Cott Beverages Inc, et al. – ‘S-4’ on 3/8/02 – EX-12.1

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Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Cott Beverages Inc.                                  119    491K 
 9: EX-3.10     Certificate of Incorporation of Cott Vending Inc.      2     11K 
10: EX-3.11     Bylaws of Cott Vending Inc.                           10     43K 
11: EX-3.12     Certificate of Formation of Interim Bcb, LLC           3     12K 
12: EX-3.13     Amended & Restated Operating Agreement;Interim Bcb    11     39K 
 2: EX-3.3      Articles of Incorporation Cott Beverages Inc.          6     19K 
 3: EX-3.4      Bylaws of Cott Beverages Inc...                        9     38K 
 4: EX-3.5      Amended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation...     6     16K 
 5: EX-3.6      Memo of Assoc & Amended & Restated Cert. of Inc.       2     11K 
 6: EX-3.7      Articles of Assoc & Bylaws of Cott Holdings Inc.       1      9K 
 7: EX-3.8      Articles of Incorporation of Cott Usa Corp.            4     16K 
 8: EX-3.9      Bylaws of Cott Usa Corp.                               9     38K 
13: EX-5.1      Opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.                 3     15K 
14: EX-12.1     Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges     1     10K 
15: EX-21.1     List of Subsidiaries of Cott Corporation...            2±    10K 
16: EX-23.1     Consent of Independent Accountants                     1      9K 
17: EX-25.1     Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility...                  8     33K 
18: EX-99.1     Form of Letter of Transmittal                         16     69K 

EX-12.1   —   Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 12.1

Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 (unaudited)

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                                                  January 31,      January 2,    January 1,    December 30,       December 29,
                                                       1998             1999          2000            2000              2000  
                                                  (53 weeks)       (48 weeks)      (52 weeks)    (52 weeks)         (52 weeks)
                                                  ----------       ----------      ----------    ----------         ----------
                                                          (in millions of United States dollars, except ratios)               
                                                                                                                              
Earnings available for fixed charges                                                                                          
   Income before income taxes, minority interest                                                                              
      and equity income                             0.5             (101.2)         16.7             47.2               63.5  
   Fixed charges                                    33.3            39.0            38.9             35.4               37.0  
   Minority interest in pre-tax income of                                                                                     
      subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed                                                                               
      charges                                       (0.2)           0.1             -                -                  (0.4) 
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                    33.6            (62.1)          55.6             82.6              100.1  
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------  

Fixed charges                                                                                                                 
   Interest expense (1)                             28.9            35.1            35.8             32.1               33.8  
   Interest allocated to discontinued operations    1.8             0.9             0.3              -                  -     
   Interest portion of lease expense                2.6             3.0             2.8              3.3                3.2   
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                    33.3            39.0            38.9             35.4               37.0  
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                  1.0x            (1.6)x          1.4x              2.3x               2.7x 
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------  

    (1)      Includes amortization of deferred debt financing fees and
original issue discount.