UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

July 19, 2018

 

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14064

 

11-2408943

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

 

10153

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

212-572-4200

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b) Departure of Director

 

On July 19, 2018, Mellody Hobson, a member of the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that she will serve the remainder of her term, which ends on November 13, 2018, and will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on that date.  Ms. Hobson has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2005, and the Company is grateful for her valuable contributions.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE ESTĒE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:       July 24, 2018

   By:

/s/ Spencer G. Smul

 

 

Spencer G. Smul

 

 

Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

 

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