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Howmet Aerospace Inc. 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Apr 10, 2009)

Filed April 10, 2009For Securities:HWM

Summary

This Form 8-K filing by Alcoa Inc. (the registrant, with the filing date of April 10, 2009) primarily serves to furnish financial information from its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. This information, including statements of operations, balance sheets, cash flows, and shareholders' equity, has been formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) as Exhibit 100. The filing explicitly states that this XBRL data is for testing purposes and should not be relied upon by investors for making investment decisions, as it is considered unaudited in the context of this Current Report and is not deemed 'filed' for liability purposes under securities laws.

Key Highlights

  • 1Alcoa Inc. is filing financial data from its 2008 10-K in XBRL format as Exhibit 100.
  • 2The furnished financial information includes Statements of Operations, Balance Sheets, Cash Flows, and Shareholders' Equity for 2008, 2007, and 2006.
  • 3This filing is for testing XBRL format and technology.
  • 4Investors are explicitly warned NOT to rely on this XBRL financial information for investment decisions.
  • 5The XBRL data is considered unaudited for the purpose of this 8-K filing.
  • 6The information in this filing is not deemed 'filed' for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act or Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
  • 7The filing is dated April 10, 2009.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this Form 8-K filing is to furnish financial data from Alcoa Inc.'s 2008 Form 10-K in XBRL format as an exhibit for testing purposes. It is not intended to provide new financial disclosures for investment decisions.

No, investors are explicitly advised by Alcoa Inc. not to rely on the XBRL-formatted financial information provided in this filing for making investment decisions. The company states it is for testing purposes and is considered unaudited in this context.

Exhibit 100 includes the Statement of Consolidated Operations, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows, Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006.

No, the filing explicitly states that the information provided in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be 'filed' for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act or Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and is not subject to the liabilities of those sections.