Company Website: http://www.hickorytech.com
MANKATO, Minn. -- (Business Wire)

HickoryTech Corporation (NASDAQ: HTCO) announced today that John Finke, president and chief executive officer of HickoryTech, will present at the 2012 InvestMNt conference sponsored by the CFA Society of Minnesota. The event will take place in Minneapolis on May 24^{at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The presentation that will be delivered will be available at http://investor.hickorytech.com, click on “Presentation.”}

Approximately 36 companies from the upper Midwest are participating in the conference. For more information, visit http://investmnt.org.

About HickoryTech
HickoryTech Corporation is a leading communications provider serving business and residential customers in the upper Midwest. With headquarters in Mankato, Minn., the corporation has 500 employees and an expanded, multi-state fiber network spanning more than 3,250 route miles serving Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. Enventis provides IP-based voice and data solutions, MPLS networking, data center and managed hosted services and communication systems to businesses across a five-state region. HickoryTech delivers broadband Internet, Digital TV, voice and data services to businesses and consumers in southern Minnesota and northwest Iowa. The Company trades on the NASDAQ, symbol: HTCO, and is a member of the Russell 2000 Index. For more information, visit www.hickorytech.com.

Contacts:

HickoryTech
Jennifer Spaude, 507-386-3765

Source: HickoryTech Corporation