OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

12 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME DISCLOSURE [Abstract]

NOTE 19 – OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The Company's other comprehensive income, as reported in the consolidated statements of equity, consists of all changes in equity during the periods presented except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. The components of other comprehensive income for the last three fiscal years, net of tax, were as follows:

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Amortization of Cash Flow Hedges		Changes in Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)		Other			Total Other Comprehensive Income
Year Ended October 30, 2011

Attributable to Photronics, Inc.	$	3,040	$	128	$	-	$	(29	)	$	3,139
Attributable to noncontrolling interests		227		-		-		(11	)		216
Total other comprehensive income		3,267		128		-		(40	)		3,355
Income tax benefit (expense)		-		-		-		5			5
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	$	3,267	$	128	$	-	$	(35	)	$	3,360

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Amortization of Cash Flow Hedges		Changes in Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)		Other			Total Other Comprehensive Income
Year ended October 31, 2010

Attributable to Photronics, Inc.	$	13,451	$	129	$	-	$	(159	)	$	13,421
Attributable to noncontrolling interests		3,123		-		-		(117	)		3,006
Total other comprehensive income		16,574		129		-		(276	)		16,427
Income tax benefit (expense)		-		-		-		65			65
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	$	16,574	$	129	$	-	$	(211	)	$	16,492

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Amortization of Cash Flow Hedges		Changes in Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)		Other			Total Other Comprehensive Income
Year ended November 1, 2009

Attributable to Photronics, Inc.	$	10,712	$	576	$	62	$	(238	)	$	11,112
Attributable to noncontrolling interests		342		-		39		(101	)		280
Total other comprehensive income		11,054		576		101		(339	)		11,392
Income tax benefit (expense)		-		-		-		-			-
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	$	11,054	$	576	$	101	$	(339	)	$	11,392

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The entire disclosure for comprehensive income. Includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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