Alcoa to separate into two public companies

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Alcoa has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies, culminating Alcoa’s successful multi-year transformation.

The separation will launch two industry-leading, Fortune 500 companies.

The globally competitive Upstream Company will comprise five strong business units that today make up Global Primary Products - Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Casting and Energy. The innovation and technology-driven Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016. At that point Alcoa shareholders will own all of the outstanding shares of both the Upstream and Value-Add Companies.

The separation is intended to qualify as a tax-free transaction to Alcoa shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.The separation is intended to qualify as a tax-free transaction to Alcoa shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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