UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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THE 401(K) PLAN
(Title of Plan)
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-5479
(Address of Plan and principal executive offices of Issuer)
Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental
Schedules
The 401(k) Plan
Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The 401(k) Plan
Audited Financial Statements
Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
Contents
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EX-23.1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plans management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plans internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plans internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedules of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2004, and schedule of delinquent participant contributions for the year then ended are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labors Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plans management. These supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
June 23, 2005
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The 401(k) Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
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| 2004 | 2003 | |||||||
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Investments:
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Interest in Allegheny Master Trust
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$ | 65,829,478 | $ | 63,656,539 | ||||
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Interest in registered investment companies
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64,387,612 | 53,795,031 | ||||||
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Corporate common stocks
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11,488,338 | 7,643,532 | ||||||
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Participant loans
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6,357,785 | 5,162,484 | ||||||
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Interest in common collective trusts
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71,075 | 124,428 | ||||||
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Interest-bearing cash
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1,497 | | ||||||
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Total investments
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148,135,785 | 130,382,014 | ||||||
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Other payables, net
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(37,565 | ) | (116,099 | ) | ||||
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Net assets available for benefits
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$ | 148,098,220 | $ | 130,265,915 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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The 401(k) Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
See accompanying notes.
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Investments are valued as follows:
Bank and insurance investment contracts (investment contacts) with varying contract rates and
maturity dates are stated at contract value.
Although it is managements intention to hold the investment contracts in the Standish Fixed
Income Fund until maturity, certain investment contracts provide for adjustments to contract
value for withdrawals made prior to maturity.
All other investments are stated at their net asset value, based on the quoted market prices of
the securities held in such funds on applicable exchanges.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial
statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The financial statements are prepared under the accrual basis of accounting.
2. Description of the Plan
The 401(k) Plan (the Plan) is a defined contribution plan and is subject to the provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The purpose of the Plan is to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees through company
contributions and to encourage employee thrift by permitting eligible employees to defer a part of
their compensation and contribute such deferral to the Plan. The Plan allows employees to
contribute a portion of eligible wages each pay period through payroll deductions subject to
Internal Revenue Code limitations. Qualifying employee contributions are partially matched by the
respective employing companies which are affiliates of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI,
the Plan Sponsor), up to the lesser of a maximum of $1,000 annually for each participant, or 50% of
participants deferrals up to a maximum of 3.5% of total eligible wages (except for Allvac and Wah
Chang). For the Allvac and Wah Chang operations, in 2002, the $1,000 maximum limit on matching
contributions was removed. For hourly employees of the Casting Service operation, starting with
the first hour worked after December 26, 2004, the employing company matches 100% of the employee
contributions up to 3.5% of total eligible wages. In addition, annual flat dollar contributions
will be paid into the Plan at the end of each year provided the following criteria are met: the
employee must have contributed a minimum of
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Description of the Plan (continued)
2% of their total earnings for the year into the Plan; the employee must have completed a minimum
of 1,000 hours during the calendar year; and the employee must be an active, nonunion employee as
of December 31
st
of that year. The exceptions to this rule are that 1.) employees who
retire during the calendar year will remain eligible for this contribution, so long as they meet
the 1,000-hour rule; such retirees will receive a prorated contribution, based on the number of
months they worked in the year; however, an employee who terminates (not retires) prior to December
31
st
will not be eligible for this flat dollar contribution, regardless of the number of
hours worked, and 2.) hourly bargained employees at the Casting Service operation receive the
annual flat dollar contributions notwithstanding the above conditions.
The flat dollar contribution amounts are based on the employees years of service, as follows:
The Plan allows participants to direct their contributions, and contributions made on their behalf,
to any of the investment alternatives. Unless otherwise specified by the participant, employer
contributions are made to the Standish Fixed Income Fund. Separate accounts are maintained by the
Plan Sponsor for each participating employee. Trustee fees and asset management fees charged by the
Plans trustee, Mellon Bank, N.A., for the administration of all funds are charged against net
assets available for benefits of the respective fund. Certain other expenses of administering the
Plan are paid by the Plan Sponsor.
Participants may make in-service and hardship withdrawals as outlined in the plan document.
Participants are fully vested in their entire participant account balance.
Active employees can borrow up to 50% of their vested account balances minus any outstanding loans.
The loan amounts are further limited to a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $50,000, and an
employee can obtain no more than three loans at one time. Interest rates are determined
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Description of the Plan (continued)
based on commercially accepted criteria, and payment schedules vary based on the type of the loan.
General-purpose loans are repaid over 6 to 60 months, and primary residence loans are repaid over
periods up to 180 months. Payments are made by payroll deductions.
Further information about the Plan, including eligibility, vesting, contributions, and withdrawals,
is contained in the plan document, summary plan description, and related contracts. These documents
are available from the Plan Sponsor.
3. Investments
The following presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plans net assets as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003:
Certain of the Plans investments are in the Allegheny Master Trust, which has three
separately managed institutional investment accounts in the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund, the
Alliance Capital Growth Pool, and the Standish Fixed Income Fund, which are valued on a unitized
basis (collectively, the Allegheny Master Trust). The Allegheny Master Trust was established for
the investment of assets of the Plan, and several other ATI sponsored retirement plans. Each
participating retirement plan has an undivided interest in the Allegheny Master Trust. At December
31, 2004 and 2003, the Plans interest in the net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool, the
Standish Fixed Income Fund, and the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund was as follows:
Investment income and expenses are allocated to the Plan based upon its pro rata share in the
net
assets of the Allegheny Master Trust.
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
The composition of the net assets of the Standish Fixed Income Fund at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
was as follows:
The Standish Fixed Income Fund (the Fund) invests in guaranteed investment contracts (GICs)
and actively managed structured or synthetic investment contracts (SICs). The GICs are promises by
a bank or insurance company to repay principal plus a fixed rate of return through contract
maturity. SICs differ from GICs in that there are specific assets supporting the SICs, and these
assets are owned by the Allegheny Master Trust. The bank or insurance company issues a wrapper contract that
allows participant-directed transactions to be made at contract value. The assets supporting the
SICs are comprised of government agency bonds, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities (ABOs), and
collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) with fair values of $134,332,201 and $107,926,162 at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Interest crediting rates on the GICs in the Fund are determined at the time of purchase. Interest
crediting rates on the SICs are either: (1) set at the time of purchase for a fixed term and
crediting rate, (2) set at the time of purchase for a fixed term and variable crediting rate, or
(3) set at the time of purchase and reset monthly within a constant duration. A constant duration
contract may specify a duration of 2.5 years and the crediting rate is adjusted monthly based upon
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
quarterly rebalancing of eligible 2.5 year duration investment instruments at the time of each
resetting; in effect the contract never matures. At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the interest
crediting rates for GICs and Fixed Maturity SICs ranged from 3.87% to 8.05% and 3.58% to 8.02%,
respectively.
For the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, the average annual yield for the investment
contracts in the Fund was 4.89% and 5.31%, respectively. Fair value of the GICs was estimated by
discounting the weighted average of the Funds cash flows at the then-current, interest crediting
rate for a comparable maturity investment contract. Fair value for the SICs was estimated based on
the fair value of each contracts supporting assets at December 31, 2004 and 2003.
The composition of net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool at December 31, 2004 and 2003 was
as follows:
The composition of net assets of the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund at December 31, 2004 and 2003 was
as follows:
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
The composition of the changes in net assets of the Allegheny Master Trust is as follows:
Interest, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and management fees from the Allegheny
Master Trust are included in the net gain from interest in Allegheny Master Trust on the statements
of changes in net assets available for benefits.
4. Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated July 12, 2003,
stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code)
and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this issuance of the
determination letter, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in
conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan sponsor has indicated that it will
take the necessary steps, if any, to bring the Plans operations
into compliance with the Code.
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
5. Parties-in-Interest
Dreyfus Corporation is the manager of the Dreyfus Mutual Funds that are offered as investment
options under this Plan. Dreyfus Service Corporation is the funds distributor. Dreyfus Corporation
and Dreyfus Service Corporation are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Mellon Financial Corporation.
Mellon Financial Corporation also owns Mellon Bank, N.A., the trustee for this Plan. Therefore,
transactions with these entities qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
6. Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the employing companies have the right under the
Plan to discontinue their contributions at any time and to terminate their respective participation
in the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. However, no such action may deprive any
participant or beneficiary under the Plan of any vested right.
7. Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various
risk such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with
certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of
investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect
participants account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available
for benefits.
8. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
to the Form 5500:
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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
8. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 (continued)
The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to
the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2004:
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The 401(k) Plan
Year Ended December 31, 2004
A processing error at the Monroe, North Carolina facility
resulted in a delay in transferring payroll deductions in the aggregate principal amount of $24,840.00 from the paychecks of 10
participants to the trust established in connection with the Plan. The principal amount was
contributed to the trust and allocated, together with $19,734.64 in earnings determined in a manner
consistent with the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) established by the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL), to the accounts of the affected 10 participants. In addition, an
application for relief under the VFCP was filed with
the DOL. The company filed Forms 5330 with the Internal Revenue Service and paid an
aggregate excise tax of $5,991.60.
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The 401(k) Plan
December 31, 2004
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the administrators of the
Plan have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Years Ended December 31
2004
2003
$
3,698,695
$
3,496,473
10,083,846
8,907,333
13,782,541
12,403,806
6,349,303
8,297,937
4,808,715
4,662,239
4,069,550
8,672,796
319,383
327,889
132,837
141,650
1,072
1,998,905
91,734
15,772,594
24,101,416
29,555,135
36,505,222
(11,677,809
)
(9,094,657
)
(121,067
)
(45,021
)
(38,862
)
(11,722,830
)
(9,254,586
)
17,832,305
27,250,636
130,265,915
103,015,279
$
148,098,220
$
130,265,915
Years
Amount of Contribution
$
100
500
600
700
800
1,000
1,500
2,000
2004
2003
53.72
%
51.45
%
12.44
11.86
3.49
2.48
2004
2003
$
1,371,538
$
2,757,412
8,735,242
9,583,804
8,250,446
10,939,222
4,670,166
8,848,178
1,017,190
2,353,862
6,769,166
6,814,589
2,687,551
4,652,712
5,061,507
6,075,054
1,243,795
1,187,962
1,006,456
7,132,148
8,947,069
5,972,064
6,737,205
2,929,738
7,226,335
55,840,551
77,129,860
1,999,995
36,520,489
33,990,199
33,366,628
17,803,044
37,879,291
36,635,330
25,166,696
14,768,321
132,933,104
105,196,889
9,386,961
8,515,369
670,702
764,537
$
198,831,318
$
191,606,655
2004
2003
$
38,135,320
$
35,666,427
(11,230
)
(10,616
)
$
38,124,090
$
35,655,811
Standish Fixed Income Fund
Alliance Capital Growth Pool
ATI Disciplined Stock Fund
Years Ended December 31
2004
2003
2004
2003
2004
2003
$
9,236,594
$
9,953,790
$
$
$
$
214,654
(1,358
)
4,352,382
13,699,382
1,368,881
1,073,159
45,315
5,432,718
9,614,660
122,717
111,616
8,488
10,183
(240,688
)
(201,917
)
(128,988
)
(72,409
)
(551,752
)
(660,982
)
(1,892,602
)
888,462
(2,835,451
)
(440,184
)
(9,000,958
)
8,571,888
7,224,663
10,797,266
2,468,279
9,102,067
(3,822,959
)
22,908,284
191,606,655
180,809,389
35,655,811
26,553,744
77,837,626
54,929,342
$
198,831,318
$
191,606,655
$
38,124,090
$
35,655,811
$
74,014,667
$
77,837,626
$
11,677,809
12,534
(12,918
)
$
11,677,425
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 098
Participant Contributions
Total that Constitute Nonexempt
Transferred Late to Plan
Prohibited Transactions
$24,840.00
$24,840.00
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 098
* Party-in-interest
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
THE 401(K) PLAN
By:
/s/ Richard J. Harshman
Richard J. Harshman
Executive Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Duly
Authorized Officer)
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-121277 and Form S-8 No. 333-10225) pertaining to The 401(k) Plan of our report dated June 23 2005, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of The 401(k) Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2004.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 23, 2005