---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-029883"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAB"
cik: "0000810136"
company_name: "PHOTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:56:43.693901+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Photronics places EVP Richelle Burr on paid leave amid internal review of transactions

## Summary
- Richelle E. Burr (EVP, CAO, General Counsel) placed on paid administrative leave on June 11, 2024.
- Leave is pending an ongoing internal review of certain company transactions and other matters.
- During Burr's absence, her functions will be handled by other company personnel and outside counsel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-029883
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAB
- cik: 0000810136
- company_name: PHOTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036124029883/0001140361-24-029883-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036124029883/ef20031076_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-029883
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-029883.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-029883.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richelle E. Burr departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at PHOTRONICS INC.
  - Action: placed on paid administrative leave
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On June 11, 2024, Photronics, Inc. (the “Company”) placed Richelle E. Burr, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, and a “named executive officer,” on a paid administrative leave during the pendency of an ongoing internal review regarding certain Company transactions and other matters.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036124029883/0001140361-24-029883-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.