As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2007

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(File No. 333-111555)

 

 

 

ALCAN INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Canada	Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

 

 

 

1188 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2

514-848-8000

 

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of June 26, 1996

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of September 16, 1997

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of November 25, 1998

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of June 2, 1999

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of November 8, 1999

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of December 22, 2000

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of July 25, 2001

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of March 28, 2002

Pechiney Stock Option Plan of April 3, 2003

(Full title of the Plan)  

 

 

Roy Millington, Corporate Secretary

Alcan Inc.

1188 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2

514-848-8000

 

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

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Explanatory Note

 

 

                On November 15, 2007, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc, acquired all of the common shares of Alcan Inc. ("Common Shares") not already owned by it by exercising its right under the compulsory acquisition provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "Compulsory Acquisition").  As a result, the Company has terminated all offerings of its common shares pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-111555) (the "Registration Statement"). In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in its Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Company's Common Shares which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all of its Common Shares under the Registration Statement which remained unsold as of the effective time of the Compulsory Acquisition.