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EXHIBIT 10.30
JOINT PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES PROTOCOL
PARTIES Alcan Inc. ("Alcan")
Novelis Inc. ("Novelis")
PURPOSE Joint Procurement collaboration is
contemplated with a view to mitigating
procurement dis-synergies resulting
from the Spin-off and to adopt
value-maximizing practices in
procurement matters.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF COLLABORATION 1. Global
(i) IT software, hardware and telecom
(ii) Transport
(iii) Travel
(iv) Alloys
2. Europe
(i) Refractories and casthouse supplies
(ii) Inks, varnishes, packing
materials, coatings
(iii) Energy
(iv) MRO
(v) Plant Operating Supplies
3. Americas
(i) General goods Electrical supplies
- Cores , corrugated , stretch film
- MRO
- Refractories and casthouse supplies
- Plant Operating Supplies
(ii)Raw materials LA
- Caustic
- Aluminum fluoride and fine bath
- Cathodes
PROCESS Procurement executives of each party to
oversee all agreed joint procurement
initiatives (with delegation to
appropriate regional procurement
managers) and to meet at regular
intervals to discuss additional
possible joint procurement initiatives.
All such discussion will be private and
strictly limited to procurement
matters.
RESTRICTIONS Joint procurement activities to be
conducted in strict compliance with all
applicable laws, including competition
and
antitrust laws.
No legal obligation on either party in
relation to joint procurement; to be done on
a "reasonable commercial efforts basis".
Each party will limit the information that it
gives to or makes known to the other party to
such information as is necessary to carry out
this protocol. All such information will be
held in safe custody and kept confidential
with internal access to information
restricted to procurement personnel and other
legitimate recipients (e.g. legal, executive
oversight) on a strict need-to-know basis.