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Estee Lauder Companies Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/2/21, at 12:34pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/21   ·   Accession #:  1001250-21-174   ·   File #:  1-14064

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

11/02/21  Estee Lauder Companies Inc.       10-Q        9/30/21   98:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.12M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     84K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    117K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     88K 
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    157K 
16: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    116K 
18: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     81K 
19: R8          Acquisition of Businesses                           HTML     61K 
20: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     88K 
21: R10         Charges Associated With Restructuring and Other     HTML    126K 
                Activities                                                       
22: R11         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    125K 
23: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     99K 
24: R13         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     46K 
25: R14         Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans           HTML     67K 
26: R15         Contingencies                                       HTML     31K 
27: R16         Stock Programs                                      HTML     45K 
28: R17         Net Earnings Attributable to the Estee Lauder       HTML     51K 
                Companies Inc. Per Common Share                                  
29: R18         Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest       HTML    125K 
30: R19         Statement of Cash Flows                             HTML     41K 
31: R20         Segment Data and Related Information                HTML     85K 
32: R21         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     31K 
33: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     76K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     66K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R24         Acquisition of Businesses (Tables)                  HTML     69K 
36: R25         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     91K 
37: R26         Charges Associated With Restructuring and Other     HTML    120K 
                Activities (Tables)                                              
38: R27         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    126K 
39: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     92K 
40: R29         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     43K 
41: R30         Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)  HTML     65K 
42: R31         Stock Programs (Tables)                             HTML     44K 
43: R32         Net Earnings Attributable to the Estee Lauder       HTML     52K 
                Companies Inc. Per Common Share (Tables)                         
44: R33         Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest       HTML    127K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R34         Statement of Cash Flows (Tables)                    HTML     40K 
46: R35         Segment Data and Related Information (Tables)       HTML     80K 
47: R36         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     33K 
                Currency Translation and Transactions (Details)                  
48: R37         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     50K 
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
49: R38         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     40K 
                Inventory and Promotional Merchandise (Details)                  
50: R39         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     69K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)                          
51: R40         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     47K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
52: R41         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     48K 
                Schedule of Other Accrued Liabilities (Details)                  
53: R42         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Other  HTML     34K 
                Accrued Liabilities Narrative (Details)                          
54: R43         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     46K 
                Changes in Accounting Policies (Details)                         
55: R44         ACQUISITION OF BUSINESSES - Narrative (Details)     HTML     75K 
56: R45         ACQUISITION OF BUSINESSES - Summary of Total        HTML     57K 
                Consideration Transferred (Details)                              
57: R46         ACQUISITION OF BUSINESSES - Schedule of Fair Value  HTML     46K 
                Option-Pricing Assumptions (Details)                             
58: R47         ACQUISITION OF BUSINESSES - Preliminary Allocation  HTML     67K 
                of Total Consideration Transferred (Details)                     
59: R48         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narrative    HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Goodwill     HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Other        HTML     65K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
62: R51         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     42K 
                ACTIVITIES - Charges Associated With Restructuring               
                Activities (Details)                                             
63: R52         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     47K 
                ACTIVITIES - Narrative (Details)                                 
64: R53         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     55K 
                ACTIVITIES - Cumulative Charges Expected To Be                   
                Incurred (Details)                                               
65: R54         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     56K 
                ACTIVITIES - Approved Restructuring Activities by                
                Major Cost Type (Details)                                        
66: R55         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     59K 
                ACTIVITIES - Cumulative Restructuring Charges by                 
                Major Cost Type (Details)                                        
67: R56         CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER     HTML     60K 
                ACTIVITIES - Accrued Restructuring Charges                       
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Derivative       HTML     58K 
                Instruments Included in the Consolidated Balance                 
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
69: R58         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Gain (Loss) on   HTML     83K 
                Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)                       
70: R59         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Cash Flow        HTML     70K 
                Hedges, Fair Value Hedges, Credit Risk (Details)                 
71: R60         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Hierarchy For Financial   HTML     60K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a               
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
72: R61         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Estimated Fair Values of  HTML     53K 
                Financial Instruments (Details)                                  
73: R62         FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Foreign Currency Forward  HTML     35K 
                Contracts Maturity and Additional Purchase Price                 
                Payable - Narrative (Details)                                    
74: R63         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Narrative (Details)           HTML     31K 
75: R64         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Changes in Allowance for      HTML     33K 
                Credit Losses (Details)                                          
76: R65         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Changes in Deferred Revenue   HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R66         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Transaction Price Allocated   HTML     33K 
                to the Remaining Performance Obligations (Details)               
78: R67         PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS -         HTML     62K 
                Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                
79: R68         PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS -         HTML     44K 
                Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance                   
                Sheets (Details)                                                 
80: R69         STOCK PROGRAMS - Compensation Expense and Stock     HTML     42K 
                Options (Details)                                                
81: R70         STOCK PROGRAMS - Restricted Stock Units (Details)   HTML     44K 
82: R71         STOCK PROGRAMS - Performance Share Units (Details)  HTML     42K 
83: R72         STOCK PROGRAMS - DECIEM Stock Options (Details)     HTML     36K 
84: R73         STOCK PROGRAMS - Schedule of Key Assumptions Used   HTML     46K 
                For Award (Details)                                              
85: R74         NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ESTEE LAUDER       HTML     64K 
                COMPANIES INC. PER COMMON SHARE - Reconciliation                 
                Between Numerator and Denominator of Basic and                   
                Diluted EPS Computations (Details)                               
86: R75         NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ESTEE LAUDER       HTML     37K 
                COMPANIES INC. PER COMMON SHARE - Antidilutive                   
                Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings,                
                Per Share (Details)                                              
87: R76         EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST -     HTML    103K 
                Equity Roll forward (Details)                                    
88: R77         EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST -     HTML     48K 
                Class of Stock and Dividend Information (Details)                
89: R78         EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST -     HTML     53K 
                Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
90: R79         EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST -     HTML     70K 
                Reclassification Adjustments From Accumulated                    
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                      
91: R80         Statement of Cash Flows (Details)                   HTML     41K 
92: R81         SEGMENT DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION - Narrative    HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R82         SEGMENT DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION - Schedule of  HTML     85K 
                Segment Data and Related Information (Details)                   
94: R83         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     48K 
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