FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   MCINERNEY BRIAN H 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/02/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Primo Water Corp [PRMW] (Last) (First) (Middle) 101 NORTH CHERRY STREET, SUITE 501 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP and President of Refill 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27101 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 114,964 (1) I Held in McInerney Family Trust dtd 5/10/04

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	  (2)	12/28/2026	Common Stock	50,000	$ 12.56	D	Â
Warrant (Right to Buy)	  (3)	12/12/2021	Common Stock	72,338	$ 11.88	I	Held in McInerney Family Trust dtd 5/10/04

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCINERNEY BRIAN H 101 NORTH CHERRY STREET SUITE 501 WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27101	Â	Â	  EVP and President of Refill	Â

Signatures

/s/ Brian H. McInerney		03/08/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The McInerney Family Trust Dated May 10, 2004 (the "Trust") acquired 114,964 shares of Primo Water Corporation's ("Primo") common stock in connection with the acquisition of Glacier Water Services, Inc. ("Glacier") by Primo on December 12, 2016 (the "Merger"). For each share of Glacier common stock, the Trust received approximately $12.18 in cash, 0.87 of a share of Primo common stock, and a warrant to purchase 0.55 of a share of Primo common stock. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") entered into on October 9, 2016, 81,625 of such shares of Primo common stock received by the Trust were deposited into escrow and are subject to forfeiture during the one-year period ending on December 12, 2017 to satisfy claims with respect to breaches, violations or non-fulfillment of covenants or agreements by Glacier and breaches of or inaccuracies in Glacier's representations or warranties contained in the Merger Agreement.
(2)	These stock options vest in equal annual installments on December 28 of each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
(3)	The warrants vest and become exercisable as follows: one-third of the warrants will vest on each of June 12, 2017, September 12, 2017 and December 12, 2017.

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