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

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(d)  Election of Director.

On February 28, 2019, Leroy M. Ball, Jr. was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the “Company”) as a Class II director.  Mr. Ball will serve on the Audit Committee, the Personnel & Compensation Committee and the Technology Committee of the Board and has been designated as an Audit Committee Financial Expert for purposes of Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  He will stand for election at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Mr. Ball has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Koppers Holdings Inc. (“Koppers”), a leading integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, since January 1, 2015, having served as its Chief Operating Officer from August 2014 through December 2014, as both its Chief Operating Office and Chief Financial Officer from May 2014 to August 2014, and as its Chief Financial Officer from September 2010 to May 2014.  Before joining Koppers, Mr. Ball served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calgon Carbon, Inc., a provider of services, products and solutions for purifying water and air, from 2002 to 2010.   He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Koppers since January 2015 and a member of the Board of Directors of its wholly owned subsidiary, Koppers Inc., since May 2014.

The Board has determined that Mr. Ball is an independent director under applicable New York Stock Exchange listing requirements and the Company’s categorical Board independence standards, which are included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

As a non-employee director of the Board, Mr. Ball will receive the standard compensation paid to non-employee directors for service on the Board.

The Company issued a press release on February 28, 2019 to announce the election of Mr. Ball to the Board. The press release is set forth in its entirety and attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

(d)       Exhibits.

  99.1      Press release dated February 28, 2019.

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.