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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCd324427dex991.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

March 28, 2012

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   001-34838   41-0901840
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

40 West Highland Park Drive N.E.,

Hutchinson, Minnesota

  55350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(320) 587-3797

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 28, 2012, we issued a press release announcing the results of our tender/exchange offer related to our 3.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2026, the execution of a securities purchase agreement for the issuance of securities in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and information regarding the funding of our previously announced tender offer related to our 8.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

 

99.1 Press Release, dated March 28, 2012.


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.

 

      HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Date: March 28, 2012      

/s/ David P. Radloff

     

David P. Radloff

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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Description

  

Method of filing

99.1    Press release, dated March 28, 2012.    Filed electronically