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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
  4882
  89592.91
  60150512
  06/20/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common
  06/20/2025
  Options Granted - 01/04/2016
  Issuer
  N
  4882
  06/20/2025
  Cash
  N
  Frank Lee
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
  03/26/2025
  10000
  216000.00
  Frank Lee
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield
  CT
  06804
  Common
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  28118
  517368.39
  Kang Jyh Lee and Frank K. Lee are one and the same person.
  06/20/2025
  /s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Frank K. Lee