UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Rose, Marshall 667 Madison Avenue 23rd Floor New York, NY 10021 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 11/30/2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Units (Cash Payo|1 for 1 |08/22|A (1|V|447.43 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|447.43 |$40.23 | |D | | ut) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Units (Cash Payo|1 for 1 |09/13|A (1|V|39.16 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|39.16 |$38.30 | |D | | ut) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Units (Cash Payo|1 for 1 |09/28|A (1|V|45.25 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|45.25 |$33.15 | |D | | ut) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Units (Cash Payo|1 for 1 |10/02|A (3|V|5.31 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|5.31 |$32.05 | |D | | ut) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Units (Cash Payo|1 for 1 |10/31|A (1|V|558.14 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|558.14 |$32.25 |4,012.13 |D | | ut) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Units (Share Pay|1 for 1 |10/31|A (4|V|746.36 |A |(2) |(2) |Class A Comm|746.36 |$33.495|746.36 |D | | out) | |/2001|) | | | | | |on Stock | |5 | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Option (Right to Buy) |$32.25 |10/31|A (5|V|5,000 |A |10/31|10/31|Class A Comm|5,000 | |5,000 |D | | | |/2001|) | | | |/ 20|/ 20|on Stock | | | | | | | | | | | | |02 |11 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: 1. Reflects grant of stock units in lieu of cash for quarterly portion of annual retainer and/or meeting fees. 2. The stock units will be paid out in cash as of the first January 1 (or first business day thereafter) after the last date of the Reporting Person's service as a director of the Issuer. 3. Represents reinvestment of dividend equivalents on outstanding Stock Units. 4. Granted pursuant to the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Share Incentive Plan. Price per unit is based on the average closing price of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock for the twenty days preceding the date of grant. 5. Granted pursuant to the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Share Incentive Plan. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Marshall Rose DATE 12/04/2001