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  0001748668
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000810136
  PHOTRONICS INC
  001-39063
  15 SECOR ROAD
  PO BOX 5226
  BROOKFIELD
  CT
  06804
  2037759000
  Lee Kang Jyh
  Officer
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  8750
  212928.58
  63335388
  12/20/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  01/02/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4375
  01/02/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4375
  01/03/2023
  Compensation
  N
  Frank K. Lee
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
  12/19/2024
  20000
  505423.76
  Lee Kang Jyh and Frank K. Lee are one and the same person.
  12/20/2024
  /s/ Jared Cook, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Frank K. Lee