Document:

Letter Amendment

 EXHIBIT 10.44 
 COTT CORPORATION 
 To the Lenders party to that certain 
 Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 
 2005, as amended, among Cott Corporation, 
 Cott Beverages Inc., Cott Beverages Limited, 
 Cott (Nelson) Limited, Wachovia
Bank, 
 National Association, as Administrative Agent and 
 the
other parties thereto (the “Credit Agreement”) 
 December 20, 2007 
  

	 	Re:	Letter Amendment 

 Dear Sirs/Madams: 
 Reference is made to the Credit Agreement identified above. Terms are used herein as defined therein, if not otherwise defined in this letter amendment. 
 The undersigned hereby requests that you agree to modify the Total Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter
ending December 29, 2007 and modify certain covenant calculations to exclude the impact of certain specified water equipment during such quarter. In consideration for your agreement to do so, the Borrowers are willing to increase by 50 basis
points per annum the interest rate on the Loans outstanding from the last day of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 to (but not including) the last day of the first fiscal quarter in 2008. 
 More specifically, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	The first sentence of the definition of “Applicable Margin” in Section 1.1 (Definitions) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 “Applicable Margin” means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth on Schedule 1.1(d),
except as the term applies to the interest rate on any Loans outstanding during the period commencing on December 29, 2007 and ending on March 27, 2008 (but not as such term applies to the Facility Fee, Letter of Credit commissions or for
other purposes), the Applicable Margin shall be the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth in Schedule 1.1(d) plus 0.500% per annum; provided, that with respect to each Revolving Loan made in an Alternative Currency, the
Applicable Margin shall be increased by an amount equal to the applicable Mandatory Cost. 
  

	 	2.	Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement (Total Leverage Ratio) is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the
fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007, the maximum permissible Total Leverage Ratio shall be 4.00 to 1.00 rather than the ratio specified in the grid above.” 

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 
 Rabobank Nederland, Canadian Branch 
 NAME OF LENDER 
  

									
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason Hoogenboom
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Craig Squires

	Name:	 	Jason Hoogenboom	 		 	Name:	 	Craig Squires
	Title:	 	Vice President	 		 	Title:	 	Vice President

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch
	NAME OF LENDER
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jeffrey Coleman

	Name:	 	Jeffrey Coleman
	Title:	 	Vice President

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	HSBC Bank Canada
	 NAME OF LENDER

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jody Sanderson

	Name:	 	Jody Sanderson
	Title:	 	Director

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	HSBC Mexico, S.A.
	Institucion de Banca Multiple
	Grupo Financiero HSBC
	NAME OF LENDER
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jorge Casas de la Torre

	Name:	 	Jorge Casas de la Torre
	Title:	 	Corporate Banking Subdirector

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
	NAME OF LENDER
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Daniel Twenge

	Name:	 	Daniel Twenge
	Title:	 	Vice President

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	Wachovia Bank, National Association
	NAME OF LENDER
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jorge A. Gonzalez

	Name:	 	Jorge A. Gonzalez
	Title:	 	Managing Director

	 	3.	The Credit Agreement is amended by inserting a new Section 10.4 immediately following Section 10.3 which shall read as follows: 

 10.4 Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada,
Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007 shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Article X. 
 Except
as set forth above, the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby ratified. 
 If you are in agreement with the amendments set
forth above and the waiver of any default that may have arisen, but for the amendments set forth above, please so indicate by signing below. The amendments and waivers shall become effective, as of the date first above written, when the Required
Lenders shall have executed this letter amendment. In the event that this amendment shall become effective, the Borrower agrees to make the payments specified on Annex 1 hereto. 
 This letter amendment may be executed in counterparts. Electronically delivered signature pages (PDFs, facsimile, etc.) shall be deemed to be the functional equivalent of originally executed signature pages for all
purposes. 
  

			
	COTT CORPORATION, as Canadian Borrower and as Multicurrency Borrower Guarantor and for its Subsidiaries party to the Loan Documents
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan R. Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan R. Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Kane, Jr.

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Kane, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 Acknowledged and agreed to by: 

			
	
	Bank of Montreal
	 NAME OF LENDER

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sean P. Gallaway

	Name:	 	Sean P. Gallaway
	Title:	 	Vice PresidentAmendment No.4 to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.45 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 This AMENDED AND RESTATED AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of January 7, 2008 by and among the parties named on the signature pages hereto. 
 PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS 
 Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of
April 1, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “RPA”) among Cott USA Receivables Corporation, as seller (the “Seller”), Cott Beverages Inc., as servicer (the
“Servicer”), Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (together with Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC, the “Purchasers”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
agent (the “Agent”) for the Purchasers. 
 The Seller has requested that the Purchasers and the Agent amend the RPA as more
specifically described below on the terms and conditions set forth below. 
 Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Purchasers and the Agent are willing to agree to amend the RPA described in this Amendment. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises set forth above, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the RPA. 
 SECTION 2. Amendment to RPA. Effective as of the “Effective Date” (defined below), the following
provisions shall be amended as follows: 
 2.1 Section 3(A) of Schedule C to the RPA (Maximum Total Leverage Ratio) is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence at the end thereof: 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007,
the maximum permissible Total Leverage Ratio shall be 4.00 to 1.00 rather than the ratio specified in the grid above. 
 2.2
Section 3 of Schedule C to the RPA is hereby amended by inserting a new Section C(3)(C) immediately following Section C(3)(B) which shall read as follows: 
 C. Sidel Equipment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the impact of the arrangements respecting the water equipment manufactured by Sidel Canada, Inc. during the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2007
shall not be included in the covenant calculations described above in this Schedule C. 

 SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of December 29,
2007 (the “Effective Date”) upon the Agent’s receipt of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each party hereto. 
 SECTION 4. Covenants, Representations and Warranties. 
 4.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each of Seller and the
Servicer hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made by it under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and agrees that all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been re-made as of
the effective date of this Amendment. 
 4.2 Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that this Amendment constitutes a
“Transaction Document” under the RPA. 
 4.3 Upon receipt of the Agent’s signature page to this amendment, the Seller shall
pay to the Agent the fee specified on Annex A, which fee shall be fully earned and non refundable on the date paid. 
 SECTION 5.
Reference to and Effect on the RPA. 
 5.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in any RPA to “this
Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the RPA as modified hereby, and each reference to the RPA in any other document, instrument
or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the RPA shall mean and be a reference to the RPA as modified hereby. 
 5.2 Except
as specifically modified hereby, the RPA, each other Transaction Document and all instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

5.3 The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy under the RPA or any of
the other Transaction Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein. 
 SECTION 6. Reaffirmation of Performance Undertaking. Without in any way establishing a course of dealing, Cott Corporation hereby reaffirms all of its obligations under the Performance Undertaking and acknowledges and agrees that,
after giving effect to this Amendment, the Performance Undertaking remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 SECTION 8. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 SECTION 9. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience or reference only and shall not constitute a part of
this Amendment for any other purpose. 
 SECTION 10. Fees and Expenses. The Seller hereby agrees to pay or reimburse the Agent for all
of its reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agent.

 * * * * * 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective
officers thereto duly authorized as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent and as a Financial Institution
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ronald. J. Atkins

	Name:	 	Ronald J. Atkins
	Title:	 	Executive Director
	
	PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC
		
	By:	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney-in-fact
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ronald. J. Atkins

	Name:	 	Ronald J. Atkins
	Title:	 	Executive Director

			
	COTT USA RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
	as Seller
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Catherine Brennan

	Name:	 	Catherine Brennan
	Title:	 	Vice President, Treasurer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	COTT BEVERAGES INC., as Servicer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Catherine Brennan

	Name:	 	Catherine Brennan
	Title:	 	Vice President, Treasurer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	COTT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Catherine Brennan

	Name:	 	Catherine Brennan
	Title:	 	Vice President, Treasurer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juan Figuereo

	Name:	 	Juan Figuereo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

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