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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-20-016776
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200910
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200916
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200916

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Liao Daniel JL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001775769

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39063
		FILM NUMBER:		201178512

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2045 EAST INNOVATION CIRCLE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85284

ISSUER:		

	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

	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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    <remarks>No securities are beneficially owned.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/Richelle E. Burr, attorney-in-fact for Daniel JL Liao</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-09-16</signatureDate>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Photronics, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Power of Attorney</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Know all men by these present that the undersigned, a member of the Board of Directors of Photronics, Inc., hereby constitutes and appoints Richelle E. Burr,
      the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">1)</td>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as member of the Board of Directors of Photronics, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
              in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file
              such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
              of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
              conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
      or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
      confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
      foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
      undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of Photronics, Inc. unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this day of July 15, 2020.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 252pt; font-size: 12pt;"><u>/S/ Daniel JL Liao</u></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 252pt; font-size: 12pt;">Daniel JL Liao</div>
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