Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 10-K For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020 HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission File Number 1-3610 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State of incorporation) 201 Isabella Street, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5872 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Investor Relations----------------(412) 553-1950 Office of the Secretary-----------(412) 553-1940 (Registrant’s telephone numbers, including area code) 25-0317820 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ✓ No . Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes No ✓ . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ✓ No . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ✓ No . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer ☑ Smaller reporting company ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Emerging growth company ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ✓ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ✓. The aggregate market value of the outstanding common stock, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $7 billion. As of February 12, 2021, there were 433,614,667 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the registrant outstanding. Documents incorporated by reference. Part III of this Form 10-K incorporates by reference certain information from the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A (Proxy Statement). Title of each class  Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered  Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share HWM New York Stock Exchange $3.75 Cumulative Preferred Stock,  par value $100.00 per share HWM PR NYSE American