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<div><a name="sB652D34DF6CCEE3EEBB1ECA7165A1C83"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:166%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="line-height:166%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="line-height:166%;text-align:center;font-size:11.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K </font></div><div style="line-height:136%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:11.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT </font></div><div style="line-height:136%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:11.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2016</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:1px;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">NOVELIS INC. </font></div><div style="line-height:242%;text-align:center;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:242%;text-align:left;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;Canada                                            001-32312                                                         98-0442987                                  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:32px;text-indent:-32px;font-size:9.5pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">(State or other jurisdiction                              (Commission File Number)                                           (I.R.S. 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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): September 7, 2016
NOVELIS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada                                            001-32312                                                         98-0442987
(State or other jurisdiction                              (Commission File Number)                                           (I.R.S. Employer                  of incorporation)                                                                                                                           Identification No.)
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 2000, Atlanta, GA                                                                                        30326
(Address of principal executive offices)                                                                                                     (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(404) 760-4000
__________________________________________________
Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 7, 2016, Novelis Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase any and all of its outstanding 8.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the "Notes"). A copy of this release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any securities. The Tender Offer is being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The Tender Offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.  The Company intends to redeem any Notes that
are not validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer.
The information included in this report, including the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1, is being "furnished" to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1
Press release, dated September 7, 2016.
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.
Date: September 7, 2016
By: /s/ Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.
Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and
Compliance Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
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99.1
Press release, dated September 7, 2016.