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.