UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 reported event):   February 18, 2009

NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

333-148977

20-8908550

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

801 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 600, Franklin, Tennessee  37067

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (615) 771-5700


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)

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   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 19, 2008, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation issued a press release and will hold a conference call regarding its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

This information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation is making reference to non-GAAP financial information in both the press release and the conference call. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is contained in the attached press release.

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 18, 2009, Joshua J. Harris resigned as a director of Noranda effective immediately.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit
Number

Description

 
99.1 Press release dated February 19, 2009


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.



 

NORANDA ALUMINUM

 

HOLDING CORPORATION

 
 
Date: February 19, 2009 By:

/s/ Kyle D. Lorentzen

Kyle D. Lorentzen

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
Description
 
99.1

Press release dated February 19, 2009