SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SHIFTAN RONALD (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LIFETIME BRANDS 1000 STEWART AVENUE (Street) GARDEN CITY NY 11530 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LIFETIME BRANDS, INC [ LCUT ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice Chairman of Board & COO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/13/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/13/2015		A		18,366	A	$0(1)	164,490	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The common stock was issued for no consideration as part of bonus compensation.

	/s/ Sara Shindel, as attorney-in-fact for Ronald Shiftan	03/16/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
 and appoints Sara Shindel, signing singly, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, to:
1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a director of Lifetime Brands, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder; and
2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such
Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any other authority.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
 authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
 with full power of substitution or revocation. The undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms that such attorney-in-fact, or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that (i) this Power of Attorney authorizes,
 but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in her discretion
on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such information; and (ii) the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
 in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement as provided in Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
This power of attorney shall expire on the date the undersigned shall
no longer be required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned or the attorney-in-fact, as applicable, in a signed writing
delivered to either the foregoing attorney-in-fact, or the undersigned,
as applicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 6 day of March, 2015.


/s/Ronald Shiftan
Ronald Shiftan



STATE OF New York	)
					)	ss.:
COUNTY OF Suffolk	)

I,Diane Weill, a Notary Public of the aforesaid
County and State, do hereby certify that Ronald Shiftan
personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged that he is the
individual who signed the aforesaid Power of Attorney as his free act and
deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 6 day of March 2015.


/s/ Diane Weill
Notary Public