---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-002198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCUT"
cik: "0000874396"
company_name: "LIFETIME BRANDS, INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:39:48.143605+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifetime Brands appoints Jeffrey Evans as independent director, expanding board to 10

## Summary
- Board size increased from 9 to 10; Jeffrey Evans appointed effective January 17, 2025.
- Evans receives $60K annual retainer plus $105K equity grant, prorated to 2025 annual meeting.
- Evans brings 30 years retail experience; former President and CMO of At Home, 16 years at Walmart.
- Appointment fills vacancy created by board expansion; no other arrangements or transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-002198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCUT
- cik: 0000874396
- company_name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828025002198/0001628280-25-002198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828025002198/lcut-20250117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-002198
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-002198.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-002198.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Evans was appointed as independent director at LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: appointed Jeffrey Evans to serve as an independent director on the Board of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874396/000162828025002198/0001628280-25-002198-index.htm

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