HTCH Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (MM)

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq:HTCH) today announced it will report fiscal 2013 second quarter financial results on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, after the close of the market. A subsequent conference call for the investment community will take place at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (4:00 p.m. Central Time).

Individual investors and news media may participate in the conference call via a webcast, which will be accessible live and on an archived basis on Hutchinson Technology's web site at www.htch.com/investors. The webcast also will be distributed by Thomson StreetEvents to both institutional and individual investors at www.earnings.com.

About Hutchinson Technology

Hutchinson Technology is a global technology leader committed to creating value by developing solutions to critical customer problems. In the disk drive components market, the company is a key worldwide supplier of suspension assemblies for disk drives. In the medical device market, the company is focused on bringing new technologies and products to the market that provide information clinicians can use to improve the quality of health care and reduce costs.

CONTACT: INVESTOR CONTACT:
         Chuck Ives
         Hutchinson Technology Inc.
         320-587-1605
         
         MEDIA CONTACT:
         Connie Pautz
         Hutchinson Technology Inc.
         320-587-1823