FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the month of February, 2016

 

Commission File Number 001-15214

 

 

TRANSALTA CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

110 - 12th Avenue S.W., Box 1900, Station “M”, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F        

 

Form 40-F   X   

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):        

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):         

 

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99.1

 

The Corporation’s 2015 Annual Report to Shareholders, be and hereby is furnished, not filed, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by TransAlta Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

TransAlta Corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott Jeffers

 

 

 

Scott Jeffers

 

 

Assistant Corporate Secretary

 

 

Date: February 29, 2016

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1

 

The Corporation’s 2015 Annual Report to Shareholders, be and hereby is furnished, not filed, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by TransAlta Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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