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Lifetime Brands, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Meeting

June 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM EDT

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 11, 2009-- Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCUT), North America’s leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop and home décor products, today announced the results of the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

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

     
Jeffrey Siegel Chairman, Chief Executive and President
Ronald Shiftan Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Craig Phillips Senior Vice President – Distribution
David Dangoor President, Innoventive Partners LLC
Michael Jeary President, Partners + Jeary
John Koegel Principal, Jo-Tan LLC
Cherrie Nanninga Chief Operating Officer, New York Tri-State Region,
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
William Westerfield Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse LLC

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009, and approved an amendment to the Company’s 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available under the plan by 1,000,000 to 3,500,000.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is North America’s leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop and home décor products. The Company markets its products under many of the industry’s best known brands, including Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Pfaltzgraff®, Mikasa®, Cuisinart®, Calvin Klein®, CasaModa®, Gorham®, Hoffritz®, International® Silver, Kirk Stieff®, Nautica®, Pedrini®, Roshco®, Sabatier®, Sasaki®, Towle® Silversmiths, Tuttle®, Wallace® and Vasconia®. Lifetime’s products are distributed through most major retailers in North America.

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
Vice President
hfried@lhai.com