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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 17, 1998
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HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MINNESOTA 0-14709 41-0901840
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
40 WEST HIGHLAND PARK
HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA 55350
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(Address of principal executive (Zip Code)
offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (320) 587-3797
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On December 17, 1998 at 3:28 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, the EDGAR
filing agent for Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (the "Company")
mistakenly filed on the EDGAR filing system of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), without authorization from the Company, a
draft form of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year
Ended September 27, 1998. The filing was assigned accession number
0001047469-98-044325 by the Commission. The draft filed on the EDGAR system
does not constitute the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal
Year Ended September 27, 1998.
The Company intends to file with the Commission its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 27, 1998 on or before December
28, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
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.
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY
INCORPORATED
Date: December 18, 1998 By /s/ John A. Ingleman
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John A. Ingleman
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
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