Allegheny Technologies Announces Quarterly Earnings.

PITTSBURGH -- Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI)

     -- Sales increased 3.6% to $1.33 billion
     -- Net income increased 21% to $193.9 million, or $1.88 per share
     -- Segment operating profit increased 13% to $324.5 million,
        or 24.3% of sales:
        -- High Performance Metals: 37.3% of sales
        -- Flat-Rolled Products: 17.3% of sales
        -- Engineered Products: 6.9% of sales
     -- Year-to-date gross cost reductions of $82 million
     -- Return on capital employed of 34.9%
     -- Return on stockholders' equity of 45.8%
     -- Cash on hand was $664 million

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) reported net income for the third quarter 2007 of $193.9 million, or $1.88 per share, on sales of $1.33 billion.

In the third quarter 2006, ATI reported net income of $160.2 million, or $1.56 per share, on sales of $1.29 billion.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, net income was $598.2 million, or $5.81 per share, on sales of $4.18 billion. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, net income was $411.0 million, or $4.02 per share, on sales of $3.54 billion.

"Our third quarter 2007 results had two divergent story lines. Strong demand trends continued in our High Performance Metals segment and for our high-value flat-rolled products. On the other hand, shipments of our standard stainless products were extraordinarily weak," said L. Patrick Hassey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

"Compared to the same period last year, shipments of our High Performance Metals segment titanium, nickel, and exotic alloys grew 18%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. In our Flat-Rolled Products segment, shipments of titanium and ATI-produced Uniti titanium products grew 25% to approximately 2.6 million pounds, and shipments of our grain-oriented silicon electrical steel grew 12%, both compared to last year's third quarter. In contrast to this strong performance, shipments of our standard stainless products declined 52% to approximately 57 thousand tons, which is the lowest level in many years.

"As previously stated, we had expected orders and shipments for our flat-rolled standard stainless sheet to improve once the price of nickel stabilized. The monthly average price of nickel did stabilize during the third quarter and the October surcharge for Type 304, the most common nickel-bearing stainless grade, is the lowest surcharge for that grade in eleven months. In addition, U.S. service center data indicates that inventories continued to decline during the third quarter. However, according to published information, mill-owned inventories of finished goods increased. ATI neither built a significant quantity of inventory, nor did we chase the base price down just to increase our shipments. We believe that our standard stainless sheet business should begin to improve in early 2008.

"We see growth in demand for our high-value products from our key growth markets, which represent 70% of ATI sales. During the last few months, ATI's operating companies have added several long-term agreements (LTAs) with customers in the global aerospace and defense, chemical process industry, oil and gas, electrical energy, and medical markets. We expect total revenue under these agreements to total approximately $1.0 billion. The timeframe for these agreements generally ranges from 2 years to 5 years. They are structured to address changes in raw material, manufacturing, and energy costs. LTAs offer an excellent foundation for sustained growth, while developing deeper relationships with our customers.

"Our long-term profitable growth outlook remains intact. We believe ATI remains very well-positioned to achieve strong earnings growth in 2008 and beyond from the global markets that have been driving our profitable growth over the last several years.

"Cash flow from operations remained strong during the third quarter. Cash on hand at the end of the third quarter 2007 was nearly $664 million, an increase of $134 million compared to the previous quarter. This is after $130 million of capital expenditures in the third quarter. Our self-funded strategic capital projects remain on track. We believe our strong cash position provides additional opportunities to enhance shareholder value.

"As previously announced, we now expect full-year 2007 earnings per share to be in the range of $7.00 to $7.25, a 25% to 29% growth in earnings per share compared to 2006."

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Third Quarter 2007 Financial Highlights

* Sales increased to $1.33 billion, 3.6% higher than the third quarter 2006. Compared to the third quarter 2006, sales increased 14% in the High Performance Metals segment, but declined 3% in the Flat-Rolled Products segment. Sales for the Engineered Products segment were essentially flat compared to the third quarter 2006.

* Segment operating profit improved to $324.5 million, an increase of $36.3 million, or 13%, compared to the third quarter 2006 as a result of improved performance of the High Performance Metals and Flat-Rolled Products segments. Third quarter 2007 results included a LIFO inventory valuation reserve benefit of $61.2 million, due primarily to lower nickel and nickel-bearing scrap, and titanium scrap prices. The LIFO inventory valuation reserve charge was $54.0 million in the third quarter 2006.

* Net income was $193.9 million, or $1.88 per share, compared to $160.2 million, or $1.56 per share, in the third quarter 2006.

* Cash flow from operations for the first nine months of 2007 was $480.7 million as improved operating earnings were partially offset by a $225.3 million investment in managed working capital.

* Capital expenditures totaled $281.0 million for the first nine months of 2007, including $129.5 million in the third quarter 2007.

* Cash on hand was $663.6 million at the end of the third quarter 2007, which represents increases of $134.0 million from the end of the second quarter 2007 and $161.3 million from 2006 year end.

* Gross cost reductions, before the effects of inflation, totaled $82.2 million company-wide for the 2007 first nine months.

High Performance Metals Segment

Market Conditions

* Demand for our titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, and vacuum-melted specialty alloys was strong from the aerospace and defense, and oil and gas markets. Demand was strong for our exotic alloys from the global chemical process industry and nuclear electrical energy markets.

Third quarter 2007 compared to third quarter 2006

* Sales increased 14% to $520.5 million. Shipments increased 18% for titanium and titanium alloys, 5% for nickel-based and specialty alloys, and 10% for exotic alloys. The improvement for titanium and titanium alloy shipments reflects the increasing business activity associated with supplying material for aircraft airframes. Average selling prices increased 38% for nickel-based and specialty alloys and 9% for exotic alloys, but decreased 18% for titanium and titanium alloys. The increase in the average selling price for nickel-based and specialty alloys was primarily due to improved product mix and increased index pricing associated with higher raw material costs, primarily nickel. The decline in titanium and titanium alloy average pricing was primarily due to reduced index pricing associated with lower raw material costs. The increase in the average price of exotic alloys was primarily due to product mix.

* Segment operating profit increased to $194.2 million, or 37.3% of sales, a $21.5 million increase compared to the third quarter 2006. The increase in operating profit primarily resulted from increased shipments and the benefits of gross cost reductions. The rapid decline in nickel and titanium scrap prices during the period resulted in a LIFO inventory valuation reserve benefit of $43.1 million in the third quarter 2007, which partially offset the FIFO margin compression resulting from this rapid decline in raw material costs. The third quarter 2006 included a LIFO inventory valuation charge of $11.6 million.

* Results benefited from $8.1 million of gross cost reductions.

Flat-Rolled Products Segment

Market Conditions

* Demand was strong for our specialty and titanium sheet, and grain-oriented silicon electrical products from the chemical process industry, oil and gas, electrical energy, and aerospace and defense markets. Demand for standard stainless sheet products was extraordinarily weak primarily due to ongoing U.S. and European service center customers' destocking actions.

Third quarter 2007 compared to third quarter 2006

* Sales were $709.2 million, 3% lower than the third quarter 2006, as a 35% decrease in pounds shipped offset higher raw material surcharges and an improved product mix. While total high-value products shipments were 2% lower than the third quarter 2006, shipments of specialty and titanium sheet, specialty plate, and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel increased 16%. Shipments of standard grade products decreased 52%. Average transaction prices for all products, which include surcharges, were 49% higher.

* Segment operating profit increased to $123.0 million, or 17.3% of sales, a $19.9 million increase compared to the third quarter 2006. The significant increase in operating profit was primarily as a result of improved product mix for higher value products and the benefits of gross cost reductions. The rapid decline in nickel and nickel-bearing scrap prices during the period resulted in a LIFO inventory valuation reserve benefit of $18.2 million in the third quarter 2007, which partially offset the FIFO margin compression resulting from this rapid decline in raw material costs. The third quarter 2006 included a LIFO inventory valuation charge of $42.2 million.

* Results benefited from $17.2 million in gross cost reductions.

Engineered Products Segment

Market Conditions

* Demand for our tungsten and tungsten carbide products grew from the aerospace and defense market and was lower from the oil and gas market for down-hole drilling applications and from the medical market. Demand was strong for our forged products from the construction and mining, and oil and gas markets, and demand was soft from the transportation market. Demand for our cast products was strong from the electrical energy market for wind and natural gas power generation applications. Demand remained very strong for our titanium precision metal processing conversion services.

Third quarter 2007 compared to third quarter 2006

* Sales of $105.3 million were comparable to the third quarter 2006.

* Segment operating profit was $7.3 million, or 6.9% of sales, compared to $12.4 million, or 11.8% of sales, for the comparable 2006 period. The decline in operating profit was primarily due to higher purchased raw material costs and start-up costs associated with fully expanding our capacity to internally source all of our ammonium paratungstate (APT) requirements.

* Results benefited from $2.6 million of gross cost reductions.

Retirement Benefit Expense

* Retirement benefit expense decreased to $7.6 million in the third quarter 2007, compared to $20.5 million in the third quarter 2006, primarily as a result of higher than expected returns on plan assets in 2006 and the positive benefits of the voluntary pension contribution made in 2006.

* For the third quarter 2007, retirement benefit expense included in cost of sales was $4.8 million and in selling and administrative expenses was $2.8 million. For the third quarter 2006, the amount of retirement benefit expense included in cost of sales was $13.9 million, and the amount included in selling and administrative expenses was $6.6 million.

Other Expenses

* Selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales declined to 5.5% in the 2007 third quarter from 5.7% in the same period of 2006.

* Corporate expenses for the third quarter 2007 were $18.5 million, compared to $15.1 million in the year-ago period. This increase was primarily due to higher expenses associated with annual and long-term performance-based cash incentive compensation programs.

* Third quarter 2007 interest expense, net of interest income, decreased to $0.1 million from $4.3 million in the year-ago period primarily due to increased interest income resulting from higher cash balances and capitalization of interest costs on strategic capital projects.

Income Taxes

Results for the third quarter 2007 included a provision for income taxes of $100.1 million, or 34.0% of income before tax, for U.S. Federal, foreign and state income taxes. The third quarter 2006 included a provision of $83.6 million, or 34.3% of income before tax. The third quarter 2007 included an $8.1 million benefit, primarily related to the reduction of a deferred tax valuation allowance with respect to certain state tax credits expected to be realized in future periods.

Cash Flow, Working Capital and Debt

* Cash on hand was $663.6 million at the end of the third quarter 2007, an increase of $161.3 million from year end 2006.

* Cash flow from operating activities during the first nine months 2007 was $480.7 million as improved operating earnings were partially offset by a $225.3 million investment in managed working capital.

* The investment in managed working capital resulted from a $35.9 million increase in accounts receivable, a $169.4 million increase in inventory, and by a $20.0 million decrease in accounts payable. The increase in accounts receivable and inventory was primarily the result of increased operating volumes for High Performance Metals segment products and higher raw material costs, primarily nickel and nickel-bearing scrap, in our High Performance Metals and Flat-Rolled Products segments.

* At September 30, 2007, managed working capital was 34.3% of annualized sales, compared to 29.0% of annualized sales at year-end 2006. We define managed working capital as accounts receivable plus gross inventories less accounts payable.

* Cash used in investing activities was $284.8 million in the first nine months 2007 and consisted primarily of capital expenditures.

* Cash used in financing activities was $34.6 million in the first nine months 2007 as dividend payments of $39.8 million and a reduction in borrowings of $24.8 million were partially offset by $5.4 million of proceeds received from the exercise of stock options and tax benefits on share-based compensation of $24.6 million.

* Cash on hand at September 30, 2007 exceeded total debt. Therefore, net debt as a percentage of total capitalization was a negative 6.9% at the end of the third quarter 2007, compared to a positive 3.3% at the end of 2006. Total debt to total capital was 20.3% at September 30, 2007.

* There were no borrowings outstanding under ATI's $400 million unsecured domestic borrowing facility, although a portion of the letters of credit capacity was utilized.

New Accounting Pronouncement Adopted in 2007

* As required, in the first quarter 2007 we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff ("FASB") Position titled "Accounting for Planned Major Maintenance Activities" ("FSP PMMA"). The FSP PMMA prohibits the use of the accrue-in-advance method of accounting for planned major maintenance activities, which is the policy we had used to record planned plant outage costs on an interim basis within a fiscal year, and also to record the costs of major equipment rebuilds which extend the life of capital equipment. Under the FSP PMMA, we now report results using the deferral method whereby major equipment rebuilds are capitalized as costs are incurred and amortized to expense over the estimated useful lives, and planned plant outage costs are fully recognized in the interim period of the outage. As required by the FSP PMMA, the Company's financial statements have been restated for all periods as if the FSP PMMA had been applied to the earliest period presented. The adoption of the FSP PMMA on January 1, 2007, resulted in an increase to retained earnings of $10.3 million, net of related taxes. Additionally, net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, decreased $1.7 million, or $0.02 per share, and increased $6.2 million, or $0.06 per share, respectively.

Allegheny Technologies will conduct a conference call with investors and analysts on October 24, 2007, 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". In addition, the conference call will be available through the CCBN website, located at www.ccbn.com.

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 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, 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; and (g) other risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, 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[TM]

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $5.6 billion during the most recent four quarters ending September 30, 2007. ATI has approximately 9,500 full-time employees world-wide who use innovative technologies to offer growing 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, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, grain-oriented silicon electrical steel and tool steels, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is www.alleghenytechnologies.com.

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