# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000884713
**File Stem:** 0000000000-23-002867
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 10677
**Document Hash:** 534539100090315ae16a1b10daa9515f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000000000-23-002867

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: UPLOAD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230322

**FILED FOR**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Primo Water Corp /CN/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000884713
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 980154711
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1230

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** UPLOAD

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1150 ASSEMBLY DR.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** TAMPA
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33607
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 813-313-1732

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1150 ASSEMBLY DR.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** TAMPA
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 33607

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** COTT CORP /CN/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19941017
**PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-23-010500

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United States securities and exchange commission logo

                           March 22, 2023

       Jing Tong, Esq.
       Counsel
       Vinson & Elkins LP
       Texas Tower
       Suite 4700, 845 Texas Avenue
       Houston, TX 77002

                                                        Re: Primo Water Corp
/CN/
                                                            Preliminary Proxy
Statement filed March 17, 2023
                                                            File No. 1-31410

       Dear Jing Tong:

              We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In
some of our
       comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
       disclosure.

               Please respond to these comments by providing the requested
information or advise us as
       soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts
       and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Preliminary Proxy Statement filed March 17, 2023

       Have other candidates been nominated for election as directors...?, page
3

   1.                                                   Here and in several
other places throughout the proxy statement, you state the following
                                                        regarding Primo's
director nominations: "However, if the Purported Nomination Notice is
                                                        subsequently held to be
valid by a court of competent jurisdiction through a final, non-
                                                        appealable ruling, then
the Company will amend its proxy statement and the
                                                        accompanying BLUE proxy
card to comply with the applicable requirements of Schedule
                                                        14A and Rule 14a-19 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended..."(emphasis
                                                        added). Please explain
the basis for your position stated in the quoted language that
                                                        Primo will not be
obligated to use a universal proxy card unless the validity of the
                                                        dissident nominations
has been determined through a "final, non-appealable ruling,"
                                                        versus simply adjudged
valid in a court ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction. See
                                                        Compliance and
Disclosure Interpretation 139.05 in "Proxy Rules and Schedules
                                                        14A/14C" (December 6,
2022) available at our Website at www.sec.gov.
 Jing Tong, Esq.
Vinson & Elkins LP
March 22, 2023
Page 2
What happens if I do not specify how I want my shares voted?..., page 8

2.       We note the following disclosure on page 8 of the proxy statement: "In
addition to being
         able to submit to Primo Water or the intermediary, as applicable, a
voting instruction
         form, non-registered beneficial shareowners are permitted to submit
any other documents
         in writing that requests that the beneficial shareowner or a nominee
thereof be appointed
         as a proxyholder." If there are specific formatting or other
requirements as to the means by
         which shareholders can be appointed or can appoint someone else as a
proxyholder, please
         revise to describe.
Proposal 5 - Approval of Amended and Restated Bylaws, page 82

3.       Expand this section to fully describe the specific changes being
proposed in the amended
         bylaws and to discuss the potential impact for shareholders, including
on the ability of
         dissidents to conduct director election contests. Your current
description of the changes
         being proposed is vague and refers in several places to "certain
procedural and
         information requirements," "certain information" and "certain
representations" without
         providing specifics about the new bylaw provisions and how they may
impact the
         Company and shareholders going forward, including in the context of
this proxy contest.
         In Annex B, please provide a redlined version of the bylaws showing
the specific changes
         being proposed instead of the "clean" version of the new bylaws
currently included with
         the proxy statement.
4.       See our last comment above. Your description should specifically
explain what would
         constitute "reasonable documentary evidence" of compliance within the
meaning of
         Section 11.04(b) of the Amended Bylaws.

        We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.

         Please direct any questions to Christina Chalk at (202) 551-3263.

FirstName LastNameJing Tong, Esq.                              Sincerely,
Comapany NameVinson & Elkins LP
                                                               Division of
Corporation Finance
March 22, 2023 Page 2                                          Office of
Mergers & Acquisitions
FirstName LastName

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**Attachment 1:** `filename1`

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CORPORATION FINANCE

# UNITED STATES  
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

March 22, 2023

Jing Tong, Esq.  
Counsel  
Vinson & Elkins LP  
Texas Tower  
Suite 4700, 845 Texas Avenue  
Houston, TX 77002

# **Re: Primo Water Corp /CN/  
Preliminary Proxy Statement filed March 17, 2023  
File No. 1-31410**

Dear Jing Tong:

We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

Please respond to these comments by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Preliminary Proxy Statement filed March 17, 2023

Have other candidates been nominated for election as directors...?, page 3

1. Here and in several other places throughout the proxy statement, you state the following regarding Primo's director nominations: 'However, if the Purported Nomination Notice is subsequently held to be valid by a court of competent jurisdiction through a final, non-appealable ruling, then the Company will amend its proxy statement and the accompanying **BLUE** proxy card to comply with the applicable requirements of Schedule 14A and Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...'(emphasis added). Please explain the basis for your position stated in the quoted language that Primo will not be obligated to use a universal proxy card unless the validity of the dissident nominations has been determined through a 'final, non-appealable ruling,' versus simply adjudged valid in a court ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 139.05 in 'Proxy Rules and Schedules 14A/14C' (December 6, 2022) available at our Website at www.sec.gov.

Jing Tong, Esq.
Vinson & Elkins LP
March 22, 2023
Page 2

What happens if I do not specify how I want my shares voted?..., page 8

2. We note the following disclosure on page 8 of the proxy statement: "In addition to being able to submit to Primo Water or the intermediary, as applicable, a voting instruction form, non-registered beneficial shareowners are permitted to submit any other documents in writing that requests that the beneficial shareowner or a nominee thereof be appointed as a proxyholder." If there are specific formatting or other requirements as to the means by which shareholders can be appointed or can appoint someone else as a proxyholder, please revise to describe.

Proposal 5 - Approval of Amended and Restated Bylaws, page 82

3. Expand this section to fully describe the specific changes being proposed in the amended bylaws and to discuss the potential impact for shareholders, including on the ability of dissidents to conduct director election contests. Your current description of the changes being proposed is vague and refers in several places to "certain procedural and information requirements," "certain information" and "certain representations" without providing specifics about the new bylaw provisions and how they may impact the Company and shareholders going forward, including in the context of this proxy contest. In Annex B, please provide a redlined version of the bylaws showing the specific changes being proposed instead of the "clean" version of the new bylaws currently included with the proxy statement.

4. See our last comment above. Your description should specifically explain what would constitute "reasonable documentary evidence" of compliance within the meaning of Section 11.04(b) of the Amended Bylaws.

We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.

Please direct any questions to Christina Chalk at (202) 551-3263.

Sincerely,

Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions