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EXHIBIT 99.1
Lifetime Brands, Inc. Announces Results of 2016 Annual Meeting
Declares Dividend to be Paid August 15, 2016
GARDEN CITY, NY, — June 10, 2016 — Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held Thursday, June 9, 2016.
Stockholders elected the following directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
| Jeffrey Siegel | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Ronald Shiftan | Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer | |
| Michael Jeary | President, Laughlin Constable | |
| John Koegel | Principal, Jo-Tan LLC | |
| Cherrie Nanninga | Partner, Real Estate Solutions Group, LLC, formerly Chief Operating Officer, New York Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis, Inc. | |
| Craig Phillips | Retired Senior Vice President - Distribution at Lifetime Brands, Inc. | |
| Dennis E. Reaves | Retired Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | |
| Michael J. Regan | Retired Partner, KPMG LLP | |
| Sara Genster Robling | Principal, Robling Advisors and formerly Executive Vice President of Pinnacle Foods Corporation | |
| William Westerfield | Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse LLP | |
In addition, stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.
Stockholders also approved an amendment to Article Fourth of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the Company’s authorized common stock from 25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares.
On Thursday, June 9, 2016, Lifetime’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0425 per share payable on August 15, 2016 to shareholders of record on August 1, 2016.
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Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Lifetime Brands is a leading global provider of kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home. The Company markets its products under well-known kitchenware brands, including Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Sabatier®, Fred® & Friends, Kitchen Craft®, Kamenstein®, Kizmos™, La Cafetière®, Misto®, Mossy Oak®, Reo®, Savora™ and Vasconia®; respected tableware and giftware brands, including Mikasa®, Pfaltzgraff®, Creative Tops®, Empire Silver™, Gorham®, International® Silver, Kirk Stieff®, Towle® Silversmiths, Tuttle®, Wallace®, Wilton Armetale®, V&A® and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew®; and valued home solutions brands, including Bombay®, BUILT NY®, Debbie Meyer® and Design for Living™. The Company also provides exclusive private label products to leading retailers worldwide.
The Company’s corporate website is www.lifetimebrands.com.
Contacts:
| Lifetime Brands, Inc. | Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc. | |||
| Laurence Winoker, Chief Financial Officer | Harriet Fried, SVP | |||
| 516-203-3590 | 212-838-3777 | |||
| investor.relations@lifetimebrands.com | hfried@lhai.com | |||
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