Form 8-K


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)
 
 
 Canada
  
 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 
  
 
1-3677
 
Inapplicable
Commission File Number
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 1188 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
  
 
 (Address of principal executive offices, including postal code)
  
 
 
 (514) 848-8000
 
 
 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
 
 
 
 
 
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:
 
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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)   
 
Exhibits
 
              
 
 
99.1
Slides of Presentation by Richard B. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc.
 
99.2
Slides of Presentation by Michael Hanley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alcan Inc.
 
99.3
Slides of Presentation by Carmine Nappi, Director, Industry Analysis, Alcan Inc.
 
99.4
Slides of Presentation by Christel Bories, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Packaging.
 
99.5
Slides of Presentation by Michel Jacques, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Engineered Products.
 
99.6
Slides of Presentation by Jacynthe Côté, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Bauxite and Alumina.
 
99.7
Slides of Presentation by Cynthia Carroll, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Primary Metal.            
  99.8 Press Release of Alcan Inc. dated September 27, 2006
  99.9 Press Release of Alcan Inc. dated October 3, 2006

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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.
 
 
 
ALCAN INC.
 
   
   
   
BY:
/s/ Roy Millington
  
 
Roy Millington
 
Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: October 3, 2006
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
 
              Description
 
Number
 
 
 
99.1
Slides of Presentation by Richard B. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc.
99.2
Slides of Presentation by Michael Hanley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alcan Inc.
99.3
Slides of Presentation by Carmine Nappi, Director, Industry Analysis, Alcan Inc.
99.4
Slides of Presentation by Christel Bories, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Packaging.
99.5
Slides of Presentation by Michel Jacques, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Engineered Products.
99.6
Slides of Presentation by Jacynthe Côté, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Bauxite and Alumina.
99.7
Slides of Presentation by Cynthia Carroll, Senior Vice President, Alcan Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Primary Metal.
99.8 Press Release of Alcan Inc. dated September 27, 2006
99.9 Press Release of Alcan Inc. dated October 3, 2006

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