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EX-99.1 - AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT - PHOTRONICS INCexhibit99-1.htm

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)     September 17, 2010   
 
  PHOTRONICS, INC.  
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  
 
Connecticut       0-15451        06-0854886
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification Number)
 
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 1.02        Entry into Material Definitive Agreement
     
   
On September 17, 2010, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among Photronics, Inc., the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other lenders and as Collateral Agent, RBS Citizens, National Association as Syndication Agent (the “Credit Agreement”) and TD Bank, N.A. Amendment No. 2 amends Section 6.01(e) - Indebtedness - of the Credit Agreement by increasing the dollar amount set forth in Section 6.01(e) from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000. Amendment No. 2 also amends Section 6.11(d) Maximum Capital Expenditures - by increasing the amount set forth under Maximum Capital Expenditures as set forth in the amendment.
 
Item 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)   Exhibits
  99.1  
Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2010.
 
SIGNATURES
 
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)
 
 
 
 
DATE:  September 21, 2010   BY  /s/ Richelle E. Burr
    Richelle E. Burr
    Vice President, General Counsel

PHOTRONICS, INC.