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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2005



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration
No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED</B>


<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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</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"><B>55350</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended and Restated Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>John A. Ingleman</B><BR>
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)



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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,250,000</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$34.08</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$42,600,000</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$5,015</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan 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 width="4%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 National Market on January&nbsp;28,
2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,250,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Plan (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 and 333-103076) are incorporated by reference herein.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;27, 2004 (File
No.&nbsp;000-14709) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;9, 2004)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex 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;16, 2004)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-1
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 3rd day of
February, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated</FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">By  <I>/s/ John A. Ingleman</I>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">John A. Ingleman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><I>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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;3, 2005 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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Wayne M. Fortun<BR>
<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</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>
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John A. Ingleman<BR>
<I>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</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/ W. Thomas Brunberg</I>
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W. Thomas Brunberg
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ Archibald Cox, Jr.</I>
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Archibald Cox, Jr.
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ Jeffrey W. Green</I>
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Jeffrey W. Green
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ Russell Huffer</I>
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Russell Huffer
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ R. Frederick McCoy, Jr.</I>
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R. Frederick McCoy, Jr.
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ William T. Monahan</I>
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William T. Monahan
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    <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">&nbsp;</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/ Richard B. Solum</I>
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Richard B. Solum
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">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.
000-14709) filed
with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission on
February&nbsp;7, 2003</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Incorporated by
reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June
27, 2004 (File No.
000-14709) filed
with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission on
August&nbsp;9, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Filed Electronically</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">10</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996
Incentive Plan.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Incorporated by
reference to Annex
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;16,
2004</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Contained in
Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this
Registration
Statement</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney.
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signatures to this
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sv8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2005
Registration
No.
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)
Amended and Restated Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
John A. Ingleman
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
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities To Be
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01
par value
1,250,000
$34.08
$42,600,000
$5,015
(1)
This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 1996 Incentive Plan 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 National Market on January 28,
2005.
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,250,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Plan (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 and 333-103076) 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 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 2004 (File
No. 000-14709) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2004)
5
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant
10
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A (File No. 000-14709) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 16, 2004)
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 3rd day of
February, 2005.
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
By
/s/ John A. Ingleman
John A. Ingleman
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 3, 2005 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Name
Title
/s/ Wayne M. Fortun
Wayne M. Fortun
Principal Executive Officer
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/ John A. Ingleman
John A. Ingleman
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ W. Thomas Brunberg
W. Thomas Brunberg
Director
/s/ Archibald Cox, Jr.
Archibald Cox, Jr.
Director
/s/ Jeffrey W. Green
Jeffrey W. Green
Director
/s/ Russell Huffer
Russell Huffer
Director
/s/ R. Frederick McCoy, Jr.
R. Frederick McCoy, Jr.
Director
/s/ William T. Monahan
William T. Monahan
Director
/s/ Richard B. Solum
Richard B. Solum
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 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.
Incorporated by
reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June
27, 2004 (File No.
000-14709) filed
with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission on
August 9, 2004
5
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, counsel for the Registrant.
Filed Electronically
10
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Amended and Restated 1996
Incentive Plan.
Incorporated by
reference to Annex
A to the
Registrant's
Definitive Proxy
Statement on
Schedule 14A (File
No. 000-14709)
filed with the
Securities and
Exchange Commission
on December 16,
2004
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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