Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010

OR

 

¨ 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:

THE RESTATED COTT USA 401(K)

SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN

5519 West Idlewild Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33634

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

COTT CORPORATION

 

6525 Viscount Road

Mississauga, Ontario

 

5519 West Idlewild Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33634

 

 

 


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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) 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, 2010 and 2009
     2   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4–11   

Supplemental Schedule

  
Schedule I:   Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2010      12   
Schedule II:   Schedule H, Line 4(a) - Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions December 31, 2010      13   

 

* All other schedules required by the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.


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Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Administrator of

The Restated Cott USA 401(k) 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 The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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 Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) and Schedule H, Line 4(a) - Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions 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. The 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
July 14, 2011

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     2010      2009  

Assets

     

Investments, at fair value

   $ 39,463,159       $ 31,321,040   

Notes receivable from participants

     2,019,021         1,716,076   

Due from brokers

     —           43,011   

Participant contributions receivable

     304,645         76,285   

Employer contributions receivable

     168,171         41,881   
                 
     41,954,996         33,198,293   
                 

Liabilities

     

Due to brokers

     —           40,553   

Excess contributions payable to participants

     8,270         30,110   
                 

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

     41,946,726         33,127,630   
                 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective investment trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts (Note 2)

     99,105         140,727   
                 

Net Assets Available for Benefits

   $ 42,045,831       $ 33,268,357   
                 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     2010      2009  

Additions to net assets attributed to

     

Participant contributions

   $ 3,004,838       $ 2,594,731   

Employer contributions

     1,335,952         1,307,670   

Rollover contributions and other deposits

     404,713         130,615   

Investment income

     433,389         441,587   

Other income

     128,931         —     

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

     78,092         92,813   

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

     3,090,500         8,187,512   
                 

Total additions

     8,476,415         12,754,928   
                 

Deductions from net assets attributed to

     

Benefits paid to participants

     3,268,817         3,319,688   

Administrative costs

     119,638         134,403   
                 

Total deductions

     3,388,455         3,454,091   
                 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits before transfers

     5,087,960         9,300,837   

Transfers from other plans (Note 1)

     3,689,514         —     
                 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits

     8,777,474         9,300,837   

Net Assets Available for Benefits

     

Beginning of year

     33,268,357         23,967,520   
                 

End of year

   $ 42,045,831       $ 33,268,357   
                 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

1. Description of Plan

General

The following description of The Restated Cott USA 401(k) 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 substantially all full-time employees 18 years or older who have completed six months of service with Cott Beverages, Inc. (formerly Cott Beverages USA, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cott Corporation (the “Company”). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

Effective February 15, 2010, the Company changed the Plan’s trustee and custodian from Wachovia Retirement Services Company (“Wachovia”) to New York Life Retirement Services (“NY Life”). The Company also merged the Cott Beverages San Bernardino Savings and Retirement Plan (“San Bernardino”) and The Cott USA St. Louis 401(k) (“St. Louis”) Plan with and into the Plan effective February 15, 2010. Total plan assets transferred from the San Bernardino and St. Louis plans were $3,689,514.

Participant Accounts

Participant accounts are credited with units by investment for participant contributions, employer contributions, fund transfers and participant loan repayments. Unit values are calculated daily to reflect the gains or losses of the underlying investments and expenses. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocation of Plan earnings (losses). 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 investment multiplied by the appropriate unit values on the valuation date.

Contributions

Participation in the Plan is voluntary. Active participants can contribute up to 30% of earnings, to a maximum of $16,500 for 2010 and 2009 to the Plan in the form of basic contributions. Contributions in excess of those allowed by IRC Section 401(k)(3) are reflected as excess participant contributions. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. The Company matches the employee contributions dollar for dollar up to 6% of the participant’s earnings for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Investment in Cott Corporation Common Stock is optional for Plan participants. Non-matching Company contributions may be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company. There were no non-matching contributions for the years ended December 31, 2010 or 2009.

Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching and discretionary contribution portion of their accounts, plus actual earnings thereon, is at a rate of 20% for the first year based on eligibility date. A participant is 100% vested after 2 years of credited service.

Investment Options

The Plan provides participants with twenty-three diverse mutual funds, one collective investment trust fund and Cott Corporation Common Stock, as investment options in which to invest their contributions.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from their accounts up to a maximum of the lesser of $50,000, or 50% of their account balance. The term of the loan shall not exceed 5 years except for loans to purchase a primary residence, in which case the term of the loan shall not exceed 15 years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate of prime plus 1% as of the date of loan origination. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions.

Benefit Payments

Vested benefits of retired, disabled, or terminated employees are distributed in several methods as elected by the participant or, when applicable, the participant’s beneficiary. The methods of distribution include single lump-sum payments; or provided the participant’s vested account exceeds $5,000, in periodic monthly, quarterly or annual installments; or in periodic partial-sum payments, in accordance with nondiscriminatory and objective standards and procedures consistently applied by the administrator; or to the extent the participant’s vested account is invested in employer securities, in a single payment in the form of whole shares of stock, with any fractional shares, and the cash and cash equivalent portions of the underlying unitized stock account, being distributed in cash.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

ASU No. 2010-25 – Reporting Loans to Participants by Defined Contribution Pension Plans

In September 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-25, “Reporting Loans to Participants by Defined Contribution Pension Plans” (“ASU 2010-25”). ASU 2010-25 requires that participant loans be classified as notes receivable from participants, which are segregated from plan investments and measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. ASU 2010-25 should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented. The Plan adopted the provisions of this update as of January 1, 2010. Accordingly, participant loans as of December 31, 2009 have been reclassified to conform to the 2010 presentation in the accompanying financial statements. The reclassification had no effect on net assets available for benefits.

ASU No. 2011-04 – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs” (“ASU 2011-04”). ASU 2011-04 was issued to provide a consistent definition of fair value and to ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 also changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements, particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. We will adopt this standard update during the first quarter of 2012. The adoption of this standard update is not expected to have a significant impact on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell our asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 9 for further discussion.

As described in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 962-325-35, Plan Accounting – Defined Contribution Pension Plans,” 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 common collective investment trust. As required by the ASC, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the investment in the common collective investment trust as well as the adjustment of the investment in the common collective investment trust from fair value to contract value relating to the investment contracts. The Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. Therefore the presentation of the December 31, 2010 and 2009 financial statement amounts include the presentation of fair value with an adjustment to contract value for such investments.

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 date. The Plan presents in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits the net appreciation in fair value of its investments which consists of the realized gains and losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

Contributions

Participant and employer contributions are recorded in the period during which payroll deductions are made from the participants’ earnings.

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.

Administrative Costs

Substantially all administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan. Additionally, participant returns are reported net of investment management fees and other administrative expenses.

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 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

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

Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan was amended to provide for as an automatic enrollment 401(k) safe-harbor plan. The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated July 7, 2010, that the Plan, and the related trust, are designed in accordance with the applicable sections of the IRC and therefore, the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt under the applicable sections of the IRC.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require the Plan’s management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognized a tax liability or asset if the examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or asset or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2007.

 

5. Forfeitures

Forfeited nonvested amounts at December 31, 2010 and 2009 were $196,529 and $43,195, respectively. These are included in the Plan’s investments and are available to reduce future employer contributions and pay administrative expenses. Forfeited nonvested amounts used to reduce employer contributions and pay administrative expenses were $73,918 and $106,031 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

6. Common Collective Investment Trust

The New York Life Anchor Account II Fund (the “Anchor Fund”) offered to participants of the Plan is a common collective investment trust fund managed by NY Life. The Anchor Fund consists of a diversified portfolio of high quality stable value investment contracts issued by life insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions. 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.

The Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund (the “Value Fund”) and Wachovia Equity Index Trust Fund (the “Equity Index Fund”), offered to participants of the Plan through December 2010, are collective investment trust funds managed by Wachovia Securities. The Value Fund consists of a diversified portfolio of high quality stable value investment contracts issued by life insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions. The Equity Index Fund consists of a diversified portfolio of high quality equity investments. Income is accrued daily and reinvested in the funds. The accrual of income is reflected in each fund’s unit price which is priced daily and is not held constant.

 

7. Related-Party Transactions

Fees paid by the Plan for trustee management services amounted to $73,918 and $94,560 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These fees qualify as party-in-interest transactions and are recorded in administrative costs in the accompanying Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

The Plan’s investments include shares of Cott Corporation Common Stock and mutual funds managed by the trustee and therefore these transactions qualify as party-in-interest

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

transactions. Shares of Cott Corporation common stock purchased by the Plan during 2010 and 2009 were $1,010,842 and $934,193, respectively. Shares of Cott Corporation common stock sold by the Plan during 2010 and 2009 were $935,386 and $1,393,905, respectively. Additionally, loans to participants qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

 

8. Investments

The following tables present the Plan’s investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s assets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

     2010      2009  

New York Life Anchor Account II Fund

   $ 8,693,398       $ —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2015 Fund A

     2,668,748         —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2020 Fund A

     3,943,528         —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2025 Fund A

     4,649,355         —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2030 Fund A

     3,421,054         —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2035 Fund A

     3,342,308         —     

JP Morgan SmartRet 2040 Fund A

     2,121,183         —     

Cott Corporation Common Stock

     5,020,327         3,866,013   

American Balanced Fund

     —           6,416,419   

American Funds Growth Fund of America

     —           6,396,212   

JP Morgan Core Bond Fund Select

     —           2,218,134   

Wachovia Diversified Stable Value Fund

     —           6,606,386   

During 2010 and 2009, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value as follows:

 

     2010      2009  

Collective Investment Trust Fund

   $ 153,973       $ 209,680   

Common Stock

     565,623         4,244,398   

Mutual funds

     2,370,904         3,733,434   
                 
   $ 3,090,500       $ 8,187,512   
                 

 

9. Fair Value Measurements

ASC No. 820 establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC No. 820 are described below:

Level 1 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2 – Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

   

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

   

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

 

   

Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;

 

   

Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value:

 

   

Common stocks: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded and as such are generally categorized as level 1.

 

   

Mutual funds: Valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares held by the plan at year end and as such are generally categorized as level 1.

 

   

Common Collective Investment Trust fund: Valued based on the fair value of the underlying investments (Refer to Note 2 “Investment Valuation and Income Recognition”).

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. There have been no changes in methodologies used at December 31, 2010 and 2009.

 

     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds

           

Equity

   $ 3,077,249       $ —         $ —         $ 3,077,249   

International Equity

     488,372         —           —           488,372   

Fixed Income

     250,518         —           —           250,518   

Balanced

     21,811,142         —           —           21,811,142   

Money Market

     122,153         —           —           122,153   

Common Stock

     5,020,327         —           —           5,020,327   

Common Collective Investment Trust

     —           8,693,398         —           8,693,398   
                                   

Total assets at fair value

   $ 30,769,761       $ 8,693,398       $ —         $ 39,463,159   
                                   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2009  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds

           

Equity

   $ 10,436,280       $ —         $ —         $ 10,436,280   

International Equity

     805,999         —           —           805,999   

Fixed Income

     2,818,511         —           —           2,818,511   

Balanced

     6,416,419         —           —           6,416,419   

Common Stock

     3,866,013         —           —           3,866,013   

Common Collective Investment Trust

     —           6,977,818         —           6,977,818   
                                   

Total assets at fair value

   $ 24,343,222       $ 6,977,818       $ —         $ 31,321,040   
                                   

This table has been restated to conform to ASU 2010-25.

 

10. 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, which was prepared on a cash basis, as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

     2010     2009  

Net Assets Available for Benefits per the financial statements

   $ 42,045,831      $ 33,268,357   

Less: Current year participant contributions receivable

     (304,645     (76,285

Less: Current year employer contributions receivable

     (168,171     (41,881

Plus: Current year excess contributions payable to participants

     8,270        30,110   

Less: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective investment trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (99,105     (140,727
                

Net Assets Available for Benefits per Form 5500

   $ 41,482,180      $ 33,039,574   
                

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of additions to net assets per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

     2010     2009  

Participant contributions per the financial statements

   $ 3,004,838      $ 2,594,731   

Plus: Additional prior year excess contributions payable to participants

     (30,110     217   

Plus: Current year excess contributions payable to participants per the financial statements

     8,270        30,110   

Plus: Prior year participant contributions receivable

     76,285        164,843   

Less: Current year participant contributions receivable

     (304,645     (76,285
                

Participant contributions per Form 5500

   $ 2,754,638      $ 2,713,616   
                

Employer contributions per the financial statements

   $ 1,335,952      $ 1,307,670   

Plus: Prior year employer contributions receivable

     41,881        129,751   

Less: Current year employer contributions receivable

     (168,171     (41,881
                

Employer contributions per Form 5500

   $ 1,209,662      $ 1,395,540   
                

The following is a reconciliation of Net appreciation in fair value of investments per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

     2010     2009  

Net appreciation in fair value of investments per the financial statements

   $ 3,090,500      $ 8,187,512   

Plus: Prior year adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective investment trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     140,727        329,648   

Less: Current year adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective investment trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (99,105     (140,727
                

Net appreciation in fair value of investments per Form 5500

   $ 3,132,122      $ 8,376,433   
                

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan   
Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)   
December 31, 2010    Schedule I

 

 

(a)    (b)    (c)   (d)      (e)  
    

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor or Similar Party

   Description of Investment   Cost**     

Current

Value

 

*

   New York Life Anchor Account II Fund    Collective Investment Trust Fund     N/A       $ 8,693,398   
   Columbia Strategic Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         195,344   
   JP Morgan Core Bond Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         250,518   
   JP Morgan SmartRet Income A    Mutual Fund     N/A         25,118   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2010 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         629,302   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2015 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         2,668,748   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2020 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         3,943,528   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2025 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         4,649,355   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2030 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         3,421,054   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2035 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         3,342,308   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2040 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         2,121,183   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2045 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         654,966   
   JP Morgan SmartRet 2050 Fund A    Mutual Fund     N/A         355,580   
   Columbia Large Cap Index Z    Mutual Fund     N/A         203,943   
   MFS Total Return Fd Cl R3    Mutual Fund     N/A         304,941   
   American Century Heritage A    Mutual Fund     N/A         365,873   
   Davis New York Venture Fund(A)    Mutual Fund     N/A         380,393   
   Pru Jennison Small Company A    Mutual Fund     N/A         251,806   
   MainStay ICAP Select Equity R2    Mutual Fund     N/A         361,753   
   MainStay Large Cap Growth R2    Mutual Fund     N/A         420,858   
   Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund (S)    Mutual Fund     N/A         161,820   
   Invesco VK Small Cap Value A    Mutual Fund     N/A         430,518   
   American EuroPacific Growth R3    Mutual Fund     N/A         488,372   

*

   Cott Corporation Common Stock    Common Stock     N/A         5,020,327   
   MainStay Cash Reserves Fund I    Mutual Fund     N/A         122,153   

*

   Participant Loans ***    Interest rates of 4.25% to 9.5%     N/A         2,019,021   
                
           $ 41,482,180   
                

 

* Party-in-interest defined by ERISA.
** Under ERISA, an asset held for investment purposes is any asset held by the Plan on the last day of the Plan’s fiscal year or acquired at any time during the Plan’s fiscal year and disposed of any time before the last day of the Plan’s fiscal year, with certain exceptions. Cost information may be omitted with respect to the participant directed investment.
*** Participant Loans have maturity dates ranging from 2011 to 2017.

See Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm.

 

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The Restated Cott USA 401(k) Savings & Retirement Plan   
Schedule H, Line 4(a) - Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions   
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010    Schedule II

 

 

      Total That Constitute Nonexempt Prohibited Transactions     Total Fully Corrected
Under Voluntary

Fiduciary Correction
Program (VCFP) and
Prohibited Transaction
Exemption

2002-51
 

Participant

Contributions

Transferred Late to

Plan

    Contributions  Not
Corrected
    Contributions
Corrected  Outside
National Family
Caregiver Program
    Contributions
Pending
Correction in VCFP
   
$ 730,056      $ —        $ 730,056      $ —        $ 730,056   

See 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.

 

   

The Restated Cott USA

401(k) Savings & Retirement

Plan

Date: July 14, 2011   By:  

/s/ Brian Mangan

   

Brian Mangan

VP Finance

Cott Corporation

 

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