---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-23-000233"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:27:26.490590+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Estée Lauder holds 2023 annual meeting; all director nominees elected, advisory say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All four Class III director nominees elected: Barshefsky, Dong, Freda, G. Lauder, J. Lauder.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for FY2024 approved (1.45B votes for).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed (1.32B for, 120M against).
- Stockholders selected one year for frequency of say-on-pay; company will hold annual vote.
- Broker non-votes present for director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-23-000233
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/0001001250-23-000233-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/el-20231117.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001001250-23-000233.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-17
  source text: Stockholders elected each of the following nominees as Class III directors to hold office for a term of three years until the 2026 Annual Meeting and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/0001001250-23-000233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-17
  source text: Stockholders approved a resolution approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/0001001250-23-000233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-17
  source text: Stockholders voted as follows on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 1,436,849,777 278,890 2,069,391 448,238 15,014,964
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/0001001250-23-000233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors at the 2023-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-17
  source text: Stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125023000233/0001001250-23-000233-index.htm

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