UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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) August 4, 2004
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HOT TOPIC, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California 0-28784 77-0198182
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
18305 E. San Jose Avenue, City of Industry, California 91748
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (626) 839-4681
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release that Hot Topic,
Inc. issued on August 4, 2004 reporting, among other things, its sales for the
second quarter of fiscal 2004 (quarter ended July 31, 2004).
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.
Hot Topic, Inc.
/s/ James McGinty
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James McGinty
Chief Financial Officer
August 4, 2004