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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting
Person Person(s) to Issuer
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Photronics, Inc. PLAB (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ___ Officer (give) ___ Other (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year title below below)
Kanda, Izumi-cho, Chiyda-ku Person (Voluntary)
March/1999
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) xx Form filed by One Reporting Person
__ Form filed by More than One
Tokyo Japan 101 Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of
Date Code Beneficially Form: Indirect
(Instr. (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Owned at Direct Beneficial
(Month/ 8) End of (D) or Ownership
Day/ Month Indirect
Year) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 3/26/99 D 250,000 D 13.90 2,180,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conversion 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of
Security or Exercise Date Code Derivative
(Instr. 3) Price of (Instr. 8) Acquired (A)
Derivative (Month/ Disposed of
Security Day/Year) (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, 5)
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Code V (A) (D)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
cisable and Amount of Under- Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
Expiration lying Securities Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
Date (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4) (Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: Ownership
Day/Year) Owned At End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
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Date Expira- Title Amount of (Instr. 4) (I)
Exer- tion Number of (Instr. 4)
cisable Date Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
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Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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/s/ S. Hagata March 25, 1999
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