---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-001307"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAKE"
cik: "0000798081"
company_name: "LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:40:09.264425+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Industries closes $46M offering, completes four acquisitions, appoints new executives

## Summary
- Closed oversubscribed $46M public equity offering; expects ~$2.5M annual cash interest savings from debt repayment.
- Completed four accretive fire-protection acquisitions: Pacific Helmets, Jolly Scarp, LHD, and Veridian in FY2025.
- Appointed Barry Phillips CRO, Cameron Stokes CCO Global Industrial, and Laurel Yartz CHRO.
- Jim Jenkins now President/CEO/Executive Chairman; company targets further M&A in fire decontamination services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-001307
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAKE
- cik: 0000798081
- company_name: LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495425001307/0001654954-25-001307-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798081/000165495425001307/lake_8k.htm

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