 2% annual increase for extensions.
- Build-out cost to be lease financed; manufacturing equipment financed via existing delayed draw term loan from Dec 2020.
- Substantial completion expected by August 15, 2022; rent commences after completion.
- Parent SunOpta Inc. guarantees subsidiary SunOpta Grains and Foods Inc.'s obligations under the lease.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-21-007782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STKL
- cik: 0000351834
- company_name: SunOpta Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299321007782/0001062993-21-007782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299321007782/form8k.htm

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