Intangible assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible assets

Intangible Assets, Net

The following table summarizes intangible assets, net as of December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:

	December 29, 2018						December 30, 2017
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Intangibles
Not subject to amortization
Rights 1	$	24.5	—		$	24.5	$	24.5	—		$	24.5
Trademarks	282.3		—		282.3		264.1		—		264.1
Total intangibles not subject to amortization	$	306.8	—		$	306.8	$	288.6	—		$	288.6
Subject to amortization
Customer relationships	603.1		211.1		392.0		583.4		154.7		428.7
Patents	15.2		2.5		12.7		15.2		1.0		14.2
Software	38.0		20.5		17.5		28.8		13.0		15.8
Other	16.6		6.4		10.2		8.0		4.2		3.8
Total intangibles subject to amortization	$	672.9	$	240.5	$	432.4	$	635.4	$	172.9	$	462.5
Total intangible assets	$	979.7	$	240.5	$	739.2	$	924.0	$	172.9	$	751.1

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¹ Relates to the 2001 acquisition of the Rights. The Company sold Cott Beverages LLC to Refresco (see Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) and this intangible asset was included in the transaction.

Amortization expense of intangible assets was $71.0 million during 2018 (2017 - $68.6 million; 2016 - $53.3 million).

The estimated amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization over the next five years is:

(in millions of U.S. dollars)
2019	$	66.4
2020	57.8
2021	49.7
2022	41.0
2023	34.6
Thereafter	182.9
Total	$	432.4