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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012
Registration No. 333-178820


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Primo Water Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware    30-0278688
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
 
104 Cambridge Plaza Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104
(336) 331-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Mark Castaneda
Chief Financial Officer
Primo Water Corporation
104 Cambridge Plaza Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104
(336) 331-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

Please send copies of all communications to:
Sean M. Jones
Patrick J. Rogers
K&L Gates LLP
214 North Tryon Street, 47th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(704) 331-7400

 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.o
 
 
 

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.o

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated file, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
    Large accelerated filer  o     Accelerated filer  þ
Non-accelerated  filer   o Smaller reporting company  o
(do not check if a smaller reporting company)  
       
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibits for the Registrants’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-178820), which was declared effective on January 13, 2012.  This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 does not modify any provision of the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement and, accordingly, such prospectus has not been included herein.
 
 
 

 
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
 
The following is an itemized statement of expenses of the Company in connection with the issuance and delivery of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions.
 
SEC registration fee
  $ 8,595  
Printing expenses
    *  
NASDAQ listing fees
    *  
Trustee fees and expenses
    *  
Accounting fees and expenses
    *  
Legal fees and expenses
    *  
Miscellaneous
    *  
Total
  $ 8,595  
 
*
These fees will be dependent on the types of securities offered and number of offerings and, therefore, cannot be estimated at this time.
 
Item 15.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
The Registrant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.  The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers (and may choose to indemnify and advance expenses to other employees and other agents) to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that if the Registrant enters into an indemnification agreement with such directors or officers, such agreement controls.
 
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability for any:
 
 
breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;

 
act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 
unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares; or

 
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
 
 
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The Registrant’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant’s directors are not personally liable for breaches of fiduciary duties to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
 
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation.  The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws permit the Registrant to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in connection with their services to the Registrant, regardless of whether the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws permit indemnification.  The Registrant has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.
 
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against various actions including, but not limited to, third-party actions where such director, by reason of his or her corporate status, is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action, or by reason of anything done or not done by such director in any such capacity.  The Registrant intends to indemnify directors against all costs, judgments, penalties, fines, liabilities, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf such directors and for any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such directors in connection with such action, if such directors acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.  The Registrant also intends to advance to its directors expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by such directors in advance of the final disposition of any action after the receipt by the corporation of a statement or statements from directors requesting such payment or payments from time to time, provided that such statement or statements are accompanied by an undertaking, by or on behalf of such directors, to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that they are not entitled to be indemnified against such expenses by the corporation.
 
The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses, including, among others, provisions about providing notice to the corporation of any action in connection with which a director seeks indemnification or advancement of expenses from the corporation and provisions concerning the determination of entitlement to indemnification or advancement of expenses.
 
Item 16.
Exhibits.
 
The exhibits required to be filed as a part of this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 17.
Undertakings.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
 
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement (notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement); and

 
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i)  each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii)  each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
 
 
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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(7) That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(8) To supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
 
(9) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(10) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Winston-Salem, State of North Carolina, on March 15, 2012.
 
 
PRIMO WATER CORPORATION
 
     
  By:     /s/ Billy D. Prim  
    Name : Billy D. Prim  
    Title : Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President  
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated, in each case on March 15, 2012:
 
Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ Billy D. Prim 
 
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Billy D. Prim
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Mark Castaneda 
 
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Castaneda
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
     
/s/ David J. Mills 
 
Controller
David J. Mills
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
     
*                            
 
Director
Richard A. Brenner
   
     
*                            
 
Director
Jack C. Kilgore
   
     
*                            
 
Director
Malcolm McQuilkin
   
     
*                            
 
Director
David L. Warnock
   
 
* By:   
/s/ Billy D. Prim                                                    
   
       Billy D. Prim
   
       Attorney-in-Fact
   
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Description
 
1.1
Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Common Stock*
 
1.2
Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Preferred Stock*
 
1.3
Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Debt Securities*
 
1.4
Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect Warrants*
 
1.5
Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Units*
 
3.1
Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Primo Water Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-173554) filed on May 31, 2011).
 
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Primo Water Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 16, 2010).
 
4.1
Specimen Certificate representing shares of common stock of Primo Water Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-165452) filed on August 11, 2010).
 
4.2
Form of certificate representing Primo’s preferred stock*
 
4.3
Form of certificate of designations for preferred stock*
 
4.4
Form of Indenture relating to the issuance from time to time in one or more series of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness
 
4.5
Form of Senior Debt Security*
 
4.6
Form of Senior Subordinated Debt Security*
 
4.7
Form of Subordinated Debt Security*
 
4.8
Form of Warrant Agreement*
 
4.9
Form of Warrant Certificate*
 
4.10
Form of Rights Agreement*
 
4.11
Form of Rights Certificate*
 
4.12
Form of Unit Agreement*
 
4.13
Form of Unit Certificate*
 
5.1
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP
 
12.1
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
 
 

 
 
23.1
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
 
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
 
23.3
Consent of K&L Gates LLP
 
24.1
Power of Attorney
 
25.1
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended**
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document***
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document***
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document***
 
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document***
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document***
 
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document***
 

Previously filed.
 
*
To be filed, if necessary, with a Current Report on Form 8-K or a Post-Effective Amendment to the registration statement.
 
**
To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
 
 ***
Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.