X0202 4/A 2005-01-26 2005-01-27 0 0000772897 HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC HTCH 0001222355 MCCOY R FREDERICK 4100 HAMLINE AVENUE NORTH ST. PAUL MN 55112-5798 1 0 0 0 Stock Option (right to buy) 34.06 2005-01-26 4 A 0 3000 A 2006-01-26 2015-01-26 Common Stock 3000 3000 D This reports the grant of a stock option under the Issuer?s 1996 Incentive Plan. This amendment corrects the grant date of the stock option from January 25, 2005 to January 26, 2005, and the vesting and expiration dates, and, consequently, the date of earliest transaction. /s/ Peggy Steif Abram, attorney-in-fact 2006-03-16