Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tabletop and other products used in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held earlier today.
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 | |
| Craig Phillips | Senior Vice President – Distribution | |
David E. R. Dangoor | President, Innoventive Partners LLC and Honorary Consul General of Sweden in New York | |
| Michael Jeary | President, Laughlin Constable | |
| John Koegel | Principal, Jo-Tan LLC | |
| Cherrie Nanninga | Partner, RESGroup, a real estate consulting firm, and formerly Chief Operating Officer, CBRE New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis, Inc. | |
| Dennis E. Reaves | Retired Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | |
| Michael J. Regan | Retired Partner, KPMG LLP | |
William Westerfield | Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse LLP | |
In addition, stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.
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 such well-known kitchenware brands as Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Cuisine de France®, Fred® & Friends, Guy Fieri®, Kitchen Craft®, Kizmos™, La Cafetière®, Misto®, Mossy Oak®, Pedrini®, Sabatier®, Savora™ and Vasconia®; respected tableware brands such as Mikasa®, Pfaltzgraff®, Creative Tops®, Gorham®, International® Silver, Kirk Stieff®, Sasaki®, Towle® Silversmiths, Tuttle®, Wallace®, V&A® and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew®; and home solutions brands, including Kamenstein®, Bombay®,BUILT®, Debbie Meyer® and Design for Living™. The Company also provides exclusive private label products to leading retailers worldwide.
The Company’s website is www.lifetimebrands.com.
Contacts:
Laurence Winoker, Chief Financial Officer
516-203-3590
investor.relations@lifetimebrands.com
or
LHA
Harriet
Fried, SVP
212-838-3777
hfried@lhai.com
