AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm......................... 1
Audited Financial Statements
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits................................. 2
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits...................... 3
Notes to Financial Statements .................................................. 4
Supplemental Schedule
Schedule H, Line 4i--Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)................... 12
Signatures ..................................................................... 13
Exhibit
23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, 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 Plan's 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. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as 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, 2003 and 2002, 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 schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2003 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP June 18, 2004 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
DECEMBER 31
2003 2002
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Investments:
Interest in Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Savings Plan Trust $ 4,881,400 $ 4,844,166
Interest in registered investment companies 1,567,422 816,231
Participant loans 356,282 301,606
Corporate common stocks 206,351 69,496
Interest in common collective trusts 387 340,168
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Total investments 7,011,842 6,371,667
Other payables, net (273) (21,568)
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Net assets available for benefits $ 7,011,569 $ 6,350,099
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See accompanying notes.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
2003 2002
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Contributions:
Employer $ 66,536 $ 67,987
Employee 181,873 186,316
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Total contributions 248,409 254,303
Investment income (loss):
Net gain from interest in Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Savings Plan Trust 346,308 72,236
Net gain (loss) from interest in registered investment companies 334,115 (194,032)
Net gain (loss) from interest in common collective trusts 23,086 (44,495)
Interest income 20,420 21,915
Dividend income 4,191 6,878
Net realized/unrealized gain (loss) on corporate common stocks 125,703 (113,827)
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Total investment gain (loss) 853,823 (251,325)
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1,102,232 2,978
Distributions to participants (440,762) (190,941)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits 661,470 (187,963)
Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year 6,350,099 6,538,062
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Net assets available for benefits at end of year $ 7,011,569 $ 6,350,099
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See accompanying notes.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Investments are valued as follows:
Bank and insurance investment contracts (investment contracts) with
varying contract rates and maturity dates are stated at contract value.
Although it is management's intention to hold the investment contracts in
the Fixed Income Master Trust 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.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
The Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities of
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation (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 a savings and retirement plan to eligible
employees of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities of Allegheny Ludlum
Corporation (ALC) by allowing a portion of their salary to be set aside each
month through payroll deductions. ALC (the Company) is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI, the Plan Sponsor). The Plan allows
employees to contribute a portion of eligible wages each pay period through
payroll deductions subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The Company
contributes $0.50 for each hour worked by the participant. 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 Fixed Income Master Trust.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (CONTINUED)
Separate accounts are maintained by the Plan Sponsor for each participating
employee. Trustee fees and asset management fees charged by the Plan's 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. The loan
amounts are further limited to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $50,000, and
an employee can obtain no more than three loans at one time. Interest rates are
determined 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 documents, 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 Plan's net
assets:
3. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
Certain of the Plan's investments are in the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Savings Plan Trust, which has three subsidiary Master Trusts: the Allegheny
Technologies Disciplined Stock Fund Master Trust, the Alliance Equity Master
Trust, and the Fixed Income Master Trust, which are institutional separate
accounts valued on a unitized trust basis (collectively, the Master Trust). The
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 Master Trust. At December 31, 2003 and 2002,
the Plan's interest in the net assets of the Fixed Income Master Trust, the
Allegheny Technologies Disciplined Stock Fund Master Trust, and the Alliance
Equity Master Trust was as follows:
Investment income and expenses are allocated to the Plan based upon its pro rata
share in the net assets of the Master Trust.
3. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
The composition of the net assets of the Fixed Income Master Trust at December
31, 2003 and 2002 was as follows:
3. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
The 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
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 $107,926,162, and $88,750,762 at December 31, 2003
and 2002, 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 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, 2003 and 2002, the interest crediting rates for GICs and Fixed Maturity SICs
ranged from 3.58% to 8.02% and 3.27% to 8.05%, respectively.
For the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the average annual yield for the
investment contracts in the Fund was 5.31% and 5.74%, respectively. Fair value
of the GICs was estimated by discounting the weighted average of the Fund's 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 contract's supporting assets at December 31, 2003 and 2002.
3. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
The composition of net assets of the Alliance Equity Master Trust at December
31, 2003 and 2002 was as follows:
The composition of net assets of the Allegheny Technologies Disciplined Stock
Fund Master Trust at December 31, 2003 and 2002 was as follows:
3. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
The composition of the changes in net assets of the various master trusts is as
follows:
Interest, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and management fees from the
master trusts are included in the net gain (loss) from interest in Allegheny
Technologies Incorporated Savings Plan 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 11, 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. The determination letter does not include Plan amendments
subsequent to July 1, 2001. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in
conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator
believes that the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and
the related trust is tax-exempt.
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 Company has the right
under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the
Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.
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.
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 007
Schedule H, Line 4i--Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
DECEMBER 31
2003 2002
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Fixed Income Master Trust $4,329,360 $4,393,812
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund 869,537 657,542
Allegheny Technologies Disciplined Stock Fund
Master Trust 402,513 334,088
2003 2002
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Fixed Income Master Trust 2.26% 2.43%
Allegheny Technologies Disciplined Stock Fund
Master Trust 0.52 0.61
Alliance Equity Master Trust 0.42 0.44
2003 2002
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Guaranteed investment contracts:
Canada Life $ 2,757,412 $ 2,757,412
GE Life and Annuity 9,583,804 10,420,327
Hartford Life Insurance Company 10,939,222 10,460,185
John Hancock Life Insurance Company 8,848,178 9,854,982
Monumental Life Insurance Company 2,353,862 2,363,422
New York Life Insurance Company 6,814,589 7,808,955
Ohio National Life 4,652,712 5,976,900
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company 6,075,054 6,074,436
Principal Life 1,187,962 1,134,634
Protective Life Insurance Company 1,006,456 1,006,463
Pruco Pace Credit Enhanced 8,947,069 8,689,223
Safeco Life Insurance - 1,973,290
Security Life of Denver 6,737,205 6,465,137
Sun America, Inc. - 2,988,024
United of Omaha 7,226,335 7,226,335
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77,129,860 85,199,725
Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts:
Caisse des Depots et Consignations 1,999,995 4,953,210
CIT Equipment - 996,925
Common Wealth Edison - 2,999,980
Commit to purchase FNMA 02-74 LC - 3,071,979
Conn RRB Spec Trust - 2,948,436
Detroit Edison - 2,027,941
FHLMC - 5,977,227
Illinois Power Sp Trust - 1,971,078
MBNA Master CC Trust - 1,993,490
MDA Monumental BGI Wrap 33,990,199 41,868,727
Peco Energy Company - 1,970,899
Peoples Security Life Insurance Company - 2,491,608
Public Service - 2,036,624
Bank of America 17,803,044 -
Rabobank 36,635,330 -
Transamerica Occidental - 6,568,303
Union Bank of Switzerland 14,768,321 174,682
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale - 3,556,463
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105,196,889 85,607,572
Interest in common collective trusts 8,515,369 7,972,257
Interest-bearing cash - 212,167
Other 764,537 1,817,668
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Total net assets $191,606,655 $180,809,389
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2003 2002
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Investment in pooled separate accounts:
Alliance Equity Fund S.A. #4 $ 35,666,427 $ 26,603,639
Operating payables (10,616) (49,895)
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Total net assets $ 35,655,811 $ 26,553,744
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2003 2002
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Corporate common stocks $ 77,259,404 $ 53,256,475
Interest in common collective trusts 337,451 1,630,752
Receivables 283,072 67,848
Payables (42,301) (25,733)
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Total net assets $ 77,837,626 $ 54,929,342
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
DISCIPLINED STOCK FUND MASTER
FIXED INCOME MASTER TRUST ALLIANCE EQUITY MASTER TRUST TRUST
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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002
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Investment income (loss):
Interest income $ 9,953,790 $ 9,786,577 $ - $ - $ 214,654 $ -
Net realized/unrealized
gain (loss) on
corporate common
stocks - 1,528 - - 13,699,382 (17,406,255)
Dividends - - - - 1,073,159 948,623
Net gain (loss),
registered invest-
ment companies 45,315 - - - - -
Net gain (loss), pooled
separate accounts - - 9,614,660 (10,652,634) - -
Net gain, common
collective trusts 111,616 172,081 - - 10,183 13,761
Other income - 69,815 - - - -
Administrative expenses (201,917) (236,944) (72,409) (118,618) (660,982) (424,085)
Transfers 888,462 5,374,077 (440,184) (2,634,913) 8,571,888 (5,733,400)
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Net increase (decrease) 10,797,266 15,167,134 9,102,067 (13,406,165) 22,908,284 (22,601,356)
Total net assets at
beginning of year 180,809,389 165,642,255 26,553,744 39,959,909 54,929,342 77,530,698
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Total net assets at
end of year $ 191,606,655 $ 180,809,389 $ 35,655,811 $ 26,553,744 $ 77,837,626 $ 54,929,342
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DESCRIPTION UNITS/SHARES CURRENT VALUE
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Registered Investment Companies
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Dreyfus Bond Market Index* 9,480.845 $ 98,222
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund* 22,457.051 869,537
Artisan Funds 4,920.174 126,842
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund* 169.414 6,292
Oakmark Balanced Funds 12,601.933 277,495
Hartford Midcap Funds 316.101 7,786
Lord, Abbett Mid Cap Funds 237.946 4,480
MFS Value Funds 321.388 6,537
Morgan Stanley Small Co 2,404.845 25,996
PIMCO NFJ Funds 1,055.052 26,450
Dreyfus International Value Fund* 5,962.039 98,553
Jennison Growth Fund 1,472.668 19,232
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Total registered investment companies $ 1,567,422
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Participant loans* (5.0% to 10.5%, with maturities
through 2008) $ 356,282
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Corporate Common Stocks
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated* 15.609 $ 206,351
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Common Collective Trusts
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Dreyfus Short Term Investment Fund* 387.110 $ 387
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*Party-in-interest
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.
By: /s/ Richard J. Harshman
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Date: June 25, 2004 Richard J. Harshman
Executive Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Duly
Authorized Officer)
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-10225) pertaining to the Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport
and Waterbury Facilities of our report dated June 18, 2004, with respect to the
financial statements and schedule of the Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for
the year ended December 31, 2003.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 24, 2004