UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 22, 2008
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware
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1-12001
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25-1792394 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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| 1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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15222-5479 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (412) 394-2800
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On October 22, 2008, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated held its third quarter 2008 earnings
conference call, broadcast live by webcast. The conference call script is attached as Exhibit 99.1
and is being furnished, not filed, under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Certain statements in the script contain “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements in the script
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. 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,
performance or achievements to materially differ from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in the forward-looking statements include: (a) material adverse changes in economic or
industry conditions generally, including credit market conditions and related issues, and global
supply and demand conditions and prices for our specialty metals; (b) material adverse changes in
the markets we serve, including the aerospace and defense, construction and mining, automotive,
electrical energy, chemical process industry, oil and gas, medical and other markets; (c) our
inability to achieve the level of cost savings, productivity improvements, synergies, growth or
other benefits anticipated by management, including those anticipated from strategic investments
and the integration of acquired businesses, whether due to significant increases in energy, raw
materials or employee benefits costs, the possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated
costs and expenses, or other factors; (d) volatility of prices and availability of supply of the
raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of our products; (e) declines in the value of
our defined benefit pension plan assets or unfavorable changes in laws or regulations that govern
pension plan funding; (f) significant legal proceedings or investigations adverse to us; (g) other
risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and
in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no duty to update
our forward-looking statements.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD.
The disclosure furnished above under Item 2.02 is hereby incorporated by reference into and
furnished under this Item 7.01.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit 99.1 Script for Allegheny Technologies Incorporated third quarter 2008 earnings
conference call. |