☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year endedJanuary 31, 2026OR☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from _____________ to ______________ LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC. Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a nonaccelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNonaccelerated filerEmerging growth company ☐Accelerated filer☒☐Smaller reporting company☒☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any newor revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that preparedor issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in thefiling reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation receivedby any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates as of July 31, 2025 was approximately $132.4 million. As of April 10, 2026, there wereoutstanding 10,723,205 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated byreference into Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of this Form 10-K. LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K PART IItem 1Business2Item 1A.Risk Factors10Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments22Item 1C.Cybersecurity22Item 2.Properties24Item 3.Legal Proceedings24Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures24PART II:Item 5.Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities25Item 6.[Reserved]25Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations26Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk35Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data36Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure72Item 9A.Controls and Procedures72Item 9B.Other Information74Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections74PART III:Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance74Item 11.Executive Compensation74Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters75Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence75Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services75PART IV:Item 15.Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules76Item 16.Form 10-K Summary79 INFORMATION RELATING TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report on Form 10-K may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or future financial performance and involve variousassumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels