NOVELIS APPOINTS NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR TO BOARD

Novelis Inc. today announced that it has appointed a new independent director, Edward A. Blechschmidt, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Blechschmidt retired in 2002 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of specialty pharmaceutical and home health care services that was spun off from Olsten Corporation and taken public. Drug Newswire (http://www.drugnewswire.com/2939/)