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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
  
 
FORM 11-K 
ANNUAL REPORT
Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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

For the year ended December 31, 2025
 
or
 
o    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to ________

 
 
Commission File Number 1-5828
 
 
Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan)
  
1735 Market Street, 15th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103
(Address of principal executive office of the issuer)




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 Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
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December 31, 2025 and 2024



 Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Financial Statements: 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
as of December 31, 2025 and 2024
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
for the Year Ended December 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements
  
Supplementary Information: 
Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
as of December 31, 2025



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 
To the Audit/Finance Committee of Carpenter Technology Corporation,
Plan Administrator and Plan Participants of the Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan



Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan (Plan) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.














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Supplemental Information
The supplemental information contained in the schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2025 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

/s/ Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

We have served as the Plan's auditor since 2024.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 24, 2026



























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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2025 and 2024

Dollars in thousands20252024
Investments, at fair value$39,685 $36,099 
Interest in Carpenter Technology Master Trust, at fair value357 406 
Interest in Carpenter Technology Master Trust, at contract value2,431 2,704 
Total investments42,473 39,209 
Notes receivable from participants920 763 
Net assets available for benefits$43,393 $39,972 



 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2025

Dollars in thousands2025
Investment income:
Appreciation in fair value of investments$4,733 
Interest in Carpenter Technology Master Trust Fund income361 
Dividends397 
Total investment income5,491 
Interest income on notes receivable from participants64 
Contributions:
Participants2,476 
Participant rollovers166 
Employer1,043 
Total contributions3,685 
Total additions9,240 
Benefits paid to participants(5,779)
Administrative expenses(28)
Total deductions(5,807)
Net increase in net assets available for benefits3,433 
Transfers out(12)
Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year39,972 
Net assets available for benefits, end of year$43,393 




See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024

1.  Description of the Plan
 
The following description of the Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "Plan") provides general information. A more complete description of the Plan's provisions can be found in the plan document, which is available to participants upon request from Latrobe Specialty Metals Company (the "Company") or Carpenter Technology Corporation (the "Plan Sponsor").
 
General
 
The Plan is a profit-sharing and stock bonus plan which covers substantially all union employees of the Company. These employees are eligible to participate after thirty consecutive days of employment. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").
 
Contributions
 
Each year, participants may contribute up to 100% of annual compensation on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, as defined by the plan document. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions, which are additional contributions. Participants may also contribute amounts representing rollover distributions from other qualified benefit plans. Participant contributions to the Plan are recorded in the period that payroll deductions are made from the participants. The Plan includes an auto-enrollment provision whereby all new eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan. Automatically enrolled participants have their deferral rate set at 4% of eligible compensation. Deferrals will automatically increase by 1% annually and will continue to increase 1% annually until a deferral rate of 15% is attained. The Company contributes an amount equal to 3% of each participant's base pay and a matching contribution of up to 4%, as defined by the plan document. Participants direct the investment of all contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. Contributions are subject to certain Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") limitations.
 
Participant Accounts
 
Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contribution, the Company's contribution on behalf of the participant and an allocation of plan earnings or losses based on account balances, as defined. When applicable, participants are charged transaction fees. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's vested account.
 
Vesting
 
All contributions and plan earnings or losses thereon are immediately and fully vested and non-forfeitable.

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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
Notes Receivable from Participants
 
Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 minus the amount of the highest outstanding loan balance on any plan loan during the preceding twelve months, or 50% of their vested account balance minus the current outstanding balance on any other plan loan. Terms range from one to five years for a general purpose loan, and one to ten years for a primary residence loan. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account and bear interest at rates that range from 4.25% to 9.50% for both December 31, 2025 and 2024, which represent the Prime Rate on the last business day of the month preceding the month in which the loan was distributed plus 1%. Principal and interest are paid ratably through bi-weekly payroll deductions.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits paid to participants include participant withdrawals and participant distributions. Participant withdrawals are withdrawals taken while an active employee of the Company and include hardship withdrawals and non-hardship withdrawals, subject to certain restrictions as defined by the plan document. Upon termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or other reasons, participants are eligible to receive a lump sum distribution. A participant may elect to defer such distribution provided the account balance is at least $7,000. A participant must take their first required minimum distribution in the year they reach age 73 (75 if they reach age 74 on or after January 1, 2033). The payment of benefits from the Carpenter Technology Stock Fund is made in shares of Carpenter Technology Corporation common stock or cash, at the participant's option. All other payments of benefits are made in cash.
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Accounting
 
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual method of accounting.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
 
A portion of the Plan's assets are invested in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts through its investment in the Insight Investment Stable Value Fund within the Carpenter Technology Master Trust Fund ("Master Trust") and are reported at contract value. Contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. See Note 3 for further discussion of the Master Trust investment.

All other investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 4 for further discussion of fair value measurements.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024

Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income within the Master Trust is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation and interest in Master Trust income include the gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.

Notes Receivable from Participants
 
Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Delinquent notes receivable are recorded as distributions based upon the terms of the plan document.

Administrative Expenses
 
The Plan's assets are administered under a contract with The Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (the "Trustee"). The Trustee invests funds received from contributions, investment sales, interest and dividend income and makes benefit payments to participants. Transaction fees are paid by the participant. The administrative fees are netted against investment income in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. All other fees are paid by the Plan Sponsor and are excluded from these financial statements.
 
Payment of Benefits
 
Benefit payments to participants are recorded when paid.

3.  Investment in the Master Trust
 
The Master Trust is comprised of two funds – the Carpenter Technology Stock Fund and the Insight Investment Stable Value Fund.
 
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund - The Carpenter Technology Stock Fund holds investments in the common stock of the Plan Sponsor. These investments are reported at fair value.
 
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund - This fund holds investments in a short-term investment fund which is reported at fair value, as well as investments held in fully benefit-responsive guaranteed investment contracts ("GICs") which are reported at contract value. See Note 5 for further discussion of fully benefit-responsive GICs.

The Master Trust, which is administered by the Trustee, holds the investments of these funds for the Plan Sponsor's participating plans, which include the Plan and the Carpenter Technology 401(k) Retirement Plan. Use of the Master Trust permits the commingling of trust assets for investment and administrative purposes. Although the assets of each plan are commingled in the Master Trust, the Trustee maintains separate supporting records for the purpose of tracking the individual activity of each plan. The investments held in the Master Trust are accounted for at the plan level since the participating plans have a divided interest in assets held in the Master Trust.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
The net assets of the Master Trust and the Plan's divided interest in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
2025
Dollars in thousandsMaster TrustPlan's Divided Interest
Investments, at fair value:
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund
Short-term investment fund$1,504 $90 
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund61,663 267 
Total investments at fair value63,167 357 
Investments, at contract value:
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund
Fixed maturity synthetic GIC2,763 165 
Constant duration synthetic GICs37,849 2,266 
Total investments at contract value40,612 2,431 
Net assets in Master Trust$103,779 $2,788 
2024
Dollars in thousandsMaster TrustPlan's Divided Interest
Investments, at fair value:
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund
Short-term investment fund$1,190 $69 
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund43,155 337 
Total investments at fair value44,345 406 
Investments, at contract value:
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund
Fixed maturity synthetic GIC4,204 244 
Constant duration synthetic GICs42,334 2,460 
Total investments at contract value46,538 2,704 
Net assets in Master Trust$90,883 $3,110 

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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
The change in the net assets of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2025 was as follows:

Dollars in thousands
Investment income: 
Appreciation in fair value of investments
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund$33,578 
Interest and dividends
Insight Investment Stable Value Fund1,262 
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund186 
Total investment income35,026 
Net transfers out(22,130)
Net increase in net assets available for benefits12,896 
Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year90,883 
Net assets available for benefits, end of year$103,779 

4.  Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under authoritative guidance are described as follows:
 
Level 1 Inputs: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan has the ability to access.
Level 2 Inputs: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3 Inputs: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2025 and 2024.
 
Registered investment companies - Valued at closing price reported on the active market on which the individual funds are traded. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value ("NAV") and to transact at that price, and are considered to be actively traded.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
Carpenter Technology Stock Fund held within the Master Trust - Valued at closing price of the Plan Sponsor's common stock as reported on the active market on which the securities are traded.
 
Short-term investment fund held within the Master Trust - Valued based on quoted market values reported on active markets on which the individual securities are traded.
Common collective trusts - Valued at the NAV of units of a collective trust. The NAV is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value and is based on the fair value of the underlying investments held by the fund less its liabilities.
 
The asset or liability's fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Dollars in thousandsFair Value Measurement Using Inputs Considered as20252024
Registered investment companiesLevel 1$10,996 $9,619 
Interest in Carpenter Technology Master Trust Fund
Carpenter Technology Stock FundLevel 1267 337 
Short-term investment fundLevel 190 69 
Common collective trusts(1)28,689 26,480 
Total investments at fair value$40,042 $36,505 

(1) Investments that are measured at NAV or its equivalent per share as a practical expedient are excluded from the fair value hierarchy. The fair value presented herein permits reconciliation to the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

The following table represents the investments at fair value based on NAV per share as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Dollars in thousands20252024Unfunded CommitmentsRedemption FrequencyRedemption Notice Period
Common collective trusts (1)
$28,689 $26,480 NoneDailyNone

(1) The Plan invests in the following common collective trusts:
Aristotle Value Equity CIT B Fund, which invests primarily in U.S. headquartered companies that have a minimum market capitalization of $2 billion at the time of initial investment, and seeks to maximize long-term capital appreciation.
Prudential Core Plus Bond Fund Collective Trust, which invests in investment-grade fixed income securities, and seeks to outperform the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which broadly represents the performance of debt securities publicly traded in the United States.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
Vanguard Target Retirement Trust II Collective Trusts, which invest in diversified portfolios of equity and fixed-income securities and are designed to provide age-appropriate asset allocation that becomes more conservative over time.
Wasatch Core Growth CIT Class A Fund, which invests primarily in equity securities of smaller, growing companies at reasonable prices. It focuses on long-term capital growth, with income as a secondary objective.
5.  Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts
 
The Insight Investment Stable Value Fund within the Master Trust holds a portfolio of synthetic GICs. The Plan owns the underlying assets of the synthetic GICs. These contracts meet the fully benefit-responsive investment contract criteria and therefore are reported at contract value. Contract value is the relevant measure for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because this is the amount received by participants if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. Contract value represents contributions made under each contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

The synthetic GICs held by the Plan include wrapper contracts that provide a guarantee that the credit rate will not fall below 0%. Cash flow volatility (for example, timing of the benefit payments) as well as asset underperformance can be passed through to the Plan through adjustments to future contract crediting rates. Formulas are provided in each contract that adjust renewal crediting rates to recognize the difference between the fair value and the book value of the underlying assets. Crediting rates are reviewed periodically for resetting.

The Plan's ability to receive amounts due in accordance with fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs is dependent on the third-party issuer's ability to meet its financial obligations. The issuer's ability to meet its contractual obligations may be affected by future economic and regulatory developments.

Certain events might limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the contract issuer. These events may be different under each contract. Examples of such events include the following: (1) the Plan's failure to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") or the failure of the trust to be tax-exempt under Section 501(a) of the IRC, (2) premature termination of the contracts, (3) plan termination or merger into an unaffiliated plan, (4) changes to the Plan's prohibition on competing investment options, and (5) bankruptcy of the Plan Sponsor or other Plan Sponsor events (for example, divestitures or spinoffs of a subsidiary) that significantly affect the Plan's normal operations.

No events are probable of occurring that might limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the contract issuers and that also would limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the participants.

In addition, certain events allow the issuer to terminate the contracts with the Plan and settle at an amount different from contract value. Those events may be different under each contract. Examples of such events include the following: (1) an uncured violation of the Plan's investment guidelines, (2) a breach of material obligation under the contract, (3) a material misrepresentation, and (4) a material amendment to the agreements without the consent of the issuer.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024

6.  Related Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions
 
The Plan issues loans to participants, which are secured by the participants' account balances. These loans qualify as party-in-interest. Fees paid by the Plan in 2025 for loan services totaled $1,000.

Certain of the Plan's investments are managed by the Trustee, and therefore qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan in 2025 to the Trustee for investment management services related to these funds totaled $24,000.

The Carpenter Technology Stock Fund held in the Master Trust at December 31, 2025 and 2024 is invested in shares of the Plan Sponsor, therefore these transactions qualify as related party and party-in-interest transactions. Total purchases and sales in 2025, at market value, were $74,000 and $430,000, respectively. The Plan's interest in the Carpenter Technology Stock Fund included 848 and 1,986 of equivalent shares with a share price of $314.84 and $169.71 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Certain administrative functions of the Plan are performed by officers or employees of the Company or Plan Sponsor. No such officer or employee receives compensation from the Plan.
7.  Plan Termination
 
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, participants will remain fully vested in their accounts.
8.  Tax Status
 
The IRS has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated October 10, 2017 that the Plan and related trust are designed in compliance with Section 401(a) of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and therefore believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.
 
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2022.
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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
9.  Risks and Uncertainties
 
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants' account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

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Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
EIN: 23-0458500
Form 5500 - Schedule H - Line 4(i)
PN: 019
December 31, 2025
 
(a)(b)(c)(e)
Identity of Issue, Borrower,
Lessor or Similar Party
Description of Investment, including Maturity Date,
Interest Rate, Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
Current
Value
Registered Investment Companies:
*VanguardVanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares$5,224,815 
American FundsAmerican Funds EUPAC Fund; Class R-61,417,689 
*VanguardVanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund; Institutional Shares1,147,415 
*VanguardVanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund; Institutional Shares906,620 
*VanguardVanguard Total International Stock Index Fund; Institutional Shares887,505 
*VanguardVanguard Treasury Money Market Fund717,753 
*VanguardVanguard Small-Cap Index Fund; Institutional Shares694,183 
Total Registered Investment Companies10,995,980 
Common Collective Trusts:
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2030 Trust II5,204,485 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2040 Trust II3,475,070 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2035 Trust II3,139,451 
Aristotle Capital MgmtAristotle Value Equity CIT; B3,056,393 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2050 Trust II2,084,595 
SEI Trust CompanyWasatch Core Growth CIT; Class A2,049,751 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2055 Trust II1,783,185 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2060 Trust II1,663,058 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2025 Trust II1,518,137 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2020 Trust II1,208,241 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2045 Trust II1,204,049 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2070 Trust II612,705 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement 2065 Trust II576,314 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement Income Trust II538,988 
Prudential Trust CompanyPrudential Core Plus Bond Fund Collective Trust; Class 6524,598 
*VanguardVanguard Target Retirement Income and Growth Trust II50,024 
Total Common Collective Trusts28,689,044 
*Participant Loans
Loans to Participants - Interest rate range 4.25% - 9.50%; maturities through January 2036
920,456 
Total$40,605,480 
Cost information not included, as all investments are participant-directed.
The investment in the Interest in Carpenter Technology Master Trust Fund has been excluded from this schedule.
* indicates Party-in-Interest

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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Carpenter Technology Corporation has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 Latrobe Company 401(k) Retirement Plan
 (Name of Plan)
  
June 24, 2026/s/ Timothy Lain
 Timothy Lain
 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Financial Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit
No.
 Description
   
 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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