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CONFIDENTIAL

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COTT BEVERAGES INC.

5519 W. IDLEWILD AVENUE

Tampa, Florida 33634

(905) 672-1900

(813) 313-1800

July 21, 2015

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re: Cott Beverages Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

File No. 333-205657

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-205657), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), of Cott Beverages Inc. and each of the other registrants listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Registrants”), registering the offer to exchange up to $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (together with the guarantees thereof, the “Exchange Notes”) for a like aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (together with the guarantees thereof, the “Outstanding Notes”).

Please be advised that the Registrants are registering the exchange offer in reliance on the position of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) enunciated in: Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988); Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991); and Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993). In addition, the Registrants hereby represent that they have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the exchange offer and, to the best of the Registrants’ information and belief, each person participating in the exchange offer will be acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and will not have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be received in the exchange offer. In this regard, the Registrants will make each person participating in the exchange offer aware, by means of the exchange offer prospectus and the related letter of transmittal, that if such person is participating in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes to be acquired in the exchange offer,


such person (i) cannot rely on the Staff position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation or interpretative letters to similar effect and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with a secondary resale transaction. The Registrants acknowledge that such a secondary resale transaction by such person participating in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling securityholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Registrants represent that with respect to any broker-dealer that participates in the exchange offer with respect to Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or trading activities each such broker-dealer must confirm that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Registrants or an affiliate of the Registrants to distribute the Exchange Notes. The Registrants will make each person participating in the exchange offer aware (through the exchange offer prospectus) that any broker-dealer who holds Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and who receives Exchange Notes in exchange for such Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer, may be a statutory underwriter and, in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which may be the prospectus for the exchange offer so long as it contains a plan of distribution with respect to such resale transactions (such plan of distribution need not name the broker-dealer or disclose the amount of Exchange Notes held by the broker-dealer). In addition, the Registrants will include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the applicable exchange offer the following additional provision, in substantially the form set forth below:

if the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, such broker-dealer acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer.

If you have any further questions or comments or desire further information in respect of the Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact Christian O. Nagler of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Registrants, at (212) 446-4660.

 

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Sincerely,
COTT BEVERAGES INC.
By:

/s/ Jerry Fowden

Name: Jerry Fowden
Title: Chief Executive Officer
156775 CANADA INC.
2011438 ONTARIO LIMITED
804340 ONTARIO LIMITED
967979 ONTARIO LIMITED
COTT CORPORATION
COTT HOLDINGS INC.
COTT VENDING INC.
INTERIM BCB, LLC
By:

/s/ Jerry Fowden

Name: Jerry Fowden
Title: Chief Executive Officer
AIMIA FOODS EBT COMPANY LIMITED
AIMIA FOODS GROUP LIMITED
AIMIA FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
AIMIA FOODS LIMITED
CALYPSO SOFT DRINKS LIMITED
COOKE BROS HOLDINGS LIMITED
COOKE BROS. (TATTENHALL). LIMITED
COTT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
COTT VENTURES LIMITED
COTT VENTURES UK LIMITED
MR FREEZE (EUROPE) LIMITED
STOCKPACK LIMITED
TT CALCO LIMITED
By:

/s/ Jason Ausher

Name: Jason Ausher
Title: Director


DS SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC.
DS SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
DSS GROUP, INC.
DS CUSTOMER CARE, LLC
By:

/s/ Shane Perkey

Name:

Shane Perkey

Title: Treasurer
CAROLINE LLC
CLIFFSTAR LLC
COTT ACQUISITION LLC
COTT U.S. ACQUISITION LLC
STAR REAL PROPERTY LLC
By:

/s/ Marni Morgan Poe

Name: Marni Morgan Poe
Title: Vice President
COTT INVESTMENT, L.L.C.
By:

/s/ Marni Morgan Poe

Name: Marni Morgan Poe
Title: Secretary
COTT (NELSON) LIMITED
COTT BEVERAGES LIMITED
COTT EUROPE TRADING LIMITED
COTT LIMITED
COTT NELSON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
COTT PRIVATE LABEL LIMITED
COTT RETAIL BRANDS LIMITED
By:

/s/ Gregory Leiter

Name: Gregory Leiter
Title: Director

 

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COTT USA FINANCE LLC
By:

/s/ Ceaser Gonzalez

Name: Ceaser Gonzalez
Title: Director Manager
COTT LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
By:

/s/ Jeremy Hoyle

Name: Jeremy Hoyle
Title: Class A Manager
COTT ACQUISITION LIMITED
COTT UK ACQUISITION LIMITED
By:

/s/ Jay Wells

Name: Jay Wells
Title: Director

 

cc: Christian O. Nagler, Esq.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

 

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Exhibit A

Additional Registrants

Cott Corporation

156775 Canada Inc.

2011438 Ontario Limited

804340 Ontario Limited

967979 Ontario Limited

Aimia Foods EBT Company Limited

Aimia Foods Group Limited

Aimia Foods Holdings Limited

Aimia Foods Limited

Calypso Soft Drinks Limited

Caroline LLC

Cliffstar LLC

Cooke Bros. (Tattenhall). Limited

Cooke Bros Holdings Limited

Cott (Nelson) Limited

Cott Acquisition Limited

Cott Acquisition LLC

Cott Beverages Limited

Cott Developments Limited

Cott Europe Trading Limited

Cott Holdings Inc.

Cott Investment, L.L.C.

Cott Limited

Cott Luxembourg S.A.R.L.

Cott Nelson (Holdings) Limited

Cott Private Label Limited

Cott Retail Brands Limited

Cott U.S. Acquisition LLC

Cott UK Acquisition Limited

Cott USA Finance LLC

Cott Vending Inc.

Cott Ventures Limited

Cott Ventures UK Limited

DS Customer Care, LLC

DS Services Holdings, Inc.

DS Services of America, Inc.

DSS Group, Inc.

Interim BCB, LLC

Mr Freeze (Europe) Limited

Star Real Property LLC

Stockpack Limited

TT Calco Limited