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Lifetime Brands, Inc. Announces Results of 2015 Annual Meeting

June 11, 2015 at 8:30 AM EDT

Declares Dividend to be Paid August 14, 2015

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 11, 2015-- Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS:LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held Wednesday, June 10, 2015.

Stockholders elected the following directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

 
Jeffrey Siegel     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ronald Shiftan Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
David E. R. Dangoor President, Innoventive Partners LLC and Honorary Consul General of Sweden in New York
Michael Jeary President, Laughlin Constable
John Koegel Principal, Jo-Tan LLC
Cherrie Nanninga Partner, Real Estate Solutions Group, LLC, formerly Chief Operating Officer, New York Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Craig Phillips Retired Senior Vice President - Distribution at Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Dennis E. Reaves Retired Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Michael J. Regan Retired Partner, KPMG LLP
William Westerfield Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse LLP
 

In addition, stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015.

Stockholders also approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, Lifetime’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0375 per share payable on August 14, 2015 to shareholders of record on July 31, 2015.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is a leading global provider of kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home. The Company markets its products under such well-known kitchenware brands as Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Cuisine de France®, Fred® & Friends, Guy Fieri®, Kitchen Craft®, Kizmos, La Cafetière®, Misto®, Mossy Oak®, Pedrini®, Sabatier®, Savora and Vasconia®; respected tableware brands such as Mikasa®, Pfaltzgraff®, Creative Tops®, Gorham®, International® Silver, Kirk Stieff®, Sasaki®, Towle® Silversmiths, Tuttle®, Wallace®, V&A® and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew®; and home solutions brands, including Kamenstein®, Bombay®, BUILT®, Debbie Meyer® and Design for Living. The Company also provides exclusive private label products to leading retailers worldwide.

The Company’s corporate website is www.lifetimebrands.com.

Source: Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Laurence Winoker, 516-203-3590
Chief Financial Officer
investor.relations@lifetimebrands.com
or
Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.
Harriet Fried, 212-838-3777
SVP
hfried@lhai.com