Cott

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Cott Corporation
Type Public (TSX: BCB NYSE: COT)
Founded 1952
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people Brent Willis, President and CEO
Industry Beverage
Products soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, teas and water
Slogan It's Cott to be Great!
Website cott.com

Cott TSX: BCB NYSE: COT is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Cott is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the stock symbol COT as well as on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) under the stock symbol BCB.TO.

Cott's corporate headqarters are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[edit] History

Cott began importing bottled and canned carbonated beverages into Québec, Canada from the United States in 1952 and afterwards began to bottle and can beverages in Québec. From 1976 to 1991, Cott expanded their distribution throughout Canada and into the United States and Europe.

[edit] Corporate Governance

as of October 3, 2006

  • Brent Willis, President and CEO
  • John Dennehy, President, North America
  • Rick Dobry, Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer
  • Abilio Gonzalez, Chief People Officer
  • Mark R. Halperin, Chief Legal and Corporate Development Officer and Corporate Secretary
  • Kerry Morgan, Vice President, Corporate Communications
  • Jason Nichol, Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart
  • Edmund O’Keeffe, Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations
  • Clyde Preslar, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Wynn Willard, President, International

Board of Directors

  • Brent Willis, President and CEO
  • Colin J. Adair, First Vice President, Investment Advisor, 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

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