{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001001250-23-000119","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EL","cik":"0001001250","company_name":"ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC","filed_at":"2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:32.814836+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-11T03:49:57.074641+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Leonard A. Lauder and Wei Sun Christianson not standing for re-election; Gary M. Lauder nominated as Class III director","bullets":["Leonard A. Lauder (board since 1958) and Wei Sun Christianson will not stand for re-election at Nov 17, 2023 annual meeting.","Departures not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.","Gary M. Lauder, son of Leonard and brother of Executive Chairman William P. Lauder, nominated as Class III director.","Board size to decrease from 16 to 15, Class III from 6 to 5 directors, effective Nov 17, 2023."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000119.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/el-20230822.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-11T03:49:57.074641+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"9070577445","claim":"Leonard A. Lauder departed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On August 22, 2023, Leonard A. Lauder (“Mr. L. Lauder”), who has been a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 1958, and Wei Sun Christianson (“Ms. Christianson”), who has been a member of the Board since 2011, notified The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”) of their decisions not to stand for re-election as Class III directors at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 17, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class III Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"d023366ff5","claim":"Gary M. Lauder was appointed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.","evidence_excerpt":"Gary M. Lauder (“Mr. G. Lauder”), a son of Mr. L. Lauder and the brother of William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman (“Mr. W. Lauder”), has been nominated by the Board to stand for election as a Class III Director at the 2023 Annual Meeting, as Mr. L. Lauder’s designee under the Stockholders’ Agreement (as described below).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"nominated"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class III Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"eb251c9778","claim":"Wei Sun Christianson departed as Class III Director at ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.","evidence_excerpt":"Wei Sun Christianson (“Ms. Christianson”), who has been a member of the Board since 2011, notified The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”) of their decisions not to stand for re-election as Class III directors at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 17, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000119/0001001250-23-000119-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class III Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}