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Lifetime Brands Announces Results of 2014 Annual Meeting

June 19, 2014 at 11:40 AM EDT

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 19, 2014-- Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tabletop and other products used in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held earlier today.

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
 
Craig Phillips Senior Vice President – Distribution
 

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, RESGroup, a real estate consulting firm, and formerly Chief Operating Officer, CBRE New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis, 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 approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.

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 website is www.lifetimebrands.com.

Source: Lifetime Brands, Inc.

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