---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-008081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:45:21.466717+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Industries 2023 annual meeting: all proposals pass; Herring and Kidd elected to board

## Summary
- Ronald Herring elected Class I director with 4,635,321 votes for, 12,150 withheld.
- Melissa Kidd elected Class I director with 4,632,412 votes for, 15,058 withheld.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor passed: 4,682,876 for, 16,159 against, 584 abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 4,466,673 for, 64,475 against, 116,323 abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 52,149 on director election and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-008081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423008081/0001654954-23-008081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423008081/lake_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) approval of compensation paid to named executive officers at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 3 . The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. There were 52,149 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal. For Against Abstain 4,466,673 64,475 116,323
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423008081/0001654954-23-008081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Class I directors at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 1 . The Board of Directors’ nominees for Class I directors were elected to serve for three years expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until each of their respective successors is duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below. There were 52,149 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal. Nominee For Withheld Ronald Herring 4,635,321 12,150 Melissa Kidd 4,632,412 15,058
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423008081/0001654954-23-008081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending January 31, 2024 at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 2 . The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2024. There were no broker non-votes with respect to the proposal. For Against Abstain 4,682,876 16,159 584
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495423008081/0001654954-23-008081-index.htm

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