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In the divulges keb mo suitcase 2008 second keb'mo slow down states quarter,Alcoa received regulatory and other approvals for a small number of locations that did not close in the 2008 first quarter. Also, in the 2008third quarter, one final remaining location was transferred to Rank. ThePackaging and Consumer segment no longer contains any operations. Alcoa and subsidiaries Calculation of Financial Measures (unaudited) (in millions) Third-party Sales Quarter endedDecember 31, SeptemDecemb2007 (a) berer 31, 30,20082008 (a) Alcoa $7,032$6,970$5,688 Divested businesses (b)905 - - Alcoa, excluding divested businesses$6,127$6,970$5,688Third-party sales excluding divested businesses is a non-GAAP financial measure.

Management believes that this measure is meaningful to investors because management reviews the operating results of Alcoa excluding divested businesses since they are no longer reflective of Alcoa`s continuing operations.(a)Third-party sales for the quarters ended December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2008 were reclassified to reflect the movement of the Electrical and Electronic Solutions business to discontinued operations in the fourthquarter of 2008 keb mo blues . (b)Divested businesses include the businesses within the Packaging and Consumer segment, certain U.S keb'mo your love . locations of the Soft Alloy Extrusions business that were not contributed to the Sapa AB joint venture, and theAutomotive Castings business AlcoaInvestor Contact:Greg T Aschman, 212-836-2674orMedia Contact:Kevin G keb moe . Lowery, 412-553-1424Mobile 724-422-7844 Copyright Business Wire 2009 kebmo . NASDAQ Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks asof Settlement Date December 31, 2008NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date ofDecember 31, 2008, short interest in 2,559 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securitiestotaled 6,757,422,121 shares compared with 7,121,547,015 shares in 2,561 GlobalMarket issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 15, 2008. Theend-of-December short interest represents 3.62 days average daily NASDAQ GlobalMarket share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.43 days for theprior reporting period.Short interest in 502 securities on The NASDAQ Capital Market(sm) totaled112,830,725 shares at the end of the settlement date of December 31, 2008,compared with 124,998,737 shares in 497 securities for the previous reportingperiod.

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