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GARDEN CITY, N.Y.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: LCUT), a global provider of branded products used to prepare, serve and consume food in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Companyas 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held earlier today.

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

Stockholders also approved an amendment to the Companyas 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase the number shares of the Companyas common stock and re-approved the performance criteria for certain stock-based awards and cash bonuses to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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, 2012.

Lifetimeas Board of Directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per share payable on August 15, 2012, to shareholders of record on August 1, 2012.

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is a provider of kitchenware, tabletop and other products used in the home. The Company markets its products under such well-known kitchenware brands as Farberware, KitchenAid, CasaMda, Cuisinart, Cuisine de France, Guy Fieri, Hoffritz, Kizmosa", Misto, Pedrini, Roshco, Sabatier, Savoraa" and Vasconia; respected tabletop brands such as Mikasa, Pfaltzgraff, Creative Tops, Calvin Klein, Gorham, International Silver, Kirk Stieff, Nautica, Sasaki, Towle Silversmiths, Tuttle, Wallace, V&A and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; and home solutions brands, including Elements, Melannco, Kamenstein and Design for Livinga".

The Companyas website is [ www.lifetimebrands.com ].