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  0001489635
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000810136
  PHOTRONICS INC
  001-39063
  15 SECOR ROAD
  PO BOX 5226
  BROOKFIELD
  CT
  06804
  2037759000
  Burr Richelle E
  Former Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  33244
  803018.35
  63353762
  10/14/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  10/14/2024
  Option Granted - 01/03/2017
  Issuer
  N
  7744
  10/14/2024
  Cash
  Common
  10/14/2024
  Option Granted - 01/04/2016
  Issuer
  N
  25500
  10/14/2024
  Cash
  N
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  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
  10/10/2024
  13141
  308877.73
  Richelle E. Burr
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
  10/09/2024
  8321
  200300.40
  Richelle E. Burr
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
  10/08/2024
  3538
  84969.15
  10/15/2024
  /s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Richelle E. Burr