As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2005
Registration No. 333-______
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 11-2408943
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
(212) 572-4200
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
FISCAL 2002 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
Sara E. Moss, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
(212) 572-4200
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code,
and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey J. Weinberg, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
(212) 310-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be Registered Amount to be Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Registered(1)(2) Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration
Share(1) Price(1) Fee(1)
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Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per Share 999,706 shares -- -- --
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(1) Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8 and the telephonic interpretation of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") set forth in Section
G. Securities Act Forms, No. 89 ("Interpretation 89"), of the Division of
Corporation Finance's Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations
dated July 1997, the 999,706 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, registered hereby (the "Shares") are being carried forward from a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 1995 (Registration
No.33-99554) (the "November 1995 Form S-8") in connection with The Estee Lauder
Companies Inc. (the "Company") Fiscal 1996 Share Incentive Plan and Employment
Agreements and from Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on November 5,
1998 (Registration No. 333-66851) and November 1, 2001 (Registration No.
333-72650) (the "1999 Plan S-8s") in connection with the Company's Fiscal 1999
Share Incentive Plan. A total registration fee of $140,526.56 was paid with
respect to the November 1995 Form S-8 and the 1999 Plan S-8s. Pursuant to
Instruction E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89, no additional registration fee
is due with respect to the Shares registered hereby.
(2) Plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant
as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock
splits or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities
Act of 1933.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers 999,706 additional shares of
Class A common stock of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company"), par
value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), for issuance pursuant to
benefits awarded under the Company's Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan. The
contents of an earlier Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with respect to
the Company's Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 1, 2001, Registration No. 333-72684, are hereby
incorporated by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 21st day of July,
2005.
THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
By: /s/ Richard W. Kunes
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Name: Richard W. Kunes
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William P. Lauder, Richard W.
Kunes and Sara E. Moss, or any of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to sign any related Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing required and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, could lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ William P. Lauder President, Chief Executive July 21, 2005
------------------------------- Officer and Director
William P. Lauder (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Leonard A. Lauder Chairman of the Board of July 21, 2005
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Leonard A. Lauder
/s/ Charlene Barshefsky Director July 21, 2005
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Charlene Barshefsky
/s/ Rose Marie Bravo Director July 21, 2005
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Rose Marie Bravo
/s/ Mellody Hobson Director July 21, 2005
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Mellody Hobson
/s/ Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. Director July 21, 2005
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Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
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/s/ Aerin Lauder Director July 21, 2005
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Aerin Lauder
/s/ Ronald S. Lauder Director July 21, 2005
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Ronald S. Lauder
/s/ Richard D. Parsons Director July 21, 2005
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Richard D. Parsons
/s/ Marshall Rose Director July 21, 2005
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Marshall Rose
/s/ Lynn Forester de Rothschild Director July 21, 2005
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Lynn Forester de Rothschild
/s/ Barry S. Sternlicht Director July 21, 2005
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Barry S. Sternlicht
/s/ Richard W. Kunes Executive Vice President and July 21, 2005
------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Richard W. Kunes (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4(a) - Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 16, 1995
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2003) (File No. 001-14064).
4(b) - Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1999)(File No. 001-14064).
4(c) - Certificate of Designations for the Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December 31, 2003) (File No. 001-14064).
4(d) - Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on May 17, 2005) (File No. 001-14064).
4(e) - The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-72684),
filed on November 1, 2001).
5 - Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
23(a) - Consent of KPMG LLP.
23(b) - Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24 - Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to
this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by
reference).
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