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
Website	cott.com

Cott Corporation is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

1 History
2 Corporate Governance
- 2.1 Board of Directors
3 External links
4 References

[edit] 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". In April 2007, Cott was said to be considering a bid for Cadbury Schweppes soft drinks business.^[1]

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, RC (excluding North America), Ben Shaws, Stars & Stripes, 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 drinks, juice drinks and smoothies. These newer Cott brands include Orient Emporium, GL-7, Red Rain Energy and After Shock Energy.

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.^[2]

[edit] Corporate Governance

Brent Willis, President and CEO
Rick Dobry, President, North America
Abilio Gonzalez, Chief People Officer
David Vigneault, 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

[edit] Board of Directors

David T. Gibbons, 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