LIFETIME BRANDS INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Bruce G. Pollack

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Bruce G. Pollack”): 14,499,460 for, 1,658,852 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 90% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,230,742 for, 262,387 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Cherrie Nanninga

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Cherrie Nanninga”): 14,453,960 for, 1,704,852 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,230,742 for, 262,387 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Craig Phillips

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Craig Phillips”): 13,809,991 for, 2,348,321 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 2,844,531 for, 648,598 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Jeffrey Siegel

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jeffrey Siegel”): 14,005,126 for, 2,155,218 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 87% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 2,850,221 for, 642,908 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Michael J. Regan

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael J. Regan”): 13,676,175 for, 2,482,137 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 2,587,834 for, 905,295 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Michael Schnabel

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael Schnabel”): 14,596,483 for, 1,561,829 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 90% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,487,439 for, 5,690 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Rachael A. Jarosh

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Rachael A. Jarosh”): 14,479,061 for, 1,679,751 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 90% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,230,742 for, 262,387 against, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Robert B. Kay

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert B. Kay”): 14,743,666 for, 1,416,678 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,493,129 for, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Veronique Gabai-Pinsky

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Veronique Gabai-Pinsky”): 14,818,137 for, 1,340,675 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected a…”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 25 asset managers below reported 3,493,129 for, 1,568 unknown.

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN.

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“5. An amendment and restatement of the Plan, as described above under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K”): 14,350,534 for, 1,784,392 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 5 An amendment and restatement of the Plan, as described above under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, was approved based on the following votes:”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 26 asset managers below reported 2,964,750 for, 531,329 against, 1,568 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 26 asset managers. All 26 are in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE 2023 COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3 The Company's stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2023 compensation of the Company's named executive officers, based on the following votes:”): 14,470,844 for, 1,273,396 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 The Company's stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2023 compensation of the Company's named executive officers, based on the following votes:”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 27 managers: 3,496,079 for, 204,693 abstained, 1,568 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Institutional-manager reports, all 57 managers: 3,616,417 for, 1,205,430 against, 201,056 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH STOCKHOLDERS ARE PROVIDED AN ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 26 managers: 204,693 abstained, 2,485,110 1 year, 1,008,019 3 year, 1,568 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Institutional-manager reports, all 53 managers: 8 for, 201,056 abstained, 3,709,929 1 year, 252,408 3 year, 850 2 year. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024.

LIFETIME BRANDS INC.’s own tally for this item (“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, 2024, based on t”): 20,023,969 for, 109,202 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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, 2024, based on the following votes:”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 26 asset managers below reported 3,409,742 for, 86,337 against, 1,568 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 26 asset managers. All 26 are in the interactive database (link above).