Allegheny Technologies Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

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) July 23, 2008

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	1-12001	25-1792394

(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)


1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		15222-5479

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (412) 394-2800

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).

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Item 2.02.		Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 23, 2008, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated held its second 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. 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 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.


Exhibit 99.1		Script for Allegheny Technologies Incorporated second quarter 2008 earnings conference call.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
	By:	/s/ Jon D. Walton
		Jon D. Walton
		Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Dated: July 23, 2008