-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AUKkxwTg+kPSzXXTx3zoujr6ogtlLQuYO5U1anJE9dkFJy1P68YfyWIqfdmEcbTl hEMgFFBFKo+iZBLYtgI5Yw== 0000315066-06-005545.txt : 20061211 0000315066-06-005545.hdr.sgml : 20061211 20061211171708 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-06-005545 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COTT CORP /CN/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000884713 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-43753 FILM NUMBER: 061269407 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 207 QUEENS QUAY W STREET 2: SUITE 340 CITY: TORONTO ONTARIO CANA STATE: A6 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 4162033898 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 207 QUEENS QUAY W STREET 2: SUITE 340 CITY: TORONTO ONTARIO STATE: A6 ZIP: 00000 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 161144965 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 SC 13G 1 filing.txt DOC ONE SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 0 Cott Corporation Common Stock Cusip #22163N106 Cusip #22163N106 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 1,707,400 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 8,977,000 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 8,977,000 Item 11: 12.512% Item 12: HC Cusip #22163N106 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 8,977,000 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 8,977,000 Item 11: 12.512% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Cott Corporation Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 207 Queens Quay West Suite 340 Toronto, Ontario M5J 1A7 Canada Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 22163N106 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 8,977,000 (b) Percent of Class: 12.512% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,707,400 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 8,977,000 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock of Cott Corporation. The interest of one person, Fa Mid Cap Stock Fund, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Common Stock of Cott Corporation, amounted to 3,821,900 shares or 5.327% of the total outstanding Common Stock at November 30, 2006. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. December 11, 2006 Date /s/Eric D. Roiter Signature Eric D, Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997 by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly- owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 8,903,000 shares or 12.409% of the Common Stock outstanding of Cott Corporation ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The ownership of one investment company, Fa Mid Cap Stock Fund, amounted to 3,821,900 shares or 5.327% of the Common Stock outstanding. Fa Mid Cap Stock Fund has its principal business office at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 8,903,000 shares owned by the Funds. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 74,000 shares or 0.103% of the Common Stock outstanding of the Company as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 74,000 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 74,000 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on December 11, 2006, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of Cott Corporation at November 30, 2006. FMR Corp. By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Senior V.P. and General Counsel Fa Mid Cap Stock Fund By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----