PROOF OF PUBLICATION
The Washington Post

District of Columbia, ss., Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the said District, Donna M. Banks well known to me to be Billing & Verification Assistant Manager of The Washington Post, a daily newspaper published in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and making oath in due form of law that an advertisement containing the language annexed hereto was published in said newspaper on the dates mentioned in the certificate herein.

I Hereby Certify that the attached advertisement was published in The Washington Post, a daily newspaper, upon the following dates at a cost of $3,235,68, and was circulated in the Washington metropolitan area.

Published 7 times. Dates: Dec 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2003
Account 632270

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Witness my hand and official seal this   2nd   day of   January       2004

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My commission expires

Garland L. Christmas, Jr. Notary Public District of Columbia My commission expires 05/30/2005

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST DIVISION
Take notice that a proposed Final Judgment has been filed in a civil antitrust case, United States v. Alcan Inc., Alcan Aluminum Corp., Pechiney, S.A., and Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:03CV02012. On September 29, 2003, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that Alcan's acquisition of Pechiney would violate section 7 of the Clayton Act, IS U.S.C. §18. The proposed Final Judgment, filed at the same time as the Complaint, requires Alcan to divest Pechiney's Brazing Sheet Business, including Pechiney's aluminum rolling mill located in Ravenswood, West Virginia. A Competitive Impact Statement filed by the United States describes the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, the industry, and the remedies available to private litigants who may have been injured by the alleged violations. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and Competitive Impact Statement are available for inspection at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 3000, Washington, B.C. 20530 (telephone 202-307-0924), on the Antitrust Division's web site at www.usdoj.gov/atr, and at the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Interested persons may address comments to Maribeth Petrizzi, Chief, Litigation II Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 3000, Washington, D.C. 20530, within 60 days of the date of this notice.