UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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(d)  Election of Director.

On February 20, 2018, General Herbert J. Carlisle was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the “Company”) as a Class I director.  General Carlisle will serve on the Audit Committee and the Technology Committee of the Board and will stand for election at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

General Carlisle has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense Industrial Association since March 2017, when he retired from the United States Air Force as a four-star general following a 39-year military career.  His last Air Force assignment was as Commander, Air Company Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.  Prior to that, he was the Commander of the Pacific Air Forces, the air component Commander for the U.S. Pacific Command, and served as executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations staff, Joint Base Harbor in Hawaii, following various operational and staff assignments throughout the Air Force, including as chief of air operations, U.S. Central Command Forward in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and as director of legislative liaison at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.  

The Board has determined that General Carlisle is an independent director under applicable New York Stock Exchange listing requirements and the Company’s categorical Board independence standards, which are included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

As a non-employee director of the Board, General Carlisle will receive the standard compensation paid to non-employee directors for service on the Board.The Company issued a press release on February 21, 2018 to announce the election of General Calisle to the Board. The press release is set forth in its entirety and attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

(d)       Exhibits.

  99.1      Press release dated February 21, 2018.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.