---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-21-000111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:42:03.727684+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Estée Lauder director Irvine O. Hockaday Jr. will not seek re-election at Nov 2021 annual meeting

## Summary
- Notified company on July 13, 2021; will serve remainder of term ending Nov 12, 2021.
- Has been a board member since 2001; decision not to stand for re-election is planned.
- Company expresses gratitude for his leadership and contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-21-000111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125021000111/0001001250-21-000111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125021000111/el-20210713.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-21-000111
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-21-000111.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-21-000111.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. departed as Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: he will serve the remainder of his term, which ends on November 12, 2021, and he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125021000111/0001001250-21-000111-index.htm

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