8-K

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): October 19, 2015

NOVELIS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada 001-32312 98-0442987

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer 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_________________________________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 19, 2015, Novelis Inc. announced that its Board of Directors appointed Steven Pohl to serve as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Pohl served as Novelis’ Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, and prior to that he served in various finance leadership roles since joining Novelis in 2009. Mr. Pohl will continue to serve as Novelis’ Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Before joining Novelis, Mr. Pohl was employed by PPG Industries for 28 years, where he served in various roles, including leadership positions in Mexico, France and Switzerland.

Mr. Pohl, 56, succeeds Steven Fisher, who had continued to serve as Novelis’ Chief Financial Officer since being appointed Chief Executive Officer on August 10, 2015. The Company plans to enter into a compensation arrangement with Mr. Pohl in connection with his interim appointment and will disclose that arrangement in a later filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits.

99.1 Press release, October 19, 2015 (furnished to the Commission as part of this Form 8-K).

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: October 19, 2015	By:	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.
		Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.
		General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.			Description
	99	.1	Press release, dated October 19, 2015 (furnished to the Commission as part of this Form 8-K).

EX-99.1

News Release                    

Novelis Appoints Steve Pohl Interim Chief Financial Officer

ATLANTA, Oct. 19, 2015 – Novelis Inc. announced today that Steve Pohl, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Pohl assumes the CFO duties from Steve Fisher who was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in August.

In this role, Pohl will lead all financial activities for Novelis until such time as a permanent CFO is appointed. He will continue to be based at the company’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

Pohl joined Novelis in 2009 as Vice President of Finance for North America. From 2011 to 2012, he served as Vice President, Global Business Services, and was then named Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, in July 2012.

Prior to Novelis, Steve spent 28 years with PPG Industries, where he held various finance and operational positions in PPG’s glass and coatings businesses, including running the company’s automotive coatings business in Latin America. While with PPG, Steve had three international assignments, having been appointed to leadership positions in Mexico, Paris and Switzerland.
Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from La Roche College in Pennsylvania and has completed executive management training in cost accounting at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University and executive education in marketing management at Columbia University.

About Novelis

Novelis Inc. is the global leader in aluminum rolled products and the world's largest recycler of aluminum. The company operates in 11 countries, has approximately 11,500 employees and reported $11.1 billion in revenue for its 2015 fiscal year. Novelis supplies premium aluminum sheet and foil products to transportation, packaging, construction, industrial and consumer electronics markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The company is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, part of the Aditya Birla Group, a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. For more information, visit novelis.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/NovelisInc and Twitter at twitter.com/Novelis.

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