13D Filing: Elliott Associates, L.P. Increases Activist Stake in Alcoa Inc. (AA)

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Item 6 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

Elliott, through The Liverpool Limited Partnership, a Bermuda limited partnership and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elliott (“Liverpool”), and Elliott International have entered into notional principal amount derivative agreements (the “Derivative Agreements”) in the form of cash settled swaps with respect to 5,100,000 and 9,900,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, respectively (representing economic exposure comparable to less than 1% and less than 1% of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, respectively). Collectively, the Derivative Agreements held by the Reporting Persons represent economic exposure comparable to an interest in approximately 1.1% of the shares of Common Stock. The Derivative Agreements provide Elliott and Elliott International with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership but do not provide them with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the shares that are referenced in the Derivative Agreements (such shares, the “Subject Shares”). The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership in the Subject Shares.

Elliott (through Liverpool) has purchased from counterparties call options that carry the right to call from such counterparties up to 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8 per share, if such right is exercised prior to or on June 17, 2016.

Elliott (through Liverpool) has purchased from counterparties call options that carry the right to call from such counterparties up to 1,020,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8 per share, if such right is exercised prior to or on July 15, 2016.

Elliott International has purchased from counterparties call options that carry the right to call from such counterparties up to 3,300,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8 per share, if such right is exercised prior to or on June 17, 2016.

Elliott International has purchased from counterparties call options that carry the right to call from such counterparties up to 1,980,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8 per share, if such right is exercised prior to or on July 15, 2016.

On November 23, 2015, Elliott, Elliott International and EICA entered into a Joint Filing Agreement (the “Joint Filing Agreement”) in which the parties agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. The Joint Filing Agreement is attached as an exhibit to the initial Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference.

Except as described above in this Item 6, none of the Reporting Persons has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships with respect to the securities of the Issuer.

Item 7.

Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following:

Schedule 1 – Transactions of the Reporting Persons Effected During the Past 60 Days.