Exhibit 99.1

Allegheny Technologies Announces Third Quarter Results

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 21, 2009--Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) reported net income for the third quarter 2009 of $1.4 million, or $0.01 per share, on sales of $697.6 million.

In the third quarter 2008, ATI reported net income of $144.1 million, or $1.45 per share, on sales of $1.39 billion.

Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 are a net loss including special charges of $6.1 million, or $0.06 per share, on sales of $2.24 billion. The nine months ended September 30, 2009 included non-recurring after-tax charges of $17.0 million, or $0.17 per share, related to second quarter 2009 actions to retire debt and the tax consequences of our $350 million voluntary pension contribution. Excluding special charges, results for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were net income of $10.9 million, or $0.11 per share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, net income was $455.0 million, or $4.51 per share, on sales of $4.20 billion.

“Looking past the remainder of 2009, the worst appears to be behind us, and we remain confident in the intermediate and long-term growth potential of our core markets,” said L. Patrick Hassey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“We are having success in the marketplace by developing and expanding strategic relationships with key global customers, and we are well positioned to meet their growing needs as economic conditions improve and our core markets recover. During the third quarter, we completed several new long-term agreements (LTAs) with key global customers. We are working on several more. These LTAs provide a foundation for future growth and position ATI with deep customer relationships in our core markets.

“ATI’s financial position is strong. Cash on hand was over $826 million at the end of the third quarter, and net debt to total capitalization was 10.5%. We achieved gross cost reductions of over $121 million in the first nine months, and expect to exceed our 2009 cost reduction goal of over $150 million. Our pension plan remains fully funded.

“Our investments in unsurpassed manufacturing capabilities are progressing. Our new titanium and superalloy forging facility began operation in the third quarter and the start-up is going well. We now expect to begin production at our premium-grade titanium sponge facility before the end of 2009. By the end of October, we expect to close on the Crucible asset acquisition, which is an excellent entry point for ATI into advanced powder metal products. We now expect 2009 capital expenditures and asset acquisitions to be approximately $475 million, which includes the Crucible asset acquisition.


“For the fourth quarter 2009 short-term outlook, we are seeing some positive data points in certain markets; however, many of our customers remain cautious due to the uncertain global economy and are keeping inventories low. This uncertainty is exaggerated by recent volatility in prices of raw materials, particularly nickel, which impacts customer buying patterns from month to month and at year-end. As a result of these conditions, and expected new facility start-up and other costs, we expect ATI’s fourth quarter 2009 earnings performance to be similar to that achieved in the third quarter 2009.

“Looking ahead, we expect our operating earnings performance to improve throughout 2010 as compared to 2009. We believe 2010 to be a transition year to the next growth cycle in most of our markets, particularly the aerospace and global infrastructure markets.

“Although we expect only a modest economic recovery in 2010, we are focused on continuing to position ATI in targeted global markets. We expect to benefit greater than the recovery and growth in our core markets in 2010 and beyond by improving our position with key customers, adding new products to our unique specialty metals portfolio, improving our cost structure, maintaining our financial flexibility, and bringing on-line new world-class manufacturing capabilities.”

 
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30 September 30
In Millions
2009   2008 2009   2008
Sales $ 697.6 $ 1,392.4

$

2,239.2

$ 4,197.0
 
Net income attributable to ATI common stockholders* before special charges

 

$

 

1.4

 

$

 

144.1

 

$

10.9

 

$

 

455.0

 
Special charges - -

$

(17.0

) -
 

Net income (loss) attributable to ATI common stockholders*

$

1.4

$

144.1

$

(6.1

)

$

455.0

 
Per Diluted Share

Net income attributable to ATI common stockholders* before special charges

 

$

 

0.01

 

$

 

1.45

 

$

0.11

 

$

 

4.51

 
Special charges - -

$

(0.17

) -
 

Net income (loss) attributable to ATI common stockholders*

$

0.01

$

1.45

$

(0.06

)

$

4.51

 

* Net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share amounts presented above are attributable to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated common stockholders. As required, in the first quarter 2009 the Company adopted changes to the financial accounting standards regarding the presentation of noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements. Under the provisions of this change in accounting standards, the income statement presentation has been revised to separately present consolidated net income (loss), which now includes the amounts attributable to the Company plus noncontrolling interests (minority interests), and net income (loss) attributable solely to the Company.


Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

High Performance Metals Segment

Market Conditions


Third quarter 2009 compared to third quarter 2008

Flat-Rolled Products Segment

Market Conditions

Third quarter 2009 compared to third quarter 2008


Engineered Products Segment

Market Conditions

Third quarter 2009 compared to third quarter 2008

Other Expenses

Retirement Benefit Expense


Income Taxes

Cash Flow, Working Capital and Debt

New Accounting Pronouncement Adopted in 2009


Allegheny Technologies will conduct a conference call with investors and analysts on October 21, 2009, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the financial results. The conference call will be broadcast live on www.alleghenytechnologies.com. To access the broadcast, click on “Conference Call”. Replay of the conference call will be available on the Allegheny Technologies website.

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements in this news release relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute forward-looking statements. 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 credit market conditions and related issues, and 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, electrical energy, chemical process industry, oil and gas, medical, automotive, construction and mining, 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, 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, 2008, and in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no duty to update our forward-looking statements.


Building the World’s Best Specialty Metals Company™

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $5.3 billion during 2008. ATI has approximately 8,500 full-time employees world-wide who use innovative technologies to offer global markets a wide range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and mining. Our products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-oriented electrical steel, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is www.alleghenytechnologies.com.


Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations (a)
(Unaudited, dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
       
 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30 September 30
2009 2008 2009 2008
 
Sales $ 697.6 $ 1,392.4 $ 2,239.2 $ 4,197.0
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 603.5 1,085.8 1,989.2 3,267.5
Selling and administrative expenses   83.7     74.3     228.9     223.7  

Income before interest, other income and income taxes

10.4 232.3 21.1 705.8
Interest expense, net (8.1 ) (1.7 ) (9.3 ) (2.8 )
Debt extinguishment costs 0.0 0.0 (9.2 ) 0.0
Other income, net   0.3     0.4     0.3     2.0  
Income before income tax provision (benefit) 2.6 231.0 2.9 705.0
Income tax provision (benefit)   (1.4 )   83.9     5.3     243.0  
 
Net income (loss) 4.0 147.1 (2.4 ) 462.0
 
Less: Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests   2.6     3.0     3.7     7.0  
 
Net income (loss) attributable to ATI $ 1.4   $ 144.1   $ (6.1 ) $ 455.0  
 
Basic net income (loss) per common share
attributable to ATI common stockholders $ 0.01   $ 1.46   $ (0.06 ) $ 4.54  
 
Diluted net income (loss) per common share
attributable to ATI common stockholders $ 0.01   $ 1.45   $ (0.06 ) $ 4.51  
 
Weighted average common shares
outstanding -- basic (millions) 97.2 99.0 97.2 100.2
 
Weighted average common shares
outstanding -- diluted (millions) 98.0 99.7 97.2 100.9
 
Actual common shares outstanding--
end of period (millions) 98.1 97.3 98.1 97.3
 
(a)  

On January 1, 2009, ATI adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to consolidation accounting and reporting. These changes, among others, required that minority interests be renamed noncontrolling interests, and the statement of operations presentation has been revised to separately present consolidated net income (loss), which now includes the amounts attributable to the Company plus noncontrolling interests (minority interests) and net income (loss) attributable solely to the Company, for all periods presented.

 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Sales and Operating Profit by Business Segment
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
       
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30 September 30
2009 2008 2009 2008
Sales:
High Performance Metals $ 279.2 $ 510.2 $ 987.6 $ 1,495.7
Flat-Rolled Products 364.2 764.6 1,077.6 2,345.6
Engineered Products   54.2     117.6     174.0     355.7  
 
Total External Sales $ 697.6   $ 1,392.4   $ 2,239.2   $ 4,197.0  
 
Operating Profit (Loss):
 
High Performance Metals $ 51.3 $ 139.6 $ 146.6 $ 421.8
% of Sales 18.4 % 27.4 % 14.8 % 28.2 %
 
Flat-Rolled Products 11.3 105.7 41.3 322.2
% of Sales 3.1 % 13.8 % 3.8 % 13.7 %
 
Engineered Products (8.6 ) 6.1 (24.1 ) 22.8
% of Sales   -15.9 %   5.2 %   -13.9 %   6.4 %
 
Operating Profit 54.0 251.4 163.8 766.8
% of Sales 7.7 % 18.1 % 7.3 % 18.3 %
 
Corporate expenses (15.7 ) (13.4 ) (38.7 ) (46.5 )
 
Interest expense, net (8.1 ) (1.7 ) (9.3 ) (2.8 )
 
Debt extinguishment costs 0.0 0.0 (9.2 ) 0.0
 

Other expense, net of gains on asset sales

(2.1 ) (2.8 ) (7.5 ) (6.7 )
 
Retirement benefit expense   (25.5 )   (2.5 )   (96.2 )   (5.8 )
 
Income before income taxes
$ 2.6   $ 231.0   $ 2.9   $ 705.0  
 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets (a)
(Current period unaudited--Dollars in millions)
     
September 30, December 31,
2009 2008
ASSETS
 
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 826.3 $ 469.9

Accounts receivable, net of allowances for
doubtful accounts of $6.3 at both
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008

 
415.8 530.5
Inventories, net 737.3 887.6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  67.7   41.4
Total Current Assets 2,047.1 1,929.4
 
Property, plant and equipment, net 1,852.5 1,633.6
Cost in excess of net assets acquired 196.3 190.9
Prepaid pension asset 124.7 0.0
Deferred income taxes 20.6 281.6
Other assets   138.8   134.9
 
Total Assets $ 4,380.0 $ 4,170.4
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 283.0 $ 278.5
Accrued liabilities 278.6 322.0
Deferred income taxes 0.3 78.2
Short term debt and current portion of long-term debt
  20.2   15.2
Total Current Liabilities 582.1 693.9
 
Long-term debt 1,050.4 494.6
Accrued postretirement benefits 444.4 446.9
Pension liabilities 33.6 378.2
Other long-term liabilities   116.0   127.8
Total Liabilities   2,226.5   2,141.4
 
Total ATI stockholders' equity 2,078.7 1,957.4
Noncontrolling interests   74.8   71.6
Total Equity   2,153.5   2,029.0
 
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 4,380.0 $ 4,170.4
 
(a)  

On January 1, 2009, ATI adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to consolidation accounting and reporting. These changes, among others, required that noncontrolling interests, formerly termed minority interests, be considered a component of equity for all periods presented. Noncontrolling interests were previously classified within other long-term liabilities.

 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
     
Nine Months Ended
September 30
2009   2008
 
Operating Activities:
 
Net income (loss) $ (2.4 ) $ 462.0
 
Depreciation and amortization 96.6 86.7
Deferred taxes 95.5 64.5
Change in managed working capital 344.8 (185.2 )
Pension contribution (350.0 ) 0.0
Change in retirement benefits 60.2 (16.7 )
Accrued liabilities and other   (95.3 )   (66.7 )
Cash provided by operating activities   149.4     344.6  
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (308.1 ) (365.1 )
Asset disposals and other   5.5     1.3  
Cash used in investing activities   (302.6 )   (363.8 )
Financing Activities:
Borrowings on long-term debt 752.5 0.0
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases (194.5 ) (14.8 )
Net borrowings under credit facilities 5.1 2.6
Debt issuance costs (18.1 ) 0.0
Dividends paid to shareholders (35.3 ) (54.1 )
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests (0.8 ) 0.0
Exercises of stock options 0.5 1.1
Taxes on share-based compensation 0.2 (24.5 )
Purchase of treasury stock   0.0     (241.8 )
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities   509.6     (331.5 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 356.4 (350.7 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   469.9     623.3  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 826.3   $ 272.6  
 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Selected Financial Data
(Unaudited)
       
 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30 September 30
Volume: 2009 2008 2009 2008
High Performance Metals (000's lbs.)
Titanium mill products 5,488 8,707 18,386 25,184
Nickel-based and specialty alloys 6,511 10,365 24,652 31,395
Exotic alloys 1,038 1,365 3,674 4,194
 
Flat-Rolled Products (000's lbs.)
High value 90,602 133,322 268,720 386,113
Standard   126,911   130,888   346,696   481,372
Flat-Rolled Products total 217,513 264,210 615,416 867,485
 
 
 
Average Prices:
High Performance Metals (per lb.)
Titanium mill products $ 20.08 $ 25.95 $ 21.38 $ 25.93
Nickel-based and specialty alloys $ 14.87 $ 18.82 $ 14.21 $ 18.55
Exotic alloys $ 61.61 $ 49.91 $ 58.85 $ 47.74
 
Flat-Rolled Products (per lb.)
High value $ 2.33 $ 3.44 $ 2.46 $ 3.29
Standard $ 1.18 $ 2.27 $ 1.14 $ 2.18
Flat-Rolled Products combined average $ 1.66 $ 2.86 $ 1.71 $ 2.68
 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Other Financial Information
Managed Working Capital
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
   
September 30, December 31,
2009 2008
 
Accounts receivable $ 415.8 $ 530.5
Inventory 737.3 887.6
Accounts payable   (283.0 )   (278.5 )
Subtotal 870.1 1,139.6
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts 6.3 6.3
LIFO reserve 146.6 205.6
Corporate and other   43.9     60.2  
Managed working capital $ 1,066.9   $ 1,411.7  
 
Annualized prior 2 months sales
$ 3,051.7   $ 4,008.0  
 
Managed working capital as a % of annualized sales
35.0 % 35.2 %
 
September 30, 2009 change in managed working capital
$ (344.8 )
 

As part of managing the liquidity in our business, we focus on controlling managed working capital, which is defined as gross accounts receivable and gross inventories, less accounts payable. In measuring performance in controlling this managed working capital, we exclude the effects of LIFO inventory valuation reserves, excess and obsolete inventory reserves, and reserves for uncollectible accounts receivable which, due to their nature, are managed separately.

 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Other Financial Information
Debt to Capital
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
   
September 30, December 31,
2009 2008
 
Total debt $ 1,070.6 $ 509.8
Less: Cash   (826.3 )   (469.9 )
Net debt $ 244.3 $ 39.9
 
Net debt $ 244.3 $ 39.9
Total ATI stockholders' equity   2,078.7     1,957.4  
Net ATI capital $ 2,323.0 $ 1,997.3
 
Net debt to ATI capital   10.5 %   2.0 %
 
Total debt $ 1,070.6 $ 509.8
Total ATI stockholders' equity   2,078.7     1,957.4  
Total ATI capital $ 3,149.3 $ 2,467.2
 
Total debt to total ATI capital   34.0 %   20.7 %
 

In managing the overall capital structure of the Company, some of the measures that we focus on are net debt to net capitalization, which is the percentage of debt, net of cash that may be available to reduce borrowings, to the total invested and borrowed capital of ATI (excluding noncontrolling interest), and total debt to total ATI capitalization, which excludes cash balances.

CONTACT:
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Dan L. Greenfield, 412-394-3004