---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-001229"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:01:49.793710+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Industries appoints Roger D. Shannon as CFO; Allen Dillard remains COO

## Summary
- Roger Shannon named CFO effective Feb 1, 2023; prior CFO/COO Allen Dillard continues solely as COO.
- Employment agreement: $300K base salary, 40% target cash bonus, 24K stock options at $14.44 vesting over 3 years.
- Shannon previously CFO at Charah Solutions and Adtran; holds CPA and CFA designations.
- Severance: 12 months base pay without cause; 24 months plus 2x bonus if terminated within 18 months of change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-001229
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423001229/0001654954-23-001229-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423001229/lake_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-001229
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-001229.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-001229.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Allen E. Dillard changed role as Chief Operating Officer at LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Allen E. Dillard, the Company’s Chief Operating and Financial Officer, will continue serving as Chief Operating Officer but will no longer serve in the role of Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423001229/0001654954-23-001229-index.htm
- Executive change
  Roger D. Shannon was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lakeland Industries, Inc. (“Lakeland” or the “Company”) appointed Roger D. Shannon as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective February 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423001229/0001654954-23-001229-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.