NEW ORLEANS, March 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC ("KGS"), the law firm that filed the first class action lawsuit against SunOpta, Inc. ("SunOpta" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:STKL) seeking a recovery for investors, announces that Friday, March 28, 2008 is the deadline to file lead plaintiff applications. KGS's lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of shareholders who purchased the common stock of the Company between August 8, 2007 and January 25, 2008, inclusive (the "Class Period"). No class has yet been certified in this action.
UNLESS A CLASS IS CERTIFIED, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL UNLESS YOU RETAIN AN ATTORNEY.
If you would like to discuss your legal rights, you may e-mail or call KGS Managing Partner Lewis Kahn, without obligation or cost to you, toll free 1-866-467-1400, ext. 100, via cell phone after hours at 504-301-7900, or by email at lewis.kahn@kgscounsel.com. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
SunOpta and certain of the Company's officers and directors are charged with making a series of materially false and misleading statements related to the Company's business and operations in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
To learn more about KGS, you may visit www.kgscounsel.com. KGS is a law firm focused on securities class action litigation with offices in New Orleans and New York City.
KGS' lawyers have significant experience litigating complex securities fraud class actions. Among other cases, KGS has been appointed Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in the following securities cases: In re: U.S. Auto Parts Networks, Inc. Securities Litigation, C.D. Cal.; In re Optionable, Inc. Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y.; In re Xethanol Corporation Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y.; Pixelplus Co. Ltd., S.D.N.Y.; In re Witness Systems Inc. Securities Litigation, N.D. Ga.; Whitney Information Network, M.D. Fla.; Bodisen Biotech, Inc., S.D.N.Y.; Pegasus Wireless Corp., S.D. Fla.; In re Xinhua Finance Media, Ltd. Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y.; Terayon Comm. Systems Inc., N.D. Cal.; Gaming Partners, D. Nev.; and In re BigBand Networks, Inc. Securities Litigation, N.D. Cal.
More information on this and other class actions can be found on the Class Action Newsline at www.primenewswire.com/ca/