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      <font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>UNITED STATES</b></font><b><font style="font-size: 18pt"><br style="font-size: 18pt"></font><font style="font-size: 18pt">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="font-size: 18pt"><br style="font-size: 18pt"></font>Washington,
      D.C. 20549</b>
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      <font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>Form&#160;8-K</b></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>Current
      Report Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of</b></font><b><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt">The
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;&#160;</b></font><b><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">May
      8, 2013</font></b><br>
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      <font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>Hot Topic, Inc.</b></font><b><font style="font-size: 18pt"><br style="font-size: 18pt"></font></b>(Exact
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            (Commission File<br>Number)
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            (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)
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            <b>18305 E. San Jose Avenue</b>
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            <b>City of Industry, California</b>
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            (Address of principal executive offices)
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            (Zip Code)
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including
      area code:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>&#160;(626)&#160;839-4681</b></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Not
      Applicable.</b></font><br>(Former name or former address, if changed
      since last report.)
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      Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
      of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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            <b>Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</b>
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      Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release that Hot
      Topic, Inc. issued on May 8, 2013, containing certain financial
      information for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013.
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    <p style="text-indent: 60.0px">
      The information in this Item 2.02 and the corresponding exhibit are
      being furnished and shall not be deemed &quot;filed&quot; for the purposes of
      Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
      &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), 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, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
      regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
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            <u>Exhibit No</u>.
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            <u>Description</u>
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          99.1
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          Press Release issued by Hot Topic, Inc. on May 8, 2013.
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>SIGNATURE</b></font><br><br>
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      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.<br><br>
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            <b>HOT TOPIC, INC.</b>
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            By:
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            /s/ GEORGE&#160;WEHLITZ, JR.
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            George Wehlitz, Jr.
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            &#160;
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            <i>Chief Financial Officer</i>
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            Date: May 8, 2013
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      <b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b><br><br>
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            <u>Exhibit No</u>.
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          99.1
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            Press Release issued by Hot Topic, Inc. on May 8, 2013.
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Hot
      Topic, Inc. Reports First Quarter Comp Sales Down 1.6%</b></font>
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      CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2013--Hot Topic, Inc.
      (NASDAQ Global Select Market: HOTT) today announced the sales results
      for its first fiscal quarter (13 weeks ended May 4, 2013). A summary of
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          Net Sales
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          This

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            Year (1)
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            Year
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          $

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            Millions
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          % Change

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            To Last
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            Year
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          FIRST QUARTER:
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        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 20.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          Hot Topic
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          -2.4
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          9.5
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          121.8
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          -1.5
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 20.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          Torrid
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          1.0
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          2.5
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          53.0
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          10.7
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 20.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          Total Co.
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          -1.6
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          7.5
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          174.8
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          1.9
        </td>
        <td style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
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    <p style="margin-left: 30.0px">
      (1) First quarter 2013 comparable sales are compared to the 13-week
      period ended May 5, 2012 as fiscal year 2012 was a 53-week year.
    </p>
    <p>
      Hot Topic, Inc. is a mall and web based specialty retailer operating the
      Hot Topic and Torrid concepts, as well as a new test retail concept,
      Blackheart. Hot Topic offers music/pop culture-licensed and music/pop
      culture-influenced apparel, accessories, music and gift items for young
      men and women. Torrid offers on-trend fashion apparel, lingerie and
      accessories inspired by and designed to fit the young, voluptuous woman
      who wears size 12 and up. Blackheart offers an expanded collection of
      dark, edgy, sexy lingerie, accessories and beauty products. As of May 4,
      2013, the company operated 621 Hot Topic stores in all 50 states, Puerto
      Rico and Canada, 195 Torrid stores, 9 Blackheart stores, and Internet
      stores hottopic.com, torrid.com and blackheartlingerie.com.
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    <p>
      This news release contains forward-looking statements, which may include
      statements relating to financial results, guidance, store and online
      operations (including closures, remodels and relocations), projections,
      financial performance including cost reductions and changes in business
      operations, and related matters. These statements involve risks and
      uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties associated with meeting
      expected financial results, fluctuations in sales and comparable sales
      results, music, license and fashion trends, competition from other
      retailers, uncertainties generally associated with specialty retailing,
      technology and other risks associated with Internet sales, the effect of
      negative conditions in the economic environment (including global
      capital and credit markets), the effect of severe weather or natural
      disasters, political and/or social changes or events that could
      negatively impact shopping patterns and/or mall traffic, relationships
      with mall developers and operators, relationships with our vendors,
      litigation proceedings and contingent liabilities, as well as other
      risks detailed in the company&#8217;s SEC reports including its Annual Report
      on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2013, and its Quarterly
      Reports on Form 10-Q. Historical results achieved are not necessarily
      indicative of the future prospects of the company, and actual results or
      circumstances could differ materially from the forward-looking
      statements.
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    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Hot Topic, Inc.<br>Investor Contact:<br>George Wehlitz, CFO
      626-839-4681 x2174<br>or<br>Media Contact:<br>Jennifer Vides,
      626-839-4681 x2970
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