SunOpta Inc.: Form 8-K - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 24, 2009

Commission File No. 0-9989

SUNOPTA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada   0-9989   Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

2838 Bovaird Drive West
Brampton, Ontario, L7A 0H2, Canada
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      

(905) 455-1990
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

£   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 7.01

REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

A copy of our September 24, 2009 press release relating to the agreement to settle all claims raised in the proposed class action proceedings arising from the Company’s restatement of interim financial results is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. 

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)         Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Press Release of SunOpta Inc., dated September 24, 2009, relating to the settlement of proposed class action proceedings.  

The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 

SUNOPTA INC.

   

By

 /s/ Eric Davis        
   

　

 　
   

　

 Eric Davis
   

　

 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

　

 　
   

　

 　
   

Date:

 September  25, 2009