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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001001250-25-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EL"
cik: "0001001250"
company_name: "ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:40:21.033265+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Estée Lauder annual meeting elects directors, approves charter amendments to limit officer liability

## Summary
- Stockholders elected 6 directors including William P. Lauder and Dana Strong; term ends 2028 (Class II) or 2027 (Class I).
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as FY2026 independent auditor with 1.46B votes for, 218K against.
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed with 1.31B for, 129M against.
- Approved charter amendments eliminating monetary liability of certain officers under Delaware law; effective Nov. 13, 2025.
- A separate charter amendment making miscellaneous changes to Articles V and VI also approved unanimously.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001001250-25-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EL
- cik: 0001001250
- company_name: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125025000112/0001001250-25-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000100125025000112/el-20251113.htm

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