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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number: 000-19914
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
COTT BEVERAGES SAN BERNARDINO SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN
Cott USA Corp.
4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd.
Suite # 290
Tampa, Florida 33607
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
COTT CORPORATION
     
207 Queen’s Quay West
Suite 340
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 1A7
  4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd.
Suite # 290
Tampa, Florida 33607
 
 

 


 

Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Index
 
             
        Page(s)
 
           
Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm     1  
 
           
Financial Statements        
 
           
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits December 31, 2006 and 2005     2  
 
           
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005     3  
 
           
Notes to Financial Statements     4 - 8  
 
           
Supplemental Schedules        
 
           
Schedule I:
  Schedule H, Line 4(i) — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2006     9  
 
           
Schedule II:
  Schedule H, Line 4(j) — Schedule of Reportable Transactions December 31, 2006     10  
 
           
Schedule III:
  Schedule H, Line 4(i) — Schedule of Assets (Acquired and Disposed of Within the Plan Year) December 31, 2006     11  
 
           
Schedule IV:
  Schedule of Loans or Fixed Income Obligations in Default or Classified as Uncollectible December 31, 2006     12  
 
           
Schedule V:
  Schedule of Leases in Default or Classified as Uncollectible December 31, 2006     13  
 
           
Schedule VI:
  Schedule of Non-Exempt Transactions December 31, 2006     14  

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Administrator of
Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Tampa, Florida
June 22, 2007

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
                 
    2006     2005  
 
Assets
               
Noninterest bearing cash
  $ 5,974     $ 20  
Investments, at fair value
    2,378,691       1,996,830  
 
           
 
    2,384,665       1,996,850  
 
           
Contributions receivable
               
Participant
          16,808  
Employer
          11,120  
 
           
 
          27,928  
 
           
Liabilities
               
Due to broker
    5,977       7  
Excess contributions payable to participants
    2,048        
 
           
 
    8,025       7  
 
           
Net assets available for benefits at fair value
    2,376,640       2,024,771  
 
           
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective investment trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts (Note 2)
    5,634       11,687  
 
           
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 2,382,274     $ 2,036,458  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
                 
    2006     2005  
 
Additions to net assets attributed to
               
Participant contributions
  $ 201,484     $ 188,459  
Employer contributions
    126,209       110,063  
Interest and dividend income
    62,250       28,526  
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    111,092       12,596  
 
           
Total additions
    501,035       339,644  
 
           
Deductions from net assets attributed to
               
Benefit payments
    145,921       81,861  
Administrative costs
    9,298       8,046  
 
           
Total deductions
    155,219       89,907  
 
           
Net increase
    345,816       249,737  
Net assets available for benefits
               
Beginning of year
    2,036,458       1,786,721  
 
           
End of year
  $ 2,382,274     $ 2,036,458  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
1.   Description of Plan
 
    General
 
    The following description of the Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan is a defined contribution savings and investment plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) covering union employees 18 years or older who have completed three months of service with Cott Beverages, Inc. (formerly Cott Beverages USA, Inc.) (the “Company”). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Wachovia Retirement Services Company (“Wachovia”) served as the trustee and custodian.
 
    Contributions
 
    Active participants can contribute up to 15% of earnings, to a maximum of $15,000 for 2006 and $14,000 for 2005, to the Plan in the form of basic contributions. On October 1, 2005, the Plan was amended to increase the Company match on dollar for dollar employee contributions up to 3% of the participant’s earnings. Prior to October 1, 2005, the Company matched the employee contribution dollar for dollar up to 2% of the participant’s earnings. Investment in Cott Corporation Common Stock is optional for Plan participants. The Company also contributes a nonelective contribution equal to 2% of the participant’s compensation regardless of whether they elect to contribute to the Plan. Contributions in excess of those allowed by Internal Revenue Code Section 401(K) (3) are reflected as excess participant contributions.
 
    Vesting
 
    Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching and nonelective contribution portion of their accounts, plus actual earnings thereon, is at a rate of 20% per year. A participant is 100% vested after 5 years of credited service.
 
    Investment Options
 
    Prior to June 30, 2006, the plan provided participants with nine diverse mutual funds, a collective investment trust fund and Cott Corporation Common Stock, as investment options in which to invest their contributions. Effective June 30, 2006, the Plan provides participants with eleven diverse mutual funds, two collective investment trust funds and Cott Corporation Common Stock, as investment options in which to invest their contributions.
 
    Benefit Payments
 
    Vested benefits of retired, disabled, or terminated employees are distributed as a single lump-sum payment and are recorded when paid.
 
2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
    Basis of Presentation
 
    The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, except for benefits paid to participants, which are recorded when paid.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
    Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
 
    With the exception of the Cott Corporation Common Stock, the Plan invests in diverse mutual fund and two collective investment trust funds managed by Wachovia Securities as of December 31, 2006. Effective June 30, 2006, the collective investment trust fund managed by Gartmore Trust Company was liquidated and all proceeds from liquidation were invested in collective investment trust funds managed by Wachovia Securities. Each account is valued at quoted market prices to determine a current fund value. Investments in securities for which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales price exists, at the closing bid price.
 
    As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (“FSP”), investment contracts held in a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through a collective investment trust. As required by the FSP, the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the investment in the collective investment trust as well as the investment in the collective investment trust from fair value to contract value relating to the investment contracts. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. Therefore the presentation of the December 31, 2006 and 2005 financial statement amounts include the presentation of fair value with an adjustment to contract value for such investments. The December 31, 2005 plans were retroactively restated to conform with the standard.
 
    Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend basis. The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its investments which consists of the realized gains and losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.
 
    Participant Accounts
 
    Participant accounts are credited with units by investment fund for participant contributions, employer contributions and fund transfers. Unit values are calculated daily to reflect the gains or losses of the underlying fund investments and expenses. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocation of plan earnings. Allocations are based on account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the units in the participant’s account by fund multiplied by the appropriate unit values on the valuation date.
 
    Use of Estimates
 
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
    Administrative Costs
 
    Substantially all administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company. Additionally, participant returns are reported net of investment management fees and other administrative expense.
 
3.   Plan Termination
 
    Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions and terminate the Plan. Upon a complete or partial termination of the Plan, the account of each affected participant will fully vest. The form and timing of payment will be as determined under the Plan at the time of plan termination.
 
4.   Tax Status
 
    The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated June 29, 2004, that the Plan is qualified, and that the trust established under the plan is tax exempt under the applicable sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statement.
 
5.   Forfeitures
 
    Forfeited nonvested amounts were $3,021 and $1,724 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These are included in the Plan’s investments and are available to reduce future employer contributions and administrative expenses.
 
6.   Collective Investment Trust
 
    The Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund (the “Value Fund”), Wachovia Equity Index Trust Fund (the “Equity Index”), offered to participants of the Plan, are collective investment trust funds managed by Wachovia Securities. The Gartmore Morley Stable Value Fund investment fund (the “Morley Stable Value”), offered to participants of the Plan, is a collective investment trust fund managed by Gartmore Trust Company. The Value Fund and Morley Stable Value consist of a diversified portfolio of high quality stable value investment contracts issued by life insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions. The Equity Index consists of a diversified portfolio of high quality equity investments. Income is accrued daily and reinvested in the Fund. The accrual of income is reflected in the Fund’s unit price which is priced daily and is not held constant.
 
    Effective June 30, 2006, Gartmore Morley Stable Value Fund investment fund was liquidated and all proceeds from the liquidation were invested in the Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund.
 
7.   Related Party Transactions
 
    Fees paid by the Plan for trustee management services amounted to $9,298 and $8,046 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These fees qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
    The Plan investments include shares of Cott Corporation Common Stock. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Certain Plan investments are managed by Wachovia. Wachovia is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, the Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund and Wachovia Equity Index Trust Fund qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Evergreen Core Bond Fund and Evergreen International Equity Fund are mutual funds managed by subsidiaries of Wachovia; therefore, they qualify as party-interest transactions.
 
8.   Investments
 
    The following table presents the Plan’s investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s assets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
                 
    2006     2005  
 
American Funds Balanced Fund
  $ 348,609     $ 295,535  
American Funds Growth Fund of America
    874,458       764,839  
Cott Corporation Common Stock
          126,890  
Evergreen Core Bond Fund
    247,113       272,688  
Gartmore Morley Stable Value Fund
          512,574  
Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund
    642,641        
    During 2006 and 2005, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value by $111,092 and $12,596, respectively, as follows:
                 
    2006     2005  
 
Collective Investment Trust Fund
  $ 25,201     $ 15,302  
Common Stock
    (2,615 )     (88,509 )
Mutual Funds
    88,506       85,803  
 
           
 
  $ 111,092     $ 12,596  
 
           
9.   Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
 
    The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005:
                 
    2006     2005  
 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 2,382,274     $ 2,036,458  
Less: Current year employer contributions receivable
          (11,120 )
Current year participant contributions receivable
          (16,808 )
Plus: Current year excess contributions payable to participants
    2,048        
 
           
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
  $ 2,384,322     $ 2,008,530  
 
           

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
    The following is a reconciliation of additions per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005:
                 
    2006     2005  
 
Participant contributions per the financial statements
  $ 201,484     $ 188,459  
Plus: Prior year participant contribution receivable
    16,808       12,803  
Plus: Current year excess contributions payable to participants per financial statement
    2,048        
Less: Current year participant contribution receivable
          (16,808 )
 
           
Participant contributions per Form 5500
  $ 220,340     $ 184,454  
 
           
Employer contributions per the financial statements
  $ 126,209     $ 110,063  
Plus: Prior year employer contribution receivable
    11,120       7,547  
Less: Current year employer contribution receivable
          (11,120 )
 
           
Employer contributions per Form 5500
  $ 137,329     $ 106,490  
 
           
10.   Risks and Uncertainties
 
    The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2006   Schedule I
 
                         
Identity of Issue, Borrower,                   Current  
Lessor or Similar Party   Description of Investment     Cost     Value  
 
                       
American Funds Balanced Fund
  Mutual Fund   $     $ 348,609  
American Funds Growth Fund of America
  Mutual Fund           874,458  
Columbia Large Cap Value
  Mutual Fund           2,941  
Columbia Small Cap Value II
  Mutual Fund           1,483  
Davis New York Venture Fund
  Mutual Fund           52,196  
Evergreen Core Bond Fund *
  Mutual Fund           247,113  
Evergreen International Equity *
  Mutual Fund           13,716  
Fidelity Advisor Mid Cap Fund
  Mutual Fund           22,708  
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund
  Mutual Fund           18,524  
Thornburg Core Growth
  Mutual Fund           27,366  
Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund*
  Collective Investment Trust Fund           648,275  
Wachovia Equity Index Trust Fund*
  Collective Investment Trust Fund           12,213  
Cott Corporation*
  Common Stock           114,723  
 
                   
 
          $     $ 2,384,325  
 
                   
 
*   Party-In-Interest as defined by ERISA.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm.

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule H, Line 4(j) — Schedule of Reportable Transactions
Year Ended December 31, 2006   Schedule II
 
The Plan executed no transactions as defined.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule H, Line 4(i) — Schedule of Assets (Acquired and Disposed of Within the Plan Year)
Year Ended December 31, 2006   Schedule III
 
The Plan executed no transactions as defined.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule of Loans or Fixed Income Obligations in Default or Classified as Uncollectible
Year Ended December 31, 2006   Schedule IV
 
The Plan executed no transactions as defined.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule of Leases in Default or Classified as Uncollectible
Year Ended December 31, 2006   Schedule V
 
The Plan executed no transactions as defined.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

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Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings & Retirement Plan
Schedule of Non-Exempt Transactions
Year Ended December 31, 2006   Schedule VI
 
The Plan executed no transactions as defined.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Cott Beverages San Bernardino
Savings & Retirement Plan
 
 
  By:   /s/ Sher Zaman    
    Sher Zaman   
    Director of Human Resources,
Cott Corporation 
 
 
June 29, 2007