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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2014 </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=right width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration No.333
        -</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNITED STATES
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549 <BR>________<BR></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form S-8 </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  <BR>UNDER <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933 </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PHOTRONICS, INC.
  <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter) </FONT></P>
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      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CONNECTICUT</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>06-0854886</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>15 Secor Road
  <BR>Brookfield, CT 06804 <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Photronics, Inc. Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (as last amended on March 28, 2012) <BR>Photronics, Inc.
  2007 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (as last amended on April 11, 2014)
  <BR>(Full title of the plans) </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Richelle E. Burr
  <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Vice President, General Counsel
  and Secretary <BR>PHOTRONICS, INC. <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>15 Secor Road <BR>Brookfield, CT 06804 <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Name and address of agent for service)
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(203) 775-9000
  <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Telephone number, including area
  code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark
  whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148;, and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated filer x</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%">
        <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Do not check if a
        smaller reporting company) </FONT></P></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
  FEE </FONT></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title of Securities to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount
    of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>registered
        (1)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>offering price per
        share</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>aggregate offering
        price</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>registration fee</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="25%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(4)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(4)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Common Stock, Par Value
        $.01</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="18%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="18%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(2007 Long Term Equity
        Incentive</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="19%" rowSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>3,000,000 (2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="18%" rowSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$8.00</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="19%" rowSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$24,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=center noWrap align=center width="18%" rowSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$3,091.20</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Plan &#150; as last amended on
        April 11,</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>2014)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Common Stock, Par Value
        $.01</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="18%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Employee Stock Purchase
        Plan &#150; as</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>300,000 (3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="18%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$8.00</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$2,400,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="18%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$309.12</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>last
        amended on March 28, 2012)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="18%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="18%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><B>Total</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="19%" STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>3,300,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="18%" STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$8.00</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="19%" STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$26,400,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="18%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$3,400.32</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant
        to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
        Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
        offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described
        herein.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Represents
        3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Photronics, Inc.
        (the &#147;Company&#148;) to be offered pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2007 Long Term
        Equity Incentive Plan, as last amended on April 11, 2014.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Represents
        300,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Photronics, Inc. (the
        &#147;Company&#148;) to be offered pursuant to the Company&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase
        Plan, as last amended on March 28, 2012 (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(4)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=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 &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Proposed Maximum Offering Price is based on
        the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock of the
        Company as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on July 31,
    2014.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART I </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></P>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 1.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SUP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SUP></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="97%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Plan Information.*</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="97%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 2.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="97%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registrant Information and Employee Plan
        Annual Information.*</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>____________________<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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      <TD WIDTH="1%" STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><FONT size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="1%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD width="98%">
        <P STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Information required by Part I to
        be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this</FONT>
        <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration Statement in accordance
        with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the &#147;Note&#148; to Part I of</FONT>
        <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
  S-8.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The following information filed by Photronics, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or
  &#147;Photronics&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) is
  incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  November 3, 2013 (filed on January 3, 2014), including those sections
  incorporated therein by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement
  on Schedule 14A filed on March 3, 2014 ; </FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) The Registrant&#146;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
  quarters ended February 2, 2014 (filed on March 6, 2014) and May 4, 2014 (filed
  on June 6, 2014). </FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) The Registrant&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed April 9, 2014 and
  April 22, 2014.</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(d) The description of the Registrant's common stock included in its
  Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on June 25, 2009. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  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 &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) 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.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 4. Description of
  Securities. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Not applicable; the class of securities to be offered is registered under
  Section 12 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Except as described in Exhibit 5.1, none.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 6. Indemnification
  of Directors and Officers. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  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. In
  addition, Article IX of the Registrant&#146;s By-laws provides that the Registrant
  shall indemnify and reimburse shareholders, directors, officers, employees and
  agents as required by Section 33-320a of the Stock Corporation Act of the State
  of Connecticut. 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.</FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4</FONT></P>
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  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 7. Exemption from
  Registration Claimed. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Not Applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are set forth below in
  the Exhibits Index.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 9. Undertakings.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) To file, during any period in
  which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
  of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;); </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify>
  <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(ii)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="97%">
        <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 </FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="97%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(iii)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="97%" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="97%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="97%">
        <P align=justify><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>provided</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>,
        </FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>however</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, 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. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  (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. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  (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. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 </FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>bona
  fide</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> offering thereof.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>6</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 6<SUP>th</SUP> day of August, 2014.</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="1%">
        <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PHOTRONICS,
        INC.</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By /s/ Richelle E. Burr</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Richelle E. Burr</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Vice President, General Counsel</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="50%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="49%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>and Secretary</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="50%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that
  each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richelle E.
  Burr and Sean T. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Signature</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman of the Board of</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Constantine S. Macricostas</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Directors and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Constantine S. Macricostas</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice President and</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Sean T. Smith</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Sean T. Smith</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Financial and</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Walter M. Fiederowicz</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Walter M. Fiederowicz</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="81%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Joseph A. Fiorita, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Joseph A. Fiorita, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ George Macricostas</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>George Macricostas</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Mitchell G. Tyson</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Mitchell G. Tyson</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="16%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Liang-Choo Hsia</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 6, 2014</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Liang-Choo Hsia</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="19%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>7</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBITS INDEX</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 2%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit No.</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 4%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="92%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
        for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2013 (Commission File Number
        000-15451).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" COLSPAN="4" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="2%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By-laws of the Registrant, (incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
        Form S-1, File Number 33-11694, which was declared effective by the
        Commission on March 10, 1987).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" COLSPAN="4" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="2%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Photronics, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
        (as last amended on March 28, 2012).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" COLSPAN="4" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="2%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Photronics, Inc. 2007 Long Term Equity
        Incentive Plan (as last amended on April 11, 2014).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="2%" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" STYLE="text-align: justify"></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="2%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Richelle E. Burr, Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="99%" COLSPAN="4" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="96%" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche
    LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2014
  Registration No.333
        -
  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
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  15 Secor Road
  Brookfield, CT 06804
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices)
  Photronics, Inc. Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (as last amended on March 28, 2012)
  Photronics, Inc.
  2007 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (as last amended on April 11, 2014)
  (Full title of the plans)
  Richelle E. Burr
  Vice President, 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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", and "smaller reporting company"
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  Accelerated filer x
  Non-accelerated filer
  Smaller reporting company
  (Do not check if a
        smaller reporting company)
  1
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
  FEE
  Title of Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Amount
    of
  Registered
  registered
        (1)
  offering price per
        share
  aggregate offering
        price
  registration fee
  (4)
  (4)
  Common Stock, Par Value
        $.01
  (2007 Long Term Equity
        Incentive
  3,000,000 (2)
  $8.00
  $24,000,000
  $3,091.20
  Plan – as last amended on
        April 11,
  2014)
  Common Stock, Par Value
        $.01
  (Employee Stock Purchase
        Plan – as
  300,000 (3)
  $8.00
  $2,400,000
  $309.12
  last
        amended on March 28, 2012)
  Total
  3,300,000
  $8.00
  $26,400,000
  $3,400.32
  (1)
  Pursuant
        to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
        Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
        offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described
        herein.
  (2)
  Represents
        3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Photronics, Inc.
        (the "Company") to be offered pursuant to the Company's 2007 Long Term
        Equity Incentive Plan, as last amended on April 11, 2014.
  (3)
  Represents
        300,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Photronics, Inc. (the
        "Company") to be offered pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase
        Plan, as last amended on March 28, 2012 (the "Plan").
  (4)
  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 "Securities Act"). The Proposed Maximum Offering Price is based on
        the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock of the
        Company as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on July 31,
    2014.
  2
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.*
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan
        Annual Information.*
  ____________________
  *
  Information required by Part I to
        be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
  Registration Statement in accordance
        with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the "Note" to Part I of
  Form
  S-8.
  3
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.
  The following information filed by Photronics, Inc. (the "Registrant" or
  "Photronics") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") is
  incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)
  The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  November 3, 2013 (filed on January 3, 2014), including those sections
  incorporated therein by reference to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement
  on Schedule 14A filed on March 3, 2014 ;
  (b) The Registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
  quarters ended February 2, 2014 (filed on March 6, 2014) and May 4, 2014 (filed
  on June 6, 2014).
  (c) The Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed April 9, 2014 and
  April 22, 2014.
  (d) 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.
  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. In
  addition, Article IX of the Registrant's By-laws provides that the Registrant
  shall indemnify and reimburse shareholders, directors, officers, employees and
  agents as required by Section 33-320a of the Stock Corporation Act of the State
  of Connecticut. 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.
  4
  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:
  (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.
  5
  (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.
  6
  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 6
  th
  day of August, 2014.
  PHOTRONICS,
        INC.
  By /s/ Richelle E. Burr
  Richelle E. Burr
  Vice President, 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 and Sean T. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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
  Chairman of the Board of
  August 6, 2014
  /s/ Constantine S. Macricostas
  Directors and Chief Executive Officer
  Constantine S. Macricostas
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  Senior Vice President and
  August 6, 2014
  /s/ Sean T. Smith
  Chief Financial Officer
  Sean T. Smith
  (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Walter M. Fiederowicz
  Director
  August 6, 2014
  Walter M. Fiederowicz
  /s/ Joseph A. Fiorita, Jr.
  Director
  August 6, 2014
  Joseph A. Fiorita, Jr.
  /s/ George Macricostas
  Director
  August 6, 2014
  George Macricostas
  /s/ Mitchell G. Tyson
  Director
  August 6, 2014
  Mitchell G. Tyson
  /s/ Liang-Choo Hsia
  Director
  August 6, 2014
  Liang-Choo Hsia
  7
  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 November 3, 2013 (Commission File Number
        000-15451).
  3.2
  By-laws of the Registrant, (incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
        Form S-1, File Number 33-11694, which was declared effective by the
        Commission on March 10, 1987).
  4.1
  Photronics, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
        (as last amended on March 28, 2012).
  4.2
  Photronics, Inc. 2007 Long Term Equity
        Incentive Plan (as last amended on April 11, 2014).
  5.1
  Opinion of Richelle E. Burr, Esq.
  23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche
    LLP.
  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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