Lifetime Brands to Report First-Quarter 2006 Results on May 4, 2006; Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2006--Lifetime Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LCUT), a leading designer, marketer and distributor of nationally branded consumer products for the home, will release its first-quarter results before the market opens on Thursday, May 4, 2006. The Company has scheduled a conference call for 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day.

The dial-in number for the conference call is 706-634-1218. A replay of the call will also be available through Thursday, May 11, and can be accessed by dialing 706-645-9291, conference ID #8172485.

A live webcast of the conference call will be broadcast in the Investor Relations section of the Company's Web site, www.lifetimebrands.com. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, an audio replay of the call will also be available on the site.

Separately, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share, payable on May 19, 2006 to shareholders of record on May 5, 2006.

Lifetime is a leading designer, marketer and distributor of kitchenware, cutlery & cutting boards, bakeware & cookware, pantryware & spices, tabletop and bath accessories, marketing its products under various trade names, including Farberware(R), KitchenAid(R), Pfaltzgraff(R), Cuisinart(R), Hoffritz(R), Sabatier(R), Nautica(R), Joseph Abboud Environments(R), Roshco(R), Baker's Advantage(R), Kamenstein(R), CasaModa(TM), and :USE(R). Lifetime's products are distributed through almost every major retailer in the United States.

CONTACT: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Robert McNally, 516-683-6000
or
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
Investor Relations
Harriet Fried, 212-838-3777

SOURCE: Lifetime Brands, Inc.