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{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Cott Corporation
| logo =
| company_type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{TSX|BCB}} {{NYSE|COT}})
| genre =
| foundation = 1952
| founder =
| location_city = [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| location_country = [[Canada]]
| location =
| locations = 21<ref>[http://www.cott.com/cott/about/where Cott Locations]</ref>
| area_served =
| key_people = [[Chairman]] Frank E. Weise III<br />SVP Wal-Mart: Jason Nichol<br /> Interim CEO and Director: David T. (Dave) Gibbons
| industry = [[Beverage]]
| products = soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, teas and water
| services = [[Private label]]
| market cap =
| revenue = $1.77 Billion
| operating_income = $198.40 Million
| net_income = ($71.4) Million Loss
| assets = $1.1 Billion
| equity = $409.7 Million
| owner =
| num_employees = 2,996<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=cot Yahoo! Finance Cott Corp. Profile]</ref>
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid = [[#Subsidaries|see below]]
| homepage = [http://www.cott.com/ cott.com]
| footnotes =
| intl =
}}
'''Cott Corporation''' is a leading supplier of [[private label]] [[carbonated]] [[soft drink]]s distributing to [[Canada]], the [[United States]], [[Mexico]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Europe]]. In addition to producing many private-label beverages for retailers, Cott also has a large and growing portfolio of its own brands. These brands include Cott, [[Royal Crown Cola|RC]] (excluding North America), [[Ben Shaws]], [[Stars & Stripes (soft drink)|Stars & Stripes]], [[Vintage (soft drink)|Vintage]] and [[Vess]] soft drinks. Recently, Cott has been expanding its product line into ready-to-drink teas, sparkling and flavoured waters, sports and [[energy drink]]s, juice drinks and [[smoothie]]s. These newer Cott brands include [[Orient Emporium]], [[GL-7]], [[Red Rain Energy]] and [[After Shock Energy]].
== History ==
Cott began as a Canadian company importing bottled and canned carbonated beverages into [[Québec]] from the United States in 1952 and afterwards began to bottle and can beverages in Québec. From 1976 to 1991, Cott expanded its distribution throughout Canada and into the United States and Europe. During the 1970s, labels of its products were printed with the punning slogan "It's Cott to be good". Vess Beverage assets and division, Vess Specialty Packaging Company, was purchased in 1994.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6D7103BF932A35755C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Company New; Cott buys Missouri Bottler for $27.4 Million]</ref>
In October of 2000, Concord Beverages, with its Vintage brand seltzer water, is acquired from Honickman Group.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Oct_18/ai_66198037 Cott Corporation Has Acquired Honickman Group's Concord Beverage To Strengthen U.S. Presence; Earnings, Excluding One-Time Gain, Triple In The 7th Profitable Quarter]</ref>
In April 2007, Cott was said to be considering a bid for [[Cadbury Schweppes]] soft drinks business.<ref>[http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=cott&y=0&aje=true&x=0&id=070414000567 FT.com / Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In 2007, in conjunction with the premier of the ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', Cott partnered with [[7-Eleven]] to produce "[[Buzz Cola]]", a fictional soda found in the ''[[The Simpsons]]'' television series.<ref name=COTT>{{cite news |url=http://www.cott.com/investors/news/newsRelease/?reqid=1027902 |title=Cott Reports Q2 Results |publisher=[[Cott Corporation]]|date=2007-07-19 |accessdate=2008-03-23 }}</ref>
== Corporate Governance ==
* [[David T. Gibbons]], Interim CEO
* [[Rick Dobry]], President, North America
* [[David Vigneault]], Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart
* [[Edmund O’Keeffe]], Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations
* [[Juan Figuereo]], Chief Financial Officer
* [[Wynn Willard]], President, International
===Board of Directors===
* [[David T. Gibbons]], President and CEO
* [[Colin J. Adair]], First Vice President, Investment Advisor, [[CIBC World Markets|CIBC World Markets Inc.]]
* [[W. John Bennett]], Chairman and Trustee, Benvest New Look Income Fund
* [[George A. Burnett]], Chief Executive Officer, Alta Colleges, Inc.
* [[Serge Gouin, Chairman]], [[Quebecor Media Inc.]]
* [[Stephen H. Halperin]], Partner, [[Goodmans LLP]]
* [[Betty Jane (Scheihing) Hess]], Corporate Director
* [[Philip Livingston]], Chief Financial Officer, [[Duff & Phelps]] LLC
* [[Christine Magee]], President, [[Sleep Country Canada]] Inc.
* [[Andrew Prozes]], Global Chief Executive Officer, [[LexisNexis]] Group
* [[Donald G. Watt]], Chairman & CEO, DW + Partners Inc.
* [[Frank E. Weise III]], Operating Partner & Managing Director, [[J.W. Childs Associates]], L.P
==Subsidaries==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Subsidary
! state of incorporation
! holdings
|-
| Cott Holdings Inc.
| Delaware & Nova Scotia
| 100%
|-
| Cott USA Corp.
| Georgia
| 100%
|-
| Cott Beverages Inc.*
| Georgia
| 100%
|-
| Northeast Retailer Brands LLC
| Delaware
| 51%
|-
| Cott Vending Inc.
| Delaware
| 100%
|-
| Cott International Trading, Ltd.
| Barbados
| 100%
|-
| BCB International Holdings
| Cayman Islands
| 100%
|-
| BCB European Holdings
| Cayman Islands
| 100%
|-
| Cott Retail Brands Limited
| United Kingdom
| 100%
|-
| Cott Europe Trading Limited
| United Kingdom
| 100%
|-
| Cott Beverages Limited
| United Kingdom
| 100%
|}
===Cott Beverages Inc.===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Subsidary
! state of incorporation
! holdings
|-
| Interim BCB, LLC
| Delaware
| 100%
|-
| Northeast Retailer Brands LLC
| Delaware
| 51%
|-
| Cott Vending Inc.
| Delaware
| 100%
|}
<ref>[http://www.secinfo.com/dr89b.371.z.htm#1stPage EX-21.1 · List of Subsidiaries of Cott Corporation]</ref>
==External links==
* [http://www.cott.com/ Cott Official Website]
==References==
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[[Category:Food companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Beverage companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Soft drinks]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1952]]
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