Koehler Avenue, Suite 7 - Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 (631) 981-9700 - www.lakeland.com Lakeland Industries, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Financial Results Higher Margin International Sales Drive Increases in Revenu

Lakeland Industries, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Financial Results

Higher Margin International Sales Drive Increases in Revenues, Gross Profit, Operating Profit and Net Income

RONKONKOMA, NY - June 8, 2011 -- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE) today announced financial results for its first quarter fiscal year 2012 ended April 30, 2011.

Financial Results Highlights and Recent Company Developments

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results

Net Sales. Net sales increased $0.4 million, or 1.5%, to $25.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011, from $25.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The net increase was due to a 13.4% increase in foreign sales, offset by a 6% decrease in domestic sales. International sales increased to $11.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 from $9.7 million in the same period of the prior year. Domestic sales declined to $14.7 million in the fiscal 2012 period from $15.6 million a year ago. As a percentage of sales, domestic revenues contributed 57.1% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, compared to 61.6% a year ago. International revenues were 42.9% of consolidated sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, an increase of nearly 12% from 38.4% in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

External sales from China were flat with the year ago period due in large part to a decline in direct container shipments to the US resulting from high stock levels at larger customers in the US after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Domestic sales in China and within the Asia Pacific rim remain strong. UK sales increased by $0.6 million or 48.7%, Chile sales increased by 13%, and sales in Brazil increased 39.3% or by $1.1 million. US domestic sales of disposables decreased by $1.9 million, but chemical suit sales increased by $0.1 million, wovens increased by $0.4 million, reflective sales increased by $0.1 million, and glove sales increased by $0.1 million.

Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $1.7 million, or 26%, to $8.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from $6.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 31.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from 25.2% for the three months ended April 30, 2010. Major factors influencing consolidated gross margins were:

Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $0.4 million, or 6.6%, to $6.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from $6.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. As a percentage of sales, operating expenses increased to 25.3% for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from 24.1% for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The $0.4 million increase in operating expenses in the three months ended April 30, 2011 as compared to the three months ended April 30, 2010 was comprised of:

Operating profit. Operating profit increased 434% to $1.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from $0.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The operating margin was 6.0% for the three months ended April 30, 2011 compared to 1.1% for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The substantial increase in operating margin reflects the increase in gross profit resulting from the increased contribution of higher margin international sales, partially offset by a modest increase in operating expenses.

Interest Expenses. Interest expenses increased slightly for the three months ended April 30, 2011 as compared to the three months ended April 30, 2010 due to higher borrowing levels outstanding, partially offset by lower interest rates.

Income Tax Expense. Income tax expenses consist of federal, state, and foreign income taxes. Income tax expenses increased $0.3 million to $0.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from $0.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The Company's effective tax rates were 21.5% for Q1FY12 and not meaningful for Q1FY11. The effective tax rate for Q1FY11 was due to goodwill write-offs in Brazil and tax benefits from India resulting from "check the box" in the US, and the $1.6 million charge for VAT tax expense in Brazil.

Net Income (Loss). Net income increased $2.5 million to $1.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2011 from a loss of $1.3 million for the three months ended April 30, 2010. The increase in net income primarily resulted from the $1.6 million charge for VAT tax expense in Brazil in the prior year and stronger volume and margins in the current year.

Basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased to $0.22 for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 from a loss of $(0.25) in the prior year. There were 5,222,639 and 5,334,165 shares outstanding on a basic and fully diluted basis, respectfully, for the first quarter ended April 30, 2011, as compared with 5,439,410 and 5,465,594 in the prior year. Although the Company reduced the number of shares outstanding through open market purchases of its common stock under a share repurchase program that extended into its fiscal 2012 first quarter, the full impact to reported EPS will be realized in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 due to calculations made using weighted averages of outstanding shares.

Management's Comments

Commenting on the financial results and recent developments, Lakeland Industries President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Ryan said, "International operations continue to fuel our performance as we delivered impressive growth in all major operating metrics. On a consolidated basis, we reported higher sales, gross profit and margin, operating profit and margin, net income and margin, and earnings per share. We are very pleased with the progress being made in building a diversified international platform that has significant operating leverage for long term growth and profitability, but we are not pleased with domestic performance. Therefore, we are completely reorganizing the US sales force and have appointed Stephen M. Bachelder, Chairman of the Board, as a National Sales Manager for domestic sales. Mr. Bachelder has a deep background in sales and intends to resuscitate eroding US revenues in the coming year.

"Consistent with our business strategy of pursuing market expansion outside of the US, particularly in "BRIC" nations -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- and nearby territories, we reported gains in most of our major foreign operations. This strength along with favorable currency exchange rates continues to offset the weakness in our domestic operations, which presently appear to be nearing stabilization. Through effective implementation of foreign sales and marketing strategies, we increased international sales by over 13% in the first quarter as compared to the same period of the prior year, approximately three times the rate of GDP growth in the markets in which we operate. International sales represented 42.9% of total first quarter revenues. This performance is without the benefit of large bid orders in Brazil, which we are working toward securing, although our Brazilian operations grew approximately 40% year over year. As a result, our quarterly international revenues of $11.1 million represent the highest level in the Company's history.

"Confirming our belief that our business model's international operations are far superior to what we had been working with during the prior two decades when we had been focused domestically, our profits and margins significantly improved in the first quarter. Through global sourcing of raw materials, geographically dispersed manufacturing facilities, enhanced pricing power and an improved sales mix of Lakeland branded products and higher margin garment lines, our fiscal 2012 first quarter consolidated gross and operating margins increased to 31.3% and 6.0%, respectively, as compared with the 25.2% and 1.1% in the prior year.

"There remains significant operating leverage due to the investments we have made in personnel and manufacturing facilities. In anticipation of continued growth, we have added inventory to all of our major operations around the world. Given higher spending levels and capital investments, which provide us with the opportunity for a substantial increase in our production capacity, we are pleased to report adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA*) as a percent of sales of 9.14% or nearly $2.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012,

both the highest in the last 11 quarters. Our net income of $1.16 million and earnings per share of $0.22, additionally benefiting from a reduction of outstanding shares resulting from a buyback program, reversed year-earlier losses. Excluding a previously disclosed one-time charge of $1.6 million in the fiscal 2011 first quarter, our net income and earnings per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 would still have delivered nearly four-fold increases.

"Lakeland Industries reported a strong first quarter but we have much work to do to further improve our financial performance and take advantage of the benefits of our operating leverage. Our international markets are robust and growing and we believe we are well positioned to capitalize on the many opportunities available to us around the world."

Financial Results Conference Call

Lakeland will host a conference call at 4:30 PM (EDT) today to discuss the Company's first quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results. The conference call will be hosted by Christopher J. Ryan, Lakeland's President and CEO. Investors can listen to the call by dialing 877-741-4242 (toll free) or 719-325-4814 (international), code 6597367.

A conference call replay will be available until Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by dialing 888-203-1112 (toll free) or 719-457-0820 (international), code 6597367.

About Lakeland Industries, Inc.:

Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE) manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of safety garments and accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. The Company's products are sold throughout the world by a direct sales force and through independent sales representatives to a network of over 1,200 safety and mill supply distributors. These distributors in turn supply end user industrial customers such as chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as hospitals and laboratories. In addition, Lakeland supplies federal, state, and local government agencies, fire and police departments, airport crash rescue units, the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and may other federal and state agencies. For more information concerning Lakeland, please visit the Company online at www.lakeland.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described from time to time in Press Releases and 8-K(s), registration statements, annual reports and other periodic reports and filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or made by management. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address Lakeland's expectations of sources or uses for capital or which express the Company's expectation for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies can be identified as forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that Lakeland's future results will not be materially different from those described herein as "believed," "projected," "planned," "intended," "anticipated," "estimated" or "expected," which words reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based.

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