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BRAZIL MANAGEMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT-ARBITRATION
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Brazil Management and Share Purchase Agreement [Abstract]  
Brazil Management and Share Purchase Agreement [Text Block]
4. BRAZIL MANAGEMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT-ARBITRATION
 
Lakeland Industries, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lakeland Brasil S.A. (“Lakeland Brazil” and, for the purposes of this footnote, together with the Company were parties to an arbitration proceeding in Brazil involving the Company and two former officers (the “former officers”) of Lakeland Brazil. On May 8, 2012, the Company received notice of an arbitral award in favor of the former officers.
 
On September 11, 2012, the Company and the former officers entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) which fully and finally resolved all alleged outstanding claims against the Company arising from the arbitration proceeding. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to a payment schedule to the former officers with a balance remaining as of January 31, 2015 of $4.0 million in US dollars consisting of 16 consecutive quarterly installments of US $250,000 ending on December 31, 2018, net of imputed interest of $129,846 as shown on the consolidated balance sheet at $2,870,154, net of current maturity of $1,000,000. The Company is current with all obligations pursuant to this Settlement Agreement.
 
In addition, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, as additional security for payment of the settlement amount, Lakeland Brasil agreed to grant the former officers a second mortgage interest on certain of its property in Brazil, which mortgage is expressly behind the lien securing the payment of tax debts to a state within Brazil related to certain notices of tax assessment on such property. The Company also agreed to become a co-obligor, in lieu of a guarantor, for payment of the settlement amount.
 
On March 9, 2015, Lakeland Brazil changed its legal form to a Limitada and changed its name to Lake Brasil Industria E Comercio de Roupas E Equipamentos de Protecao Individual LTDA.