Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and 424(c)
                                     Registration Statement No. 333-82080



                           PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
                     (To Prospectus Dated February 22, 2002)

                                  $200,000,000

                                Photronics, Inc.

                 4 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2006
                                       and
               Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes


This document supplements our prospectus dated February 22, 2002 relating to the
resale of up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our Notes and the
shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, by certain
holders of Notes who are named as selling security holders in the prospectus.

You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the prospectus.
This prospectus supplement updates information in the prospectus, and,
accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, the information in this prospectus
supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus.

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Investing in the notes involves risks. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 7 of
the prospectus.

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          NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE
           SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE
           SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS
          PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
                                    OFFENSE.


            The date of this prospectus supplement is April 3, 2002.




The table of selling security holders beginning on page 36 of the prospectus is
hereby amended to add the entities named below as selling security holders:




                                                                                    Number of
                                      Principal                                     shares of
                                    amount of notes                               common stock
                                     beneficially          Percentage of          that may be        Percentage of
                                     owned that                notes                 sold            common stock
        Name                         may be sold            outstanding               (1)            outstanding (2)
        ----                         -----------            -----------               ---            ---------------
                                                                               
Jefferies Umbrella Fund US
Convertible Bonds                    $  270,000                  *                    7,297                 *
Morgan Stanley & Co.                  1,500,000                  *                   40,540                 *










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After giving effect to the addition of the foregoing selling security holders
and the insertion of a footnote, the section of the prospectus entitled "Selling
Security Holders" reads as follows:


                            SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

                  We originally issued the notes in a private placement in
December 2001. The notes were resold by the initial purchasers of the notes to
qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Selling
security holders may offer and sell the notes and the underlying common stock
pursuant to this prospectus.

The following table sets forth information we have received as of April 3, 2002
about the principal amount of notes and the underlying common stock beneficially
owned by each selling security holder that may be offered using this prospectus.




                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
Advent Convertible Master Cayman L.P.                 $2,935,000           1.47%            79,324               *
AIG/National Union Fire Insurance                        180,000            *                4,864               *
Allentown City Firefighters Pension Plan                  29,000            *                  783               *
Allentown City Officers & Employees Pension Fund          11,000            *                  297               *
Allentown City Police Pension Plan                        54,000            *                1,459               *
Amaranth LLC                                          13,800,000           6.90            372,972              1.21%
American Motorist Insurance Company                      507,000            *               13,702               *
AmSouth Bank Custodian for AmSouth VA                  2,100,000           1.05             56,756               *
Equity Income Fund
AmSouth Bank Custodian for Silect Equity               1,320,000            *               35,675               *
Variable Annuity Fund
Arapahoe County Colorado                                  49,000            *                1,324               *


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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P.           500,000            *               13,513               *
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund              2,000,000           1.00             54,054               *
(Bermuda) Ltd.
Argent Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd.                 4,500,000           2.25            121,621               *
Argent LowLev Convertible Arbitrage Fund LLC             500,000            *               13,513               *
Arkansas Teachers Retirement System                    3,506,000           1.75             94,756               *
Aventis Pension Master Trust (5)                         105,000            *                2,837               *
Bank Austria Cayman Islands, LTD                       7,400,000           3.70            199,999               *
Bankers Trust Company Trustee for
DaimlerChrysler Corp. Emp. #1 Pension Plan             3,465,000           1.73             93,648               *
dtd. 4/1/89
Baptist Health of South Florida                          577,000            *               15,594               *
Black Diamond Offshore Ltd.                              565,000            *               15,270               *
Boilermaker - Blacksmith Pension Trust (5)               590,000            *               15,945               *
British Virgin Islands Social Security Board              38,000            *                1,027               *
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Fund - CALAMOS(R)               2,400,000           1.20             64,864               *
Investment Trust (5)
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Growth and Income Fund          4,400,000           2.20            118,918               *
- CALAMOS(R) Investment Trust (5)
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Portfolio - CALAMOS(R)             65,000            *                1,756               *
Advisors Trust (5)
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Technology Fund -                  65,000            *                1,756               *
CALAMOS(R) Investment Trust (5)


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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
CALAMOS(R) Global Convertible Fund - CALAMOS(R)           70,000            *                1,891               *
Investment Trust (5)
CALAMOS(R) Market Neutral Fund - CALAMOS(R)           10,500,000           5.25            283,783               *
Investment Trust (5)
Castle Convertible Fund, Inc.                          1,250,000            *               33,783               *
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust           2,035,000           1.01             54,999               *
CIBC World Markets                                     1,000,000            *               27,027               *
City of Albany Pension Plan (5)                           50,000            *                1,351               *
City of Knoxville Pension System (5)                     145,000            *                3,918               *
City of New Orleans                                      203,000            *                5,486               *
City University of New York                              122,000            *                3,297               *
Clarica Life Insurance Co.- U.S. (5)                     145,000            *                3,918               *
Clinton Multistrategy Master Fund, Ltd.                4,000,000           2.00            108,108               *
Clinton Riverside Convertible Portfolio Limited        4,000,000           2.00            108,108               *
Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds (5)               250,000            *                6,756               *
DeAm Convertible Arbitrage                             3,300,000           1.65             89,189               *
Delta Airlines Master Trust (5)                          950,000            *               25,675               *
Delta Air Lines Master Trust (c/o Oaktree                490,000            *               13,243               *
Capital Management LLC)
Delta Pilots Disability and Survivorship                 200,000            *                5,405               *
Trust (5)
Delta Pilots D & S Trust (c/o Oaktree                    270,000            *                7,297               *
Capital Management LLC)


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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
Deutsche Banc Alex Brown                              15,624,000           7.81            422,269              1.37
Dorinco Reinsurance Company (5)                          325,000            *                8,783               *
Double Black Diamond Offshore LDC                      2,935,000           1.47             79,324               *
Drury University (5)                                      35,000            *                  945               *
Engineers Joint Pension Fund                             468,000            *               12,648               *
Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc.                     7,300,000           3.65            197,297               *
Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of                 300,000            *                8,108               *
its Federated Income Fund II
Fidelity Financial Trust: Fidelity                    11,680,000           5.84            315,675              1.03
Convertible Securities Fund (6)
Franklin and Marshall College                            190,000            *                5,135               *
Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust, on
behalf of its Federated GVIT Equity Income Fund          180,000            *                4,864               *
Goldman Sachs and Company                                500,000            *               13,513               *
Grady Hospital Foundation                                107,000            *                2,891               *
Granville Capital Corporation                          2,000,000           1.00             54,054               *
HFR Convertible Arbitrage Account                        190,000            *                5,135               *
HFR Master Fund, LTD. (5)                                 50,000            *                1,351               *
H.K. Porter Company, Inc. (5)                             15,000            *                  405               *
Independence Blue Cross                                   64,000            *                1,729               *
Innovest Finanzdienstleistungs AG                        580,000            *               15,594               *
Jefferies Umbrella Fund US Convertible Bonds             270,000            *                7,297               *
KBC Financial Products USA Inc.                          250,000            *                6,756               *
Kettering Medical Center Funded                           35,000            *                  945               *
Depreciation Account (5)
Knoxville Utilities Board Retirement System (5)          120,000            *                3,243               *




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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
Lipper Convertibles, L.P.                              1,500,000            *               40,540               *
Lipper Offshore Convertibles, L.P.                     1,500,000            *               40,540               *
Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (5)          150,000            *                4,054               *
Lumbermans                                               491,000            *               13,270               *
Lyxor Master Fund Ref: Argent/LowLev CB                1,230,000            *               33,243               *
Macomb County Employees' Retirement System (5)           145,000            *                3,918               *
McMahan Securities Co., L.P.                           1,500,000            *               40,540               *
Microsoft Corporation                                    410,000            *               11,081               *
Minnesota Power and Light                                125,000            *                3,378               *
Morgan Stanley & Co. (7)                               1,500,000            *               40,540               *
Motion Pictures Industry                                 545,000            *               14,729               *
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -                    190,000            *                5,135               *
Active Member Fund
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -                     80,000            *                2,162               *
Retiree Member Fund
Municipal Employees                                      183,000            *                4,945               *
New Orleans Firefighters Pension/Relief Fund             110,000            *                2,972               *
Nicholas Applegate Convertible Fund                    1,395,000            *               37,702               *
Nicholas Applegate Global Holdings LP                     35,000            *                  945               *
1976 Distribution Trust FBO A.R. Lauder/                   7,000            *                  189               *
Zinterhofer
1976 Distribution Trust FBO Jane A. Lauder                13,000            *                  351               *
Occidental Petroleum Corporation                         118,000            *                3,189               *
OCM Convertible Trust                                  1,180,000            *                8,918               *
Ohio National Fund, Inc.,                                 30,000            *                  810               *



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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
on behalf of its
Equity Income Portfolio
Ondeo Nalco                                               40,000            *                1,081               *
Onex Industrial Partners Limited                       1,950,000            *               52,702               *
Palladin Securities LLC                                1,200,000            *               32,432               *
Paloma Securities LLC                                  5,000,000           2.50            135,135               *
Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd.                         330,000            *                8,918               *
Pebble Capital Inc.                                      650,000            *               17,567               *
Physicians Life                                          183,000            *                4,945               *
Policemen and Firemen Retirement System of               503,000            *               13,594               *
the City of Detroit
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Retirement and Disability Allowance Plan
for the Employees Represented by Local 85                615,000            *               16,621               *
of the Amalgamated Transit Union (5)
Pro-mutual                                               603,000            *               16,297               *
Qwest Occupational Health Trust                           55,000            *                1,486               *
Ramius Capital Group                                     300,000            *                8,108               *
RAM Trading Ltd                                        1,750,000            *               47,297               *
Raytheon Master Pension Trust                            200,000            *                5,405               *
RCG Halifax Master Fund, LTD                             550,000            *               14,864               *
RCG Latitude Master Fund, LTD                          2,500,000           1.25             67,567               *
RCG Multi Strategy A/C LP                              1,250,000            *               33,783               *
Robertson Stephens                                     5,000,000           2.50            135,135               *
Rockhaven Fund                                            80,000            *                2,162               *
Rockhaven Premier Dividend Fund                          700,000            *               18,918               *
San Diego City Retirement                              1,097,000            *               29,648               *



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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
San Diego County Convertible                           1,654,000            *               44,702               *
SCI Endowment Care Common Trust Fund -                    20,000            *                  540               *
First Union (5)
SCI Endowment Care Common Trust Fund -                    70,000            *                1,891               *
National Fiduciary Services (5)
SCI Endowment Care Common Trust Fund -                    30,000            *                  810               *
Suntrust (5)
Screen Actors Guild Pension Convertible                  500,000            *               13,513               *
S G Cowen Securities Corporation                       1,500,000            *               40,540               *
Shell Pension Trust                                      320,000            *                8,648               *
Silvercreek Limited Partnership                        1,100,000            *               29,729               *
Silvercreek II Limited                                   900,000            *               24,324               *
Southdown Pension Plan (5)                                60,000            *                1,621               *
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance                      185,000            *                4,999               *
SPT (5)                                                  710,000            *               19,189               *
Starvest Combined Portfolio                              190,000            *                5,135               *
State Employees' Retirement Fund of the                  810,000            *               21,891               *
State of Delaware
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Fund          1,705,000            *               46,081               *
State of Maryland Retirement Agency                    2,575,000           1.29             69,594               *
State Street Bank Custodian for GE Pension Trust       1,585,000            *               42,837               *
Sunrise Partners LLC                                   9,200,000           4.60            248,648               *
The Dow Chemical Company Employees'                    1,150,000            *               27,631               *
Retirement Plan (5)
The Fondren Foundation (5)                                35,000            *                  945               *
The Grable Foundation                                     95,000            *                2,567               *


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                                                        Principal                         Number of
                                                        amount of                         shares of         Percentage
                                                          notes                            common           of common
                                                       beneficially      Percentage       stock that          stock
                                                        owned that        of notes        may be sold       outstanding
           Name                                        may be sold      outstanding         (1)                 (2)
           ----                                        -----------      -----------         ---                 ---
                                                                                                    
Trustmark Insurance Company                              280,000            *                7,567               *
2000 Revocable Trust FBO A.R. Lauder/                      6,000            *                  162               *
Zinterhofer
Union Carbide Retirement Account (5)                     600,000            *               16,216               *
United Food and Commercial Workers Local                 270,000            *                7,297               *
1262 and Employee Pension Fund (5)
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.             1,945,000            *               52,567               *
Vopak USA Inc., Retirement Plan (f.k.a. Van              140,000            *                3,783               *
Waters & Rogers, Inc. Retirement Plan) (5)
Wake Forest University                                   686,000            *               18,540               *
Wake Forest University Convertible Arbitrage             355,000            *                9,594               *
WPG Convertible Arbitrage Overseas Master              2,500,000           1.25             67,567               *
Fund, L.P
Writers Guild Industry Health Fund                       293,000            *                7,918               *
Wyoming State Treasurer                                  971,000            *               26,243               *
Any other holder of notes or future
transferee, pledgee, donee or successor of
any holder (3)                                         6,708,000           3.35            181,297               *
                                                    ------------         ------          ---------             ----
Total..............................                 $200,000,000         100.00%         5,405,400(4)          15.13%
                                                    ============         ======          =========             ======




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* Less than 1%.

     (1)  Assumes conversion of all of the holder's notes at a conversion rate
          of 27.027 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes.
          However, this conversion rate will be subject to adjustment as
          described under "Description of Notes--Conversion Rights." As a
          result, the amount of common stock issuable upon conversion of the
          notes may increase or decrease in the future.

     (2)  Calculated based on 30,315,494 shares of common stock outstanding as
          of


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          December 31, 2001. In calculating this amount for each selling
          security holder, we treated as outstanding that number of shares of
          common stock issuable upon conversion of all of that holder's notes.
          However, we did not assume the conversion of any other holder's notes,
          except in calculating the percentage for all selling security holders
          as a group.

     (3)  Information about other selling security holders will be set forth in
          prospectus supplements, if required.

     (4)  Column does not add up correctly because the fractional shares to
          which the holders would be entitled have been disregarded.

     (5)  Pursuant to an Investment Management Agreement, CALAMOS(R) Investments
          is not acting individually, but solely as an Investment Manager for
          the selling security holder.

     (6)  The entity is either an investment company or a portfolio of an
          investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment
          Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a private investment account
          advised by Fidelity Management and Research Company ("FMR Co."). FMR
          Co. is a Massachusetts corporation and an investment advisor
          registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
          as amended, and provides investment advisory services to each of such
          Fidelity entities identified above, and to other registered investment
          companies and to certain other funds which are generally offered to a
          limited group of investors. FMR Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
          FMR Corp., a Massachusetts corporation. The holdings are as of January
          23, 2002.

     (7)  The entity owns 1,200,000 of our 6.00% convertible subordinated notes
          due 2004. Further, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated acted as one of
          the initial purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of the
          Notes in December 2001.


         We prepared this table based on the information supplied to us on or
before April 3, 2002 by the selling security holders named in the table. The
selling security holders listed in the above table may have sold or transferred,
in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
some or all of their notes since the date they have supplied the information to
us. Information about the selling security holders may change further over time.
Any changed information supplied to us will be set forth in future prospectus
supplements.

         Other than as noted above, none of the selling security holders listed
above has, or within the past three years has had, any position, office or other
material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates.

         Because the selling security holders may offer all or some of their
notes or the underlying common stock from time to time, we cannot estimate the
amount of the notes or the underlying common stock that will be held by the
selling security holders upon the termination of any

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particular offering. See "Plan of Distribution."



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