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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 17, 2005, and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of common stock, par value of $.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;) of Lifetime Brands, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), by the Company and certain selling stockholders, including an irrevocable trust for the benefit of Jodie Glickman's daughter of which Jodie Glickman is the sole trustee (the &quot;Child's Trust&quot;), two irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Jodie Glickman of which Jodie Glickman and Jodie Glickman's siblings (Bruce Cohen and Laura Miller) are the trustees (the &quot;Jodie Glickman Trusts&quot;) (continued in Footnote 2),</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(continuation of Footnote 1)

and two irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Laura Miller of which Laura Miller, Jodie Glickman and Bruce Cohen are the trustees (the &quot;Laura Miller Trusts&quot;), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-129345) filed by the Company which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2005, which offering was consummated on November 23, 2005, the Child's Trust sold 34,971 shares of Common Stock, the Jodie Glickman Trusts sold, in the aggregage, 164,029 shares of Common Stock, and the Laura Miller Trusts sold, in the aggregate 195,000 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents shares held in the Child's Trust and in three other irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Jodie Glickman's spouse, child and grandchild of which Jodie Glickman is the sole trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents shares held in the Jodie Glickman Trusts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents shares held in the Laura Miller Trusts and in an irrevocable trust for the benefit of Bruce Cohen for which Jodie Glickman, Laura Miller and Bruce Cohen serve as the trustees.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jodie Glickman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-23</signatureDate>
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