SEC Info - Brahman Capital Corp. - ‘4’ for 12/19/06 re: Aleris International, Inc.

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Brahman Capital Corp.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

655 THIRD AVENUE

11TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK

10017

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Aleris International, Inc. [ ARS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
Former 10% Owner

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/06

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, pare value $.10 per share	12/19/06		U		3,585,600	D	$52.5	0	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Brahman Capital Corp. serves as investment manager to a number of investment funds (including Brahman Partners II, L.P., Brahman Partners III, L.P., Brahman Institutional Partners, L.P., BY Partners, L.P., Brahman C.P.F. Partners, L.P., Brahman Partners II Offshore, Ltd., Brahman Partners IV, L.P. and Brahman Partners IV Offshore, Ltd.) and manages investments for certain entities in managed accounts with respect to which it has voting and dispositive authority over the Common Stock reported in this Form 4. Peter A. Hochfelder, Mitchell A. Kuflik and Robert J. Sobel are executive officers and directors of Brahman Capital Corp. and have the ability to control the decisions of Brahman Capital Corp. with respect to the assets of such investment funds and managed accounts.

(2) Brahman Management, L.L.C. is the general partner of certain of the investment funds for which Brahman Capital Corp. serves as investment manager (including Brahman Partners II, L.P., Brahman Partners III, L.P., Brahman Institutional Partners, L.P., BY Partners, L.P., Brahman C.P.F. Partners, L.P. and Brahman Partners IV, L.P.). Peter A. Hochfelder, Mitchell A. Kuflik and Robert J. Sobel are the managing members of Brahman Management, L.L.C. and have the ability to control the decisions of Brahman Management, L.L.C. with respect to the assets of such investment funds.

	/s/ Brahman Capital Corp.	12/29/06
	/s/ Brahman Management, L.L.C.	12/29/06
	/s/ Peter A. Hochfelder	12/29/06
	/s/ Robert J. Sobel	12/29/06
	/s/ Mitchell A. Kuflik	12/29/06
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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____________ Transaction Code:
U	Disposition pursuant to a tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.

Brahman Capital Corp. – ‘4’ for 12/19/06 re: Aleris International, Inc.

On: Thursday, 12/28/06, at 6:26pm ET · For: 12/19/06 · As: Other · Accession #: 902664-6-2797 · File #: 1-07170

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