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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces Secondary Offering of Class A Common Stock by Selling Stockholders
NEW YORK, November 04, 2025--The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) today announces that trusts affiliated with descendants of Leonard A. Lauder (the "Selling Stockholders") propose to sell 11,301,323 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, through a proposed registered public offering (the "Offering").
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