ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
2009 Shareholder Voting Results
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(a) v TheAnnual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on November 7,2008.
(b) Thefollowing directors were re-elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders:Charlene Barshefsky, Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder as Class IIIDirectors for a term expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting. The Class I Directors, whose termsexpire at the 2009 Annual Meeting are Rose Marie Bravo, CBE, Paul J. Fribourg,Mellody Hobson, Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., and Barry S. Sternlicht. The Class II Directors, whose termsexpire at the 2010 Annual Meeting are Aerin Lauder, William P. Lauder, RichardD. Parsons and Lynn Forester de Rothschild.See our best practices for Classified BoardsSee our best practices for Board Elections
(c) (i) Eachperson re-elected as a director at the Annual Meeting received the number ofvotes (shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to ten votes per share)indicated beside his or her name:See our best practices for Classified BoardsSee our best practices for Board Elections
Name |
| Votes For |
| Votes Withheld |
|
Charlene Barshefsky |
| 880,570,461 |
| 2,317,072 |
|
Leonard A. Lauder |
| 849,815,283 |
| 33,072,250 |
|
Ronald S. Lauder |
| 878,112,056 |
| 4,775,477 |
|
(ii) 876,393,315votes (shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to ten votes per share)were cast for and 6,339,309 votes were cast against the approval of The EstéeLauder Companies Inc. Executive Annual Incentive Plan. There were 154,909 abstentions and no brokernonvotes.See our best practices for Executive Compensation
(iii) 882,427,896votes (shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to ten votes per share)were cast for and 419,241 votes were cast against the ratification of theappointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the 2009fiscal year. There were 40,396abstentions and no broker nonvotes.
(d) Notapplicable