EXHIBIT A
Joint Filing Agreement
This Joint Filing Agreement is entered into as of January 6, 2004, by and
among the parties signatories hereto.
The undersigned hereby agree that the Statement on Schedule 13D with
respect to the shares of common stock, without par value, of SunOpta Inc., a
Canadian corporation, is, and any amendment thereafter signed by each of the
undersigned may be, filed on behalf of each undersigned pursuant to and in
accordance with the provisions of 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Dated: January 6, 0000 XXXXXXXX XXXXXX LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Dated: January 6, 2004 XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
as Attorney-in-Fact
for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Dated: January 6, 2004 XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
as Attorney-in-Fact
for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dated: January 6, 2004 SRB BELVEDERE TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
as Attorney-in-Fact for each
of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a
Trustee, and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, a Trustee
Dated: January 6, 2004 XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
as Attorney-in-Fact for each
of Xxx X. Xxxxxx, a Trustee,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, a Trustee,
and Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, a Trustee