UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


 Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(d) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
May 23, 2018

PHOTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut
 0-15451
06-0854886
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

15 Secor Road Brookfield, CT
 
06804
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code
(203) 775-9000


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure

The investor presentation included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report may be presented at meetings with investors, analysts, and others on May 23, 2018. A copy of the presentation will be posted on the Photronics, Inc. website.

A copy of the investor presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company defines pursuant to its credit agreement. The Company believes that EBITDA is generally accepted as providing useful information regarding the operational strength and performance of its business, including the ability of the Company to pay interest, service debt and fund capital expenditures. The Company’s method for calculating EBITDA may not be comparable to methods used by other companies but is the same method the Company uses for calculating EBITDA under its credit facility. The Company has included in the investor presentation certain reconciliation information for EBITDA to its most directly comparable financial measure of net income calculated and reported in accordance with GAAP.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed subject to the requirements of amended Item 10 of Regulation S-K, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits

Photronics’ Investor Presentation dated May 23, 2018.


SIGNATURE

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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
PHOTRONICS, INC.
 
(Registrant)
     
 
By:
/s/ Richelle E. Burr
   
Name: Richelle E. Burr
   
Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Date: May 23, 2018