UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

April 16, 2018

 

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

212-572-4200

 

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ITEM 5.02                                  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(d) Election of Directors

 

On April 16, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (the “Company”) increased its size to seventeen (17) members and elected each of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Tejada as (i) a member of the Board and (ii) a member of the Audit Committee, in each case effective as of April 16, 2018.  The Board determined that each of Ms. Hyman and Ms. Tejada is “independent” pursuant to NYSE rules and the Company’s Independent Director Standards, and that each individual meets the additional independence criteria for Audit Committee membership.

 

Ms. Hyman, 37, is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc., which rents designer apparel and accessories to women, both on-demand and through its subscription service, and has established designer rental as a utility in women’s everyday lives.  Ms. Tejada, 47, is the Chief Executive Officer of PagerDuty, Inc., a digital operations management platform for businesses.  As non-employee directors, Ms. Hyman and Ms. Tejada will be compensated for their services in the manner described under “Director Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated September 28, 2017.

 

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.

 

THE ESTĒE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

 

Date: April 16, 2018	By:	/s/ Spencer G. Smul
		Spencer G. Smul
		Senior Vice President,
		Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

 

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