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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000936392-96-000781.txt : 19960917
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000936392-96-000781
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960916
SROS:			NASD

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOT TOPIC INC /CA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001017712
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
		IRS NUMBER:				770198182
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28784
		FILM NUMBER:		96630931

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3410 POMONA BLVD
		CITY:			POMONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91768

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3410 POMONA BLVD
		CITY:			POMONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91768
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<PAGE>   1
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                Hot Topic, Inc.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               California                                77-0198182
- ----------------------------------------      ----------------------------------
(State of Incorporation or Organization)              (I.R.S. Employer
                                                     Identification no.)


   3410 Pomona Boulevard, Pomona, CA                        91768
- ----------------------------------------      ----------------------------------
(Address of principal executive offices)                  (zip code)


If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1) please check the
following box. / /

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. / /


       SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

    Title of Each Class to                  Name of Each Exchange on Which
       be so Registered                     Each Class is to be Registered


           None
    ----------------------                  ------------------------------


       SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:


                           Common Stock, no par value
                   -----------------------------------------
                                (Title of class)

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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

        A description of the Common Stock to be registered hereunder is
contained in the section entitled "Description of Capital Stock," commencing at
page 41 of the Prospectus included in the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form SB-2, No. 333-5054-LA, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on June 17, 1996, and as subsequently amended on
July 18, 1996 and August 27, 1996, and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.

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EXHIBIT
NUMBER          DESCRIPTION
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<S>             <C>
1.1             Specimen stock certificate for Registrant's Common Stock.(1)
2.1             Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant.(1)
2.2             Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, to be
                filed and become effective upon the effectiveness of this
                Registration Statement.(1)
2.3             Form of amended and restated Bylaws, to become effective 
                prior to the effectiveness of this Registration Statement.(1)
2.4             Copy of pages 41-42 of the above-referenced Preliminary
                Prospectus, portions of which are being incorporated herein by
                reference, pursuant to Rule 12b-23.
</TABLE>
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(1)             Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit
                to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement
                on Form SB-2, No. 333-5054-LA, and incorporated herein by
                reference.



<PAGE>   3
                                   SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                   HOT TOPIC, INC.
                                    (Registrant)



Date: September 9, 1996            By: /s/ Orval D. Madden
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                       Orval D. Madden
                                       President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                       Director

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