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| Item                8.01 | Lakeland                Industries, Inc. signs a letter of intent to acquire Brazilian protective                apparel supplier Qualytextil S.A., based in Salvador Bahia, Brazil.                Lakeland Industries, Inc., a market leader in protective apparel,                announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Brazilian                protective apparel supplier Qualytextil S.A., subject to the negotiation                and execution of final documentation. Qualytextil, based in Salvador                Bahia, Brazil, was founded in 1999 and serves the Brazil Protective                Clothing market in the following areas: Firemen’s Turnout gear, Conductive                and Electric arc garments, Chemical protective garments, occupational,                multilayer and waterproof operational garments, aluminized and molten                metal lines of protective clothing. |
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|                                                   | LAKELAND                INDUSTRIES, INC.              |
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| Date   February                19, 2008 |                                                  |
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|                                                   | /s/                Christopher J.                Ryan |
|                                                   | Christopher                J. Ryan                    |
|                                                   | President                & CEO                    |

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| 99.1    | Text                of Press Release issued by Lakeland Industries, Inc., dated February                19,                2008, titled “Lakeland Industries, Inc. signs a letter of intent to                acquire Brazilian protective apparel supplier Qualytextil S.A., based                in                Salvador Bahia, Brazil.” |