SEC Form 4 · accession 0001001250-15-000104

ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC · EL

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Executive Chairman · Director · 10% Owner

Period of report

Nov 2, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Nov 4, 2015 · 4:37 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001001250

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A Common Stock^F1	Nov 2, 2015	M	11,256	$0.00	A	18,046	D
Class A Common Stock	Nov 2, 2015	F	6,285	$86.37	D	11,761	D
Class A Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	10,468	I	By children of William P. Lauder
Class A Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	795,615	I	By WPL GRAT, as Co-Trustee
Class A Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	24,360	I	By GML GRAT, as Co-Trustee

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)^F3,F1,F4	—	Nov 2, 2015	M	11,256	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	11,256	22,620	D

F1Not applicable. Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") vest and are paid out in shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-to-one basis on the applicable vesting date.
F2Represents the withholding of shares for tax purposes.
F3Vesting of portions of RSUs granted September 4, 2012, September 4, 2013 and September 3, 2014.
F4Remaining RSUs from grants dated September 4, 2013, September 3, 2014 and September 4, 2015 will vest and be paid out as follows: 11,506 on October 31, 2016; 7,379 on October 31, 2017; and 3,735 on October 31, 2018. Upon payout, additional shares will be withheld to cover minimum statutory tax obligations. RSUs are accompanied by dividend equivalent rights that will be payable in cash at the time of payout of the related shares.