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Estee Lauder Companies Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 5/3/21, at 12:52pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1001250-21-62   ·   File #:  1-14064

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/03/21  Estee Lauder Companies Inc.       10-Q        3/31/21  104:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.56M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     85K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss)          HTML     96K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K 
                (Loss)                                                           
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    116K 
16: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    124K 
18: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     95K 
19: R8          Acquisition of Business                             HTML     33K 
20: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML    124K 
21: R10         Charges Associated With Restructuring and Other     HTML    190K 
                Activities                                                       
22: R11         Debt                                                HTML     40K 
23: R12         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    172K 
24: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    132K 
25: R14         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     53K 
26: R15         Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans           HTML     96K 
27: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     32K 
28: R17         Stock Programs                                      HTML     53K 
29: R18         Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to the Estee       HTML     64K 
                Lauder Companies Inc. Per Common Share                           
30: R19         Equity                                              HTML    163K 
31: R20         Statement of Cash Flows                             HTML     40K 
32: R21         Segment Data and Related Information                HTML    108K 
33: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
34: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     92K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R25         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    124K 
37: R26         Charges Associated With Restructuring and Other     HTML    184K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
38: R27         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     41K 
39: R28         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    173K 
40: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    132K 
41: R30         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     52K 
42: R31         Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)  HTML     97K 
43: R32         Stock Programs (Tables)                             HTML     47K 
44: R33         Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to the Estee       HTML     65K 
                Lauder Companies Inc. Per Common Share (Tables)                  
45: R34         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    167K 
46: R35         Statement of Cash Flows (Tables)                    HTML     39K 
47: R36         Segment Data and Related Information (Tables)       HTML    107K 
48: R37         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     34K 
                Currency Translation and Transactions (Details)                  
49: R38         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     50K 
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
50: R39         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     41K 
                Inventory and Promotional Merchandise (Details)                  
51: R40         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     73K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)                          
52: R41         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     32K 
                Leases (Details)                                                 
53: R42         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     52K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
54: R43         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Other  HTML     48K 
                Accrued Liabilities (Details)                                    
55: R44         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     36K 
                Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Standards                 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         Acquisition of Business (Details)                   HTML     52K 
57: R46         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Goodwill     HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Other        HTML     66K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
59: R48         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narrative    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Impairment   HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     56K 
                ACTIVITIES - Charges Associated With Restructuring               
                Activities (Details)                                             
62: R51         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     76K 
                ACTIVITIES - Approved Restructuring Activities by                
                Major Cost Type (Details)                                        
63: R52         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML    100K 
                ACTIVITIES - Cumulative Restructuring Charges by                 
                Major Cost Type (Details)                                        
64: R53         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     92K 
                ACTIVITIES - Accrued Restructuring Charges                       
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     42K 
                ACTIVITIES - Narrative (Details)                                 
66: R55         DEBT - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     43K 
67: R56         DEBT - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Details)         HTML     52K 
68: R57         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Derivative       HTML     59K 
                Instruments Included in the Consolidated Balance                 
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
69: R58         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Gain (Loss) on   HTML     88K 
                Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)                       
70: R59         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Cash Flow        HTML     65K 
                Hedges, Fair Value Hedges, Credit Risk (Details)                 
71: R60         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Hierarchy For Financial   HTML     66K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a               
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
72: R61         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Estimated Fair Values of  HTML     54K 
                Financial Instruments (Details)                                  
73: R62         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Impairment Charges        HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R63         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Foreign Currency Forward  HTML     36K 
                Contracts Maturity and Additional Purchase Price                 
                Payable - Narrative (Details)                                    
75: R64         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Contingent Consideration  HTML     37K 
                Roll forward (Details)                                           
76: R65         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Narrative (Details)           HTML     44K 
77: R66         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Changes in Allowance for      HTML     38K 
                Credit Losses (Details)                                          
78: R67         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Changes in Deferred Revenue   HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R68         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Transaction Price Allocated   HTML     34K 
                to the Remaining Performance Obligations (Details)               
80: R69         PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS -         HTML     65K 
                Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                
81: R70         PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS -         HTML     44K 
                Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance                   
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
82: R71         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     38K 
83: R72         STOCK PROGRAMS - Compensation Expense and Stock     HTML     45K 
                Options (Details)                                                
84: R73         STOCK PROGRAMS - Restricted Stock Units (Details)   HTML     46K 
85: R74         STOCK PROGRAMS - Performance Share Units (Details)  HTML     43K 
86: R75         STOCK PROGRAMS - Long-term Performance Share Units  HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R76         STOCK PROGRAMS - Long-term Price Vested Units       HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R77         STOCK PROGRAMS - Schedule of Long-term Price        HTML     44K 
                Vested Units (Details)                                           
89: R78         STOCK PROGRAMS - Schedule of Assumptions Used for   HTML     39K 
                Award (Details)                                                  
90: R79         Net Earnings (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ESTEE       HTML     58K 
                LAUDER COMPANIES INC. PER COMMON SHARE -                         
                Reconciliation Between Numerator and Denominator                 
                of Basic and Diluted EPS Computations (Details)                  
91: R80         Net Earnings (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ESTEE       HTML     36K 
                LAUDER COMPANIES INC. PER COMMON SHARE - Schedule                
                of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from                         
                Computation of Earnings Per Share (Details)                      
92: R81         Net Earnings (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ESTEE       HTML     33K 
                LAUDER COMPANIES INC. PER COMMON SHARE -                         
                Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation                
                of Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                           
93: R82         EQUITY - Equity Roll forward (Details)              HTML     81K 
94: R83         EQUITY - Class of Stock and Dividend Information    HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R84         EQUITY - Common Stock (Details)                     HTML     36K 
96: R85         EQUITY - Changes in Accumulated Other               HTML     53K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
97: R86         EQUITY - Reclassification Adjustments From          HTML     76K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
98: R87         Statement of Cash Flows (Details)                   HTML     40K 
99: R88         Segment Data and Related Information (Details)      HTML     88K 
100: R89         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     40K  
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