UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2016

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Lakeland Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

	Delaware		0-15535		13-3115216
	(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
	of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

  

3555 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite C, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779-7410

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 981-9700

 

                           Not Applicable                               

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Lakeland Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 15, 2016. The final results of the voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Proposal 1: The Board of Directors’ nominees for Class III directors were elected to serve for three years expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below:

 

Director	For		Withheld
Thomas McAteer	2,343,117		1,589,995
James M. Jenkins	3,674,285		258,827
Broker Non-votes	2,222,940

 

 

Proposal 2: The Stockholders ratified the appointment of WeiserMazars LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2017, by the votes set forth below:

 

For		Against		Abstain
5,610,561		485,698		59,793

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

	LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date:  June 16, 2015	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Ryan
	Name:	Christopher J. Ryan
	Title:	President & Chief Executive Officer