Howmet Aerospace Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Apr 7, 2017

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ARCONIC INC .
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. PAUL E. SINGER ELLIOTT CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P. ELLIOTT SPECIAL GP, LLC BRAXTON ASSOCIATES, INC. ELLIOTT ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL ADVISORS INC. HAMBLEDON, INC. ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION THE LIVERPOOL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATES LTD. LARRY A. LAWSON CHRISTOPHER L. AYERS ELMER L. DOTY BERND F. KESSLER PATRICE E. MERRIN
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Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International, L.P., together with the other participants in such proxy solicitation (collectively, “Elliott”), have filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying BLUE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of four highly-qualified director nominees at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders of Arconic Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”).

Item 1: The following materials were posted by Elliott to www.NewArconic.com :

(Updated April 6, 2017)

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(Updated April 7, 2017)

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Item 2: On April 6, 2017, Elliott issued the following advertisements:

LinkedIn:

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Item 3: On April 7, 2017, Elliott sent the following email to certain subscribers:

Updates at NewArconic.com

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Dear Subscriber,

Suspected vote buying? Refusal to make full and detailed disclosure? The Secret August Voting Lock-Up is the latest entry in what Elliott believes to be a disturbing pattern of apparent involvement in questionable episodes by Arconic CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. To help you make sense of the Secret August Voting Lock-Up, we launched the " Secret August Voting Lock-Up " page, complete with a timeline and critical information for those with an interest in Arconic's future. This new resource page provides you with the facts and information about how you can take action to make sure that the Arconic Board appropriately investigates and makes full public disclosure of what happened, and that anyone who broke the trust of shareholders is held accountable.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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Additional material about the opportunity for a new direction at Arconic can be found at NewArconic.com .

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Item 4: On April 6, 2017, Elliott sent the following statement by electronic message to certain of the Company’s shareholders:

“Protect the value of your investment in Arconic, Vote the BLUE card. For more info call Okapi Partners at 877 869 0171”