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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001539497-23-000348
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230224

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:	001-39063
		FILM NUMBER:		23668811

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>(Rule 14a-101)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify">Filed by the Registrant&#9;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Preliminary Proxy Statement</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Definitive Additional Materials</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement,
if Other Than the Registrant)</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 3.5mm 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times, serif">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</FONT></P>

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per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</FONT></TD>
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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></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: center"><B>PHOTRONICS, INC.<BR>
15 Secor Road<BR>
Brookfield, Connecticut 06804<BR>
(203) 775-9000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: center"><B>SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: center"><B>FEBRUARY 24, 2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify">On February 21, 2023, Photronics, Inc. filed
a definitive proxy statement (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on March 16, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify">The Board of Directors has fixed February 3,
2023 as the record date for determining the holders of common stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, and on February
21, 2023, Photronics, Inc. began making the proxy statement and proxy card available to all shareholders as of such record date. The Proxy
Statement incorrectly stated the record date as February 6, 2023. All references to the record date should be February 3, 2023. Except
as revised by the information contained herein, this supplement does not revise or update any of the other information set forth in the
Proxy Statement. This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. From and after the date of this supplement, any
reference to the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo; are to the Proxy Statement as supplemented hereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify">This supplement has been filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and first made available to shareholders on February 24, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">&nbsp;</P>

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