Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
i212-i572-4200
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iClass
A Common Stock, $.01 par value
iEL
iNew York Stock Exchange
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).
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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 10, 2020. Each share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock was entitled to one vote per share, and each share
of the Company’s Class B Common Stock was entitled to ten votes per share. The matters voted upon and the results of the combined votes of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are set forth below.
Proposal One: Election of Directors.
Stockholders elected each of the following nominees as director to hold office until the 2023 Annual Meeting (i.e. as a Class III Director) and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Nominee
Votes
For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Charlene Barshefsky
1,515,589,501
23,023,304
11,068,676
Wei Sun Christianson
1,519,211,306
19,401,499
11,068,676
Fabrizio
Freda
1,531,740,964
6,871,841
11,068,676
Jane Lauder
1,523,732,702
14,880,103
11,068,676
Leonard A. Lauder
1,523,148,687
15,464,118
11,068,676
The
continuing Class I Directors are Rose Marie Bravo, Paul J. Fribourg, Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., Jennifer Hyman, and Barry S. Sternlicht. The continuing Class II Directors are Ronald S. Lauder, William P. Lauder, Richard D. Parsons, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Jennifer Tejada, and Richard Zannino.
Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors.
Stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
1,549,090,318
543,242
47,921
0
Proposal Three: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
Stockholders approved a resolution approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
1,501,949,175
36,449,633
213,997
11,068,676
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not Applicable
(b) Not Applicable
(c) Not Applicable
(d) Exhibit
Exhibit
No.
Description
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
2
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.
