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EXHIBIT NO. 99.4: CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE "SAFE HARBOR"
PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
Written or oral statements made by Alcan or its representatives, including
statements set forth in Alcan's Form 8K-A which describe the Company's or
management's objectives, projections, estimates, expectations or predictions of
the future may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can be identified
by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may,"
"will," "should," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative thereof or other
variations thereon. The Company cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainty and that the Company's actual results
could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking
statements or could affect the extent to which a particular projection is
realized.
Important factors which could cause the Company's actual performance to differ
materially from projections or expectations included in forward-looking
statements include global aluminum supply and demand conditions, aluminum ingot
prices and changes in other raw materials costs and availability, cyclical
demand and pricing within the principal markets for the Company's products,
changes in government regulations, particularly those affecting environmental,
health or safety compliance, economic developments and other factors within the
countries in which the Company operates or sells its products and other factors
relating to the Company's ongoing operations including, but not limited to,
litigation, labour negotiations and fiscal regimes.
Copies of the Company's filings may be obtained by contacting the Company or the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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