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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Minnesota</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-0901840</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>40 West Highland Park Drive NE <BR>
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><br><B>55350</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(As Amended and Restated January&nbsp;30, 2008)</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>John A. Ingleman</B><BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated<BR>
40 West Highland Park Drive NE<BR>
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: <B>(320)&nbsp;587-3797</B><BR></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>Peggy Steif Abram</B><BR>
Faegre &#038; Benson LLP<BR>
2200 Wells Fargo Center<BR>
90 South Seventh Street<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901<BR>
(612)&nbsp;766-7000</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange
Act):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Large Accelerated Filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated Filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated Filer&nbsp;
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller Reporting Company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount To Be</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,750,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15.44</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">27,020,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1061.89</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
issuable under the Plan referenced above by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
February&nbsp;1, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated January&nbsp;30, 2008)
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). In accordance with Section&nbsp;E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the
Registration Statements previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to
the Plan (File Nos. 333-33165, 333-103076 and 333-122502) are incorporated by reference herein.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended December&nbsp;29, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-14709) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;7, 2003).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended October&nbsp;12, 2005 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;18, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
January&nbsp;30, 2008) (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;000-14709) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;17, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included with signatures to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Hutchinson, State of Minnesota on the 4th day of February
2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated</FONT><BR>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"><I>/s/ John A. Ingleman</I>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John A. Ingleman&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, hereby
severally constitute Wayne M. Fortun, John A. Ingleman and W. Thomas Brunberg, and each of them
singly, as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names, in the capacities indicated below the registration statement filed herewith
and any amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our name
and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by
our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments
thereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below on February&nbsp;4, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ Wayne M. Fortun</I>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wayne M. Fortun<br>
<I>Principal Executive Officer</I></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ John A. Ingleman</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John A. Ingleman<br>
<I>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</I>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ W. Thomas Brunberg</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Thomas Brunberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ Archibald Cox, Jr.</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Archibald Cox, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ Jeffery W. Green</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey W. Green
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ Russell Huffer</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Russell Huffer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ William T. Monahan</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William T. Monahan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><I>/s/ Richard B. Solum</I>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Solum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas R. VerHage
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Restated By-Laws of the Registrant</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan. (As Amended and Restated January&nbsp;30, 2008)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
41-0901840
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
40 West Highland Park Drive NE
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
55350
(Zip Code)
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated January 30, 2008)
(Full Title of the Plan)
John A. Ingleman
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
40 West Highland Park Drive NE
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(320) 587-3797
Copies to:
Peggy Steif Abram
Faegre & Benson LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901
(612) 766-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act):
Large Accelerated Filer
o
Accelerated Filer
þ
Non-accelerated Filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01
par value
1,750,000
$
15.44
$
27,020,000
$
1061.89
(1)
This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
issuable under the Plan referenced above by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the Registrant's Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
February 1, 2008.
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PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,750,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated January 30, 2008)
(the "Plan"). In accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the
Registration Statements previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to
the Plan (File Nos. 333-33165, 333-103076 and 333-122502) are incorporated by reference herein.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 000-14709) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 7, 2003).
3.2
Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended October 12, 2005 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2005).
5
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant.
10
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
January 30, 2008) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 000-14709) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2007).
23.1
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24
Powers of Attorney (included with signatures to this Registration Statement).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Hutchinson, State of Minnesota on the 4th day of February
2008.
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
By
/s/ John A. Ingleman
John A. Ingleman
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, hereby
severally constitute Wayne M. Fortun, John A. Ingleman and W. Thomas Brunberg, and each of them
singly, as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names, in the capacities indicated below the registration statement filed herewith
and any amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our name
and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by
our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments
thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below on February 4, 2008 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Name
Title
/s/ Wayne M. Fortun
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Wayne M. Fortun
Principal Executive Officer
/s/ John A. Ingleman
John A. Ingleman
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ W. Thomas Brunberg
W. Thomas Brunberg
Director
/s/ Archibald Cox, Jr.
Archibald Cox, Jr.
Director
/s/ Jeffery W. Green
Jeffrey W. Green
Director
/s/ Russell Huffer
Russell Huffer
Director
/s/ William T. Monahan
William T. Monahan
Director
/s/ Richard B. Solum
Richard B. Solum
Director
/s/ Thomas R. VerHage
Thomas R. VerHage
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Description
Manner of Filing
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference
3.2
Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference
5
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant
Filed Electronically
10
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan. (As Amended and Restated January 30, 2008)
Incorporated by reference
23.1
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP
Contained in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Filed Electronically
24
Powers of Attorney
Included with signatures to this Registration Statement
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