---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874396-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-22T12:09:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T12:15:34.532053+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands declares $0.0425 quarterly dividend, approves amended incentive plan

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan, reserving 10,717,500 shares.
- All nine board nominees elected, including Jeffrey Siegel, Robert Kay, Daniel Siegel.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
- Advisory vote approved 2025 compensation of named executive officers.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.0425 per share, payable Aug 14, 2026, record date July 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874396-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T12:09:53+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000026/0000874396-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000026/lcut-20260618.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LIFETIME BRANDS, INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of the 2025 compensation of named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3 The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 15,747,252 65,124 322,022 4,529,514
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000026/0000874396-26-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIFETIME BRANDS, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-12-31
  source text: Proposal 2 The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 20,397,055 157,901 108,956 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000026/0000874396-26-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIFETIME BRANDS, INC shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1 The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following nine (9) nominees unanimously recommended by the Board, each of whom were named in the Proxy Statement, to serve on the Board to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes: FOR WITHHELD ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Jeffrey Siegel 13,617,253 2,515,911 1,234 4,529,514 Robert B. Kay 15,051,616 1,081,549 1,233 4,529,514 Jeffrey H. Evans 15,057,303 1,075,862 1,233 4,529,514 Rachael A. Jarosh 15,028,730 1,105,195 473 4,529,514 Cherrie Nanninga 14,002,619 2,131,306 473 4,529,514 Bruce G. Pollack 14,620,592 1,512,573 1,233 4,529,514 Michael J. Regan 14,040,509 2,092,656 1,233 4,529,514 Michael Schnabel 15,027,990 1,105,175 1,233 4,529,514 Daniel Siegel 14,995,177 1,137,988 1,233 4,529,514
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000087439626000026/0000874396-26-000026-index.htm

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