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Lifetime Brands Announces Results of 2010 Annual Meeting

June 17, 2010 at 1:27 PM EDT

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Jun 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCUT), North America's leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop and home décor products, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company's 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held earlier today.

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, Laughlin Constable
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 LLP

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

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

SOURCE: Lifetime Brands, Inc.

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