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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-21-018562
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210524

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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39063
		FILM NUMBER:		21956112

	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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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM SD</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">PHOTRONICS, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">15 Secor Road</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brookfield, CT 06804</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Richelle E. Burr</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(203) 775-9000</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 1.01 &#8211; Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</div>
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    <div>In order to comply with Rule 13p-1 (17 CFR 240.13p-1) promulgated under Section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Photronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) submits this Form SD, specialized disclosure report (&#8220;Form SD&#8221;). As defined
      in Form SD, the term &#8220;conflict mineral&#8221; means columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten, or any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S.
      Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (as defined in Form SD).</div>
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    <div>The Company has determined that tantalum is a conflict mineral which is necessary to the functionality or production of certain products manufactured by the Company.</div>
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    <div>The Company has conducted a good faith, reasonable country of origin inquiry with respect to the tantalum used in the Company&#8217;s products for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020, which such inquiry was reasonably designed to determine whether
      any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country. Based on this country of origin inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe that any of the tantalum necessary to the functionality or
      production of products manufactured by the Company in 2020 originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country unless they originated from recycled or scrap sources (as defined in Form SD) or from sources which have been
      assessed and approved by independent, internationally recognized, and reputable third parties.</div>
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    <div>In order to make this determination with respect to the country of origin of its tantalum, the Company undertook the following inquiry:</div>
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            <div>Identified all suppliers of tantalum to the Company;</div>
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            <div>Provided all such suppliers with a Conflict Mineral Reporting Template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative), a global non-governmental organization in the area of responsible
              minerals sourcing, and asked these suppliers to indicate whether any conflict minerals included in any component manufactured or contracted to be manufactured for the Company originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining
              country, and if so, whether such conflict minerals were from recycled or scrap sources, whether they have identified all of the smelters supplying conflict minerals in their supply chain, and asked such suppliers to provide a list of the
              smelters used by the supplier or their suppliers, the locations of such smelters&#8217; facilities, and whether those smelters have been certified as a &#8220;Conflict-Free Smelter&#8221; by the Responsible Minerals Initiative; and</div>
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            <div>Obtained a representation letter from each of the Company&#8217;s photomask materials suppliers certifying that any such tantalum (i) did not originate in the Democratic Republic of Congo or any adjoining country or (ii) came from recycled or
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    <div>This conflict minerals disclosure is available on the Company&#8217;s website at www.photronics.com.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Richelle E. Burr</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Richelle E. Burr</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Date: May 24, 2021</div>
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