Company: PRMB
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0002042694-25-000015
Chunk: 76

Company: Primo Brands Corp
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 76
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 named plaintiffs (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) commenced a putative class action against Nestlé Waters North America, Inc. (“Nestlé Waters”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (the “Court”). Plaintiffs alleged that Poland Spring product labels fraudulently represent the product to be natural spring water. Plaintiffs have asserted claims of common law fraud, violations of certain consumer protection laws in five states (with Plaintiffs’ claims under the consumer protection laws of four of those states having been dismissed) and, for home and office customers, breach of contract. As a result of Triton Water Holdings’ acquisition of all of the equity interests of Nestlé Waters North America Holdings, Inc., along with the acquisition of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Nestlé 

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Canada Inc. from Nestlé S.A. (the “Nestlé Acquisition”), Nestlé Waters was renamed BlueTriton Brands, Inc. (“BlueTriton Brands”), and BlueTriton Brands is continuing to defend against the lawsuit.As a result of rulings on multiple dispositive motions, including most recently on December 30, 2024, the case has been narrowed in certain respects. On January 6, 2025, both Plaintiffs and BlueTriton Brands moved for reconsideration of portions of the December 30, 2024 decision, which granted in part and denied in part BlueTriton Brands’ motion for summary judgment. On July 9, 2025, Plaintiffs filed their motion for class certification. On July 30, 2025, BlueTriton Brands filed its opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. On July 31, 2025, Plaintiffs submitted a motion for an extension of time to file their reply, which was granted on August 1, 2025. The new Court-ordered deadline for Plaintiffs to submit their reply is August 20, 2025. Plaintiffs seek to certify multiple classes, including an eight state common law fraud class, a subclass comprised of BlueTriton Brands’ Poland Spring home and office customers in eight states for breach of contract, and state subclasses comprised of retail purchasers of Poland Spring for violation of consumer protection statutes in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs’ claims for injunctive relief have been dismissed. The claims of eight Plaintiffs who are members of a class in a prior class action and subject to the Final Judgement entered