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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">Form S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: -1.55pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: -1.55pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; font-weight: bold;">UNDER</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: -1.55pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt;">PHOTRONICS, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">CONNECTICUT</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">06-0854886</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">15 Secor Road</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Brookfield, CT 06804</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">PHOTRONICS, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Amended and Current as of March 25, 2019)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">Richelle E. Burr</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">PHOTRONICS, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">15 Secor Road</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Brookfield, CT 06804</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Name and address of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">(203) 775-9000</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.&#160; See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;accelerated
      filer&#8221;, &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8216;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer</div>
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          <td style="width: 20%; vertical-align: top;">&#9745;</td>
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            <div>Accelerated filer</div>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer</div>
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            <div>Smaller reporting company</div>
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            <div>Emerging Growth Company</div>
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Title of Securities to be</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount to be</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum </div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount of</div>
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              <div>Common Stock, Par Value $.01 (1)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">350,000</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">$12.115</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">$4,240,250.00</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">$462.61</div>
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    <div>(1)&#160; &#160; &#160; Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Registrant as may be issuable in the event of
      a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar capital structure, merger consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights
      or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.</div>
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    <div>(2)&#160; &#160; &#160; Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share is estimated based on the average of the low and high prices for
      the Registrant&#8217;s common stock on January 21, 2021 of $12.25 and $11.98, respectively, as reported on NASDAQ.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">PART I</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Plan Information.<sup style="font-family: Symbol, serif; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">*</sup></div>
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              <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font><sup style="font-family: Symbol, serif; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">*</sup></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">PART II</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The following information filed by Photronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) with the Commission is incorporated herein by reference:</div>
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            <div>The Registrant&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 (filed on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036121001225/brhc10018426_10k.htm">January 15, 2021</a>, and amended on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036121001934/brhc10019195_10ka.htm">January 22, 2021</a>);</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">(c)</td>
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            <div>The description of the Registrant's common stock included in its Registration Statement on Form <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000120677409001242/photronics_s3.htm">S-3</a>, filed on June 25, 2009.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) after the date of this
      Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
      this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.&#160; Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
      this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any statement so
      modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Securities.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable; the class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Except as described in Exhibit 5.1, none.</div>
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    <div><sup style="font-family: Symbol, serif; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">*</sup>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; The documents containing the information specified in &#8220;Item 1. Plan Information&#8221; and &#8220;Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information&#8221; of Form S-8 will be sent or
      given to participants of the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this Registration
      Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together,
      constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act</div>
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    <div>Under applicable Connecticut law, the Registrant shall provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents.&#160; Applicable Connecticut law requires the Registrant to indemnify a director against judgments and other expenses
      of litigation when he is sued by reason of his being a director in any proceeding brought, other than on behalf of the corporation, if a director is successful on the merits in defense, or acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be
      in the best interests of the corporation, and in all other cases that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or in a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.&#160;
      In a proceeding brought on behalf of a corporation (a derivative action), a director is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation for reasonable expenses of litigation, if the director is finally adjudged not to have breached his duty to the
      corporation.&#160; In addition, a director is entitled to indemnification for both derivative and non-derivative actions, if a court determines, upon application, that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified.&#160; Finally, the
      Registrant maintains director and officer liability insurance which provides insurance for the Registrant's directors and officers in connection with claims brought against them in their capacity as such with the Registrant.</div>
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    <div>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Article Ninth of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation limits directors' monetary liability for actions or omissions made in good faith, which are later determined to be a breach of their duty as directors of the Registrant.&#160; Article
      Ninth does not eliminate or limit a director's liability for breaches of fiduciary duty for actions or omissions which (i) involved a knowing and culpable violation of law; (ii) enabled a director or an associate (as defined in Section 33-840 of the
      Connecticut Business Corporation Act) to receive an improper personal economic gain; (iii) showed a lack of good faith and conscious disregard for his duty as a director under circumstances where the director was aware that his actions created an
      unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the Registrant; (iv) constituted a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of his duty; or (v) involved the improper distribution of Registrant assets to its shareholders
      or an improper loan to an officer, director or 5% shareholder.&#160; Article Ninth also does not preclude suits for equitable relief, such as an injunction, nor would it shield directors from liability for violations of the federal securities laws.&#160;
      Moreover, Article Ninth does not limit the liability of directors for any act or omission that occurred prior to the date the Article became effective and does not limit the potential liability of officer-directors in their capacity as officers.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not Applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.</td>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are set forth below in the Exhibits Index.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: -27pt; margin-left: 63pt;">(i)&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;);</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 45pt;">(ii)&#160; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
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    <div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 45pt;">(iii)&#160; To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
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    <div style="margin-left: 36pt;"><u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">(2)&#160; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">(3)&#160; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 9pt;">B.&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
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    <div style="text-indent: 9pt;">C.&#160; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling person of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
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    <div>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richelle E. Burr, their true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PHOTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CONNECTICUT
06-0854886
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
15 Secor Road
Brookfield, CT 06804
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
PHOTRONICS, INC.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Amended and Current as of March 25, 2019)
Richelle E. Burr
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
PHOTRONICS, INC.
15 Secor Road
Brookfield, CT 06804
(Name and address of agent for service)
(203) 775-9000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated
      filer", "smaller reporting company" and 'emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☑
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging Growth Company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
registered  (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 (1)
350,000
$12.115
$4,240,250.00
$462.61
(1)      Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Registrant as may be issuable in the event of
      a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar capital structure, merger consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights
      or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.
(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share is estimated based on the average of the low and high prices for
      the Registrant's common stock on January 21, 2021 of $12.25 and $11.98, respectively, as reported on NASDAQ.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
*
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following information filed by Photronics, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Commission is incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 (filed on
January 15, 2021
, and amended on
January 22, 2021
);
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common stock included in its Registration Statement on Form
S-3
, filed on June 25, 2009.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") after the date of this
      Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
      this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
      this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so
      modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable; the class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Except as described in Exhibit 5.1, none.
*
The documents containing the information specified in "Item 1. Plan Information" and "Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information" of Form S-8 will be sent or
      given to participants of the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
      Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together,
      constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under applicable Connecticut law, the Registrant shall provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents.  Applicable Connecticut law requires the Registrant to indemnify a director against judgments and other expenses
      of litigation when he is sued by reason of his being a director in any proceeding brought, other than on behalf of the corporation, if a director is successful on the merits in defense, or acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be
      in the best interests of the corporation, and in all other cases that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or in a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. 
      In a proceeding brought on behalf of a corporation (a derivative action), a director is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation for reasonable expenses of litigation, if the director is finally adjudged not to have breached his duty to the
      corporation.  In addition, a director is entitled to indemnification for both derivative and non-derivative actions, if a court determines, upon application, that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified.  Finally, the
      Registrant maintains director and officer liability insurance which provides insurance for the Registrant's directors and officers in connection with claims brought against them in their capacity as such with the Registrant.
Article Ninth of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation limits directors' monetary liability for actions or omissions made in good faith, which are later determined to be a breach of their duty as directors of the Registrant.  Article
      Ninth does not eliminate or limit a director's liability for breaches of fiduciary duty for actions or omissions which (i) involved a knowing and culpable violation of law; (ii) enabled a director or an associate (as defined in Section 33-840 of the
      Connecticut Business Corporation Act) to receive an improper personal economic gain; (iii) showed a lack of good faith and conscious disregard for his duty as a director under circumstances where the director was aware that his actions created an
      unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the Registrant; (iv) constituted a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of his duty; or (v) involved the improper distribution of Registrant assets to its shareholders
      or an improper loan to an officer, director or 5% shareholder.  Article Ninth also does not preclude suits for equitable relief, such as an injunction, nor would it shield directors from liability for violations of the federal securities laws. 
      Moreover, Article Ninth does not limit the liability of directors for any act or omission that occurred prior to the date the Article became effective and does not limit the potential liability of officer-directors in their capacity as officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are set forth below in the Exhibits Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
A.          The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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(i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");
(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
      the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto); and
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
      Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with
      or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B.  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling person of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
      registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
      unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
      will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
      signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Brookfield, State of Connecticut, on the 27th day of January , 2021.
PHOTRONICS, INC.
By /s/ Richelle E. Burr
Richelle E. Burr
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel
and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richelle E. Burr, their true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
      re-substitution, to act, without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
      exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
      necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, their substitute or substitutes may
      lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Chief Executive Officer
January 27, 2021
/s/ Peter S. Kirlin
Director
Peter S. Kirlin
(Principal Executive Officer)
Executive Vice President and
January 27, 2021
/s/ John P. Jordan
Chief Financial Officer
John P. Jordan
(Principal Financial Officer)
Vice President, Corporate Controller
January 27, 2021
/s/ Eric Rivera
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Eric Rivera
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Signature
Title
Date
Chairman of the Board
January 27, 2021
/s/ Constantine S. Macricostas
Constantine S. Macricostas
/s/ Walter M. Fiederowicz
Director
January 27, 2021
Walter M. Fiederowicz
/s/ Daniel Liao
Director
January 27, 2021
Daniel Liao
/s/ George Macricostas
Director
January 27, 2021
George Macricostas
/s/ Mary Paladino
Director
January 27, 2021
Mary Paladino
/s/ Mitchell G. Tyson
Director
January 27, 2021
Mitchell G. Tyson
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EXHIBITS INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 (Commission File Number 000-15451) filed on December 23, 2019.
3.2
By-laws of the Registrant, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2016).
4.1
Photronics, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Amended and Current as of March 25, 2019 incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Def14A filed on February 28, 2019.
5.1
Opinion of Richelle E. Burr, Esq.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Richelle E. Burr, Esq.(contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the Signature Page of this Registration Statement).
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