secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL)
CIK:        0001001250
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-113517
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Estée Lauder appoints Stéphane de La Faverie as CEO effective Jan 1, 2025; Freda to retire
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- Stéphane de La Faverie named President and CEO, effective Jan 1, 2025; joins Board same day.
- Fabrizio Freda steps down as CEO and from Board Dec 31, 2024; remains Special Advisor until June 30, 2026.
- William P. Lauder steps down as Executive Chairman after Nov 8 annual meeting; retires as employee March 1, 2025, stays Board Chair.
- De La Faverie's base salary $1.5M; target bonus $3M; annual equity target >= $10M starting FY2026.
- Freda's base salary $2.1M during advisory; eligible for FY2026 equity award of $12.5M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000110465924113517/0001104659-24-113517-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001250/000110465924113517/tm2427260d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-113517

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