SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 19, 2004 (April 19, 2004)
RTI INTERNATIONAL METALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio 001-14437 52-2115953
(State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
1000 Warren Avenue
Niles, OH 44446
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (330) 544-7700
ITEM 5 OTHER EVENTS
Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") requested that RTI
International Metals, Inc., ("RTI") provide ISS with additional
information about tax fees that RTI reported in its proxy statement
for its 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. ISS further requested
that RTI publish this information either in a Form 8-K filing or in
a press release. The following is the information that addresses the
questions raised by ISS for 2003 fees:
2003
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Audit Fees $ 340,675
Audit-Related Fees 48,000
Tax Fees - Preparation and Compliance 188,500
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Total Audit, Audit-Related and Tax
Preparation and Compliance Fees 577,175
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Other Non-audit Fees:
Tax Fees-Other (1) 272,798
All Other Fees 34,000
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Total-Other Fees 306,798
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Total-Fees $ 883,973
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(1) Tax Fees-Other includes advice on return filing matters including an
IRS examination of prior years of $148,405, state, federal and
international consulting advice of $114,512 and other tax advice of
$9,881.
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.
RTI INTERNATIONAL MEETALS, INC.
/s/ Dawne S. Hickton
Dawne S. Hickton
Vice President and General Counsel
Date: April 19, 2004
Niles, Ohio