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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012

OR

o         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 1-5828

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

610-208-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to 12(g) of the Act:  None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o  No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for at least the past 90 days.  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files)  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o  No x

The aggregate market value of the registrants’ voting common stock held by non-affiliates at December 31, 2011 was $2,262,752,126, based on the closing price per share of the registrant’s common stock on that date of $51.48 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

As of August 10, 2012, 52,592,042 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Selected portions of the Company’s fiscal year 2012 definitive Proxy Statement are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.

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PART I

Item 1.  Business

(a)              General Development of Business:

Carpenter Technology Corporation, incorporated in 1904, is engaged in the manufacturing, fabrication and distribution of specialty metals.  As used throughout this report, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “Carpenter”, the “Company”, “Registrant”, “Issuer”, “we” and “our” refer to Carpenter Technology Corporation.

(b)              Financial Information About Segments:

We are organized in three reportable business segments: Specialty Alloys Operations, Latrobe, and Performance Engineered Products.  See Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for additional segment reporting information.

(c)              Narrative Description of Business:

(1)              General:

We develop, manufacture and distribute cast/wrought and powder metal stainless steels and special alloys including high temperature (iron-nickel-cobalt base), stainless, superior corrosion resistant, controlled expansion alloys, ultra high strength and implantable alloys, tool and die steels and other specialty metals, as well as cast/wrought titanium alloys.

We provide material solutions to the changing needs of the aerospace and defense, energy, transportation, medical, industrial and consumer industries.  We have continued to increase our global manufacturing capacity as well as expand our operations to provide customers with solutions to today’s changing materials challenges. We acquired Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc. (“Latrobe”) in February 2012 and Amega West Services, LLC, (“Amega West”) in December 2010. Latrobe manufactures and distributes high-performance materials for aerospace and defense, energy, and other applications. Amega West is a manufacturer and service provider of high-precision components for measurement while drilling (“MWD”) and logging while drilling (“LWD”), drill collars, stabilizers and other down-hole tools used for directional drilling.  MWD and LWD technology is used to ensure critical data is obtained and transmitted to the surface to monitor progress of the drilling and to characterize the various formations.

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we announced plans to construct a new 400,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in response to strong customer demand for premium products primarily in the fast-growing aerospace and defense, and energy industries. We expect that the new facility will ultimately be capable of producing approximately 27,000 tons per year of additional premium product and be operational by April 2014.  We began construction of the facility on a 230 acre greenfield site located in Limestone County, Alabama with the total cost expected of approximately $500 million. The new facility will include forge, remelting and associated finishing and testing capabilities and will play a key role in further developing our capabilities in the production of our premium products.

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Reportable Segments

Our reportable segments align with our operating model in which our integrated steel mill operations are managed distinctly from the collection of other differentiated business unit operations. We have three reportable segments, Specialty Alloys Operations (“SAO”), Latrobe and Performance Engineered Products (“PEP”).  Previously, the Company’s reportable segments consisted of Premium Alloys Operations, Advanced Metals Operations and Emerging Ventures. For more detailed segment information, including the restatement of corresponding segments for the fiscal years ended June 30 2011 and 2010, please see Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

The SAO segment, which we also refer to as our mill operations, is comprised of the Company’s major premium alloy and stainless steel manufacturing operations. This includes operations performed at mills primarily in Reading, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area, South Carolina, and the new premium products manufacturing facility being built in Limestone County, Alabama.  The combined assets of the SAO operations will be managed in an integrated manner to optimize efficiency and profitability across the total system.

The Latrobe segment is comprised of the manufacturing and distribution operations of the Latrobe business acquired effective February 29, 2012. The Latrobe segment provides management with the focus and visibility into the business performance of these newly acquired operations. The Latrobe segment also includes the results of Carpenter’s distribution business in Mexico.

The PEP segment is comprised of the Company’s differentiated operations.  This includes the Dynamet titanium business, the Carpenter Powder Products business, and the Amega West business.  The businesses in the PEP segment will be managed with an entrepreneurial structure to promote speed and flexibility and drive overall revenue and profit growth.

(2)              Classes of Products:

Our major classes of products are:

Special alloys —

Our special alloys are used in critical components such as rings, discs and fasteners and include heat resistant alloys that range from slight modifications of stainless steels to complex nickel and cobalt base alloys as well as alloys for electronic, magnetic and electrical applications with controlled thermal expansion characteristics, or high electrical resistivity or special magnetic characteristics.

Stainless steels —

Our stainless products include a broad range of corrosion resistant alloys including conventional stainless steels and many proprietary grades for special applications.

Titanium products —

Our titanium products include corrosion resistant, highly specialized metal with a combination of high strength and low density.  Most common uses are in aircraft fasteners, medical devices, sporting equipment and chemical and petroleum processing.

Powder metals —

Our powder metals include spherical gas atomized powders produced via air, vacuum, or pressurized melting with Argon or Nitrogen Atomization in fine, medium and coarse powder distributions.

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Alloy and Tools Steels —

Our alloy and tools steels are sold across a wide range of industries in long forms as well as rounds, plates and sheets.

Distribution and other

Our distribution sales represent sales of globally sourced corrosion resistant steels, tool steels and powder metals for a wide range of industries.

(3)                 Raw Materials:

Our business depends on continued delivery of critical raw materials for our day-to-day operations.  These raw materials include nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, titanium, iron and scrap containing iron and nickel.  Some of the sources of these raw materials, many of which are international, could be subject to potential interruptions of supply as a result of political events, labor unrest or other reasons.  These potential interruptions could cause material shortages and affect availability and price. We have arrangements with certain vendors to provide consigned materials at our manufacturing facilities available for our consumption as necessary.

We have long-term relationships with major suppliers who provide availability of material at competitive prices.  Purchase prices of certain raw materials have historically been volatile.  We use pricing surcharges, indexing mechanisms, base price adjustments and raw material forward contracts to reduce the impact of increased costs for the most significant of these materials. There can be delays between the time of the increase in the price of raw materials and the realization of the benefits of such mechanisms or actions that could have a short-term impact on our results and could affect the comparability of our results from period to period.

(4)                 Patents and Licenses:

We own a number of United States and international patents and have granted licenses under some of them.  In addition, certain products that we produce are covered by patents held or owned by other companies from whom licenses have been obtained.  The duration of a patent issued in the United States is between 14 and 20 years from the date of filing a patent application or issuance of the patents.  The duration of patents issued outside of the United States vary from country to country.  Generally, patent licenses are structured to match the duration of the underlying patent.  Although these patents and licenses are believed to be of value, we do not consider our business to be materially dependent upon any single such item or related group of such items.

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(5)     Seasonality of Business:

Our sales are normally influenced by seasonal factors. Historically, our sales in the first two fiscal quarters (the respective three months ending September 30 and December 31) are typically the lowest — principally because of annual plant vacation and maintenance shutdowns by us as well as by many of our customers.  However, the timing of major changes in the general economy or the markets for certain products can alter this historical pattern.

The chart below summarizes the percent of net sales by quarter for the past three fiscal years:

* Fiscal year 2012 net sales by quarter reflect the Latrobe acquisition effective February 29, 2012.

(6)     Customers:

On a consolidated basis, we are not dependent upon a single customer, or a very few customers, such that the loss of any one or more particular customers would have a materially adverse effect on our consolidated statement of operations.  No customers accounted for 10 percent of net sales during fiscal year 2012.  One customer, Precision Castparts Corporation (“Precision Castparts”), accounted for 10 percent of our net sales during fiscal years 2011 and 2010.  The sales to Precision Castparts represent an aggregation of sales to several independently managed Precision Castparts subsidiaries.  See Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for additional information.

(7)     Backlog:

As of June 30, 2012, we had a backlog of orders, believed to be firm, of approximately $896 million, substantially all of which is expected to be shipped within fiscal year 2013.  Our backlog as of June 30, 2011 was approximately $623 million.

(8)     Competition:

Our business is highly competitive.  We supply materials to a wide variety of end-use market sectors and compete with various companies depending on end-use market, product or geography. We are leaders in specialty materials for critical applications with over 120 years of metallurgical and manufacturing expertise. A significant portion of the products we produce are highly engineered materials for demanding applications. There are a limited number of companies producing one or more similar products that we consider our major competitors for our high value products used in demanding applications, particularly in our aerospace and defense and energy end-use markets.  These products are generally required to meet complex customer product specifications and often require the materials to be qualified prior to supplying the customer orders. Our experience, technical capabilities, product offerings and research and development efforts that we have in our niche markets represent barriers to existing and potential competitors.

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For other products, there are several dozen smaller producing companies and converting companies that are also competitors as well as several hundred independent distributors of products similar to those distributed by us.  Additionally, numerous foreign companies produce various specialty metal products similar to those produced by us.  Furthermore, a number of different products may, in certain instances, be substituted for our finished products.

(9)     Research, Product and Process Development:

Our expenditures for company-sponsored research and development were $20.5 million, $18.9 million and $17.8 million in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We believe that our ability to be an innovator in special material development and manufacturing processes has been and will continue to be an important factor in the success of the Company.  The ability to commercialize radical new technology to drive the next major increment of organic growth is a key element of our strategic path to success.  Our strong commitment to developing continuous streams of new products to meet customers’ needs has been supported by increased research and development resources and investments over the last several years and by actively acquiring game changing technologies. Our worldwide staff of expert metallurgists, research and development scientists, engineers and service professionals work closely with our customers to identify and provide innovative solutions to specific product requirements and has led to the establishment of worldwide partnerships for materials and process development and innovation. We believe that the alloys under development will redefine our business in the future.

(10)   Environmental Regulations:

We are subject to various stringent federal, state, local and international environmental laws and regulations relating to pollution, protection of public health and the environment, natural resource damages and occupational safety and health.  Management evaluates the liability for future environmental remediation costs on a quarterly basis.  We accrue amounts for environmental remediation costs representing management’s best estimate of the probable and reasonably estimable costs relating to environmental remediation.  For further information on environmental remediation, see the Contingencies section included in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Our costs of maintaining and operating environmental control equipment were $14.1 million, $12.7 million and $10.7 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The capital expenditures for environmental control equipment were $0.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.1 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  We anticipate spending approximately $4.4 million on major domestic environmental capital projects over the next five fiscal years.  This includes approximately $1.6 million in fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014.  Due to the possibility of future regulatory developments, the amount of future capital expenditures may vary from these estimates.

(11)   Employees:

As of June 30, 2012, our total workforce consisted of approximately 4,800 employees, which included approximately 115 production employees in Washington, Pennsylvania who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement which expires on August 31, 2013, approximately 360 employees in Latrobe, Pennsylvania who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement which expires August 1, 2014, and three employees in the Detroit, Michigan warehouse who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement which expires March 31, 2014.

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(d)               Financial information about foreign and domestic operations and export sales:

Sales outside of the United States, including export sales, were $664.5 million, $511.3 million and $369.1 million in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Long lived assets held outside of the United States were $22.9 million, $16.1 million and $6.0 million as of June 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  For further information on domestic and international sales, see Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

(e)                Available Information:

Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers of Carpenter Technology Corporation, which is also applicable to our other executive officers.  There were no waivers of the Code of Ethics in fiscal year 2012.  The Code of Ethics and any information regarding any waivers of the Code of Ethics are disclosed on Carpenter’s website at www.cartech.com.  Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish such material to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Our website and the content contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The public may read and copy any materials the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.  Such information can be accessed through the Internet at www.sec.gov.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

There are inherent risks and uncertainties associated with all businesses that could adversely affect operating performances or financial conditions. The following discussion outlines the risks and uncertainties that management believes are the most material to our business. However, these are not the only risks or uncertainties that could affect our business. Certain risks are associated specifically with our business, industry or customer base, while others have a broader effect.

The demand for certain products we produce may be cyclical.

Demand in our end-use markets, including companies in the aerospace and defense, energy, transportation, medical, industrial and consumer markets, can be cyclical in nature and sensitive to general economic conditions, competitive influences and fluctuations in inventory levels throughout the supply chain. As a result, our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and availability of credit could fluctuate significantly from period to period.

A significant portion of our sales represents products sold to customers in the commercial aerospace and defense and energy markets. The cyclicality of those markets can adversely affect our current business and our expansion objectives.

The commercial aerospace and defense market is historically cyclical due to both external and internal market factors. These factors include general economic conditions, airline profitability, consumer demand for air travel, varying fuel and labor costs, price competition, and international and domestic political conditions such as military conflict and the threat of terrorism. The length and degree of cyclical fluctuation can be influenced by any one or combination of these factors and therefore are difficult to predict with certainty. A downturn in the commercial aerospace and defense industry would adversely

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affect the demand for our products and/or the prices at which we are able to sell our products, and our results of operations, business and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

The energy market has also been historically cyclical, principally as a result of volatile oil prices that impact demand for our products. Our future success requires us to, among other things, expand in key international energy markets by successfully adding to our customer base, distribution channels and product portfolio. The volatility of oil prices and other factors that contribute to the cyclicality of the energy market will impact our ability to expand successfully in this area. If we are not able to be successful in this regard, our results of operations, business and financial condition could be adversely affected.

The anticipated benefits of the Latrobe acquisition may not be fully realized and may take longer to realize than expected.

The Latrobe acquisition involves the integration of Latrobe’s operations with our existing operations, and there are uncertainties inherent in such an integration. We have devoted and will continue to devote significant management attention and resources to integrating Latrobe’s operations. Delays, unexpected difficulties in the integration process or failure to retain key management personnel could adversely affect our business, financial results and financial condition. Even if we are able to integrate Latrobe’s operations successfully, this integration may not result in the realization of the full benefits of synergies, cost savings and operational efficiencies that we expect or the achievement of these benefits within a reasonable period of time.

In addition, we may have not discovered during the due diligence process, , all known and unknown factors regarding Latrobe that could produce unintended and unexpected consequences for us. Undiscovered factors could cause us to incur potentially material financial liabilities, and prevent us from achieving the expected benefits from the proposed Merger within our desired time frames, if at all.

Any significant delay or inability to successfully expand our operations in a timely and cost effective manner could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are undertaking several large capital expansion projects in the near-term such as our recently announced expansion of our Reading facility targeting premium remelt, forge finishing and annealing operations.  We are also undertaking longer term projects associated with the next major increment of our premium products capability, including our $500 million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility focused on premium products.  These projects place a significant demand on management and operational resources. Our success in expanding our operations in a cost effective manner will depend upon numerous factors including the ability of management to ensure the necessary resources are in place to properly execute this project on time and in accordance with planned costs, the ability of key suppliers to deliver the necessary equipment according to schedule and our ability to implement these project with minimal impacts to our existing operations. If we are not able to achieve the anticipated results from our capital expansion projects, or if we incur unanticipated excess costs, our results of operations and financial position may be materially adversely affected.

Periods of reduced demand and excess supply as well as the availability of substitute lower cost materials can adversely affect our ability to price and sell our products at the profitability levels we require to be successful.

Additional worldwide capacity and reduced demand for our products could significantly impact future worldwide pricing which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, continued availability of lower cost, substitute materials may also cause significant fluctuations in future results as our customers opt for a lower cost alternative.

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We change prices on our products as we deem necessary. In addition to the above general competitive impact, other market conditions and various economic factors beyond our control can adversely affect the timing of our pricing actions. The effects of any pricing actions may be delayed due to long manufacturing lead times or the terms of existing contracts. There is no guarantee that the pricing actions we implement will be effective in maintaining the Company’s profit margin levels.

We rely on third parties to supply certain raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of our products and we may not be able to access alternative sources of these raw materials if the suppliers are unwilling or unable to meet our demand.

Costs of certain critical raw material, such as nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, titanium, iron, and scrap containing iron and nickel have been volatile due to factors beyond our control. We are able to mitigate most of the adverse impact of rising raw material costs through raw material surcharges, indices to customers and raw material forward contracts, but changes in business conditions could adversely affect our ability to recover rapid increases in raw material costs and may adversely affect our results of operations.

In addition, the availability of these critical raw materials is subject to factors that are not in our control. In some cases, these critical raw materials are purchased from suppliers operating in countries that may be subject to unstable political and economic conditions.  At any given time, we may be unable to obtain an adequate supply of these critical raw materials on a timely basis, at prices and other terms acceptable to us, or at all.

If suppliers increase the price of critical raw materials or are unwilling or unable to meet our demand, we may not have alternative sources of supply. In addition, to the extent that we have quoted prices to customers and accepted customer orders for products prior to purchasing necessary raw materials, or have existing contracts, we may be unable to raise the price of products to cover all or part of the increased cost of the raw materials to our customers.

The manufacture of some of our products is a complex process and requires long lead times. As a result, we may experience delays or shortages in the supply of raw materials. If unable to obtain adequate and timely deliveries of required raw materials, we may be unable to timely manufacture sufficient quantities of products. This could cause us to lose sales, incur additional costs, delay new product introductions or suffer harm to our reputation.

We provide benefits to active and retired employees throughout most of our Company, most of which are not covered by insurance; and thus, our financial condition can be adversely affected if our investment returns are insufficient to meet these obligations.

We have obligations to provide substantial benefits to active and current employees, and most of the associated costs are paid by the Company and are not covered by insurance. In addition, certain employees are covered by defined benefit pension plans, with the majority of our plans covering employees in the United States. Many domestic and international competitors do not provide defined benefit plans and/or retiree health care plans, and other international competitors operate in jurisdictions with government sponsored health care plans that may offer them a cost advantage. We currently expect to make approximately $82 million in required contributions to our US defined benefit pension plans during fiscal year 2013. A decline in the value of plan investments in the future, an increase in costs or liabilities, unfavorable changes in laws or regulations that govern pension plan funding or the impacts of underfunded plans acquired in connection with the consummation of the Latrobe merger could materially change the timing and amount of required pension funding. A requirement to accelerate or increase pension contributions in the future could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

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The extensive environmental, health and safety regulatory regimes applicable to our manufacturing operations create the potential exposure to significant liabilities.

The nature of our manufacturing business subjects our operations to numerous and varied federal, state, local and international laws and regulations relating to pollution, protection of public health and the environment, natural resource damages and occupational safety and health. We have used, and currently use and manufacture, substantial quantities of substances that are considered hazardous, extremely hazardous or toxic under worker safety and health laws and regulations. Although we implement controls and procedures designed to reduce continuing risk of adverse impacts and health and safety issues, we could incur substantial cleanup costs, fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third party property damage or personal injury claims as a result of violations, non-compliance or liabilities under these regulatory regimes required at our facilities.

We have environmental remediation liabilities at some of our owned operating facilities and have been designated as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) with respect to certain third-party Superfund or similar waste disposal sites and other third party owned sites. Additionally, we have been notified that we may be a PRP with respect to other Superfund sites as to which no proceedings have been instituted against us. From time-to-time, we are a party to lawsuits and other proceedings involving alleged violations of, or liabilities arising from, environmental laws.

When our liability is probable and we can reasonably estimate our costs, we record environmental liabilities in our financial statements. However, in many cases, we are not able to determine whether we are liable, or if liability is probable, in order to reasonably estimate the loss or range of loss which could result from such environmental liabilities. Estimates of our liability remain subject to additional uncertainties, including the nature and extent of site contamination, available remediation alternatives, the extent of corrective actions that may be required, and the number and financial condition of other PRP’s, as well as the extent of their responsibility for the remediation. We adjust our accruals to reflect new information as appropriate. Future adjustments could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in a given period, but we cannot reliably predict the amounts of such future adjustments. Future developments, administrative actions or liabilities relating to environmental matters could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Our manufacturing processes, and the manufacturing processes of many of our suppliers and customers, are energy intensive and generate carbon dioxide and other “Greenhouse Gases”, and pending legislation or regulation of Greenhouse Gases, if enacted or adopted in an onerous form, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Political and scientific debates related to the impacts of emissions of greenhouse gases on the global climate are prevalent. Regulation or some form of legislation aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions is currently being considered both in the United States and globally.  As a specialty alloy manufacturer, we will be affected, both directly and indirectly, if proposed climate change legislation, such as use of a “cap and trade”, is enacted. Such legislation could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

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Product liability and product quality claims could adversely affect our operating results.

We produce ultra high-strength, high temperature and corrosion-resistant alloys designed for our customers’ demanding applications particularly in our aerospace and defense, energy and medical end use markets. Failure of the materials that are included in our customers’ applications could give rise to substantial product liability claims. There can be no assurance that our insurance coverage will be adequate or continue to be available on terms acceptable to us.  We have a complex manufacturing process necessary to meet our customers’ stringent product specifications. We are also required to adhere to various third party quality certifications and perform sufficient internal quality reviews to ensure compliance with established standards. If we fail to meet the customer specifications for their products, we may be subject to product quality costs and claims. These costs are generally not insured. The impacts of product liability and quality claims could have a material adverse impact on the results of our operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Our business subjects us to risks of litigation claims, as a routine matter, and this risk increases the potential for a loss that might not be covered by insurance.

Litigation claims relate to the conduct of our currently and formerly owned businesses, including claims pertaining to product liability, commercial disputes, employment actions, employee benefits, compliance with domestic and federal laws, personal injury, patent infringement and tax issues. Due to the uncertainties of litigation, we can give no assurance that we will prevail on claims made against us in the lawsuits that we currently face or that additional claims will not be made against us in the future. The outcome of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and some of these lawsuits, claims or proceedings may be determined adversely to us.  The resolution in any reporting period of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for that period. We can give no assurance that any other matters brought in the future will not have a material effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

A portion of our workforce is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and union attempts to organize our other employees may cause work interruptions or stoppages.

Approximately 100 production employees at our Dynamet business unit located in Washington, PA are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  This agreement expires in August 2013.  Approximately 360 production employees at our Latrobe business unit located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  This agreement expires in August 2014.  Approximately 3 employees at our Latrobe business unit located in Detroit, Michigan are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that expires in March 2014.  There can be no assurance that we will succeed in concluding collective bargaining agreements with the unions to replace those that expire. From time to time, the employees at our primary manufacturing facility in Reading, Pennsylvania, participate in election campaigns or union organizing attempts. There is no guarantee that future organization attempts will not result in union representation.

Our manufacturing processes are complex and depend upon critical, high cost equipment for which there may be only limited or no production alternatives.

It is possible that we could experience prolonged periods of reduced production due to unplanned equipment failures, and we could incur significant repair or replacement costs in the event of those failures.  It is also possible that operations could be disrupted due to other unforeseen circumstances such as power outages, explosions, fires, floods, accidents and severe weather conditions.  We must make regular, substantial capital investments and changes to our manufacturing processes to lower production costs, improve productivity, manufacture new or improved products and remain competitive. We may not be in a position to take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures if we fail to update, replace or make additions to our equipment or our manufacturing processes in a timely manner.  The cost to repair or replace much of our equipment or facilities would be significant.  We cannot be

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certain that we will have sufficient internally generated cash or acceptable external financing to make necessary capital expenditures in the future.

A significant portion of our manufacturing and production facilities are located in Reading, Pennsylvania, which increases our exposure to significant disruption to our business as a result of unforeseeable developments in a single geographic area.

It is possible that we could experience prolonged periods of reduced production due to unforeseen catastrophic events occurring in or around our manufacturing facilities in Reading, Pennsylvania. As a result, we may be unable to shift manufacturing capabilities to alternate locations, accept materials from suppliers, meet customer shipment needs or address other severe consequences that may be encountered. Our financial condition and results of our operations could be materially adversely affected.

We rely on third parties to supply energy consumed at each of our energy-intensive production facilities.

The prices for and availability of electricity, natural gas, oil and other energy resources are subject to volatile market conditions. These market conditions often are affected by political and economic factors beyond our control. Disruptions or lack of availability in the supply of energy resources could temporarily impair the ability to operate our production facilities. Further, increases in energy costs, or changes in costs relative to energy costs paid by competitors, has affected and may continue to adversely affect our profitability. To the extent that these uncertainties cause suppliers and customers to be more cost sensitive, increased energy prices may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We consider acquisition, joint ventures and other business combination opportunities, as well as possible business unit dispositions, as part of our overall business strategy, which opportunities involve uncertainties and potential risks that we cannot predict or anticipate fully.

From time-to-time, management holds discussions with management of other companies to explore such aforementioned opportunities. As a result, the relative makeup of the businesses comprising our Company is subject to change. Acquisitions, joint ventures and other business combinations involve various inherent risks. Such risks include difficulties in integrating the operations, technologies, products and personnel of the acquired companies, diversion of management’s attention from existing operations, difficulties in entering markets in which we have limited or no direct prior experience, dependence on unfamiliar supply chains, insufficient revenues to offset increased expenses associated with acquisitions, loss of key employees of the acquired companies, inaccurate assessment of undisclosed liabilities, difficulties in realizing projected efficiencies, synergies and cost savings, and increases in our debt or limitation on our ability to access additional capital when needed.

Our business may be impacted by external factors that we may not be able to control.

War, civil conflict, terrorism, natural disasters and public health issues including domestic or international pandemic have caused and could cause damage or disruption to domestic or international commerce by creating economic or political uncertainties. Additionally, the volatility in the financial markets, as we have experienced recently following the concerns about the S&P’s downgrade of the United States’ credit rating, the European debt crisis and fears of a new U.S. recession, could negatively impact our business. These events could result in a decrease in demand for our products, make it difficult or impossible to deliver orders to customers or receive materials from suppliers, affect the availability or pricing of energy sources or result in other severe consequences that may or may not be predictable. As a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

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We believe that international sales, which are associated with various risks, will continue to account for a significant percentage of our future revenues.

Risks associated with international sales include without limitation: political and economic instability, including weak conditions in the world’s economies; difficulty in collecting accounts receivable; unstable or unenforced export controls; changes in legal and regulatory requirements; policy changes affecting the markets for our products; changes in tax laws and tariffs; and exchange rate fluctuations (which may affect sales to international customers and the value of profits earned on international sales when converted into dollars). In addition, we will need to invest in building our capabilities and infrastructure to meet our international growth goals. Any of these factors could materially adversely affect our results for the period in which they occur.

We value most of our inventory using the LIFO method, which could be repealed resulting in adverse effects on our cash flows and financial condition.

The cost of our inventories is primarily determined using the Last-In First-Out (“LIFO”) method. Under the LIFO inventory valuation method, changes in the cost of raw materials and production activities are recognized in cost of sales in the current period even though these materials and other costs may have been incurred at significantly different values due to the length of time of our production cycle. Generally in a period of rising prices, LIFO recognizes higher costs of goods sold, which both reduces current income and assigns a lower value to the year-end inventory.  Recent proposals have been initiated aimed at repealing the election to use the LIFO method for income tax purposes. According to these proposals, generally taxpayers that currently use the LIFO method would be required to revalue their LIFO inventory to its first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) value. As of June 30, 2012, if the FIFO method of inventory had been used instead of the LIFO method, our inventories would have been about $330 million higher. This increase in inventory would result in a one-time increase in taxable income which would be taken into account over the following several taxable years. The repeal of LIFO could result in a substantial tax liability which could adversely impact our cash flows and financial condition.

We depend on the retention of key personnel.

Much of our future success depends on the continued service and availability of skilled personnel, including members of our executive management team, management, metallurgists and production positions. The loss of key personnel could adversely affect our ability to perform until suitable replacements are found.

We could be adversely impacted if our information technology and computer systems do not perform properly or if we fail to protect the integrity of confidential data.

Management relies on IT infrastructure, including hardware, network, software, people and processes, to provide useful information to conduct our business and support assessments and conclusions about operating performance. Our inability to produce relevant and/or reliable measures of operating performance in an efficient, cost-effective and well-controlled fashion may have significant negative impacts on our future operations. In addition, any material failure, interruption of service, or compromised data security could adversely affect our operations. Security breaches in our information technology could result in theft, destruction, loss, misappropriation or release of confidential data or intellectual property which could adversely impact our future results.

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The carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets may not be recoverable.

Goodwill and other intangible assets are recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition. We review these assets at least annually for impairment. Impairment may result from, among other things, deterioration in performance, adverse market conditions, adverse changes in applicable laws or regulations, and a variety of other factors. Any future impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2.  Properties

The locations of our primary manufacturing plants are: Reading, Pennsylvania; Hartsville, South Carolina; Washington, Pennsylvania; Orangeburg, South Carolina; Bridgeville, Pennsylvania; Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania; Clearwater, Florida; Elyria, Ohio; Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Latrobe, Pennsylvania; Franklin, Pennsylvania; Wauseon, Ohio and Torshalla, Sweden.  The Reading, Hartsville, Washington, Orangeburg, Bridgeville, Orwigsburg, Elyria, Woonsocket, Latrobe, Franklin, Wauseon and Torshalla plants are owned.  The Clearwater plant is owned, but the land is leased.  Two administrative buildings in Torshalla are leased.

The Amega West operations include leased rental warehouses and service centers located in Houston, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Casper, Wyoming; Lafayette, Louisiana; West Alexander, Pennsylvania; Nisku Alberta, Canada and Singapore. The primary manufacturing facility in Tyler, Texas is owned.

The Latrobe operations include leased warehouses and service centers located in Vienna, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Pinehurst, Texas; Prichard, Alabama; Sheffield, United Kingdom; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Blenheim, Ontario, Canada.  The service centers in White House, Tennessee and Northborough, Massachusetts are owned.

Our corporate offices, located in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, are leased.

We also operate regional customer service and distribution centers, most of which are leased, at various locations in several states and foreign countries.

Our plants, customer service centers, and distribution centers were acquired or leased at various times over several years.  There is an active maintenance program to ensure a safe operating environment and to keep facilities in good condition.  In addition, we have had an active capital spending program to replace equipment as needed to keep it technologically competitive on a world-wide basis.  We believe our facilities are in good condition and suitable for our business needs.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

From time-to-time, we are a party to lawsuits and other proceedings involving alleged violations of, or liabilities arising from, environmental laws.  We have environmental remediation liabilities at some of our owned operating facilities and have been designated as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) with respect to certain third-party Superfund or similar waste disposal sites and other third party owned sites. Additionally, we have been notified that we may be a PRP with respect to other Superfund sites as to which no proceedings have been instituted against us.  Estimates of the amount and timing of future costs of environmental remediation requirements are inherently imprecise because of the continuing evolution of environmental laws and regulatory requirements, the availability and application of technology, the identification of currently unknown remediation sites and the allocation of costs among the PRP’s.  Based upon information currently available, such future costs are not expected to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows over the

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long-term. However, such costs could be material to our financial position, results of operations or cash flows in a particular future quarter or year.

In June 2002, we were named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a group of plaintiffs in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania titled Boarhead Farm Agreement Group v. Advanced Environmental Technology Corporation et. al. (since amended to include the individual members).  The suit alleges that we and the other named defendants contributed to damages caused at Boarhead Farms, a Superfund site located in Bridgeton, Pennsylvania. The Boarhead Farms site was the home of a now defunct chemical and waste hauling company that we and many other companies engaged to dispose of certain wastes during the 1970’s. The plaintiff group was individually named as PRP’s for the Boarhead site in the EPA’s “Record of Decision” in November 1998. Their June 2002 lawsuit against various defendants, including Carpenter, sought contributions for a portion of costs incurred for various site cleanup activities as well as contributions to future cleanup efforts.  The suit went to trial in June 2008.  Prior to trial, all of the named co-defendants, except for Carpenter, reached an out of court settlement with the plaintiffs.  We denied the claims made by the plaintiff group. On August 18, 2008, the Court awarded the plaintiffs judgment against us for 80 percent of the plaintiffs’ past costs of remediating the site, including prejudgment interest from June 18, 2002 to January 1, 2008, and held us liable for 80 percent of future costs of the cleanup activities at the site. We appealed the Court’s decision and oral arguments took place before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on December 17, 2009. On April 12, 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated the previous judgment by the District Court and remanded the case for further proceedings. As of June 30, 2011,we had a liability recorded related to this case of $21.8 million.  On July 19, 2011, we entered into a settlement agreement providing for a dismissal of the lawsuit against us and a complete release in our favor by all parties to the litigation, in exchange for a payment by us of $21.8 million which we paid during September 2011.  We expect no additional material liabilities will be incurred related to this matter.

In addition, from time to time, we are a party to certain routine claims and legal actions and other contingent liabilities incident to the normal course of business which pertain to litigation, product claims, commercial disputes, employment actions, employee benefits, compliance with domestic and foreign laws, personal injury claims and tax issues.  Based on information currently available, the ultimate resolution of our known contingencies, individually or in the aggregate and including the matters described in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-K, is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.  However, there can be no assurance that an increase in the scope of pending matters or that any future lawsuits, claims, proceedings or investigations will not be material to our financial position, results of operations or cash flows in a particular future quarter or year.

See the “Contingencies” section included in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” and the “Contingencies and Commitments” section included in Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”, included in this Form 10-K, the contents of which are incorporated by reference to this Item 3.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable

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PART II

Item 5.  Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and traded under the symbol “CRS”.  The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing prices for our common stock as reported by the NYSE.

The range of our common stock price on the NYSE from July 1, 2012 to August 10, 2012 was $44.11 to $50.96.  The closing price of the common stock was $50.96 on August 10, 2012.

We have paid quarterly cash dividends on our common stock for over 100 consecutive years. We paid a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per common share during each quarter of fiscal years 2012 and 2011.

As of August 10, 2012, there were 2,546 common stockholders of record.

Information regarding Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans is set forth Item 12 hereto.

Cumulative Total Stockholder Return

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock to the cumulative total return of the S&P MidCap Index, our New Peer Group and our Old Peer Group for each of the last five fiscal years ended June 30, 2012. The cumulative total return assumes an investment of $100 on June 30, 2007 and the reinvestment of any dividends during the period. The S&P MidCap 400 Index is the most widely used index for mid-sized companies. The companies in our Old Peer Group are: AK Steel Holding Corp., Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Daido Steel Company Limited, Gloria Material Technology Corp., Haynes International Inc., Kennametal Inc., Parker-Hannifin Corp., Precision Industries Castparts Corp., Reliance Steel and Aluminum Company, RTI International Metals Inc., Sandvik AB, Schmolz + Bickenbach AG, Steel Dynamics Inc., The Timken Company, Titanium Metals Corp., Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Voestalpine AG.  The Companies in our New Peer Group are:  AK Steel Holding Corp., Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Daido Steel Company Limited, Gloria Material Technology Corp., Haynes International Inc., Hexcel Corp., Kennametal Inc., Precision Castparts Corp., Reliance Steel and Aluminum Company, RTI International Metals Inc., Sandvik AB, Schmolz + Bickenbach AG, Steel Dynamics Inc., The Timken Company, Titanium Metals Corp., Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Voestalpine AG and Worthington Industries Inc.  We believe the companies included in our New Peer Group, taken as a whole, provide a more meaningful comparison in terms of product offerings, markets served, competition and other relevant factors.  The total stockholder return for the peer groups is weighted according to the respective issuer’s stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period.

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

On February 29, 2012, in connection with our acquisition of Latrobe, we issued 8.1 million shares of our common stock to Latrobe’s shareholders pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D thereof.  1,235,226 of the shares issued as merger consideration were placed into escrow to secure Latrobe’s indemnification obligations and to account for Latrobe’s pension funding issues.  In May, 2012, 300,000 of the shares placed in escrow, representing the portion relating to Latrobe’s pension funding issues, were released to Latrobe’s shareholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

Five-Year Financial Summary

In millions, except per share data

(Fiscal years ended June 30,)

(a)         Fiscal year 2012 included $11.7 million of acquisition-related costs incurred in connection with the Latrobe Acquisition that was consummated on February 29, 2012 and more fully discussed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

(b)         Fiscal year 2011 included $2.4 million of Latrobe acquisition-related costs and $0.7 million of Amega West acquisition-related costs incurred in connection with the Latrobe Acquisition and Amega West acquisition that more fully discussed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

(c)          Fiscal year 2009 included $9.4 million of restructuring charges related to the shutdown and closure of our U.K. metal strip manufacturing operations.

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(d)         Fiscal year 2008 included a $109.6 million pre-tax gain on the sale of our ceramics and metals shapes businesses. The results of operations of the divested business units prior to the divestitures are presented as discontinued operations.

See Item 7. - “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for discussion of factors that affect the comparability of the “Selected Financial Data”.

Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Background and General

Our discussions below in this Item 7 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, included in this annual report on Form 10-K.

We are engaged in the manufacturing, fabrication, and distribution of specialty metals.  We primarily process basic raw materials such as nickel, cobalt, titanium, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, iron scrap and other metal alloying elements through various melting, hot forming and cold working facilities to produce finished products in the form of billet, bar, rod, wire and narrow strip in many sizes and finishes.  We also produce certain metal powders.  Our sales are distributed directly from our production plants and distribution network as well as through independent distributors. Unlike many other specialty steel producers, we operate our own worldwide network of service/distribution centers. These service centers, located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia allow us to work more closely with customers and to offer various just-in-time stocking programs. We are also a manufacturer and service provider of high-precision components for measurement while drilling (“MWD”) and logging while drilling (“LWD”), drill collars, stabilizers and other down-hole tools used for directional drilling.  MWD and LWD technology is used to ensure critical data is obtained and transmitted to the surface to monitor progress of the well.

On February 29, 2012, following approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), we completed the acquisition of Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc. (“Latrobe”) through the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with and into Latrobe (the “Latrobe Acquisition”). In connection with the Latrobe Acquisition, former owners of Latrobe received 8.1 million shares of Carpenter stock. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the related merger agreement, Carpenter paid $11.5 million in cash at closing, net of $2.5 million of cash acquired, in addition to a payment of approximately $154 million in order to pay off Latrobe debt.  A key benefit of the Latrobe Acquisition is a substantial increase in production which will increase Carpenter’s capacity to meet strong customer demand for premium products.  As a condition of the FTC approval, Carpenter entered into a consent decree (the “Consent Decree”) to transfer certain assets and technical knowledge to Eramet S.A and its subsidiaries, Aubert & Duval and Brown Europe (collectively, the “Transferees”), which will allow the Transferees, as a group, to become a second manufacturer of two specific alloys in order to provide customers with a supply alternative in the marketplace. The alloys have minimal sales impact and will cause no material change to the economics of the Latrobe Acquisition.  As part of the Consent Decrees, we agreed to transfer certain assets as well as fund the cost of acquiring assets in an amount up to approximately $5 million; we recorded a charge for this liability in the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we announced our plans to construct a new 400,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in response to strong customer demand for premium products primarily in the fast-growing aerospace and defense and energy industries. We expect that the new facility will ultimately be capable of producing approximately 27,000 tons per year of additional premium product and be operational by April 2014.  We began construction of the facility on a 230 acre greenfield site located in Limestone County, Alabama at a total cost of approximately $500 million.  The site selection process included analyzing state, county and local incentives, utility costs, and labor resources.  The state of Alabama and local government entities put together a compelling package, including various tax initiatives, infrastructure grants, and training programs. The new facility will include forge, remelting and associated finishing and testing capabilities and will play a key role in further developing our capabilities in the production of our premium products.

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As part of our overall business strategy, we have sought out and considered opportunities related to strategic acquisitions and joint collaborations as well possible business unit dispositions aimed at broadening our offering to the marketplace. We have participated with other companies to explore potential terms and structure of such opportunities and we expect that we will continue to evaluate these opportunities.

Business Trends

Selected financial results for the past three fiscal years are summarized below:

(1)  See the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for further discussion of these financial measures.

(2)  Includes specialty and titanium alloys, stainless steel and powder materials

Our sales are across a diversified list of end-use markets.  During fiscal year 2012, we changed the manner in which sales are classified by end use market so that we could better evaluate our sales results from period to period. In order to make the discussion of sales by end-use market more meaningful, we have reclassified the fiscal year 2011 and 2010 sales by end-use market to conform to the fiscal year 2012 presentation. The table below summarizes our estimated sales by market over the past three fiscal years.

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During fiscal year 2012, we changed the manner in which sales are classified by product class so that we could better evaluate our sales results from period to period.  The changes are intended to better segregate growth areas of premium products such as high temperature nickel-based special alloys, titanium products and powder metals, while also reflecting the anticipated product classes and businesses gained through the Latrobe acquisition.  In order to make the discussion of sales by product class more meaningful, we have reclassified the fiscal year 2011 and 2010 sales by product class to conform to the fiscal year 2012 presentation.  The table below shows our net sales by major product class for the past three fiscal years:

Impact of Raw Material Prices and Product Mix

We value most of our inventory utilizing the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) inventory costing methodology. Under the LIFO inventory costing method, changes in the cost of raw materials and production activities are recognized in cost of sales in the current period even though these materials may have been acquired at potentially significantly different values due to the length of time from the acquisition of the raw materials to the sale of the processed finished goods to the customers. In a period of rising raw material costs, the LIFO inventory valuation normally results in higher costs of sales. Conversely, in a period of decreasing raw material costs, the LIFO inventory valuation normally results in lower costs of sales.

The volatility of the costs of raw materials has impacted our operations over the past several years.  We, and others in our industry, generally have been able to pass cost increases on major raw materials through to our customers using surcharges that are structured to recover increases in raw material costs.  Generally, the formula used to calculate a surcharge is based on published prices of the respective raw materials for the previous month which correlates to the prices we pay for our raw material purchases. However, a portion of our surcharges to customers may be calculated using a different surcharge formula or may be based on the raw material prices at the time of order, which creates a lag between surcharge revenue and corresponding raw material costs recognized in costs of sales.  The surcharge mechanism protects our net income on such sales except for the lag effect discussed above. However, surcharges have had a dilutive effect on our gross margin and operating margin percentages as described later in this report.

Approximately 40 percent our net sales are sales to customers under firm price sales arrangements. Firm price sales arrangements involve a risk of profit margin fluctuations, particularly when raw material prices are volatile.  In order to reduce the risk of fluctuating profit margins on these sales, we enter into commodity forward contracts to purchase certain critical raw materials necessary to produce the related products sold.  Firm price sales arrangements generally include certain annual purchasing commitments and consumption schedules agreed to by the customers at selling prices based on raw material prices at the time the arrangements are established. If a customer fails to meet the volume commitments (or the consumption schedule deviates from the agreed-upon terms of the firm price sales arrangements), the Company may need to absorb the gains or losses associated with the commodity forward contracts on a temporary basis. Gains or losses associated with commodity forward contracts are reclassified to earnings/loss when earnings are impacted by the hedged transaction. Because we value most of our inventory under the LIFO costing methodology, changes in the cost of raw materials and production activities are recognized in cost of sales in the current period attempting to match the most recently incurred costs with revenues. Gains or losses on the commodity forward contracts are reclassified from other

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comprehensive income together with the actual purchase price of the underlying commodities when the underlying commodities are purchased and recorded in inventory. To the extent that the total purchase price of the commodities, inclusive of the gains or losses on the commodity forward contracts, are higher or lower relative to the beginning of year costs, our costs of goods sold reflect such amounts.  Accordingly, the gains and/or losses associated with commodity forward contracts may not impact the same period that the firm price sales arrangements revenue is recognized, and comparisons of gross profit from period to period may be impacted. These firm price sales arrangements are expected to continue as we look to strengthen our long-term customer relationships by expanding, renewing and in certain cases extending to a longer term, our customer long-term arrangements.

We produce hundreds of grades of materials, with a wide range of pricing and profit levels depending on the grade.  In addition, our product mix within a period is subject to the fluctuating order patterns of our customers as well as decisions we may make on participation in certain products based on available capacity including the impacts of capacity commitments we may have under existing customer agreements.  While we expect to see positive contribution from a more favorable product mix in our margin performance over time, the impact by period may fluctuate, and period-to-period comparisons may vary.

Net Pension Expense

Net pension expense, as we define it below, includes the net periodic benefit costs related to both our pension and other postretirement plans.  See further discussion of net pension expense in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. Net pension expense is recorded in accounts that are included in both the cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses lines of our statements of income. The fiscal year 2012 net pension expense includes $2.5 million of net pension expense associated the pension and postretirement plans assumed in connection with the Latrobe Acquisition. The following is a summary of the classification of net pension expense included in our statements of income during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010:

Net pension expense is determined annually based on beginning of year balances, and is recorded ratably throughout the fiscal year, unless a significant re-measurement event occurs. The following is a summary of the components of net pension expense during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010:

The service cost component of net pension expense represents the estimated cost of future pension liabilities earned associated with active employees. The pension earnings, interest and deferrals expense is comprised of the expected return on plan assets, interest costs on the projected benefit obligations of the plans, and amortization of actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs. Pension earnings, interest and deferrals expenses is impacted by the financial markets and decreased significantly during fiscal year 2012 principally due to the increase in market value of the securities held by the plans as well as slightly higher interest rates as of June 30, 2011.

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Latrobe Acquisition Impacts

We closed the Latrobe Acquisition on February 29, 2012. The Latrobe business is already accretive to earnings, excluding the transaction costs and short-term impacts associated with fair value cost adjustments in connection with the acquisition accounting. The following is a summary of the impacts that the Latrobe Acquisition has had on our results. The measures below have not been determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. See further discussion of these measures in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” discussion below.

*                                         Detailed schedule included in Non-GAAP Financial Measures below.

**                                  In connection with the Latrobe Acquisition, we issued 8.1 million shares of common stock to the former owners. For the fiscal year 2012, the issuance of these shares resulted in an additional 2.7 million weighted average diluted shares.

Operating Performance Overview

Fiscal year 2012 results reflect the benefits of strong, sustained demand across all our end use markets. We have made progress during fiscal year 2012 in the following important areas:

·                  We exceeded our financial goals based on solid execution against our strategies of premium product growth, mix management and pricing.

·                  We finalized our acquisition of Latrobe.  The integration process is going extremely well and we are even more excited about the strategic value and synergies from this transaction.

Results of Operations — Fiscal Year 2012 Compared to Fiscal Year 2011

For fiscal year 2012, we reported net income of $121.2 million, or $2.53 per diluted share, compared with income of $71.0 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, a year earlier. Our fiscal year 2012 results reflect a trend of improving revenues and profit throughout the fiscal year.

Net Sales

Net sales for fiscal year 2012 were $2,028.7 million, which was a 21 percent increase from fiscal year 2011. Excluding surcharge revenues, sales were 27 percent higher than fiscal year 2011 on 9 percent higher volume.

Geographically, sales outside the United States increased 30 percent from fiscal year 2011 to $664.5 million. International sales as a percentage of our total net sales, represented 33 percent and 31 percent for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2011, respectively.

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Sales by End-Use Markets

We sell to customers across diversified end-use markets.  The following table includes comparative information for our estimated net sales, which includes surcharge revenues, by principal end-use markets which we believe is helpful supplemental information in analyzing the performance of the business from period to period:

The following table includes comparative information for our estimated net sales by the same principal end-use markets, but excluding surcharge revenues:

Sales to the aerospace and defense market increased 29 percent from fiscal year 2011 to $901.1 million. Excluding surcharge revenue, such sales increased 31 percent on 43 percent higher shipment volume. The aerospace and defense results reflect strength in all areas as build rates remain high and mix shifts to larger planes and new platforms that favor higher use of our products as well as the addition of the Latrobe business during fiscal year 2012.

Industrial and consumer market sales decreased 2 percent from fiscal year 2011 to $478.2 million. Adjusted for surcharge revenue, such sales increased approximately 7 percent while volumes decreased 9 percent.  The results reflect the continued impact of mix management and pricing actions.  The percentage of volume in differentiated product applications with strategically important customers continues to increase as a result of these actions.

Sales to the energy market of $268.3 million reflected a 38 percent increase from fiscal year 2011. Excluding surcharge revenue, such sales increased 46 percent on 35 percent higher shipment volume. The sales results reflect the growth led by oil and gas which continues to benefit from the Amega West acquisition which is leading to share gains and international expansion.  Directional rig activity remains high with increased offshore drilling and movement of rigs from gas to oil.

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Sales to the medical market increased 15 percent to $141.0 million from fiscal year 2011. Adjusted for surcharge revenue, such sales increased 20 percent, while volumes increased 7 percent. The overall volume growth is consistent with expected long term industry growth rates.  The higher growth is attributable to customer shifts to tighter specification medical grade alloys which creates increased demand for Carpenter premium products.

Transportation market sales increased 5 percent from the fiscal year 2011 to $142.2 million. Excluding surcharge revenue, such sales increased 9 percent on 5 percent lower shipment volume. Revenue growth far exceeded volume growth which reflects Carpenter’s focus on higher value material solutions to increase fuel efficiency and lightweight vehicles.

Sales to the distribution market increased 153 percent to $97.9 million from fiscal year 2011.  The increase is primarily attributable to the addition of Latrobe distribution business which globally sources and distributes corrosion resistant steels, tool steels and powder metals for a wide range of industries.

Sales by Product Class

The following table includes comparative information for our net sales by major product class:

The following table includes comparative information for our net sales by the same major product class, but excluding surcharge revenues:

Sales of special alloys products increased 12 percent in fiscal year 2012 as compared with a year ago to $931.4 million. Excluding surcharge revenue, sales increased 14 percent on a 6 percent increase in shipment volume. The sales results principally reflect the increased demand in our higher value alloys used in the aerospace and energy markets as wells as the positive impacts of our mix management initiatives.

Sales of stainless steels increased 13 percent as compared with fiscal year 2011. Excluding surcharge revenues, such sales increased by 24 percent on a 1 percent lower shipment volume. The results reflect the benefits of strengthening product mix and pricing actions in the energy, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer markets.

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Sales of titanium products increased 16 percent as compared with fiscal year 2011 on 5 percent higher shipment volume. The results reflect the benefits of shifts in product mix to higher value materials used in medical applications as well as the impacts of strengthening demand for aerospace fasteners.

Sales of powder metals increased 5 percent in fiscal year 2012 on 2 percent lower shipment volume. The results reflect unfavorable performance in Europe, offset by pricing and mix management efforts.

Sales of alloy and tool steel increased 299 percent in fiscal year 2012 on 221 percent higher shipment volume. The results reflect the addition of the Latrobe business.

Gross Profit

Gross profit in fiscal year 2012 increased to $391.0 million, or 19.3 percent of net sales (24.9 percent of net sales excluding surcharges), from $249.0 million, or 14.9 percent of net sales (20.2 percent of net sales excluding surcharges), for fiscal year 2011. The results primarily reflect the higher volumes in fiscal year 2012, an improved product mix, price increases and better operating performance.

Our surcharge mechanism is structured to recover increases in raw material costs, although generally with a lag effect. While the surcharge generally protects the absolute gross profit dollars, it does have a dilutive effect on gross margin as a percent of sales. The following represents a summary of the dilutive impact of the surcharges on gross margin for fiscal years 2012 and 2011. See the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for further discussion of these financial metrics.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses in fiscal year 2012 were $169.2 million, or 8.3 percent of net sales (10.7 percent of net sales excluding surcharges), compared to $149.5 million, or 8.9 percent of net sales (12.1 percent of net sales excluding surcharges), in fiscal year 2011.  The increase in fiscal year 2012 is due principally to the additional overhead costs related to the Latrobe and Amega businesses and the impact of general inflationary increases in costs.

Acquisition Related Costs

In connection with the Latrobe Acquisition, we incurred approximately $11.7 million of acquisition-related costs during fiscal year 2012. These costs represent direct incremental legal, accounting and investment banking fees incurred in connection with the Latrobe Acquisition as well as approximately $5.2 million of liability for costs associated with the sale of certain Latrobe assets necessary to obtain FTC approval for the transaction.

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During fiscal year 2011, we incurred $3.1 million of acquisition related costs associated with the Latrobe and Amega West acquisitions.  These costs consist primarily of fees paid to financial, legal and other professional advisors in connection with the acquisition activities.

Operating Income

Our operating income in fiscal year 2012 increased to $210.1 million as compared with $96.4 million in fiscal year 2011.  Operating income has been significantly impacted by our pension earnings, interest and deferrals (“pension EID”) portion of our net pension expense, which may be volatile based on conditions in the financial markets. The following presents our operating income and operating margin, in each case excluding the impact of surcharges on net sales and excluding the impacts of pension EID expense and acquisition related costs from operating income. We present and discuss these financial measures because management believes removing the impact of volatile and restructuring charges provides a more consistent and meaningful basis for comparing results of operations from period to period.  See the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for further discussion of these financial measures.

In addition to the impact of the surcharge mechanism and pension EID expense, fluctuations in raw material prices (combined with fluctuations in inventory levels) and the lag effect of the surcharge mechanism have impacted our operating income from year to year. We estimate that the effect of such combined fluctuations negatively impacted our operating margin by approximately 30 basis points during fiscal year 2012 and negatively impacted our operating margin by approximately 90 basis points during fiscal year 2011.

Interest Expense

Fiscal year 2012 interest expense of $23.8 million increased 39 percent from $17.1 million in fiscal year 2011. The increase in interest expense, excluding the gains on interest swaps, reflects the net impact of a higher debt level albeit at a lower average interest rate.  Interest on substantially all of our debt was at a fixed rate.  We have used interest rate swaps to achieve a level of floating rate debt to fixed rate debt where appropriate.  Fiscal year 2012 interest expense includes net gains from interest rate swaps of $1.4 million as compared with net gains from the interest rate swaps of $2.8 million in fiscal year 2011.

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Other Income, Net

Other income for fiscal year 2012 was $2.3 million as compared with $8.5 million a year ago.  The decrease principally reflected less receipts from the “Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000”, unfavorable market return on company owned life insurance and lower equity in earnings of our joint ventures.

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate (income tax expense as a percent of income before taxes) for fiscal year 2012 was 35.5 percent as compared to 18.3 percent in fiscal year 2011.  The fiscal year 2012 tax rate was higher than the statutory rate of 35 percent, primarily due to the nondeductible expenses related to the Latrobe acquisition.

The fiscal year 2011 tax rate was lower than the statutory rate of 35 percent, primarily due to the benefits associated with foreign source income, the domestic manufacturing deduction and the research and development credit.

See Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for a full reconciliation of the statutory federal tax rate to the effective tax rates.

Business Segment Results

Summary information about our operating results on a segment basis is set forth below. For more detailed segment information, see Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. - “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

The following tables include selected information by business segment: