<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001001250-22-000197.txt : 20221104
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001001250-22-000197
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFR14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221104

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001250
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
		IRS NUMBER:				112408943
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFR14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14064
		FILM NUMBER:		221360393

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 FIFTH AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10153
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125724200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 FIFTH AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10153
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ie62600cc9aa042d7b90d93e7f3e57126_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION<br>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934<br>(Amendment No. 1)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Filed by the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> </font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Check the appropriate box&#58; </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">  Preliminary Proxy Statement </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">  Confidential, for use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">  Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">  Definitive Additional Materials</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">  Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12 <br><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">THE EST&#201;E LAUDER COMPANIES INC.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)<br></font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:8pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.358%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> No fee required. </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> Fee paid previously with preliminary materials</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div 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colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ie62600cc9aa042d7b90d93e7f3e57126_77"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">THE EST&#201;E LAUDER COMPANIES INC.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York  10153</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Supplement dated November 4, 2022<br>To the Proxy Statement dated September 29, 2022<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">for the Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on<br>Friday, November 18, 2022, 10&#58;00 a.m. Eastern Time<br>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com&#47;EL2022</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(the &#8220;Virtual Annual Meeting&#8221;)</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following disclosures amend the definitive proxy statement filed by The Est&#233;e Lauder Companies Inc.(the &#8220;Company&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) on September 29, 2022 (the &#8220;Proxy  Statement&#8221;) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company&#8217;s board of directors for the above-referenced Virtual Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">After the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC and sent to our stockholders, the Company determined that the &#8220;Executive Compensation&#8221; section of the Proxy Statement overstated certain compensation amounts for Tracey T. Travis, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in each of (i) Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2022 on page 76 and (ii) the Summary Compensation Table on page 70.  Specifically, (i) in Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2022, the amounts shown for Ms. Travis in the &#8220;Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards&#8221; column for each of (a) the PSU granted on 9&#47;2&#47;2021 with a target of 5,583 shares and (b) the RSU granted on 9&#47;2&#47;2021 should be $1,920,887 (and not $4,941,734), and consequently, (ii) in the Summary Compensation Table, the amounts for Ms. Travis in the fiscal 2022 &#8220;Stock Awards&#8221; column and &#8220;Total&#8221; column should be $8,841,998 and $14,094,936, respectively (and not $14,883,692 and $20,136,630, respectively).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This supplemental information should be read together with the Proxy Statement, which should be read in its entirety. From and after the date of this supplement, any references to the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221; are to the Proxy Statement as amended hereby. If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again unless you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal. If you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal, please refer to the Proxy Statement for instructions on how to do so.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2022&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">This Amendment No. 1, our Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,  and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 with certain exhibits (which constitutes the &#8220;Annual Report to Stockholders&#8221;), are available at www.proxyvote.com. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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