SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 3, 2006
Alcan
Inc.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Canada
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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1-3677
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Inapplicable
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Commission
File Number
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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1188
Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
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(Address
of principal executive offices, including postal code)
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(514)
848-8000
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
[
] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[
] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
Alcan
Inc. (''Alcan'' or the ''Company'') held its annual investor workshop on
October
3, 2006. Alcan's President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard B. Evans,
provided opening remarks, followed by members of Alcan's senior management,
who
discussed the Company's business units and financial performance. The slides
presented during the workshop are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to 99.7
and
are incorporated by reference.
The
Company has also issued a press release
announcing its intention to establish a share repurchase program, attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.9.
The
information included in Exhibits 99.1 to 99.9, shall not be deemed to be
"filed"
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section,
and
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or
other
document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
filing.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements
made in the exhibits hereto which describe the Company's or management's
objectives, projections, estimates, expectations or predictions of the future
may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of securities laws,
which
can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes,"
"expects," "may," "will," "should," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative
thereof or other variations thereon. The Company cautions that, by their
nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty and that
the
Company's actual actions or results could differ materially from those expressed
or implied in such forward-looking statements or could affect the extent
to
which a particular projection is realized. Important factors which could
cause such differences include global supply and demand conditions for aluminum
and other products, aluminum ingot prices and changes in raw materials' costs
and availability, changes in the relative value of various currencies, cyclical
demand and pricing within the principal markets for the Company's products,
changes in government regulations, particularly those affecting environmental,
health or safety compliance, economic developments, relationships with and
financial and operating conditions of customers and suppliers, the effects
of
integrating acquired businesses and the ability to attain expected benefits
and
other factors within the countries in which the Company operates or sells
its
products and other factors relating to the Company's ongoing operations
including, but not limited to, litigation, labour negotiations and fiscal
regimes. Reference should be made to the Company's most recent Quarterly
Report
on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K for a list of factors that could
cause such differences.
Item
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
EXHIBITS.
(c)
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Exhibits
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99.1
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Slides
of Presentation by Richard B. Evans, President and Chief Executive
Officer
of Alcan Inc.
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99.2
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Slides
of Presentation by Michael Hanley, Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer, Alcan Inc.
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99.3
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Slides
of Presentation by Carmine Nappi, Director, Industry Analysis,
Alcan
Inc.
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99.4
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Slides
of Presentation by Christel Bories, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Packaging.
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99.5
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Slides
of Presentation by Michel Jacques, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Engineered Products.
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99.6
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Slides
of Presentation by Jacynthe Côté, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Bauxite and Alumina.
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99.7
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Slides
of Presentation by Cynthia Carroll, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Primary Metal.
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99.8 |
Press
Release of Alcan Inc. dated September 27, 2006 |
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99.9 |
Press
Release of Alcan Inc. dated October 3,
2006 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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ALCAN
INC.
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BY:
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/s/
Roy Millington
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Roy
Millington
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Corporate
Secretary
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Date:
October 3, 2006
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
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Description
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Number
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99.1
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Slides
of Presentation by Richard B. Evans, President and Chief Executive
Officer
of Alcan Inc.
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99.2
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Slides
of Presentation by Michael Hanley, Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer, Alcan Inc.
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99.3
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Slides
of Presentation by Carmine Nappi, Director, Industry Analysis,
Alcan
Inc.
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99.4
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Slides
of Presentation by Christel Bories, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Packaging.
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99.5
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Slides
of Presentation by Michel Jacques, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Engineered Products.
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99.6
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Slides
of Presentation by Jacynthe Côté, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Bauxite and Alumina.
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99.7
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Slides
of Presentation by Cynthia Carroll, Senior Vice President, Alcan
Inc.,
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alcan Primary Metal.
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99.8 |
Press
Release of Alcan Inc. dated September 27, 2006 |
99.9 |
Press
Release of Alcan Inc. dated October 3,
2006 |