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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2005
OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From _____ to _____

Commission File Number 1-12001

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   25-1792394
 
     
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
1000 Six PPG Place    
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   15222-5479
 
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(412) 394-2800


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

     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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Yes þ No o

At April 29, 2005, the registrant had outstanding 96,520,325 shares of its Common Stock.

 
 

 


ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
SEC FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2005

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 Exhibit 10.1
 Exhibit 10.2
 Exhibit 10.3
 Exhibit 10.4
 Exhibit 10.5
 Exhibit 10.6
 Exhibit 31.1
 Exhibit 31.2
 Exhibit 32.1

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except share and per share amounts)
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (Unaudited)     (Audited)  
ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 231.2     $ 250.8  
Accounts receivable, net
    425.6       357.9  
Inventories, net
    568.1       513.0  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    48.0       38.5  
 
           
Total Current Assets
    1,272.9       1,160.2  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    709.5       718.3  
Cost in excess of net assets acquired
    206.6       205.3  
Deferred pension asset
    122.3       122.3  
Deferred income taxes
    53.4       53.0  
Other assets
    61.4       56.6  
 
           
Total Assets
  $ 2,426.1     $ 2,315.7  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Accounts payable
  $ 281.4     $ 271.2  
Accrued liabilities
    207.0       192.2  
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
    26.7       29.4  
 
           
Total Current Liabilities
    515.1       492.8  
Long-term debt
    549.6       553.3  
Accrued postretirement benefits
    470.5       472.7  
Pension liabilities
    255.6       240.9  
Other long-term liabilities
    109.5       130.1  
 
           
Total Liabilities
    1,900.3       1,889.8  
 
           
Stockholders’ Equity:
               
Preferred stock, par value $0.10: authorized- 50,000,000 shares; issued-none
           
Common stock, par value $0.10, authorized-500,000,000 shares; issued-98,951,490 shares at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004; outstanding-96,395,876 shares at March 31, 2005 and 95,782,011 shares at December 31, 2004
    9.9       9.9  
Additional paid-in capital
    503.8       481.2  
Retained earnings
    388.3       345.5  
Treasury stock: 2,555,614 shares at March 31, 2005 and 3,169,479 shares at December 31, 2004
    (63.8 )     (79.4 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
    (312.4 )     (331.3 )
 
           
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    525.8       425.9  
 
           
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
  $ 2,426.1     $ 2,315.7  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Sales
  $ 879.6     $ 577.8  
 
               
Costs and expenses:
               
Cost of sales
    738.3       567.4  
Selling and administrative expenses
    66.8       53.7  
 
           
Income (loss) before interest, other income (expense) and income taxes
    74.5       (43.3 )
 
               
Interest expense, net
    (10.4 )     (8.2 )
Other income (expense), net
    (0.8 )     1.1  
 
           
 
               
Income (loss) before income tax provision
    63.3       (50.4 )
 
               
Income tax provision
    2.3        
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 61.0     $ (50.4 )
 
           
 
               
Basic net income (loss) per common share
  $ 0.64     $ (0.63 )
 
           
 
               
Diluted net income (loss) per common share
  $ 0.61     $ (0.63 )
 
           
 
               
Dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.06     $ 0.06  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Operating Activities:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 61.0     $ (50.4 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    17.8       18.8  
Gains on sales of investments and businesses
          (1.6 )
Deferred income taxes
    (0.4 )      
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (67.7 )     (62.2 )
Inventories
    (55.1 )     (7.2 )
Pension assets and liabilities
    14.7       17.5  
Accounts payable
    10.2       47.0  
Postretirement benefits
    (2.2 )     10.8  
Accrued liabilities and other
    17.0       27.1  
 
           
Cash used in operating activities
    (4.7 )     (0.2 )
 
               
Investing Activities:
               
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
    (7.2 )     (12.1 )
Asset disposals and other
    (0.6 )     1.2  
 
           
Cash used in investing activities
    (7.8 )     (10.9 )
 
               
Financing Activities:
               
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases
    (12.5 )     (12.8 )
Borrowings on long-term debt and capital leases
    5.2       8.5  
Net borrowings under credit facilities
    1.5       1.2  
 
           
Net decrease in debt
    (5.8 )     (3.1 )
Exercises of stock options
    4.5       1.9  
Dividends paid
    (5.8 )      
 
           
Cash used in financing activities
    (7.1 )     (1.2 )
 
           
 
               
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (19.6 )     (12.3 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
    250.8       79.6  
 
               
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 231.2     $ 67.3  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

     The interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its subsidiaries. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Allegheny Technologies”, “ATI” and “the Company” refer to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its subsidiaries.

     These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for any future period. Certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation.

Stock-based Compensation

     Effective January 1, 2005, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”). Under the revised standard, companies may no longer account for share-based compensation transactions, such as stock options, restricted stock, and potential payments under programs such as the Company’s Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) plans, using the intrinsic value method as defined in APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). Instead, companies are required to account for such equity transactions using an approach in which the fair value of an award is estimated at the date of grant and recognized as an expense over the requisite service period. Compensation expense is adjusted for equity awards that do not vest because service or performance conditions are not satisfied. However, compensation expense already recognized is not adjusted if market conditions are not met, such as the Company’s total shareholder return performance relative to a peer group under the Company’s TSR plans, or for stock options which expire “out-of-the-money”. The new standard was adopted using the modified prospective method and beginning with the first quarter 2005, the Company will reflect compensation expense in accordance with the SFAS 123R transition provisions. Under the modified prospective method, the effect of the standard is recognized in the period of adoption and in future periods. Prior periods are not restated to reflect the impact of adopting the new standard.

     First quarter 2005 compensation expense related to share-based incentive plans was $2.7 million compared to $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2004. First quarter 2005 share-based compensation expense includes $0.8 million related to expensing of stock options. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2004 would have been $9.6 million higher, at $29.4 million, had share-based compensation expense been accounted for under SFAS 123R, and net income per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2004 would have been $0.33 under FAS 123R, rather than $0.22. The following table illustrates for each quarter of 2004 the effect on operating results and per share information had the

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Company accounted for share-based compensation in accordance SFAS 123R during those periods.

In millions, except per share amounts (unaudited):

                                         
    Quarter Ended     Year Ended  
    3/31/04     6/30/04     9/30/04     12/31/04     12/31/04  
Net income (loss) as reported
  $ (50.4 )   $ 26.6     $ 8.6     $ 35.0     $ 19.8  
Add: Share-based compensation expense included in net income (loss) under APB 25, net of tax
    1.2       8.9       1.8       8.7       20.6  
Deduct: Net impact of SFAS 123R, net of tax
    (2.4 )     (2.1 )     (2.1 )     (4.4 )     (11.0 )
 
                             
Pro forma net income (loss)
  $ (51.6 )   $ 33.4     $ 8.3     $ 39.3     $ 29.4  
 
                             
Net income (loss) per common share:
                                       
Basic – as reported
  $ (0.63 )   $ 0.33     $ 0.10     $ 0.37     $ 0.23  
Basic – pro forma
  $ (0.64 )   $ 0.41     $ 0.09     $ 0.41     $ 0.34  
Diluted – as reported
  $ (0.63 )   $ 0.31     $ 0.09     $ 0.35     $ 0.22  
Diluted – pro forma
  $ (0.64 )   $ 0.39     $ 0.09     $ 0.39     $ 0.33  

There was no effect to the statement of cash flows from the adoption of SFAS 123R due to the valuation allowance established for the Company’s net deferred tax asset.

     The Company sponsors three principal share-based incentive compensation programs. The general terms of each arrangement, the method of estimating fair value for each arrangement and 2005 activity is reported below.

Stock option awards: Options to employees were granted with graded vesting in one-third increments over three years, based on term of service. Fair value as calculated under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, is used to recognize expense upon adoption of SFAS 123R. Fair values for each grant were estimated using a Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model which utilized assumptions for stock price volatility, estimated life based on historical option exercise patterns, and projected dividends. The Company has not granted any stock options, other than grants to non-employee directors, since 2003. Compensation expense related to stock option awards was $0.8 million for the first quarter 2005. Approximately $1.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards will be recognized, in declining amounts, through the first quarter 2006, when all existing grants will have vested.

Nonvested stock awards: Awards of nonvested stock are granted with either performance and/or service conditions. In certain grants, nonvested shares participate in cash dividends during the restriction period. In other grants, dividends are paid in the form of additional shares of nonvested stock, subject to the same vesting conditions and dividend treatment as the underlying shares. Fair value is measured based on the stock price at the grant date, adjusted for non-participating dividends, as applicable, based on the current dividend rate. In the first quarter 2005, the Company granted 151,902 shares of nonvested stock with a grant date fair value per share of $22.175, for a total grant date fair value of $3.4 million. Compensation expense related to all nonvested stock awards was $0.7 million for the 2005 first quarter. Approximately $5.5 million of unrecognized fair value

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compensation expense relating to nonvested stock awards is expected to be recognized through 2007 based on estimates of attaining performance vesting criteria.

TSR plan awards: Awards under the TSR plans are granted at a target number of shares, and vest based on the measured return of the Company’s stock price and dividend performance at the end of three-year periods compared to the stock price and dividend performance of a group of industry peers. The 2003-2005 and 2004-2006 TSR plans performance periods were in effect at the adoption of SFAS 123R. In the first quarter 2005, the Company initiated a 2005-2007 TSR plan, with 166,749 shares as the target level award. The actual number of shares awarded may range from a minimum of zero to a maximum of two times target, in the case of the 2003-2005 TSR plan award, or three times target, in the case of the 2004-2006 and 2005-2007 TSR plans awards. Fair values for the TSR plans awards were estimated using Monte Carlo simulations of historical stock price correlation, projected dividends yields and other variables over three-year time horizons matching the TSR plans performance periods. Compensation expense of $1.2 million was recognized in the first quarter 2005 for the fair value of TSR plan awards.

The estimated fair value of each TSR plan award, including the projected shares to be awarded, and compensation expense to be recognized subsequent to the adoption of SFAS 123R for TSR plan awards was as follows:

In millions, except for shares (unaudited):

                                         
            March 31, 2005                    
    TSR Award     Unrecognized     Minimum     Target     Maximum  
TSR Award Grant   Fair Value     Compensation     Shares     Shares     Shares  
2003-2005
  $ 3.4     $ 0.9       0       538,777       1,077,554  
2004-2006
  $ 4.6     $ 2.7       0       347,042       1,041,126  
2005-2007
  $ 4.9     $ 4.5       0       166,749       500,247  
 
                               
 
                                       
Total
          $ 8.1       0       1,052,568       2,618,927  
 
                               

Awards earned under share-based incentive compensation programs will be first paid with shares held in treasury with any additional required share payments made by the issuance of shares.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement

     In March 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Contingent Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143, “Asset Retirement Obligations” (“SFAS 143”). FIN 47 clarifies that the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in SFAS 143 refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. An entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated, even if conditional on a future event. FIN 47 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005, or ATI’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2005. For existing contingent asset retirement obligations which are determined to be recognizable under FIN 47, the effect of applying FIN 47 would be recognized as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. The Company is evaluating the status of its conditional asset retirement obligations, and has not determined whether sufficient

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information exists with regard to the timing and method of settlement to reasonably estimate the obligations.

Note 2. Acquisitions

     On June 1, 2004, a subsidiary of the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of J&L Specialty Steel, LLC (“J&L”), a producer of flat-rolled stainless steel products with operations in Midland, Pennsylvania and Louisville, Ohio, for $67.0 million in total consideration, including the assumption of certain current liabilities, and which is subject to final adjustment. The acquired operations were integrated into the Allegheny Ludlum operation, which is part of the Company’s Flat-Rolled Products business segment. The purchase price included payment of $7.5 million at closing, the issuance to the seller of a non-interest bearing $7.5 million promissory note that matures on June 1, 2005, and the issuance to the seller of a promissory note in the principal amount of $52.0 million, which is secured by the J&L property, plant and equipment acquired, and which is subject to adjustment on the terms set forth in the asset purchase agreement and has a final maturity of July 1, 2011. The purchase price is expected to be finalized in the 2005 second quarter, pending agreement between buyer and seller over certain working capital adjustments.

Note 3. Inventories

     Inventories at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were as follows (in millions):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)     (audited)  
Raw materials and supplies
  $ 95.5     $ 70.8  
Work-in-process
    596.5       573.6  
Finished goods
    111.5       99.1  
 
           
Total inventories at current cost
    803.5       743.5  
Less allowances to reduce current cost values to LIFO basis
    (229.6 )     (223.9 )
Progress payments
    (5.8 )     (6.6 )
 
           
Total inventories, net
  $ 568.1     $ 513.0  
 
           

     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (last-in, first-out (“LIFO”), first-in, first-out (“FIFO”), and average cost methods) or market, less progress payments. Most of the Company’s inventory is valued utilizing the LIFO costing methodology. Inventory of the Company’s non-U.S. operations is valued using average cost or FIFO methods. The effect of using the LIFO methodology to value inventory, rather than FIFO, increased cost of sales by $5.7 million for the first three months of 2005 compared to $48.1 million for the first three months of 2004.

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Note 4. Supplemental Financial Statement Information

     Property, plant and equipment at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were as follows (in millions):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)     (audited)  
Land
  $ 24.0     $ 24.1  
Buildings
    230.3       231.4  
Equipment and leasehold improvements
    1,555.1       1,562.4  
 
           
 
    1,809.4       1,817.9  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (1,099.9 )     (1,099.6 )
 
           
Total property, plant and equipment, net
  $ 709.5     $ 718.3  
 
           

     Reserves for restructuring charges recorded in prior years involving future payments were approximately $5 million at March 31, 2005 and $6 million at December 31, 2004. The reduction in reserves resulted from cash payments to meet severance and lease payment obligations.

Note 5. Debt

     Debt at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 was as follows (in millions):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)     (audited)  
Allegheny Technologies $300 million 8.375% Notes due 2011, net (a)
  $ 308.2     $ 308.4  
Allegheny Ludlum 6.95% debentures, due 2025
    150.0       150.0  
Promissory notes for J&L asset acquisition
    59.5       59.5  
Domestic Bank Group $325 million secured credit agreement
           
Foreign credit agreements
    34.7       38.6  
Industrial revenue bonds, due through 2016
    12.7       12.8  
Capitalized leases and other
    11.2       13.4  
 
           
 
    576.3       582.7  
Short-term debt and current portion of long- term debt
    (26.7 )     (29.4 )
 
           
Total long-term debt
  $ 549.6     $ 553.3  
 
           


(a)   Includes fair value adjustments for settled interest rate swap contracts of $13.3 million at March 31, 2005 and $13.7 million at December 31, 2004.

     The Company has a $325 million four-year senior secured domestic revolving credit facility (“the facility”), which expires in June 2007, and which is secured by all accounts receivable and inventory of its U.S. operations, and includes capacity for up to $175 million in letters of credit. As of March 31, 2005 there had been no borrowings made under the domestic credit facilities, although a portion of the facility is used to support approximately $123 million in letters of credit.

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Note 6. Per Share Information

     The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share (in millions, except share and per share amounts):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)  
Numerator for basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share – net income (loss)
  $ 61.0     $ (50.4 )
 
           
 
               
Denominator:
               
Denominator for basic net income (loss) per common share-weighted average shares
    95.4       80.4  
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
Option equivalents
    1.9        
Contingently issuable shares
    2.6        
 
           
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share – adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions
    99.9       80.4  
 
           
Basic net income (loss) per common share
  $ 0.64     $ (0.63 )
 
           
Diluted net income (loss) per common share
  $ 0.61     $ (0.63 )
 
           

     Weighted average shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options which were antidilutive, and thus not included in the calculation, were 0.4 million in 2005 and 6.9 million in 2004.

Note 7. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     The components of comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, were as follows (in millions):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)  
Net income (loss)
  $ 61.0     $ (50.4 )
 
           
Foreign currency translation gains
    0.4       19.5  
Unrealized gains (losses) on energy, raw materials and currency hedges
    18.5       (7.9 )
 
           
 
    18.9       11.6  
 
           
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 79.9     $ (38.8 )
 
           

Note 8. Income Taxes

     First quarter 2005 results include a provision for income taxes of $2.3 million, which is principally related to foreign and state income taxes. Results of operations for the 2005 first quarter and for the 2004 period do not include an income tax provision or benefit for current or deferred taxes primarily as a result of the continuing uncertainty regarding full utilization of the Company’s net deferred tax asset, including available net operating loss carryforwards, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. The Company is required to maintain a valuation allowance for the majority of its deferred tax assets until a realization event occurs to support reversal of all, or a portion of, the allowance.

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Note 9. Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

     The Company has defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution plans covering substantially all employees. Benefits under the defined benefit pension plans are generally based on years of service and/or final average pay. The Company funds the U.S. pension plans in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the Internal Revenue Code.

     The Company also sponsors several postretirement plans covering certain salaried and hourly employees. The plans provide health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. In certain plans, Company contributions towards premiums are capped based on the cost as of a certain date, thereby creating a defined contribution. For the non-collectively bargained plans, the Company maintains the right to amend or terminate the plans at its discretion.

     The other postretirement benefits obligation, and postretirement benefits expense recognized through March 31, 2005, includes the expected favorable impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (the “Act”), which was enacted on December 8, 2003. The Act provides for a federal subsidy, with tax-free payments commencing in 2006, to sponsors of retiree health care benefits plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to the benefit established by the law. In January 2005, the U.S. Federal government issued final regulations which clarify how the Act is to be implemented. Based upon these regulations, it is expected that the federal subsidy included in the law will result in a reduction in the other postretirement benefits obligation of approximately $70 million. This reduction will be recognized in the financial statements over a number of years as an actuarial experience gain.

     For the 2005 and 2004 first quarters, the components of pension expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans and components of postretirement benefit expense included the following (pretax, in millions):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)  
Pension Benefits:
               
Service cost — benefits earned during the year
  $ 7.0     $ 7.5  
Interest cost on benefits earned in prior years
    31.4       31.3  
Expected return on plan assets
    (38.4 )     (36.8 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    5.4       6.3  
Amortization of net actuarial loss
    10.5       10.7  
 
           
Net pension expense
  $ 15.9     $ 19.0  
 
           
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)  
Other Postretirement Benefits:
               
Service cost — benefits earned during the year
  $ 0.8     $ 2.2  
Interest cost on benefits earned in prior years
    8.1       13.9  
Expected return on plan assets
    (2.0 )     (2.2 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    (6.6 )      
Amortization of net actuarial loss
    4.0       3.1  
 
           
Net postretirement benefit expense
  $ 4.3     $ 17.0  
 
           
Total retirement benefit expense
  $ 20.2     $ 36.0  
 
           

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Note 10. Business Segments

     Following is certain financial information with respect to the Company’s business segments for the periods indicated (in millions):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (unaudited)  
Total sales:
               
 
               
Flat-Rolled Products
  $ 530.2     $ 332.0  
High Performance Metals
    279.2       193.7  
Engineered Products
    97.1       71.8  
 
           
 
    906.5       597.5  
 
               
Intersegment sales:
               
 
               
Flat-Rolled Products
    5.3       2.4  
High Performance Metals
    16.5       15.0  
Engineered Products
    5.1       2.3  
 
           
 
    26.9       19.7  
 
               
Sales to external customers:
               
 
               
Flat-Rolled Products
    524.9       329.6  
High Performance Metals
    262.7       178.7  
Engineered Products
    92.0       69.5  
 
           
 
  $ 879.6     $ 577.8  
 
           
 
               
Operating profit (loss):
               
 
               
Flat-Rolled Products
  $ 39.2     $ (11.0 )
High Performance Metals
    63.5       7.8  
Engineered Products
    11.2       3.8  
 
           
 
               
Total operating profit
    113.9       0.6  
 
               
Corporate expenses
    (10.3 )     (5.6 )
Interest expense, net
    (10.4 )     (8.2 )
Other expenses, net of gains on asset sales
    (9.7 )     (1.2 )
Retirement benefit expense
    (20.2 )     (36.0 )
 
           
Income (loss) before income tax provision
  $ 63.3     $ (50.4 )
 
           

     Retirement benefit expense represents pension expense and other postretirement benefit expenses. Operating profit with respect to the Company’s business segments excludes any retirement benefit expense.

     Other expenses, net of gains on asset sales for 2005 includes litigation expense of $5.3 million relating to an unfavorable court judgment issued in April 2005, concerning a commercial dispute with a raw material supplier.

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Note 11. Financial Information for Subsidiary and Guarantor Parent

     The payment obligations under the $150 million 6.95% debentures due 2025 issued by Allegheny Ludlum Corporation (the “Subsidiary”) are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the “Guarantor Parent”). In accordance with positions established by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the financial information in this Note 11 sets forth separately financial information with respect to the Subsidiary, the non-guarantor subsidiaries and the Guarantor Parent. The principal elimination entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries and certain intercompany balances and transactions. Investments in subsidiaries, which are eliminated in consolidation, are included in other assets on the balance sheets.

     In 1996, the defined benefit pension plans of the Subsidiary were merged with the defined benefit pension plans of Teledyne, Inc. and Allegheny Technologies became the plan sponsor. As a result, the balance sheets presented for the Subsidiary and the non-guarantor subsidiaries do not include the Allegheny Technologies deferred pension asset, pension liabilities or the related deferred taxes. The pension assets, liabilities and the related deferred taxes and pension income or expense are recognized by the Guarantor Parent. Management and royalty fees charged to the Subsidiary and to the non-guarantor subsidiaries by the Guarantor Parent have been excluded solely for purposes of this presentation.

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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

Financial Information for Subsidiary and Guarantor Parent

Balance Sheets

March 31, 2005 (unaudited)

                                         
 
    Guarantor             Non-guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent      Subsidiary     Subsidiaries      Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Assets:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 0.1     $ 131.1     $ 100.0     $     $ 231.2  
Accounts receivable, net
    0.4       196.8       228.4             425.6  
Inventories, net
          266.2       301.9             568.1  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    0.3       5.2       42.5             48.0  
     
Total current assets
    0.8       599.3       672.8             1,272.9  
Property, plant, and equipment, net
          330.7       378.8             709.5  
Cost in excess of net assets acquired
          112.1       94.5             206.6  
Deferred pension asset
    122.3                         122.3  
Deferred income taxes
    53.4                         53.4  
Investments in subsidiaries and other assets
    1,528.5       483.5       522.2       (2,472.8 )     61.4  
     
Total assets
  $ 1,705.0     $ 1,525.6     $ 1,668.3     $ (2,472.8 )   $ 2,426.1  
     
 
                                       
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
                                       
Accounts payable
  $ 2.7     $ 143.2     $ 135.5     $     $ 281.4  
Accrued liabilities
    602.2       66.0       280.4       (741.6 )     207.0  
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
          7.8       18.9               26.7  
     
Total current liabilities
    604.9       217.0       434.8       (741.6 )     515.1  
Long-term debt
    308.2       405.4       36.0       (200.0 )     549.6  
Accrued postretirement benefits
          262.8       207.7             470.5  
Pension liabilities
    255.6                         255.6  
Other long-term liabilities
    10.5       26.6       72.4             109.5  
     
Total liabilities
    1,179.2       911.8       750.9       (941.6 )     1,900.3  
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    525.8       613.8       917.4       (1,531.2 )     525.8  
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,705.0     $ 1,525.6     $ 1,668.3     $ (2,472.8 )   $ 2,426.1  
     

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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Financial Information for Subsidiary and Guarantor Parent
Statements of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited)
                                         
   
                    Non-              
    Guarantor             guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent     Subsidiary     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Sales
  $     $ 492.1     $ 387.5     $     $ 879.6  
Cost of sales
    13.4       449.7       275.2             738.3  
Selling and administrative expenses
    19.5       9.1       38.2             66.8  
Interest expense, net
    (7.3 )     (2.7 )     (0.4 )           (10.4 )
Other income (expense) including equity in income of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    103.5       1.1       0.5       (105.9 )     (0.8 )
     
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)
    63.3       31.7       74.2       (105.9 )     63.3  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    2.3                         2.3  
     
Net income (loss)
  $ 61.0     $ 31.7     $ 74.2     $ (105.9 )   $ 61.0  
     

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited)

                                         
   
                    Non-              
    Guarantor             guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent     Subsidiary     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ 35.0     $ (53.8 )   $ 37.5     $ (23.4 )   $ (4.7 )
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities
    (33.8 )     (2.7 )     (15.7 )     44.4       (7.8 )
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities
    (1.3 )     11.5       3.7       (21.0 )     (7.1 )
     
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  $ (0.1 )   $ (45.0 )   $ 25.5     $     $ (19.6 )
     

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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Financial Information for Subsidiary and Guarantor Parent
Balance Sheets
December 31, 2004 (audited)

                                         
   
    Guarantor             Non-guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent     Subsidiary     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Assets:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 0.2     $ 176.1     $ 74.5     $     $ 250.8  
Accounts receivable, net
    0.3       169.7       187.9             357.9  
Inventories, net
          266.8       246.2             513.0  
Prepaid expenses, and other current assets
    0.1       8.4       30.0             38.5  
     
Total current assets
    0.6       621.0       538.6             1,160.2  
Property, plant, and equipment, net
          336.5       381.8             718.3  
Cost in excess of net assets acquired
          112.1       93.2             205.3  
Deferred pension asset
    122.3                         122.3  
Deferred income taxes
    53.0                         53.0  
Investment in subsidiaries and other assets
    1,378.6       432.4       544.7       (2,299.1 )     56.6  
     
Total assets
  $ 1,554.5     $ 1,502.0     $ 1,558.3     $ (2,299.1 )   $ 2,315.7  
     
 
                                       
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
                                       
Accounts payable
  $ 3.9     $ 164.2     $ 103.1     $     $ 271.2  
Accrued liabilities
    547.6       63.2       283.6       (702.2 )     192.2  
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
          7.5       21.9             29.4  
     
Total current liabilities
    551.5       234.9       408.6       (702.2 )     492.8  
Long-term debt
    308.4       404.8       40.1       (200.0 )     553.3  
Accrued postretirement benefits
          263.1       209.6             472.7  
Pension liabilities
    240.9                         240.9  
Other long-term liabilities
    27.8       26.6       75.7             130.1  
     
Total liabilities
    1,128.6       929.4       734.0       (902.2 )     1,889.8  
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    425.9       572.6       824.3       (1,396.9 )     425.9  
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,554.5     $ 1,502.0     $ 1,558.3     $ (2,299.1 )   $ 2,315.7  
     

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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Financial Information for Subsidiary and Guarantor Parent
Statements of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2004 (unaudited)

                                         
   
    Guarantor             Non-guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent     Subsidiary     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Sales
  $     $ 301.7     $ 276.1     $     $ 577.8  
Cost of sales
    26.6       310.0       230.8             567.4  
Selling and administrative expenses
    21.1       5.4       27.2             53.7  
Interest expense, net
    (5.1 )     (2.7 )     (0.4 )           (8.2 )
Other income (expense) including equity in income of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    2.4       0.3       2.2       (3.8 )     1.1  
     
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)
    (50.4 )     (16.1 )     19.9       (3.8 )     (50.4 )
Income tax provision (benefit)
                             
     
Net income (loss)
  $ (50.4 )   $ (16.1 )   $ 19.9     $ (3.8 )   $ (50.4 )
     

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2004 (unaudited)

                                         
   
    Guarantor             Non-guarantor              
(In millions)   Parent     Subsidiary     Subsidiaries     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ (15.2 )   $ 93.7     $ (26.4 )   $ (52.3 )   $ (0.2 )
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities
          (3.5 )     (9.1 )     1.7       (10.9 )
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities
    15.0       (105.1 )     38.3       50.6       (1.2 )
     
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  $ (0.2 )   $ (14.9 )   $ 2.8     $     $ (12.3 )
     

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Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

     The Company is subject to various domestic and international environmental laws and regulations that govern the discharge of pollutants and disposal of wastes, and which may require that it investigate and remediate the effects of the release or disposal of materials at sites associated with past and present operations. The Company could incur substantial cleanup costs, fines, and civil or criminal sanctions, third party property damage or personal injury claims as a result of violations or liabilities under these laws or noncompliance with environmental permits required at its facilities. The Company is currently involved in the investigation and remediation of a number of its current and former sites, as well as third party sites.

     Environmental liabilities are recorded when the Company’s liability is probable and the costs are reasonably estimable. In many cases, however, the Company is not able to determine whether it is liable or, if liability is probable, to reasonably estimate the loss or range of loss. Estimates of the Company’s liability remain subject to additional uncertainties, including the nature and extent of site contamination, available remediation alternatives, the extent of corrective actions that may be required, and the number, participation, and financial condition of other potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”). The Company expects that it will adjust its accruals to reflect new information as appropriate. Future adjustments could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations in a given period, but the Company cannot reliably predict the amounts of such future adjustments.

     Based on currently available information, the Company does not believe that there is a reasonable possibility that a loss exceeding the amount already accrued for any of the sites with which the Company is currently associated (either individually or in the aggregate) will be an amount that would be material to a decision to buy or sell the Company’s securities. Future developments, administrative actions or liabilities relating to environmental matters, however, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

     At March 31, 2005, the Company’s reserves for environmental remediation obligations totaled approximately $27 million, of which approximately $9.6 million were included in other current liabilities. The reserve includes estimated probable future costs of $9.5 million for federal Superfund and comparable state-managed sites; $9.1 million for formerly owned or operated sites for which the Company has remediation or indemnification obligations; $5.7 million for owned or controlled sites at which Company operations have been discontinued; and $2.8 million for sites utilized by the Company in its ongoing operations. The Company continues to evaluate whether it may be able to recover a portion of future costs for environmental liabilities from third parties.

     The timing of expenditures depends on a number of factors that vary by site. The Company expects that it will expend present accruals over many years and that remediation of all sites with which it has been identified will be completed within thirty years.

     See Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 for a discussion of legal proceedings affecting the Company. The following are updates to that discussion.

     TDY Industries, Inc. (“TDY”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has conducted an environmental assessment of portions of a facility in San Diego, California that was formerly leased by one of the Company’s discontinued operations (“the San Diego facility”) from the San Diego Unified Port District (“the Port District”), at the request of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (“Regional Board”), and the Port District has commenced a site-wide environmental investigation. In October 2004, the Regional Board issued an order directing that TDY investigate contamination at the site and conduct a clean up if necessary. TDY appealed the order, which has been held in abeyance pending the outcome of the Company’s additional investigation directed

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primarily at neighboring properties. TDY is currently complying with the order. While the outcome of these environmental matters cannot be predicted with certainty, and the Company believes that the claims against it are not meritorious, an adverse resolution of the matters relating to the San Diego facility could have a material adverse affect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

     TDY is continuing negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Government in connection with the Li Tungsten Superfund Site in Glen Cove, New York. Based on information presently available, the Company believes its reserves on this matter are adequate. An adverse resolution of this matter could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

     A number of other lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be asserted against the Company relating to the conduct of its currently and formerly owned businesses, including those pertaining to product liability, patent infringement, commercial, employment, employee benefits, taxes, environmental and health and safety, and stockholder matters. While the outcome of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and some of these lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be determined adversely to the Company, management does not believe that the disposition of any such pending matters is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or liquidity, although the resolution in any reporting period of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations for that period.

Note 13. Subsequent Events

     On April 5, 2005, the Company announced that ATI Metalworking Products acquired the assets of U.K.-based Garryson Limited (“Garryson”), a leading producer of tungsten carbide burrs, rotary tooling and specialty abrasive wheels and discs, from Elliot Industries Limited for approximately $17 million in cash. Garryson had sales of over $30 million in 2004.

     On April 29, 2005, the Company learned that an unfavorable judgment had been issued against TDY in a case filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (“District Court”) relating to a disputed tantalum graded powder raw material supply arrangement in late 2000. The supplier alleged that ATI Metalworking Products had failed to purchase certain tantalum graded powder under a supply contract, and TDY defended on the basis that the arrangement was a consignment with no purchase obligation. The District Court judge found against TDY. As a result, ATI’s results for the first quarter 2005 reflect a charge of $5.3 million of litigation expense, which includes compensatory damages and pre-judgment interest, and which is included in current accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2005. The Company plans to appeal the decision. This charge is included in selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations, and in other expenses, net of gains on asset sales, in the Company’s business segment results.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

     Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified producers of specialty materials in the world. Unless the context requires otherwise, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its subsidiaries.

Results of Operations

     We operate in the following three business segments, which accounted for the following percentages of total external sales for the first three months of 2005 and 2004:

                 
      2005       2004  
Flat-Rolled Products
    60 %     57 %
High Performance Metals
    30 %     31 %
Engineered Products
    10 %     12 %

Revenues increased 52% to $880 million in the 2005 first quarter, compared to the 2004 first quarter. This revenue increase was the result of increased demand, higher prices and higher volume of products shipped across all three business segments, as well as the increased volume attributable to the J&L asset acquisition in the 2004 second quarter.

     For the first three months of 2005, operating profit increased to $113.9 million, compared to $0.6 million for the first three months of 2004. Operating performance benefited from strong demand, higher selling prices, ongoing cost reductions and capital investments, and from ATI Business System manufacturing initiatives. Segment operating margins as a percentage of sales for the first three months of 2005 and 2004 were:

                 
    2005     2004  
Flat-Rolled Products
    7.5 %     (3.3 )%
High Performance Metals
    24.2 %     4.4 %
Engineered Products
    12.2 %     5.5 %

Results for 2005 included a LIFO inventory valuation reserve increase of $5.7 million, compared to a first quarter 2004 LIFO inventory valuation reserve increase of $48.1 million. Cost reductions, before the effects of inflation, totaled $30 million in the first quarter 2005.

     Business conditions in most of our end markets improved significantly compared to the prior year period. Robust demand from the early stage recovery of the commercial aerospace market drove High Performance Metals segment results, resulting in higher pricing and volume for our titanium alloys, nickel-based superalloys, and vacuum-melted specialty steels. In addition, our exotic alloys business had another strong quarter due to continued government, corrosion, and medical market strength. Flat-Rolled Products segment results were good, as shipment volumes increased 9% sequentially compared to the 2004 fourth quarter, although higher operating costs and customer inventory adjustments affected operating margins. In our Engineered Products segment, operating margins increased to over 12% as a result of ATI Business System improvements and strong demand from several key markets, such as oil and gas, aerospace, and transportation markets as well as general manufacturing.

     We remain optimistic about the prospects for ATI. Backlogs in our High Performance Metals segment are at near record levels and lead times have continued to lengthen. We expect sustained demand for our materials used for jet engine after-market parts and new commercial jet engines and airframes. In addition,

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we see continued strength for our exotic alloys. In our Flat-Rolled Products segment, capital goods markets are expected to remain strong. We believe stainless steel service center supply chain inventories are likely to be in better balance by the end of the second quarter 2005. The global electrical steel markets for power distribution are looking for added supply as that market gains momentum. Markets for our Engineered Products segment businesses remain robust.

     Retirement benefit expense was $20.2 million in the first quarter 2005 compared to $36.0 million in the first quarter 2004, primarily as a result of actions taken in the second quarter 2004 to control retiree medical costs and the favorable effect of the Medicare prescription drug legislation. First quarter 2005 results include litigation expense of $5.3 million relating to an unfavorable court judgment in April 2005 concerning a commercial dispute with a raw material supplier. First quarter 2005 results also include an income tax provision of $2.3 million, primarily for foreign and state income taxes. Results for 2004 do not include an income tax benefit as a result of the uncertainty concerning realization of the income tax benefit in the prior year. As a result of the improved market conditions and operating performance, net income for the first quarter 2005 was $61.0 million, or $0.61 per share, compared to a first quarter 2004 net loss of $50.4 million, or $(0.63) per share.

     Sales and operating profit (loss) for our three business segments are discussed below.

Flat-Rolled Products Segment

     Sales increased 59% to $524.9 million primarily due to improved demand, higher base-selling prices, higher raw material surcharges, and higher shipments including those from the Midland, PA and Louisville, OH facilities acquired in June 2004. Demand continued to be strong from the residential construction and remodeling, oil and gas, food service and equipment, and transportation markets. Demand improved from capital goods markets, such as chemical processing and power generation industries. Demand remained good from the automotive market for our specialty products, and we improved our position for automotive exhaust alloys as a result of the J&L asset acquisition.

     Segment operating income was $39.2 million, an increase of $50.2 million, primarily as a result of increased shipments, higher base-selling prices, additional surcharges, the benefits of gross cost reductions, and no LIFO inventory valuation reserve charge. First quarter 2004 results had a LIFO inventory valuation reserve charge of $37.6 million. Base prices for commodity products in the first quarter 2005 were approximately 12% higher than the first quarter 2004, and were essentially flat with the fourth quarter 2004. Results benefited from $23.1 million in gross cost reductions, before the effects of inflation.

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Certain comparative information on the segment’s products is provided in the following table (unaudited):

                         
    Three Months Ended        
    March 31,     %  
    2005     2004     Change  
Volume (finished tons):
                       
Commodity
    129,942       87,016       49 %
High Value
    42,845       37,971       13 %
 
                   
Total
    172,787       124,987       38 %
 
                       
Average prices (per finished ton):
                       
Commodity
  $ 2,345     $ 2,006       17 %
High Value
  $ 5,109     $ 4,081       25 %
Combined Average
  $ 3,030     $ 2,636       15 %

High Performance Metals Segment

     Sales increased 47% to $262.7 million due primarily to improved demand for titanium alloys, nickel-based superalloys, and vacuum-melted specialty steels from the aerospace, biomedical, and power generation markets. Our exotic alloys business continued to benefit from sustained high demand from government and medical markets, and from corrosion markets particularly in Asia. Backlog of confirmed orders for the segment was $495 million at March 31, 2005, a $115 million increase from December 31, 2004.

     Segment operating profit was $63.5 million, an increase of $55.7 million, primarily as a result of increased shipments for most products, higher selling prices, and the benefits of gross cost reductions. Raw material cost inflation and higher inventory levels resulted in a LIFO inventory valuation reserve charge of $6.0 million in 2005 compared to a $8.6 million charge in the first quarter of 2004. Results for 2005 benefited from $5.5 million of gross cost reductions, before the effects of inflation.

     Certain comparative information on the segment’s major products is provided in the following table (unaudited):

                         
    Three Months Ended        
    March 31,     %  
    2005     2004     Change  
Volume (000’s pounds):
                       
Nickel-based and specialty steel alloys
    10,349       8,944       16 %
Titanium mill products
    6,137       5,023       22 %
Exotic alloys
    1,027       1,185       (13 )%
 
                       
Average prices (per pound):
                       
Nickel-based and specialty steel alloys
  $ 9.77     $ 7.73       26 %
Titanium mill products
  $ 17.37     $ 11.41       52 %
Exotic alloys
  $ 40.48     $ 36.32       11 %

Exotic alloys pricing and volume comparisons were significantly affected by product mix.

Engineered Products Segment

     Sales improved 32% to $92.0 million. Operating profit was $11.2 million, an increase of $7.4 million, primarily as a result of higher sales volumes, improved pricing, cost reductions and lower LIFO inventory valuation reserve charges. Changes in raw material costs and inventory levels resulted in a LIFO inventory valuation reserve gain of $0.3 million in 2005, compared to a $1.9 million charge in the first quarter of 2004. Demand for tungsten

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products in our Metalworking Products operation remained strong from the oil and gas, aerospace, and general manufacturing markets. Demand remained strong for our forged products from the Class 8 truck, and construction and mining markets. Demand for our cast products was strong from the transportation, wind energy, and oil and gas markets. Results benefited from $1.5 million in gross cost reductions, before the effects of inflation.

Corporate Items

     Corporate expenses increased to $10.3 million for the first quarter of 2005 compared to $5.6 million for the first quarter of 2004. This increase is due primarily to expenses associated with cash and equity-based long-term performance-based incentive compensation programs. We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”) on January 1, 2005, using the modified prospective method. Under the modified prospective method, the effect of the standard is recognized in the period of adoption and in future periods. Prior periods, which were accounted for under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), are not restated to reflect the impact of adopting the new standard.

     SFAS 123R requires share-based payments to be accounted for at fair value, measured at the grant date for equity awards, and recognized as expense over the requisite service period. As a result, compensation expense recognized under SFAS 123R may be subject to less volatility than the compensation expense recognized under APB 25, which required adjustments under the intrinsic value method for variable awards where the number of shares to be awarded, or the share price, was not known at the grant date. Had we accounted for equity-based compensation under the SFAS 123R fair value expense method in 2004, we would have recorded $9.6 million of lower compensation expense for the year.

     Net interest expense increased to $10.4 million for the first quarter of 2005 from $8.2 million for the same period last year. The increase was primarily related to interest associated with the financing of the June 2004 J&L asset acquisition and higher short-term interest rates.

     Other expenses, net of gains on asset sales for 2005 includes litigation expense of $5.3 million relating to an unfavorable court judgment in April 2005 concerning a commercial dispute with a raw material supplier.

     Retirement benefit expense declined to $20.2 million in the first quarter 2005, compared to $36.0 million in the first quarter 2004, primarily as a result of actions taken in the second quarter 2004 to control retiree and medical costs and the favorable effect of the Medicare prescription drug legislation. Approximately $13.7 million of the first quarter 2005 retirement benefit expense was non-cash. For the first quarter 2005, retirement benefit expense increased cost of sales by $14.2 million, and selling and administrative expenses by $6.0 million. For the first quarter 2004, retirement benefit expense increased cost of sales by $27.6 million, and selling and administrative expenses by $8.4 million. Retirement benefit expense for the full year 2005 is expected to decline to approximately $81 million from $120 million in 2004. The pension expense portion of retirement benefit expense is expected to decrease to approximately $63 million for 2005 compared to $74 million in 2004 as actual returns on pension assets in 2004 were higher than expected. This decrease was partially offset by a lower assumed discount rate to value pension benefit liabilities. Postretirement medical expense for 2005, which is now expected to be approximately $17 million compared to $46 million for 2004, will continue to benefit from the actions taken in the second quarter 2004 to control retiree medical costs. This was partially offset by a lower assumed discount rate to value plan liabilities. The revised 2005 postretirement medical expense reflects a $7 million reduction from the previous 2005 estimate due primarily to a revision of the projected impact of the Medicare prescription drug legislation resulting from updated regulations.

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     We are not required to make cash contributions to the defined benefit pension plan for 2005 and, based on current regulations and actuarial studies, we do not expect to be required to make cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan during the next several years. However, we may elect, depending upon investment performance of the pension plan assets and other factors, to make voluntary cash contributions to this pension plan in the future.

Income Taxes

     The 2005 first quarter includes a provision for income taxes of $2.3 million, which is principally related to foreign and state income taxes. No income tax benefit or provision was recognized in 2004. Results of operations for the 2005 first quarter and for the 2004 period do not include any significant U.S. Federal income tax provision or benefit for current or deferred taxes primarily as a result of the continuing uncertainty regarding full utilization of our net deferred tax asset and available operating loss carryforwards. We maintain a valuation allowance for a major portion of our deferred tax assets in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. Future tax provisions or benefits will be recognized when taxable income exceeds net operating tax loss carry-forwards resulting in cash tax payments, or when tax losses, if any, are recoverable as cash refunds, or due to changes in our judgment regarding the realizability of our deferred tax assets. As of December 31, 2004, we had a U. S. Federal income tax net operating loss carryforward of approximately $150 million, which equates to a U.S. Federal tax benefit of approximately $52 million. This carryforward is available to offset any taxable income in 2005, or in future periods through 2024.

Financial Condition and Liquidity

Cash Flow and Working Capital

     During the three months ended March 31, 2005, cash used by operations was $4.7 million, as the significant improvement in operating earnings was more than offset by a $122.2 million increase in managed working capital in the quarter. Capital expenditures were $7.2 million. The principal financing activities were $5.8 million of net debt repayments and $5.8 million of dividends paid. At March 31, 2005, cash and cash equivalents totaled $231.2 million, a decrease of $19.6 million from December 31, 2004.

     As part of managing the liquidity of our business, we focus on controlling managed working capital, which is defined as gross accounts receivable and gross inventories, less accounts payable. In measuring performance in controlling this managed working capital, we exclude the effects of LIFO inventory valuation reserves, excess and obsolete inventory reserves, and reserves for uncollectible accounts receivable which, due to their nature, are managed separately. At March 31, 2005, managed working capital was 27.2% of annualized sales compared to 29.5% of annualized sales at December 31, 2004. During the first three months of 2005, managed working capital increased by $122.2 million, to $974.8 million. The increase in managed working capital from December 31, 2004 was due to increased accounts receivable of $68.2 million, which reflects the higher level of sales in the first quarter 2005 compared to the fourth quarter 2004, and increased inventory of $63.3 million, mostly as a result of higher raw material costs and increased business volumes, which was partially offset by increased accounts payable of $9.3 million. The majority of the increase in raw material costs should be recovered through surcharges and index pricing mechanisms.

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The components of managed working capital were as follows:

                         
    March 31,     December 31,        
(Unaudited, in millions)   2005     2004     Change  
Accounts receivable
  $ 425.6     $ 357.9      
Inventories
    568.1       513.0        
Accounts payable
    (281.4 )     (271.2 )    
 
                   
Subtotal
    712.3       599.7        
 
                       
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    9.1       8.4        
LIFO reserves
    229.6       223.9        
Corporate and other
    23.8       20.6        
 
                   
Managed working capital
  $ 974.8     $ 852.6     $ 122.2  
 
                 
 
                       
Annualized prior 2 months sales
  $ 3,588.0     $ 2,887.0      
 
                   
 
                       
Managed working capital as a % of annualized sales
    27.2 %     29.5 %    

     A regular quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock was declared on March 21, 2005, payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 2005. The payment of dividends and the amount of such dividends depends upon matters deemed relevant by our Board of Directors, such as our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects, any limitations imposed by law, credit agreements or senior securities, and other factors deemed relevant and appropriate.

Debt

     At March 31, 2005, we had $576.3 million in total outstanding debt, a decrease of $6.4 million compared to December 31, 2004. The decrease was primarily due to repayments of short-term debt at our STAL joint venture.

     In managing our overall capital structure, one of the measures on which we focus is net debt to total capitalization, which is the percentage of our debt to our total invested and borrowed capital. In determining this measure, debt and total capitalization are net of cash on hand which may be available to reduce borrowings. Our net debt to total capitalization improved to 39.6% at March 31, 2005 from 43.8% at December 31, 2004. The net debt to total capitalization was determined as follows:

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
(Unaudited - dollars in millions)   2005     2004  
Total debt
  $ 576.3     $ 582.7  
Less: cash
    (231.2 )     (250.8 )
 
           
Net debt
  $ 345.1     $ 331.9  
 
               
Net debt
  $ 345.1     $ 331.9  
Stockholders’ equity
    525.8       425.9  
 
           
Total capitalization
  $ 870.9     $ 757.8  
 
               
Net debt to total capitalization
    39.6 %     43.8 %
 
           

     We did not borrow funds under our secured domestic credit facility during the first three months of 2005, or during all of 2004 or 2003. We have a $325 million four-year senior secured domestic revolving credit facility (“the facility”), which expires in June 2007, and which is secured by all accounts receivable and inventory of our U.S. operations, and includes capacity for up to $175 million in letters of credit. Outstanding letters of credit issued under the facility at March 31, 2005 were approximately $123 million.

     The facility limits capital expenditures, investments and acquisitions of businesses, new indebtedness, asset divestitures, payment of dividends, and common stock repurchases which we may incur or undertake during the term of the facility without obtaining permission of the lending group. In addition, the secured credit facility contains a financial covenant, which is not measured unless our undrawn availability as described in the facility is less

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than $150 million. This financial covenant, when measured, requires us to maintain a ratio of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to fixed charges of at least 1.0 to 1.0. EBITDA is adjusted for non-cash items such as income/loss on investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, non-cash pension expense/income, and that portion of retiree medical and life insurance expenses paid from our VEBA trust. EBITDA is reduced by capital expenditures and cash taxes paid, and increased for cash tax refunds. Fixed charges include gross interest expense, dividends paid and scheduled debt payments. Our ability to borrow under the secured credit facility in the future could be adversely affected if we fail to maintain the applicable covenants under the agreement governing the facility.

     At March 31, 2005, we had the ability to access the entire $325 million undrawn availability under the facility, which is calculated including outstanding letters of credit and domestic cash on hand.

     We believe that internally generated funds, current cash on hand, and capacity provided from our secured credit facility will be adequate to meet our foreseeable liquidity needs.

Critical Accounting Policies

Inventory

     At March 31, 2005, we had net inventory of $568.1 million. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (last-in, first-out (LIFO), first-in, first-out (FIFO) and average cost methods) or market, less progress payments. Costs include direct material, direct labor and applicable manufacturing and engineering overhead, and other direct costs. Most of our inventory is valued utilizing the LIFO costing methodology. Inventory of our non-U.S. operations is valued using average cost or FIFO methods. Under the LIFO inventory valuation method, changes in the cost of raw materials and production activities are recognized in cost of sales in the current period even though these material and other costs may have been incurred at significantly different values due to the length of time of our production cycle. The prices for many of the raw materials we use have recently been extremely volatile, especially during 2004 when raw material prices rose rapidly, compared to 2003. Since we value most of our inventory utilizing the LIFO inventory costing methodology, a rapid rise in raw material costs has a negative effect on our operating results. For example, in 2004 the effect of the increase in raw material costs on our LIFO inventory valuation method resulted in cost of sales which was $112.2 million higher than would have been recognized if we utilized the FIFO methodology to value our inventory. In a period of rising prices, cost of sales expense recognized under LIFO is generally higher than the cash costs incurred to acquire the inventory sold. Conversely, in a period of declining raw material prices, cost of sales recognized under LIFO is generally lower than cash costs incurred to acquire the inventory sold.

     Since the LIFO inventory valuation methodology is designed for annual determination, interim estimates of the annual LIFO valuation are required. We recognize the effects of the LIFO inventory valuation method on an interim basis by projecting the expected annual LIFO cost and allocating that projection to the interim quarters equally. These projections of the annual LIFO cost are updated quarterly and are evaluated based upon current material, labor and overhead costs and projections for such costs at the end of the year plus projections regarding year-end inventory levels.

     We evaluate product lines on a quarterly basis to identify inventory values that exceed estimated net realizable value. The calculation of a resulting reserve, if any, is recognized as an expense in the period that the need for the reserve is identified. At March 31, 2005, no such reserves were required. It is our general policy to write-down to scrap value any inventory that is identified as obsolete and any inventory that has aged or has not moved in more than twelve months. In some instances this criterion is up to twenty-four

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months due to the longer manufacturing and distribution process for such products.

Income Taxes

     Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences in the recognition of income and expense for financial and income tax reporting purposes, or differences between the fair value of assets acquired in business combinations accounted for as purchases for financial reporting purposes and their corresponding tax bases. Deferred income taxes represent future tax benefits (assets) or costs (liabilities) to be recognized when those temporary differences reverse. We evaluate on a quarterly basis whether, based on all available evidence, we believe that our deferred income tax assets will be realizable. Valuation allowances are established when it is estimated that it is probable (more likely than not) that the tax benefit of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The evaluation, as prescribed by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” includes the consideration of all available evidence, both positive and negative, regarding historical operating results including recent periods of profitability mitigated by prior years with reported losses, the estimated timing of future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, estimated future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, and potential tax planning strategies which may be employed to prevent an operating loss or tax credit carryforward from expiring unused. Future realization of deferred income tax assets ultimately depends upon the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback, carryforward period available under tax law.

     The recognition of a valuation allowance is recorded as a non-cash charge to the income tax provision with an offsetting reserve against the deferred income tax asset. Should we generate pretax losses in future periods, a tax benefit would not be recorded and the valuation allowance recorded would increase. Under these circumstances the net loss recognized and net loss per share for that period would be larger than a comparable period when a favorable tax benefit was recorded. However, tax provisions or benefits would continue to be recognized, as appropriate, on state and local taxes, and taxes related to foreign jurisdictions. The recognition of a valuation allowance does not affect our ability to utilize the deferred tax asset in the future. If in a future period based upon our continuing profitability and other factors we determine that the deferred income tax asset, or a portion thereof, will be realizable, the existing valuation allowance will be reduced resulting in a non-cash income tax benefit, and the Company would recognize current and deferred U.S. Federal income taxes on reported earnings from that point forward.

     At March 31, 2005, we had a net deferred income tax asset, net of deferred income tax liabilities and deferred tax asset valuation allowances, of $53.4 million. A significant portion of our deferred income tax asset relates to postretirement employee benefit obligations, which have been recognized for financial reporting purposes but are not deductible for income tax reporting purposes until the benefits are paid. These benefit payments are expected to occur over an extended period of years. We have not had a federal net operating loss or tax credit carryforward expire unutilized.

Other Critical Accounting Policies

     A summary of other significant accounting policies is discussed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in Note 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

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that require judgments, estimates and assumptions include the accounting for derivatives, retirement plans, income taxes, environmental and other contingencies as well as asset impairment, inventory valuation and collectibility of accounts receivable. We use historical and other information that we consider to be relevant to make these judgments and estimates. However, actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions that are used to prepare our financial statements.

Garryson Acquisition

     On April 5, 2005, we announced that ATI Metalworking Products acquired the assets of U.K.-based Garryson Limited (“Garryson”), a leading producer of tungsten carbide burrs, rotary tooling and specialty abrasive wheels and discs, from Elliot Industries Limited for approximately $17 million in cash. Garryson had sales of over $30 million in 2004.

Other Matters

Product Pricing

     From time-to-time, intense competition and excess manufacturing capacity in the commodity stainless steel industry have resulted in reduced prices, excluding raw material surcharges, for many of our stainless steel products. These factors have had and may have an adverse impact on our revenues, operating results and financial condition.

     Although inflationary trends in recent years have been moderate, during the same period certain critical raw material costs, such as nickel and molybdenum, and scrap containing iron, nickel and titanium, have been volatile. While we have been able to mitigate some of the adverse impact of rising raw material costs through surcharges to customers, rapid increases in raw material costs may adversely affect our results of operations.

     We change prices on certain of our products from time-to-time. The ability to implement price increases is dependent on market conditions, economic factors, competitive factors, raw material costs and availability, operating costs, and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. The benefits of any price increases may be delayed due to long manufacturing lead times and the terms of existing contracts.

Volatility of Prices of Critical Raw Materials; Availability of Critical Raw Materials and Services

     We rely to a substantial extent on third parties to supply certain raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of our products. We also depend on third parties to provide conversion services that may be critical to the manufacture of our products. Purchase prices and availability of these critical raw materials and services are subject to volatility. At any given time, we may be unable to obtain an adequate supply of these critical raw materials or services on a timely basis, on price and other terms acceptable, or at all.

     If suppliers increase the price of critical raw materials, we may not have alternative sources of supply. In addition, to the extent that we have quoted prices to customers and accepted customer orders for products prior to purchasing necessary raw materials or have existing contracts, we may be unable to raise the price of products to cover all or part of the increased cost of the raw materials.

     The manufacture of some of our products is a complex process and requires long lead times. As a result, we may experience delays or shortages in the supply of raw materials or conversion services. If we are unable to obtain adequate and timely deliveries of required raw materials or conversion services, we may be unable to timely manufacture sufficient quantities of

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products. This could cause us to lose sales, incur additional costs, delay new product introductions or suffer harm to our reputation.

     We acquire certain important raw materials that we use to produce our specialty materials, including nickel, chrome, cobalt, titanium sponge, and ammonium paratungstate, from foreign sources. Some of these sources operate in countries that may be subject to unstable political and economic conditions. These conditions may disrupt supplies or affect the prices of these materials.

Volatility of Energy Prices; Availability of Energy Resources

     Energy resources markets are subject to conditions that may create volatility in the prices and uncertainty in the availability of energy resources. We rely upon third parties for our supply of energy resources consumed in the manufacture of products. The prices for and availability of electricity, natural gas, oil and other energy resources are subject to volatile market conditions. These market conditions often are affected by political and economic factors beyond our control. Disruptions in the supply of energy resources could temporarily impair the ability to manufacture products for customers. Further, increases in energy costs, or changes in costs relative to energy costs paid by competitors, have and may continue to adversely affect our profitability. To the extent that these uncertainties cause suppliers and customers to be more cost sensitive, increased energy prices may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Labor Matters

     We have approximately 9,000 full-time employees. A portion of our workforce is covered by various collective bargaining agreements, principally with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“USWA”), including: approximately 2,950 Allegheny Ludlum production, office and maintenance employees covered by collective bargaining agreements that are effective through June 2007; approximately 220 Oremet employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement that is effective through June 2007; approximately 565 Wah Chang employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement that continues through March 2008, and approximately 180 employees at our Casting Service facility in LaPorte, Indiana, covered by a collective bargaining agreement that is effective through December 2007.

     Generally, agreements that expire may be terminated after notice by the union. After termination, the union may authorize a strike. A strike by the employees covered by one or more of the collective bargaining agreements could materially adversely affect our operating results. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in concluding collective bargaining agreements with the unions to replace those that expire. Collective bargaining agreements involving our Portland Forge facility at Portland, Indiana, covering a total of approximately 190 employees represented by three unions, expired April 30, 2005.

Environmental

     When it is probable that a liability has been incurred or an asset has been impaired, we recognize a loss if the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.

     We are subject to various domestic and international environmental laws and regulations that govern the discharge of pollutants into the air or water and the disposal of hazardous substances, which may require that we investigate and remediate the effects of the release or disposal of materials at sites associated with past and present operations, including sites at which we have been identified as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) under the Federal Superfund laws, and comparable state laws. We could incur substantial cleanup costs, fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third party property damage or

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personal injury claims as a result of violations or liabilities under these laws or non-compliance with environmental permits required at our facilities. We are currently involved in the investigation and remediation of a number of our current and former sites as well as third party sites under these laws.

     With respect to proceedings brought under the Federal Superfund laws, or similar state statutes, we have been identified as a PRP at approximately 33 of such sites, excluding those at which we believe we have no future liability. Our involvement is limited or de minimis at approximately 19 of these sites, and the potential loss exposure with respect to any of the remaining 14 individual sites is not considered to be material.

     We are a party to various cost-sharing arrangements with other PRPs at the sites. The terms of the cost-sharing arrangements are subject to non-disclosure agreements as confidential information. Nevertheless, the cost-sharing arrangements generally require all PRPs to post financial assurance of the performance of the obligations or to pre-pay into an escrow or trust account their share of anticipated site-related costs. In addition, the Federal government, through various agencies, is a party to several such arrangements.

     Environmental liabilities are recorded when our liability is probable and the costs are reasonably estimable. In many cases, investigations are not at a stage where we are able to determine whether we are liable or, if liability is probable, to reasonably estimate the loss, or certain components thereof. Accordingly, as investigation and remediation of these sites proceed and as we receive new information, we expect that we will adjust our accruals to reflect the new information. Future adjustments could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in a given period, but we cannot reliably predict the amounts of such future adjustments. At March 31, 2005, our reserves for environmental matters totaled approximately $27 million.

     Environmental liabilities are recorded when our liability is probable and the costs are reasonably estimable, but generally not later than the completion of the feasibility study or our recommendation of a remedy or commitment to an appropriate plan of action. The accruals are reviewed periodically and, as investigations and remediations proceed, adjustments are made as necessary. Accruals for losses from environmental remediation obligations do not take into account the effects of inflation, and anticipated expenditures are not discounted to their present value. The accruals are not reduced by possible recoveries from insurance carriers or other third parties, but do reflect allocations among PRPs at Federal Superfund sites or similar state-managed sites after an assessment is made of the likelihood that such parties will fulfill their obligations at such sites and after appropriate cost-sharing or other agreements are entered. Our measurement of environmental liabilities is based on currently available facts, present laws and regulations, and current technology. Such estimates take into consideration our prior experience in site investigation and remediation, the data concerning cleanup costs available from other companies and regulatory authorities, and the professional judgment of our environmental experts in consultation with outside environmental specialists, when necessary. Estimates of our liability are further subject to additional uncertainties regarding the nature and extent of site contamination, the range of remediation alternatives available, evolving remediation standards, imprecise engineering evaluations and estimates of appropriate cleanup technology, methodology and cost, the extent of corrective actions that may be required, and the participation, number and financial condition of other PRPs, as well as the extent of their responsibility for the remediation.

     Based on currently available information, we do not believe that there is a reasonable possibility that a loss exceeding the amount already accrued for any of the matters with which we are currently associated (either individually or in the aggregate) will be an amount that would be material to a decision to buy or sell our securities. Future developments, administrative actions or

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liabilities relating to environmental matters, however, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Acquisition and Disposition Strategies

     We intend to continue to strategically position our businesses in order to improve our ability to compete. We plan to do this by seeking specialty niches, expanding our global presence, acquiring businesses complementary to existing strengths and continually evaluating the performance and strategic fit of existing business units. We regularly consider acquisition, joint ventures, and other business combination opportunities as well as possible business unit dispositions. From time-to-time, management holds discussions with management of other companies to explore such opportunities. As a result, the relative makeup of the businesses comprising our Company is subject to change. Acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business combinations involve various inherent risks, such as: assessing accurately the value, strengths, weaknesses, contingent and other liabilities and potential profitability of acquisition or other transaction candidates; the potential loss of key personnel of an acquired business; our ability to achieve identified financial and operating synergies anticipated to result from an acquisition or other transaction; and unanticipated changes in business and economic conditions affecting an acquisition or other transaction. International acquisitions and other transactions could be affected by export controls, exchange rate fluctuations, domestic and foreign political conditions and a deterioration in domestic and foreign economic conditions.

Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Forward-Looking and Other Statements

     From time to time, we have made and may continue to make “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements in this report relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include those containing such words as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “would,” “should,” “will,” “will likely result,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “projects,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which we are unable to predict or control, that may cause our actual results or performance to materially differ from any future results or performance expressed or implied by such statements. Various of these factors are described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. We assume no duty to update our forward-looking statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     We use derivative financial instruments from time to time to hedge ordinary business risks for product sales denominated in foreign currencies, to partially hedge against volatile energy and raw material cost fluctuations in the Flat-Rolled Products and High Performance Metals segments and to manage exposure to changes in interest rates.

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U.S. dollar amounts at specified dates. The forward contracts are denominated in the same foreign currencies in which export sales are denominated. These contracts are designated as hedges of the variability in cash flows of a portion of our forecasted export sales transactions in which settlement will occur in future periods and which otherwise would expose us, on the basis of aggregate net cash flows in respective currencies, to foreign currency risk. Changes in the fair value of our foreign currency derivatives are recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in the statement of operations.

     As part of our risk management strategy, we purchase exchange-traded futures contracts from time to time to manage exposure to changes in nickel prices, a component of raw material cost for some of our flat-rolled and high performance metals products. The nickel futures contracts obligate us to make or receive a payment equal to the net change in value of the contract at its maturity. These contracts are designated as hedges of the variability in cash flows of a portion of our forecasted purchases of nickel. Changes in the fair value of our nickel derivatives are recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in the statement of operations. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in the statement of operations.

     We use raw materials surcharge and index mechanisms to offset the impact of increased raw material costs; however, competitive factors in the marketplace may limit our ability to institute such mechanisms, and there can be a delay between the increase in the price of raw materials and the realization of the benefit of such mechanisms. For example, since we generally use in excess of 45,000 tons of nickel each year, a hypothetical change of $1.00 per pound in nickel prices would result in increased costs of approximately $90 million. In addition, we also use in excess of 340,000 tons of ferrous scrap in the production of our products and a hypothetical change of $10.00 per ton would result in increased costs of approximately $3.4 million.

     While we enter into raw materials futures contracts from time-to-time to hedge exposure to price fluctuations, such as for nickel, we cannot be certain that our hedge position adequately reduces exposure. We believe that we have adequate controls to monitor these contracts, but we may not be able to accurately assess exposure to price volatility in the markets for critical raw materials.

     Energy resources markets are subject to conditions that create uncertainty in the prices and availability of energy resources. The prices for and availability of electricity, natural gas, oil and other energy resources are subject to volatile market conditions. These market conditions often are affected by political and economic factors beyond our control. Increases in energy costs, or changes in costs relative to energy costs paid by competitors, has and may continue to adversely affect our profitability. To the extent that these uncertainties cause suppliers and customers to be more cost sensitive, increased energy prices may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We use approximately 10 to 12 million MMBtu’s of natural gas annually, depending upon business conditions, in the manufacture of our products. These purchases of natural gas expose us to risk of higher gas prices. For example, a hypothetical $1.00 per MMBtu increase in the price of natural gas would result in increased annual energy costs of approximately $10 to $12 million.

     We also enter into energy swap contracts as part of our overall risk management strategy. The swap contracts are used to manage exposure to changes in natural gas costs, a component of production costs for our operating units. The energy swap contracts obligate us to make or receive a payment equal to the net change in value of the contract at its maturity. These contracts are designated as hedges of the variability in cash flows of a portion of our forecasted energy payments. Changes in the fair value of our energy derivatives are recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item

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is recognized in the statement of operations. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in the statement of operations.

     At March 31, 2005, we had aggregate consolidated indebtedness of approximately $576 million, most of which bears interest at fixed rates. In a period of declining interest rates, we face the risk of required interest payments exceeding those based on the then current market rate. From time-to-time, we may enter into interest rate swap contracts to manage our exposure to interest rate risks.

     We believe that adequate controls are in place to monitor these hedging activities. However, many factors, including those beyond our control such as changes in domestic and foreign political and economic conditions, as well as the magnitude and timing of interest rate, energy price and nickel price changes, could adversely affect these activities.

     We market our products to a diverse customer base, principally throughout the United States. Trade credit is extended based upon evaluations of each customer’s ability to perform its obligations, which are updated periodically. Sales of our products are dependent upon the economic condition of the markets in which we serve. Difficulties and uncertainties in the business environment may affect our customer’s creditworthiness and ability to pay their obligations.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2005, and they concluded that these controls and procedures are effective.

(b) Changes in Internal Controls

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2005, conducted by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

A number of lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be asserted against the Company relating to the conduct of its business, including those pertaining to product liability, patent infringement, commercial, employment, employee benefits, environmental, health and safety, and stockholder matters. Certain of such lawsuits, claims and proceedings are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. While the outcome of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and some of these lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be determined adversely to the Company, management does not believe that the disposition of any such pending matters is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or liquidity, although the resolution in any reporting period of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations for that period.

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Item 2. Change in Securities, Use of Proceeds And Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

                             
 
                          (d) Maximum  
                          Number (or  
        (a) Total           (c) Total Number     Approximate  
        Number of           of Shares (or     Dollar Value) of  
        Shares           Units) Purchased     Shares (or Units)  
        (or     (b) Average     as Part of     that May Yet Be  
        Units)     Price Paid     Publicly     Purchased Under  
        Purchased     per Share     Announced Plans     the Plans or  
  Period     (1)     (or Unit)     or Programs     Programs  
 
Month 1 (1/1-1/31)
                         
 
Month 2 (2/1 - 2/28)
    101,499     $22.855     0     0  
 
Month 3 (3/1 - 3/31)
                         
 
Total
    101,499     $22.855     0     0  
 


(1)   Shares purchased to satisfy employee tax withholding on equity compensation from nonvested and Total Shareholder Return plan stock awards.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 22, 2005. Proxies for the meeting were solicited by us pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. At that meeting, three proposals required shareholder approval.

Item A – Election of Directors. The five nominees for election as directors named in the proxy statement for the meeting were elected, having received the following number of votes:

                 
            Number of Votes  
Name   Number of Votes For     Withheld  
Robert P. Bozzone
    88,319,622       431,862  
James C. Diggs
    88,376,684       374,800  
Michael J. Joyce
    86,729,421       2,022,063  
W. Craig McClelland
    84,721,407       2,030,077  
Louis J. Thomas
    88,351,533       399,951  

Item B — Ratification of Ernst & Young as the independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005

         
    Number of Votes   Number of Votes
Number of Votes For   Against   Abstained
86,458,819
  2,234,981   57,683

Item C – Reapproval of Performance-Based Goals Under the 2000 Incentive Plan.

         
    Number of Votes   Number of Votes
Number of Votes For   Against   Abstained
83,993,582   1,227,715   3,530,187

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Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

  10.1   2005 Annual Incentive Plan (filed herewith).
 
  10.2   Administrative Rules for the Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program (as amended as of January 1, 2005), and Form of Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Plan Agreement effective as of January 1, 2005 (filed herewith).
 
  10.3   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement dated February 24, 2005 (filed herewith).
 
  10.4   Key Employee Performance Plan, as amended (filed herewith).
 
  10.5   Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement (filed herewith).
 
  31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a – 14(a) or 15d – 14(a) (filed herewith).
 
  31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a – 14(a) or 15d – 14(a) (filed herewith).
 
  32.1   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (filed herewith).

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SIGNATURES

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

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
(Registrant)

         
Date: May 5, 2005
  By   /s/ Richard J. Harshman
       
      Richard J. Harshman
      Executive Vice President-Finance and
      Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer and
      Duly Authorized Officer)
 
       
Date: May 5, 2005
  By   /s/ Dale G. Reid
       
      Dale G. Reid
      Vice President, Controller and
      Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
      (Principal Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

10.1   2005 Annual Incentive Plan (filed herewith).
 
10.2   Administrative Rules for the Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program (as amended as of January 1, 2005), and Form of Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Plan Agreement effective as of January 1, 2005 (filed herewith).
 
10.3   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement dated February 24, 2005 (filed herewith).
 
10.4   Key Employee Performance Plan, as amended (filed herewith).
 
10.5   Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement (filed herewith).
 
10.6   2000 Incentive Plan (as amended) (filed herewith)
 
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a – 14(a) or 15d – 14(a) (filed herewith).
 
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a – 14(a) or 15d – 14(a) (filed herewith).
 
32.1   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (filed herewith).

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EX-10.1 2 j1367501exv10w1.txt EXHIBIT 10.1 EXHIBIT 10.1 [ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES LOGO] Specialty Materials That Make Our World THE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN FOR YEAR 2005 May 2005
CONTENTS PAGE - -------- ---- At a Glance 1 What is the Annual Incentive Plan? 1 Who is Eligible for This Plan? 1 How Does the Annual Incentive Plan Work? 1 Calculation of the Annual Incentive Plan Award 2 Target Bonus Percentage 2 Performance Goals and the Target Bonus Percentage 2 2005 Performance Goals 3 How the AIP Incentive Award is Calculated When All Goals 4 Are 100% Achieved How the AIP Incentive Award is Calculated for Other Achievement Levels 5 Maximums and Minimums 5 Additional Guidelines for the Annual Incentive Plan 6 Discretionary Adjustments 6 Some Special Circumstances 6 Making Payments 6 Administration Details 7
AT A GLANCE WHAT IS THE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN? The Annual Incentive Plan (the "AIP" or the "Plan") provides key managers of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated ("Allegheny Technologies" or the "Company") and its operating companies with the opportunity to earn an incentive award when certain pre-established goals are met at the corporate and operating company levels. WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PLAN? Generally, key managers who have a significant impact on the company's operations will be eligible to participate in the Plan. Individuals eligible for participation are determined annually, based on recommendations of the operating company presidents, if applicable, and the Company's chief executive officer, with the approval of the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Committee"). HOW DOES THE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN WORK? Under the Plan, key managers may earn an incentive award based on a percentage of their base salary, depending on the extent to which pre-established operating company and/or corporate performance goals have been achieved. - - For purposes of the Plan, base salary is generally the manager's annual base salary rate as of the end of the year, excluding any commission or other incentive pay. For some special circumstances affecting the amount of base salary used in the Plan, see page 6. - - A target bonus percentage is used in calculating the incentive award. It is explained on the next page. Each participating manager will have a target bonus percentage. - - The target bonus percentage will be adjusted (upward or downward) based on the extent to which various performance goals are achieved. Under the plan for 2005, all of the adjustment will be based on company performance. Incentive award payments will generally be distributed in cash after the year-end audit is complete. Page 1 CALCULATION OF THE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN AWARD TARGET BONUS PERCENTAGE The Plan establishes an incentive opportunity for each Plan participant, calculated as a percentage of the manager's base salary. Each participant will be provided with an initial percentage, referred to as a "target bonus percentage." Generally, the target bonus percentage is the percentage of base salary that can be earned as an award under the Plan if 100% of the various performance goals are achieved. For 2005, if 100% of the performance goals are achieved, 100% of the target bonus percentage can be earned. If there is a change in the key manager's job position during the year that changes the manager's target bonus percentage, the target bonus percentage used in the award calculation will be determined as follows: - - If the individual has at least six months of service in the new position, the newly adjusted target bonus percentage will be used in calculating the individual's award for the full year. - - If the individual has less than six months of service in the new position, the individual's award for the year will be calculated on a pro-rata basis using the two different target bonus percentages weighted by length of service in each position during the year. The Committee may change the goals and objectives for the Plan at any time. PERFORMANCE GOALS AND THE TARGET BONUS PERCENTAGE An AIP award is based on the extent to which specified, preestablished performance objectives are achieved. For 2005, AIP awards will be based on the extent to which the participant's company achieves specified levels of achievement as to: - - Operating Earnings - - Operating Cash Flow - - Manufacturing Improvements - - Safety and Environmental Improvements - - Customer Responsiveness Improvements For operating company presidents, 80% of the goals' overall weight will be based on the performance of the president's operating company, and 20% of the goals' overall weight will be based on corporate level performance. For corporate staff employees, performance will be measured completely at the corporate level. Page 2 At the end of the year, the Company will measure actual performance against each of the preestablished objectives. The achievements attributable to each performance goal as noted above, then will be added together, and that sum will be multiplied by: (1) the individual's target bonus percentage, times (2) the individual's annual base salary, to produce the amount, if any, of the incentive award for 2005. Note that potential adjustments are described on page 6. 2005 PERFORMANCE GOALS The performance goals for 2005 generally consist of: - - Operating Earnings 40% - - Operating Cash Flow 30% - - Manufacturing Improvements 10% - - Safety and Environmental Improvements 10% - - Customer Responsiveness Improvements 10%
Targeted achievements as to each performance goal above have been set for each operating company and for corporate staff. Together the above goals comprise 100% of the target bonus percentage. No annual incentive will be paid if the achievement of Operating Earnings is less than the established applicable minimum of Operating Earnings, notwithstanding the achievements as to the other applicable performance goals for 2005. A prerequisite to any AIP award is compliance with Allegheny Technologies' Corporate Guidelines for Business Conduct. Page 3 HOW THE AIP INCENTIVE AWARD IS CALCULATED WHEN ALL GOALS ARE 100% ACHIEVED For the Year 2005, if 100% of the performance goals are achieved, then 100% of the target bonus percentage will be credited to the participant:
Goal % of Goals Target Goal Achieved % Earned % of Target * ----- --------- --------------- -------------------- Operating Earnings 40% 100% 40% Operating Cash Flow 30% 100% 30% Mfg. Improvements 10% 100% 10% Safety and Envir. Improvements 10% 100% 10% Customer Resp. Improvements 10% 100% 10% --- --- Total 100% 100%
*Earned % of Target = Goal % of Target X Goal Achieved % In this example, assume that the operating company manager's target bonus percentage is 20%. The target bonus percentage of 20% is then multiplied by 100% to produce a bonus award equal to 20% of base salary: Earned Percentage of Target 100% X Target Bonus Percent 20% --- Equals Percentage of Salary for 20% Incentive Award
The sections below discuss the impact of achieving more or less than 100% of various goals, and they also discuss the impact of other potential adjustments. Page 4 HOW THE AIP INCENTIVE AWARD IS CALCULATED FOR OTHER ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS The percentage of a goal achieved will determine the earned percentage of target for that particular goal. The earned percentage of target will be interpolated for achievement between the established minimum level and the established target level for a particular goal. Similarly, the earned percentage of target will be interpolated for achievement between the established target level and the established maximum level for a particular goal. Maximums and Minimums - - Generally, the maximum percentage calculated as an earned percentage of target for any goal is 200%, and the overall maximum incentive award that an individual can earn under the weighting formula is 200% of his or her target bonus percentage. - - Where the established minimum of a performance goal is achieved, only 50% of that goal's share will be allocated to his or her target bonus percentage. - - Where less than the established minimum of a performance goal is achieved, no amount of that goal will be allocated to his or her target bonus percentage. No annual incentive will be paid if the achievement of Operating Earnings is less than the established applicable minimum of Operating Earnings, notwithstanding the achievements as to the other applicable performance goals for 2005. Page 5 ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN DISCRETIONARY ADJUSTMENTS In some cases, the Plan allows for discretionary adjustments of up to +20% or - -20% of an individual's calculated award. However, the sum of discretionary adjustments for all eligible managers of the affected company cannot exceed +5% of the aggregate calculated awards for that company. SOME SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES The above formulas generally determine the amount of the incentive award for the year. Other factors that may affect the actual award follow: - - If a manager leaves the company due to retirement, death, or disability, an award will be calculated based on the actual base salary earned during the year in which the manager left--so long as the manager worked at least six months of that year. - - If a manager leaves the company before the end of the plan year for any other reason, the manager will not receive a bonus award for that year. - - If a manager voluntarily leaves the company after the end of the year but before the award is paid, the manager would receive any bonus due unless the employment is terminated for cause. If employment is terminated for cause, the manager would not be entitled to receive an award under the Plan. - - Managers who are hired mid-year may earn a pro-rated award for that year, based on the salary earned during that year. However, managers with less than two months service in a plan year (i.e. hired after October 31) would not be eligible for an award for that year. - - If the manager received an adjustment in base salary due to a change in job position (i.e. other than a merit increase), the manager's base salary for plan purposes will be the sum of (1) the product of the number of months prior to the adjustment times the rate of monthly base salary immediately prior to the adjustment, and (2) the product of the number of months after the adjustment times the rate of monthly base salary as of the end of the Plan Year. - - A prerequisite to any AIP award is compliance with Allegheny Technologies' Corporate Guidelines for Business Conduct. MAKING PAYMENTS All incentive award payments will generally be paid in cash, less applicable withholding taxes, after the year-end audit is complete. This is expected to occur by no later than March 15. Page 6 ADMINISTRATION DETAILS This summary relates to the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its subsidiaries. The Plan is administered by the Committee, which has full authority to: - - Interpret the Plan; - - Designate eligible participants and categories of eligible participants; - - Set the terms and conditions of incentive awards; and - - Establish and modify administrative rules for the Plan. Plan participants may obtain additional information about the plan and the Committee from: Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Secretary Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 1000 Six PPG Place Pittsburgh PA 15222 5479 Phone: 412-394-2836 Fax: 412-394-2837 The Plan will remain in effect until terminated by the Committee. The Committee may also amend the plan at its discretion. The Plan is not subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and is not "qualified" under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Page 7
EX-10.2 3 j1367501exv10w2.txt EXHIBIT 10.2 EXHIBIT 10.2 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001 (AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005) ARTICLE I. ADOPTION AND PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM 1.01 ADOPTION. These rules are adopted by the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Stock Incentive Award Subcommittee of the Board of Directors as a part of the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to the authority reserved in Section 3.01 of the Plan. The Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program (the "TSRP") shall be the guidelines for making certain Performance Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards under Article VIII of the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meanings as in the Plan. 1.02 PURPOSE. The purposes of the TSRP are (i) to assist the Corporation in retaining and motivating selected key management employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries who will contribute to the success of the Corporation, (ii) to reward key management employees for the overall success of the Corporation as determined by the value created for shareholders as measured by the percentile performance of Corporation Common Stock relative to a peer group and (iii) to provide a means of encouraging key management employees to acquire and hold shares of Corporation Common Stock. The TSRP encourages key management employees to acquire and hold shares of Corporation Common Stock by offering them an opportunity to receive shares of Common Stock which, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below, will be earned only if the sum of the price and yield of the Common Stock measured against the sums of prices and yields of shares of common stock of a peer group of corporations meets or exceeds the performance reward relationships set at the beginning of an Award Period. Awards under the TSRP are intended to act as an incentive to participating key management employees to achieve long-term objectives that will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Corporation measured in terms of relative stock prices. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS For purposes of these rules, the capitalized terms set forth below shall have the following meanings: 2.01 AWARD AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the Corporation and a Participant or a written acknowledgment from the Corporation specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of a TSR Target Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VI of these rules. 1 2.02 AWARD TARGETS means the percentage of a TSR Target Award which shall be earned for a particular TSR Performance Period at Threshold, Target, Excellent and Outstanding, respectively. 2.03 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. 2.04 BUSINESS DAY means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange shall be open for trading. 2.05 CAUSE means a determination by the Committee that a Participant has engaged in conduct that is dishonest or illegal, involves moral turpitude or jeopardizes the Corporation's right to operate its business in the manner in which it is now operated. 2.06 CHANGE IN CONTROL means any of the events set forth below: (a) The acquisition in one or more transactions, other than from the Corporation, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a number of Corporation Voting Securities in excess of 25% of the Corporation Voting Securities unless such acquisition has been approved by the Board; or (b) Any election has occurred of persons to the Board that causes two-thirds of the Board to consist of persons other than (i) persons who were members of the Board on January 1, 2001 and (ii) persons who were nominated for election as members of the Board at a time when two-thirds of the Board consisted of persons who were members of the Board on January 1, 2001; provided, however, that any person nominated for election by the Board at a time when at least two-thirds of the members of the Board were persons described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) or by persons who were themselves nominated by such Board shall, for this purpose, be deemed to have been nominated by a Board composed of persons described in clause (i); or (c) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, unless, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Stock and Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or trustees, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding Stock and Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, as the case may be; or (d) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation. 2 2.07 COMMITTEE means the Stock Incentive Award Committee of the Board, in the case of individuals who are executive officers of the Corporation, and the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, in the case of individuals who are not executive officers of the Corporation. 2.08 CORPORATION means Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and its successors. 2.09 CORPORATION VOTING SECURITIES means the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board. 2.10 DATE OF GRANT means the date as of which a TSR Target Award is granted in accordance with Article VI of these rules. 2.11 DISABILITY means any physical or mental injury or disease of a permanent nature which renders a Participant incapable of meeting the requirements of the employment performed by such Participant immediately prior to the commencement of such disability. The determination of whether a Participant is disabled shall be made by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant's employment by the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary terminates by reason of a disability, as defined in an Employment Agreement between such Participant and the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary, such Participant shall be deemed to be disabled for purposes of the TSRP. 2.12 EFFECTIVE DATE means January 1, 2001. 2.13 EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 2.14 EXCELLENT means a relative level of achievement of Performance Reward Criteria at which the TSR for the Corporation for a TSR Performance Period is at a percentile of the TSR for the Peer Group for that Performance Period as determined by the Committee under Section 6.02. Excellent shall be the next to the highest level of performance for which a TSRP Reward will be paid. 2.15 FAIR MARKET VALUE means, as of any given date, the closing price of the Common Stock on such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on such other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is admitted to trade, or, if none, on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System if the Common Stock is admitted for quotation thereon; provided, however, if there were no sales reported as of such date, Fair Market Value shall be computed as of the last date preceding such date on which a sale was reported; provided, further, that if any such exchange or quotation system is closed on any day on which Fair Market Value is to be determined, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the first date immediately preceding such date on which such exchange or quotation system was open for trading. 2.16 OUTSTANDING means a relative level of Performance Reward Criteria at which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance Period is at a percentile of TSR for the Peer 3 Group for that TSR Performance Period as determined by the Committee under Section 6.02. Outstanding shall be the highest level of performance for which a TSRP Reward will be paid. 2.17 OUTSTANDING STOCK means, at any time, the issued and outstanding Common Stock. 2.18 PARTICIPANT means any key management employee selected by the Committee, pursuant to Section 5.01 of these rules, as eligible to participate under the TSRP for any one or more TSR Performance Period. 2.19 PEER GROUP means a group of corporations with publicly traded common stock listed on a national securities exchange(s) deemed comparable to the Corporation as the number and identity of such group is determined by the Committee, in its discretion, for a particular TSR Performance Period. In the event of bankruptcy, delisting, merger, spin-off or other special circumstances affecting members of the Peer Group during a Performance Period, the Committee shall make such adjustments in the Peer Group as the Committee determines appropriate in its discretion. The Committee may select the number and identity of members of the Peer Group separately for each TSR Performance Period. 2.20 PERFORMANCE REWARD CRITERIA means the relative standing of the Corporation TSR, expressed in percentiles and ranked at Threshold, Target, Excellent and Outstanding, as compared to the TSR for the Peer Group, in each case for a particular TSR Performance Period. 2.21 PERFORMANCE LEVEL means the level of actual achievement of Performance Reward Criteria for a particular TSR Performance Period. In determining final Performance Levels, the Committee shall use straight-line interpolation between Threshold and Target, Target and Excellent and Excellent and Outstanding but there shall be no interpolation above Outstanding or below Threshold. 2.22 PLAN means the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. 2.23 RETIREMENT means a termination of employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation, with the consent of the Corporation, at or after (i) attaining age 55 and (ii) completing five years of employment with the Corporation and/or any subsidiary of the Corporation. 2.24 TARGET means a relative level of Performance Reward Criteria at which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance Period is at a percentile of TSR for the Peer Group for that TSR Performance Period as determined by the Committee under Section 6.02. 2.25 THRESHOLD means a relative level of Performance Reward Criteria at which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance Period is at a percentile of TSR for the Peer Group for that TSR Performance Period as determined by the Committee under Section 6.02. Threshold shall be the lowest level of Performance Reward Criteria for which a Plan Reward will be earned. 4 2.26 TSR is the percentile ranking of the sum of stock price appreciation of and dividend reinvestment with respect to a share of Corporation Stock as compared to the comparable amount among the Peer Group for a particular TSR Performance Period as calculated on the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock as of the end of the TSR Performance Period plus dividends paid on a share of stock during the TSR Performance Period divided by the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the beginning of the TSR Performance Period using the methodology described in item 402(l) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act, as such act or regulation may be amended from time to time, or any successor to either. 2.27 TSRP means the Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program as set forth in these rules as the same may be amended from time to time. 2.28 TSR PERFORMANCE PERIOD means a three calendar year period beginning on the January 1st designated by the Committee and continuing until the third December 31st thereafter. 2.29 TSR REWARDS means the number of shares of Stock earned for a particular TSR Performance period after application of the Performance Level. 2.30 TSR TARGET AWARD means an award of an opportunity to earn a number of shares of Stock in a TSR Performance Period. The number of shares for a particular Participant shall be determined by the Committee for each TSR Performance Period by dividing the Participant's base salary at the commencement of the TSR Performance Period or, for the 2004-2006 performance period and thereafter, at the base salary set on or before the date the Target Award is made, by the average Fair Market Value for the 30 Business Days preceding the first Business Day of that TSR Performance Period and multiplying the result by a decimal determined appropriate by the Committee based on the Participant's responsibilities and opportunity to contribute to the success of the Corporation. 2.31 STOCK means Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Corporation. 2.32 WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS means the amount of federal, state and local income and payroll taxes the Corporation determines in good faith must be withheld with respect to a TSR Reward. Withholding Obligations may be settled by the Participant, as permitted by the Committee in its discretion, in shares of Stock otherwise deliverable under the TRSP, cash, previously owned shares of Stock or any combination of the foregoing. ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION In addition to any power reserved to the Committee under Article III of the Plan, the TSRP shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have exclusive and final authority and discretion in each determination, interpretation or other action affecting the TSRP and its Participants, and the Committee shall have the sole and absolute authority and discretion to interpret the TSRP, to modify these administrative rules for the TSRP, to select, in accordance with Section 5.01 of these rules, the persons who will be Participants hereunder, to determine all performance criteria, levels of awards and rewards payable, to impose such conditions and restrictions as it determines appropriate and to take such other actions and make such other determinations in connection with the TSRP as it may deem necessary or advisable, in all cases in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the charter of the Committee. 5 ARTICLE IV. STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE TSRP 4.01 NUMBER OF SHARES OF STOCK ISSUABLE. Subject to adjustments as provided in Section 11.07 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the TSRP shall be 4,500,000. The Stock to be offered under the TSRP shall be authorized and unissued Stock, or Stock which shall have been reacquired by the Corporation and held in its treasury. 4.02 SHARES SUBJECT TO TERMINATED AWARDS. Shares of Stock forfeited as provided in Section 6.03 of these rules may again be issued under the TSRP. ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION 5.01 DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPANTS. Participants in the TSRP shall be such key management employees of the Corporation or of its subsidiaries as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate as eligible to participate in the TSRP for any one or more TSR Performance Periods. No later than 90 days after the commencement of each TSR Performance Period during the term of the TSRP, the Committee shall designate the Participants who are eligible to participate in the TSRP during such TSR Performance Period. The Committee's designation of a Participant with respect to any TSR Performance Period shall not require the Committee to designate such person as a Participant with respect to any other TSR Performance Period. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems pertinent in selecting Participants. The Committee shall promptly provide to each person selected as a Participant written notice of such selection. ARTICLE VI. GRANTS UNDER THE TSRP 6.01 ANNUAL DETERMINATION REGARDING TSR PERFORMANCE PERIOD. No later than the 60th day of each calendar year, the Committee shall determine whether to establish a TSR Performance Period, provided, however, for a TSR Performance Period established in calendar year 2001, the Committee may make a determination under this Section 6.01 at any time prior to the 90th day of calendar year 2001. 6.02 DETERMINATION OF GRANTS, AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. For each TSR Performance Period, the Committee shall take the following actions no later than the 90th day of the first calendar year of that TSR Performance Period: (a) Identify Participants for that TSR Performance Period; (b) Establish the level of the TSR Target Awards for each Participant; (c) Set the Performance Reward Criteria in terms of percentile ranking among the Peer Group for such period at Threshold, Target, Excellent and Outstanding, respectively; (d) Set the Award Targets for Threshold, Target, Excellent and Outstanding; and 6 (e) Determine the Peer Group for that TSR Performance Period. 6.03 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If a Participant terminates employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation during a then uncompleted TSR Performance Period for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement, any TSR Target Award for any then uncompleted TSR Performance Period shall be forfeited automatically and the shares represented by such TSR Target Awards shall again be eligible for awards under these Rules. If a Participant terminates employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation for reasons of death, Disability or Retirement during a then uncompleted TSR Performance Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a pro rata Plan Reward for each then uncompleted TSR Performance Period determined: (a) when the TSR Rewards for all other Participants in such TSR Performance Period(s) are determined; (b) based on the actual level of achievement of Performance Reward Criteria for that TSR Performance Period and the Participant's TSR Target Award; (c) pro rated by multiplying the number of shares of Stock the Participant would have received if the Participant completed the TSR Performance Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of such TSR Performance Period completed before the Participant's termination of employment and the denominator is 36; and (d) certificates representing the number determined above shall be delivered at the same time as all other certificates for such TSR Performance Period are delivered to Participants who completed the TSR Performance Period. ARTICLE VII. DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE REWARD CRITERIA AND DELIVERY OF STOCK 7.01 DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE REWARD CRITERIA. As promptly as administratively feasible but in no event later than the March 1st of the calendar year following last calendar year of each TSR Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the TSR of the Corporation and the average TSR of each member of the Peer Group and determine the Performance Level, if any, at which the Performance Reward Criteria have been achieved. 7.02 DETERMINATION OF PLAN REWARDS. Plan Rewards for a particular TSR Performance Period for a particular participant shall be the result of multiplying that Participant's TSR Target Award by the Performance Level for that TSR Performance Period determined under Section 7.01. 7.03 DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES. As promptly as administratively feasible after the but in no event later than the March 15th of the calendar year following the last calendar year of a TSR Performance Period, the Corporation shall prepare for each Participant due a Plan Reward under Section 7.02 one or more stock certificates registered in the name(s) indicated by such Participant and shall deliver such certificates to the Participant promptly following the Participant's settlement of the Withholding Obligations by placing such certificates or causing 7 such certificates to be placed in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the address indicated by the Participant. ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS 8.01 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF PLAN. Except as set forth in these Rules, the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, Article X, the Terms Applicable Generally to Awards Granted under the Plan, shall apply to these Rules and are incorporated herein as if set forth at length. 8.02 CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event of a Change in Control, Plan Rewards shall be determined for all then uncompleted TSR Performance Periods as of the date of the Change in Control at the greater of (i) the Performance Level actually attained prior to the Change in Control and projected for the remainder of such uncompleted TSR Performance Periods or (ii) Target for each such uncompleted TSR Performance Period and certificates (or, with the consent of the Committee an amount in cash representing the Fair Market Value of such certificates) representing the Plan Rewards shall be delivered to the Participant as soon after the Change in Control as is administratively feasible. 8.03 SECURITIES LAWS AND SECTION 162(m) RESTRICTIONS. Any TSR Award denominated in Common Stock shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Committee shall determine that any listing or registration of the shares of Common Stock or any consent or approval of any governmental body or any other agreement or consent is necessary or desirable as a condition to the granting of a TSR Award or issuance of shares of Common Stock or cash in satisfaction thereof, such grant of an award or issuance of shares of Common Stock may not be consummated unless such requirement is satisfied in a manner acceptable to the Committee. It is intended, unless the Committee determine otherwise, that the TSRP comply with Rule 16b-3 as issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Section 162(m) of the Code. All interpretations of the TSRP relating to Statutory Insiders shall be consistent with that Rule 16b-3, the Exchange Act and Section 162(m) of the Code. In order to maintain compliance with any of Rule 16b-3, the Exchange Act or the Code, the Committee may adopt such other rules or provide restrictions on outstanding TSR Awards as it in its discretion shall deem necessary and such rules or restrictions shall apply to outstanding TSR Awards as if set forth in the respective TSR Award Agreements. 8.04 INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION. Each TSR Award Agreement may provide that the Participant shall deliver to the Committee upon demand by the Committee a written representation that the shares of Common Stock to be delivered are acquired by the Participant for investment and not for resale or with a view to the distribution thereof. Upon demand, delivery of such representation prior to the delivery of shares of Common Stock shall be a condition precedent to the Participant's right to receive such shares of Common Stock. 8.05 NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS. Participants shall have no rights as shareholders of the Corporation prior to the actual delivery of shares of Common Stock. The existence of these Rules and/or any TSR Awards then outstanding shall not be a bar or affect in any way the power or authority of the Corporation or any of its then stockholders to take any action regarding the Corporation, its assets or its capital structure. 8 8.06 NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. The actions and determinations of the Committee need not be uniform and may be taken or made by the Committee selectively among employees or Participants, whether or not similarly situated. 8.07 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF RULES. The Committee shall have complete power and authority to amend or terminate these Rules at any time it is deemed necessary or appropriate. No termination or amendment of the Rules may, without the consent of the Participant to whom any award shall theretofore have been granted under the TSRP, adversely affect the right of such individual under such award; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, make such provision in the Award Agreement for amendments which, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate. 9 Form of TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM AWARD AGREEMENT Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the "COMPANY") and the award recipient named below ("PARTICIPANT") enter into this Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program Agreement effective as of January 1, 2005. Participant: [name] PARTICIPANT TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART (Please print) Street Address ____________________________________________ City/State/Zip Code ____________________________________________ Social Security Number ____________________________________________ WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan (the "PLAN") and, in accordance with the Plan, has adopted Administrative Rules for the Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program, as amended (the "TSRP") as a portion of the Plan to (i) assist the Company retain and motivate key management employees; (ii) reward key management employees for the overall success of the Company; and (iii) provide a means of encouraging key management employees to acquire and hold shares of Company Common Stock. WHEREAS, the TSRP provides that each TSR Target Award made under the TSRP shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement between the Company and the key management employee who receives a TRS Target Award under the TSRP setting forth the terms and conditions of such TSR Target Award; WHEREAS, the Company desires to make a TSR Target Award to the Participant and evidence such TSR Target Award by this Award Agreement and the Participant, having read and understood the Plan and the TSRP, is willing to enter into this Award Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree with each other as follows: Subject to the attainment of the Performance Levels described below and to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the TSRP and the Terms and Conditions of Award attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, by which Participant agrees to be bound, the Company awards to Participant the Award described below, with respect to the Performance Period described below: 10 PERFORMANCE PERIOD: January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007 TSR TARGET AWARD: [number of shares] Shares of Company Common Stock [equals applicable base salary times [applicable TSR Target Award Level] (which is the Participant's target award opportunity as a percent of salary) divided by $21.615 (which is the average Closing Price for the 30 trading days prior to January 1, 2005)] PERFORMANCE LEVELS: The following table shows the performance award relationship under the TSRP for the 2005 - 2007 performance period:
OUTCOME RELATIVE TO PEER GROUP TSR ------------------------------------------- THREE-YEAR PERCENTILE PERCENT OF TARGET LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE RANKING IN TSR AWARD EARNED - -------------------- --------------------- ----------------- Below Threshold Below 25th percentile 0% Threshold 25th percentile 50% Target 50th percentile 100% Excellent 75th percentile 200% Outstanding 90th percentile 300%
NOTE: Interpolation between points will be made on a straight line basis on each scale. Below the 25th percentile and above the 90th percentile, there will be no interpolation. THE ACTUAL AWARD UNDER THE TSRP WILL EQUAL THE TSR TARGET AWARD TIMES THE APPLICABLE PERCENT OF TARGET AWARD EARNED. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program Award Agreement effective the day and year first above written. ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED By: _____________________________________________________ Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer PARTICIPANT: WITNESS: _____________________________________ _________________________________ 11 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TSRP AWARD Section 1: Definitions Capitalized words used but not defined below or elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES" or "TSRP" shall mean the Administrative Rules for the TSRP adopted by the Committee effective January 1, 2001, as amended effective February 24, 2005, as the same may be amended from time to time. "AWARD" shall mean the grant of a TSR Target Award evidenced by this Award Agreement. "COMMITTEE" means the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors for a Participant who is not a statutory insider of the Company for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Stock Incentive Award Subcommittee of the Board of Directors for a Participant who is a statutory insider. "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated. "COMPANY" shall mean Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise. "DISABILITY" shall mean the total and permanent disability of Participant as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. "EXCELLENT" shall mean a relative standing of the Company's TSR as against the TSR for the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR Performance Period, equal to or greater than 75% but less than 90%. "OUTSTANDING" shall mean a relative standing of the Company's TSR as against the TSR for the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR Performance Period, equal to or greater than 90%. "PEER GROUP" shall mean the corporations listed on Exhibit 1 to this Award Agreement, subject to the adjustments to such group as permitted under the Administrative Rules. "RETIREMENT" means a termination of employment with the Company and each of its subsidiaries, with the consent of the Company, at or after (i) attaining age 55 and (ii) completing five years of employment with the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company. "TARGET" shall mean a relative standing of the Company's TSR as against the TSR of the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR Performance Period, of equal to or greater than 50% but less than 75%. "THRESHOLD" shall mean a relative standing of the Company's TSR as against the TSR of the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR Performance Period, of equal to or greater than 25% but less than 50%. "TSR PERFORMANCE LEVEL" means the measure of Company TSR performance relative to the Peer Group, as set forth on page 2 of this Award Agreement. In determining the final Performance Level, the Committee shall use straight-line interpolation between Threshold and Target, between Target and Excellent, and between Excellent and Outstanding. No TSR Reward will be earned for a Performance Level less than Threshold. No additional TSR Reward above Outstanding will be earned for a Performance Level greater than Outstanding. 12 Section 2: TSRP Award 2.1 Subject to the attainment of the TSR Performance Levels and to the terms and conditions otherwise set forth in the Plan, the TSRP and this Award Agreement, the Company awards to Participant the TSRP Award described in the first two pages of this Award Agreement with respect to the Performance Period described therein. Section 3: Payment 3.1 Subject to the withholding obligations and any requirements of Section 4 then applicable, the Company shall deliver to the Participant certificates representing the TSR Rewards, if any, for the TSR Performance Period within 75 days after the end of the TSR Performance Period. 3.2 If the Participant terminates employment with the Company and each subsidiary of the Company during a then uncompleted TSR Performance Period for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement, any TSR Target Award for any then uncompleted TSR Performance Period shall be forfeited automatically and the shares represented by such TSR Target Awards shall again be eligible for awards under the Rules. 3.3 If the Participant terminates employment with the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company during a then uncompleted TSR Performance Period due to the Participant's death, Disability, or Retirement, a pro rata award based on the number of full months worked by the Participant during that Performance Period will be calculated, based on goal achievement over the entire performance period. Any award determined to be payable shall be paid after the end of the applicable Performance Period. Section 4: Miscellaneous 4.1 General Restriction. To the extent any TSR Target Award is denominated in Common Stock under this Award Agreement, it shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Committee shall determine that any listing or registration of the shares of Common Stock or any consent or approval of any governmental body or any other agreement or consent is necessary or desirable as a condition of the issuance of shares of Common Stock or cash in satisfaction thereof, such issuance of shares of Common Stock may not be consummated unless such requirement is satisfied in a manner acceptable to the Committee. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any securities pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (as the same shall be in effect from time to time) or to take any other affirmative action to cause the issuance of shares pursuant to the distribution of TSR Rewards to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. 4.2 Non-Assignability. No TSR Target Award granted under this Award Agreement shall be assignable or transferable by the Participant, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During the life of the Participant, any TSR Rewards shall be payable only to the Participant. No assignment or transfer of a TSR Target Award or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (except by will or the laws of descent and distribution), shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, and immediately upon 13 such purported assignment or transfer, the TSR Target Awards shall terminate and become of no further effect. 4.3 Withholding Obligations. Whenever the Company makes delivery under the Plan, in whole or in part, the Company shall notify the Participant of the amount of withholding for tax, if any, which must be paid under federal and, where applicable, state and local law. The Company shall, in the discretion of the Company, but with the consent of the Committee, arrange for payment for such withholding for taxes in any one or combination of the following ways: (i) acceptance of an amount in cash paid by the Participant; or (ii) reduction in the number of shares to be issued by that number of shares which, in aggregate, have a value equal to such withholding amount. If the full amount of the required withholding is not recovered in the above manner, the Participant shall, forthwith upon receipt of notice, remit the deficiency to the Company. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered to the Participant (and/or the Participant's designee) until all applicable withholding obligations shall have been satisfied in full. 4.4 Delivery of Certificates. As soon as practicable after compliance by the Participant with all applicable conditions including, but not limited to, the satisfaction of the Withholding Obligations described in Section 4.3 hereof, the Company will issue and deliver by mail, or cause delivery by mail, to the Participant at the address specified by the Participant in writing, certificates registered in the name of the Participant (and/or the Participant's designee) for the number of shares of Common Stock which the Participant is entitled to receive (subject to reduction for withholding as provided in Section 4.3 hereof) under the provisions of this Award Agreement. 4.5 No Right to Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in this Award Agreement shall confer upon the Participant the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary or affect any right that the Company or a subsidiary may have to terminate the employment of the Participant. 4.6 Amendment or Termination of the Plan. The Plan, or any part thereof (including the TSRP and/or Administrative Rules) may be terminated or may, from time to time, be amended, each in accordance with the Plan, TSRP or Administrative Rules, as applicable, provided, however, the termination or amendment of the Plan, the Administrative Rules or TSRP shall not, without the consent of the Participant, affect Participant's rights under this Award Agreement. 4.7 Investment Representation. Under the federal and/or state securities laws, the Participant may be required to deliver, and, if so, shall deliver, to the Committee, upon demand by the Committee, at the time of any payment of Common Stock, a written representation that the shares to be acquired are to be acquired for investment and not for resale or with a view to the distribution thereof. Upon such demand, delivery of such representation prior to delivery of any shares shall be a condition precedent to the right of the Participant to receive any shares. 4.8 No Rights as Shareholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to the Award evidenced this Award Agreement unless and until a certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued to the Participant. 14 4.9 Adjustment of Award. In the event of any change or changes in the outstanding Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination or exchange of shares or any rights offering to purchase a substantial amount of Common Stock at a price substantially below fair market value or of any similar change affecting the Common Stock, any of which takes effect after the first grant of a TSR Target Award under this Award Agreement, the Committee may, in its discretion, appropriately adjust the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under this Award Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to TSR Target Awards under this Award Agreement and any and all other adjustments deemed appropriate by the Committee to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to the Participant in such manner as the Committee shall deem appropriate. Any adjustment so made shall be final and binding upon the Participant. 4.10 Awards Not a Bar to Corporate Event. The existence of the TSR Target Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or the power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks ahead of or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. 4.11 Not Income for Qualified Plans. No amounts of income received by an Participant pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be considered compensation for purposes of any pension or retirement plan, insurance plan or any other employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its affiliates. 4.12 Meaning of Participant. Whenever the word "Participant" is used in any provision of this Award Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the person or persons to whom the TSR Target Awards may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the word "Participant" shall be deemed to include such person or persons. 4.13 Determinations of Committee. The actions taken and determinations of the Committee made pursuant to this Award Agreement and of the Committee pursuant to the Plan, the TSRP and the Administrative Rules shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Company and upon the Participant. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or determination made relating to this Award Agreement, the Plan, the TSRP, or the Administrative Rules if made in good faith. 15 EXHIBIT 1: LIST OF PEER COMPANIES (2005 - 2007 PERFORMANCE PERIOD) AK Steel Corporation Alcan, Inc. Alcoa Inc. Aleris International, Inc. Carpenter Technology Corporation IPSCO Steel, Inc. International Steel Group Inc. Kennametal Inc. Nucor Corporation Quanex Corporation Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RTI International Metals Steel Dynamics Titanium Metals Corporation U.S. Steel Corporation 16
EX-10.3 4 j1367501exv10w3.txt EXHIBIT 10.3 EXHIBIT 10.3 FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT This Restricted Stock Agreement (the "Agreement") made as of the 24th day of February, 2005 by and between ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation") and ______________ (the "Employee"). WHEREAS, the Corporation sponsors and maintains the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Stock 2000 Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"); WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to encourage the Employee to remain an employee of the Corporation and, during such employment, to contribute substantially to the financial performance of the Corporation and, to provide that incentive, the Corporation has awarded the Employee an aggregate of _______ shares of restricted shares of the common stock of the Corporation, $0.10 par value per share ("Common Stock"), [equal to (I) the applicable base salary times __% (ii) divided by $$22.895 (which is the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 24, 2005)] under the Incentive Plan subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock Agreement (together with any increases for dividends paid in accordance with Paragraph 2(d) or adjustments as provided in Paragraph 8, below, the "Restricted Shares"); WHEREAS, half of the Restricted Shares are subject to the Corporation's attainment of the performance requirements set forth in Paragraph 3(a) (the "Performance Criteria"); and half of the Restricted Shares are subject to the Employee's remaining an Employee (except in instances of death, disability or Retirement as described below) during the Restriction Period set forth in Paragraph 3(b), subject to accelerated termination of the Restriction in the event of attainment of the Performance Criteria; and WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Employee desire to evidence the award of the Restricted Shares and the terms and conditions applicable thereto in this Restricted Stock Agreement. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound, the Corporation and the Employee agree as follows: 1. Grant of Restricted Shares. The Corporation hereby grants to the Employee, as of the date first written above, the Restricted Shares subject to the restrictions and other terms and conditions set forth herein. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Employee shall deliver to the Corporation a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the Restricted Shares (including in such power any increases or adjustments to the Restricted Shares). As soon as practicable after the Date of Grant, the Corporation shall direct that the Restricted Shares be registered in the name of and issued to the Employee and initially bearing the legend described in Paragraph 6. The Restricted Shares and any certificate or certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall be held in the custody of the Corporation or its designee until the expiration of the applicable Restrictions. Upon any forfeiture in accordance with Paragraph 4 of the Restricted Shares, the forfeited shares and any certificate or certificates representing the forfeited Restricted Shares shall be canceled. 2. Restrictions. Employee shall have all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Corporation with respect to the Restricted Shares, except that the following restrictions shall apply: (a) None of the Restricted Shares may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the "Restriction Period" as defined below, except to the extent of the Corporation's earlier attainment of the Performance Criteria, as defined below. (b) The Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture during the Restriction Period in accordance with Paragraph 4 of this Agreement. (c) The Restricted Shares and any certificate representing the Restricted Shares shall be held in custody by the Corporation or its designee until such time as either the Performance Criteria are attained or the Restriction Period shall have been completed. (d) Dividends paid with respect to the Restricted Shares during the Restriction Period shall not be paid to the Employee and, instead, shall be converted into additional shares of Restricted Stock at the price at which shares of common stock of the Corporation are purchased under the Corporation's outstanding dividend reinvestment program and on the date such purchases are made and such shares of Restricted Stock shall be additions to the shares subject to the Restrictions hereunder, provided, however, the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine at any time or from time to time, to pay such dividends in cash directly to the Employee. 3. Term of Restriction. (a) Subject to the forfeiture provisions of Paragraph 4 of this Agreement, the Restrictions shall lapse (i) with respect to half of the Restricted Shares on the earlier of (x) February 24, 2010 if the Employee is an employee of the Corporation on February 24, 2010, unless the Employee's cessation of employment was due to the Employee's death, disability or Retirement (as defined below), or (y) as soon after the completion of the audit of the Corporation for the 2007 fiscal year as it may be determined that the Performance Criteria 2 has been attained and (ii) with respect to half of the Restricted Shares, as soon after the completion of the audit of the Corporation for the 2007 fiscal year as it may be determined that the Performance Criteria have been attained. With respect to the half of the Restricted Shares subject only to the Performance Criteria, if the Corporation does not attain the Performance Criteria as of the end of the three year measurement period ending December 31, 2007, such half of the Restricted Shares shall be forfeited immediately upon the completion of that three-year measurement period. (b) For purposes of this Agreement, the "Performance Criteria" shall mean that the net income of the Corporation, measured under GAAP, shall exceed $150 million, in the aggregate, for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 fiscal years of the Corporation. The period for measuring the Performance Criteria shall end as of December 31, 2007 and the Personnel and Compensation Committee shall as promptly as possible following the completion of the audit of the Corporation for the 2007 fiscal year determine whether the Performance Criteria have been met. (c) The period from the Date of Grant until the lapse of the applicable of the Restrictions with respect to the Restricted Shares is the "Restriction Period" for purposes of this Agreement. (d) As soon as administratively practicable following the lapse of the Restrictions without a forfeiture of the applicable Restricted Shares, and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to such Restricted Shares, including, but not limited to, the payment by the Employee of all applicable withholding taxes, if any, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Employee shares of Common Stock, which may be in the form of a certificate or certificates for such shares, equal in number to the applicable Restricted Shares, which shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth above and shall not bear the legend described in Paragraph 6. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) if the Performance Criteria are met, all Restricted Shares shall become non-forfeitable and such Shares or the certificate representing such non-forfeitable shares of common stock of the Corporation shall be delivered as described above and (ii) if the Performance Criteria are not met, (x) half of the Restricted Shares shall be forfeited immediately after the end of the measurement period for such Performance Criteria and (y) the remaining half of the Restricted Shares shall be non-forfeitable, if at all, at the end of the Restriction Period. 4. Forfeiture of Restricted Shares. If Employee's employment with the Corporation and all of its direct or indirect subsidiaries is terminated by either party for any reason, including, but not limited to, the involuntary termination of the Employee's employment with the Corporation for any reason, with or without cause, other than the Employee's death, disability or retirement with the consent of the Corporation when the Employee is at least 55 years of age with at least 3 five years of service ("Retirement"), (i) all rights of the Employee to the Restricted Shares which remain subject to the Restrictions shall terminate immediately and be forfeited in their entirety, and (ii) the forfeited Restricted Shares and any stock certificate or certificates representing the forfeited Restricted Shares shall be canceled. If the Employee dies or becomes disabled during the Restriction Period, the Restricted Shares will immediately vest. If the Employee retires with the consent of the Corporation when the Employee is at least 55 years of age with at least five years of service, the Employee (or the Employee's beneficiary) shall receive the Restricted Shares when, if and to the extent, the Restrictions lapse under Paragraph 3. 5. Change of Control. All Restricted Shares shall fully vest in the event of a Change of Control as defined in the Incentive Plan. 6. Legend. During the Restriction Period, the shares of Restricted Stock and any share certificate or certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares shall be endorsed with the following legend (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws or any agreement by which the Corporation is bound): THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED AND THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION. 7. Withholding. The Corporation or its direct or indirect subsidiary may withhold from the number of Restricted Shares or from any cash amount payable hereunder or any other cash payments due to Employee all taxes, including social security taxes, which the Corporation or its direct or indirect subsidiary is required or otherwise authorized to withhold with respect to the Restricted Shares. 8. Adjustments to Number of Shares. Any shares issued to Employee with respect to the Restricted Shares in the event of any change in the number of outstanding common stock of the Corporation through the declaration of a stock dividend or a stock split or combination of shares or any other similar capitalization change shall be deemed to be Restricted Shares subject to all the terms set forth in this Agreement. 9. No Right to Continued Employment; Effect on Benefit Plans. This Agreement shall not confer upon Employee any right with respect to continuance of his or her employment or other relationship, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or its direct or indirect subsidiary to terminate his or her employment or other relationship at any time. Income realized by 4 Employee pursuant to this Agreement shall not be included in Employee's earnings for the purpose of any benefit plan in which Employee may be enrolled or for which Employee may become eligible unless otherwise specifically provided for in such plan. 10. Employee Representations. In connection with the issuance of the Restricted Shares, Employee represents the following: (a) Employee has reviewed with Employee's own tax advisors, the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Employee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Corporation or any of its agents. Employee understands that Employee (and not the Corporation) shall be responsible for Employee's own tax liability that may arise as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. (b) Employee has received, read and understood this Agreement and the Incentive Plan and agrees to abide by and be bound by their respective terms and conditions. 11. Miscellaneous. (a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to such Commonwealth's principles of conflicts of laws. (b) Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation without the consent of all parties hereto. (c) Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified without the written consent of the Corporation and Employee. (d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be taken to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one document. 5 (e) Definitions. Initially capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Restricted Stock Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Incentive Plan. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Restricted Shares Agreement as of the date first written above. ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED By: ______________________________________________________ Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer PARTICIPANT: WITNESS: ________________________________ _________________________________ 6 EX-10.4 5 j1367501exv10w4.txt EXHIBIT 10.4 EXHIBIT 10.4 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED KEY EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE PLAN EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2004 AND AS AMENDED FEBRUARY 24, 2005 ARTICLE I. ADOPTION AND PURPOSE OF THE KEY EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE PLAN 1.01 ADOPTION. This Key Executive Performance Plan is adopted by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as a part of the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated executive compensation program effective January 1, 2004. The KEPP Payments, if any, earned under this Plan are intended as performance based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as incentive compensation determined solely with reference to attainment in predetermined levels of Earnings and Operational Goals within the relevant Performance Period. 1.02 PURPOSE. The purposes of the KEPP are (i) to direct the focus of key management employees to the achievement of goals deemed necessary for the success of the Corporation, (ii) to assist the Corporation in retaining and motivating selected key management employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries who will contribute to the success of the Corporation and (iii) to reward key management employees for the overall success of the Corporation as determined with reference to predetermined levels of Earnings of the Corporation and attainment of Operational Goals. The KEPP is intended to act as an incentive to participating key management employees to achieve long-term objectives that will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Corporation measured in terms of achievement of predetermined levels of Earnings of the Corporation and attainment of Operational Goals. 1.03 PLAN DOCUMENT. This KEPP plan document is intended as the plan document as adopted by the Committee, which will govern all Performance Periods of the KEPP beginning in or after 2004. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Plan, the capitalized terms set forth below shall have the following meanings: 2.01 AWARD means an opportunity to earn a KEPP Payment in a particular Performance Period. Each Award shall be denominated in dollars that can be earned upon attainment of predetermined Earnings thresholds (Level 1) and the maximum amount that may be paid with respect to Operational Goals before the application of Negative Discretion (Level 2). 2.02 AWARD AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the Corporation and a Participant or a written acknowledgment from the Corporation specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of a KEPP Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VI of this Plan. 2.03 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. 2.04 CAUSE means a determination by the Committee that a Participant has engaged in conduct that is dishonest or illegal, involves moral turpitude or jeopardizes the Corporation's right to operate its business in the manner in which it is now operated. 2.05 CHANGE IN CONTROL means any of the events set forth below: (a) The acquisition in one or more transactions, other than from the Corporation, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a number of Corporation Voting Securities in excess of 25% of the Corporation Voting Securities unless such acquisition has been approved by the Board; or (b) Any election has occurred of persons to the Board that causes two-thirds of the Board to consist of persons other than (i) persons who were members of the Board on January 1, 2001 and (ii) persons who were nominated for election as members of the Board at a time when two-thirds of the Board consisted of persons who were members of the Board on January 1, 2001; provided, however, that any person nominated for election by the Board at a time when at least two-thirds of the members of the Board were persons described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) or by persons who were themselves nominated by such Board shall, for this purpose, be deemed to have been nominated by a Board composed of persons described in clause (i); or (c) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, unless, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Stock and Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or trustees, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding Stock and Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, as the case may be; or 2 (d) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation. 2.06 COMMITTEE means the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board. 2.07 CORPORATION means Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and its successors. 2.08 CORPORATION VOTING SECURITIES means the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board. 2.09 DATE OF AWARD means the date as of which an Award is granted in accordance with Article VI of this Plan. 2.10 DISABILITY means any physical or mental injury or disease of a permanent nature which renders a Participant incapable of meeting the requirements of the employment performed by such Participant immediately prior to the commencement of such disability. The determination of whether a Participant is disabled shall be made by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant's employment by the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary terminates by reason of a disability, as defined in an Employment Agreement between such Participant and the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary, such Participant shall be deemed to be disabled for purposes of the KEPP. 2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE means January 1, 2004 and, for the amendment for grants made in or after 2005, February 24, 2005. 2.12 EARNINGS means the earnings of the Corporation determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, provided, however, for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period, Earnings shall be expressed in terms of income before taxes. 2.13 EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 2.14 KEPP PAYMENT means the amount actually earned by a Participant in a particular Performance Period. Each KEPP Payment shall be the sum of the amounts earned by a Participant during a Performance Period as Level I and Level 2 achievement. 2.15 LEVEL 1 means that portion of an Award that may be earned based on attainment of Earnings. 2.16 LEVEL 2 means that portion of an Award that may be earned, after application of Negative Discretion by the Committee, based on attainment of Operational 3 Goals. The Level 2 portion of any Award shall be denominated in the maximum amount that may be earned with respect to Operational Goals prior to the application of Negative Discretion. 2.16 NEGATIVE DISCRETION means the power of the Committee to be exercised solely in the Committee's discretion to reduce the Level 2 portion of any Award. It is anticipated that the Committee will review with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation the relative attainment of Operational Goals during a particular Performance Period before the Committee exercises its Negative Discretion. 2.17 OPERATIONAL GOALS means the goals set by the Committee at the commencement of a Performance Period to be attained by the Participants during the course of a particular Performance Period. Operational Goals will be set forth in terms of operating objectives and/or criteria, which may or may not be earnings measures that, in the judgment of the Committee after consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, will enhance the success of the Corporation during and beyond a particular Performance Period. 2.18 PARTICIPANT means any key management employee selected by the Committee, pursuant to Section 5.01 of this Plan, as eligible to participate under the KEPP for any one or more Performance Period. 2.18 PERFORMANCE PERIOD means a period of more than one fiscal year of the Corporation over which the attainment of Earnings and Operational Goals shall be measured. 2.19 PLAN or KEPP means the Key Executive Performance Plan as set forth in this plan document or as the same may be amended from time to time. 2.20 RETIREMENT means, with the consent of the Corporation, a termination of employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation at or after (i) attaining age 55 and (ii) completing five years of employment with the Corporation and/or any subsidiary of the Corporation. 2.21 WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS means the amount of federal, state and local income and payroll taxes the Corporation determines in good faith must be withheld with respect to a KEPP Payment. Withholding Obligations may be settled by the Participant, as permitted by the Committee in its discretion, in cash, previously owned shares of common stock of the Corporation or any combination of the foregoing. ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION In addition to any power reserved to the Committee under the governing documents of the Corporation, the KEPP shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have exclusive and final authority and discretion in each determination, interpretation or other action affecting the KEPP and its Participants. The Committee shall have the sole and 4 absolute authority and discretion to interpret the KEPP, to amend or modify this Plan for the KEPP, to select, in accordance with Section 5.01 of this Plan, the persons who will be Participants hereunder, to set all Earnings thresholds and Operational Goals, to determine all performance criteria, levels of Awards and KEPP Payments payable, to determine, after review of the Corporation's financial reports, the degree to which any threshold of Earnings has been achieved for a Performance Period with respect to the Level 1 portion of any Award, to review the attainment of Operational Goals and exercise Negative Discretion with respect to the Level 2 portion of any Award, to impose such conditions and restrictions as it determines appropriate and to take such other actions and make such other determinations in connection with the KEPP as it may deem necessary or advisable. ARTICLE IV. OVERVIEW OF KEPP 4.01 CASH BONUS PLAN. KEPP is designed to pay cash bonuses to participating key executives after the end of a Performance Period based on the level (i) of achievement of predetermined Earnings thresholds and (ii) attainment of Operational Goals (to which the Committee may exercise Negative Discretion). 4.02 LEVELS OF AWARDS. KEPP Awards are granted with two levels. The first level, Level 1, is a cash bonus payment based on achievement of Earnings that the Committee has no discretion to reduce. KEPP Payments earned under Level 1 will be earned solely with reference to Earnings attained during the Performance Period. The second level, Level 2 is a cash bonus payment based on level of attainment of Operational Goals that the Committee has the Negative Discretion to reduce. The Committee's judgment in exercising its Negative Discretion to arrive at a KEPP Payment under Level 2 is expected to be guided by the degree to which the Corporation generally or the participating key executives in particular have attained predetermined Operational Goals. The Committee is expected to review the level of attainment of Operational Goals with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation before exercising any Negative Discretion. 4.03 PARTICIPATING KEY EXECUTIVES. It is intended that the number of participating key executives shall be limited to those key executives with the most direct influence on the attainment of Earnings and operational goals. ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION 5.01 DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPANTS. Participants in the KEPP shall be such key management employees of the Corporation or of its subsidiaries as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate as eligible to participate in the KEPP for any one or more Performance Periods. No later than 90 days after the commencement of each Performance Period during the term of the KEPP, the Committee shall designate the Participants who are eligible to participate in the KEPP during such Performance Period. The Committee's designation of a Participant with respect to any Performance Period shall not require the Committee to designate such person as a Participant with respect to any other Performance Period. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems pertinent in selecting Participants. The Committee shall promptly provide to each person selected as a 5 Participant written notice of such selection. ARTICLE VI. GRANTS UNDER THE KEPP 6.01 ANNUAL DETERMINATION REGARDING PERFORMANCE PERIOD. No later than the 60th day of each calendar year, the Committee shall determine whether to establish a Performance Period, provided, however, for a Performance Period established in calendar year 2004, the Committee may make a determination under this Section 6.01 at any time prior to the 90th day of calendar year 2004. 6.02 DETERMINATION OF GRANTS, AWARDS (BOTH LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2) AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. For each Performance Period, the Committee shall take the following actions no later than the 90th day of the first calendar year of that Performance Period: (a) Identify Participants for that Performance Period. (b) Establish the level of Level 1 and Level 2 opportunities for each Participant. (c) Set the Earnings target(s). (d) Set the Operational Goals and relative weightings after discussing such goals and weighting with the Chief Executive Officer in order to bring the Operational Goals as closely as possible in line with the Corporation's business plans. 6.03 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If a Participant terminates employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation during a then uncompleted Performance Period for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement, any KEPP Award for any then uncompleted Performance Period shall be forfeited automatically. If a Participant terminates employment with the Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation for reasons of death, Disability or Retirement during a then uncompleted Performance Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a pro rata KEPP Payment for each then uncompleted Performance Period determined: (a) when the KEPP Payments for all other Participants in such Performance Period(s) are determined; and (b) based on the actual level of achievement of Earnings for that Performance Period and the attainment of Operational Goals, after the application of Negative Discretion. 6 ARTICLE VII. DETERMINATION OF ACHIEVEMENT OF EARNINGS AND OPERATIONAL GOALS 7.01 DETERMINATION OF EARNINGS AND OPERATIONAL GOALS. As promptly as administratively feasible but in no event later than the March 1st of the calendar year following last calendar year of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine Earnings of the Corporation and the attainment of Operational Goals and the degree, if any, to which the Committee will exercise Negative Discretion. 7.02 DETERMINATION OF KEPP PAYMENTS. KEPP Payments for a particular Performance Period for a particular Participant shall be the result of adding (i) the amount earned by a particular Participant under Level 1 based on the Corporation's actual Earnings during the Performance Period and (ii) the amount earned by a particular Participant under Level 2 based on attainment of Operational Goals and after the application, if any, by the Committee of Negative Discretion. ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS 8.01 CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event of a Change in Control, during an uncompleted Performance Period, KEPP Payments (i) with respect to KEPP Awards made in 2004 with respect to the 2004 through 2006 Performance Period, shall be determined as of the date of the Change in Control at the highest (that is 7X) level of Earnings for the entire 2004 through 2006 Performance Period without pro ration for any factor and KEPP Payments for the whole of the 2004 through 2006 Performance Period shall be delivered to the Participants as soon after the Change in Control as is administratively feasible; (ii) with respect to KEPP Awards made in 2005 with respect to the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period, shall be determined as of the date of the Change in Control (x) with respect to Level 1, by first determining the aggregate amount of income before taxes actually attained by the Corporation for the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and ending on (and including) the date of the Change in Control, dividing that amount by the number of days during the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and ending on (and including) the date of the Change in Control and multiplying that daily amount by the total number of days in calendar years 2005, 2006 and 2007 and, using the amount of income before taxes determined under the foregoing, determining the appropriate amount to be paid under Level 1 and (y) with respect to Level 2, if the amount of the Level 1 payment determined under the preceding clause is less than the maximum level for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period, the Committee shall meet immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control (or as soon as practicable after the Committee knows of the impending Change in Control) and determine the amount, if any, of KEPP Payment appropriate under Level 2 for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period and the KEPP Payments for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period shall be delivered to the Participants as soon after the Change in Control as is administratively feasible and (iii) for any subsequent Performance Period, in a manner determined by the Committee at the time of the award for that Performance Period. 8.02 NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. The actions and determinations of the Committee need not be uniform and may be taken or made by the Committee selectively among employees or Participants, whether or not similarly situated. 7 8.03 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Committee shall have complete power and authority to amend or terminate this Plan at any time it is deemed necessary or appropriate. No termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant to whom any award shall theretofore have been granted under the KEPP, adversely affect the right of such individual under such award; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, make such provision in the Award Agreement for amendments which, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate. 8 EX-10.5 6 j1367501exv10w5.txt EXHIBIT 10.5 EXHIBIT 10.5 FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), initially effective as of the 10th day of February, 2000 (the "Effective Date"), and amended and restated in its entirety effective as of July 13, 2000 is further amended and restated as of February 24, 2005, by and between Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and the individual identified on the signature page of this Agreement (the "Executive"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has approved the Company's entering into this agreement providing for certain severance protection for the Executive following a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined); WHEREAS, the Board of the Company believes that, should the possibility of a Change in Control arise, it is imperative that the Company be able to receive and rely upon the Executive's advice, if requested, as to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders without concern that the Executive might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks created by the possibility of a Change in Control; and WHEREAS, in addition to the Executive's regular duties, the Executive may be called upon to assist in the assessment of a possible Change in Control, advise management and the Board of the Company as to whether such Change in Control would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and to take such other actions as the Board determines to be appropriate. NOW, THEREFORE, to assure the Company that it will have the continued dedication of the Executive and the availability of Executive's advice and counsel notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change in Control, and to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company, and for good and valuable consideration and the mutual covenants set forth herein, the Company and the Executive, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: Article I. Definitions 1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below when the initial letter of the word or abbreviation is capitalized: (a) "Accrued Obligations" means, as of the Effective Date of Termination, the sum of (i) the Executive's Base Compensation through and including the Effective Date of Termination, (ii) the amount of any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation and other cash compensation accrued by the Executive as of the Effective Date of Termination under the terms of any such arrangement and not then paid, including, but not limited to, AIP accrued but not paid for a year ending prior to the year in which occur, the Effective Date of Termination, (iii) unused vacation time monetized at the then rate of Base Compensation, (iv) expense reimbursements or other cash entitlements, (v) amounts accrued, including but not limited to amounts accrued as a result of the application of Section 2.2(g), under any qualified, non-qualified or supplemental employee benefit plan, payroll practice, policy or perquisite. (b) "AIP" means the Company's Annual Incentive Plan as it exists on the date hereof and as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time or any successor plan. (c) "Base Compensation" shall mean (1) the highest annual rate of base salary of the Executive within the time period consisting of two years prior to the date of a Change in Control and the Effective Date of Termination and (2) the AIP bonus target for performance in the calendar year that a Change in Control occurs or the actual AIP payment for the year immediately preceding the Change in Control, whichever is higher. (d) "Beneficiary" shall mean the persons or entities designated or deemed designated by the Executive pursuant to Section 7.2 herein. (e) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. (f) For purposes hereof, the term "Cause" shall mean the Executive's conviction of a felony, breach of a fiduciary duty involving personal profit to the Executive or intentional failure to perform stated duties reasonably associated with the Executive's position; provided, however, an intentional failure to perform stated duties shall not constitute Cause unless and until the Board provides the Executive with written notice setting forth the specific duties that, in the Board's view, the Executive has failed to perform and the Executive is provided a period of thirty (30) days to cure such specific failure(s) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board. (g) For the purposes of this Agreement, "Change in Control" shall mean, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of, any of the following events: (1) The Company acquires actual knowledge that (x) any Person, other than the Company, a subsidiary, any employee benefit plan(s) sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary, has acquired the Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company entitling such Person to 20% or more of the Voting Power of the Company, or (y) any Person or Persons agree to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities of the Company or to act in concert or otherwise with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Company, or in connection with or as Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company entitling such Person(s) to 20% or more of the Voting Power of the Company; or (2) The completion of a Tender Offer is made to acquire securities of the Company entitling the holders thereof to 20% or more of the Voting Power of the Company; or (3) The occurrence of a successful solicitation subject to Rule 14a-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (or any successor Rule) (the "1934 Act") relating to the election or removal of 50% or more of the members of the Board or any class of the Board shall be made by any person other than the -2- Company or less than 51% of the members of the Board (excluding vacant seats) shall be Continuing Directors; or (4) The occurrence of a merger, consolidation, share exchange, division or sale or other disposition of assets of the Company as a result of which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction shall not hold, directly or indirectly, immediately following such transaction a majority of the Voting Power of (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting corporation, (ii) in the case of a share exchange, the acquiring corporation or (iii) in the case of a division or a sale or other disposition of assets, each surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which, immediately following the transaction, holds more than 20% of the consolidated assets of the Company immediately prior to the transaction; provided, however that (A) if securities beneficially owned by Executive are included in determining the Beneficial Ownership of a Person referred to in Section (i), (B) if Executive is named pursuant to Item 2 of the Schedule 14D-1 (or any similar successor filing requirement) required to be filed by the bidder making a Tender Offer referred to in Section (ii) or (C) if Executive is a "participant" as defined in Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act in a solicitation referred to in Section (iii) then no Change of Control with respect to Executive shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of any such event. For the purposes of Section 1(g), the following terms shall have the following meanings: (i) The term "Person" shall be used as that term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act as in effect on the Effective Date hereof. (ii) "Beneficial Ownership" shall be determined as provided in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act as in effect on the Effective Date hereof. (iii) A specified percentage of "Voting Power" of a company shall mean such number of the Voting Shares as shall enable the holders thereof to cast such percentage of all the votes which could be cast in an annual election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock, other than the common stock of the company, to elect directors by a separate class vote); and "Voting Shares" shall mean all securities of a company entitling the holders thereof to vote in an annual election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock, other than the common stock of the company, to elect directors by a separate class vote). (iv) "Tender Offer" shall mean a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire securities of the Company (other than such an offer made by the Company or any subsidiary), whether or not such offer is approved or opposed by the Board. (v) "Continuing Directors" shall mean a director of the Company who either (x) was a director of the Company on the date hereof or (y) is an individual whose election, or nomination for election, as a director of the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were -3- Continuing Directors (other than an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of directors of the Company which would be subject to Rule 14a-11 under the 1934 Act, or any successor Rule). (h) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (i) "Effective Date of Termination" shall mean the date on which the Executive's employment terminates in a circumstance in which Section 2.1 provides for Severance Benefits (as defined in Section 2.1). (j) "Good Reason" shall mean, without the Executive's express written consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the following: (1) A material diminution of the Executive's authorities, duties, responsibilities, or status (including offices, titles, or reporting relationships) as an employee of the Company from those in effect as of one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the Change in Control or as of the date of execution of this Agreement if a Change in Control occurs within one hundred eighty (180) days of the execution of this Agreement (the "Reference Date") or the assignment to the Executive of duties or responsibilities inconsistent with his position as of the Reference Date, other than an insubstantial and inadvertent act that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive, and other than any such alteration which is consented to by the Executive in writing; (2) The Company's requiring the Executive to be based at a location in excess of thirty-five (35) miles from the location of the Executive's principal job location or office immediately prior to the Change in Control, except for required travel on the Company's business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive's present business obligations; (3) A reduction in the Executive's annual salary or any material reduction by the Company of the Executive's other compensation or benefits from that in effect on the Reference Date or on the date of the Change in Control, whichever is greater; (4) The failure of the Company to obtain an agreement satisfactory to the Executive from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform the Company's obligations under this Agreement, as contemplated in Article 5 herein; and (5) Any purported termination by the Company of the Executive's employment that is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 2.6 below, and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective. The Executive's right to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Executive's (A) incapacity due to physical or mental illness or (B) continued employment following the occurrence of any event constituting Good Reason herein. (k) "KEPP" means the Company's Key Executive Performance Plan as it exists on the date hereof and as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time or any successor plan. -4- (l) "Severance Compensation" means three times Base Compensation. (m) "TSRP" means the Total Shareholder Return Program as it exists on the date of the amendment and restatement of this Agreement and as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time or a successor plan. Article II. Severance Benefits 2.1 Right to Severance Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company severance benefits described in Section 2.2 below (collectively, the "Severance Benefits") if a Change in Control shall occur and within twenty-four (24) months after the Change in Control either of the following shall occur: (a) an involuntary termination of the Executive's employment with the Company without Cause; or (b) a voluntary termination of the Executive's employment with the Company for Good Reason. 2.2 Severance Benefits. In the event that the Executive becomes entitled to receive Severance Benefits, as provided in Section 2.1, the Company shall provide the Executive with total Severance Benefits as follows (but subject to Sections 2.5 and 2.6): (a) The Executive shall receive a single lump sum cash Severance Compensation payment within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of Termination. (b) The Executive shall receive the Accrued Obligations. (c) The Executive shall receive as AIP for the year in which the termination occurs a lump sum cash payment paid within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of Termination equal to that which would have been paid if corporate and personal performance had achieved 120% of target objectives established for the annual period in which the Change in Control occurred, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the current fiscal period to the Effective Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365. (d) The Executive shall receive a lump sum payment paid within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of Termination (i) of any earned but unpaid TSRP Awards (as defined in the TSRP) and (ii) with respect to any TSRP Awards for then uncompleted TSRP Performance Periods (as defined in the TSRP); provided that portion of the TSRP award that would be paid in stock under the TSRP is to be paid in cash based on the then current market value of the stock and the payment for then uncompleted TSRP Performance Periods will be determined based upon a deemed "Excellent" level of Total Shareholder Return (as defined in the TSRP and set forth in -5- the applicable TSRP agreement) for each uncompleted TSRP Performance Period. (e) All perquisites and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits pursuant to plans under which the Executive and/or the Executive's family is eligible to receive benefits and/or coverage shall be continued for a period of thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date of Termination. Such benefits shall be provided to the Executive at no less than the same coverage level as in effect as of the date of the Change in Control. The Company shall pay the full cost of such continued benefits, except that the Executive shall bear any portion of such cost as was required to be borne by key executives of the Company generally at the date of the Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the benefits described in this Section 2.2(e) may be discontinued prior to the end of the periods provided in this Section to the extent, but only to the extent, that the Executive receives substantially similar benefits from a subsequent employer. In the event any insurance carrier shall refuse to provide coverage to a former employee, the Company shall secure comparable coverage or may self-insure the benefits if it pays such benefits together with a payment to the Executive equal to the federal income tax consequences of payments to a former highly compensated employee from a discriminatory self-insured plan. (f) The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual payments made for professional outplacement services or job search not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate. (g) In determining the Executive's pension benefit following entitlement to a Severance Benefit, (i) the Executive shall be deemed to have satisfied the age and service requirements for full vesting under the Company's qualified (within applicable legal parameters), non-qualified and supplemental pension plans as of the Effective Date of Termination in which the Executive then participates such that the Executive shall be entitled to receive the full accrued benefit (based on actual service rendered through the Effective Date of Termination plus the service under subsection 2.2(g)(ii)) under all such plans in effect as of the date of the Change in Control, without any actuarial reduction for early payment and (ii) the Executive shall be credited with years of service for all purposes under each such plan equal to the number used to multiply Base Compensation in Section 1.1(m) (not to exceed a maximum total of ten credited years of service under the Company's Supplemental Pension Plan, if applicable). To the extent the amounts determined after giving effect to this Section 2.2(g) cannot be paid from or under a qualified plan, as determined by the administrator of the qualified plan(s), such amounts shall be paid in a single cash payment with the Accrued Obligations as provided in Section 2.2(b), it being understood that the Executive will receive all amounts that can be paid from or under a qualified plan from such plan when such amounts otherwise become due. -6- (h) If the Company is providing the Executive with the use of an automobile on the date of the Change in Control within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date of Termination, the Company shall acquire title to such automobile if it does not then have title, satisfy any lease obligation, lien or encumbrance related to such automobile and transfer to the Executive, free and clear of all encumbrances, title to the automobile. 2.3. Stock Options. All Company stock options previously granted to the Executive shall be fully vested and exercisable immediately upon a Change in Control. Such options shall be exercisable for the remainder of the term established by the Company's stock option plan as if the options had vested in accordance with the normal vesting schedule and the Executive had remained an employee of the Company. Company stock acquired pursuant to any such exercise may be sold by the Executive free of any Company restrictions, whatsoever (other than those imposed by federal and state securities laws). 2.4. KEPP. In the event of entitlement to a Severance Benefit and the Executive then participates in KEPP, the Company shall pay to the Executive an amount in a single cash payment within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of Termination equal to the amount determined as the sum of (i) any earned but unpaid KEPP amounts and (ii) the sum of (A) for the 2004 through 2006 measurement period under KEPP, at the 7X (maximum) level and (B) for the 2005 through 2007 measurement period under KEPP (x) with respect to Level 1, by first determining the aggregate amount of income before taxes actually attained by the Corporation for the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and ending on (and including) the date of the Change in Control, dividing that amount by the number of days during the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and ending on (and including) the date of the Change in Control and multiplying that daily amount by the total number of days in calendar years 2005, 2006 and 2007 and, using the amount of income before taxes determined under the foregoing, determining the appropriate amount to be paid under Level 1 and (y) with respect to Level 2, if the amount of the Level 1 payment determined under the preceding clause is less than the maximum level for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period, the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") shall meet immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control (or as soon as practicable after the Committee knows of the impending Change in Control) and determine the amount, if any, of KEPP Payment appropriate under Level 2 for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period and the KEPP Payments for the 2005 through 2007 Performance Period shall be delivered to the Participants as soon after the Change in Control as is administratively feasible. 2.5. Termination for any Other Reason. If the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated under any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 2.1, including without limitation by reason of retirement, death, disability, discharge for Cause or resignation without Good Reason, or any termination, for any reason, that occurs prior to a Change in Control (other than as provided below) or after twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control, the Executive shall have no right to receive the Severance Benefits under this Agreement or to receive any payments in respect of this Agreement. In such event Executive's benefits, if any, in respect of such termination shall be determined in accordance with the Company's retirement, survivor's benefits, insurance, and other applicable plans, programs, policies and practices then in effect. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated at any time from three (3) to eight (8) months prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs either (i) by the -7- Company other than for Cause or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason, and it is reasonably demonstrated that termination of employment (a) was at the request of an unrelated third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control, or (b) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of the Change in Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the termination shall be deemed to have occurred as if immediately following a Change in Control for Good Reason and the Executive shall be entitled to Severance Benefits as provided in Section 2.2 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated at any time within three (3) months prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs either (i) by the Company other than for Cause or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason, such termination shall conclusively be deemed to have occurred as if immediately following a Change in Control for Good Reason and the Executive shall be entitled to Severance Benefits as provided in Section 2.2. hereof. 2.6. Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated. 2.7. Withholding of Taxes. The Company shall withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all Federal, state, local, or other taxes that are legally required to be withheld. 2.8. Certain Additional Payments by the Company. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be determined that any economic benefit or payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a "Payment"), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up-Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including any Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 2.8, including whether a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, shall be made by the Company's regular outside independent public accounting firm (the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within fifteen (15) business days of the Effective Date of Termination, if applicable, or such earlier time as -8- is requested by the Company. The initial Gross-Up Payment, if any, as determined pursuant to this Section 2.8(b), shall be paid to the Executive within five (5) days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, it shall furnish the Executive with an opinion that the Executive has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax or excess parachute payments on Executive's federal income tax return. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made ("Underpayment"), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 2.8(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive. (c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after the later of either (i) the date the Executive has actual knowledge of such claim, or (ii) ten (10) days after the Internal Revenue Service issues to the Executive either a written report proposing imposition of the Excise Tax or a statutory notice of deficiency with respect thereto, and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date on which he gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that the Company desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: (i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim, (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, (iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, including interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this -9- Section 2.8(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to request or accede to a request for an extension of the statute of limitations with respect only to the tax claimed, or pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax, including interest or penalties with respect thereto, imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and provided further that any extension of the statute of limitations requested or acceded to by the Executive at the Company's request and relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company's control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. (d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 2.8(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company's complying with the requirements of Section 2.8(c)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 2.8(c), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid. (e) In the event that any state or municipality or subdivision thereof shall subject any Payment to any special tax which shall be in addition to the generally applicable income tax imposed by such state, municipality, or subdivision with respect to receipt of such Payment, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to such special tax. -10- Article III. The Company's Payment Obligation 3.1 Payment Obligations Absolute. Except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of Section 2.2(e), the Company's obligation to make the payments and the arrangements provided for in this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other right that the Company may have against the Executive or any other party. All amounts payable by the Company under this Agreement shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company shall not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reasons whatsoever. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to make any payment to the Executive hereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that such payment is prohibited by the terms of any final order of a Federal or state court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that such an order shall not affect, impair, or invalidate any provision of this Agreement not expressly subject to such order. 3.2 Contractual Rights to Payments and Benefits. This Agreement establishes and vests in the Executive a contractual right to the payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled hereunder. Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require, or prohibit or be deemed to prohibit, the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets, in trust or otherwise, to provide for any payments to be made or required hereunder. The Executive shall not be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Agreement, and the obtaining of any such other employment shall in no event effect any reduction of the Company's obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Agreement, except to the extent provided in the last sentence of Section 2.2(e). Article IV . Enforcement and Legal Remedies 4.1. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to personal jurisdiction in any action brought in connection with this Agreement in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania or any Pennsylvania court of competent jurisdiction. The parties also consent to venue in the above forums and to the convenience of the above forums. Any suit brought to enforce the provisions of this Agreement must be brought in the aforementioned forums. 4.2 Cost of Enforcement. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel in connection with the enforcement of any or all of Executive's rights to Severance Benefits under Section 2.2 of this Agreement, and provided that the Executive substantially prevails in the enforcement of such rights, the Company, as applicable, shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of Executive's rights. -11- Article V. Binding Effect; Successors The rights of the parties hereunder shall inure to the benefit of their respective successors, assigns, nominees, or other legal representatives. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, liquidation, or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company, as the case may be, by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company, as the case may be, would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed, this Agreement shall be binding upon any successor in accordance with the operation of law and such successor shall be deemed the "Company", as the case may be, for purposes of this Agreement. Article VI. Term of Agreement The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect for three (3) full years (the "Term") unless further extended as provided in this Article. The Term of this Agreement shall be automatically and without action by either party extended for one additional calendar month on the last business day of each calendar month so that at any given time there are no fewer than 35 nor more than 36 months remaining unless one party gives written notice to the other that it no longer wishes to extend the Term of this Agreement, after which written notice, the Term shall not be further extended except as may be provided in the following sentence. However, in the event a Change in Control occurs during the Term, this Agreement will remain in effect for the longer of: (i) thirty-six (36) months beyond the month in which such Change in Control occurred; or (ii) until all obligations of the Company hereunder have been fulfilled and all benefits required hereunder have been paid to the Executive or other party entitled thereto. Article VII. Miscellaneous 7.1 Employment Status. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof shall be deemed to create or confer upon the Executive any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary or other affiliate thereof. 7.2 Beneficiaries. The Executive may designate one or more persons or entities as the primary and/or contingent Beneficiaries of any Severance Benefits owing to the Executive under this Agreement. Such designation must be in the form of a signed writing acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Company. The Executive may make or change such designation at any time. 7.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Company and the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and amends, restates and supersedes and prior change in control agreement between the parties. Any payments actually made under this Agreement in the event of the Executive's termination of employment shall be in lieu of any severance benefits payable under any severance plan, program, or policy of the Company to which the Executive might otherwise be entitled. -12- 7.4 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural. 7.5 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed within the continental United States by first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the other party, addressed as follows: (a) If to the Company: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 1000 Six PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5479 Attn: Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (b) If to Executive, to the Executive's address set forth at the end of this Agreement. Addresses may be changed by written notice sent to the other party at the last recorded address of that party. 7.6 Execution in Counterparts. The parties hereto in counterparts may execute this Agreement, each of which shall be deemed to be original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument, and all signatures need not appear on any one counterpart. 7.7. Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Agreement, and the Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included. Further, the captions of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force and effect. 7.8. Modification. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless such modification, waiver, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and on behalf of the Company. 7.9. Applicable Law. To the extent not preempted by the laws of the United States, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, other than the conflict of law provisions thereof, shall be the controlling laws in all matters relating to this Agreement. -13- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED By: _______________________________________ Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary EXECUTIVE: ___________________________________________ Name: Address: -14- EX-10.6 7 j1367501exv10w6.txt EXHIBIT 10.6 EXHIBIT 10.6 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN (AS AMENDED) ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN 1.1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") is to assist in attracting and retaining highly competent employees, to act as an incentive in motivating selected officers and other key employees of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its Subsidiaries to achieve long-term corporate objectives and to enable cash incentive awards to qualify as performance-based for purposes of the tax deduction limitations under Section 162(m) of the Code. 1.2. ADOPTION AND TERM. The Plan was approved by the Board of Directors of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, to be effective as of January 1, 2000 (the "Effective Date"), and approved by the stockholders of the Company on May 11, 2000. The Plan shall remain in effect until the tenth anniversary of the date the stockholders of the Company approve the Plan, unless terminated by action of the Board prior to that date, and the provisions of Articles VII, VIII, IX and X with respect to performance-based awards to "covered employees" under Section 162(m) of the Code shall expire as of the fifth anniversary of the date the stockholders of the Company approved the Plan, until and unless reapproved by the stockholders of The Company. 1.3. THE PRIOR PLAN. The Company previously adopted the Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan (the "Prior Plan"). Awards granted under the Prior Plan prior to the date the stockholders of the Company approve the Plan shall not be affected by the adoption of this Plan, and the Prior Plan shall remain the effect following the date the stockholders of the Company approve the Plan to the extent necessary to administer such awards, but no new Awards shall be granted under the Prior Plan after the date the stockholders of the Company approve the Plan. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Plan, capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 2.1. AWARD means any one or a combination of Non-Qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options described in Article VI, Stock Appreciation Rights described in Article VI, Restricted Shares described in Article VII, Performance Awards described in Article VIII, Awards of cash or any other Award made under the terms of the Plan. 2.2. AWARD AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant or a written acknowledgment from the Company to a Participant specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted under the Plan. 2.3. AWARD PERIOD means, with respect to an Award, the period of time set forth in the Award Agreement during which specified target performance goals must be achieved or other conditions set forth in the Award Agreement must be satisfied. 2.4. BENEFICIARY means an individual, trust or estate who or which, by a written designation of the Participant filed with the Company or by operation of law, succeeds to the rights and obligations of the Participant under the Plan and the Award Agreement upon the Participant's death. 2.5. BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company. 2.6. CHANGE IN CONTROL means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of, any one of the following events: (a) The acquisition in one or more transactions, other than from the Company, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a number of Company Voting Securities in excess of 25% of the Company Voting Securities unless such acquisition has been approved by the Board; (b) Any election has occurred of persons to the Board that causes two-thirds of the Board to consist of persons other than (i) persons who were members of the Board on the Effective Date and (ii) persons who were nominated for elections as members of the Board at a time when two-thirds of the Board consisted of persons who were members of the Board on the Effective Date; provided, however, that any person nominated for election by a Board at least two-thirds of whom constituted persons described in 2 clauses (i) and/or (ii) or by persons who were themselves nominated by such Board shall, for this purpose, be deemed to have been nominated by a Board composed of persons described in clause (i); (c) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, unless, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than seventy five (75%) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or trustees, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, as the case may be; or (d) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company. 2.7. CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes said section. 2.8. COMMITTEE means the Committee defined in Section 3.1. 2.9. COMPANY or CORPORATION means Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and its successors. 2.10. COMMON STOCK means Common Stock of the Company, par value $.10 per share. 2.11. COMPANY VOTING SECURITIES means the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the Board. 3 2.12. DATE OF GRANT means the date designated by the Committee as the date as of which it grants an Award, which shall not be earlier than the date on which the Committee approves the granting of such Award. 2.13. EFFECTIVE DATE shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2. 2.14. EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 2.15. EXERCISE PRICE means, with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right, the amount established by the Committee in the Award Agreement which is to be subtracted from the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise in order to determine the amount of the payment to be made to the Participant, as further described in Section 6.2(b). 2.16. FAIR MARKET VALUE means, on any date, the average of the high and low quoted sales prices of a share of Common Stock, as reported on the Composite Tape for New York Stock Exchange Listed Companies, on such date or, if there were no sales on such date, on the last date preceding such date on which a sale was reported. 2.17. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION means a stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 2.18. MERGER means any merger, reorganization, consolidation, exchange, transfer of assets or other transaction having similar effect involving the Company. 2.19. NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION means a stock option which is not an Incentive Stock Option. 2.20. OPTIONS means all Non-Qualified Stock Options and Incentive Stock Options granted at any time under the Plan. 2.21. OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK means, at any time, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. 2.22. PARTICIPANT means a person designated to receive an Award under the Plan in accordance with Section 5.1. 2.23. PERFORMANCE AWARDS means Awards granted in accordance with Article VIII. 4 2.24. PERFORMANCE GOALS means operating income, operating profit, income before taxes, earnings per share, return on investment or working capital, return on stockholders' equity, economic value added (the amount, if any, by which net operating profit after tax exceeds a reference cost of capital), balanced scorecard, cash flow, reductions in inventory, inventory turns and on-time delivery performance, any one of which may be measured with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries or business units and either in absolute terms or as compared to another company or companies, and safety measures and other quantifiable, objective measures of individual performance relevant to the particular individual's job responsibilities. 2.25. PLAN means the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan as described herein, as the same may be amended from time to time. 2.26. PRIOR PLAN shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1.3. 2.27. PURCHASE PRICE, with respect to Options, shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b). 2.28. RESTORATION OPTION means a Non-Qualified Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 6.1(f). 2.29. RESTRICTED SHARES means Common Stock subject to restrictions imposed in connection with Awards granted under Article VII. 2.30. RETIREMENT means early or normal retirement under a pension plan or arrangement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in which the Participant participates. 2.31. RULE 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor rule. 2.32. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS means Awards granted in accordance with Article VI. 2.33. SUBSIDIARY means a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. 2.34. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT means the voluntary or involuntary termination of a Participant's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason, including death, disability, retirement or as the result of the divestiture 5 of the Participant's employer or any similar transaction in which the Participant's employer ceases to be the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. Whether entering military or other government service shall constitute Termination of Employment, or whether a Termination of Employment shall occur as a result of disability, shall be determined in each case by the Committee in its sole discretion. ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION 3.1. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board ("Committee") comprised of at least two persons. The Committee shall have exclusive and final authority in each determination, interpretation or other action affecting the Plan and its Participants. The Committee shall have the sole discretionary authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and modify administrative rules for the Plan, to impose such conditions and restrictions on Awards as it determines appropriate and to cancel Awards (including those made pursuant to other plans of the Company), and to take such steps in connection with the Plan and Awards granted hereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. The Committee shall not, however, have or exercise any discretion that would disqualify amounts payable under Article X as performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may delegate such of its powers and authority under the Plan as it deems appropriate to designated officers or employees of the Company. In addition, the full Board may exercise any of the powers and authority of the Committee under the Plan. In the event of such delegation of authority or exercise of authority by the Board, references in the Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to refer, as appropriate, to the delegate of the Committee or the Board. The selection of members of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof, and any delegation by the Committee to designated officers or employees, under this Section 3.1 shall comply with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the performance-based provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, and the regulations promulgated under each of such statutory provisions, or the respective successors to such statutory provisions or regulations, as in effect from time to time, except to the extent that the Board determines that such compliance is not necessary or desirable. 6 ARTICLE IV. SHARES 4.1. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE. The total number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan shall equal 10% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock as of the Effective Date. If the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased after the Effective Date, the total number of shares available under the Plan will be increased by 10% of such increase. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be further subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11.7. The shares to be offered under the Plan shall be authorized and unissued Common Stock, or issued Common Stock which shall have been reacquired by the Company. Of the total number of shares authorized for grant under the Plan, the Company may issue no more than one million shares as awards of restricted stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11.7. 4.2. SHARES SUBJECT TO TERMINATED AWARDS. Common Stock covered by any unexercised portions of terminated Options (including canceled Options) granted under Article VI, Common Stock forfeited as provided in Section 7.2(a) and Common Stock subject to any Awards which are otherwise surrendered by the Participant may again be subject to new Awards under the Plan. Common Stock subject to Options, or portions thereof, which have been surrendered in connection with the exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan, but Common Stock issued in payment of such Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be charged against the number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of Awards hereunder. Common Stock covered by awards granted under the Prior Plan that after the Effective Date are terminated unexercised, forfeited or otherwise surrendered shall be available for subsequent Awards under this Plan. ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION 5.1. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. Participants in the Plan shall be such officers and other key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether or not members of the Board, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate from time to time. The Committee's designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive Awards or grants in any other year. The designation of a Participant to receive awards or grants under one portion of the Plan does not require the Committee to include such Participant under other portions of the Plan. The Committee shall consider such factors as it 7 deems pertinent in selecting Participants and in determining the type and amount of their respective Awards. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Committee may grant Awards under the Plan, other than Incentive Stock Options, to non-employees who, in the judgment of the Committee, render significant services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate and consistent with the intent of the Plan. Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11.7, in any calendar year, no Participant shall be granted Awards in respect of more than 1 million shares of Common Stock (whether through grants of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or other grants of Common Stock or rights with respect thereto) and $5 million in cash; provided, however, that any Award payable over a period of more than one year shall be pro-rated over the applicable period in determining the amount of the Award granted in any calendar year. ARTICLE VI. STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS 6.1. OPTION AWARDS. (a) GRANT OF OPTIONS. The Committee may grant, to such Participants as the Committee may select, Options entitling the Participant to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company in such number, at such price, and on such terms and subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as may be established by the Committee. The terms of any Option granted under this Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. (b) PURCHASE PRICE OF OPTIONS. The Purchase Price of each share of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of any Option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the Purchase Price of the Common Stock purchased pursuant to Options designated by the Committee as Incentive Stock Options shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant as required under Section 422 of the Code. (c) DESIGNATION OF OPTIONS. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Committee may designate, at the time of the grant of each Option, the Option as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. 8 (d) INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION SHARE LIMITATION. No Participant may be granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan (or any other plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) which would result in shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the Date of Grant) of more than $100,000 first becoming exercisable in any one calendar year. (e) RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. A Participant or a transferee of an Option pursuant to Section 11.4 shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to Common Stock covered by an Option until the Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of any such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends in cash or other property or distributions or other rights with respect to any such Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Participant or a transferee of the Option shall have become the holder of record of any such shares covered by the Option; provided, however, that Participants are entitled to share adjustments to reflect capital changes under Section 11.7. (f) RESTORATION OPTIONS UPON THE EXERCISE OF A NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION. In the event that any Participant delivers to the Company, or has withheld from the shares otherwise issuable upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, shares of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price of any Non-Qualified Stock Option granted hereunder in accordance with Section 6.4, the Committee shall have the authority to grant or provide for the automatic grant of a Restoration Option to such Participant. The grant of a Restoration Option shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions or criteria as the Committee in its sole discretion shall establish from time to time. A Restoration Option shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of such shares so delivered or withheld upon exercise of the original Option and, in the discretion of the Committee, the number of shares, if any, delivered or withheld to the Company to satisfy any withholding tax liability arising in connection with the exercise of the original Option. A Restoration Option shall have a per share Purchase Price of not less than 100% of the per share Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant of such Restoration Option, a term not longer than the remaining term of the original Option at the time of exercise thereof, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine. 9 6.2. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. (a) STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT AWARDS. The Committee is authorized to grant to any Participant one or more Stock Appreciation Rights. Such Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted either independent of or in tandem with Options granted to the same Participant. Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options may be granted simultaneously with, or, in the case of Non-Qualified Stock Options, subsequent to, the grant to such Participant of the related Option; provided, however, that: (i) any Option covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right with respect to the same share, (ii) any Stock Appreciation Right covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any related Option with respect to the same share, and (iii) an Option and Stock Appreciation Right covering the same share of Common Stock may not be exercised simultaneously. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to a share of Common Stock, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the Exercise Price of such Stock Appreciation Right established in the Award Agreement, which amount shall be payable as provided in Section 6.2(c). (b) EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise Price established under any Stock Appreciation Right granted under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee, but in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options shall not be less than the Purchase Price of the related Option. Upon exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options, the number of shares subject to exercise under any related Option shall automatically be reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock represented by the Option or portion thereof which are surrendered as a result of the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Rights. (c) PAYMENT OF INCREMENTAL VALUE. Any payment which may become due from the Company by reason of a Participant's exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right may be paid to the Participant as determined by the Committee (i) all in cash, (ii) all in Common Stock, or (iii) in any combination of cash and Common Stock. In the event that all or a portion of the payment is made in Common Stock, the number of shares of Common 10 Stock delivered in satisfaction of such payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of such payment or portion thereof by the Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued to make any payment in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights; if any fractional share would be issuable, the combination of cash and Common Stock payable to the Participant shall be adjusted as directed by the Committee to avoid the issuance of any fractional share. 6.3. TERMS OF STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. (a) CONDITIONS ON EXERCISE. An Award Agreement with respect to Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights may contain such waiting periods, exercise dates and restrictions on exercise (including, but not limited to, periodic installments) as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant. (b) DURATION OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate after the first to occur of the following events: (i) Expiration of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right as provided in the Award Agreement; or (ii) Termination of the Award following the Participant's disability, Retirement, death or other Termination of Employment as provided in the Award Agreement; or (iii) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, ten years from the Date of Grant; or (iv) Solely in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option, upon the expiration of the related Option. (c) ACCELERATION OR EXTENSION OF EXERCISE TIME. The Committee may (but shall not be obligated to) permit the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right (i) prior to the time such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would become exercisable under the terms of the Award Agreement, (ii) after the termination of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right under the terms of the Award Agreement, or (iii) after the expiration of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right. 11 6.4. EXERCISE PROCEDURES. Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall be exercised by written or electronic notice to the Company or by such other exercise procedures as may be provided in the Award Agreement which notice or other form of exercise must be received by the officer or employee of the Company designated in the Award Agreement on or before the close of business on the expiration date of the Award. The Purchase Price of shares purchased upon exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid in full in cash by the Participant pursuant to the Award Agreement; provided, however, that the Committee may (but shall not be required to) permit payment to be made by delivery to the Company of either (a) Common Stock (which may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, include Restricted Shares or shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option, subject to such rules as the Committee deems appropriate) or (b) any combination of cash and Common Stock, or (c) such other consideration as the Committee deems appropriate and in compliance with applicable law (including payment in accordance with a cashless exercise program under which, if so instructed by the Participant, Common Stock may be issued directly to the Participant's broker or dealer upon receipt of an irrevocable written or electronic notice of exercise from the Participant). In the event that any Common Stock shall be transferred to the Company to satisfy all or any part of the Purchase Price, the part of the Purchase Price deemed to have been satisfied by such transfer of Common Stock shall be equal to the product derived by multiplying the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise times the number of shares of Common Stock transferred to the Company. The Participant may not transfer to the Company in satisfaction of the Purchase Price any fractional share of Common Stock. Any part of the Purchase Price paid in cash upon the exercise of any Option shall be added to the general funds of the Company and may be used for any proper corporate purpose. Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, any Common Stock transferred to the Company as payment of all or part of the Purchase Price upon the exercise of any Option shall be held as treasury shares. 6.5. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all Options outstanding on the date of such Change in Control, and all Stock Appreciation Rights shall become immediately and fully exercisable. The provisions of this Section 6.5 shall not be applicable to any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted to a Participant if any Change in Control results from such Participant's beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Common Stock or Company Voting Securities. 12 ARTICLE VII. RESTRICTED SHARES 7.1. RESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS. The Committee may grant to any Participant an Award of Common Stock in such number of shares, and on such terms, conditions and restrictions, whether based on performance standards, periods of service, retention by the Participant of ownership of purchased or designated shares of Common Stock or other criteria, as the Committee shall establish. With respect to performance-based Awards of Restricted Shares to "covered employees" (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code), performance targets will be limited to specified levels of one or more of the Performance Goals. The terms of any Restricted Share Award granted under this Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with this Plan. (a) ISSUANCE OF RESTRICTED SHARES. As soon as practicable after the Date of Grant of a Restricted Share Award by the Committee, the Company shall cause to be transferred on the books of the Company, or its agent, Common Stock, registered on behalf of the Participant, evidencing the Restricted Shares covered by the Award, but subject to forfeiture to the Company as of the Date of Grant if an Award Agreement with respect to the Restricted Shares covered by the Award is not duly executed by the Participant and timely returned to the Company. All Common Stock covered by Awards under this Article VII shall be subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions contained in the Plan and the Award Agreement entered into by the Participant. Until the lapse or release of all restrictions applicable to an Award of Restricted Shares the share certificates, if any, representing such Restricted Shares may be held in custody by the Company, its designee, or, if the certificates bear a restrictive legend, by the Participant; provided, however, that if the Restricted Shares are uncertificated, other arrangements may be made, in the discretion of the Committee, to ensure the enforcement of the restrictions on such Restricted Shares. Upon the lapse or release of all restrictions with respect to an Award as described in Section 7.1(d), one or more share certificates, registered in the name of the Participant, for an appropriate number of shares as provided in Section 7.1(d), free of any restrictions set forth in the Plan and the Award Agreement shall be delivered to the Participant. 13 (b) STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. Beginning on the Date of Grant of the Restricted Share Award and subject to execution of the Award Agreement as provided in Section 7.1(a), the Participant shall become a stockholder of the Company with respect to all shares subject to the Award Agreement and shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote such shares and the right to receive dividends; provided, however, that any Common Stock distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted Shares as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed, shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Shares and held or restricted as provided in Section 7.1(a). (c) RESTRICTION ON TRANSFERABILITY. None of the Restricted Shares may be assigned or transferred (other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or to an inter vivos trust with respect to which the Participant is treated as the owner under Sections 671 through 677 of the Code), pledged or sold prior to lapse of the restrictions applicable thereto. (d) DELIVERY OF SHARES UPON VESTING. Upon expiration or earlier termination of the forfeiture period without a forfeiture and the satisfaction of or release from any other conditions prescribed by the Committee, or at such earlier time as provided under the provisions of Section 7.3, the restrictions applicable to the Restricted Shares shall lapse. As promptly as administratively feasible thereafter, subject to the requirements of Section 11.5, the Company shall deliver to the Participant or, in case of the Participant's death, to the Participant's Beneficiary, one or more share certificates for the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock, free of all such restrictions, except for any restrictions that may be imposed by law. 7.2. TERMS OF RESTRICTED SHARES. (a) FORFEITURE OF RESTRICTED SHARES. Subject to Sections 7.2(b) and 7.3, all Restricted Shares shall be forfeited and returned to the Company and all rights of the Participant with respect to such Restricted Shares shall terminate unless the Participant continues in the service of the Company or a Subsidiary as an employee until the expiration of the forfeiture period for such Restricted Shares and satisfies any and all other conditions set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee shall determine the forfeiture period (which may, but need not, lapse in installments) and any other terms and conditions applicable with respect to any Restricted Share Award. 14 (b) WAIVER OF FORFEITURE PERIOD. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VII to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive the forfeiture period and any other conditions set forth in any Award Agreement under appropriate circumstances (including the death, disability or Retirement of the Participant or a material change in circumstances arising after the date of an Award) and subject to such terms and conditions (including forfeiture of a proportionate number of the Restricted Shares) as the Committee shall deem appropriate. 7.3. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all restrictions applicable to the Restricted Share Award shall terminate fully and the Participant shall immediately have the right to the delivery of share certificate or certificates for such shares in accordance with Section 7.1(d). ARTICLE VIII. PERFORMANCE AWARDS 8.1. PERFORMANCE AWARDS. (a) AWARD PERIODS AND CALCULATIONS OF POTENTIAL INCENTIVE AMOUNTS. The Committee may grant Performance Awards to Participants. A Performance Award shall consist of the right to receive a payment (measured by the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock, increases in such Fair Market Value during the Award Period and/or a fixed cash amount) contingent upon the extent to which certain predetermined performance targets have been met during an Award Period. Performance Awards may be made in conjunction with, or in addition to, Restricted Share Awards made under Article VII. The Award Period shall be two or more fiscal or calendar years as determined by the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion and under such terms as it deems appropriate, may permit newly eligible employees, such as those who are promoted or newly hired, to receive Performance Awards after an Award Period has commenced. (b) PERFORMANCE TARGETS. The performance targets may include such goals related to the performance of the Company or, where relevant, any one or more of its Subsidiaries or divisions and/or the performance of a Participant as may be established by the Committee in its discretion. In the case of Performance Awards to "covered employees" (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code), the targets will be limited to specified levels of 15 one or more of the Performance Goals. The performance targets established by the Committee may vary for different Award Periods and need not be the same for each Participant receiving a Performance Award in an Award Period. Except to the extent inconsistent with the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) of the Code, in the case of Performance Awards granted to employees to whom such section is applicable, the Committee, in its discretion, but only under extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Committee, may change any prior determination of performance targets for any Award Period at any time prior to the final determination of the Award when events or transactions occur to cause the performance targets to be an inappropriate measure of achievement. (c) EARNING PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee, at or as soon as practicable after the Date of Grant, shall prescribe a formula to determine the percentage of the Performance Award to be earned based upon the degree of attainment of performance targets. (d) PAYMENT OF EARNED PERFORMANCE AWARDS. Subject to the requirements of Section 11.5, payments of earned Performance Awards shall be made in cash or Common Stock, or a combination of cash and Common Stock, in the discretion of the Committee. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may define such terms and conditions with respect to the payment of earned Performance Awards as it may deem desirable. 8.2. TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. (a) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Unless otherwise provided below or in Section 8.3, in the case of a Participant's Termination of Employment prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant will not have earned any Performance Awards. (b) RETIREMENT. If a Participant's Termination of Employment is because of Retirement prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant will not be paid any Performance Awards, unless the Committee, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determines that an Award should be paid. In such a case, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of his or her Award as determined under Subsection (d). 16 (c) DEATH OR DISABILITY. If a Participant's Termination of Employment is due to death or disability (as determined in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee) prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant or the Participant's personal representative shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata share of his or her Award as determined under Subsection (d). (d) PRO-RATA PAYMENT. The amount of any payment made to a Participant whose employment is terminated by Retirement, death or disability (under circumstances described in Subsections (b) and (c)) will be the amount determined by multiplying the amount of the Performance Award which would have been earned, determined at the end of the Award Period, had such employment not been terminated, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months such Participant was employed during the Award Period, and the denominator of which is the total number of months of the Award Period. Any such payment made to a Participant whose employment is terminated prior to the end of an Award Period under this Section 8.2 shall be made at the end of the respective Award Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any partial payment previously made or credited to a deferred account for the benefit of a Participant as provided under Section 8.1(d) of the Plan shall be subtracted from the amount otherwise determined as payable as provided in this Section. (e) OTHER EVENTS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, the Committee may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determine to pay all or any portion of a Performance Award to a Participant who has terminated employment prior to the end of an Award Period under certain circumstances (including the death, disability or Retirement of the Participant or a material change in circumstances arising after the Date of Grant) and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate. 8.3. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all Performance Awards for all Award Periods shall immediately become fully payable to all Participants and shall be paid to Participants in accordance with Section 8.2(d) within 30 days after such Change in Control. 17 ARTICLE IX. OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS 8.4. GRANT OF OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. Other stock-based awards, consisting of stock purchase rights (with or without loans to Participants by the Company containing such terms as the Committee shall determine), Awards of cash, Awards of Common Stock, or Awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock, may be granted either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other Awards under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, the number of shares of Common Stock to be granted pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards. Any such Award shall be confirmed by an Award Agreement executed by the Company and the Participant, which Award Agreement shall contain such provisions as the Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this Plan with respect to such Award. 8.5. TERMS OF OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. In addition to the terms and conditions specified in the Award Agreement, Awards made pursuant to this Article 10 shall be subject to the following: (a) Any Common Stock subject to Awards made under this Article IX may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered prior to the date on which the shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses; and (b) If specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award under this Article IX shall be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, interest or dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to the Common Stock or other securities covered by the Award; and (c) The Award Agreement with respect to any Award shall contain provisions dealing with the disposition of such Award in the event of a Termination of Employment prior to the exercise, realization or payment of such Award, whether such termination occurs because of Retirement, disability, death or other reason, with such provisions to take account of the specific nature and purpose of the Award. 18 8.6. FOREIGN QUALIFIED AWARDS. Awards under the Plan may be granted to such employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are residing in foreign jurisdictions as the Committee in its sole discretion may determine from time to time. The Committee may adopt such supplements to the Plan as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the applicable laws of such foreign jurisdictions and to afford Participants favorable treatment under such laws; provided, however, that no Award shall be granted under any such supplement with terms or conditions inconsistent with the provision set forth in the Plan. ARTICLE IX. SHORT-TERM CASH INCENTIVE AWARDS 9.1. ELIGIBILITY. Executive officers of the Company who are from time to time determined by the Committee to be "covered employees" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code will be eligible to receive short-term cash incentive awards under this Article X. 9.2. AWARDS. (a) PERFORMANCE TARGETS. For each fiscal year of the Company, the Committee shall establish objective performance targets based on specified levels of one or more of the Performance Goals. Such performance targets shall be established by the Committee on a timely basis to ensure that the targets are considered "preestablished" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. (b) AMOUNTS OF AWARDS. In conjunction with the establishment of performance targets for a fiscal year, the Committee shall adopt an objective formula (on the basis of percentages of Participants' salaries, shares in a bonus pool or otherwise) for computing the respective amounts payable under the Plan to Participants if and to the extent that the performance targets are attained. Such formula shall comply with the requirements applicable to performance-based compensation plans under Section 162(m) of the Code and, to the extent based on percentages of a bonus pool, such percentages shall not exceed 100% in the aggregate. (c) PAYMENT OF AWARDS. Awards will be payable to Participants in cash each year upon prior written certification by the Committee of attainment of the specified performance targets for the preceding fiscal year. 19 (d) NEGATIVE DISCRETION. Notwithstanding the attainment by the Company of the specified performance targets, the Committee shall have the discretion, which need not be exercised uniformly among the Participants, to reduce or eliminate the award that would be otherwise paid. (e) GUIDELINES. The Committee may adopt from time to time written policies for its implementation of this Article X. Such guidelines shall reflect the intention of the Company that all payments hereunder qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. (f) NON-EXCLUSIVE ARRANGEMENT. The adoption and operation of this Article X shall not preclude the Board or the Committee from approving other short-term incentive compensation arrangements for the benefit of individuals who are Participants hereunder as the Board or Committee, as the case may be, deems appropriate and in the best interests of the Company. ARTICLE X. TERMS APPLICABLE GENERALLY TO AWARDS GRANTED UNDER THE PLAN 10.1. PLAN PROVISIONS CONTROL AWARD TERMS. The terms of the Plan shall govern all Awards granted under the Plan, and in no event shall the Committee have the power to grant any Award under the Plan which is contrary to any of the provisions of the Plan. In the event any provision of any Award granted under the Plan shall conflict with any term in the Plan as constituted on the Date of Grant of such Award, the term in the Plan as constituted on the Date of Grant of such Award shall control. Except as provided in Section 11.3 and Section 11.7, the terms of any Award granted under the Plan may not be changed after the Date of Grant of such Award so as to materially decrease the value of the Award without the express written approval of the holder. 10.2. AWARD AGREEMENT. No person shall have any rights under any Award granted under the Plan unless and until the Company and the Participant to whom such Award shall have been granted shall have executed and delivered an Award Agreement or received any other Award acknowledgment authorized by the Committee expressly granting the Award to such person and containing provisions setting forth the terms of the Award. 20 10.3. MODIFICATION OF AWARD AFTER GRANT. No Award granted under the Plan to a Participant may be modified (unless such modification does not materially decrease the value of the Award) after the Date of Grant except by express written agreement between the Company and the Participant, provided that any such change (a) shall not be inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, and (b) shall be approved by the Committee. 10.4. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER. Except as provided in Section 7.1(c) in the case of Restricted Shares, a Participant's rights and interest under the Plan may not be assigned or transferred other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of a Participant, only the Participant personally (or the Participant's personal representative) may exercise rights under the Plan. The Participant's Beneficiary may exercise the Participant's rights to the extent they are exercisable under the Plan following the death of the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may grant Non-Qualified Stock Options that are transferable, without payment of consideration, to immediate family members of the Participant or to trusts or partnerships for such family members, and the Committee may also amend outstanding Non-Qualified Stock Options to provide for such transferability. 10.5. TAXES. The Company shall be entitled, if the Committee deems it necessary or desirable, to withhold (or secure payment from the Participant in lieu of withholding) the amount of any withholding or other tax required by law to be withheld or paid by the Company with respect to any amount payable and/or shares issuable under such Participant's Award, or with respect to any income recognized upon a disqualifying disposition of shares received pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, and the Company may defer payment or issuance of the cash or shares upon exercise or vesting of an Award unless indemnified to its satisfaction against any liability for any such tax. The amount of such withholding or tax payment shall be determined by the Committee and shall be payable by the Participant at such time as the Committee determines in accordance with the following rules: (a) The Participant shall have the right to elect to meet his or her withholding requirement (i) by having withheld from such Award at the appropriate time that number of shares of Common Stock, rounded up to the next whole share, whose Fair Market Value is equal to the amount of withholding taxes due, (ii) by direct payment to the Company in cash of the amount of any taxes required to be withheld with respect to such Award or (iii) by a combination of shares and cash. 21 (b) The Committee shall have the discretion as to any Award, to cause the Company to pay to tax authorities for the benefit of any Participant, or to reimburse such Participant for the individual taxes which are due on the grant, exercise or vesting of any share Award, or the lapse of any restriction on any share Award (whether by reason of a Participant's filing of an election under Section 83(b) of the Code or otherwise), including, but not limited to, Federal income tax, state income tax, local income tax and excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, as well as for any such taxes as may be imposed upon such tax payment or reimbursement. (c) In the case of Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee may impose such limitations and restrictions as it deems necessary or appropriate with respect to the delivery or withholding of shares of Common Stock to meet tax withholding obligations. 10.6. SURRENDER OF AWARDS. Any Award granted under the Plan may be surrendered to the Company for cancellation on such terms as the Committee and the holder approve. 10.7. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CAPITAL CHANGES. (a) RECAPITALIZATION. The number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards, the Purchase Price or Exercise Price for such shares, the number and kind of shares available for Awards subsequently granted under the Plan and the maximum number of shares in respect of which Awards can be made to any Participant in any calendar year shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other change in capitalization with a similar substantive effect upon the Plan or the Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall have the power and sole discretion to determine the amount of the adjustment to be made in each case. (b) MERGER. After any Merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation, each Participant shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon any exercise of all Options or receipt of other Award to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders), in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Award, the number and class of shares or other securities to which such Participant would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the Merger if, at the time 22 of the Merger, such Participant had been the holder of record of a number of shares equal to the number of shares receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Award. Comparable rights shall accrue to each Participant in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above. In the event of a Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the "Acquiring Corporation"), shall either assume the Company's rights and obligations under outstanding Award Agreements or substitute awards in respect of the Acquiring Corporation's stock for such outstanding Awards. In the event the Acquiring Corporation fails to assume or substitute for such outstanding Awards, the Board shall provide that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the outstanding Awards shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of any Award that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 11.7(b) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. Any Options which are neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. (c) OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SHARES OR STOCK OF ACQUIRED COMPANIES. After any Merger in which the Company or a Subsidiary shall be a surviving corporation, the Committee may grant substituted options under the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to Section 424 of the Code, replacing old options granted under a plan of another party to the Merger whose shares or stock subject to the old options may no longer be issued following the Merger. The foregoing adjustments and manner of application of the foregoing provisions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any such adjustments may provide for the elimination of any fractional shares which might otherwise become subject to any Options. 10.8. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT. No employee or other person shall have any claim of right to be granted an Award under this Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 10.9. AWARDS NOT INCLUDABLE FOR BENEFIT PURPOSES. Payments received by a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall not be included in the determination of benefits under any pension, group insurance or other benefit plan applicable to the Participant which is maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as may be provided under the terms of such plans or determined by the Board. 23 10.10. GOVERNING LAW. All determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed in accordance therewith. 10.11. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. No rule of strict construction shall be implied against the Company, the Committee, or any other person in the interpretation of any of the terms of the Plan, any Award granted under the Plan or any rule or procedure established by the Committee. 10.12. COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 16b-3. It is intended that unless the Committee determines otherwise, Awards under the Plan be eligible for exemption under Rule 16b-3. The Board is authorized to amend the Plan and to make any such modifications to Award Agreements to comply with Rule 16b-3, as it may be amended from time to time, and to make any other such amendments or modifications as it deems necessary or appropriate to better accomplish the purposes of the Plan in light of any amendments made to Rule 16b-3. 10.13. CAPTIONS. The captions (i.e., all Section headings) used in the Plan are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Plan, and shall not be deemed to limit, characterize or affect in any way any provisions of the Plan, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed as if no captions have been used in the Plan. 10.14. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision in the Plan and every Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Plan or any Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of the Plan and every other Award at any time granted under the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 10.15. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. (a) AMENDMENT. The Board shall have complete power and authority to amend the Plan at any time; provided, however, that the Board shall not, without the requisite affirmative approval of stockholders of the Company, make any amendment which requires stockholder approval under the Code, unless such compliance is no longer desired under the Code, or under any other applicable law or rule of any stock exchange which lists 24 Common Stock or Company Voting Securities. No termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant to whom any Award shall theretofore have been granted under the Plan, adversely affect the right of such individual under such Award. (b) TERMINATION. The Board shall have the right and the power to terminate the Plan at any time. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the termination of the Plan, but the termination of the Plan shall not have any other effect and any Award outstanding at the time of the termination of the Plan may be exercised after termination of the Plan at any time prior to the expiration date of such Award to the same extent such Award would have been exercisable had the Plan not terminated. * * * * * * 25 EX-31.1 8 j1367501exv31w1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 EX-31.1
 

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS

I, L. Patrick Hassey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 


 

  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 5, 2005
         
     
  /s/ L. Patrick Hassey    
  L. Patrick Hassey   
  President and Chief Executive Officer   

 

EX-31.2 9 j1367501exv31w2.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 EX-31.2
 

         

EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS

I, Richard J. Harshman, Executive Vice President–Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 


 

  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 5, 2005
         
     
  /s/ Richard J. Harshman    
  Richard J. Harshman   
  Executive Vice President-Finance
and Chief Financial Officer 
 

 

EX-32.1 10 j1367501exv32w1.htm EXHIBIT 32.1 EX-32.1
 

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the dates indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Date: May 5, 2005  /s/ L. Patrick Hassey    
  L. Patrick Hassey   
  President and Chief Executive Officer   
         
Date: May 5, 2005  /s/ Richard J. Harshman    
  Richard J. Harshman   
  Executive Vice President-Finance
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

 

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