|   | a. | A      base annual salary of $220,000.00 per year payable bi-weekly;      and |
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|   | b. | Participation      when eligible in any of the Company’s Pension, Profit Sharing, and 401 (K)      plans when any such plans have or become  effective: |
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|   | c. | Such      other benefits as are consistent with the personnel benefits provided by      the Company to its officers and employees; provided however that your      vacation shall be for a period of no more than 20 business days. It is      understood that no more that (2) weeks consecutive weeks of vacation shall      be taken by you at any one time;and |
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|   | d. | An      adjustment in the way car allowances or leases are paid which will require      a gross up in W-2 wages of $9,000 covering all vehicle expenses except      fuel. |
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|   | e. | An      annual discretionary bonus not less than $10,000 payable May 25, 2009 as      set forth in this agreement: |
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|   | i. | Mexico      shall achieve its $500,000 in savings as compared with FY07 costs as per      Jim Drumgoole and Greg Pontes spreadsheet analyzing and savings as      projected by September 30, 2009, (a) by the addition of Uniland and      Hi-visibility high China tariff products to the product mix, not by moving      low China tariff products back to Mexico, (b) increasing labor      efficiencies to 100% or above. |
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|   | ii. | Inventory      turn times at Decatur and Mexico (being Disposables, Highland, Chemland)      shall increase to 3 times a year and finished goods turns to 5 times a      year. This may not be completely achievable, but for bonus purposes the      Board will look at this on a sliding scale. (i.e. improvement over what it      is today as at 1/31/08) |
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|   | iii. | Monitoring      North American slow moving or excess inventory. This will be measured by      reserves or write-offs already taken for FY08 versus FY09. No charitable      contributions to be made. |
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|   | iv. | Reducing      USA unit cost of purchased raw materials, components and services on an      apples to apples basis. Such calculations shall be determined by one of      the Company’s outside auditors. The above goals will be further spelled      out orally and/or by memos on a case by case basis. 50% of your bonus will      be based upon the above as measured by the Compensation Committee of the      Board of Directors. Such bonus will be incash. |
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|   | (a) | Death.  Your      employment shall terminate on the date of your death.  Your Base      Salary (as in effect on the date of death) shall continue through the last      day of the month in which your death occurs.  Payment of your      Base Salary shall be made to your estate or your beneficiary as designated      in writing to the Company.  Your estate or designated      beneficiaries as applicable shall also receive a pro-rata portion of the      Annual Bonus, if any, determined for the fiscal year up to and including      the date of death which shall be determined in good faith by the      Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.  Your      beneficiaries shall also be entitled to all other benefits generally paid      by the Company on an employee’sdeath. |
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|   | (b) | Disability.  Your      employment shall terminate if you become totally disabled.  You      shall be deemed to be totally disabled if you are unable, for any reason,      to perform any of your duties to the Company for a period of ninety      consecutive days, or for periods aggregating 120 days in any period of 180      consecutive days. |
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|   | (c) | Other      Termination.  Should you decide to leave the Company, you      will provide the Company with 45 days written notice.  Should      the Company decide to terminate you for any reason it shall have the right      to buy out your contract rights herein for 6 months base pay and any      commissions and bonus due you on the date of termination      and  shall determine same by what you would have been paid in      salary for 6 months after the date of termination calculated from the      prior six months of salary, all concomitant with your execution of the      Company’s standard severanceagreement. |
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|                                                                 | LAKELAND      INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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|                                                                 | COMPENSATION      COMMITTEE    |
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|                                                                 | By:                            | /s/ Eric O.      Hallman |
|                                                                 |                           |            Eric O. Hallman, Chairman |
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|                                                                 | By:                            | /s/ John J.      Collins |
|                                                                 |                           |            John J. Collins |
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| AGREED      AND ACCEPTED:                                            |                           |   |
|                                                                 | By:                            | /s/ Michael      Cirenza |
|                                                                 |                           |            Michael Cirenza |
| /s/ Harvey Pride,      Jr.        |                           |   |
| Harvey      Pride, Jr.                                               |                           |   |
| Sr.      Vice President                                              | By:                            | /s/ A. John      Kreft |
|                                                                 |                           |            A. John Kreft |
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|                                                                 | By:                            | /s/ Stephen M.      Bachelder |
|                                                                 |                           |            Stephen M. Bachelder |
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