---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-23-019600"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTER"
cik: "0001532390"
company_name: "ALKALINE WATER Co INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T18:28:34.762156+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alkaline Water Company enters exclusive licensing deal with Clean Bottling; guarantees $200k/month royalty

## Summary
- Clean Bottling secures exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture, market, and distribute all Alkaline 88 bottled water products.
- Alkaline 88 to receive $200k/month fixed royalty from Nov 2023 through Mar 2024; thereafter greater of $200k or 4% of monthly gross sales.
- Upon bankruptcy/insolvency trigger, Clean Bottling may acquire all licensed assets for $400k upfront plus 24 monthly payments of $19,166.67.
- License agreement has 5-year term; Clean Bottling may sublicense and subcontract with approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-23-019600
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTER
- cik: 0001532390
- company_name: ALKALINE WATER Co INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532390/000106299323019600/0001062993-23-019600-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532390/000106299323019600/form8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ALKALINE WATER Co INC entered into Exclusive Licensing, Co-packing and Distribution Agreement with Clean Bottling Inc. valued at US$200,000 fixed monthly royalty payment (effective 2023-10-17).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Clean Bottling Inc.
  - Value: US$200,000 fixed monthly royalty payment
  - Effective: 2023-10-17
  source text: On October 17, 2023, Alkaline 88, LLC (the " Company "), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Alkaline Water Company Inc., entered into an Exclusive Licensing, Co-packing and Distribution Agreement (the " License Agreement ") with Clean Bottling Inc. (" Clean Bottling ").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532390/000106299323019600/0001062993-23-019600-index.htm

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