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Lifetime Brands (LCUT): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $3,907,942FY2024
- $3,038,451FY2025
CEO total pay was $3,038,451 in fiscal 2025, down from $3,907,942 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $962,500 · bonus $0 · stock awards $2,021,076 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Kay | $962,500 | $0 | $2,021,076 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $54,875 | $3,038,451 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Daniel Siegel | 697,813 | 0 | 328,320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,000 | 1,044,133 |
| President | ||||||||
| Laurence Winoker | 442,750 | 0 | 138,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,000 | 593,260 |
| Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Kay | $3,038,451 | $3,907,942 | — | ↓ −869,491 |
| Daniel Siegel | 1,044,133 | 1,858,900 | 1,496,771 | ↓ −814,767 |
| Laurence Winoker | 593,260 | 1,022,900 | 814,690 | ↓ −429,640 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
The Company's compensation philosophy is to attract, reward, and retain capable executives by linking a significant amount of compensation to measurable business performance and aligning management's interests with those of stockholders through both short-term and long-term incentives.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Winoker | RSU | 2025-03-11 | — | — | 13,500 | — | $69,255 |
| Robert Kay | RSU | 2025-03-11 | — | — | 196,986 | — | 1,010,538 |
| Daniel Siegel | RSU | 2025-03-11 | — | — | 32,000 | — | 164,160 |
| Robert Kay | PSU | 2025-03-11 | 147,740 | 196,986 | — | 295,479 | 1,010,538 |
| Laurence Winoker | PSU | 2025-03-11 | 10,125 | 13,500 | — | 20,250 | 69,255 |
| Daniel Siegel | PSU | 2025-03-11 | 24,000 | 32,000 | — | 48,000 | 164,160 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Winoker | $69,255 | $69,255 | $0 | 50.0% |
| Robert Kay | 1,010,538 | 1,010,538 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Daniel Siegel | 164,160 | 164,160 | 0 | 50.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Winoker | RSU | 2,000 | — | $7,900 |
| Siegel | RSU | 4,125 | — | 16,294 |
| Laurence Winoker | RSU | 5,500 | — | 21,725 |
| Siegel | RSU | 8,750 | — | 34,563 |
| Laurence Winoker | RSU | 9,375 | — | 37,031 |
| Laurence Winoker | PSU | 11,000 | — | 43,450 |
| Laurence Winoker | PSU | 12,500 | — | 49,375 |
| Laurence Winoker | RSU | 13,500 | — | 53,325 |
| Laurence Winoker | PSU | 13,500 | — | 53,325 |
| Siegel | RSU | 15,000 | — | 59,250 |
| Siegel | PSU | 17,500 | — | 69,125 |
| Siegel | PSU | 20,000 | — | 79,000 |
| Robert Kay | RSU | 24,625 | — | 97,269 |
| Siegel | RSU | 32,000 | — | 126,400 |
| Siegel | PSU | 32,000 | — | 126,400 |
| Robert Kay | RSU | 37,500 | — | 148,125 |
| Robert Kay | RSU | 71,250 | — | 281,438 |
| Robert Kay | PSU | 75,000 | — | 296,250 |
| Robert Kay | PSU | 95,000 | — | 375,250 |
| Robert Kay | RSU | 196,986 | — | 778,095 |
| Robert Kay | PSU | 196,986 | — | 778,095 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. ReganIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Audit (Chair) · Executive | $135,000 | $105,000 | — | — | $0 | $240,000 |
| Jeffrey SiegelNot independent · Board Chair · Executive (Chair) | 123,400 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 228,400 |
| Jeffrey H. EvansIndependent · Audit | 71,633 | 148,721 | — | — | 0 | 220,355 |
| Cherrie NanningaIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Compensation (Chair) | 99,900 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 204,900 |
| Rachael A. JaroshIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Compensation | 83,800 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 188,800 |
| Bruce G. PollackIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Compensation | 82,800 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 187,800 |
| Veronique Gabai-PinskyIndependent | 81,500 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 186,500 |
| Craig PhillipsIndependent · Audit | 76,900 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 181,900 |
| Michael SchnabelIndependent · Audit | 76,900 | 105,000 | — | — | 0 | 181,900 |
| Daniel SiegelEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $105,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | $2,000 |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 20,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | the Company has stock ownership guidelines, an anti-hedging policy, an Insider Trading Policy and a Clawback Policy. |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $831,833 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $988,721 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,820,554 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names Lifetime Brands as a peer
Companies that benchmark against LCUT
4 companies name LCUT as a compensation peer
The list of companies that name LCUT as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.
Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Buckle, Inc. | 2025 | Dennis Nelson | $1,300,000 | $5,713,200 | $0 | $0 | $11,706,282 |
| 2 | Unifi, Inc. | 2026 | Sandy Douglas | 1,123,077 | 8,016,521 | 0 | 2,133,359 | 11,295,207 |
| 3 | Jakks Pacific | 2025 | Stephen Berman | 1,850,000 | 5,233,075 | 0 | 0 | 9,958,012 |
| 4 | Yeti Holdings, Inc. | 2025 | Matthew Reintjes | 1,057,308 | 5,500,187 | 0 | 1,126,033 | 7,697,528 |
| 5 | Lands’ End, Inc. | 2025 | Andrew McLean | 1,100,000 | 2,841,491 | — | 1,416,250 | 5,914,780 |
| 6 | Oxford Industries, Inc. | 2025 | Thomas Chubb III | 900,000 | 3,942,205 | 0 | 388,440 | 5,529,136 |
| 7 | Movado Group, Inc. | 2026 | Efraim Grinberg | 1,300,001 | 1,949,998 | — | — | 5,228,254 |
| 8 | Helen of Troy Limited | 2026 | G. Scott Uzzell | 550,000 | 3,250,000 | 0 | 107,752 | 4,433,124 |
| 9 | Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co. | 2025 | R. Scott Tidey | 809,992 | 1,069,993 | 0 | 1,356,275 | 3,501,213 |
| 10 | Lifetime Brands | 2025 | Robert Kay | 962,500 | 2,021,076 | 0 | 0 | 3,038,451 |
| 11 | Johnson Outdoors Inc. | 2025 | Helen Johnson-Leipold | 924,419 | 1,150,000 | 0 | 458,315 | 2,767,128 |
| 12 | Superior Group of Companies | 2025 | Michael Benstock | 1,004,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,750,208 |
| 13 | Universal Electronics Inc. | 2025 | Richard Carnifax | 394,125 | 630,851 | 231,000 | 0 | 1,261,190 |
| — | Vera Bradley, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | iRobot Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Solo Brands | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Incentive design against the same peers
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Brands | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co. | not disclosed | Transfer-Restricted Class A Common 65 · Cash 35 | not disclosed | Korn Ferry |
| Helen of Troy Limited | 16.3% | PRSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | FW Cook |
| iRobot Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Jakks Pacific | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Willis Towers Watson, Lipis Consulting, Inc, Frederic W. Cook & Co. |
| Johnson Outdoors Inc. | not disclosed | PRSU 100 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer |
| Lands’ End, Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | not disclosed |
| Movado Group, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Oxford Industries, Inc. | 43% | not disclosed | Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to comparator group | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Solo Brands | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Superior Group of Companies | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | Korn Ferry |
| The Buckle, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Unifi, Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | not disclosed | FW Cook |
| Universal Electronics Inc. | not disclosed | PSU 75 · Options 25 | No | Pay Governance LLC |
| Vera Bradley, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Yeti Holdings, Inc. | 71.0% | PBRSU 75 · RSU 25 | Yes — Relative Total Stockholder Return (TSR) | FW Cook |
Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-22 | 15,747,252 | 65,124 | 322,022 | 97.6% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-06-18 | 14,028,222 | 2,085,341 | 345,090 | 85.23% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-06-20 | 14,470,844 | 1,273,396 | 418,571 | 89.53% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-06-22 | 13,865,159 | 1,101,795 | 412,540 | 90.15% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-06-23 | 16,247,241 | 1,391,816 | 469,630 | 89.72% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-06-24 | 17,944,936 | 146,821 | 537,346 | 96.33% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-22 | 97.6%a |
| 2025 | 2025-06-18 | 85.23%b |
| 2024 | 2024-06-20 | 89.53%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Thus, an abstention from voting on Proposals 2, 3 and 4 has the same effect as a vote "against" the matter.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Thus, an abstention from voting on Proposal 2 or 3 has the same effect as a vote "against" the matter.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Thus, an abstention from voting on Proposal 2, 3 or 5 has the same effect as a vote against the matter.”.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (38 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, Robert Kay. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 34. As printed: 3,038,451. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Daniel Siegel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,044,133. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Laurence Winoker. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 593,260. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Laurence Winoker RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Robert Kay RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Daniel Siegel RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Robert Kay PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Laurence Winoker PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Daniel Siegel PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Michael J. Regan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Jeffrey Siegel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 228,400. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Jeffrey H. Evans. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,355. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Cherrie Nanninga. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 204,900. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Rachael A. Jarosh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 188,800. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Bruce G. Pollack. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,800. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Veronique Gabai-Pinsky. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 186,500. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Craig Phillips. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 181,900. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Michael Schnabel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 181,900. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Daniel Siegel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.6% (votes for as printed: 15,747,252). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 85.23% (votes for as printed: 14,028,222). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-21. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.53% (votes for as printed: 14,470,844). View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
- Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 831,833 + equity 988,721 + all other 0 = 1,820,554, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- The Buckle, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in The Buckle, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,706,282. View filing ↗
- Unifi, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-11-04. CEO total compensation as printed in Unifi, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,295,207. View filing ↗
- Jakks Pacific, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Jakks Pacific's own proxy. As printed: 9,958,012. View filing ↗
- Yeti Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Yeti Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,697,528. View filing ↗
- Lands’ End, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Lands’ End, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,914,780. View filing ↗
- Oxford Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Oxford Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,529,136. View filing ↗
- Movado Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Movado Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,228,254. View filing ↗
- Helen of Troy Limited, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Helen of Troy Limited's own proxy. As printed: 4,433,124. View filing ↗
- Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,501,213. View filing ↗
- Lifetime Brands (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Lifetime Brands's own proxy. As printed: 3,038,451. View filing ↗
- Johnson Outdoors Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,767,128. View filing ↗
- Superior Group of Companies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Superior Group of Companies's own proxy. As printed: 2,750,208. View filing ↗
- Universal Electronics Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in Universal Electronics Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,261,190. View filing ↗