Key facts
- This page summarizes Michael Bowes's Form 4 filing for ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL).
- 5 reported transactions and 3 derivative rows are listed below.
- Accepted by SEC: 05 Nov 2025, 10:32.
Michael Bowes - 03 Nov 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL)
- Reporting relationship
- Exec VP & CPO
- Issuer ticker
- EL
- Reported as of
- 03 Nov 2025
- Net transaction value
- -$56,612
- SEC form
- 4
- Accepted by SEC
- 05 Nov 2025, 10:32:45 UTC
- Prior SEC filing
- 02 Sep 2025
- Next SEC filing
- 31 Aug 2026
- Source filing
- View source filing
- Reporting owner signature
- Michael Bowes, by Spencer G. Smul, attorney-in-fact
Source evidence
Original filing metadata and source links for verification.
5 source fields
Reporting owner
1 detail
Key filing fact
Michael Bowes filed Form 4 for ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) on 05 Nov 2025.
Change
- Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 02 Sep 2025.
- Current net transaction value: -$56,612.
Research use
- This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
- You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.
Evidence
Filed on Form 4
View source filing
Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.
Reporting Owners (1)
CIK 0002062125
Primary reporting owner
Bowes Michael
- Relationship
- Exec VP & CPO
- Address
- THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
- Signature
- Michael Bowes, by Spencer G. Smul, attorney-in-fact
- Signature date
- 04 Nov 2025
Reported non-derivative transactions
Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.
EL
transaction
Class A Common Stock
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- +1,674
- Change %
- +248%
- Price
- Shares after
- 2,349
- Date
- 03 Nov 2025
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F1, F2
EL
transaction
Class A Common Stock
Tax liability
- Transaction value
- $56,612
- Shares
- -597
- Change %
- -25%
- Price
- $94.87
- Shares after
- 1,752
- Date
- 03 Nov 2025
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F3
Reported derivative securities
Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.
EL
transaction
Derivative
Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- -302
- Change %
- -100%
- Price
- Shares after
- 0
- Date
- 03 Nov 2025
- Ownership
- Direct
- Underlying class
- Class A Common Stock
- Underlying amount
- 302
- Exercise price
- Footnotes
- F2, F4, F5
EL
transaction
Derivative
Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- -456
- Change %
- -50%
- Price
- Shares after
- 457
- Date
- 03 Nov 2025
- Ownership
- Direct
- Underlying class
- Class A Common Stock
- Underlying amount
- 456
- Exercise price
- Footnotes
- F2, F4, F6
EL
transaction
Derivative
Restricted Stock Units (Share Payout)
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- -870
- Change %
- -33%
- Price
- Shares after
- 1,742
- Date
- 03 Nov 2025
- Ownership
- Direct
- Underlying class
- Class A Common Stock
- Underlying amount
- 870
- Exercise price
- Footnotes
- F2, F4, F7
* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.
Additional SEC filing notes
Filing notes and footnotes
Explanation of responses 7 footnotes
Footnote F1
Payout of shares upon vesting of portions of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted September 6, 2022; August 28, 2023; and August 27, 2024. Includes dividend shares.
Footnote F2
Not applicable.
Footnote F3
Represents the withholding of shares for tax purposes.
Footnote F4
RSUs vest and are paid out in shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-to-one basis on the applicable vesting date. RSUs generally vest in three approximately equal installments unless otherwise indicated. Upon payout, shares are withheld to cover statutory tax obligations. These RSUs, granted prior to the Reporting Person becoming an Executive Officer, are accompanied by dividend equivalent rights payable in shares at the time of the payout of the related shares.
Footnote F5
Annual RSUs granted September 6, 2022.
Footnote F6
Annual RSUs granted August 28, 2023. Assuming continued employment, these RSUs will vest and be paid out as follows: 457 on November 2, 2026.
Footnote F7
Annual RSUs granted August 27, 2024. Assuming continued employment, these RSUs will vest and be paid out as follows: 871 on November 2, 2026; and 871 on November 1, 2027.