Arconic Corporation (NYSE: ARNC) (“Arconic” or “the Company”) has appointed Ellis A. Jones, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, to Arconic’s Board of Directors, effective October 10, 2022. Mr. Jones will also serve on the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board.

Mr. Jones has served as Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since October 2021, and currently chairs the Sustainability Council and the EHS Council at Goodyear. Mr. Jones’ career at Goodyear spans more than 33 years. Since 2003, he has held various leadership positions, including vice president of environmental, health, safety and sustainability and business continuity, senior director of global environmental, health, safety and sustainability and business continuity, manufacturing director, race tire division, and finance director, manufacturing, purchasing and supply chain, North American tire division. Mr. Jones also previously served as the finance director of office property and casualty insurance at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. He began his career in various finance roles with Goodyear.

Frederick A. Henderson, Chairman of the Board of Directors, stated “We are pleased to have Ellis join our Board. Ellis brings to Arconic broad cross-functional experience in the global manufacturing sector, and deep knowledge of sustainability, environmental, health and safety matters. We look forward to drawing on his experience as we work to achieve our strategic goals and continue our sustainability journey.”

About Arconic

Arconic Corporation (NYSE: ARNC), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading provider of aluminum sheet, plate, and extrusions, as well as innovative architectural products, that advance the ground transportation, aerospace, building and construction, industrial and packaging end markets. For more information: www.arconic.com.

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (a) continuing uncertainty regarding the duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and the businesses of our customers and suppliers including labor shortages and increased quarantine rates; (b) deterioration in global economic and financial market conditions generally; (c) unfavorable changes in the end markets we serve; (d) the inability to achieve the level of revenue growth, cash generation, cost savings, benefits of our management of legacy liabilities, improvement in profitability and margins, fiscal discipline, or strengthening of competitiveness and operations anticipated or targeted; (e) adverse changes in discount rates or investment returns on pension assets; (f) competition from new product offerings, disruptive technologies, industry consolidation or other developments; (g) the loss of significant customers or adverse changes in customers’ business or financial condition; (h) manufacturing difficulties or other issues that impact product performance, quality or safety; (i) the impact of pricing volatility in raw materials and inflationary pressures on our costs of production; (j) a significant downturn in the business or financial condition of a key supplier or other supply chain disruptions; (k) challenges to or infringements on our intellectual property rights; (l) the inability to successfully implement our re-entry into the U.S. packaging market or to realize the expected benefits of other strategic initiatives or projects; (m) our ability to complete the previously announced sale with respect to our Kawneer^® business; (n) the inability to identify or successfully respond to changing trends in our end markets; (o) the impact of potential cyber attacks and information technology or data security breaches; (p) geopolitical, economic, and regulatory risks relating to our global operations, including compliance with U.S. and foreign trade and tax laws, sanctions, embargoes and other regulations; (q) the outcome of contingencies, including legal proceedings, government or regulatory investigations, and environmental remediation and compliance matters; (r) restrictions imposed by authorities on our Russian operations; (s) our ability to complete the announced divestiture of our Russian operations and the impact of such divestiture on our business and operations; (t) reactions to or consequences of our announcement regarding the sale of our Russian operations, including the potential for our Russian operations to be nationalized or otherwise expropriated by the Russian government; (u) the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on economic conditions in general and on our business and operations; and (v) the other risk factors summarized in Arconic’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 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