---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-004526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:23:27.517150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland COO Dillard retires; Helena An promoted to COO effective April 6, 2023

## Summary
- Allen Dillard retired as COO effective April 6, 2023; will consult until 10-K filing.
- Helena An, 49, promoted from VP Procurement & Asia Manufacturing to COO.
- An receives $270k base salary, 40% target bonus, and 10,000 time-based RSUs vesting in 3 years.
- Dillard severance: 12 months base salary, $7,500 pro rata bonus, vested RSUs in April 2023.
- An has 25 years at Lakeland; led China and Vietnam plant openings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-004526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423004526/0001654954-23-004526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423004526/lake_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-004526.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-004526.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Allen E. Dillard retired as Chief Operating Officer at LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 6, 2023, Allen E. Dillard, the Chief Operating Officer of Lakeland Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), retired from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423004526/0001654954-23-004526-index.htm
- Executive change
  Hui (Helena) An was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: In addition, on April 6, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company promoted Hui (Helena) An, the Company’s Vice President of Procurement and Asia Manufacturing, to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423004526/0001654954-23-004526-index.htm

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