8-K

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) February 1, 2024

Lakeland Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-15535	13-3115216
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

1525 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 325 Huntsville, AL 35806

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (256) 350-3873

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	LAKE	NASDAQ Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 1, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lakeland Industries, Inc. (“Lakeland” or the “Company”) appointed James M. Jenkins as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer in addition to his role as Executive Chairman, effective February 1, 2024. Additionally on February 1, 2024, the Board appointed Roger D. Shannon, who currently serves as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to the additional role as the Company’s Secretary, effective February 1, 2024.

Mr. Jenkins was appointed the Company’s Executive Chairman on August 30, 2023. Mr. Jenkins, age 59, has served as the Company’s Board Chair since February 1, 2023, previously served as Vice Chair of the Board from June 2022 through January 2023, and has served as a director of Lakeland since September 2016. Mr. Jenkins currently serves as Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Development Officer and Corporate Secretary of Transcat, Inc. (since September 2020). Prior to joining Transcat, Mr. Jenkins was a partner at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a law firm located in New York State, having joined the firm in 1989 and serving as a partner from 1997 until September 2020.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Jenkins and any other person pursuant to which he has been selected to serve as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Jenkins does not have any family relationship with any member of the Board or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Jenkins is not a party to any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 1, 2024, the Company issued a press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing that its Board declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.03 per share payable on February 22, 2024, to stockholders of record as of February 15, 2024.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Press Release, dated February 1, 2024
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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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.

LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
	/s/ James M. Jenkins
	James M. Jenkins
	Acting Chief Executive Officer and President
	Date:  February 1, 2024

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EX-99.1

  EXHIBIT 99.1

Press Release

Lakeland Industries Declares Cash Dividend for First Quarter 2025

HUNTSVILLE, AL / ACCESSWIRE / February 1, 2024 / Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE) (the "Company" or "Lakeland"), a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and first responders on the federal, state, and local levels, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for its fiscal first quarter of 2025 of $0.03 per share. The dividend will be paid on February 22, 2024, to stockholders of record as of February 15, 2024.

About Lakeland Industries, Inc.

We manufacture and sell a comprehensive line of industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market. Our products are sold globally by our in-house sales teams, our customer service group, and authorized independent sales representatives to a network of over 2,000 global safety and industrial supply distributors. Our authorized distributors supply end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, transportation, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories and the utilities industry. In addition, we supply federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments, such as fire and law enforcement, airport crash rescue units, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control. Internationally, we sell to a mixture of end users directly, and to industrial distributors depending on the particular country and market. In addition to the United States, sales are made into more than 50 foreign countries, the majority of which were into China, the European Economic Community ("EEC"), Canada, Chile, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, India, Uruguay, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

For more information concerning Lakeland, please visit the Company online at www.lakeland.com.

Contacts:

Lakeland Industries, Inc.

256-600-1390

Roger Shannon

rdshannon@lakeland.com

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as that phrase is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address Lakeland's expectations of sources or uses for capital or which express the Company's expectation for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies, including statements regarding payment of a quarterly dividend, can be identified as forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described from time to time in Press Releases and Forms 8-K, registration statements, quarterly and annual reports and other reports and filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or made by management. As a result, there can be no assurance that Lakeland's future results will not be materially different from those described herein as "believed," "projected," "planned," "intended," "anticipated," "can," "estimated" or "expected," or other words which reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based, except as may be required by law.

Source: Lakeland Industries, Inc.

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