GARDEN CITY, N.Y., June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: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 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held Thursday, June 18, 2026.

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

Jeffrey Siegel		Chairman of the Board
Robert B. Kay		Chief Executive Officer, Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Jeffrey H. Evans		Former Executive Vice President, Entertainment, Toys, and Seasonal, Walmart U.S.
Rachael A. Jarosh		Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Enactus
Cherrie Nanninga		Partner, Real Estate Solutions Group, LLC
Bruce G. Pollack		Managing Partner, Centre Partners Management, LLC
Michael J. Regan		Retired Certified Public Accountant
Michael Schnabel		Senior Partner, Centre Partners Management, LLC
Daniel Siegel		President, Lifetime Brands, Inc.

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, 2026.

On a non-binding advisory basis, stockholders approved the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

The stockholders also approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

Separately, on Thursday, June 18, 2026, Lifetime’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0425 per share payable on August 14, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 31, 2026.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is a leading global designer, developer and marketer of a broad range of branded consumer products used in the home. The Company markets its products under well-known kitchenware brands, including Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Sabatier®, Amco Houseworks®, Chef’n® Chicago™ Metallic, Copco®, Fred® & Friends, Houdini™, KitchenCraft®, Kamenstein®, La Cafetière®, MasterClass®, Misto®, Swing-A-Way®, Taylor® Kitchen, Rabbit®, and Dolly®; respected tableware and giftware brands, including Mikasa®, Pfaltzgraff®, Fitz and Floyd®, Empire Silver™, Gorham®, International® Silver, Towle® Silversmiths, Wallace®, Wilton Armetale®, V&A®, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew®, Year & Day®, Dolly®, Royal Leerdam®, and ONIS®; and valued home solutions brands, including BUILT NY®, S’well®, Taylor® Bath, Taylor® Kitchen, Taylor® Weather, Elements®, Planet Box®, and Dolly®. 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.

Laurence Winoker, Chief Financial Officer

516-203-3590

investor.relations@lifetimebrands.com

MZ North America

Shannon Devine

Main: 203-741-8811

LCUT@mzgroup.us