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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)

Estée Lauder stockholders approve 12 million share increase to incentive plan

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 shareholder Written later

On November 8, 2024, stockholders approved amendments to the Amended and Restated Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan, which adds 12,000,000 Class A shares for issuance and extends the plan to November 8, 2034. The same meeting elected four Class I directors, ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for fiscal 2025, and approved the advisory executive compensation vote. The larger share pool and removal of the individual annual cap on awards could affect existing shareholders' ownership over time.

Key points

  • 12,000,000 additional Class A shares made available under the Share Plan
  • Plan term extended to November 8, 2034; individual annual share cap removed for participants other than non-employee directors
  • Share Plan proposal: 1,355,011,620 votes for and 61,418,229 against
  • Advisory executive compensation vote: 1,318,895,954 for and 97,539,821 against

The filing

CompanyEstée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 13, 2024, 4:02 PM ET
Accession number0001001250-24-000231

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 13, 2024.

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