X0705 D LIVE 0000772897 HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 (320) 587-3797 MINNESOTA None None Corporation true Wayne M. Fortun 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Director President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director David P. Radloff 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Richard J. Penn 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Sr. Vice President and President - Disk Drive Components Division Connie L. Pautz 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Vice President of Human Resources Richard S. Schaefer 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Jeffrey W. Green 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Executive Officer Director Chairman of the Board Mark A. Augusti 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Martha Goldberg Aronson 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Russell Huffer 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director William T. Monahan 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Frank P. Russomanno 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Philip E. Soran 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Thomas R. VerHage 40 West Highland Park Drive N.E. Hutchinson MN MINNESOTA 55350 Director Other Technology Over $100,000,000 06 false 2012-03-28 false true true false 0 40000000 40000000 0 Sold $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.50% senior secured second lien notes and warrants to purchase 3,869,000 shares of common stock, exercisable on a cashless basis for $.01 per share for ten years, with proceeds to issuer of $39,400,000. false 5 0 0 0 false HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC /s/ David P. Radloff David P. Radloff Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2012-04-10