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EXHIBIT 10.2 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM

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EXHIBIT 10.2 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE
  TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.2 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
Date: 5/5/2005
Industry: Iron and Steel     Sector: Basic Materials

EXHIBIT 10.2 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE
  TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM

, Parties: allegheny technologies inc
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

 

                       ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

 

                               2000 INCENTIVE PLAN

 

                          ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR THE

 

             TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM

 

                         EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001

 

                  (AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005)

 

ARTICLE I. ADOPTION AND PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM

 

            1.01 ADOPTION. These rules are adopted by the Personnel and

      Compensation Committee and the Stock Incentive Award Subcommittee of the

      Board of Directors as a part of the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

      2000 Incentive Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to the authority reserved in

      Section 3.01 of the Plan. The Total Shareholder Return Incentive

      Compensation Program (the "TSRP") shall be the guidelines for making

      certain Performance Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards under Article VIII

      of the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these rules shall

      have the same meanings as in the Plan.

 

            1.02 PURPOSE. The purposes of the TSRP are (i) to assist the

      Corporation in retaining and motivating selected key management employees

      of the Corporation and its subsidiaries who will contribute to the success

      of the Corporation, (ii) to reward key management employees for the

      overall success of the Corporation as determined by the value created for

      shareholders as measured by the percentile performance of Corporation

      Common Stock relative to a peer group and (iii) to provide a means of

      encouraging key management employees to acquire and hold shares of

      Corporation Common Stock. The TSRP encourages key management employees to

      acquire and hold shares of Corporation Common Stock by offering them an

      opportunity to receive shares of Common Stock which, in accordance with

      the terms and conditions set forth below, will be earned only if the sum

      of the price and yield of the Common Stock measured against the sums of

      prices and yields of shares of common stock of a peer group of

      corporations meets or exceeds the performance reward relationships set at

      the beginning of an Award Period. Awards under the TSRP are intended to

      act as an incentive to participating key management employees to achieve

      long-term objectives that will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of

      the Corporation measured in terms of relative stock prices.

 

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

 

      For purposes of these rules, the capitalized terms set forth below shall

      have the following meanings:

 

            2.01 AWARD AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the

      Corporation and a Participant or a written acknowledgment from the

      Corporation specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of a TSR

      Target Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VI of these

      rules.

 

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            2.02 AWARD TARGETS means the percentage of a TSR Target Award which

      shall be earned for a particular TSR Performance Period at Threshold,

      Target, Excellent and Outstanding, respectively.

 

            2.03 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

            2.04 BUSINESS DAY means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange

      shall be open for trading.

 

            2.05 CAUSE means a determination by the Committee that a Participant

      has engaged in conduct that is dishonest or illegal, involves moral

      turpitude or jeopardizes the Corporation's right to operate its business

      in the manner in which it is now operated.

 

            2.06 CHANGE IN CONTROL means any of the events set forth below:

 

                 (a) The acquisition in one or more transactions, other than

      from the Corporation, by any individual, entity or group (within the

      meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial

      ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange

      Act) of a number of Corporation Voting Securities in excess of 25% of the

      Corporation Voting Securities unless such acquisition has been approved by

      the Board; or

 

                 (b) Any election has occurred of persons to the Board that

      causes two-thirds of the Board to consist of persons other than (i)

      persons who were members of the Board on January 1, 2001 and (ii) persons

       who were nominated for election as members of the Board at a time when

      two-thirds of the Board consisted of persons who were members of the Board

      on January 1, 2001; provided, however, that any person nominated for

      election by the Board at a time when at least two-thirds of the members of

      the Board were persons described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) or by persons

      who were themselves nominated by such Board shall, for this purpose, be

      deemed to have been nominated by a Board composed of persons described in

      clause (i); or

 

                 (c) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a

      reorganization, merger or consolidation, unless, following such

      reorganization, merger or consolidation, all or substantially all of the

      individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the

      Outstanding Stock and Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to

      such reorganization, merger or consolidation, following such

       reorganization, merger or consolidation beneficially own, directly or

      indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of

      common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting

      securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or

      trustees, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such

      reorganization, merger or consolidation in substantially the same

      proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding Stock and Corporation

      Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or

      consolidation, as the case may be; or

 

                 (d) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of (i) a

      complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or (ii) a sale or

      other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the

      Corporation.

 

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            2.07 COMMITTEE means the Stock Incentive Award Committee of the

       Board, in the case of individuals who are executive officers of the

      Corporation, and the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board, in

      the case of individuals who are not executive officers of the Corporation.

 

            2.08 CORPORATION means Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a

      Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

            2.09 CORPORATION VOTING SECURITIES means the combined voting power

      of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote

      generally in the election of the Board.

 

            2.10 DATE OF GRANT means the date as of which a TSR Target Award is

      granted in accordance with Article VI of these rules.

 

            2.11 DISABILITY means any physical or mental injury or disease of a

      permanent nature which renders a Participant incapable of meeting the

      requirements of the employment performed by such Participant immediately

      prior to the commencement of such disability. The determination of whether

       a Participant is disabled shall be made by the Committee in its sole and

      absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant's

      employment by the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary terminates by

      reason of a disability, as defined in an Employment Agreement between such

      Participant and the Corporation or an applicable subsidiary, such

      Participant shall be deemed to be disabled for purposes of the TSRP.

 

            2.12 EFFECTIVE DATE means January 1, 2001.

 

            2.13 EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

      amended.

 

            2.14 EXCELLENT means a relative level of achievement of Performance

      Reward Criteria at which the TSR for the Corporation for a TSR Performance

       Period is at a percentile of the TSR for the Peer Group for that

      Performance Period as determined by the Committee under Section 6.02.

      Excellent shall be the next to the highest level of performance for which

      a TSRP Reward will be paid.

 

            2.15 FAIR MARKET VALUE means, as of any given date, the closing

      price of the Common Stock on such date as reported on the New York Stock

      Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then traded on the New York Stock

      Exchange, on such other national securities exchange on which the Common

      Stock is admitted to trade, or, if none, on the National Association of

      Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System if the Common Stock is

      admitted for quotation thereon; provided, however, if there were no sales

      reported as of such date, Fair Market Value shall be computed as of the

      last date preceding such date on which a sale was reported; provided,

      further, that if any such exchange or quotation system is closed on any

      day on which Fair Market Value is to be determined, Fair Market Value

      shall be determined as of the first date immediately preceding such date

      on which such exchange or quotation system was open for trading.

 

            2.16 OUTSTANDING means a relative level of Performance Reward

      Criteria at which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance

      Period is at a percentile of TSR for the Peer

 

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      Group for that TSR Performance Period as determined by the Committee under

      Section 6.02. Outstanding shall be the highest level of performance for

      which a TSRP Reward will be paid.

 

            2.17 OUTSTANDING STOCK means, at any time, the issued and

       outstanding Common Stock.

 

            2.18 PARTICIPANT means any key management employee selected by the

      Committee, pursuant to Section 5.01 of these rules, as eligible to

      participate under the TSRP for any one or more TSR Performance Period.

 

            2.19 PEER GROUP means a group of corporations with publicly traded

      common stock listed on a national securities exchange(s) deemed comparable

      to the Corporation as the number and identity of such group is determined

      by the Committee, in its discretion, for a particular TSR Performance

      Period. In the event of bankruptcy, delisting, merger, spin-off or other

      special circumstances affecting members of the Peer Group during a

      Performance Period, the Committee shall make such adjustments in the Peer

      Group as the Committee determines appropriate in its discretion. The

      Committee may select the number and identity of members of the Peer Group

      separately for each TSR Performance Period.

 

             2.20 PERFORMANCE REWARD CRITERIA means the relative standing of the

      Corporation TSR, expressed in percentiles and ranked at Threshold, Target,

      Excellent and Outstanding, as compared to the TSR for the Peer Group, in

      each case for a particular TSR Performance Period.

 

            2.21 PERFORMANCE LEVEL means the level of actual achievement of

      Performance Reward Criteria for a particular TSR Performance Period. In

      determining final Performance Levels, the Committee shall use

       straight-line interpolation between Threshold and Target, Target and

      Excellent and Excellent and Outstanding but there shall be no

      interpolation above Outstanding or below Threshold.

 

            2.22 PLAN means the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated 2000

      Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

            2.23 RETIREMENT means a termination of employment with the

      Corporation and each subsidiary of the Corporation, with the consent of

      the Corporation, at or after (i) attaining age 55 and (ii) completing five

      years of employment with the Corporation and/or any subsidiary of the

      Corporation.

 

            2.24 TARGET means a relative level of Performance Reward Criteria at

      which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance Period is at a

      percentile of TSR for the Peer Group for that TSR Performance Period as

      determined by the Committee under Section 6.02.

 

            2.25 THRESHOLD means a relative level of Performance Reward Criteria

      at which the Corporation TSR for a particular TSR Performance Period is at

      a percentile of TSR for the Peer Group for that TSR Performance Period as

      determined by the Committee under Section 6.02. Threshold shall be the

      lowest level of Performance Reward Criteria for which a Plan Reward will

      be earned.

 

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            2.26 TSR is the percentile ranking of the sum of stock price

      appreciation of and dividend reinvestment with respect to a share of

      Corporation Stock as compared to the comparable amount among the Peer

      Group for a particular TSR Performance Period as calculated on the Fair

      Market Value of a share of Stock as of the end of the TSR Performance

      Period plus dividends paid on a share of stock during the TSR Performance

      Period divided by the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the

      beginning of the TSR Performance Period using the methodology described in

      item 402(l) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act, as

      such act or regulation may be amended from time to time, or any successor

      to either.

 

            2.27 TSRP means the Total Shareholder Return Incentive Compensation

      Program as set forth in these rules as the same may be amended from time

      to time.

 

            2.28 TSR PERFORMANCE PERIOD means a three calendar year period

      beginning on the January 1st designated by the Committee and continuing

      until the third December 31st thereafter.

 

            2.29 TSR REWARDS means the number of shares of Stock earned for a

      particular TSR Performance period after application of the Performance

      Level.

 

            2.30 TSR TARGET AWARD means an award of an opportunity to earn a

      number of shares of Stock in a TSR Performance Period. The number of

      shares for a particular Participant shall be determined by the Committee

      for each TSR Performance Period by dividing the Participant's base salary

      at the commencement of the TSR Performance Period or, for the 2004-2006

      performance period and thereafter, at the base salary set on or before the

      date the Target Award is made, by the average Fair Market Value for the 30

      Business Days preceding the first Business Day of that TSR Performance

      Period and multiplying the result by a decimal determined appropriate by

      the Committee based on the Participant's responsibilities and opportunity

      to contribute to the success of the Corporation.

 

            2.31 STOCK means Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the

      Corporation.

 

            2.32 WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS means the amount of federal, state and

      local income and payroll taxes the Corporation determines in good faith

      must be withheld with respect to a TSR Reward. Withholding Obligations may

      be settled by the Participant, as permitted by the Committee in its

      discretion, in shares of Stock otherwise deliverable under the TRSP, cash,

      previously owned shares of Stock or any combination of the foregoing.

 

ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION

 

            In addition to any power reserved to the Committee under Article III

      of the Plan, the TSRP shall be administered by the Committee, which shall

      have exclusive and final authority and discretion in each determination,

      interpretation or other action affecting the TSRP and its Participants,

      and the Committee shall have the sole and absolute authority and

      discretion to interpret the TSRP, to modify these administrative rules for

      the TSRP, to select, in accordance with Section 5.01 of these rules, the

      persons who will be Participants hereunder, to determine all performance

      criteria, levels of awards and rewards payable, to impose such conditions

      and restrictions as it determines appropriate and to take such other

      actions and make such other determinations in connection with the TSRP as

      it may deem necessary or advisable, in all cases in accordance with, and

      subject to, the provisions of the charter of the Committee.

 

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ARTICLE IV. STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE TSRP

 

            4.01 NUMBER OF SHARES OF STOCK ISSUABLE. Subject to adjustments as

      provided in Section 11.07 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of

      Stock available for issuance under the TSRP shall be 4,500,000. The Stock

      to be offered under the TSRP shall be authorized and unissued Stock, or

      Stock which shall have been reacquired by the Corporation and held in its

      treasury.

 

            4.02 SHARES SUBJECT TO TERMINATED AWARDS. Shares of Stock forfeited

      as provided in Section 6.03 of these rules may again be issued under the

      TSRP.

 

ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION

 

            5.01 DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPANTS. Participants in the TSRP shall be

      such key management employees of the Corporation or of its subsidiaries as

      the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate as eligible to

      participate in the TSRP for any one or more TSR Performance Periods. No

      later than 90 days after the commencement of each TSR Performance Period

      during the term of the TSRP, the Committee shall designate the

      Participants who are eligible to participate in the TSRP during such TSR

      Performance Period. The Committee's designation of a Participant with

      respect to any TSR Performance Period shall not require the Committee to

      designate such person as a Participant with respect to any other TSR

      Performance Period. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems

      pertinent in selecting Participants. The Committee shall promptly provide

      to each person selected as a Participant written notice of such selection.

 

ARTICLE VI. GRANTS UNDER THE TSRP

 

            6.01 ANNUAL DETERMINATION REGARDING TSR PERFORMANCE PERIOD. No later

      than the 60th day of each calendar year, the Comm


 
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