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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-12-002800
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120214
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120214
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001250
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
IRS NUMBER: 112408943
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 0630
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-48157
FILM NUMBER: 12605916
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10153
BUSINESS PHONE: 2125724200
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVE
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10153
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 061209781
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G/A
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 1
Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated
Class A Common Stock
Cusip #518439104
Cusip #518439104
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 646,119
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 9,624,012
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 9,624,012
Item 11: 8.254%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #518439104
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 9,624,012
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 9,624,012
Item 11: 8.254%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Class A Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
518439104
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See
Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 9,624,012
(b) Percent of Class: 8.254%
(c) Number of shares as to which such
person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote: 646,119
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 9,624,012
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the Class A Common Stock of Estee Lauder
Companies Incorporated. The interest of one person, Fidelity
Contrafund, an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Class A Common
Stock of Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated, amounted to
6,288,700 shares or 5.394% of the total outstanding Class A
Common Stock at December 31, 2011.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certifications.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect. I also certify that,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, FIL Limited and its
various non-U.S. investment management subsidiaries
included on this Schedule 13G are subject to a regulatory
scheme substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme
applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institutions. I
also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon
request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a
Schedule 13D with respect to FIL Limited and its various non-
U.S. investment management subsidiaries included on this
Schedule 13G.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
February 13, 2012
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G,
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82
Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 8,788,193 shares or 7.537%
of the Class A Common Stock outstanding of Estee Lauder
Companies Incorporated ("the Company") as a result of
acting as investment adviser to various investment companies
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of
1940.
The ownership of one investment company, Fidelity
Contrafund, amounted to 6,288,700 shares or 5.394% of the
Class A Common Stock outstanding. Fidelity Contrafund has
its principal business office at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to
dispose of the 8,788,193 shares owned by the Funds.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, has the sole power to vote or direct
the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds,
which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written
guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section
3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the
beneficial owner of 35,942 shares or 0.031% of the Class A
Common Stock outstanding of the Company as a result of its
serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s).
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each has sole
dispositive power over 35,942 shares and sole power to vote
or to direct the voting of 35,942 shares of Class A Common
Stock owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above.
Strategic Advisers, Inc., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
MA 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an
investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, provides investment
advisory services to individuals. As such, FMR LLC's
beneficial ownership includes 4,099 shares, or 0.004%, of the
Class A Common Stock outstanding of Estee Lauder
Companies Incorporated, beneficially owned through Strategic
Advisers, Inc.
Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900
Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 264,910
shares or 0.227% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock
of Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated as a result of its
serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-
U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning
such shares.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over
264,910 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting
of 111,830 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by the
institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as
reported above.
Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company ("PGATC"),
900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined
in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is
the beneficial owner of 367,590 shares or 0.315% of the
outstanding Class A Common Stock of the Estee Lauder
Companies Incorporated as a result of its serving as
investment manager of institutional accounts owning such
shares.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each has
sole dispositive power over 367,590 shares and sole power to
vote or to direct the voting of 330,970 shares of Class A
Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts managed
by PGATC as reported above.
FIL Limited ("FIL"), Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane,
Hamilton, Bermuda, and various foreign-based subsidiaries
provide investment advisory and management services to a
number of non-U.S. investment companies and certain
institutional investors. FIL, which is a qualified institution
under section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii), is the beneficial owner of
163,278 shares or 0.140% of the Class A Common Stock
outstanding of the Company.
Partnerships controlled predominantly by members of
the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC
and FIL, or trusts for their benefit, own shares of FIL voting
stock. While the percentage of total voting power represented
by these shares may fluctuate as a result of changes in the total
number of shares of FIL voting stock outstanding from time to
time, it normally represents more than 25% and less than 50%
of the total votes which may be cast by all holders of FIL
voting stock. FMR LLC and FIL are separate and independent
corporate entities, and their Boards of Directors are generally
composed of different individuals.
FMR LLC and FIL are of the view that they are not
acting as a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934" Act) and that
they are not otherwise required to attribute to each other the
"beneficial ownership" of securities "beneficially owned" by
the other corporation within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the 1934 Act. Therefore, they are of the
view that the shares held by the other corporation need not be
aggregated for purposes of Section 13(d). However, FMR
LLC is making this filing on a voluntary basis as if all of the
shares are beneficially owned by FMR LLC and FIL on a joint
basis.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2012, agree
and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule
13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Class
A Common Stock of Estee Lauder Companies Incorporated at
December 31, 2011.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries
Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d
Fidelity Management & Research Company
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Senior V.P. and General Counsel
Fidelity Contrafund
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Secretary