Allegheny Technologies Inc. 11-K
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934

     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005

     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                          TO                         

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-12001

SAVINGS AND SECURITY PLAN OF THE LOCKPORT AND
WATERBURY FACILITIES

 
(Title of Plan)

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

(Name of Issuer of securities held pursuant to the Plan)

1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-5479
(Address of Plan and principal executive offices of Issuer)

 
 

 


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Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004
With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


 

Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Audited Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule
Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004
Contents
         
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Audited Financial Statements
       
 
       
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Supplemental Schedule
       
 
       
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Report 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, 2005 and 2004, 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits 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 Plan’s 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, 2005 and 2004, 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, 2005, 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. This 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 23, 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31
    2005   2004
     
Investments:
               
Interest in Allegheny Master Trust
  $ 5,144,209     $ 5,023,282  
Interest in registered investment companies
    1,991,791       1,792,329  
Corporate common stocks
    667,805       364,533  
Participant loans
    309,942       308,784  
Interest in common collective trusts
    518       260  
     
Total investments
    8,114,265       7,489,188  
 
               
Employer contribution receivable
    1,387       1,135  
Employee contributions receivable
    4,754       4,831  
Other receivables, net
    67       1  
     
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 8,120,473     $ 7,495,155  
     
See accompanying notes.
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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    Years Ended December 31
    2005   2004
     
Contributions:
               
Employer
  $ 77,562     $ 71,949  
Employee
    246,713       193,692  
     
Total contributions
    324,275       265,641  
 
               
Investment income:
               
Net realized/unrealized gain on corporate common stocks
    275,838       145,071  
Net gain from interest in Allegheny Master Trust
    246,052       260,081  
Net gain from interest in registered investment companies
    127,465       215,709  
Interest income
    15,285       19,554  
Dividend income
    5,643       4,487  
Net gain from interest in common collective trusts
    478       31  
     
Total investment income
    670,761       644,933  
     
 
    995,036       910,574  
 
               
Distributions to participants
    (369,717 )     (426,988 )
Fees
    (1 )      
     
 
    (369,718 )     (426,988 )
 
               
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
    625,318       483,586  
Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year
    7,495,155       7,011,569  
     
Net assets available for benefits at end of year
  $ 8,120,473     $ 7,495,155  
     
See accompanying notes.
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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Investments are valued as follows:
Bank and insurance investment contracts are included in the financial statements at contract value, (which represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less withdrawals and administrative expenses), because they are fully benefit responsive. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise.
Although it is management’s 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 Savings and Security Plan of the Lockport and Waterbury Facilities (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 by allowing a portion of their salary to be set aside each month through payroll deductions. The employing companies (the Company) are wholly owned subsidiaries 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.
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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005
2. Description of the Plan (continued)
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 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:
                 
    December 31
    2005   2004
     
Standish Fixed Income Fund
  $ 4,759,428     $ 4,495,350  
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated common stock
    667,805       364,553 *
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund
    618,338       870,093  
 
*   Shown for comparative purposes.
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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
Certain of the Plan’s investments are in the Allegheny Master Trust, which has three separately managed institutional investment accounts; the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund (formerly the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund), the Alliance Capital Growth Pool, and the Standish Fixed Income Fund, which were valued on a unitized basis (collectively, the “Allegheny Master Trust”). In May, 2005, Dreyfus was terminated as the manager of the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”) was appointed. At that time all holdings in the institutional investment account managed by Dreyfus were moved to the institutional investment account managed by T. Rowe Price. T. Rowe Price administered the transition of the holdings by transferring securities in kind to the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund. Trust investments formerly in the ATI Disciplined Stock Fund are reported as T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund investments for all periods presented.
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, 2005 and 2004, the Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool, the Standish Fixed Income Fund, and the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund was as follows:
                 
    2005   2004
Standish Fixed Income Fund
    2.24 %     2.26 %
T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund
    0.45       0.47  
Alliance Capital Growth Pool
    0.22       0.47  
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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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
The composition of the net assets of the Standish Fixed Income Fund at December 31, 2005 and 2004, was as follows:
                 
    2005   2004
Guaranteed investment contracts:
               
Canada Life
  $     $ 1,371,538  
GE Life and Annuity
    5,423,371       8,735,242  
Hartford Life Insurance Company
    3,957,897       8,250,446  
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
    3,007,848       4,670,166  
Monumental Life Insurance Company
    1,017,237       1,017,190  
New York Life Insurance Company
    4,678,585       6,769,166  
Ohio National Life
    1,994,712       2,687,551  
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
          5,061,507  
Principal Life
    1,302,255       1,243,795  
Pruco Pace Credit Enhanced
    3,699,594       7,132,148  
Security Life of Denver
    1,511,089       5,972,064  
United of Omaha
    1,415,656       2,929,738  
     
 
    28,008,244       55,840,551  
 
               
Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts:
               
State Street Bank
    15,346,138        
MDA Monumental BGI Wrap
    44,677,978       36,520,489  
Bank of America
    33,678,591       33,366,628  
Rabobank
    41,850,313       37,879,291  
Union Bank of Switzerland
    36,377,616       25,166,696  
     
 
    171,930,636       132,933,104  
 
               
Interest in common collective trusts
    12,085,541       9,386,961  
Other
    746,684       670,702  
     
Total net assets
  $ 212,771,105     $ 198,831,318  
     

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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
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 $169,324,880 and $134,332,201 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, 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, 2005 and 2004, the interest crediting rates for GICs and Fixed Maturity SICs ranged from 4.15% to 7.08% and 3.87% to 8.05%, respectively.
For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the average annual yield for the investment contracts in the Fund was 4.59% and 4.89%, 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, 2005 and 2004.
The composition of net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool at December 31, 2005 and 2004, was as follows:
                 
    2005     2004  
Investment in pooled separate accounts:
               
Alliance Equity Fund S.A. #4
  $ 39,779,750     $ 38,135,320  
Operating payables
    (11,734 )     (11,230 )
 
           
Total net assets
  $ 39,768,016     $ 38,124,090  
 
           

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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
     The composition of net assets of the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund at December 31, 2005 and 2004, was as follows:
                 
    2005   2004
Interest in common collective trusts
  $ 66,391,950     $ 71,478  
Corporate common stocks
    ¯       72,955,300  
Receivables
    ¯       1,085,015  
Payables
    (126,421 )     (97,126 )
     
Total net assets
  $ 66,265,529     $ 74,014,667  
     
The composition of the changes in net assets of the Allegheny Master Trust is as follows:
                                                 
                                    T. Rowe Price Structured
    Standish Fixed Income Fund   Alliance Capital Growth Pool   Research Common Trust Fund
    Years Ended December 31
    2005   2004   2005   2004   2005   2004
Investment income (loss):
                                               
Interest income
  $ 9,077,315     $ 9,236,594     $     $     $     $  
Net realized/unrealized gain (loss) on corporate common stocks
    (543 )     (1,358 )     (1 )           (1,585,846 )     4,352,382  
Dividends
                            427,913       1,368,881  
Net loss, registered investment companies
    (7,739 )                              
Net gain, pooled separate accounts
                4,438,949       5,432,718              
Net gain, common collective trusts
    443,616       122,717                   4,781,495       8,488  
Administrative expenses
    (254,334 )     (240,688 )     (129,310 )     (128,988 )     (461,975 )     (551,752 )
Transfers
    4,681,472       (1,892,602 )     (2,665,712 )     (2,835,451 )     (10,910,725 )     (9,000,958 )
     
Net increase (decrease)
    13,939,787       7,224,663       1,643,926       2,468,279       (7,749,138 )     (3,822,959 )
Total net assets at beginning of year
    198,831,318       191,606,655       38,124,090       35,655,811       74,014,667       77,837,626  
     
Total net assets at end of year
  $ 212,771,105     $ 198,831,318     $ 39,768,016     $ 38,124,090     $ 66,265,529     $ 74,014,667  
     
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.

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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
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. 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 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. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the manager of the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund. 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. 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.

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Savings and Security Plan of the
Lockport and Waterbury Facilities
EIN: 25-1792394            Plan: 007
Schedule H, Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2005
                 
Description   Units/Shares     Current Value  
 
Registered Investment Companies:
               
Dreyfus Bond Market Index*
    8,543.7610     $ 86,036  
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund*
    14,932.0860       618,338  
Artisan Funds
    1,615.2570       49,944  
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund*
    231.7230       9,211  
Oakmark Balanced Funds
    11,399.8230       284,767  
PIMCO Total Return Funds
    10,097.0920       106,019  
Hartford Midcap Funds
    2,329.0320       66,913  
Lord, Abbett Mid Cap Funds
    8,701.9540       195,011  
MFS Value Funds
    3,534.7690       81,830  
Morgan Stanley Small Co
    2,840.1010       36,580  
Allianz NFJ Funds
    8,102.4090       234,322  
Dreyfus International Value Fund*
    8,240.5980       153,193  
Jennison Growth Fund
    4,300.6240       69,627  
 
             
Total registered investment companies
          $ 1,991,791  
 
             
 
               
Participant loans* (5.0% to 10.5%, with maturities through 2010)
          $ 309,942  
 
             
 
               
Corporate Common Stocks
               
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated*
    18,509.0000     $ 667,805  
 
             
 
               
Common Collective Trusts
               
Dreyfus Short-Term Investment Fund*
    517.8200     $ 518  
 
             
 
    *Party-in-interest

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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.
         
    ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
SAVINGS AND SECURITY PLAN OF THE
LOCKPORT AND WATERBURY FACILITIES
 
       
 
  By:        /s/ Richard J. Harshman
 
       
Date: June 26, 2006
      Richard J. Harshman
 
      Executive Vice President-Finance and
 
      Chief Financial Officer
 
      (Principal Financial Officer and Duly
 
      Authorized Officer)