Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 11, 2009, Michael E. Cirenza resigned from the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Lakeland Industries, Inc., effective immediately. Mr. Cirenza regretfully submitted his resignation due to firm's policy that partners cannot sit on the Board of public companies. Mr. Cirenza's resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company's management. Mr. Cirenza served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board and as the Company's Audit Committee Financial Expert. With Mr. Cirenza's resignation, the Board is comprised of 6 members, 4 of whom are "independent". Mr. John Kreft, a current member of the Audit Committee has been designated as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board. The Board determined that Mr. Kreft, based on his background and experience, has the requisite attributes of an "Audit Committee Financial Expert" as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Kreft has an MBA in finance from The Wharton School of Business, 3 ½ years experience with two "Big 4" accounting firms, 17 years of investment banking/underwriting/advisory services with several brokerage firms such as Credit Swiss and Alex Brown and 3 years as CEO of a NASD broker dealer. Mr. Kreft has successfully passed the examinations and has held at various times 5 levels of security licenses including General Securities Principal.

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