Form: 8-K

Current report filing

May 11, 2005

8-K: Current report filing

Published on May 11, 2005

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 event reported) May 11, 2005

Novelis Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


CANADA 001-32312
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

3399 Peachtree Road NE Suite 1500 Atlanta, Georgia 30326
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (404) 814-4210


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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02,
"Results of Operations and Financial Condition," and shall not be deemed "filed"
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

On May 11, 2005, Novelis Inc. issued a press release announcing
its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in this Current Report, including
the exhibit, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of Novelis
Inc., whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release issued by Novelis Inc. May 11, 2005.


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.

Novelis Inc.
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(Registrant)

Date May 11, 2005

/s/ David Kennedy
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David Kennedy
Secretary