Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LAUDER JANE
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC [EL]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/23/2018
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10153
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 08/23/2018   M   8,334 A $ 26.42 (1) 45,037 D  
Class A Common Stock 08/23/2018   M   28,000 A $ 17 (2) 73,037 D  
Class A Common Stock 08/23/2018   S   13,255 (3) D $ 132.79 (3) (4) 59,782 D  
Class A Common Stock 08/23/2018   S   23,079 (3) D $ 133.49 (3) (5) 36,703 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy) $ 26.42 08/23/2018   M     8,334   (1) 09/11/2018 Class A Common Stock 8,334 (6) 0 D  
Option (right to buy) $ 17 08/23/2018   M     28,000   (2) 09/01/2019 Class A Common Stock 28,000 (6) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LAUDER JANE
C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
767 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10153
  X      

Signatures

 Jane Lauder, by Maureen Sladek, Attorney-in-fact   08/23/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Stock options granted pursuant to Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan in respect of 8,334 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012. Upon award, this option was reported as covering 4,166 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2010; 4,167 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; and 4,167 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012 at an exercise price of $52.83. The options exercisable as of January 2010 and January 2011 were exercised prior to a stock split that occurred on January 20, 2012. The remaining options, those exercisable as of January 2012, have been adjusted in this report to reflect that stock split.
(2) Stock options granted pursuant to Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan in respect of 9,332 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; 9,334 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012; and 9,334 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2013. Upon award, this option was reported as covering 4,666 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; 4,667 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012; and 4,667 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2013 at an exercise price of $34.00, but have been adjusted in this report to reflect the stock split that occurred on January 20, 2012.
(3) The number of securities reported represents an aggregate number of shares sold in multiple open market transactions over a range of sales prices. The price reported represents the weighted average price. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the staff of the SEC, the Issuer, or a stockholder of the Issuer, upon request, the number of shares sold by the Reporting Person at each separate price within the range.
(4) Sales prices range from $132.13 to $133.12 per share, inclusive.
(5) Sales prices range from $133.13 to $134.06 per share, inclusive.
(6) Not applicable.

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