---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-22-009180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STKL"
cik: "0000351834"
company_name: "SunOpta Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:12:43.178488+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Derek Briffett not standing for reelection at SunOpta's 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Derek Briffett will not stand for reelection to the Board at the May 26, 2022 annual meeting.
- Briffett's decision was not due to any disagreement with the company.
- No replacement or other board changes announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-22-009180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STKL
- cik: 0000351834
- company_name: SunOpta Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299322009180/0001062993-22-009180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299322009180/form8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-22-009180
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-22-009180.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Derek Briffett departed as Director at SunOpta Inc..
  - Action: not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 30, 2022, Derek Briffett, a director of SunOpta, Inc. ("SunOpta" or the "Company"), notified SunOpta that he would not be standing for reelection to the Company's Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on May 26, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299322009180/0001062993-22-009180-index.htm

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