Edgar Filing: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

BRESTLE DANIEL J

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC [EL]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2006

(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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		M⁽¹⁾		20,000	A	$ 24.75	28,987	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		100	D	$ 39.82	28,887	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		300	D	$ 39.84	28,587	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		600	D	$ 39.85	27,987	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		3,000	D	$ 39.87	24,987	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		1,200	D	$ 39.88	23,787	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		100	D	$ 39.89	23,687	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		1,400	D	$ 39.9	22,287	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		100	D	$ 39.91	22,187	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		900	D	$ 39.92	21,287	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		6,900	D	$ 39.93	14,387	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		300	D	$ 39.94	14,087	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		2,400	D	$ 39.95	11,687	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		500	D	$ 39.96	11,187	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		700	D	$ 39.97	10,487	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		600	D	$ 39.98	9,887	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2006		S⁽¹⁾		900	D	$ 39.99	8,987	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

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (Right to Buy)

$ 24.75

11/08/2006

M⁽¹⁾

20,000

01/01/2001⁽²⁾

07/01/2007

Class A Common Stock

20,000

⁽³⁾

80,000

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BRESTLE DANIEL J THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 767 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10153			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

Daniel J. Brestle, by Charles E. Reese, II, attorney-in-fact		11/08/2006
^**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)	The exercise of stock options and the sale of the underlying shares of Class A Common Stock were made pursuant to a plan intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c), previously entered into on September 1, 2006.
(2)	The options that were exercised were part of a grant of options made to Mr. Brestle in 1997 that became exercisable in three tranches in respect of 33,333 on January 1, 2001, 33,333 on January 1, 2002, and 33,334 on January 1, 2003.
(3)	Exercise of stock options.

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