Dick Evans, President and CEO, Alcan Inc. and Pierre Boivin, President, Club de Hockey Canadien and Bell Centre hoist a check for $115,000 for the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation at a fundraising event at Alcan's global headquarters in Montreal.

MONTREAL - September 14, 2007 - (CNW Telbec) - Alcan and the Club de Hockey Canadien held a special event yesterday, raising $115,000 for the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation. Dick Evans, President and CEO, Alcan Inc., and Pierre Boivin, President, Club de Hockey Canadien and Bell Centre presided over the event.

"Alcan is honoured to have teamed up with the Montreal Canadiens to benefit their Children's Foundation," said Dick Evans. "Both our organizations share a commitment to our home town and are dedicated to ensuring the well-being of its most precious asset: its children," he added.

"The Club de Hockey Canadien is proud to have Alcan, a long-time and distinguished member of the Montreal community, on our team to help bring hope to the Province of Quebec's disadvantaged and sick children.

This special fundraising event highlights the importance and effectiveness of teamwork in improving the lives of children in need," said Pierre Boivin.

Yesterday's event was held at the Company's global headquarters in the historic Salvation Army Citadel. Highlights of the evening included a silent and live auction and a special performance by the Arvida Research and Development Choir, a group composed of Alcan employees and retirees from the Company's facilities around the Province of Quebec.

Alcan has been an integral contributor to Montreal's social fabric and well-being since it established its headquarters in the city's downtown core more than 80 years ago. The Company supports more than 200 local Montreal organizations, most recently highlighted through its continuing sponsorship of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal and its support of the CHU Sainte-Justine hospital's year-long centennial celebration.

Since its inception on August 31, 2000, the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation has donated over $6 million to charitable endeavours, financially supporting close to 200 not-for-profit organizations from all across the province of Quebec, helping countless underprivileged, sick and special needs children. It aims to promote the development of and access to programs, resources, materials, equipment, and places intended for children. It does this through the charitable assignment of funding to not-for-profit groups dedicated to fighting poverty, improving well-being or promoting sport among the less fortunate.

Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) is a leading global materials company, delivering high quality products and services worldwide. With world-class technology and operations in bauxite mining, alumina processing, primary metal smelting, power generation, aluminum fabrication, engineered solutions as well as flexible and specialty packaging today's Alcan is well positioned to meet and exceed its customers' needs. Alcan is represented by 68,000 employees, including its joint-ventures, in 61 countries and regions, and posted revenues of US $23.6 billion in 2006. The Company has featured on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes consecutively since 2002. For more information, please visit: www.alcan.com

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