# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001001250
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-093187
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 5101
**Document Hash:** 4916b7959f26d073d0df93d33e15c103
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-093187.hdr.sgml**: 20250925

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-093187

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250925

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250925

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001001250
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 112408943
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14064
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251340700

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 767 FIFTH AVE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10153
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2125724200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 767 FIFTH AVE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10153

**UNITED STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br> Washington, D.C. 20549**

**SCHEDULE 14A**

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of <br> the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)

Filed by the Registrant ⌧

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◻ Preliminary Proxy Statement

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| ¨ | **Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))** |

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¨ Definitive Proxy Statement

x Definitive Additional Materials

¨ Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12

**THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;![GRAPHIC](tmb-20250629xcoverg001.jpg) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your Vote Counts! Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V77633-P37481 THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by November 12, 2025 11:59 PM ET You invested in THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. and it's time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the stockholder meeting to be held on November 13, 2025. Vote Virtually at the Meeting\* November 13, 2025 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/EL2025 \*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Get informed before you vote View the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to October 30, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 767 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10153 |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;![GRAPHIC](tmb-20250629xcoverg002.jpg) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click "Delivery Settings". Voting Items Board Recommends V77634-P37481 THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. 1. Election of Director Nominees: Election of five (5) Class II Directors 1a. William P. Lauder For 1b. Annabelle Yu Long For 1c. Dana Strong, CBE For 1d. Jennifer Tejada For 1e. Richard F. Zannino For Election of one (1) Class I Director 1f. Eric L. Zinterhofer For 2. Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for the 2026 fiscal year. For 3. Advisory vote to approve executive compensation. For 4. Approval of Amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate the Monetary Liability of Certain Officers as Permitted by Delaware Law and to Make Certain Miscellaneous Changes to Article IV thereof. For 5. Approval of Amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Make Certain Miscellaneous Changes to Articles V and VI thereof. For We also will transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the meeting. |

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