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Execution Version

VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT

SUNOPTA INC.

and

SUNOPTA FOODS INC.

and

OAKTREE ORGANICS, L.P.

and

OAKTREE HUNTINGTON INVESTMENT FUND II, L.P.

and

OAKTREE FUND GP, LLC

and

ANY AFFILIATE OF AN INVESTOR
THAT BECOMES A HOLDER OF PREFERRED SHARES

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October 7, 2016
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 ARTICLE 1   INTERPRETATION        1.1 Defined Terms 2 1.2 Defined Terms in the
Preferred Share Terms 4 1.3 Rules of Construction 5 1.4 Entire Agreement 5 1.5
Time of Essence 6 1.6 Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction 6 1.7
Severability 6        ARTICLE 2   VOTING TRUST        2.1 Establishment of Trust
6        ARTICLE 3   INITIAL VOTING TRUST        3.1 Initial Issuance of the
Special Voting Shares 7 3.2 Ongoing Issuances or Redemptions of the Special
Voting Shares 7 3.3 Ownership of the Special Voting Shares 7        ARTICLE 4 
 EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS        4.1 Voting Rights 8 4.2 Excluded Matters 8 4.3
Number of Votes 8 4.4 Copies of Shareholder Information and Other Materials 9
4.5 Entitlement to Direct Votes or Attend Meeting 10        ARTICLE 5   EXERCISE
OF STATUTORY RIGHTS        5.1 Statutory Rights 10 5.2 Entitlement to Direct
Exercise of Statutory Rights 10        ARTICLE 6   CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE       
6.1 Powers and Duties of the Trustee 11 6.2 Acceptance of Trust 11 6.3 Income
Tax Returns 12 6.4 Change of Trustee 12 6.5 Termination of Trust 12

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 ARTICLE 7   MISCELLANEOUS        7.1 Notices 12 7.2 Amendments and Waivers 14
7.3 Successor 14 7.4 Assignment 14 7.5 Successors and Assigns 15 7.6 Further
Assurances 15 7.7 Counterparts 15

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VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made the 7th day of October, 2016,

BETWEEN :

OAKTREE ORGANICS, L.P., a limited partnership existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware,

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OAKTREE HUNTINGTON INVESTMENT FUND II, L.P., a limited partnership existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware,

(collectively, hereinafter referred to as the "Investors " and each and
"Investor"),

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SUNOPTA INC., a corporation existing under the federal laws of Canada,

(hereinafter referred to as the "Parent",

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SUNOPTA FOODS INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware,

(hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer"),

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OAKTREE FUND GP, LLC, a company existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
in its capacity as the initial trustee of the Trust hereunder, the "Trustee"),

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Any other Holder of Preferred Shares, from time to time.

WHEREAS the Investors are the beneficial holders of an aggregate of 85,000
Preferred Shares (as defined herein);

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AND WHEREAS the Parent, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Investors have agreed to
enter into this Agreement so as to recognize and provide for the right of the
Trustee to exercise the Voting Rights (as defined herein), for and on behalf of
the Beneficiaries (as defined herein);

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES THAT in consideration of the respective
covenants and agreements of the Parties herein contained and for other good and
valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by
each Parties), the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION

1.1

Defined Terms

For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following terms shall have the respective meanings set out below and grammatical
variations of such terms shall have corresponding meanings.

"Act" means the Canada Business Corporations Act;

"Affiliate" means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the Person specified. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise;

"Beneficiaries" means the Holders of Preferred Shares from time to time;

"Beneficiary Votes" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.3;

"Business Day" means any day, other than (a) a Saturday, Sunday or statutory
holiday in the Province of Ontario or the State of New York and (b) a day on
which banks are generally closed in the Province of Ontario or the State of New
York;

"Common Shares" means the common shares in the capital of the Parent;

"Change of Control" has the meaning given to that term in the Preferred Share
Terms;

"Exchange Agreement" means the exchange and support agreement dated October 7,
2016 between the Investors, the Parent and the Issuer;

"Excluded Matter" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.2;

"Governmental Entity" means any domestic or foreign federal, provincial,
regional, state, municipal or other government, governmental department, agency,
authority or body (whether administrative, legislative, executive or otherwise),
court, tribunal, commission or commissioner, bureau, minister or ministry, board
or agency, or other regulatory authority, including any securities regulatory
authorities and stock exchange;

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"Holder" means a holder of Preferred Shares from time to time that is an
Investor or an Affiliate of the Investors;

"Investor Rights Agreement" means the investor rights agreement entered into
between the Investors, the Parent and the Issuer on the date hereof;

"Investors" means collectively, Oaktree Organics, L.P. and Oaktree Huntington
Investment Fund II, L.P.;

"Issuer" has the meaning given to that term in the recitals hereto;

"NASDAQ" means the NASDAQ stock market or any successor thereto;

"Parent" has the meaning given to that term in the recitals hereto;

"Parent Consent" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.3;

"Parent Meeting" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.3;

"Parties" means the Parent, the Issuer, the Investors and the Holders who may
become a Party to this Agreement from time to time, and "Party" means any one of
them;

"Person" means and includes any individual, company, limited partnership,
general partnership, joint stock company, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, pension fund,
business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity and any
Governmental Entity;

"Preferred Share Terms" means the terms of the Preferred Shares as set out in
Schedule 1.1;

"Preferred Shares" means shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the capital of
the Issuer;

"Proportionate Share" means, with respect to each Beneficiary, the percentage
equal to (a) the number of Preferred Shares held by such Beneficiary divided by
(b) the aggregate number of Preferred Shares held by all Beneficiaries;

"Record Date" means the record date established by the Parent or by the Act for
purposes of determining shareholders entitled to vote at a Parent Meeting;

"Regulatory Approval" means that (a) the applicable waiting period under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act shall have expired or been
terminated or (b) the applicable waiting period under section 123 of the
Competition Act (Canada) shall have expired or been terminated or waived or the
obligation to comply with Part IX of the Competition Act (Canada) will have been
waived in accordance with subsection 113(c) of the Competition Act (Canada) in
each case in order for a Beneficiary (and its "affiliates" for the purposes of
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act or the Competition Act (Canada))
to be entitled to exercise the Beneficiary Votes contemplated in this Agreement;

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"Regulatory Voting Cap" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.3(d)

"Shareholder Approval" means the approval of the holders of Common Shares at a
Parent Meeting to remove the Beneficial Ownership Exchange Cap and the Voting
Cap and to waive the application of the Shareholder Rights Plan to the
acquisition by the Holders of beneficial ownership of the Special Voting Shares
and those Common Shares which are issuable or deliverable to the Holders upon
exchange of the Preferred Shares;

"Shareholder Rights Plan" means the amended and restated shareholder rights plan
agreement dated as of November 10, 2015 between Parent and American Stock
Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent, as amended and restated as of
April 18, 2016;

"Special Voting Share" means each Special Share, Series 1 in the capital of the
Parent which entitles the holder of record to one vote per share at a Parent
Meeting;

"Statutory Rights" means the right of a shareholder of the Parent pursuant to
sections 21, 103(5), 120(6.1), 137, 138(4), 143, 144, 145, 157(2), 167, 168(2),
175, 211, 214, 229, 239 and 241 of the Act;

"Transaction Agreements" means this Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and
the Exchange Agreement;

"Trust" means the trust created by this Agreement under the laws of the Province
of Ontario;

"Trust Estate" means the Special Voting Shares, any other securities and any
money or other property which may be held by the Trustee from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement;

"Trustee" has the meaning given to that term in the recitals hereto and, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.4, includes any successor trustee or permitted
assigns;

"Voting Cap" has the meaning given to that term in Section 4.3(b); and

"Voting Rights" means the aggregate voting rights attached to all of the Special
Voting Shares.

1.2

Defined Terms in the Preferred Share Terms

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Preferred Share Terms.

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1.3

Rules of Construction

Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement and unless
the context otherwise requires, in this Agreement:

  (a)

the terms "Agreement", "this Agreement", "the Agreement", "hereto", "hereof",
"herein", "hereby", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement
in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and include any
schedules or exhibits thereto;

        (b)

references to an "Article" or "Section" followed by a number or letter refer to
the specified Article or Section to this Agreement;

        (c)

the division of this Agreement into articles and sections and the insertion of
headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement;

        (d)

words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa
and words importing the use of any gender shall include all genders;

        (e)

the word "including" is deemed to mean "including without limitation";

        (f)

any reference to this Agreement means this Agreement as amended, modified,
replaced or supplemented from time to time;

        (g)

any reference to a statute, regulation or rule shall be construed to be a
reference thereto as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or
replaced, and any reference to a statute shall include any regulations or rules
made thereunder;

        (h)

all dollar amounts refer to currency of the United States;

        (i)

any time period within which a payment is to be made or any other action is to
be taken hereunder shall be calculated excluding the day on which the period
commences and including the day on which the period ends; and

        (j)

whenever any action is required to be taken or period of time is to expire on a
day other than a Business Day, such action shall be taken or period shall expire
on the next following Business Day.

1.4

Entire Agreement

The Transaction Agreements and the terms of the Special Voting Shares constitute
the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral. There are no conditions,
covenants, agreements, representations, warranties or other provisions, express
or implied, collateral, statutory or otherwise, relating to the subject matter
hereof except as provided in the Transaction Agreements and the terms of the
Special Voting Shares..

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1.5

Time of Essence

Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

1.6

Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction

(a)     This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with, and
the respective rights and obligations of the Parties shall be governed by, the
laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in
that province.

(b)     Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario over any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) waives
any objection that it might otherwise be entitled to assert to the jurisdiction
of such courts and (iii) agrees not to assert that such courts are not a
convenient forum for the determination of any such action or proceeding.

1.7

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, all other
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect
so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Parties hereto.
Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or
incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to
modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties hereto
as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions
contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

ARTICLE 2
VOTING TRUST

2.1

Establishment of Trust

The purpose of this Agreement is to create the Trust for the benefit of the
Beneficiaries, as herein provided and agree on the terms upon which Special
Voting Shares shall be issued or redeemed from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement. The Trustee shall hold the Special Voting Shares in order to
enable the Trustee to exercise the Voting Rights and the Statutory Rights, in
each case, as trustee for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries as provided in this
Agreement.

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ARTICLE 3
INITIAL VOTING TRUST

3.1

Initial Issuance of the Special Voting Shares

Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, 11,333,333 Special Voting
Shares shall be issued and deposited with the Trustee (and the certificate
representing such shares shall be delivered to the Trustee) to be hereafter held
of record by the Trustee as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and
benefit of, the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. The Parent hereby acknowledges receipt of US$113.34 and other good
and valuable consideration (and the adequacy thereof) from the Trustee for the
issuance of the 11,333,333 Special Voting Shares and the Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt of a share certificate representing 11,333,333 Special
Voting Shares.

3.2

Ongoing Issuances or Redemptions of the Special Voting Shares

(a)     The number of Special Voting Shares outstanding at any time shall be
equal to the number of outstanding Preferred Shares held by the Holders at such
time multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing the Liquidation Preference
at such time by the Exchange Price, in effect at such time.

(b)     Within five Business Days of any adjustment or change to the Liquidation
Preference, Exchange Price or the number of outstanding Preferred Shares held by
the Holders, the Parent shall issue and deposit with the Trustee or redeem such
number of outstanding Special Voting Shares as is necessary to ensure that the
aggregate number of Special Voting Shares issued and deposited with the Trustee
under this Agreement is equal to the number of Special Voting Shares calculated
in accordance with Section 3.2(a). Any Special Voting Shares so issued shall
thereafter be held of record by the Trustee as trustee for and on behalf of, and
for the use and benefit of, the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement.

(c)     The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that each Special Voting Share
issued or redeemed in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2(b) shall be
issued or redeemed, as applicable, at a price of $0.00001 per share.

3.3

Ownership of the Special Voting Shares

During the term of the Trust and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall have control and the exclusive administration of
the Special Voting Shares and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights
and powers of an owner with respect to the Special Voting Shares provided that
the Trustee shall:

  (a)

hold the Special Voting Shares and all the rights related thereto as trustee
solely for the use and benefit of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement; and

        (b)

except as specifically authorized by this Agreement, including any transfers to
Affiliates authorized under Section 7.4, have no power or authority to sell,
transfer, vote or otherwise deal in or with the Special Voting Shares, and the
Special Voting Shares shall not be used or disposed of by the Trustee for any
purpose (including for exercising dissent or appraisal rights relating to the
Special Voting Shares) other than the purposes for which this Trust is created
pursuant to this Agreement.

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ARTICLE 4
EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS

4.1

Voting Rights

Subject to Sections 4.2 and 4.3, the Trustee, as the holder of record of the
Special Voting Shares, shall be entitled to all of the Voting Rights, including
the right to vote the Special Voting Shares in person or by proxy on any
matters, questions, proposals or propositions whatsoever that may properly come
before the shareholders of the Parent at a Parent Meeting, subject to the terms
of the Special Voting Shares and the right to consent in connection with a
Parent Consent; provided, that neither the Trustee nor any representative of the
Trustee shall be required to attend any Parent Meeting in person in order to
exercise the Trustee's Voting Rights hereunder. The Voting Rights shall be and
remain vested in and exercised by the Trustee. The Trustee:

  (a)

shall exercise the Voting Rights only on the basis of instructions received from
Beneficiaries entitled to instruct the Trustee as to the voting thereof pursuant
to this Agreement in connection with each Parent Meeting or Parent Consent; and

        (b)

to the extent that no instructions are received from a Beneficiary with respect
to the Voting Rights to which such Beneficiary is entitled, shall not exercise
or permit the exercise of such Voting Rights.

4.2

Excluded Matters

Notwithstanding Section 4.1, the Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any
Voting Rights in connection with any proposal submitted to the shareholders of
the Parent at a Parent Meeting (each, an "Excluded Matter"):

  (a)

to obtain the Shareholder Approval;

        (b)

where the Investors would be restricted from voting by applicable law, including
the requirements, if applicable, of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection
of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions; or

        (c)

in respect of any amendment, waiver, renewal or replacement of the Parent's
Shareholder Rights Plan.

4.3

Number of Votes

(a)     With respect to all meetings of shareholders of the Parent at which
holders of Common Shares are entitled to vote (each, a "Parent Meeting") and
with respect to all written consents sought from holders of Common Shares (each
a "Parent Consent"), each Beneficiary shall be entitled to instruct the Trustee
to cast and exercise, in the manner instructed, that number of votes equal to
its Proportionate Share of the Special Voting Shares outstanding on the Record
Date (the "Beneficiary Votes"), in respect of each matter, question, proposal or
proposition to be voted on at such Parent Meeting or in connection with such
Parent Consent, (other than any Excluded Matters).

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(b)     Notwithstanding Section 4.3(a), until the Shareholder Approval in
respect of the Voting Cap has been obtained, the aggregate number of Beneficiary
Votes shall not exceed 17, 130, 757, being 19.99% of the outstanding Common
Shares on the date hereof (the "Voting Cap") and each Beneficiary shall be
entitled to a number of Beneficiary Votes equal to its Proportionate Share of
such Voting Cap. If and whenever at any time and from time to time after the
date of this Agreement, the Parent shall subdivide, redivide or change its then
outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares or reduce,
combine or consolidate or change its then outstanding Common Shares into a
lesser number of Common Shares, the Voting Cap shall be adjusted accordingly.

(c)     Notwithstanding Section 4.3(a), until the Shareholder Approval in
respect of the Beneficial Ownership Exchange Cap has been obtained, no
Beneficiary shall exercise any Beneficiary Votes in an amount in excess of the
number of Common Shares that such Beneficiary would be entitled to receive upon
exchange of its Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 5.10.1 of the Preferred
Share Terms.

(d)     Notwithstanding Section 4.3(a), until all necessary Regulatory
Approvals, if any, have been obtained, the maximum number of Beneficiary Votes
with respect to which a Beneficiary may provide instructions to the Trustee
shall be limited such that the number of Beneficiary Votes with respect to which
such Beneficiary (and its "affiliates" for the purposes of the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvement Act or the Competition Act (Canada)) may provide
instructions to the Trustee does not exceed the number of votes which such
Beneficiary (and its "affiliates" for the purposes of the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvement Act or the Competition Act (Canada)) is allowed to cast at
any Parent Meeting prior to obtaining all necessary Regulatory Approvals, if any
(the "Regulatory Voting Cap").

(e)     Notwithstanding Sections 4.3(a) and 4.3(d), if (i) any necessary
Regulatory Approvals have not been obtained and (ii) a Beneficiary (and its
"affiliates" for the purposes of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act
or the Competition Act (Canada)) beneficially owns or controls any Common Shares
entitled to vote at a Parent Meeting, then such Beneficiary shall ensure that
(x) the aggregate number of Beneficiary Votes exercised by such Beneficiary (and
its "affiliates" for the purposes of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement
Act or the Competition Act (Canada)) in respect of such Parent Meeting combined
with (y) the aggregate number of votes attached to such Common Shares entitled
to vote at a Parent Meeting that are exercised in respect of such Parent
Meeting, do not exceed the Regulatory Voting Cap.

4.4

Copies of Shareholder Information and Other Materials

(a)     The Parent will mail or cause to be mailed or otherwise communicate to
the Trustee (in the same manner and at the same time as such deliveries or
communications are made to the holders of Common Shares):

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  (i)

copies of all proxy materials (including notices of Parent Meetings but
excluding proxies to vote Common Shares), information statements, reports
(including all interim and annual financial statements) and other written
communications that, in each case, are to be distributed from time to time to
holders of Common Shares; and

        (ii)

with respect to each Parent Meeting at which, or each Parent Consent with
respect to which, the Beneficiaries are entitled to exercise Beneficiary Votes,
a form of direction whereby the Beneficiary may direct and instruct the Trustee
as contemplated herein.

(b)     As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Parent or
shareholders of the Parent (if such receipt is known by the Parent) of any
material sent or given by or on behalf of a third party to holders of Common
Shares generally, including dissident proxy and information circulars (and
related information and material) and take-over bid, issuer bid, tender and
exchange offer circulars (and related information and material), the Parent
shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain and deliver to the
Beneficiaries copies thereof (unless the same has been provided directly to the
Beneficiaries by such third party).

4.5

Entitlement to Direct Votes or Attend Meeting

With respect to any Parent Meeting or Parent Consent, each Beneficiary will be
entitled to instruct the Trustee with respect to the exercise of the Beneficiary
Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled. With respect to any Parent Meeting,
each Beneficiary will be entitled to attend such meeting and personally exercise
thereat, as the proxy of the Trustee, the Beneficiary Votes to which such
Beneficiary is entitled. Any Beneficiary exercising such Beneficiary Votes shall
have the same rights as the Trustee to speak at the Parent Meeting in respect of
any matter, question, proposal or proposition, to vote by way of ballot at the
meeting in respect of any matter, question, proposal or proposition, and to vote
by way of a show of hands in respect of any matter, question or proposition.

ARTICLE 5
EXERCISE OF STATUTORY RIGHTS

5.1

Statutory Rights

Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.2 of the Investor Rights
Agreement, wherever and to the extent that the Act confers a Statutory Right,
the Parent acknowledges and agrees that the Beneficiaries are entitled to the
benefit of such Statutory Right through the Trustee, as the holder of record of
the Special Voting Shares.

5.2

Entitlement to Direct Exercise of Statutory Rights

Upon the written request of a Beneficiary delivered to the Trustee, the Parent
and the Trustee shall cooperate to facilitate the exercise of such Statutory
Right on behalf of the Beneficiary entitled to instruct the Trustee as to the
exercise thereof, such exercise of the Statutory Right to be treated, to the
maximum extent possible, on the basis that such Beneficiary was the registered
owner of a number of Common Shares equal to its Proportionate Share of the
outstanding Special Voting Shares.

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ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

6.1

Powers and Duties of the Trustee

(a)     The rights, powers, duties and authorities of the Trustee under this
Agreement, in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, shall include:

 

(i)

receipt and deposit of the Special Voting Shares as trustee for and on behalf of
the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

 

   

(ii)

granting proxies to Beneficiaries as provided in this Agreement;

 

 

   

(iii)

voting the Beneficiary Votes in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;

 

 

   

(iv)

exercising the Statutory Rights in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;

 

 

   

(v)

holding title to the Trust Estate;

 

 

   

(vi)

investing any monies forming, from time to time, a part of the Trust Estate as
provided in this Agreement; and

 

 

   

(vii)

taking such other actions and doing such other things as are specifically
provided in this Agreement.

(b)     The Trustee in exercising its rights, powers, duties and authorities
hereunder shall act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best
interests of the Beneficiaries and shall exercise the care, diligence and skill
that a reasonably prudent trustee would exercise in comparable circumstances.

(c)     In the exercise of such rights, powers, duties and authorities, the
Trustee is granted by the Investors such incidental and additional rights,
powers, duties and authority not in conflict with any of its obligations
hereunder or the provisions of this Agreement as the Trustee, acting in good
faith and in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, may deem necessary or
appropriate to effect the purpose of the Trust.

6.2

Acceptance of Trust

The Trustee hereby accepts the Trust created and provided for by and in this
Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein
set forth and to hold all rights, privileges and benefits conferred hereby and
by law in trust for the various Holders who shall from time to time be
Beneficiaries, subject to all the terms and conditions herein set forth.

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6.3

Income Tax Returns

The Trustee shall, to the extent necessary, prepare and file on behalf of the
Trust appropriate United States and Canadian income tax returns and any other
returns or reports as may be required by applicable law, the whole at the cost
and expense of the Parent. In connection therewith, the Trustee may obtain the
advice and assistance of such experts or advisors as the Trustee considers
necessary or advisable (who may be experts or advisors to Parent). If requested
by the Trustee, the Parent shall retain qualified experts or advisors for the
purpose of providing such tax advice or assistance.

6.4

Change of Trustee

(a)     Subject to Section 7.4, the Trustee, or any trustee hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the
Parent, the Issuer and the Holders provided that such resignation shall not take
effect until the date of the appointment of a successor trustee by the Parties,
each acting reasonably, and the acceptance of such appointment by the successor
trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Parties shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee. Failing the appointment and acceptance of a
successor trustee, a successor trustee may be appointed by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction upon application of one or more of the Parties to this
Agreement.

(b)     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
herein, the Trustee shall cause to be mailed notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to each Beneficiary.

6.5

Termination of Trust

The Trust created by this Agreement shall continue until the earliest to occur
of the following events:

  (a)

no outstanding Preferred Shares are held by any Holder; and

        (b)

21 years after the death of the last surviving issue of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II alive on the date of the creation of the Trust.

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

7.1

Notices

Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person, transmitted by fax or
e-mail or similar means of recorded electronic communication or sent by
registered mail, charges prepaid, addressed as follows:

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  (i)

in the case of the Parent or the Issuer:

2233 Argentia Drive, Suite 301
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2X7

  Attention: General Counsel   Facsimile: 952.835.1991   E-mail:
jill.barnett@sunopta.ca

with a copy to:

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
155 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3J7

  Attention: Patricia Olasker   Facsimile: 416.863.0871   E-mail:
polasker@dwpv.com

  (ii)

in the case of the Investors:

c/o Oaktree Principal Fund VI (Delaware), L.P.
333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017

  Attention: Ted Crockin   Facsimile: 213.830.6299   E-mail:
tcrockin@oaktree.com

with a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601

  Attention: Dennis M. Myers and Hamed Meshki   Facsimile: 312.862.2200 and
213.808.8145   E-mail: dennis.myers@kirkland.com and hmeshki@kirland.com

and

Stikeman Elliott LLP
1155 Rene-Levesque West, 40th Floor
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 3V2

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  Attention: John W. Leopold and David Masse   Facsimile: 514.397.3222   E-mail:
jleopold@stikeman.com and dmasse@stikeman.com

  (iii)

in the case of any other Holder, to the address of the Holder contained on the
register of Holders maintained by the Issuer.

(b)     Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been
given and received on the day on which it was delivered or transmitted (or, if
such day is not a Business Day or if delivery or transmission is made on a
Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) at the place of receipt, then on the
next following Business Day) or, if mailed, on the third Business Day following
the date of mailing; provided, however, that if at the time of mailing or within
three Business Days thereafter there is or occurs a labour dispute or other
event which might reasonably be expected to disrupt the delivery of documents by
mail, any notice or other communication hereunder shall be delivered or
transmitted by means of recorded electronic communication as aforesaid.

(c)     Any Parties may at any time change its address for service from time to
time by giving notice to the other Parties in accordance with this Section 7.1.

7.2

Amendments and Waivers

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding on
any Parties unless consented to in writing by such Parties. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other provision,
nor shall any waiver of any provision of this Agreement constitute a continuing
waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

7.3

Successor

The Parent shall not effect a Capital Reorganization, other than a Change of
Control, unless as applicable, (i) the resulting Person or continuing
corporation (herein called the "Parent Successor"), by operation of law, shall
become, without more, bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
issue Special Voting Shares to the Trustee in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) if not so bound, the Parent Successor shall
execute, prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such
transaction, a trust agreement supplemental hereto and such other instruments
(if any) to evidence the assumption by the Parent Successor of the obligations
of the Parent under this Agreement, including the issuance of Special Voting
Shares to the Trustee in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, or (iii) the parties amend this Agreement, as reasonably necessary,
in order that this Agreement shall apply with full force and effect, mutatis
mutandis, to all new securities into which Common Shares are changed as a result
of such Capital Reorganization.

7.4

Assignment

No Parties may assign any of its rights or benefits under this Agreement, or
delegate any of its duties or obligations, except with the prior written consent
of the other Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing (a) each Holder may assign
and transfer all of its rights under this Agreement, without the consent of the
other Parties, to an Affiliate in connection with the sale or other disposition
of any Preferred Shares to such Affiliate, in accordance with the Preferred
Share Terms and the Investor Rights Agreement and (b) the Trustee may assign and
transfer the Special Voting Shares, together with all of its rights, duties and
obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate of the Trustee, without the
consent of the other Parties.

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7.5

Successors and Assigns

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding on and
enforceable by and against the Parties and their respective successors or heirs,
executors, administrators and other legal personal representatives, and
permitted assigns.

7.6

Further Assurances

Each of the Parties hereto shall, from time to time hereafter and upon any
reasonable request of the other, promptly do, execute, deliver or cause to be
done, executed and delivered all further acts, documents and things as may be
required or necessary for the purposes of giving effect to this Agreement.

7.7

Counterparts

This Agreement and all documents contemplated by or delivered under or in
connection with this Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of
counterparts, with the same effect as if all Parties had signed and delivered
the same document, and all counterparts shall be construed together to be an
original and will constitute one and the same agreement.

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