---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-22-000217"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T13:13:06.151329+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Estée Lauder reports annual meeting results; all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with at least 1.35 billion votes each; Ronald S. Lauder received 1.43B votes.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor approved with 1.46B votes for (vs. 1M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 1.37B votes for, 77M against, and 11M broker non-votes.
- Broker non-votes of 11.07M shares on director elections and say-on-pay proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-22-000217
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125022000217/0001001250-22-000217-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125022000217/el-20221118.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2022-11-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-18
  source text: Proposal Three: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. Stockholders approved a resolution approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 1,369,942,644 77,110,054 556,353 11,069,762
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125022000217/0001001250-22-000217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-11-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-18
  source text: Proposal One: Election of Directors. Stockholders elected each of the following nominees as director to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting (i.e. as a Class II Director) and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ronald S. Lauder 1,428,429,359 19,179,692 11,069,762 William P. Lauder 1,364,911,462 82,697,589 11,069,762 Richard D. Parsons 1,348,951,148 98,657,903 11,069,762 Lynn Forester de Rothschild 1,419,693,681 27,915,370 11,069,762 Jennifer Tejada 1,373,304,495 74,304,556 11,069,762 Richard F. Zannino 1,426,904,231 20,704,820 11,069,762
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125022000217/0001001250-22-000217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors at the 2022-11-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-18
  source text: Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors . Stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 1,457,379,675 1,022,753 276,385 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125022000217/0001001250-22-000217-index.htm

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