UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the month of March, 2014

 

 

TRANSALTA CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

110-12th Avenue S.W., Box 1900, Station “M”, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F____

Form 40-F    X

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

 

 

99.1                    The Management Proxy Circular of the Registrant dated March 10, 2014 (excluding the “Performance Graph”, which shall be deemed not to be incorporated by reference) and the Notice of Annual and Special Meeting filed as part of Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K are hereby filed for the purpose of being and hereby are incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Form	Registration No.
S-8	333-72454
S-8	333-101470
F-10	333-185157

 

99.2                    The Form of Proxy of the Registrant is hereby furnished, not filed, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by TransAlta Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

	TransAlta Corporation
	By:	/s/ Maryse St.-Laurent
		Maryse St.-Laurent
		Vice-President and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

Date: March 10, 2014.

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1	TransAlta Corporation’s Notice of Annual and Special Meeting and Management Proxy Circular, dated March 10, 2014 (Only those portions as described in the body of this report are being filed).
99.2	TransAlta Corporation’s Form of Proxy for its 2014 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders is hereby furnished, not filed, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by TransAlta Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.