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  As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on September 30,
  2005</b></p>
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    <b>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</b></div>
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    <b>&nbsp;</b></div>
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  <font size="5">SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">________________________</font></b></p>
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  <font size="5">FORM S-8</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">______________________________</font></b></p>
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  <font size="5">ALCAN INC.</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">(Exact Name
  of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></i></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font>
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      <font size="2">CANADA </font> </b></p>
      <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><b>

      <font size="2">(</font><i><font size="2">State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
      </font> </i></b></p>
      <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><b>
      <i>

      <font size="2">or organization)</font></i></b></td>
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      <b>

      <font size="2">NOT-APPLICABLE</font></b></p>
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  <b>

  <i><font size="2">(I.R.S.
  Employer Identification No.)</font></i></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </i></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">1188 Sherbrooke Street West</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">514-848-8000</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">(Address of principal
  executive offices, including zip code)</font></i></b></p>
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  <font size="2">______________________________</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">Thrift and Deferred Compensation Plan For the Employees of
  Alcan Packaging Puerto Rico, Inc. (&quot;PRSP&quot;)</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">(Full title of the plan)</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">Roy Millington, Secretary</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">Alcan Inc.</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">1188 Sherbrooke Street West</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">514-848-8000</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">(Name, address and telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></i></p>
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  <font size="2">______________________________</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b><i>
  <font size="2">Copies to:</font></i></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b><i>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;</font></i></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">Robert A.
  Miller</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">Calfee,
  Halter &amp; Griswold LLP</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">1400
  McDonald Investment Center</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">800
  Superior Avenue</font></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b>
  <font size="2">Cleveland,
  Ohio 44114-2688</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">(216)
  622-8200</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">______________________________</font></b></p>
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  <font size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>
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  &nbsp;</b></p>
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      <font size="2">Title
      of Securities to be registered (1)(2)</font></td>
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      <font size="2">Amount</font></p>
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      <font size="2">To Be</font></p>
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      <font size="2">Registered</font></td>
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      <font size="2">Proposed Maximum Offering</font></p>
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      <font size="2">price
      per share (3)</font></td>
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      <font size="2">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font size="2">Price
      (3)</font></td>
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      <font size="2">Amount
      of</font></p>
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      <font size="2">Registration</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font size="2">Fee</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 0in; ">
      <font size="2">Common
      Shares</font></td>
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      <font size="2">10,000</font></td>
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      <font size="2">$
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      30.94</font></td>
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      <font size="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>
      </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;
      309,400</font></td>
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      <font size="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      36.42</font></td>
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  <font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to
  Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement is
  also deemed to register an indeterminate amount of plan interests.</font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .5in">
  <font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  One common share purchase right will also be issued with
  respect to each common share pursuant to the terms of the Shareholder Rights
  Plan included in the Shareholder Rights Agreement as re-confirmed on April, 25
  2002 between Alcan Inc. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as Rights Agent.</font></p>
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    <font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Estimated in
    accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the
    registration fee.&nbsp; The proposed maximum offering
    price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common
    shares on the New York Stock Exchange on September 23, 2005.</font></div>
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<p class="CENTEREDHEADING" align="center"><b><font size="2">PART I</font></b></p>
<p class="CENTEREDHEADING" align="center"><b><font size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Plan Information </font> </h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The document(s) containing the information specified in Item
1 will be sent or given to employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) and are not
required to be filed as part of this registration statement.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The document(s) containing the information specified in Item
2 will be sent or given to employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) and are not
required to be filed as part of this registration statement.</font></p>
<p class="CENTEREDHEADING" align="center"><b><font size="2">PART II</font></b></p>
<p class="CENTEREDHEADING" align="center"><b><font size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The following documents of Alcan Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;),
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;),
are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>
<p class="Level2"><font size="2">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004;</font></p>
<p class="Level2"><font size="2">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005;</font></p>
<p class="Level2"><font size="2">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005; </font></p>
<p class="Level2"><font size="2">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Current Reports on Form 8-K,
filed (i) January 7, 2005; (ii) April 19, 2005; (iii) April 29, 2005; (iv) April
29, 2005; (v) May 31, 2005; (vi) June 1, 2005; and (vii) July 29, 2005,</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left:50px">
<font size="2">other than the portions of such documents, which by statute,
by designation in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with
the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.
Information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Company's current reports on
Form 8-K is not incorporated by reference in this registration statement, and</font></p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" id="table5">
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    <td width="47" valign="top"><font size="2">5.&nbsp; </font></td>
    <td>
    <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
    registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on December 21, 1989, as amended
    on March 22, 1990, May 5, 1995 and April 22, 1999.</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company
and the Plan pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date
of this Registration Statement, prior to the </font>filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents other that the portions of such
documents, which by statute, by designation in such document or otherwise, are
not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be
incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Description of Securities</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">-2-</font></p>
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<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The Canada Business Corporations Act (the &quot;Act&quot;), the
governing act to which Alcan Inc. is subject, provides that,</font></p>
<p class="Level3" style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a
corporation may indemnify a Director or Officer of the corporation, a former
Director or Officer of the corporation or another individual who acts or acted
at the corporation's request as a Director or Officer or an individual acting in
a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of
that association with the corporation or other entity.</font></p>
<p class="Level3" style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a
corporation may advance moneys to a Director, Officer or other individual for
the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to paragraph (1).
However, the individual shall repay the moneys if he or she does not fulfill the
conditions of paragraph (3).</font></p>
<p class="Level3" style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a
corporation may not indemnify an individual under paragraph (1) , unless the
individual</font></p>
<p class="Level4"><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; acted honestly and in good
faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation, or, as the case may
be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as
a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the corporation's request; and</font></p>
<p class="Level4"><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the case of a criminal or
administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct
was lawful.</font></p>
<p class="Level3" style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
corporation may with the approval of a court indemnify a person referred to in
paragraph (1), or advance moneys under paragraph (2), in respect of an action by
or on behalf of the corporation or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the individual is made a party because of the individual's
association with the corporation or other entity as described in paragraph (1)
against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in
connection with such action if the individual fulfils the conditions set out in
paragraph (3).</font></p>
<p class="Level3" style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Despite paragraph (1), an individual referred to in paragraph (1) is entitled to
indemnity from the corporation in respect of all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with the defense of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the
individual is subject because of the individual's association with the
corporation or other entity as described in paragraph (1), if the individual
seeking indemnity:</font></p>
<p class="Level4"><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; was not judged by the court
or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do
anything that the individual ought to have done; and</font></p>
<p class="Level4"><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fulfils the conditions set
out in paragraph (3).</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The Directors' Standing Resolution pertaining to
indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Company represents, in general
terms, the extent to which Directors and Officers may be indemnified by the
Company under the Act. This resolution provides as follows (for purposes of this
resolution the &quot;Corporation&quot; refers to the Company):</font></p>
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<font size="2">&quot;17. (1) INDEMNITY - Subject to the limitations contained in
the governing Act but without limit to the right of the Corporation to indemnify
as provided for in the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or
Officer, a former Director or Officer, or a person who acts or acted at the
Corporation's request as a Director or Officer of a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a Shareholder or creditor (or a person who undertakes or
has undertaken any liability on behalf of the Corporation or at the
Corporation's request on behalf of any such body corporate) and his heirs and
legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an
amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by
him in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a
Director or Officer of the Corporation or such body corporate or by reason of
having undertaken such liability.</font></p>
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<font size="2">-3-</font></p>
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<font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ADVANCE OF COSTS - The Corporation shall
advance moneys to a Director, Officer or other individual for the costs, charges
and expenses of a proceeding referred to in subsection (1). The individual shall
repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions of subsection
(3).</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LIMITATION - The Corporation may not indemnify
an individual under subsection (1) unless the individual</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the Corporation; and</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the case of a criminal or administrative
action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable
grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful.&quot;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">The Company also has an insurance policy covering Directors
and Officers of the Corporation and of its subsidiaries against certain
liabilities which might be incurred by them in their capacities as such, but
excluding those claims for which such insured persons could be indemnified by
the Company or its subsidiaries.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Exemption from Registration Claimed </font> </h1>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Exhibits</font></h1>
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<font size="2">3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Restated Articles of Incorporation of Alcan
Inc.&nbsp; (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2005.)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By-law No. 1A (Restated) of Alcan Inc.&nbsp;
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Company for the year ended December 31, 2003).</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shareholder Rights Agreement as re-confirmed on
April, 25 2002 between Alcan Inc. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as Rights Agent,
which Agreement includes the form of Rights Certificates.&nbsp; (Incorporated by
reference to exhibit 4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June, 30 2002.)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRSP plan text of January 1, 1979, and
amendments thereto.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of Roy Millington, as to the legality
of securities. </font> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">23.1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
</font>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">23.2 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Roy Millington (included in Exhibit
5.1).</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Powers of Attorney.</font></p>
<h1 style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Undertakings</font></h1>
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<font size="2">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>
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<font size="2">-4-</font></p>
<hr>
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<font size="2">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of
Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective Registration Statement; and</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<i><font size="2">provided, however,</font></i><font size="2"> that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at termination of the offering.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned registrant undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision
described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">-5-</font></p>
<hr>
<font size="2">
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always">
&nbsp;</font><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<b><font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
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<font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada on this 30th<b> </b>day of September, 2005.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 3.5in"><b>
<font size="2">ALCAN, INC.</font></b></p>
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&nbsp;</p>
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&nbsp;</p>
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<font size="2">By:</font><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
Travis Engen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font>
</u></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Travis Engen</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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&nbsp;</p>
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<font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have
duly caused the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cleveland, state of Ohio
on this 30th day of September, 2005.</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font>
<u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
/s/ John N. Stamatiades&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </u></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
John N. Stamatiades</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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    <b><font size="2">Signature</font></b></td>
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    <b><font size="2">Title</font></b></td>
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    <b><font size="2">Date</font></b></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</p>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Travis Engen</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director, President and Chief Executive Office </font>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Travis Engen</font></td>
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    <font size="2">(Principal Executive Office)</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Roland Berger</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Jean-Paul Jacamon</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Yves Manison</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
    <td width="151" valign="bottom" style="width: 113.4pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Christine Morin-Postel</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">*</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
    <td width="151" valign="bottom" style="width: 113.4pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Guy Saint Pierre</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Gerhard Schulmeyer</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">&nbsp;*</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Paul Tellier</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <b><font size="2">Signature</font></b></td>
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    <b><font size="2">Title</font></b></td>
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    <b><font size="2">Date</font></b></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">*&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Director</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Milton K. Wong</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">/s/ Michael Hanley</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Executive Vice President and </font> </td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <font size="2">Michael Hanley</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Interim Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">/s/ Thomas J. Harrington</font></td>
    <td width="274" valign="bottom" style="width: 205.8pt; border: medium none; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">
    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:0">
    <font size="2">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></td>
    <td width="151" valign="bottom" style="width: 113.4pt; border: medium none; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">
    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Thomas J. Harrington</font></td>
    <td width="274" valign="bottom" style="width: 205.8pt; border: medium none; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">
    <p align="center"><font size="2">Vice President and Controller</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:0">
    <font size="2">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:0">
    <font size="2">Authorized Representative in</font></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:0">
    <font size="2">The United States of America</font></td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Donald P. Seberger</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">September 30, 2005</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    <font size="2">Donald P. Seberger</font></td>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
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<font size="2">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> <u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Roy Millington&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </u></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roy Millington</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As Attorney-in-Fact</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b>
<font size="2">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>
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&nbsp;</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2">Exhibit
Number&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Description</font></b></p>
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&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRSP plan text of January
1, 1979, and amendments thereto.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt">
<font size="2">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of Roy Millington,
as to the legality of securities. </font> </p>
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<font size="2">23.1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </font> </p>
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<font size="2">23.2 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Roy Millington
(included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
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<font size="2">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Powers of Attorney.</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and
As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on September 30,
  2005
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________________
ALCAN INC.
(Exact Name
  of Registrant as specified in its charter)
CANADA
(
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
NOT-APPLICABLE
(I.R.S.
  Employer Identification No.)
1188 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
514-848-8000
(Address of principal
  executive offices, including zip code)
______________________________
Thrift and Deferred Compensation Plan For the Employees of
  Alcan Packaging Puerto Rico, Inc. ("PRSP")
(Full title of the plan)
Roy Millington, Secretary
Alcan Inc.
1188 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
514-848-8000
(Name, address and telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________________________
Copies to:
Robert A.
  Miller
Calfee,
  Halter & Griswold LLP
1400
  McDonald Investment Center
800
  Superior Avenue
Cleveland,
  Ohio 44114-2688
(216)
  622-8200
______________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities to be registered (1)(2)
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering
price
      per share (3)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price
      (3)
Amount
      of
Registration
Fee
Common
      Shares
10,000
$
                         
      30.94
$
309,400
$                      
      36.42
(1)           Pursuant to
  Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement is
  also deemed to register an indeterminate amount of plan interests.
(2)          
  One common share purchase right will also be issued with
  respect to each common share pursuant to the terms of the Shareholder Rights
  Plan included in the Shareholder Rights Agreement as re-confirmed on April, 25
  2002 between Alcan Inc. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as Rights Agent.
(3)           Estimated in
    accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the
    registration fee.  The proposed maximum offering
    price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common
    shares on the New York Stock Exchange on September 23, 2005.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.   
Plan Information
The document(s) containing the information specified in Item
1 will be sent or given to employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) and are not
required to be filed as part of this registration statement.
Item 2.   
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The document(s) containing the information specified in Item
2 will be sent or given to employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) and are not
required to be filed as part of this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of Alcan Inc. (the "Company"),
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated herein by reference:
1.             The Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004;
2.             The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005;
3.             The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005;
4.             Current Reports on Form 8-K,
filed (i) January 7, 2005; (ii) April 19, 2005; (iii) April 29, 2005; (iv) April
29, 2005; (v) May 31, 2005; (vi) June 1, 2005; and (vii) July 29, 2005,
other than the portions of such documents, which by statute,
by designation in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with
the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.
Information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Company's current reports on
Form 8-K is not incorporated by reference in this registration statement, and
5.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
    registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on December 21, 1989, as amended
    on March 22, 1990, May 5, 1995 and April 22, 1999.
All documents filed by the Company
and the Plan pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date
of this Registration Statement, prior to the
filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents other that the portions of such
documents, which by statute, by designation in such document or otherwise, are
not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be
incorporated herein by reference.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.   
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 5.   
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.   
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Canada Business Corporations Act (the "Act"), the
governing act to which Alcan Inc. is subject, provides that,
(1)           a
corporation may indemnify a Director or Officer of the corporation, a former
Director or Officer of the corporation or another individual who acts or acted
at the corporation's request as a Director or Officer or an individual acting in
a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of
that association with the corporation or other entity.
(2)           a
corporation may advance moneys to a Director, Officer or other individual for
the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to paragraph (1).
However, the individual shall repay the moneys if he or she does not fulfill the
conditions of paragraph (3).
(3)           a
corporation may not indemnify an individual under paragraph (1) , unless the
individual
(a)           acted honestly and in good
faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation, or, as the case may
be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as
a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the corporation's request; and
(b)           in the case of a criminal or
administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct
was lawful.
(4)           A
corporation may with the approval of a court indemnify a person referred to in
paragraph (1), or advance moneys under paragraph (2), in respect of an action by
or on behalf of the corporation or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the individual is made a party because of the individual's
association with the corporation or other entity as described in paragraph (1)
against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in
connection with such action if the individual fulfils the conditions set out in
paragraph (3).
(5)          
Despite paragraph (1), an individual referred to in paragraph (1) is entitled to
indemnity from the corporation in respect of all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with the defense of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the
individual is subject because of the individual's association with the
corporation or other entity as described in paragraph (1), if the individual
seeking indemnity:
(a)           was not judged by the court
or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do
anything that the individual ought to have done; and
(b)           fulfils the conditions set
out in paragraph (3).
The Directors' Standing Resolution pertaining to
indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Company represents, in general
terms, the extent to which Directors and Officers may be indemnified by the
Company under the Act. This resolution provides as follows (for purposes of this
resolution the "Corporation" refers to the Company):
"17. (1) INDEMNITY - Subject to the limitations contained in
the governing Act but without limit to the right of the Corporation to indemnify
as provided for in the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or
Officer, a former Director or Officer, or a person who acts or acted at the
Corporation's request as a Director or Officer of a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a Shareholder or creditor (or a person who undertakes or
has undertaken any liability on behalf of the Corporation or at the
Corporation's request on behalf of any such body corporate) and his heirs and
legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an
amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by
him in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a
Director or Officer of the Corporation or such body corporate or by reason of
having undertaken such liability.
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(2)           ADVANCE OF COSTS - The Corporation shall
advance moneys to a Director, Officer or other individual for the costs, charges
and expenses of a proceeding referred to in subsection (1). The individual shall
repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions of subsection
(3).
(3)           LIMITATION - The Corporation may not indemnify
an individual under subsection (1) unless the individual
(a)           acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the Corporation; and
(b)           in the case of a criminal or administrative
action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable
grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful."
The Company also has an insurance policy covering Directors
and Officers of the Corporation and of its subsidiaries against certain
liabilities which might be incurred by them in their capacities as such, but
excluding those claims for which such insured persons could be indemnified by
the Company or its subsidiaries.
Item 7.   
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.   
Exhibits
3.1           Restated Articles of Incorporation of Alcan
Inc.  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2005.)
3.2           By-law No. 1A (Restated) of Alcan Inc. 
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Company for the year ended December 31, 2003).
3.3           Shareholder Rights Agreement as re-confirmed on
April, 25 2002 between Alcan Inc. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as Rights Agent,
which Agreement includes the form of Rights Certificates.  (Incorporated by
reference to exhibit 4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June, 30 2002.)
4.1          PRSP plan text of January 1, 1979, and
amendments thereto.
5.1           Opinion of Roy Millington, as to the legality
of securities.
23.1         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2         Consent of Roy Millington (included in Exhibit
5.1).
24.1         Powers of Attorney.
Item 9.   
Undertakings
A.            The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)            to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)           to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)          to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
provided, however,
that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof
(3)           To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at termination of the offering.
B.            The undersigned registrant undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.            Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision
described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada on this 30th
day of September, 2005.
ALCAN, INC.
By:
/s/
Travis Engen
Name:     Travis Engen
Title:       President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have
duly caused the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cleveland, state of Ohio
on this 30th day of September, 2005.
/s/ John N. Stamatiades
John N. Stamatiades
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Travis Engen
Director, President and Chief Executive Office
September 30, 2005
Travis Engen
(Principal Executive Office)
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Roland Berger
*
Director
September 30, 2005
L. Denis Desautels
*
Chairman of the Board
September 30, 2005
L. Yves Fortier
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Jean-Paul Jacamon
*
Director
September 30, 2005
William R. Loomis, Jr.
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Yves Manison
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Christine Morin-Postel
*
Director
September 30, 2005
H. Onno Ruding
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Guy Saint Pierre
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Gerhard Schulmeyer
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Paul Tellier
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Director
September 30, 2005
Milton K. Wong
/s/ Michael Hanley
Executive Vice President and
September 30, 2005
Michael Hanley
Interim Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Thomas J. Harrington
(Principal Financial Officer)
September 30, 2005
Thomas J. Harrington
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Authorized Representative in
The United States of America
/s/ Donald P. Seberger
September 30, 2005
Donald P. Seberger
*     
By:
/s/ Roy Millington
Roy Millington
As Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number                                                               
Description
4.1                                PRSP plan text of January
1, 1979, and amendments thereto.
5.1                                Opinion of Roy Millington,
as to the legality of securities.
23.1                              Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2                              Consent of Roy Millington
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1                              Powers of Attorney.
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