---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-130491"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:29:46.724354+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland sells HPFR & HiViz product line to NSA for $14.0M

## Summary
- Sale of high-performance flame-resistant and high-visibility apparel business closed March 27, 2026.
- Purchase price of $14.0M subject to $400K inventory escrow and $1.0M indemnification escrow.
- Proceeds to support balance sheet and fire services growth strategy; buyer National Safety Apparel.
- Lakeland will provide transitional support under services agreement for orderly customer handoff.
- Divestiture aligns with focus on fire services and core industrial PPE, following recent acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-130491
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000119312526130491/0001193125-26-130491-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000119312526130491/lake-20260327.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-130491.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC entered into Purchase Agreement with National Safety Apparel, LLC valued at $14.0 million (effective 2026-03-27).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: National Safety Apparel, LLC
  - Value: $14.0 million
  - Effective: 2026-03-27
  source text: On March 27, 2026, Lakeland Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) and National Safety Apparel, LLC (the “Buyer”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000119312526130491/0001193125-26-130491-index.htm

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