ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC 4

Director Richard F. Zannino, via a family LLC, exercised 4,697 stock options into Class A Common Stock of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. on August 21, 2026.

On August 21, 2026, Richard F. Zannino, a non-employee director of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., effected an option exercise through a family LLC, converting 4,697 stock options with an exercise price of $78.36 into an equivalent number of Class A Common Shares. The transaction is reported as an exercise (code M) with the LLC as the indirect holder, resulting in an increase in indirect ownership to 16,856 Class A shares following the transaction. Based on the exercise price, the option exercise represents an aggregate transaction value of approximately $368,000, while using the current market price implies that the post-transaction indirect holdings are worth roughly $1.75 million. These options were originally granted under the issuer's Non-employee Director Share Incentive Plan and had been previously transferred to the LLC, which is owned by trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's family, over which Mr. Zannino has investment power.

Filing Facts

CIK

1001250

Ticker

EL

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001189770-26-000008

Alert Tier

5