TOTAL
SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM AWARD
AGREEMENT
Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated (the “ Company ”) and the award
recipient named below (“ Participant ”) enter
into this Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation Program
Agreement effective as of January 1, 2007.
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«Name»
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PARTICIPANT TO
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART
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(Please
print)
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WHEREAS, the Company has
adopted the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000 Incentive Plan
(the “ Plan ”) and, in accordance with the Plan,
has adopted Administrative Rules for the Total Shareholder Return
Incentive Compensation Program, as amended (the “ TSRP
”) as a portion of the Plan to (i) assist the Company
retain and motivate key management employees; (ii) reward key
management employees for the overall success of the Company; and
(iii) provide a means of encouraging key management employees
to acquire and hold shares of Company Common Stock.
WHEREAS, the TSRP provides
that each TSR Target Award made under the TSRP shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement between the Company and the key management
employee who receives a TSR Target Award under the TSRP setting
forth the terms and conditions of such TSR Target Award;
WHEREAS, the Company
desires to make a TSR Target Award to the Participant and evidence
such TSR Target Award by this Award Agreement and the Participant,
having read and understood the Plan and the TSRP, is willing to
enter into this Award Agreement on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and
intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree with each
other as follows:
Subject to the attainment
of the Performance Levels described below and to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, the TSRP and the Terms and Conditions of
Award attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, by
which Participant agrees to be bound, the Company awards to
Participant the Award described below, with respect to the
Performance Period described below:
PERFORMANCE PERIOD:
January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009
TSR TARGET AWARD:
«TSRP target shares» Shares of Company Common Stock
[equals applicable base salary times «TSRP award percent»
(which is the Participant’s target award opportunity as a
percent of salary) divided by $88.338 (which is the average Closing
Price for the 30 trading days prior to January 1,
2007)]
PERFORMANCE LEVELS: The
following table shows the performance award relationship under the
TSRP for the 2007 – 2009 performance period:
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Outcome Relative to Peer Group
TSR
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Three-Year
Percentile
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Percent of Target
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Level of
Performance
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Ranking in TSR
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Award Earned
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Below 25
th percentile
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0
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%
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25
th percentile
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50
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%
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50
th percentile
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100
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%
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75
th percentile
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200
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%
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90
th percentile
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300
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%
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Note:
Extrapolation
between points will be made on a straight line basis on each scale.
Below the 25 th
percentile and
above the 90 th
percentile,
there will be no extrapolation.
THE ACTUAL AWARD UNDER THE
TSRP WILL EQUAL THE TSR TARGET AWARD TIMES THE APPLICABLE PERCENT
OF TARGET AWARD EARNED.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this Total Shareholder Return
Incentive Compensation Program Award Agreement effective the day
and year first above written.
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED
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By:
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Title:
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Executive Vice
President, Human Resources,
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Chief Legal
& Compliance Officer
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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF TSRP AWARD
Capitalized words used but
not defined below or elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
“ Administrative
Rules ” or “ TSRP ” shall mean the
Administrative Rules for the TSRP adopted by the Committee
effective January 1, 2001, as amended effective
February 24, 2005, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“ Award
” shall mean the grant of a TSR Target Award evidenced by
this Award Agreement.
“ Committee
” means the Personnel and Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors.
“ Common
Stock ” shall mean the common stock, $0.10 par value per
share, of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated.
“ Company
” shall mean Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and its
subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.
“ Disability
” shall mean the total and permanent disability of
Participant as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.
“ Excellent
” shall mean a relative standing of the Company’s TSR
as against the TSR for the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR
Performance Period, equal to or greater than 75% but less than
90%.
“ Outstanding
” shall mean a relative standing of the Company’s TSR
as against the TSR for the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR
Performance Period, equal to or greater than 90%.
“ Peer Group
” shall mean the corporations listed on Exhibit 1 to
this Award Agreement, subject to the adjustments to such group as
permitted under the Administrative Rules.
“ Retirement
” means a termination of employment with the Company and each
of its subsidiaries, with the consent of the Company, at or after
(i) attaining age 55 and (ii) completing five years of
employment with the Company and/or any subsidiary of the
Company.
“ Target
” shall mean a relative standing of the Company’s TSR
as against the TSR of the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR
Performance Period, of equal to or greater than 50% but less than
75%.
“ Threshold
” shall mean a relative standing of the Company’s TSR
as against the TSR of the Peer Group, in each case for the TSR
Performance Period, of equal to or greater than 25% but less than
50%.
“TSR Performance
Level ” means the measure
of Company TSR performance relative to the Peer Group, as set forth
on page 2 of this Award Agreement. In determining the final
Performance Level, the Committee shall use straight-line
extrapolation between Threshold and Target, between Target and
Excellent, and between Excellent and Outstanding. No TSR Reward
will be earned for a Performance Level less than Threshold. No
additional TSR Reward above Outstanding will be earned for a
Performance Level greater than Outstanding.
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2.1 Subject to the
attainment of the TSR
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