SunOpta Inc.: Form 10-Q/A - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Q     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
Amendment to a previously filed 10-Q

Commission File No. 0-9989

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

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

CANADA
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

Not Applicable
(I.R.S. 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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes £             No Q

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)

Large accelerated filer - No             Accelerated filer - Yes             Non-accelerated filer - No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes £             No Q

At July 30, 2007 registrant had 56,639,449 common shares outstanding, the only class of registrant's common stock outstanding. There were no other classes of stock outstanding and the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates at such date was $637,760,196. The Company's common shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol STKL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SOY.

There are 47 pages in the June 30, 2007 10-Q/A and the index follows the cover page.

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SUNOPTA INC.
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q
For the quarter ended June 30, 2007

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Restated Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

Restated Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity as at June 30, 2007 and 2006.

Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 4.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

Item 6.

Exhibits

All financial information is expressed in United States Dollars. The closing rate of exchange on July 30, 2007 was CDN $1 = U.S. $0.9360

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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q/A

On January 24, 2008, SunOpta Inc together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Company") announced its intention to restate its consolidated financial statements as at and for the periods ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2007. The Company files this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007 (this "Form 10-Q/A"), to reflect the correction of errors that were contained in the Company's second quarter 2007 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on August 10, 2007. The second quarter 2007 consolidated financial statements are restated to include the following:

The Company added revised disclosure in note 2 to the restated condensed consolidated financial statements, to describe in more detail the nature and impact of the adjustments to the previously filed second quarter 2007 consolidated financial statements. The Company has also updated the discussion under Item 4. Disclosure Controls and Procedures in connection with the restatement. Items 3 in Part I and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Part II, for which there is no change from the original filing, have been omitted.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 -

Restated Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

SunOpta Inc.

For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2007

(Unaudited)

 

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

  June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006
  $ $
     
  (Restated - note 2)  
 

 

 

Revenues

206,378

155,745

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

170,828

128,399

 

 

 

Gross profit

35,550

27,346

 

 

 

Warehousing and distribution expenses

4,969

3,834

Selling, general and administrative expenses

23,138

14,600

Intangible asset amortization

1,012

737

Other expense, net

217

194

Foreign exchange gain (378) (597)
 

 

 

Earnings before the following

6,592

8,578

 

 

 

Interest expense, net (1,817) (1,748)
 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

4,775

6,830

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

1,048

2,087

 

 

 

Earnings before minority interest

3,727

4,743

 

 

 

Minority interest

322

400

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

3,405

4,343

 

 

 

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

5,546

1,860

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

8,951

6,203

 

 

 

Earnings per share for the period (note 7)

 

 

 

 

 

    – Basic

0.05

0.08

 

 

 

    – Diluted

0.05

0.08

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

  June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006
  $ $
     
  (Restated – note 2)  
     
Revenues

389,878

289,057

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

323,607

238,083

 

 

 

Gross profit

66,271

50,974

 

 

 

Warehousing and distribution expenses

9,907

7,492

Selling, general and administrative expenses

44,187

27,787

Intangible asset amortization

1,995

1,281

Other expense, net

406

279

Foreign exchange gain (449) (389)
 

 

 

Earnings before the following

10,225

14,524

 

 

 

Interest expense, net (3,729) (3,147)
 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

6,496

11,377

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

1,513

3,490

 

 

 

Earnings before minority interest

4,983

7,887

 

 

 

Minority interest

524

532

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

4,459

7,355

 

 

 

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

6,211

1,747

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

10,670

9,102

 

 

 

Earnings per share for the period (note 7)

 

 

 

 

 

    – Basic

0.07

0.13

 

 

 

    – Diluted

0.07

0.13

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

  June 30, December 31,
  2007 2006
  $ $
     
Assets (Restated – note 2)  
     
Current assets    
     
Cash and cash equivalents (note 13) 29,680 954
Accounts receivable 99,358 73,599
Inventories (note 5) 168,661 126,736
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 7,451 8,129
Current income taxes recoverable - 1,829
Deferred income taxes 2,158 1,824
     
  307,308 213,071
     
Property, plant and equipment 103,794 87,487
Goodwill (note 3) 54,890 50,521
Intangible assets, net (note 3) 47,607 46,879
Deferred income taxes 5,349 5,615
Other assets (note 10(a)) 3,067 1,157
     
  522,105 404,730
Liabilities    
     
Current liabilities    
Bank indebtedness (note 8) 63,813 40,663
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 86,583 80,851
Customer and other deposits 570 957
Current portion of long-term debt (note 8) 7,947 8,433
Current portion of long-term liabilities 1,289 1,736
     
  160,202 132,640
     
Long-term debt (note 8) 68,456 69,394
Long-term liabilities 3,065 3,607
Deferred income taxes 9,798 12,156
     
  241,521 217,797
     
Preferred shares issued by subsidiary (note 4) 27,224 -
     
Minority interest 10,809 10,230
     
Shareholders' Equity    
     
Capital stock (note 6) 166,616 112,318
    63,103,383 common shares (December 31, 2006 – 57,672,053)    
    648,300 warrants (December 31, 2006 – Nil)    
Additional paid in capital (note 6) 4,968 4,188
Retained earnings 55,897 51,338
Cumulative other comprehensive income 15,070 8,859
     
  242,551 176,703
     
  522,105 404,730

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
As at June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

        Cumulative  
    Additional   other  
  Capital paid in Retained comprehensive  
  stock capital earnings income Total
  $ $ $ $ $
        (Restated – note 2)
           
Balance at December 31, 2006 112,318 4,188 51,338 8,859 176,703
           
Options exercised 1,237 - - - 1,237
Employee stock purchase plan 417 - - - 417
Equity offering 51,882 - - - 51,882
Warrants issued 762 - - - 762
Stock based compensation - 780 - - 780
Adoption of new accounting policy (note 14) - - 100 - 100
Earnings for the period - - 4,459 - 4,459
Currency translation adjustment - - - 6,211 6,211
           
Balance at June 30, 2007 166,616 4,968 55,897 15,070 242,551
           
           
        Cumulative  
    Additional   other  
  Capital paid in Retained comprehensive  
  stock capital earnings income Total
  $ $ $ $ $
           
Balance at December 31, 2005 106,678 3,235 40,379 9,792 160,084
           
Warrants exercised 60 - - - 60
Options exercised 2,639 - - - 2,639
Employee stock purchase plan 278 - - - 278
Stock based compensation - 166 - - 166
Earnings for the period - - 7,355 - 7,355
Currency translation adjustment - - - 1,747 1,747
           
           
Balance at June 30, 2006 109,655 3,401 47,734 11,539 172,329

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

  June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006
  $ $
     
  (Restated – note 2)  
     
Cash provided by (used in)    
 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

Earnings for the period

3,405

4,343

Items not affecting cash

 

 

Amortization

3,496

2,731

Deferred income taxes (265)

115

Minority interest

322

400

Other

307

449

Changes in non-cash working capital, net of businesses acquired (note 9) (17,359)

229

 

 

 

  (10,094)

8,267

Investing activities

 

 

Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired (13,380)

-

Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net (7,104) (2,069)
Other (88)

182

 

 

 

  (20,572) (1,887)
Financing activities

 

 

Increase (decrease) in line of credit facilities

32,306

(7,478)
Borrowings under long-term debt

-

258

Repayment of long-term debt (1,518) (1,160)
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares, net of issuance costs

887

2,107

Proceeds from the issuance of preference shares by subsidiary (note 4)

27,954

-

Payment of deferred purchase consideration

-

(260)
Other

54

(241)
 

59,683

(6,774)
 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange gain on cash held in a foreign currency

214

2

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the period

29,231

(392)
 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of the period

449

5,068

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – end of the period

29,680

4,676

 

 

 

See note 9 for supplemental cash flow information    

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

SUNOPTA INC.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

  June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006
  $ $
     
  (Restated – note 2)  
     
Cash provided by (used in)    
 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

Earnings for the period

4,459

7,355

Items not affecting cash

 

 

    Amortization

6,927

5,346

    Deferred income taxes (1,295)

436

    Minority interest

524

532

    Other

544

557

Changes in non-cash working capital, net of businesses acquired (note 9) (49,531) (6,467)
 

 

 

  (38,372)

7,759

Investing activities

 

 

Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired (13,380) (12,197)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net (12,481) (4,824)
Purchase of patents, trademarks and other intangible assets (887)

-

Other (1,331)

171

 

 

 

  (28,079) (16,850)
Financing activities

 

 

Increase in line of credit facilities

21,734

5,358

Borrowings under long-term debt

1,500

2,800

Repayment of term debt (7,504) (2,304)
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares, net of issuance costs

52,616

2,977

Proceeds from the issuance of preference shares by subsidiary (note 4)

27,954

-

Payment of deferred purchase consideration (1,089) (260)
Other

-

(370)
 

95,211

8,201

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange (loss) gain on cash held in a foreign currency (34)

111

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the period

28,726

(779)
 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of the period

954

5,455

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – end of the period

29,680

4,676

     
See note 9 for supplemental cash flow information    

(See accompanying notes to restated condensed consolidated financial statements)

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

1.

Basis of presentation

The interim restated condensed consolidated financial statements of SunOpta Inc. (the Company) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included and all such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2007. For further information, see the Company's consolidated financial statements, and notes thereto, included in the Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

The interim restated condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have been prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

2.

Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements

On January 24, 2008, the Company announced the discovery of errors related to inventories within the SunOpta Fruit Group's Berry Operations, and that as a result of those errors, the previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements for the three quarters of 2007 would need to be restated.

SunOpta Fruit Group - Berry Operations

To quantify the misstatement included in the Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007, (the "Original 10-Q"), the Company performed detailed procedures, analysis and reconciliations to correct for errors in the costing of inventory, the quantities of inventories held, the valuation of inventories at the lower of cost and market as at and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007. These procedures were conducted by management with the assistance of independent accounting advisors. Based on this detailed examination, the Company determined that revenues, accounts receivable and inventories previously reported were overstated and that cost of sales and accounts payable previously reported were understated and accordingly, the consolidated financial statements as at and for the period ended June 30, 2007 required adjustment. Adjustments were required to correct for errors in cut-off of revenues and purchasing, costing of inventories, the reconciliation quantities of inventories held at third party warehouses, and the valuation of inventories at the lower of cost or market and the related income tax effects.

Other Adjustments

The restated condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 also include other adjustments that, when the condensed consolidated financial statements were originally filed, were considered either immaterial, or were identified during the December 31, 2007 year end closing process and related to the previously filed quarterly financial statements. Other adjustments include a reclassification from intangible assets to goodwill related to a business acquisition that occurred in 2006, a correction of gross margin recognized on an in-progress project, corrections to the allocation of the purchase price to assets and liabilities of Congeladora del Rio S.A. de C.V. and Global Trading Inc., adjustments to eliminate intercompany revenue and associated cost of goods sold with no impact on gross profit, an adjustment to additional paid in capital to record a tax benefit related to the exercise of certain stock based awards and an adjustment to the fair value assigned to the warrants issued in conjunction with the preferred share issuance.

Compared to the previously filed second quarter consolidated financial statements, the impact of all adjustments was a decrease in earnings for the period of $3,345 and a decrease in basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.06 for the three months ended June 30, 2007. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 the impact of all adjustments was a decrease in earnings for the period of $6,141 and a decrease in basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.10.

The following table reconciles the balances from the Original 10-Q to the restated condensed consolidated financial statements:

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

2.

Restatement of Financial Statements continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings and As Initially Berry Other  
    Comprehensive Income Reported Adjustments Adjustments Restated
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 ($) ($) ($) ($)
         
Revenues

207,977

(410) (1,189)

206,378

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

167,859

3,311

(342)

170,828

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

40,118

(3,721) (847)

35,550

 

 

 

 

 

Warehousing and distribution expenses

4,969

-

-

4,969

Selling, general and administrative expenses

22,962

4

172

23,138

Intangible asset amortization

1,012

-

-

1,012

Other expense, net

217

-

-

217

Foreign exchange (227)

-

(151) (378)
 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before the following

11,185

(3,725) (868)

6,592

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net (1,817)

-

-

(1,817)
 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

9,368

(3,725) (868)

4,775

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

2,296

(1,008) (240)

1,048

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before minority interest

7,072

(2,717) (628)

3,727

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

322

-

-

322

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

6,750

(2,717) (628)

3,405

 

 

 

 

 

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

5,546

-

-

5,546

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

12,296

(2,717) (628)

8,951

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share for the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Basic

0.11

 

 

0.05

 

 

 

 

 

– Diluted

0.11

 

 

0.05

 

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

2.

Restatement of Financial Statements continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings and As Initially Berry Other  
    Comprehensive Income Reported Adjustments Adjustments Restated
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 ($) ($) ($) ($)
         
Revenues

391,417

(350) (1,189)

389,878

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

316,457

7,443

(293)

323,607

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

74,960

(7,793) (896)

66,271

 

 

 

 

 

Warehousing and distribution expenses

9,907

-

-

9,907

Selling, general and administrative expenses

43,989

26

172

44,187

Intangible amortization

1,995

-

-

1,995

Other expense, net

406

-

-

406

Foreign exchange (309)

-

(140) (449)
 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before the following

18,972

(7,819) (928)

10,225

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net (3,729)

-

-

(3,729)
 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

15,243

(7,819) (928)

6,496

         
Provision for income taxes

4,119

(2,310) (296)

1,513

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before minority interest

11,124

(5,509) (632)

4,983

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

524

-

-

524

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

10,600

(5,509) (632)

4,459

 

 

 

 

 

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

6,211

-

-

6,211

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

16,811

(5,509) (632)

10,670

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share for the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    – Basic

0.17

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

    – Diluted

0.17

 

 

0.07

 

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

2.

Restatement of Financial Statements continued

  As Initially Berry Other  
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Reported Adjustments Adjustments Restated
As at June 30, 2007 ($) ($) ($) ($)
         
Assets        
         
Current assets

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

29,680

-

-

29,680

Accounts receivable

99,708

(350)

-

99,358

Inventories

171,626

(2,793) (172)

168,661

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

7,896

-

(445)

7,451

Deferred income taxes

1,824

-

334

2,158

 

 

 

 

 

 

310,734

(3,143)

(283)

307,308

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

103,675

-

119

103,794

Goodwill

54,433

-

547

54,980

Intangible assets, net

48,771

-

(1,164)

47,607

Deferred income taxes

5,349

-

-

5,349

Other assets

2,462

-

605

3,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

525,424

(3,143) (176)

522,105

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Bank indebtedness

63,813

-

-

63,813

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

81,799

4,676

108

86,583

Customer and other deposits

570

-

-

570

Current portion of long-term debt

7,947

-

-

7,947

Current portion of long-term liabilities

1,289

-

-

1,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,418

4,676

108

160,202

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

68,456

-

-

68,456

Long-term liabilities

3,065

-

-

3,065

Deferred income taxes

12,268

(2,310) (160)

9,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

239,207

2,366

(52)

241,521

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares issued by subsidiary

26,890

-

334

27,224

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

10,809

-

-

10,809

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

166,876

-

(260)

166,616

Additional paid in capital

4,634

-

334

4,968

Retained earnings

61,938

(5,509) (532)

55,897

Cumulative other comprehensive income

15,070

-

-

15,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

248,518

(5,509) (458)

242,551

 

 

 

 

 

 

525,424

(3,143) (176)

522,105

 

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

2.

Restatement of Financial Statements continued

  As Initially Berry Other  
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Reported Adjustments Adjustments Restated
For the three months ended June 30, 2007 ($) ($) ($) ($)
Cash provided by (used in)        
 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

6,750

(2,717) (628)

3,405

Items not affecting cash

 

 

 

 

    Amortization

3,496

-

-

3,496

    Deferred income taxes

983

(1,008) (240) (265)
    Minority interest

322

-

-

322

    Other

307

-

-

307

Changes in non-cash working capital, net of businesses

 

 

 

 

    acquired (21,997)

3,725

913

(17,359)
 

 

 

 

 

  (10,139)

-

45

(10,094)
Investing activities

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired (13,380)

-

-

(13,380)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net (6,985)

-

(119) (7,104)
Other (88)

-

-

(88)
 

 

 

 

 

  (20,453)

-

(119) (20,572)
Financing activities

 

 

 

 

Increase in line of credit facilities

32,306

-

-

32,306

Borrowings under long-term debt

-

-

-

-

Repayment of long-term debt (1,518)

-

-

(1,518)
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares, net of

 

 

 

 

    issuance costs

887

-

-

887

Proceeds from the issuance of preference shares by

 

 

 

 

    subsidiary

27,880

-

74

27,954

Payment of deferred purchase consideration (1,089)

-

-

(1,089)
Other

1,143

-

-

1,143

 

59,609

 

74

59,683

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange gain on cash held in a foreign

 

 

 

 

    currency

214

-

-

214

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents during the

 

 

 

 

period

29,231

-

-

29,231

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of the period

449

-

-

449

         
Cash and cash equivalents – end of the period

29,680

-

-

29,680

 

SUNOPTA INC.

15

June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

2.

Restatement of Financial Statements continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows As Initially Berry Other  
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 Reported Adjustments Adjustments Restated
  ($) ($) ($) ($)
Cash provided by (used in)        
 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

Earnings for the period

10,600

(5,509) (632)

4,459

Items not affecting cash

 

 

 

 

    Amortization

6,927

-

-

6,927

    Deferred income taxes

1,311

(2,310) (296) (1,295)
    Minority interest

524

-

-

524

    Other

544

-

-

544

Changes in non-cash working capital, net of businesses

 

 

 

 

    acquired (58,323)

7,819

973

(49,531)
 

 

 

 

 

  (38,417)

-

45

(38,372)
Investing activities

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired (13,380)

-

-

(13,380)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net (12,362)

-

(119) (12,481)
Purchase of patents, trademarks and other intangible

 

 

 

 

    assets (887)

-

-

(887)
Other (1,331)

-

-

(1,331)
 

 

 

 

 

  (27,960)

-

(119) (28,079)
Financing activities

 

 

 

 

Increase in line of credit facilities

21,734

-

-

21,734

Borrowings under long-term debt

1,500

-

-

1,500

Repayment of term debt (7,504)

-

-

(7,504)
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares, net of

 

 

 

 

    issuance costs

52,616

-

-

52,616

Proceeds from the issuance of preference shares by

 

 

 

 

    subsidiary

27,880

-

74

27,954

Payment of deferred purchase consideration (1,089)

-

-

(1,089)
 

95,137

-

74

95,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange gain on cash held in a foreign

 

 

 

 

    currency (34)

-

-

(34)
 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents during the

 

 

 

 

    period

28,726

-

-

28,726

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of the period

954

-

-

954

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents – end of the period

29,680

-

-

29,680

 

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

3.

Business acquisitions

The Company completed two acquisitions in the quarter. All of these acquisitions have been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and the condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of operations for these businesses from the date of acquisition. The following are the preliminary purchase allocations for these acquisitions:

  Congeladora del Rio Baja California  
  S.A. de C.V. and Congelados,  
  Global Trading Inc. S.A. de C.V.  
  (a) (b) Total
  $ $ $
      (Restated – note 2)
Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Current assets

3,826

3,785

7,611

Property, plant and equipment

4,381

2,688

7,069

Goodwill

2,501

-

2,501

Intangible assets

74

-

74

Other long-term assets

605

-

605

Current liabilities (798)

-

(798)
Deferred income tax liability (236)

-

(236)
 

 

 

 

 

10,353

6,473

16,826

 

 

 

 

Consideration paid:

 

 

 

Cash consideration

6,853

6,473

13,326

Note payable

3,500

-

3,500

 

 

 

 

 

10,353

6,473

16,826

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, the allocation of consideration paid to net assets acquired has been adjusted.

a)

Congeladora del Rio S.A. de C.V. and Global Trading Inc.

On May 14, 2007, SunOpta Inc. announced that it had completed the acquisitions of the net operating assets of Congeladora del Rio, S.A. de C.V. ("Del Rio"), and all of the outstanding shares of Global Trading Inc., ("Global") for total consideration of $10,353. Consideration included cash of $6,853 including acquisition costs and notes payable of $3,500. No additional consideration is payable under the agreement. The promissory notes payable to former shareholders bear an interest rate of 6% and are payable in quarterly installments over the next three years. The goodwill acquired in this acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

Del Rio operates a fruit processing facility in Irapuato, Mexico. The facility processes strawberries, peaches, mangos, bananas, pineapples, honeydew melons and other fruits, into individually-quick frozen, block frozen and purees for the food service, industrial and retail markets. Under the terms of the agreement, SunOpta purchased all of the net operating assets, including working capital, equipment, land and buildings.

Global, the U.S.-based marketing agent for Del Rio located in Greenville, South Carolina, markets the fruits processed at Del Rio. Global's offices include sales, customer service and accounting support.

The acquisitions of Del Rio and Global provide additional capacity plus other potentially synergistic opportunities to the SunOpta Fruit Group. In addition, the acquisition completes the Group's vertically integrated model for other fruit varieties, noted above, and expands its core production capabilities.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

3.

Business acquisitions continued

b)

Baja California Congelados, S.A. de C.V.

On May 4, 2007, SunOpta completed the acquisition of certain assets, including inventory, machinery and equipment, from Baja California Congelados, S.A. de C.V. ("BCC"), of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico for total consideration of $6,473. Consideration consisted entirely of cash and no additional consideration is payable under the agreement.

BCC is a frozen strawberry processor in Baja California, Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, SunOpta purchased all of the physical assets of the production facility located in Rosarito and also assumed a long-term lease for the facility, located 20 miles south of San Diego, California. In addition, SunOpta entered into five year supply agreements with Andrew & Williamson Sales Co., ("Andrew Williamson") the San Diego-based former parent of BCC. The agreements provide for the supply of strawberries from both the Baja California and Oxnard, California growing regions to the Rosarito facility in addition to SunOpta's existing California facilities.

Contingent consideration on companies acquired prior to 2007

Additional consideration of $54 was realized related to the acquisition of Cleugh's Frozen Foods Inc. ("Cleugh's").The amount was recorded in relation to Cleugh's achieving predetermined earnings targets.

4.

Preferred Shares Issued by Subsidiary (Restated – note 2)

On June 7, 2007, the Company's subsidiary, SunOpta BioProcess Inc. ("SunOpta BioProcess"), completed a private placement for the sale of 1,500,000 non-dividend bearing, convertible preferred shares of SunOpta BioProcess for gross proceeds of $30,000. SunOpta BioProcess incurred issuance costs of approximately $2,808 in relation to this preferred share offering including the fair value (non-cash) of $762 assigned to warrants of SunOpta Inc. granted to investors as part of the financing. These issuance costs have been offset against the carrying value of the preferred shares. The preferred shares do not bear any dividend rate and contain a conversion feature that allows the holders to convert the preferred shares to common shares of SunOpta BioProcess at any time on a one for one basis. At any time following the seventh anniversary of the closing date of (June 8, 2014) or upon the occurrence of a change in control, holders of the majority of preferred shares will have the right to require SunOpta BioProcess to redeem all of the preferred shares for a cash payment equal to the original issue price ($20 per share and in aggregate $30,000). Should SunOpta BioProcess complete a qualified initial public offering (defined in the preferred share agreement as greater than $50,000), the preferred shares would automatically be converted into common shares of SunOpta BioProcess upon closing of the transaction, resulting in a dilution of SunOpta Inc.'s interest from 100% to approximately 86%. In the event a qualified initial public offering (defined in the preferred share agreement as greater than $50,000) does not occur prior to the seventh anniversary (June 8, 2014) the preferred shares would then represent a liability of SunOpta BioProcess, as the preferred shareholders would have the option to redeem their shares for a cash payment equal to the original issue price of $20 per share.

Included in issuance costs discussed above is the fair value of $762 attributed to warrants to purchase 648,300 common shares of SunOpta Inc. at a price of $11.57 (exercisable anytime over six months from the date of closing) that were granted to the SunOpta BioProcess preferred share investors upon the closing of the transaction. The fair value of these warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (using a volatility of 40.2%, risk-free rate of 4.99% and a six month life) and the fair value attributed to them was $762.

The preferred shares are presented net of issuance costs (with no associated tax benefit) and the value of the preferred shares will be accreted to the $30,000 redemption value over a seven year period using the effective interest method. Included in interest expense during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 is $32 of accretion expense.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

4.

Preferred Shares Issued by Subsidiary (Restated – note 2) continued

In conjunction with the private placement, SunOpta BioProcess granted 800,000 Restricted Stock Units ("RSU") and 800,000 stock options (with an exercise price of $20 per share) in SunOpta BioProcess common shares to certain employees of SunOpta BioProcess. The RSU's allow for a cash payment or the grant of shares to certain employees equal to the issuance price in a future initial public offering (to a maximum of $20 per share). The RSU's and the stock options granted only vest if a change of control of SunOpta BioProcess occurs, or SunOpta BioProcess completes a qualified initial public offering and as such these units are considered performance based awards under SFAS No. 123(R). Accordingly, no expense is recorded in the consolidated financial statements until the contingent element of the award has been resolved. RSU's expire ten days after vesting whereas unless terminated earlier in accordance with SunOpta BioProcess' stock option plan, the stock options expire on the seventh anniversary of the closing date (i.e. June 7. 2014). Should SunOpta BioProcess complete a qualified initial public offering, the preferred shares and RSU's could be converted into common shares of SunOpta BioProcess upon closing of the transaction, resulting in a dilution of SunOpta Inc.'s wholly owned interests in SunOpta BioProcess to 75% (if all shares and options are issued). In the event a qualified initial public offering (defined in the preferred share agreement as greater than $50,000) does not occur prior to the seventh anniversary (June 8, 2014) the preferred shares would then represent a liability of SunOpta BioProcess, as the preferred shareholders would have the option to redeem their shares for a cash payment equal to the original issue price of $20 per share.

At the date of the grant, the Company has estimated that the fair value associated with the stock option grant is $11,025 and RSU's is $14,400. The fair value of the options was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the assumptions of a dividend yield of 0%, an expected volatility based on industry peers of 81.25%, a risk-free interest rate of 5.11% and an estimated useful life of up to 7 years. The fair value is based on estimates of the number of options that management expects to vest which was estimated to be 90%. The fair value of the RSU's is calculated using the maximum $20 per share that could be paid. Given that no market exists for SunOpta BioProcess' common shares, there exists significant measurement uncertainty in assessing the fair values of the RSU's and stock options.

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, the amount of preferred shares issued by subsidiary has been increased from $26,890 to $27,224.

5.

Inventories

  June 30, December 31,
  2007 2006
  $ $
  (Restated – note 2)  
     
Raw materials and work in process

32,126

33,182

Finished goods

124,090

85,700

Grain

12,445

7,854

 

168,661

126,736

Grain inventories consist of the following:

 

 

    Company owned grain

11,390

7,637

    Unrealized gain (loss) on

 

 

        Sale and purchase contracts

2,158

1,340

        Future contracts (1,103) (1,123)
 

 

 

 

12,445

7,854

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, finished goods inventories have been reduced from $127,055 to $124,090.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

6.

Capital stock and additional paid in capital

  June 30, December 31,
  2007 2006
  $ $
  (Restated – note 2)  
Capital Stock (Issued and fully paid )    
63,103,383 common shares (December 31, 2006 – 57,672,053) 165,854 112,318
648,300 warrants (December 31, 2006 – Nil) 762 -
Capital Stock 166,616 112,318
     
Additional paid in capital 4,968 4,188

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, additional paid in capital has been increased from $4,634 to $4,968 and capital stock has been decreased from $166,876 to $166,616.

(a)

On June 8, 2007, the Company issued 1,500,000 non-dividend bearing, convertible preferred shares of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (see note 4). In conjunction with the preferred shares issued by a subsidiary (note 3), warrants to purchase 648,300 common shares of the Company were issued. A fair value of $762 (non-cash) was assigned to these warrants, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(b)

On February 13, 2007, the Company issued 5,175,000 common shares in a public offering at a price of $10.40 per common share and received gross proceeds of $53,820. The Company incurred share issuance costs of $1,938, net of a $920 tax benefit, for net proceeds of $51,882.

(c)

In the six months ended June 30, 2007, employees and directors exercised 213,175 (June 30, 2006 – 622,715) common share options and an equal number of common shares were issued for net proceeds of $1,237 (June 30, 2006 - $2,639).

(d)

In the six months ended June 30, 2007, 40,655 (June 30, 2006 – 41,111) common shares were issued for net proceeds of $417 (June 30, 2006 - $278) as part of the Company's employee stock purchase plan.

(e)

In the six months ended June 30, 2007, 250,000 (June 30, 2006 – 38,500) options were granted to employees at a price of $10.86 - $11.60 (June 30, 2006 - $5.36 - $10.00). The fair value of the options granted were $1,209 (June 30, 2006 - $ 76) estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the assumptions of a dividend yield of 0% (2006 – 0%), an expected volatility of 53.5% (2006 – 55%), a risk-free interest rate of 4.0% (2006 – 4.0%), forfeiture rate of 15% (2006 – 10%) and an expected life of five to six years.

(f)

In conjunction with his promotion to Chief Executive Officer, Steve Bromley received an award of 10,000 shares of the Company's stock. The stock was granted 25% on February 8, 2007, plus an additional 25% will be issued on the anniversary for the next three years. Accordingly, 2,500 shares were issued from treasury and the Company recognized stock based compensation costs of $29.

(g)

In the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company recognized stock based compensation of $446 (June 30, 2006 - $166) related to the Company's stock options plans including the plan within Opta Minerals Inc.

(h)

In the six months ended June 30, 2007, no warrants were exercised; however, in the six months ended June 30, 2006, 35,000 common shares were issued upon the exercise of warrants for proceeds of $60.

SUNOPTA INC.

20

June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

7.

Earnings per share

The calculation of basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share reflect the dilutive effect of the exercise of warrants and options. The number of shares for the diluted earnings per share was calculated as follows:

  Three months ended Six months ended
  June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006 2007 2006
  $ $ $ $
  (Restated –   (Restated –  
  note 2)   note 2)  
         
Earnings for the period 3,405 4,343 4,459 7,355
         
Weighted average number of shares used in basic        
    earnings per share 63,040,567 57,099,478 61,738,081 56,908,642
         
Dilutive potential of the following:        
    Employee/director stock options 830,011 729,467 782,080 581,616
    Dilutive Warrants 9,931 - - -
         
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding 63,880,509 57,828,945 62,520,161 57,490,258
Earnings per share:        
    Basic 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.13
    Diluted 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.13

Options to purchase nil and 117,000 common shares in the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 (June 30, 2006 – 174,800 and 264,800), respectively, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive nature. Warrants to purchase 648,300 common shares in the six months ended June 30, 2007 (June 30, 2006 – Nil) have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive nature.

8.

Long-term debt and banking facilities

  June 30, December 31,
  2007 2006
  $ $
Term loan (a)(i)

45,000

45,000

Term loan (a)(ii)

8,500

10,000

Other long-term debt (b)

22,903

22,827

 

76,403

77,827

Less current portion (7,947) (8,433)
 

 

 

 

68,456

69,394

On July 4, 2007, the Company completed the expansion of our existing credit facilities adding additional lenders Rabobank and HSBC Bank to its lending syndicate. As part of this facility expansion, our operating line of credit in the United States has been increased by $30,000 with an additional $20,000 acquisition facility available for future strategic acquisitions. The numbers presented below do not reflect these increased limits. The additional operating line replaces other credit facilities that were eliminated earlier in 2007.

On February 28, 2007 the Company repaid $1,890 in term debt and repaid and terminated its $20,000 asset based line of credit arrangement, both of which were secured by the assets of Cleugh's Frozen Foods, Inc. The assets of Cleugh's Frozen Foods, Inc. have now been pledged as collateral under the syndicated lending agreement.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

8.

Long-term debt and banking facilities continued

As of June 30, 2007 the syndicated lending agreement was as follows:

(a) Syndicated Lending Agreement

i)

Term loan facility:

The term loan facility is at $45,000 (December 31, 2006 - $45,000). The entire loan principal is due on maturity. The term loan matures on December 20, 2010 and is renewable at the option of the lender and the Company.

ii)

Revolving acquisition facility:

The acquisition facility of $8,500 (December 31, 2006 - $10,000) is payable in equal quarterly installments of the greater amount of (a) 1/20 of the initial drawdown amount of the facility, or (b) 1/20 of the outstanding principal amount as of the date of the last draw. Any remaining outstanding principal under this facility is due on October 31, 2009.

iii)

Canadian line of credit facility:

The Company has a line of credit facility in Canada with a maximum draw of Cdn $25,000 ($23,465). At June 30, 2007, $22,224 (December 31, 2006 - $nil) of the facility was utilized including outstanding cheques plus an additional $94 (December 31, 2006 - $172) was committed through letters of credit.

iv)

US line of credit facility:

The US line of credit facility has a maximum borrowing of $30,000. As at June 30, 2007 $32,178 (December 31, 2006 - $13,000) of this facility was utilized including outstanding cheques. Interest on borrowings under this facility accrues at the borrower's option based on various reference rates including U.S. bank prime rate, or U.S. LIBOR, plus a margin based on certain financial ratios.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

8.

Long-term debt and banking facilities, continued

All of the above facilities are collateralized by a first priority security against substantially all of the Company's assets in both Canada and the United States with the exception of the assets of Opta Minerals.

(b)

Other long-term debt consists of the following:

  June 30, December 31,
  2007 2006
  $ $
As of June 30, 2007 Opta Minerals, Inc. utilized $2,431 (Cdn$2,590) of its    
$4,693 (Cdn $5,000) acquisition and capital facility. In addition, $8,657 of    
the $10,325 (Cdn $11,000) term loan facility is outstanding at June 30, 2007.    
The loans require quarterly principal payments of $401 of which $282 (Cdn    
$300) is payable in Canadian dollars. 11,088 9,429
     
Promissory notes issued to former shareholders bearing a weighted average    
interest rate of 5.6% (December 31, 2006 - 4.7%), unsecured, due in varying    
instalments through 2009 with principal payments of $3,661 due in the next    
12 months. 10,637 10,027
     
Term loans payable bearing a weighted average interest rate of 4.5%    
(December 31, 2006 – 7.1%) due in varying instalments through July 2009    
with principal payments of $322 due in the next 12 months. 685 2,631
     
Capital lease obligations due monthly with a weighted average interest rate    
of 6.9% (December 31, 2006 – 7.9%) 493 740
     
  22,903 22,827

(c)

Additional Credit Facilities

Included in bank indebtedness are the lines of credit of the Company as described in 7(a) above and lines of credit of the Company's subsidiaries as follows:

i) Opta Minerals Inc.:

In addition to the term loan facility described above in 7(b), Opta Minerals, Inc. has a line of credit of $11,733 (Cdn $12,500). As of June 30, 2007 Opta Minerals, Inc. has utilized $9,411 (December 31, 2006 - $7,645) of the line of credit, including letters of credit outstanding of $964.

These facilities have been collateralized by a priority security interest against substantially all of the Opta Minerals Inc.'s assets.

Cash on deposit with lending institutions has also been netted against borrowings under the lines of credit with the same institutions.

SUNOPTA INC.

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June 30, 2007 10-Q


SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

9.

Supplemental cash flow information

         
 

Three months ended

Six months ended

  June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006 2007 2006
  $ $ $ $
  (Restated – note 2   (Restated – note 2)  
Changes in non-cash working capital:        

Accounts receivable

(7,411) (3,521) (21,680) (7,846)

Inventories

(31,113) (6,880) (33,043) (7,358)

Recoveries of income taxes

3

759

1,829

1,847

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

652

1,189

682

264

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

21,323

9,771

3,068

6,721

Customer and other deposits

(813) (1,089) (387) (95)
 

 

 

 

 

  (17,359)

229

(49,531) (6,467)
Cash paid for:

 

 

 

 

Interest

1,945

1,685

3,926

3,138

Income taxes

701

726

1,099

825

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, changes in non-cash working capital, net of businesses acquired has been adjusted from ($21,997) to ($17,359) for the three month period ended June 30, 2007. For the six month period ended June 30, 2007, non-cash working capital, net of business acquired has been adjusted from ($58,323) to ($49,531).

10.

Commitments and contingencies

(a)

One of the Company's subsidiaries, SunRich LLC filed a claim against a supplier for failure to adhere to the terms of a contract. In 2004 Sunrich was awarded the trial judgement and in the fall of 2006, the decision of the Appellate Court confirmed this judgement. In 2006, the Company collected $2,014 in satisfaction of the judgement. The Company also has filed an application for the recovery of legal fees, included in other assets, which is currently outstanding with the Court.

(b)

In addition, various claims and potential claims arising in the normal course of business are pending against the Company. It is the opinion of management that these claims or potential claims are without merit and the amount of potential liability, if any, to the Company is not determinable. Management believes the final determination of these claims or potential claims will not materially affect the financial position or results of the Company.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

11.

Pro-forma data (unaudited)

Condensed pro-forma income statement, as if the acquisitions completed in 2006 and 2007 had occurred at the beginning of 2006, is as follows:

 

Three months ended

Six months ended

  June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
  2007 2006 2007 2006
  $ $ $ $
  (Restated –   (Restated –  
  note 2)   note 2)  
         
Revenue 208,543 180,712 395,976 339,251
Earnings for the period 3,391 4,715 4,390 7,807
         
EPS - Basic 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.14
EPS - Diluted 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.14

12.

Segmented information

The Company operates in three industries divided into six operating segments:

(a) the SunOpta Food Group ("Food Group") processes, packages, markets and distributes a wide range of natural, organic, kosher and specialty food products and ingredients with a focus on soy, corn, sunflower, fruit, fiber and other natural and organic food and natural health products. There are four segments in the Food Group:

i)

SunOpta Grains and Foods Group ("Grains and Foods Group") is focused on vertically integrated sourcing, processing, packaging and marketing of grains and grain based ingredients and packaged products.

ii)

SunOpta Ingredients Group ("Ingredients Group") works closely with its customers to identity product formulation, cost and productivity opportunities and focuses on transforming raw materials into value-added food ingredient solutions, with a focus on insoluble oat and soy fiber products.

iii)

SunOpta Fruit Group ("Fruit Group") focuses on providing natural and organic frozen fruits, vegetables and related products to the private label retail, food service and industrial markets.

iv)

SunOpta Distribution Group ("Distribution Group") represents the final layer of the Company's vertically integrated natural and organic foods business model. This group operates a national natural, organic and specialty foods and health and beauty aids, vitamins, supplements and neutraceutical distribution network in Canada.

(b) Opta Minerals processes, sells and distributes silica free loose abrasives, roofing granules, industrial minerals specialty sands, and recycles inorganic materials for the foundry, steel, roofing shingles and bridge and ship cleaning industries

(c) SunOpta BioProcess provides a wide range of research and development and engineering services and owns numerous patents on its proprietary steam explosion technology. It designs and subcontracts the manufacture of these systems, which are used for processing biomass for use in the paper, food and biofuel industries.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

12.

Segmented information continued

The Company's assets, operations and employees are located in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Revenues from external countries are allocated to the United States, Canada and Other market based on the location of the customer. Other expense, net, interest expense, net, provision for income taxes and minority interest are not allocated to the segments.

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

(Restated – note 2)

 

 

 

SunOpta

 

 

 

 

BioProcess and

 

 

Food Group

Opta Minerals

Corporate

Consolidated

 

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

    United States

121,193

13,729

293

136,404

    Canada

57,112

4,491

-

61,603

    Other

9,360

174

26

8,371

Total revenues from external customers

187,665

18,394

319

206,378

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before other expense, net

7,319

2,061

(2,571)

6,809

Other expense, net

 

 

 

217

Earnings before the following

 

 

 

6,592

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

(1,818)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

1,048

Minority interest

 

 

 

321

Earnings for the period

 

 

 

3,405

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, Food Group segment earnings has been reduced from $11,411 to $7,319 and SunOpta BioProcess and Corporate segment earnings has been reduced from a loss of $2,070 to a loss of $2,571.

The SunOpta Food Group has the following segmented reporting:

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

(Restated – note 2)

 

Grains and Foods

Ingredients

 

Distribution

 

 

Group

Group

Fruit Group

Group

Food Group

 

$

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

 

    United States

54,727

15,629

50,513

324

121,193

    Canada

1,855

2,224

2,114

50,919

57,112

    Other

8,036

642

682

-

9,360

Total revenues from external

 

 

 

 

 

customers

64,618

18,495

53,309

51,243

187,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before

 

 

 

 

 

    other expense, net

4,695

1,972

(1,137)

1,789

7,319

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, Fruit Group segment earnings has been reduced from $2,955 to a loss of $1,137 and as a result, Food Group segment earnings has been reduced from $11,411 to $7,319.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

12.

Segmented information continued

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2006

 

 

 

SunOpta

 

 

 

 

BioProcess and

 

 

Food Group

Opta Minerals

Corporate

Consolidated

 

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

    United States

92,140

12,148

-

104,288

    Canada

35,012

5,808

15

40,835

    Other

10,135

304

183

10,622

Total revenues from external customers

137,287

18,260

198

155,745

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before other expense , net

8,168

2,396

(1,792)

8,772

Other expense, net

 

 

 

194

Earnings before the following

 

 

 

8,578

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

(1,748)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

2,087

Minority interest

 

 

 

400

Earnings for the period

 

 

 

4,343

The SunOpta Food Group has the following segmented reporting:

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2006

 

Grains and Foods

Ingredients

 

Distribution

 

 

Group

Group

Fruit Group

Group

Food Group

 

$

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

 

    United States

40,959

13,505

37,603

73

92,140

    Canada

1,229

1,466

1,594

30,723

35,012

    Other

7,674

2,167

294

-

10,135

Total revenues from external

 

 

 

 

 

customers

49,862

17,138

39,491

30,796

137,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before

 

 

 

 

 

    other expense, net

2,273

1,774

2,870

1,251

8,168

 

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

12.

Segmented information continued

 

 

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

(Restated – note 2)

 

 

 

SunOpta

 

 

 

 

BioProcess and

 

 

Food Group

Opta Minerals

Corporate

Consolidated

 

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

    United States

218,867

26,338

991

246,196

    Canada

117,622

8,176

-

125,798

    Other

17,498

343

43

17,884

Total revenues from external customers

353,987

34,857

1,034

389,878

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before other expense , net

11,100

3,508

(3,977)

10,631

Other expense, net

 

 

 

406

Earnings before the following

 

 

 

10,225

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

(3,729)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

1,513

Minority interest

 

 

 

524

Earnings for the period

 

 

 

4,459

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, Food Group segment earnings has been reduced from $19,346 to $11,100 and SunOpta BioProcess and Corporate segment earnings has been reduced from a loss of $3,476 to a loss of $3,977.

 

 

 

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated – note 2)

 

Grains and Foods

Ingredients

 

Distribution

 

 

Group

Group

Fruit Group

Group

Food Group

 

$

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

 

    United States

97,574

30,894

89,819

580

218,867

    Canada

4,297

4,225

4,178

104,922

117,622

    Other

15,338

1,354

806

-

17,498

Total revenues from external

 

 

 

 

 

customers

117,209

36,473

94,803

105,502

353,987

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before

 

 

 

 

 

other expense, net

7,403

2,991

(3,836)

4,542

11,100

As a result of the restatement described in note 2, Fruit Group segment earnings has been reduced from $4,410 to a loss of $3,836 and as a result, Food Group segment earnings has been reduced from $19,346 to $11,100.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

12.

Segmented information continued

 

 

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2006

 

 

 

SunOpta

 

 

 

 

BioProcess and

 

 

Food Group

Opta Minerals

Corporate

Consolidated

 

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

    United States

166,826

20,547

-

187,373

    Canada

69,517

10,444

15

79,976

    Other

20,215

315

1,179

21,708

Total revenues from external customers

256,558

31,305

1,194

289,057

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before other expense , net

14,997

3,394

(3,588)

14,803

Other expense, net

 

 

 

279

Earnings before the following

 

 

 

14,524

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

(3,147)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

3,490

Minority interest

 

 

 

532

Earnings for the period

 

 

 

7,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2006

 

Grains and Foods

Ingredients

 

Distribution

 

 

Group

Group

Fruit Group

Group

Food Group

 

$

$

$

$

$

External revenues by market:

 

 

 

 

 

    United States

73,272

26,400

67,052

102

166,826

    Canada

2,171

2,882

2,862

61,602

69,517

    Other

13,573

5,969

673

-

20,215

Total revenues from external

 

 

 

 

 

customers

89,016

35,251

70,587

61,704

256,558

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment earnings before

 

 

 

 

 

other expense, net

4,066

3,480

4,370

3,081

14,997

13.

Cash and cash equivalents

Included in cash and cash equivalents is $28,203 (2006 - $nil) of cash relating to SunOpta BioProcess that was raised in the preferred share issuance (note 4). These funds can only be used by SunOpta BioProcess, which will use the funds for the continued development of biomass conversion technologies and to build and operate commercial scale facilities for the conversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol. Also included in cash and cash equivalents are funds of $415 that can only be used by Opta Minerals.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

14.

New Accounting Policy

In June 2006, the FASB issued FIN No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("SFAS 109"). The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides accounting guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. SunOpta has adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. The Company has included the impact of FIN 48 which includes uncertain tax positions and tax returns not audited by tax authorities. The cumulative effect of adopting FIN 48 was an increase in opening retained earnings of $100.

15.

Subsequent Events

(a) SunOpta BioProcess Lawsuit Against Abengoa and Abener Arbitration

The Company commenced suit on January 17th, 2008 against Abengoa New Technologies Inc. ("Abengoa"), and a former employee of SunOpta Inc. for theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, tortuous interference with contract and civil conspiracy, along with motions for expedited discovery and a preliminary injunction. Abengoa has filed a counterclaim alleging breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and other contractual violations. The United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, recently referred the core claims to arbitration and stayed the rest pending outcome of the arbitration. While management is confident in its position, the outcome of this matter cannot be predicted at this time.

In January 2008, a customer of the Company, Abener Energia S.A. (an affiliate of Abengoa) terminated a contract for the delivery of equipment and related services, forcing the matter into arbitration under its provisions. Both parties have alleged violations under the contract. The matter is currently scheduled for arbitration which is expected to commence in July 2008. The outcome of this arbitration cannot be predicted at this time.

(b) Fire in the Grains and Foods Group

On January 19, 2008, a fire occurred at the Company's Breckenridge, Minnesota sunflower facility. The fire destroyed a seed conditioning operation, a warehouse used to clean seeds prior to hulling in the facility's main building and inventory stored in these two facilities with a total carrying value of $276. The Company has filed claims with its insurance carriers for damaged property, business interruption and inventory losses.

(c) Class Action Lawsuits

Subsequent to the Company's press release on January 24, 2008, in which it downgraded previously issued earnings expectations and announced the restatement of prior quarterly financial statements due to a significant write-down and other adjustments, the Company and certain officers (one of whom is a director) and a former director were named as defendants in several proposed class action lawsuits in the United States. These lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of shareholders who acquired securities of the Company between May 8, 2007 and January 25, 2008. The lawsuits allege, among other things, violations of United States federal securities laws, misrepresentations and insider trading. These lawsuits are in a preliminary phase and are expected to be consolidated in one class action with a lead plaintiff. Similarly, one proposed class action lawsuit has also been filed in Canada in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on behalf of shareholders who acquired securities of the Company between May 8, 2007 and January 25, 2008 against the Company and certain officers (one of whom is a director) alleging misrepresentation and proposing to seek leave from the Ontario court to bring statutory misrepresentation civil liability claims under Ontario's Securities Act. The Canadian Action claims damages of Cdn $100,000 plus punitive damages of Cdn $10,000 and other monetary relief. This action is also in its preliminary phase and, may be consolidated if additional class actions are commenced. Management intends to vigorously defend these actions. These claims and possible claims are at an early stage and it is not possible to determine the probability of liability, if any, or estimate the loss, if any, that might arise from these lawsuits. Accordingly, no accrual has been made at this time for these contingencies.

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SunOpta Inc.
Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

15.

Subsequent Events continued

(d) Acquisition of The Organic Corporation B.V.

On April 2, 2008, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of The Organic Corporation B.V., operating as Tradin Organic Agriculture B.V. ("Tradin"). At closing, the Company paid €6,000 (US - $9,417) and issued a promissory note for €1,000 (US - $1,570), bearing interest at 7%, payable March 31, 2010. Additional consideration payable on March 31, 2010 is equal to the greater of €8,000 (US - $12,556) or 2.5 times 2009 EBITDA (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).

Tradin is one of the world's leading providers of globally sourced organic food ingredients, and a key supplier of a wide variety of organic products including frozen fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, coffee, cocoa, cereals, rice, soy, beans and more. The acquisition is expected to lead to further integrated sourcing and processing opportunities around the globe, and will position the Company as one of the dominant suppliers to the rapidly growing organic foods industry.

(e) Flood in the Ingredients Group

In June 2008, as a result of flooding in the midwestern United States, a facility in the Ingredients Group located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been unable to operate. In addition to not operating, supply to another facility located in Louisville, Kentucky has also been disrupted, negatively impacting their ability to produce. The Company is in the process of determining the impact on the consolidated financial statements, including filing business interruption insurance for the period these plants are unable to operate.

(f) Banking Facilities

As part of its lending agreements, the Company is required to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants. As a result of the adjustments and provisions in the SunOpta Fruit Group the Company was not in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008. The Company received a permanent waiver to these covenants which allowed the Company to be in compliance for the December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008 periods, and was not required to recalculate the covenants for previous periods based on restated quarterly numbers. In addition, the Company has obtained amended covenants for June 30, 2008, September 30, 2008, December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009 reporting periods for which the Company is required to comply with. As a result of the Company's expectation of compliance with these amended covenants the term loan of $45,000 and the non-current portion of the non-revolving and revolving acquisition facilities totalling $13,800 continue to be classified as non-current. Should the Company fail to comply with any one of these or other covenants the lenders would have the option to accelerate repayment of these outstanding balances and / or enforce their security rights against the Company and accordingly, these amounts would be reclassified to current liabilities.

(g) Acquisition of MCP Mg-Serbien SAS

On July 10, 2008, the Opta Minerals Inc. announced that it had acquired 67% of the outstanding common shares of MCP Mg-Serbien SAS ("MCP") of France, for $1,100 in cash. Included in the acquisition is the option for Opta Minerals to acquire the remaining 33% minority interest under similar terms. Opta Minerals has also secured an option to purchase a majority position in an associated company located in Europe. MCP sells ground magnesium products. The addition of MCP increases Opta Minerals' position in the industrials minerals business and expands its position as a service provider to the steel industry.

(h) Investigation at Berry Operations

Subsequent to year-end, the Company has incurred approximately $5,500 in professional fees, including legal, accounting and advisory fees, related to the investigation within the Berry Operations that will impact earnings in 2008. The Company will also incur a minimum of approximately $1,700 in severance costs in 2008 related to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

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Restated Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Unaudited
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

16.

Comparative Balances

The comparative balances for Intangible Asset Amortization have been reclassified from Selling, General and Administrative expenses and reported separately to conform to the current year's financial statement presentation. In addition, $1,164 was reclassified from intangible assets to goodwill as at December 31, 2006 that related to a business acquisition that occurred in 2006..

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 2 – Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Significant Developments

Bank Facility Expansion

On July 4, 2007, the Company completed the expansion of existing credit facilities adding Rabobank and HSBC Bank to the lending syndicate. As part of this facility expansion, the Company increased its operating line of credit in the United States by $30,000,000 and added a $20,000,000 acquisition facility available for future strategic acquisitions. The additional operating line replaces other credit facilities that were eliminated earlier in 2007.

Preferred Shares of SunOpta BioProcess Inc.

On June 7, 2007, the Company announced that it had closed the previously announced private placement for a minority position in SunOpta BioProcess Inc., formerly the SunOpta BioProcess Group. In aggregate, SunOpta raised $30,000,000 before related placement costs through the issuance of non-dividend bearing, convertible preferred shares of SunOpta BioProcess Inc.

The preferred shares entitle holders to one vote per share, are non-dividend bearing, redeemable in specified circumstances and convertible to acquire common shares of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. on a one for one basis (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments). Investors in the private placement were also issued warrants to purchase 648,300 common shares of SunOpta Inc. at any time for a period of six months following closing, at an exercise price of $11.57 per share. The net proceeds of $27,192,000 will be used for commercialization of SunOpta BioProcess' patented technology used to convert cellulosic biomass to ethanol.

Business Acquisitions

Congeladora del Rio S.A. de C.V. and Global Trading Inc.

On May 14, 2007, SunOpta Inc. announced that it completed the acquisitions of the net operating assets of Congeladora del Rio, S.A. de C.V. ("Del Rio"), and all of the outstanding shares of Global Trading Inc., ("Global") for total consideration of $10,353,000. Consideration included a combination of cash, notes payable and acquisition costs. No additional consideration is payable under the agreement. The promissory notes payable to former shareholders bear an interest rate of 6% and are payable in quarterly installments over the next three years.

Del Rio operates a fruit processing facility in Irapuato, Mexico. The high quality facility processes strawberries, peaches, mangos, bananas, pineapples, honeydew melons and other fruits, into individually-quick frozen, block frozen and purees for the food service, industrial and retail markets. Under the terms of the agreement, SunOpta purchased all of the net operating assets, including working capital, equipment, land and buildings.

Global, the U.S.-based marketing agent for Del Rio located in Greenville, South Carolina, markets the fruits processed at Del Rio. Global's offices include executive management, sales, customer service and accounting support.

The acquisitions of Del Rio and Global provide additional capacity plus other synergistic opportunities to the SunOpta Fruit Group. In addition, the acquisition completes the Group's vertically integrated model for other fruit varieties, noted above, and expands its core production capabilities.

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Baja California Congelados, S.A. de C.V.

On May 4, 2007, SunOpta completed the acquisition of certain assets, including inventory, machinery and equipment, from Baja California Congelados, S.A. de C.V. ("BCC"), of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico for total consideration of $6,473,000. Consideration consisted entirely of cash and no additional consideration is payable under the agreement.

BCC is the leading frozen strawberry processor in Baja California, Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, SunOpta purchased all of the physical assets of the production facility located in Rosarito and also assumed a long-term lease for the facility, located 20 miles south of San Diego, California. In addition, SunOpta entered into five year supply agreements with Andrew & Williamson Sales Co., ("Andrew Williamson") the San Diego-based former parent of BCC. The agreements provide for the supply of strawberries from both the Baja California and Oxnard, California growing regions to the Rosarito facility in addition to SunOpta's existing California facilities.

Equity Offering

On February 13, 2007, the Company announced that it had completed its previously announced public offering of common shares. As the underwriters of the offering exercised their over-allotment option in full upon closing, a total of 5,175,000 common shares were issued to the public at a price of US$10.40 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $53,820,000 or $51,882,000 net of costs.

The net proceeds of the offering were used to repay outstanding bank indebtedness and certain term debts and fund internal expansion projects and working capital requirements.

Strategic Agreements

On March 27, 2007, the Company announced, through the SunOpta Fruit Group, that it had entered into strategic agreements with reputable local fruit industry leaders in Argentina and Chile to develop supply opportunities in the organic and natural frozen fruit industry. The agreements increase SunOpta's supply of natural and organic strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, apple and pear purees and fruit and vegetable concentrates from an important counter cyclical supply region. In this regard, the Company entered into a five year exclusive supply agreement with Baby's Best Infant Food Ingredients S.A.("Baby's Best), a producer of organic and natural purees and concentrates in Mendoza, Argentina. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company provided a line of credit to enable Baby's Best to expand production and in turn received an option to purchase Baby's Best at a predetermined price in March 2009.

The Company also entered into a three year exclusive organic supply agreement with a leading processor of organic and natural frozen fruits in Chile. Under the terms of the agreement SunOpta financed a capital expansion to further develop growth in critical organic fruit supply.

Working Capital

The Company's working capital, excluding SunOpta BioProcess cash, increased to $118,903,000 during the first six months of the year versus $80,431,000 at December 31, 2006. A number of business factors drove this increase including the rapid growth in the Company's global sourcing programs which often requires payment for raw materials in advance of shipping to North America, a significant increase in strawberry and other fruit inventories, the rapid increase in the costs of certain grains and fruits due to market pricing conditions, and changes in the ship and release policy within the Fruit Group which increased inventory levels. In addition, traditional farmer payments which normally straddle the year-end were significantly higher in 2007 due to increased volumes and higher commodity prices for corn and soybeans.

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Operations for the Three Months ended June 30, 2007 Compared With the Three Months Ended June 30, 2006

Consolidated

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue        

SunOpta Food Group

187,665,000

137,287,000

50,378,000

36.7%

Opta Minerals

18,394,000

18,260,000

134,000

0.7%

SunOpta BioProcess

319,000

198,000

121,000

61.1%

Total Revenue

206,378,000

155,745,000

50,633,000

32.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income1

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Food Group

7,319,000

8,168,000

(849,000) (10.4%)

Opta Minerals

2,061,000

2,396,000

(335,000) (14.0%)

SunOpta BioProcess & Corporate

(2,571,000) (1,792,000) (779,000) (43.5%)
Total Operating Income

6,809,000

8,772,000

(1,963,000) (22.4%)
 

 

 

 

 

Other expense, net (217,000) (194,000) (23,000)

11.9%

Interest Expense

1,818,000

1,748,000

70,000

4.0%

Income Tax Provision

1,048,000

2,087,000

(1,039,000) (49.8%)
Minority Interest

321,000

400,000

(79,000) (19.8%)
Earnings for the period

3,405,000

4,343,000

(938,000) (21.6%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased by 32.5% to $206,378,000 based on internal growth of 15.4% and acquisition revenues of $23,200,000. Internal growth includes growth on base business plus growth on acquisitions from the date of acquisition over the previous year. The majority of the growth came from the SunOpta Food Group with both acquisition and internal growth contributing to the increase.

Operating income decreased to $6,809,000 representing a decrease of 22.4% versus the three months ended June 30, 2006. Included in the results of the Food Group is a decline in operating income within the Fruit Group of $4,007,000 primarily related to reduced margins due to increased commodity and processing costs within the Fruit Group Berry Operations. For the quarter, the other three operating groups in the Food Group increased operating income versus the prior year. Further details on revenue and operating income are provided below by operating group.

Interest expense increased by 4.0% to $1,818,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 due to increased average long-term debt and operating lines of approximately $30,000,000. The increase in debt is primarily related to acquisitions completed and additional working capital to fund internal growth. The average interest rate for the quarter was approximately 5.6%. The Company's long term debt to equity ratio was 0.31:1.00, below the Company's long term target. Bank indebtedness was approximately 23.6% of accounts receivable and inventory, which it finances.

Other expense for the three months ended June 30, 2007 of $217,000 included certain restructuring costs incurred during the quarter mainly relating to the consolidation of warehouses within the SunOpta Distribution Group and settlement of a legal claim.

The income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was approximately 22.0%. The reduced rate in the quarter was due to lower earnings before income tax in the Food Group.

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Segmented Operations Information

(Note: Certain prior year figures have been adjusted to conform with current year presentation and segmented reporting.)

SunOpta Food Group:

For the three month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue        

SunOpta Grains & Foods

64,618,000

49,862,000

14,756,000

29.6%

SunOpta Ingredients

18,495,000

17,138,000

1,357,000

7.9%

SunOpta Fruit

53,309,000

39,491,000

13,818,000

35.0%

SunOpta Distribution

51,243,000

30,796,000

20,447,000

66.4%

Food Group Revenue

187,665,000

137,287,000

50,378,000

36.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income1

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Grains & Foods

4,695,000

2,273,000

2,422,000

106.6%

SunOpta Ingredients

1,972,000

1,774,000

198,000

11.2%

SunOpta Fruit

(1,137,000)

2,870,000

(4,007,000) (139.6%)

SunOpta Distribution

1,789,000

1,251,000

538,000

43.0%

Food Group Segment Operating Income

7,319,000

8,168,000

(849,000) (10.4%)
SunOpta Food Group Segment Margin %

3.9%

5.9%

 

(2.0%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Food Group contributed $187,665,000 or 90.9% of total Company consolidated revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2007 versus $137,287,000 in the same period in 2006. The revenue increase of 36.7% within SunOpta Food Group reflects very strong growth from the SunOpta Distribution Group due to acquisitions and improving grocery sales. Revenue growth in the SunOpta Fruit Group was driven by strong internal growth of 26.5%. The SunOpta Grains & Food Group also had a strong quarter due to the strong soybean, corn, sunflower and aseptic sales.

Segment operating income in the SunOpta Food Group decreased by 10.4% to $7,319,000 when compared to the same three month period in 2006. The decrease in segment operating income, which includes the impact of $1,326,000 in higher corporate cost allocations, is mainly due to reduced operating income of $4,007,000 in the Fruit Group which is primarily a function of the Berry Operations acquiring significant amounts of inventory during a period of rising commodity and processing costs.. Selling prices were not updated in a timely manner to adequately pass these increased commodity and processing costs on to our customers, which ultimately had a negative impact on gross profit. Excluding this decrease in the Fruit Group, operating income in the other Groups increased by $3,158,000. The increase in operating income reflects improved operating results of $2,422,000 in SunOpta Grains & Food due to strong soymilk sales, grain revenues as well as significant improvements in the sunflower business. The SunOpta Distribution Group improved operating income by $538,000 due to acquisitions and higher grocery volumes.

SunOpta Grains & Foods Group

For the three month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 64,618,000 49,862,000 14,756,000 29.6%
Gross Margin 8,173,000 5,283,000 2,890,000 54.7%
Gross Margin % 12.6% 10.6%   2.0%
Segment Operating Income1 4,695,000 2,273,000 2,422,000 106.6%
         
Segment Margin 7.3% 4.6%   2.7%

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Grains and Foods Group contributed $64,618,000 in revenues during the second quarter, a $14,756,000 or 29.6% increase over the same quarter in the previous year. This increase was attributed entirely to internal growth. The Group realized significant revenue increases of $7,597,000 due to increased sales of aseptic soymilk and refrigerated soymilk.

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Higher demand for organic corn, organic soy, IP soy and food ingredients totaled $4,295,000. Sunflower products sales were $3,036,000 higher than last year due to the strong shipments of high oleic kernels, bird food and inshell products. Offsetting the increases above are decreased revenues of $172,000 due primarily to the timing of revenues within roasted products and snack foods.

Gross margin in the Grains and Foods Group increased by $2,890,000 to $8,173,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007. Gross margin as a percentage of revenues was favorable compared to the prior year quarter by 2.0% at 12.6%. Price increases, plant efficiencies along with improved crop results have increased sunflower gross margins by $1,276,000. Higher volumes and commodity prices of grain and corn products resulted in increased gross margins of $839,000. As well, higher aseptic and ESL soymilk margin rates due to higher volumes and plant efficiencies have led to an increase of gross margins of $1,053,000. Offsetting these improvements was a decrease of $278,000 in margins related to roasted products.

The increase in segment operating income of $2,422,000 to $4,695,000 reflects the increase in gross margins noted offset by an increase in corporate allocated costs of $390,000 and a net increase of $205,000 related to selling, general and administrative expense (SG&A). The increase in SG&A was attributed to increased sales staff. Foreign exchange losses in the second quarter were lower than prior year by $127,000, due to certain Euro foreign exchange contracts.

SunOpta Ingredients Group

For the three month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 18,495,000 17,138,000 1,357,000 7.9%
Gross Margin 3,961,000 3,281,000 680,000 20.7%
Gross Margin % 21.4% 19.1%   2.3%
Segment Operating Income1 1,972,000 1,774,000 198,000 11.2%
         
Segment Margin 10.7% 10.4%   0.3%

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Ingredients Group contributed revenues of $18,495,000 in the second quarter of 2007 as compared to $17,138,000 in 2006, a 7.9% increase. The increase is attributable to higher dairy blending volumes of $2,248,000, an increase in contract manufacturing of $418,000, and higher sales of oat and soy fibers of $320,000. These increases were offset by the lost volumes of a specialty soluble fiber product under contract through May 2006 of $891,000 and a net decrease of $738,000 related to starch, molasses and other ingredient blending operations.

In the quarter, gross margin in the SunOpta Ingredients Group increased by $680,000 and the margin rate increased by 2.3% to 21.4% of revenue. The increase in margin is primarily attributable to higher volumes of dairy blending products of $514,000 and higher volumes, pricing and cost reductions within oat and soy fiber businesses of $273,000. The increase in margins was partially offset by a decrease in ingredient blending of $313,000 due to lower volumes and lower allocation of overhead costs. The remaining $206,000 of net margin growth was attributed to a net increase in soy, specialty processing and other ingredient products.

The increase in segment operating income of $198,000 to $1,972,000 reflects the increase in gross margins noted above, offset by higher SG&A costs due to additional headcount of $253,000 and increased corporate cost allocations of $229,000.

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SunOpta Fruit Group

For the three month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

53,309,000

39,491,000

13,818,000

35.0%

Gross Margin

5,014,000

6,548,000

(1,534,000) (23.4)
Gross Margin

9.4%

16.6%

 

(7.2%)
Segment Operating Income1 (1,137,000)

2,870,000

(4,007,000) (139.6%)
 

 

 

 

 

Segment Margin (2.1%)

7.3%

 

(9.4%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Fruit Group contributed revenues of $53,309,000 in the second quarter of 2007 as compared to $39,491,000 in 2006, a 35.0% increase or $13,818,000. Internal growth within the group was 26.5% in the first half of 2007. Higher sales of individually quick frozen (IQF) fruit and frozen strawberries accounted for $5,801,000 of the increased revenues. This was due to increased demand from many private label retail customers. The acquisitions of Congeladora del Rio S.A. de C.V (Del Rio), Global Trading Inc (Global), Baja California Congelados, S.A. de C.V. (BCC) in May 2007 and Hess Food Group (Hess) in November 2006 accounted for increased revenues of $2,892,000. Increased volumes related to fruit bars contributed $1,990,000 of increased revenue due to new private label programs. The continued strength of global sourcing operations contributed $1,654,000, mainly from sales to private label customers. The continued rollout of new fruit bases to a national breakfast restaurant chain contributed to $1,481,000 of improved revenues.

Gross margins in the SunOpta Fruit Group decreased by $1,534,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 to $5,014,000 or 9.4% of revenue, as compared to 16.6% in 2006. The decrease is due to higher inventory costs resulting in lower margins within the Berry Operations. More specifically, the lower margins were isolated in the Berry Operations excluding Hess Food Group LLC and the Mexican acquisitions ("California Berry Operations") and are described in further detail below. Excluding the decline in California berry operations, gross margins in the other components of the Fruit Group, excluding the healthy fruit snack business, increased. The acquisition of Hess Food Group provided additional margins of $526,000. The newly acquired Mexican berry operations accounted for $464,000 of the improved margins. These increases were offset by a $19,000 decline in margins in our healthy fruit snack business. The decline in our healthy fruit snack business was due to high sourcing costs and certain plant inefficiencies as the plants are being upgraded to support the significant growth, and one-time organic tomato sales recognized in the prior year, driven by market conditions and a customer's one-time supply shortage.

Gross margins declined by $2,505,000 within the California Berry Operations. The decline was as a result of an aggressive purchasing strategy which occurred during a time of increasing raw material and input prices. Selling prices were not updated in a timely manner to adequately pass these increased commodity and processing costs on to our customers, which ultimately had a negative impact on gross profit. Margins were further eroded by higher storage costs, increased temporary labor costs and higher overheads, much of which was a direct function of the rise in purchasing volume. Additional operational inefficiencies associated with capital expansion and turnover of key personnel also contributed to the decline in margin. The increase in carrying value and volume of inventory on hand in relation to a market with abundant supply ultimately resulted in provisions being required to reduce the investment in inventory to net realizable value ("NRV"). These provisions were concentrated mainly in bulk industrial and bi-product inventory.

SG&A in the SunOpta Fruit Group increased $2,364,000 to $5,997,000 in the period. This was primarily due to an increase of $989,000 in additional structural headcount, such as quality, human resources, and finance resources, to support the rapid growth in operations, as well as additional travel and commissions on incremental revenues. An increase of $660,000 is specific to the acquisitions noted above. In addition, variable SG&A increased by $314,000 related to global sourcing operations and corporate cost allocations increased by $401,000.

Segment operating income in the SunOpta Fruit Group decreased to ($1,137,000) in the three months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to $2,870,000 in 2006 due to the decline in gross margin and higher SG&A costs noted above, as well as additional FX losses of $109,000 in the quarter.

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SunOpta Distribution Group

For the three month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 51,243,000 30,796,000 20,447,000 66.4%
Gross Margin 14,376,000 7,949,000 6,427,000 80.9%
Gross Margin % 28.1% 25.8%   2.3%
Segment Operating Income1 1,789,000 1,251,000 538,000 43.0%
         
Segment Margin 3.5% 4.1%   (0.6%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Distribution Group contributed revenues of $51,243,000 in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of $20,447,000 or 66.4% over the prior year. Internal growth within the group including internal growth on acquired companies was 3.9% and included the rationalization of a number of unprofitable produce accounts. An increase of $20,247,000 was due to the acquisitions of Purity Life Health Products (Purity), Quest Vitamins (Quest) and Aux Mille et une Saisons Inc. (Aux Mille). Revenues were favorably impacted by an increase in grocery and retail sales of $2,210,000 primarily due to strong sales in western Canada and an increase in natural organic product lines in eastern Canada. These increases were offset by the rationalization of certain produce customers and operations totaling $2,010,000 in eastern Canada and Quebec.

Gross margin in the Distribution Group increased by $6,427,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 to $14,376,000 or 28.1% of revenues. The increase in the gross margin rate of 2.3% was primarily attributable to higher margins associated with the acquired businesses. Gross profit increased by $6,176,000 due to the acquisitions of Purity, Quest and Aux Mille, higher margins of $76,000 within natural and organic grocery as western Canada offset slightly lower margins in eastern Canada and favorable margins of $175,000 from produce operations due to rationalization.

Combined SG&A, warehousing and distribution (W&D) costs increased by $6,175,000 to $12,973,000 as compared to the same quarter in the previous year. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A and W&D have increased to 25.3% of revenues versus 22.1% in the comparative period. SG&A and W&D related to the acquisitions totalled $5,690,000, or 28.1% of revenue, reflects the requirement for additional marketing and promotion within their product lines. The remaining increase includes the allocation of incremental corporate costs totalling $335,000 plus other SG&A increases of $150,000.

The increase in segment operating income of 43.0% or $538,000 to $1,789,000 reflects the noted increase in gross margins of $6,427,000 offset by increased costs of $6,175,000 related to W&D and SG&A. The remaining positive variance of $286,000 is attributable to foreign exchange gains realized in the quarter.

Opta Minerals Inc.

For the three month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

18,394,000

18,260,000

134,000

0.7%

Gross Margin

4,435,000

4,543,000

(108,000)

(2.4%)

Gross Margin %

24.1%

24.9%

 

(0.8%)

Segment Operating Income1

2,061,000

2,396,000

(335,000)

(14.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Segment Margin

11.2%

13.1%

 

(1.9%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Opta Minerals contributed $18,394,000 in the second quarter of 2007, versus $18,260,000 in 2006. Opta Minerals revenue increased by $854,000 due to the net impact of the acquisitions of Magnesium Technologies Corporation (MagTech) and Bimac Inc. (BiMac) in the prior year. These increases were offset by revenue declines of $720,000 due to a decline of demand in the U.S. desulphurization business and declines in the Canadian foundry business due to cyclical demand within the industry.

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Gross margins of $4,435,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2006 compared to $4,543,000 in the prior year. As a percentage of revenues, gross margin decreased 0.8% to 24.1% compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease in the gross margins was due to higher freight and logistics costs and lower volumes in the higher margin US abrasives and steel markets and lower volumes within the Canadian foundry markets.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $2,507,000 or 13.6% of revenues during the quarter versus $2,405,000 or 13.2% of revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2006. The increase is in SG&A and intangible amortization is attributed to the acquisitions of MagTech and Bimac totaling a net increase of $173,000 during the quarter. In addition, net SG&A decreases totaling $71,000 due cost savings initiatives in the base business offset the impact of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as a significant amount of Opta Minerals SG&A costs are denominated in Canadian dollars.

A foreign exchange gain of $133,000 was recognized in the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $258,000 in the same period of the prior year. The foreign exchange gain in the prior year was realized on conversion of a portion of the external debt from US to Canadian funds.

Segment operating income decreased by $335,000 or 14.0% to $2,061,000 during the quarter due to the factors noted above.

Note: As SunOpta owns only 70.5% of Opta Minerals, segment operating income is presented prior to minority interest expense.

SunOpta BioProcess and Corporate

For the three month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

319,000

198,000

121,000

61.1%

Gross Margin (408,000) (258,000) (150,000) (58.1%)
Gross Margin % (127.9%)

(130.3%)

 

2.4%

Segment Operating Loss1 (2,571,000) (1,792,000) (779,000)

43.5%

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Revenues were $319,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 versus $198,000 in same period in 2006. Revenues in the quarter were derived from the percentage of completion on equipment supply contracts in the BioProcess business, similar to 2006.

Gross margin in SunOpta BioProcess was a loss of $408,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 versus a loss of $258,000 in the prior year. During the quarter a profit estimate for a specific in-process project was deemed to be nil, causing a $466,000 reserve to be taken against costs to complete the project. The remaining $58,000 positive margin realized reflects the expected costs attributed to the percentage of contracts completed during the quarter. The negative margin in the prior year was due to the revision of Abengoa project costs to meet European equipment specifications.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $2,185,000 for the second quarter of 2007 as compared to $1,954,000 for the same period in 2006. The increase was as a result of an increase of $1,116,000 as result of additional personnel to support development activities within the BioProcess Group, additional personnel in the corporate office as new functions (logistics and human resources) are added to the corporate management team plus additional positions within the shared services group as more divisions are brought onto the Oracle operating platform. Incremental costs of $507,000 were incurred primarily related to the centralization of information technology service and additional Oracle consulting fees for the continued rollout in the quarter. Offsetting the increases noted are additional management fee allocations of $1,326,000 and other cost decreases of $66,000. The increases noted include the impact of the increasing strength of the Canadian dollar as a significant portion of Corporate and BioProcess expenses are based in Canada.

Segment operating losses of $2,571,000 increased by $779,000 from the same quarter in the previous year. The incremental loss was due primarily to the factors noted above in gross margin and selling, general and administrative expenses plus a reduction of $398,000 in foreign exchange gains realized in the quarter. The foreign exchange gain realized in the second quarter in the prior year was attributed to the increased value of the corporate Canadian denominated assets reported in U.S. dollars.

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Operations for the Six Months ended June 30, 2007 Compared With the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006

Consolidated

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Food Group

353,987,000

256,558,000

97,429,000

38.0%

Opta Minerals

34,857,000

31,305,000

3,552,000

11.3%

SunOpta BioProcess

1,034,000

1,194,000

(160,000) (13.4%)
Total Revenue

389,878,000

289,057,000

100,821,000

34.9%

Operating Income1

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Food Group

11,100,000

14,997,000

(3,897,000)

(26.0%)
Opta Minerals

3,508,000

3,394,000

114,000

3.4%

SunOpta BioProcess & Corporate (3,977,000) (3,588,000) (389,000) (10.8%)
Total Operating Income

10,631,000

14,803,000

(4,172,000) (28.2%)
 

 

 

 

 

Other Expense, net

406,000

279,000

127,000

(45.5%)
Interest Expense

3,729,000

3,147,000

582,000

18.5%

Income Tax Provision

1,513,000

3,490,000

(1,977,000) (56.6%)
Minority Interest

524,000

532,000

(8,000) (1.5%)
Net earnings

4,459,000

7,355,000

(2,896,000) (39.4%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased by 34.9% to $389,878,000 based on internal growth of 15.7% and acquisition revenues of $47,883,000. Internal growth includes growth on base business plus growth on acquisitions from the date of acquisition over the previous year. Revenue growth continues to be led by internal growth of 19.3% in the SunOpta Food Group, driven primarily by strong internal growth in SunOpta Grains and Foods and SunOpta Fruit Groups.

Operating income decreased by $4,172,000, representing a decrease of 28.2% versus the six months ended June 30, 2006. Included in the results of the Food Group is a decline in operating income within the Fruit Group of $8,206,000 primarily related reduced margins due to increased commodity and processing costs within the Fruit Group Berry Operations. Note that segmented operating income reflects an increase in allocated costs from Corporate to the SunOpta Food Group of $2,495,000 for increased information technology services as well as back office functions provided to divisions using the Oracle ERP platform. Further details on revenue and operating income are provided below by operating group.

Interest expense increased by 18.5% to $3,729,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006 due to increased long-term debt and operating lines net of cash on hand. The increase in debt is primarily related to acquisitions completed over the past twelve months and an increase in working capital to fund internal growth.

Other expense for the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $406,000 includes certain restructuring costs incurred mainly relating to the consolidation of warehouses within the SunOpta Distribution Group.

The income tax rate for the first six months of 2007 is approximately 23.3% as compared to 31.0% in the first six months of 2006. The reduced rate is due to lower earnings before income tax in the Food Group.

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Segmented Operations Information

(Note: Certain prior year figures have been adjusted to conform with current year presentation and segmented reporting.)

SunOpta Food Group:

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Grains & Foods

117,209,000

89,016,000

28,193,000

31.7%

SunOpta Ingredients

36,473,000

35,251,000

1,222,000

3.5%

SunOpta Fruit

94,803,000

70,587,000

24,216,000

34.3%

SunOpta Distribution

105,502,000

61,704,000

43,798,000

71.0%

Food Group Revenue

353,987,000

256,558,000

97,429,000

38.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income1

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Grains & Foods

7,403,000

4,066,000

3,337,000

82.1%

SunOpta Ingredients

2,991,000

3,480,000

(489,000) (14.1%)

SunOpta Fruit

(3,836,000)

4,370,000

(8,206,000) (187.8%)

SunOpta Distribution

4,542,000

3,081,000

1,461,000

47.4%

Food Group Segment Operating

11,100,000

14,997,000

(3,897,000) (26.0%)
Income

 

 

 

 

SunOpta Food Group Segment

3.1%

5.8%

 

(2.7%)
Margin %

 

 

 

 

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Food Group contributed $353,987,000 or 90.8% of total Company consolidated revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2007 versus $256,558,000 in the same period in 2006. The revenue increase of 38.0% in the SunOpta Food Group reflects very strong sales growth from the SunOpta Distribution Group due to acquisitions and improving grocery sales, continued strength in soybean, corn, sunflower and soymilk revenues in the SunOpta Grains and Foods Group. The SunOpta Fruit Group also realizes incremental growth driven by strong internal growth and acquisitions.

Segment operating income in the SunOpta Food Group decreased by 26.0% to $11,100,000 when compared to the same six month period in 2006. The decrease in segment operating is mainly due to reduced operating income of $8,206,000 in the Fruit Group which is primarily a function of the Berry Operations acquiring significant amounts of inventory during a period of rising commodity and processing costs. Selling prices were not updated in a timely manner to adequately pass these increased commodity and processing costs on to our customers, which ultimately had a negative impact on gross profit. Excluding the decrease in the Fruit Group, the other food groups increased operating income by $4,309,000. This increase reflects improved operating results due to strong soymilk and grains revenues as well as the continued turn around in the sunflower business and improvement in the SunOpta Distribution Group due to acquisitions and strength in grocery sales includes lower operating income, offset by decreases in the Ingredients Group due to the loss of a specialty soluble fiber manufacturing contract and higher SG&A and corporate cost allocations.

SunOpta Grains & Foods Group

For the six month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 117,209,000 89,016,000 28,193,000 31.7%
Gross Margin 14,267,000 9,789,000 4,478,000 45.7%
Gross Margin 12.2% 11.0%   1.2%
Segment Operating Income1 7,403,000 4,066,000 3,337,000 82.1%
         
Segment Margin 6.3% 4.6%   1.7%

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

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The SunOpta Grains and Foods Group contributed $117,209,000 in revenues in the first half, an increase of $28,193,000 or a 31.7% increase over the same quarter in the previous year. This increase was attributed entirely to internal growth. The Group realized significant revenue increases of $12,036,000 due to higher demand and commodity prices for organic corn, organic soy, IP soy and food ingredients. Revenues were also favorably impacted by an $11,283,000 increase in soymilk based product sales due to new ESL and aseptic contracts. Sunflower products sales contributed $5,113,000 of the increased revenue due to higher pricing and demand. These increases were offset by $239,000 due to lowered volumes of roasted grain products.

Gross margin in the Grains and Foods Group increased by $4,478,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2007 to $14,267,000 or 12.2% of revenue, as compared to 11.0% in the first half of 2006. Sunflower product margins have increased $1,767,000 due to improved pricing, plant efficiencies and improvement in overall crop quality. Higher net margin rates were realized on soymilk and roasted grain products of $1,398,000 due to increased volumes and plant efficiencies due to higher volumes. Higher sales volumes and commodity prices have improved margins in our corn, soybean and food ingredient products by $1,313,000.

SG&A in the first half of the year increased to $6,856,000 from $5,521,000 in the prior year. The increase is attributed to higher corporate cost allocations of $781,000, an increase of $406,000 due to additional headcount and higher self-insurance benefit costs plus $148,000 in other SG&A primarily related to increased trade advertising and promotional activity.

Segment operating Income increased by $3,337,000 or 82.1% reflecting higher gross margins and a reduction of foreign exchange losses of $194,000 related to our Euro hedges, offset by the increases in SG&A noted above.

SunOpta Ingredients Group
For the six month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

36,473,000

35,251,000

1,222,000

3.5%

Gross Margin

7,308,000

6,794,000

514,000

7.6%

Gross Margin

20.0%

19.3%

 

0.7%

Segment Operating Income1

2,991,000

3,480,000

(489,000)

(14.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Segment Margin

8.2%

9.9%

 

(1.7%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Ingredients Group contributed revenues of $36,473,000 in the first half of 2007 as compared to $35,251,000 in 2006, a 3.5% increase. The increase is attributable to higher dairy blending revenues of $3,192,000, higher sales of oat and soy fiber of $1,700,000 and improved volumes of contract ingredient blending by $915,000. These improvements were offset by lower revenues of $3,433,000 due to the lost volumes of a specialty soluble fiber manufacturing contract which was announced in 2006. As well, lower volumes related to our technical processing of starch, molasses and other products decreased revenues by $1,152,000.

In the first six months of 2007, gross margin in the Ingredients Group increased by $514,000 and the margin rate increased by 0.7% to 20.0% of revenue. The increase in margin is attributable to the increased volumes of our dairy blending products by $894,000 due to improved market conditions and plant efficiencies. Also, continued demand related to our oat and soy fiber product lines increased gross margins by $372,000. These were offset by lower volumes related to our specialty soluble fiber products of $543,000 and decreased volumes related to technical processing of ingredients by $209,000.

SG&A in the first six months of $4,318,000 increased by $1,003,000 compared to the prior year. The increase is primarily related to the increased personnel and related costs of $664,000 due to additional headcount group dedicated to process improvement for operational efficiency and a higher corporate cost allocation of $400,000 offset by a net savings in other SG&A totaling $61,000.

The decrease in segment operating income of $489,000 to $2,991,000 reflects the variances noted above.

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SunOpta Fruit Group
For the six month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue

94,803,000

70,587,000

24,216,000

34. 3%

Gross Margin

6,861,000

10,859,000

(3,998,000) (36.8%)
Gross Margin

7.2%

15.4%

 

(8.2%)
Segment Operating Income1 (3,836,000)

4,370,000

(8,206,000) (187.8%)
 

 

 

 

 

Segment Margin (4.0%)

6.2%

 

(10.2%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Fruit Group contributed revenues of $94,803,000 in the first half of 2007 as compared to $70,587,000 in 2006, a 34.3% increase or $24,216,000. Internal growth within the group was 28.6% in the first half of 2007. Revenue increased by $7,971,000 due to continued strength related to IQF fruit and frozen strawberries. Global sourcing operations contributed $6,076,000 of the increase primarily due to gains in industrial and private label sales. Also contributing to the improved revenue growth were increased fruit bar shipments of $4,262,000 due to the continued roll out of new private label programs. The acquisitions of the Mexican operations (Global, Del Rio and BCC) and Hess contributed $3,299,000 of higher revenues. Our fruit topping operations improved by $2,608,000 due to the new rollout of toppings to a national breakfast restaurant chain, and growth in the organic segment.

Gross margins in the Fruit Group decreased by $3,998,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2007 to $6,861,000 or 7.2% of revenue, as compared to 15.4% of revenue in 2006. The decrease is due to higher inventory costs resulting in lower margins within the Berry Operations. More specifically, the lower margins were isolated in the Berry Operations excluding Hess Food Group LLC and the Mexican acquisitions ("California Berry Operations") and are described in further detail below. Excluding the decline in California berry operations, gross margins in the other components of the Fruit Group, excluding the healthy fruit snack business, increased. Gross margin increases of $1,063,000 were attributable to our global sourcing operations due to gains in industrial and private label sales of fruit products. The acquisition of the Hess Food Group provided additional procurement margins of $933,000. The newly acquired Mexican berry operations contributed $464,000 of margins. These increases were offset by a $152,000 decline in margin in the healthy fruit snack business due to higher sourcing and processing costs associated with increased fruit bar volume.

Gross margins declined by $6,306,000 within the California Berry Operations. The decline was as a result of an aggressive purchasing strategy which occurred during a time of increasing raw material and input prices. Selling prices were not updated in a timely manner to adequately pass these increased commodity and processing costs on to our customers, which ultimately had a negative impact on gross profit. Margins were further eroded by higher storage costs, increased temporary labor costs and higher overheads, much of which was a direct function of the rise in purchasing volume. Additional operational inefficiencies associated with capital expansion and turnover of key personnel also contributed to the decline in margin. The increase in carrying value and volume of inventory on hand in relation to a market with abundant supply ultimately resulted in provisions being required to reduce the investment in inventory to net realizable value ("NRV"). These provisions were concentrated mainly in bulk industrial and bi-product inventory.

SG&A costs increased $4,025,000 to $10,466,000 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The increases were attributed to additional structural headcount, including quality, human and finance resources, travel and advertising costs to support new products and programs of $1,598,000, increased variable SG&A costs related to our global sourcing operations of $829,000, incremental costs associated with the acquisitions of $953,000 and $645,000 in additional corporate cost allocations.

Segment operating income in the SunOpta Fruit Group decreased from the prior year to a loss of $3,836,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to $4,370,000 in 2006. In addition to the decreases noted above the group experienced an increased foreign exchange loss of $183,000 in the quarter.

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SunOpta Distribution Group
For the six month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 105,502,000 61,704,000 43,798,000 71.0%
Gross Margin 29,573,000 16,355,000 13,218,000 80.8%
Gross Margin 28.0% 26.5%   1.5%
Segment Operating Income1 4,542,000 3,081,000 1,461,000 47.4 %
         
Segment Margin 4.3% 5.0%   (0.7%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

The SunOpta Distribution Group contributed revenues of $105,502,000 in the first half of 2007, an increase of $43,798,000 or 71.0% over the prior year. Internal growth within the group including internal growth on acquired companies was 6.7%. The acquisitions of Purity, Quest and Aux Mille resulted in increases of $39,786,000 over the prior year. In addition, revenues were favorably impacted by an increase in grocery and retail sales of $6,485,000 primarily due to strong sales in western Canada and an increase in natural organic and kosher product lines in eastern Canada. These increases were offset by the rationalization of certain produce customers and operations totaling $2,473,000 primarily in eastern Canada and Quebec.

Gross margin in the Distribution Group increased by $13,218,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2007 to $29,573,000 or 28.0% of revenues. The increase in the gross margin rate of 1.5% was attributable to higher margins associated with the acquisitions of $11,920,000 and higher margins of $1,306,000 within grocery as margins in both eastern and western Canada showed improvement. These increases were slightly offset in dollar terms by a slight margin decline of $8,000 from produce operations due to the rationalization noted.

Combined SG&A and W&D costs increased by $12,063,000 to $25,410,000 compared to the same period in the previous year. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A and W&D have increased to 24.1% of revenues versus 21.6% in the comparative period. SG&A and W&D related to the acquisitions totalled $10,951,000, or 27.5% of revenue reflecting higher marketing and promotion expenses inherent to their product lines. The remaining increase includes the allocation of incremental corporate costs totalling $670,000 plus other SG&A increases of $442,000 primarily related to increased volumes in the base business.

The increase in segment operating income of 47.4% or $1,461,000 to $4,542,000 reflects the noted increase in gross margins offset by increased costs related to W&D and SG&A. The remaining positive variance of $306,000 is attributable to foreign exchange gains realized in the period.

Opta Minerals Inc.
For the six month period ended

  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 34,857,000 31,305,000 3,552,000 11.3%
Gross Margin 8,501,000 7,295,000 1,206,000 16.5%
Gross Margin 24.4% 23.3%   1.1%
Segment Operating Income1 3,508,000 3,394,000 114,000 3.4%
         
Segment Margin 10.1% 10.8%   (0.7%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Opta Minerals contributed $34,857,000 or 8.9% of the Company's consolidated revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2006, versus $31,305,000 or 10.8% in 2006. Opta Minerals revenues increased by $5,671,000 due to the acquisitions of Magnesium Technologies Corporation and Bimac Inc. in the prior year. These increases were offset by revenue declines of $2,119,000 in the Canadian foundry and abrasives business due to reduced cyclical demand within the industry and a decline in demand from the US steel industry.

Gross margins were $8,501,000 or 24.4% of revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2007 versus $7,295,000 or 23.3% of revenues in the 2006. The increase in margins was mainly attributable to the acquisitions with a net margin increase of $1,241,000. The remaining margin decline of $35,000 in the base business was minimized as volume declines in both the Canadian and US operations were offset by margin gains primarily due to price increases and plant efficiencies.

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The increase in segment operating income of $114,000 to $3,508,000 reflects the noted increase in gross margins of $1,206,000, offset by a net increase related to SG&A of $992,000 and a reduction of exchange gains of $100,000. Included in the increased SG&A and intangible amortization are net increases in costs attributed to the acquisitions of MagTech and Bimac totaling $920,000 including an increase in non-cash intangible amortization of $233,000. The remaining net increase of $72,000 is primarily related to the appreciation of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the majority of SG&A costs are denominated in Canadian dollars.

SunOpta BioProcess and Corporate
For the six month period ended

  (Restated)      
  June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Change Change
  $ $ $ %
Revenue 1,034,000 1,194,000 (160,000) (13.4%)
Gross Margin (239,000) (118,000) (121,000) (102.5%)
Gross Margin (23.1%) (9.9%)   (13.2%)
Segment Operating Loss1 (3,977,000) (3,588,000) (389,000) (10.8%)

1 (Operating Income is defined as "Earnings before the following" excluding the impact of "Other expense, net")

Revenues were $1,034,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006 versus $1,194,000 in same period in 2006. Revenues during the period were derived from equipment supply contracts for the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Gross margin in SunOpta BioProcess was a loss of $239,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2007 versus a loss of $118,000 in the comparable period of the previous year. A profit estimate for a specific in-process project was deemed to be nil, causing a $466,000 reserve to be taken against costs to complete the project. The remaining $227,000 positive margin realized reflects the expected costs attributed to the percentage of contracts completed during the quarter. The negative margin in the prior year was due to the revision of Abengoa project costs to meet European equipment specifications.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $3,944,000 for the first six months of 2007 as compared to $3,835,000 for the same period in 2006. The increase of $1,874,000 resulted from additional personnel to support the increased financing and development activities within the BioProcess Group and additional personnel in the corporate offices as new functions (shared services, logistics and human resources) are added. Incremental costs of $777,000 were incurred primarily related to the centralization of information technology services and additional Oracle consulting fees for the continued rollout. Offsetting the increases noted are additional management fee allocations of $2,495,000 and other cost decreases of $47,000. The increases noted include the impact of the strengthening Canadian dollar as a significant portion of Corporate and BioProcess expenses are born in Canada.

Segment operating losses of $3,977,000 increased by $389,000 from the same quarter in the previous year. The increase in the loss was due primarily to the factors noted above in gross margin and SG&A offset by a reduction of $159,000 in foreign exchange gains realized.

Liquidity and Capital Resources (at June 30, 2007)

The Company obtained its short term financing through a combination of cash generated from operating activities, cash and cash equivalents, and available operating lines of credit. At June 30, 2007, the Company had availability under certain lines of credit of approximately $10,300,000 (2006 – 36,000,000). Revolving acquisition lines were also available to the Company and Opta Minerals with maximum draws of up to $1,500,000 (2006 - $10,000,000) and $2,262,000 (2006 - $4,693,000), respectively.

On July 4, 2007, the Company completed the expansion of existing credit facilities adding additional lenders Rabobank and HSBC Bank to its lending syndicate. As part of this facility expansion, our operating lines of credit in the United States were increased by $30,000,000 with an additional $20,000,000 acquisition facility available for future strategic acquisitions. The numbers presented above do not reflect these increased limits. The additional operating line replaced other credit facilities that were eliminated earlier in 2007.

The Company obtained its long term financing through its credit agreement noted above. The Company may expand this credit agreement, and/or obtain additional long term financing for internal expansion uses, acquisitions or other strategic purposes as required.

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The Company had the following sources from which it could fund its operating 2007 cash requirements:

In order to finance significant acquisitions, the Company may need additional sources of cash which could be obtained through a combination of additional bank or subordinated financing, a private or public offering, or the issuance of shares in relation to an acquisition or a divestiture. The Company intends to maintain a target long term debt to equity ratio of approximately 0.60 to 1.00 versus the current position of 0.31 to 1.00.

The Company anticipates being able to obtain long term financing in view of its current financial position and past experience in the capital markets.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash and cash equivalents increased $28,726,000 during first six months of the year (2006 – ($779,000)) to $29,680,000 as at June 30, 2007 (2006 - $4,676,000). Approximately $28,203,000 of this balance is restricted for use within the SunOpta BioProcess Inc. operations.

Cash flows provided by operations for the first six months before working capital changes was $11,159,000 (2006 – $14,226,000), a decrease of $3,067,000 or 21.6%. Cash provided (used) by operations after working capital changes was ($38,372,000) for the six months ended June 30, 2007 (2006 – $7,759,000), reflecting the use of funds for non-cash working capital of ($49,531,000) (2006 – ($6,467,000)). This utilization consists principally of an increase in inventories ($33,043,000) (2006 – ($7,358,000)), an increase in accounts receivable ($21,680,000) (2006 – ($7,846,000)) and an increase in customer deposits of ($387,000) (2006 – ($95,000)). Offsetting these cash outflows are an increase in accounts payable of $3,068,000 (2006 - $6,721,000), reductions in the recoveries of income taxes of $1,829,000, (2006 - $1,847,000) and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $682,000 (2006 - $264,000). The usage of cash flows to fund working capital in 2007 reflects the increase in working capital requirements to fund growth through the purchase of grains within the SunOpta Grains and Foods Group, organic and conventional fruit in the SunOpta Fruit Group and the seasonal kosher products within the SunOpta Distribution Group due to the Passover season. The absence of change in accounts payable reflects increased payments to grain farmers and international sourcing which requires payment at the point of delivery.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash provided (used) by investing activities of ($28,079,000) in the first six months of 2007 (2006 – ($16,850,000)), reflects cash used to acquire companies of ($13,380,000) (2006 – ($12,197,000)), to purchase property, plant and equipment of ($12,481,000) (2006 – ($4,824,000)) and acquisition of patents, trademarks and Other Assets ($2,218,000) (2006 – $171,000).

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash provided (used) by financing activities was $95,211,000 in the first six months of 2007 (2006 – $8,201,000), consisting primarily of net proceeds from the issuance of common shares of $52,616,000 (2006 - $2,977,000), net proceeds from the issuance of preference shares by a subsidiary of $27,954,000 (2006 - $nil) an increase in bank indebtedness of $21,734,000 (2006 - $5,358,000) and additional borrowings of $1,500,000 (2006 - $2,800,000), partially offset by repayment of term debt of ($7,504,000) (2006 – ($2,304,000)) and repayment of deferred purchase consideration and other financing activities of $1,089,000 (2006 - $630,000).

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Item 4. Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that as a result of the need to restate the condensed consolidated financial statements as at and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2007. Refer to "Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting" as contained in Item 9A. Controls and Procedures in the Company's most recently filed Form 10-K for a description of the material weaknesses that have been identified.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

SunOpta's management, with the participation of SunOpta's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated whether any change in SunOpta's internal control over financial reporting occurred during the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that there was a material change in SunOpta's internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Specifically, in response to a financial systems conversion for a reporting unit within the Fruit Group that took place in the first quarter of fiscal 2007, manual procedures and adjustments supplanted certain system control processes relating to the purchasing, payables, sales, receivables, and inventory accounting cycles.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Refer to the most recently filed Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors in Item 1A of that report for a list of certain risks associated with our operations.

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits -

   

31.1

Certification by Steven Bromley, President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)–14(a) under the Exchange Act. **

 

 

31.2

Certification by John Dietrich, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)–14(a) under the Exchange Act. **

 

 

32

Certifications by Steven Bromley, President and Chief Executive Officer and John Dietrich, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C Section 1350. **

 

 

** Filed herewith

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.
   
   
  /s/ John Dietrich
Date: July 21, 2008  
  By John Dietrich
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  SunOpta Inc.

 

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