Lifetime Brands Declares Dividend of $0.025 Per Share

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Jun 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LCUT), North America's leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop, home décor and lifestyle products, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per share payable on August 16, 2011, to shareholders of record on August 2, 2011.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is North America's leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tabletop, home décor and lifestyle products. The Company markets its products under such well-known kitchenware brands as Farberware(R), KitchenAid(R), CasaModa(R), Cuisinart(R), Cuisine de France(R), Hoffritz(R), Kamenstein(R), Kizmos(TM), Misto(R), Pedrini(R), Roshco(R), Sabatier(R) and Vasconia(R); respected tabletop brands such as Mikasa(R), Pfaltzgraff(R), Calvin Klein(R), Gorham(R), International(R) Silver, Kirk Stieff(R), Nautica(R), Sasaki(R), Towle(R) Silversmiths, Tuttle(R), and Wallace(R); and leading home décor and lifestyle brands, including Design for Living(TM), Elements(R) and Melannco(R). The Company's website is www.lifetimebrands.com.

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
Senior Vice President
hfried@lhai.com