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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-12-001152
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120321
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120321

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PHOTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000810136
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				060854886
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15451
		FILM NUMBER:		12704685

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 SECOR ROAD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 5226
		CITY:			BROOKFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06804
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2037759000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 SECOR ROAD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5226
		CITY:			BROOKFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06804

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHOTRONIC LABS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900514
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITING MATERIALS
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size=2>SCHEDULE 14A </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size=2>(Rule 14a-101) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size=2>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size=2>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the<BR>Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="12%" colSpan=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Filed by the Registrant
      [X]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="88%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="12%" colSpan=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Filed by a Party other than
      the Registrant [&nbsp;&nbsp; ]&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="87%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="12%"  colSpan=3>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" ></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="87%" ></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="12%" colSpan=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Check the appropriate
      box:</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="87%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp; ]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Preliminary Proxy
      Statement</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp; ]&nbsp;
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="87%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Soliciting Material Under Rule
      14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp; ]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Confidential, For Use of
      the<BR>Commission Only (as permitted<BR>by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="87%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp; ]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Definitive Proxy
      Statement</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="88%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[X]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="10%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Definitive Additional
      Materials</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="88%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="94%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Photronics, Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="94%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>(Name of Registrant as
      Specified In Its Charter)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="94%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="94%">
      <DIV align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>(Name
      of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the
      Registrant)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="100%" colSpan=5><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Payment of Filing Fee (Check
      the appropriate box):</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[X]</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="98%" colSpan=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>No fee required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <DIV><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp;
      ]</FONT></FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=3>
      <DIV><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Fee computed on
      table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and
0-11.</FONT></DIV></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" vAlign=top align=right width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" vAlign=top align=right width="1%"><FONT size=2>1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" vAlign=top align=left width="1%">&nbsp;<FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="96%"><FONT size=2>Title of each class of
      securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width="96%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ><FONT size=2>2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="96%" ><FONT size=2>Aggregate number of
      securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ><FONT size=2>3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" ></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="96%" ><FONT size=2>Per unit price or
      other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act
      Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
      state how it was determined):</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ><FONT size=2>4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" ></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="96%" ><FONT size=2>Proposed maximum
      aggregate value of transaction:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ><FONT size=2>5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" ></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="96%" ><FONT size=2>Total fee
      paid:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%" ></TD>
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      <DIV><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp;
      ]</FONT></FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=right width="1%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=3>
      <DIV><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Fee paid previously
      with preliminary materials:</FONT></DIV></TD></TR>
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      <DIV><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>[&nbsp;&nbsp;
      ]</FONT></FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width="98%" colSpan=3>
      <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange
      Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
      was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration
      statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its
      filing.</FONT></DIV></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="96%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Amount previously
    paid:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="96%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Form, Schedule or Registration
      Statement No.:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="96%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Filing Party:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="96%"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=2>Date Filed:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Photronics, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is  scheduled to hold its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders on March 28, </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>2012.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Board of Directors and the management of the  Company values
direct interaction and </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">communication with
shareholders. During fiscal 2011, the Board  encouraged senior </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">management
to  solicit feedback from shareholders. Accordingly, </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">senior
management  attended numerous meetings, telephone and conference calls  with </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">the
Company&#146;s shareholders.  Such communications covered subjects such as the  Company&#146;s financial and operating performance,</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">corporate
governance, and executive  compensation policies and practices. Some shareholders </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">have
a policy of not participating in such  management meetings.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">For the Company&#146;s 2011 proxy season, two issues  were addressed with a few
of the Company&#146;s</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> significant shareholders,
the excise tax gross up in the Company&#146;s  executive employment</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">
agreements and shareholder desire to see the Board of Directors appoint a Director  with </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">technical
and semiconductor  industry experience as well as someone of Asian descent. This </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">communication
with shareholders and the  Company&#146;s response was discussed on page 6 and</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">
15 of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">February
23, 2012.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">Page 6 of the Proxy Statement states that the Company is  open to and receptive
to shareholder </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">communication. In January of 2012,
the Company announced that Dr.  L.C. Hsia, a Taiwanese</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">national,
with many years of experience in the semiconductor industry joined the Board  of </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Directors
of  Photronics.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman">Furthermore, Page 15 of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2012, states that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company (the &#147;Compensation Committee&#148;) understands that excise tax gross up payments upon a change of control
is considered to be a pay practice that is not favored by shareholders. This issue was among several issues analyzed by the Compensation
Committee in the past that was influenced by communications with shareholders.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee met on March 15, 2012  and decided that
prospectively the </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Company will not include tax gross
up provisions in its employment  agreements and proposed </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">the
removal of the excise tax gross up from the Company&#146;s current employment  agreements.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">On
March 16, 2012,  the Compensation Committee reached agreement with each of the </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Executives
to make such removal.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please see the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the
SEC on March 16, 2012.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>During fiscal 2011, management did not  receive any other material
feedback about executive </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>compensation
and practices to report to  the Compensation Committee. Furthermore, the Company did</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
not receive any shareholder proposals for the 2011 and 2012 proxy season.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></P>
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