Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 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, 2007

     
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

401(K) SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES
OF THE EXTON FACILITY
 
(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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Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Year Ended December 31, 2007

 


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Financial Statements
And Supplemental Schedule
401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Year Ended December 31, 2007
(Unaudited)

 


 

401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule
Year Ended December 31, 2007
(Unaudited)
Contents
         
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
       
 
       
    1  
    2  
    3  
 
       
Supplemental Schedule
       
 
       
    9  

 


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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Unaudited)
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
     
Investments at fair value:
               
Interest in common collective trusts
  $ 442,123     $ 3,146  
Interest in synthetic investment contracts
    411,525        
Interest in registered investment companies
    130,644       178,256  
Participant loans
    89,087       130,396  
Interest-bearing cash
    21,641        
Corporate common stocks
    2,718       272  
Interest in Allegheny Master Trust
          814,378  
     
Total investments at fair value
    1,097,938       1,126,448  
 
               
Non-interest bearing cash
          4  
Contributions and other receivables
          14  
     
Net assets available for benefits at fair value
    1,097,938       1,126,466  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    1,473       6,097  
     
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 1,099,211     $ 1,132,563  
     
See accompanying notes.

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Unaudited)
Year Ended December 31, 2007
         
Employee contributions
  $ 10,900  
 
       
Investment income:
       
Net gain from interest in Allegheny Master Trust
    35,045  
Interest income
    8,909  
Net gain from interest in registered investment companies
    6,166  
Net loss from interest in common collective trusts
    (3,277 )
Net realized/unrealized loss on corporate common stock
    (1,255 )
Dividend income
    30  
Other income
    3,778  
 
     
Total investment income
    49,396  
 
     
 
    60,296  
 
       
Distributions to participants
    (93,648 )
 
     
 
       
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits
    (33,352 )
Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year
    1,132,563  
 
     
Net assets available for benefits at end of year
  $ 1,099,211  
 
     
See accompanying notes.

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates and Basis of Accounting
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.
Accounting Pronouncement
As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position (FSP) AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans, fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value in the Plan’s Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits with a corresponding adjustment to reflect these investments at contract value.
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurement (FAS 157). This standard clarifies the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements.  FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Plan management is currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of FAS 157 will have on the Plan’s financial statements.
Investment Valuation and Income recognition
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value except for its benefit-responsive investment contracts, which are valued at contract value (see Note 3). Quoted market prices are used to value investments. Units of registered investment companies are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. The fair value of the participation units in common collective trusts is based on quoted redemption value on the last business day of the Plan’s year-end. Participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.
Fully benefit-responsive guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and synthetic investment contracts (SICs) are stated at contract value which is equal to principal balance plus accrued interest. As provided in the FSP, an investment contract is generally permitted to be valued at contract value, rather than fair value, to the extent it is fully benefit-responsive. Fair value of the GICs is estimated by discounting the weighted average cash flows at the then-current interest

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
crediting rate for a comparable maturity investment contract. Fair value of the SICs is estimated based on the fair value of each contract’s supporting assets at December 31, 2007 and 2006. 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 Mellon Stable Value Fund until maturity, certain investment contracts provide for adjustments to contract value for withdrawals made prior to maturity.
2. Description of the Plan
The 401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility, formerly known as the Allegheny Rodney (ALstrip) Profit Sharing 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 Exton Facility was closed in December 2007.
The purpose of the Plan was to encourage employee thrift by permitting eligible employees of the Exton facility of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation (the Company) to defer a part of their compensation and contribute such deferral to the Plan. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI, the Plan Sponsor). The Plan allowed employees to contribute a portion of eligible wages each pay period through payroll deductions subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. The Plan allowed participants to direct their contributions to any of the investment alternatives. Unless otherwise specified by the participant, all contributions were made to the State Street Target Retirement Fund that most closely matches the participant’s 65th birthday date (e.g., State Street Target Retirement Fund 2020).
Separate accounts are maintained by the Plan Sponsor for each participant. Trustee fees and asset management fees charged by the Plan’s trustee, Mellon Bank, N.A., prior to September 1, 2007 and thereafter Mercer Trust Company, 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. Active employees could borrow up to 50% of their vested account balances minus any outstanding loans. The loan amounts are further limited to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $50,000, and an employee was able to obtain no more than three loans at one time. Interest rates were 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 from 6 months up to 180 months. Payments were made by payroll deductions.

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Description of the Plan
Further information about the Plan, including eligibility, vesting, contributions, and withdrawals, is contained in the plan documents. Copies of these documents are available from the Plan Sponsor.
3. Investments
Prior to September 1, 2007, certain of the Plan’s investments were in the Allegheny Master Trust, which had three separately managed institutional investment accounts: the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund, the Alliance Capital Growth Pool, and the Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund, which were valued on a unitized basis (collectively, the “Allegheny Master Trust”).
On September 1, 2007, as part of a change in the administration of the Plan, including changing the record keeper to Mercer Human Resources from Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., and changing the trustee to Mercer Trust Company from Mellon Bank, N.A., the investment options available to participants under the Plan were changed. Additionally, the Plan liquidated its investment in the Allegheny Master Trust. The Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund was renamed the Standish Mellon Stable Value Fund.
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 had an undivided interest in the Allegheny Master Trust. Investment income and expenses were allocated to the plans based upon their pro rata share in the net assets on the Allegheny Master Trust. At December 31, 2006, the Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool, the Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund, and the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund held within the Allegheny Master Trust was as follows:
         
     
T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund
    0.52 %
Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund
    0.18  
Alliance Capital Growth Pool
    0.03  

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments
The composition of the net assets of the Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund at December 31, 2006 was as follows:
         
Guaranteed investment contracts:
       
Principal Life
  $ 1,368,618  
New York Life Insurance Company
    895,330  
 
     
 
    2,263,948  
 
       
Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts:
       
Monumental Life
    60,286,128  
Rabobank
    53,011,207  
Union Bank of Switzerland
    39,206,620  
Bank of America
    28,662,260  
State Street Bank
    21,292,911  
IXIS Financial Products, Inc.
    4,030,074  
 
     
 
    206,489,200  
 
       
Interest in common collective trusts
    24,622,702  
Total net assets at fair value
    233,375,850  
Wrap contracts at fair value
    (49,959 )
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    3,381,661  
 
     
Total net assets
  $ 236,707,552  
 
     
The Plan retained the Standish Mellon Fixed Income Fund, renamed as the Standish Mellon Stable Value Fund (the Fund), as an investment option in a separate account subsequent to liquidating the Plan’s interest in the Allegheny Master Trust. The investments held by the Standish Mellon Stable Value Fund are separately reported in 2007. 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 Plan. 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).
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, 2007, the interest crediting rates for Fixed Maturity SICs ranged from 4.30% to 5.32%.

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
Average yields for all fully-benefit responsive investment contracts for the year ended December 31, 2007 was as follows:
         
Based on actual earnings
    4.72 %
Based on interest rate credited to participants
    4.57 %
The following presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2007.
         
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
  $ 377,887  
Barclays Global Investors Asset-Backed Securities Index Fund*
    74,780  
Barclays Global Investors Intermediate Term Credit Bond Index Fund*
    63,516  
 
         
* Held within SICs
       
Investments in SICs at contract value that represent 5% of more of the Plan’s net assets were as follows:
                   
          December 31
    2007   2006
Rabobank Constant Duration SIC
  $ 101,458     $  
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Constant Duration SIC
    99,749        
Union Bank of Switzerland Fixed Maturity SIC
    69,416        
The composition of net assets of the Alliance Capital Growth Pool at December 31, 2006 was as follows:
         
Investment in pooled separate accounts:
       
Alliance Equity Fund S.A. #4
  $ 34,335,972  
Operating payables
    (10,572 )
 
     
Total net assets
  $ 34,325,400  
 
     
The composition of net assets of the T. Rowe Price Structured Research Common Trust Fund at December 31, 2006 was as follows:
         
Investment in common collective trusts
  $ 72,210,981  
Operating Payables
    (34,228 )
 
     
Total net assets
  $ 72,176,753  
 
     

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated August 4, 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 the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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 for the year ended December 31, 2007:
         
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 1,099,211  
Deemed distribution of benefits to participants
    (20,163 )
 
     
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
  $ 1,079,048  
 
     
The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2007.
         
Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements
  $ 93,648  
Add: Amounts allocated on Form 5500 to deemed distributions for the year ended December 31, 2007
    20,163  
Subtract: Amounts allocated on Form 5500 to deemed distributions for the year ended December 31, 2006
    (7,190 )
 
     
Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500
  $ 106,621  
 
     

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
EIN 25-1792394 Plan 002
Schedule H, Line 4(I)—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
         
Description   Current Value  
Registered investment companies
       
Alliance Bernstein Small Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 20,900  
American Funds Europacific Growth Fund
    27,754  
American Funds Growth Fund of America
    23,989  
MFS Value Fund
    8,287  
Lord, Abbott Mid Cap Value Fund
    1,211  
MSIF Small Company Growth Fund
    22,393  
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
    26,110  
 
     
Total registered investment company
  $ 130,644  
 
     
 
       
Participant loans* (5.00% to 8.75% with mature through 2012)
  $ 89,087  
 
     
 
       
Corporate Common Stock
       
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated*
  $ 2,718  
 
     
 
       
Common Collective Trusts:
       
Mellon Stable Value Fund
  $ 8,574  
SEI Fund
    3,824  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2015
    9,327  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2020
    15,192  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2025
    10,730  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2030
    12,735  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2035
    335  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income Fund 2040
    3,519  
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
    377,887  
 
     
 
  $ 442,123  
 
     
 
       
Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contracts:
       
Credit Cards, CCIT 03-A6 A6
  $ 3,663  
Rate Redu Bonds, COMED 98-1 A7
    1,231  
Fannie Mae, FNR 2002-74 LC
    1,684  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2627 BU
    6,211  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2640 TL
    3,649  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2715 ND
    3,983  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2760 EB
    3,682  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2786 PC
    1,847  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2865 PQ
    5,465  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2866 XD
    5,465  

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
EIN 25-1792394 Plan 002
Schedule H, Line 4(I)—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
         
Description   Current Value  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2870 BD
    3,690  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2888 OW
    2,591  
GNMA Project Loans, GNR 06-51 A
    4,326  
Rate Redu Bonds, PSNH 01-1 A2
    769  
Bank of America, N.A. Wrap contract
    (57 )
 
     
Bank of America, N.A. Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract 03-040
    48,199  
 
Rate Redu Bonds, DESF 01-1 A3
    709  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2539 PR
    707  
Rabobank Wrap contract
    (1 )
 
     
Rabobank Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract ATI020101
    1,415  
 
Auto, BASAT 06-G1 A4
    5,566  
CMBS, CD 05-CD1 A2 FX
    1,852  
Rate Redu Bonds, CNP 05-1 A2
    5,607  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2631 LB
    3,486  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2681 PC
    5,553  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2778 KR
    1,830  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2981 NB
    4,244  
CMBS, MLMT 05-CIP1 A2
    7,362  
CMBS, MLMT 05-CKI1 A2
    3,709  
State Street Bank Wrap contract
    (157 )
 
     
State Street Bank Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract 105028
    39,052  
 
       
CMBS, BSCMS 05-T18 A2
    2,742  
CMBS, BSCMS 99-WF2 A2
    4,507  
CMBS, BSCMS 03-T12 A2
    3,356  
CMBS, CASC 98-D7 A1B
    4,442  
Credit Cards, COMET 03-A4 A4
    5,487  
Credit Cards, CCCIT, 03-A3 A3
    4,623  
CMBS, DLJCM 98-CF2 A1B
    3,323  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2663 ML
    6,468  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2763 PC
    4,855  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2921 NV
    2,738  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2934 OC
    3,719  
CMBS, HFCMC 99-PH1 A2
    3,130  
CMBS, JPMCC 05-LDP2 A2
    3,648  
Credit Cards, MBNAS 03-A1 A1
    4,593  
CMBS, MSC 99-CAM1 A4
    1,312  
Auto, NALT 06-A A4
    7,433  
Auto, VWALT 06-A A4
    2,788  

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401(k) Savings Account Plan for Employees of the Exton Facility
EIN 25-1792394 Plan 002
Schedule H, Line 4(I)—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
         
Description   Current Value  
Union Bank of Switzerland Wrap contract
    252  
 
     
Union Bank of Switzerland Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract 2970
    69,416  
 
     
Total Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contracts
  $ 158,082  
 
     
 
       
Constant Duration Synthetic Contracts:
       
Barclays Global Investors, 1-3 Year Government Bond Index Fund
  $ 6,475  
Barclays Global Investors, Asset-Backed Sec Index Fund
    29,285  
Barclays Global Investors, Comm Mortgage-Backed Sec Fund
    10,005  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Credit Bond Index Fund
    24,874  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Government Bond Index Fund
    8,055  
Barclays Global Investors, Long Term Government Bond Index Fund
    525  
Barclays Global Investors, Mortgage-Backed Sec Index Fund
    20,049  
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Wrap contract
    481  
 
     
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Constant Duration Synthetic Contract MDA00413TR
    99,749  
 
       
Barclays Global Investors, 1-3 Year Government Bond Index Fund
    6,572  
Barclays Global Investors, Asset-Backed Sec Index Fund
    29,726  
Barclays Global Investors, Comm Mortgage-Backed Sec Fund
    10,156  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Credit Bond Index Fund
    25,248  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Government Bond Index Fund
    8,177  
Barclays Global Investors, Long Term Government Bond Index Fund
    525  
Barclays Global Investors, Mortgage-Backed Sec Index Fund
    20,351  
Rabobank Wrap contract
    703  
 
     
Rabobank Constant Duration Synthetic Contract ATI060301
    101,458  
 
       
Barclays Global Investors, 1-3 Year Government Bond Index Fund
    3,486  
Barclays Global Investors, Asset-Backed Sec Index Fund
    15,769  
Barclays Global Investors, Comm Mortgage-Backed Sec Fund
    5,387  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Credit Bond Index Fund
    13,394  
Barclays Global Investors, Int Term Government Bond Index Fund
    4,337  
Barclays Global Investors, Long Term Government Bond Index Fund
    283  
Barclays Global Investors, Mortgage-Backed Sec Index Fund
    10,801  
State Street Bank Wrap contract
    252  
 
     
State Street Bank Constant Duration Synthetic Contract 107073
    53,709  
 
     
Total Constant Duration Synthetic Contracts
  $ 254,916  
 
     
 
       
Interest-bearing cash
       
Mellon Short-Term Investment Fund
  $ 14,242  
Natixis Financial
    7,399  
 
     
 
  $ 21,641  
 
     
 
*   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    
 
           
    401(K) SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXTON FACILITY    
 
           
Date: June 30, 2008
  By:   /s/ Dale G. Reid    
 
           
 
      Dale G. Reid    
 
      Vice President-Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer    
 
      (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)    

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