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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 22, 2021
__________________________________________
 
Lakeland Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
000-15535
13-3115216
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
202 Pride Lane SW, Decatur, Alabama 35603
(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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On February 22, 2021, Ms. Nikki Hamblin was designated to fill the vacancy created by the Board of Directors’ increase in the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors from six to seven. Ms. Hamblin will serve as a Class III director, effective April 13, 2021 (term expiring in 2022).
 
Ms. Hamblin is independent under The NASDAQ Stock Market Rules and the Company’s criteria for determining director independence.
 
Ms. Hamblin, age 43, has served as the Director of Advisor Service at Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC (“Manning & Napier”), a publicly traded investment management company, since September 2019, and is a member of Manning & Napier’s Committee for Diversity & Inclusion. Ms. Hamblin was the Director of Retirement Plan Services at GRP Financial California, LLC, a retirement plan consulting firm, from September 2017 to August 2019 and served as Vice President, Key Accounts at Manning & Napier from January 2013 to August 2017. Prior to her experience at Manning & Napier, Ms. Hamblin served as an investment banker specializing in middle-market private and publicly owned mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Ms. Hamblin has a BS from Syracuse University, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.
 
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Hamblin and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Hamblin was elected to serve as a director, nor are there related party transactions requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
On February 24, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the above-detailed changes. The press release issued by the Company in connection with the announcement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)    

Exhibits.
 
Press Release dated February 24, 2021.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
Date: February 24, 2021
By:  
/s/ Charles D. Roberson
 
 
 
Charles D. Roberson
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer & President
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
 
 
Number
 
Description
 
Press Release dated February 24, 2021.
 
 
 
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