LAKELAND

INDUSTRIES TO SEEK REPEAL OF SUPERMAJORITY VOTING

FOR THE APPROVAL OF BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

NY, May 16, 2008 - Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGM: LAKE), a leading

manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities,

healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today

announced that, at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, it intends to seek

stockholder approval for the repeal of the supermajority voting requirements

applicable to certain business combinations that are currently contained in its

Restated Certificate of Incorporation. If Lakeland's charter

amendment proposal is approved by its stockholders, except in certain limited

situations where Delaware law provides otherwise, only a simple majority vote of

the issued and outstanding shares will be required to approve business

combinations involving Lakeland.

on the charter amendment proposal to be submitted for approval by Lakeland's

stockholders, Christopher J. Ryan, President and CEO of Lakeland, said, "[t]he

Lakeland Board is concerned that supermajority voting requirements with respect

to business combinations may hinder or discourage potential acquirers who would

otherwise consider acquiring Lakeland pursuant to a transaction that could

potentially be in the best interests of, and at a price that is fair to and

maximizes value for, our stockholders as large strategic buyers have been very

active in our specific industry of late. Further, the Lakeland Board is

committed to acting, at all times, in the best interests of all of Lakeland's

stockholders, and to continuing to enhance, grow and maximize stockholder value,

the Lakeland Board believes that continuing to include supermajority voting

requirements in our Charter with respect to business combination transactions

would be inconsistent with the Lakeland Board's guiding principle of maximizing

stockholder value." Let us make it transparently clear that this

change, in no way, had anything to do whatsoever with Mr. Holtzman's withdrawing

his slate of two directors for election at Lakeland's upcoming shareholder

Ryan, "[W]hile the Lakeland Board continues to believes that the supermajority

voting requirements that we are proposing to repeal provide some protection

against self-interested actions by one or a few large stockholders and encourage

persons considering unsolicited acquisition bids for Lakeland to negotiate with

the Lakeland Board to reach terms that are fair to, and in the best interest of,

all stockholders, the Lakeland Board recognizes the growing public sentiment

that suggests that these types of provisions conflict with principles of good

corporate governance and that their elimination would increase the Lakeland

Board's accountability to its stockholders."

Lakeland's 2008 Annual Meeting, Lakeland intends to seek stockholder approval

for the repeal of Article TWELFTH of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

This provision, which was adopted in 1986, currently requires a 66 2/3%

supermajority vote of the outstanding shares of Lakeland's common stock to

approve certain business combinations with persons who beneficially own more

than five percent (5%) of Lakeland's common stock, unless the transaction is

approved by the affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the directors who were directors

prior to the acquisition of the more than five percent (5%) beneficial ownership

repeal of Article TWELFTH, those transactions that were previously covered by

its supermajority provisions would then generally only require the vote of the

holders of a majority of Lakeland's outstanding common stock, rather than an a

66 2/3% percent supermajority vote.

charter amendment proposal is not in response to any request, proposal,

agreement, or understanding with any third party and it is not in contemplation

of any transaction with any third party.

affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of Lakeland's

common stock entitled to vote at the 2008 Annual Meeting will be required for

approval of this charter amendment proposal.

2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at

the Holiday Inn located at 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway in Ronkonkoma, New

York. The record date for determining stockholders who are entitled

to notice of, and are eligible to vote at, the 2008 Annual Meeting or any

adjournment thereof has been set as the close of business on April 27,

has filed a definitive proxy statement and form of proxy with the Securities and

Exchange Commission (SEC) containing information with respect to the

above-described charter amendment proposal and the other matters being proposed

for consideration at its 2008 annual meeting of

stockholders. Stockholders are advised to read the proxy statement

and other documents related to the solicitation of proxies from Lakeland

stockholders for use at the 2008 annual meeting because they contain important

information. The definitive proxy statement and form of proxy are

available, along with other relevant documents, at no charge, at the SEC's

website at http://www.sec.gov.

Lakeland Industries, Inc.:

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 by a direct sales force and

through independent sales representatives to a network of over 1000 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.