Estee Lauder Companies (EL)

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Our compensation program for executive officers is designed to attract and retain world class talent and to motivate achievement of both our short-term and long-term goals. We believe that the design and governance of our program supports, and aligns executive officers with the business strategy.

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “What is the vote required to approve each proposal? ​ ​ Proposal ​ ​ Vote required for approval (Class A and Class B Common Stock, voting together) ​ ​ Effect of abstentions ​ ​ Effect of broker non-votes (c) ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 1: Election of five Class II Directors and one Class I Director ​ ​ Plurality of Votes Cast (a) ​ ​ Not applicable ​ ​ No effect ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 2: Ratify appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors ​ ​ Majority of Votes Cast ​ ​ No effect ​ ​ No effect (d) ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 3: Advisory vote to approve Executive Compensation ​ ​ Majority of Votes Cast (b) ​ ​ No effect ​ ​ No effect ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 4: Approval of amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the monetary liability of certain officers as permitted by Delaware law and to make certain miscellaneous changes to Article IV thereof ​ ​ Majority of the voting power of shares outstanding ​ ​ Same as "against" vote ​ ​ Same as "against" vote ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 5: Approval of amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to make certain miscellaneous changes to Articles V and VI thereof ​ ​ At least 75% of te online by following the instructions at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/EL2025 .”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “See "Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation." ​ Broker non-votes and abstentions do not count as votes cast and therefore have no effect on vote outcomes.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “See "Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation." ​ Broker non-votes and abstentions do not count as votes cast and therefore have no effect on vote outcomes.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Of the companies Estee Lauder Companies names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Estee Lauder Companies.

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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