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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, 2010
 
       
 
  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

THE 401(K) PLAN
(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
The 401(k) Plan
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


 

The 401(k) Plan
Audited Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
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 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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, 2010 and 2009, 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, 2010, 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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 28, 2011

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The 401(k) Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31
    2010   2009
       
Investments at fair value:
               
Interest in registered investment companies
  $ 166,199,013     $ 46,906,166  
Interest in synthetic investment contracts
    38,800,091       40,782,215  
Corporate common stocks
    33,176,158       26,747,190  
Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents
    7,279,981       4,418,272  
Interest in common collective trusts
    1,041,553       91,220,421  
       
Total investments at fair value
    246,496,796       210,074,264  
 
               
Notes receivable from participants
    14,504,120       13,320,262  
Contribution receivable
    1,625,130       1,481,354  
       
 
    16,129,250       14,801,616  
       
Net assets available reflecting investments at fair value
    262,626,046       224,875,880  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    (1,179,760 )     (425,521 )
       
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 261,446,286     $ 224,450,359  
       
See accompanying notes.

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The 401(k) Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    Years Ended December 31
    2010   2009
       
Contributions:
               
Employer
  $ 7,148,485     $ 6,838,483  
Employee
    15,012,930       13,397,141  
Rollovers
    738,384       724,619  
       
Total contributions
    22,899,799       20,960,243  
 
               
Interest income on notes receivable from participants
    775,767       776,105  
 
               
Investment income:
               
Net gain from interest in registered investment companies
    19,517,135       11,668,069  
Net gain on corporate common stocks
    6,804,408       12,400,208  
Net gain from interest in common collective trusts
    1,938,008       16,475,142  
Interest income
    446,036       575,345  
Other income
    1,289,117       1,807,191  
       
Total investment income
    29,994,704       42,925,955  
       
 
    53,670,270       64,662,303  
 
               
Distributions to participants
    (16,271,624 )     (17,004,340 )
Administrative expenses and other, net
    (402,719 )     (545,287 )
       
 
    (16,674,343 )     (17,549,627 )
       
 
               
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
    36,995,927       47,112,676  
Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year
    224,450,359       177,337,683  
       
Net assets available for benefits at end of year
  $ 261,446,286     $ 224,450,359  
       
See accompanying notes.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010
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.
Investment Valuation
Investments are reported at fair value. Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are 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. Contract value is the relevant measurement attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The contract value represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued changes to reporting and disclosure requirements for loans to participants. Participant loans are required to be measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest, and classified as notes receivable from participants. Previously, loans were measured at fair value and classified as investments. The changes are effective for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and are required to be applied retrospectively. There were no changes to the value of participant loans from the amount previously reported as of December 31, 2009. Participant loans have been reclassified to notes receivable from participants as of December 31, 2009.
In January 2010, the FASB issued changes to disclosure requirements for fair value measurements, including the amount of transfers between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the reasons for transfers in or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, and activity for recurring Level 3 measures. In addition, the changes clarify certain disclosure requirements related to the level at which fair value disclosures should be disaggregated with separate disclosures of purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, and the requirement to provide disclosures about valuation techniques and inputs used in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities classified as Level 2 or 3. The Plan adopted the disclosure changes effective January 1, 2010, except for the disaggregated Level 3 rollforward disclosures, which will be effective for fiscal year 2011. The adoption of these changes did not have a material impact on the Plan’s net assets available for benefits or its changes in net assets available for benefits.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Description of the Plan
The 401(k) 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 purpose of the Plan is to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees through Company contributions and to encourage employee thrift by permitting eligible employees to defer a part of their compensation and contribute such deferral to the Plan. The Plan allows employees to contribute a portion of eligible wages each pay period through payroll deductions subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.
Qualifying employee contributions are partially matched by the respective employing companies that are affiliates of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI, the Plan Sponsor). Depending upon the particular employing company and the bargained or non-bargained status of the employee, the employer matching contribution percentages vary from 50% to 100% of the employee contributions. Employer matching contributions under the Plan are further subject to maximum match percentages ranging from 3.5% to 7% of pay, and some matches are subject to a flat $1,000 annual limit.
Employees at certain employing companies receive an employer contribution, regardless of the employee’s own deferral rate, consisting of either (a) 6.5% of the employee’s compensation, or (b) a contribution based upon hours worked, which ranges from $0.25 per hour to $0.50 per hour.
An employer flat annual dollar contribution may also be paid into the Plan based upon the employee’s years of service, which ranges from $100 for 0 to 4 years of service up to $2,500 for 35 or more years of service depending upon: (a) the particular employing company, (b) the bargained or non-bargained status of the employee, (c) the employee’s date of hire, and/or (d) the employee maintaining a minimum deferral rate of 2%.
The specific conditions and criteria governing eligibility for the various employer contributions are set forth in the plan documents.
The Plan allows participants to direct their contributions, and contributions made on their behalf, to any of the investment alternatives. Unless otherwise specified by the participant, contributions are made to the QDIA (Qualified Default Investment Alternative), The Vanguard Target Retirement Fund that most closely matches the participants 65th birthday date (e.g. Vanguard Target Retirement Income 2020 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, 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.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Description of the Plan (continued)
Participants are fully vested in their entire participant account balance, except that those employees receiving an employer contribution of 6.5% of their compensation regardless of their own deferral rate, vest in such 6.5% contributions upon completing three years of service.
Active employees can 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 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 document, summary plan description, and related contracts. These documents are available from the Plan Sponsor.
3. Investments
The BNY Mellon Stable Value 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 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 were comprised of government agency bonds, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities (ABOs), a common collective trust (CCT), and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs).
Interest crediting rates on the GICs in the Fund are determined at the time of purchase. The Fund had no GIC investments for the periods presented. 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.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
Average yields for all fully benefit-responsive investment contracts for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:
                 
    Years Ended December 31
    2010   2009
       
Based on actual earnings
    3.01 %     3.67 %
Based on interest rate credited to participants
    2.90 %     3.55 %
Although it is management’s intention to hold the investment contracts in the Fund until maturity, certain investment contracts provide for adjustments to contract value for withdrawals made prior to maturity.
Certain investments Funds are subject to restrictions or limitations if the Plan Sponsor decided to entirely exit a Fund. Investments in registered investment companies and the Fund may require at least 30 days prior notice to completely withdraw from the investments. The targeted date fund investments held in common collective trusts currently do not require the prior approval of the investment manager if the Plan Sponsor decides d to entirely exit these investments, but prior trade date notification is necessary to effect timely securities settlement or delivery of a Fund’s liquidation and transfer to another Fund.
The following presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
                 
    December 31
    2010   2009
     
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated common stock
  $ 33,176,158     $ 26,747,190  
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund**
    27,969,497        
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund**
    15,466,553        
Alliance Bernstein Small Mid Cap Value Fund
    14,921,346       12,369,537  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund**
    14,192,254        
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund**
    14,148,780        
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Flagship SL Fund*
          26,448,747  
State Street Global Advisors Target Retirement Income 2015 SL Series* Fund
          12,618,825  
 
*   Current year presented for comparative purposes only
 
**   Prior year presented for comparative purposes only

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. Investments (continued)
Investments in SICs at contract value that represent 5% of more of the Plan’s net assets were as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2010   2009
     
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Constant Duration SIC *
  $ 12,571,315     $ 11,823,749  
Rabobank Constant Duration SIC*
          11,542,271  
 
*   Current year presented for comparative purposes only
4. Fair Value Measurements
In accordance with accounting standards, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.
The accounting standards establish a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.
Determination of Fair Value
Fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If listed prices or quotes are not available, fair value is based upon models that primarily use, as inputs, market-based or independently sourced market parameters, including yield curves, interest rates, volatilities, equity or debt prices, foreign exchange rates and credit curves. In addition to market information, models may also incorporate transaction details, such as maturity. Valuation adjustments, such as liquidity valuation adjustments, may be necessary when the Plan is unable to observe a recent market price for a financial instrument that trades in inactive (or less active) markets. Liquidity adjustments are not taken for positions classified within Level 1 (as defined below) of the fair value hierarchy.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Fair Value Measurements (continued)
The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.
Valuation Hierarchy
The three levels of inputs to measure fair value are as follows:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.
A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Valuation Methodologies
The valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including their general classification based on the fair value hierarchy, includes the following:
  Cash and cash equivalents — Where the net asset value (NAV) is a quoted price in a market that is active, it is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. In certain cases, NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active, or is based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and these investments are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Fair Value Measurements (continued)
  Corporate common stocks — These investments are valued at the closing price reported on the major market on which the individual securities are traded. Substantially all other common stock is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.
  Common collective trust funds — These investments are public investment vehicles valued using the NAV provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active and classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
  Registered investment companies — These investments are public investment vehicles valued using the NAV provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. Where the NAV is a quoted price in a market that is active, it is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. In certain cases, NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active, or is based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and these investments are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
  Corporate debt instruments, U.S. government and federal agency obligations, U.S. government-sponsored entity obligations, and other — Where quoted prices are available in an active market, the investments are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. If quoted market prices are not available for the specific security, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows. When quoted market prices for the specific security are not available in an active market, they are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
  Synthetic investment contracts — Fair value is based on the underlying investments. The underlying investments include government agency bonds, corporate bonds, ABOs and CMOs. Because inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, synthetic investment contracts are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
The following tables present the financial instruments carried at fair value by caption on the statements of net assets available for benefits and by category of the valuation hierarchy (as described above). The Plan had no assets classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Fair Value Measurements (continued)
There were no reclassifications of assets between levels of the valuation hierarchy for the periods presented.
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
                         
December 31, 2010   Level 1   Level 2   Total
     
Interest in registered investment companies (a)
  $ 166,199,013     $     $ 166,199,013  
Interest in synthetic investment contracts (b)
          38,800,091       38,800,091  
Corporate common stock (c)
    33,176,158             33,176,158  
 
                       
Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents
    7,279,981             7,279,981  
Interest in common collective trusts (d)
          1,041,553       1,041,553  
         
Total assets at fair value
  $ 206,655,152     $ 39,841,644     $ 246,496,796  
         
 
a)   This class includes approximately 31% U.S. equity funds, 6% non-U.S. equity funds, 6% balanced funds, 50% target date funds, and 7% fixed income funds.
 
b)   This class includes approximately 23% government and government agency bonds, 22% corporate bonds, 26% residential mortgage-backed securities, 11% commercial mortgage-backed securities, 4% short-term investments, and 14% asset-backed securities.
 
c)   Comprised of ATI common stock.
 
d)   This class includes approximately 100% fixed income funds.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Fair Value Measurements (continued)
                         
December 31, 2009   Level 1   Level 2   Total
     
Interest in registered investment companies (a)
  $ 46,906,166     $     $ 46,906,166  
Interest in synthetic investment contracts (b)
          40,782,215       40,782,215  
Corporate common stock (c)
    26,747,190             26,747,190  
 
Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents
    4,418,272             4,418,272  
Interest in common collective trusts (d)
          91,220,421       91,220,421  
     
Total assets at fair value
  $ 78,071,628     $ 132,002,636     $ 210,074,264  
     
 
a)   This class includes approximately 42% U.S. equity funds, 19% non-U.S. equity funds, 19% balanced funds, and 20% fixed income funds.
 
b)   This class includes approximately 13% government agency bonds, 19% corporate bonds, 28% residential mortgage-backed securities, 14% commercial mortgage-backed securities, and 26% asset-backed securities.
 
c)   Comprised of ATI common stock.
 
d)   This class includes approximately 69% target date funds, 29% U.S. equity funds, 1% non-U.S. equity funds, and 1% fixed income funds.
5. Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dated July 12, 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 the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt. The Plan was most recently amended effective June 20, 2010.
The plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2010, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The earliest tax year open to U.S. Federal examination is 2007.

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The 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
6. Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the employing companies have the right under the Plan to discontinue their contributions at any time and to terminate their respective participation in 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.
If the Plan were deemed to be in violation of ERISA or lose its tax exempt status, among other events, the issuers of the fully responsive investment contracts would have the ability to terminate the contracts and settle at an amount different from contract value.

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The 401(k) Plan
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 098
Schedule H, Line 4i-Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2010
         
Description   Current Value  
 
Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents
       
EB Temporary Investment Fund of Bank of New York Mellon
  $ 7,279,981  
Adjustment from fair to book value
    (20,965 )
 
     
 
  $ 7,259,016  
 
     
 
       
Registered Investment Companies
       
Alliance Bernstein Small Mid Cap Value Fund
  $ 14,921,346  
American Funds Europacific Growth Fund
    8,915,467  
American Funds Growth Fund of America
    9,585,894  
Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities Fund
    1,245,996  
Vanguard Total Bond Index Fund
    9,178,802  
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund
    3,711,228  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2010 Fund
    7,061,133  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund
    15,466,553  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund
    14,148,780  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund
    14,192,254  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund
    10,265,027  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund
    8,148,660  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund
    5,995,244  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
    4,677,463  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund
    601,169  
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
    914,846  
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
    27,969,497  
MFS Value Fund
    3,296,134  
MSIF Small Company Growth Fund
    5,016,425  
Federated Money Market Fund
    443,134  
 
     
 
    165,755,052  
 
       
Self-directed accounts
       
Cash Balance Liability
    (25 )
Ultrabull Profound Investor Shares
    80,300  
Columbia Energy and Natural Resources Fund Class Z
    59,405  
Longleaf Partners Fund
    35,167  
Vanguard Special Portfolio
    46,600  
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
    27,814  
T. Rowe Price Global Technology
    32,076  
Vanguard Primecap Fund
    49,123  
All other self directed investments under $20,000
    113,501  
 
     
Total self-directed accounts
    443,961  
 
     
Total registered investment companies
  $ 166,199,013  
 
     
 
       
Corporate Common Stock
       
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated common stock*
  $ 33,176,158  
 
     
 
Common Collective Trusts
       
BNY Mellon Stable Value Fund
  $ 1,041,553  
Adjustment from fair to book value
    (18,506 )
 
     
 
  $ 1,023,047  
 
     

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The 401(k) Plan
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 098
Schedule H, Line 4i-Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2010
         
Description   Current Value  
 
Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contracts
       
CMBS, BACM 2002-2 A3
  $ 407,936  
CMBS, BACM 2005-3 A3A
    511,968  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2760 EB
    92,721  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2786 PC
    32,495  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2865 PQ
    222,789  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2866 XD
    194,608  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2870 BD
    156,396  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2888 OW
    123,629  
GNMA Project Loans, GNR 06-51 A
    388,746  
Auto Valet 2008-2 A3A
    374,992  
Bank of America, N.A. Wrap contract
    (85,158 )
 
     
Bank of America, N.A. Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract 03-040
    2,421,122  
 
       
CMBS, CDCMT 2002-FX1D1
    411,619  
Rate Redu Bonds, CNP 05-A A2
    349,033  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2631 LB
    45,944  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2778 KR
    49,918  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2981 NB
    11,819  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2891 NB
    408,860  
CMBS, MLMT 05-CIP1 A2
    592,645  
CMBS, MLMT 05-CKI1 A2
    186,578  
CMBS, CD05-CD1 A2 FX
    189,821  
State Street Bank Wrap contract
    (57,414 )
 
     
State Street Bank Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract 105028
    2,188,823  
 
       
CMBS, BSCMS 05-T18 A2
    184,510  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2763 PC
    60,814  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2921 NV
    156,967  
Freddie Mac, FHR 2934 OC
    227,962  
CMBS, JPMCC 05-LDP2 A2
    44,077  
Natixis Financial Products Wrap contract
    (12,182 )
 
     
Natixis Financial Products Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contract #1245-01
    662,148  
 
     
Total Fixed Maturity Synthetic Contracts
  $ 5,272,093  
 
     
 
       
Variable Rate Synthetic Contracts
       
Natixis Financial Products
  $ 797,745  
Natixis Wrap contract
    (9,565 )
 
     
Total Variable Rate Synthetic Contracts
  $ 788,180  
 
     
 
       
Constant Duration Synthetic Contracts
       
BlackRock, 1-3 Year Government Bond Index Fund
  $ 1,110,820  
BlackRock, 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index Fund
    1,965,092  
BlackRock, Asset-Backed Sec Index Fund
    2,836,848  

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The 401(k) Plan
EIN: 25-1792394 Plan: 098
Schedule H, Line 4i-Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2010
         
Description   Current Value  
 
BlackRock, Comm Mortgage-Backed Sec Fund
    529,203  
BlackRock, Int Term Credit Bond Index Fund
    2,321,440  
BlackRock, Int Term Government Bond Index Fund
    1,031,249  
BlackRock Global Investors, Long Term Government Bond Index Fund
    543,400  
BlackRock, Mortgage-Backed Sec Index Fund
    2,620,274  
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Wrap contract
    (387,011 )
 
     
Monumental Life Ins. Co. Constant Duration Synthetic Contract MDA00895TR
    12,571,315  
 
       
Prudential Core Conservative Intermediate Bond Fund
    12,639,612  
Prudential Wrap Contract
    (380,732 )
 
     
Prudential Constant Duration Synthetic Contract GA 62215
    12,258,880  
 
       
BlackRock, 1-3 Year Government Bond Index Fund
    598,134  
BlackRock, 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index Fund
    1,058,126  
BlackRock, Asset-Backed Sec Index Fund
    1,527,534  
BlackRock, Comm Mortgage-Backed Sec Fund
    284,956  
BlackRock, Int Term Credit Bond Index Fund
    1,250,006  
BlackRock, Int Term Government Bond Index Fund
    555,288  
BlackRock, Long Term Government Bond Index Fund
    292,600  
BlackRock, Mortgage-Backed Sec Index Fund
    1,410,917  
State Street Bank Wrap contract
    (208,227 )
 
     
State Street Bank Constant Duration Synthetic Contract 107073
    6,769,334  
 
     
Total Constant Duration Synthetic Contracts
  $ 31,599,529  
 
     
 
       
Participant loans* (4.00% to 9.50%, with maturities through 2025)
  $ 14,504,120  
 
     
 
*   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    
    THE 401K PLAN    
 
           
Date: June 28, 2011
  By:   /s/ Karl D. Schwartz    
 
           
 
      Karl D. Schwartz    
 
      Controller and Principal Accounting Officer    
 
      (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)    

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