ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) reported that director Barry S. Sternlicht received additional stock unit awards on September 15, 2026 through reinvestment of dividend equivalents on his existing stock units. He acquired 68.05 stock units with share payout and 174.27 stock units with cash payout, each referenced to $96.25 per underlying Class A Common Stock share. Following these awards, his direct deferred holdings increased to 18,783.89 stock units (share payout) and 48,099.45 stock units (cash payout), which will be paid in accordance with plan terms after his service as a director ends, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) director Annabelle Yu Long reported an acquisition of 2.88 Stock Units (Share Payout) on September 15, 2026. These units represent reinvested dividend equivalents on outstanding stock units and are payable in Class A Common Stock after her service as a director ends, bringing her directly held stock units to 795.02.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (symbol: EL) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC. FRIBOURG PAUL J reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) reported that director Paul J. Fribourg received two awards of stock units linked to Class A Common Stock on September 15, 2026. These reflect reinvestment of dividend equivalents on his outstanding stock units, with payout generally deferred until after his board service ends.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) reported that director Jennifer Hyman acquired 16.03 stock units on September 15, 2026 as a grant or award representing reinvested dividend equivalents, at a reference value of $96.25 per unit. Following this award, she holds 4,426.54 stock units directly, each payable in Class A Common Stock on the first business day of the calendar year after her board service ends. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported for this transaction.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) reported that director Eric Louis Zinterhofer received two small stock unit awards on September 15, 2026, representing reinvested dividend equivalents on outstanding stock units. He acquired 10.23 stock units designated for share payout and 8.41 stock units designated for cash payout, both tied to Class A Common Stock at $96.25 per unit. These stock units will be paid out on the first business day of the calendar year following the last date of his service as a director, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) reported that director Charlene Barshefsky received an automatic acquisition of 86.09 stock units on September 15, 2026. These units represent reinvestment of dividend equivalents on her outstanding stock units at a reference value of $96.25 per unit, bringing her directly held stock-unit balance to 23,761.32 units. The stock units will be paid out in shares of Class A Common Stock on the first business day of the calendar year following the last date of her service as a director.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) director Paul J. Fribourg reported indirect open-market sales totaling 103,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on September 11 and 14, 2026, through Continental Grain Company. The trades were executed in multiple transactions at weighted average prices around $96.78–$98.79 per share, with detailed price ranges disclosed for each tranche. Mr. Fribourg may be deemed to share voting and investment power over these indirectly held shares through his roles at Continental Grain Company and related family trusts and disclaims beneficial ownership of shares in which he has no pecuniary interest. A separate entry reports 4,000 shares held directly. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) director Charlene Barshefsky reported an option exercise and related share sale through family trusts on September 9, 2026. A family trust exercised stock options for 4,697 Class A Common shares at an exercise price of $78.36 per share and then sold 3,775 shares at $98.82 per share. After these transactions, indirect holdings reported include 29,950 Class A Common shares held by a spousal family trust and 50 shares held by a spouse, and no options from this grant remain outstanding. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is indicated.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) received a Rule 144 notice for a proposed sale of its common stock. The Charlene Barshefsky 2012 Family U/A trust filed to sell up to 3,775 shares of EL common stock, with an approximate aggregate market value of $373,045.50, through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE on September 9, 2026. The shares are to be issued upon a stock option exercise for cash from the issuer and then sold.
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated two new director candidates, Jean-Frédéric Dufour and Matthew E. Rubel, to stand for election as Class III directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders, which is expected to be held on November 17, 2026.
Jean-Frédéric Dufour serves as Chief Executive Officer of Rolex SA, and Matthew E. Rubel is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Holley Inc.