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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 * LAUDER LEONARD A   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 __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman Emeritus (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/03/2010 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10153 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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 06/03/2010   S(1)   35,000 (2) D $ 59.3138 (2) (7) 2,495,669 D (3) (4)   Class A Common Stock 06/04/2010   S(1)   15,100 (2) D $ 57.4616 (2) (5) 2,480,569 D (3) (4)   Class A Common Stock 06/04/2010   S(1)   1,400 (2) D $ 58.1486 (2) (6) 2,479,169 D (3) (4)   Class A Common Stock               390,000 D (8) (9)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LAUDER LEONARD A C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 767 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10153	X	X	Chairman Emeritus
LAUDER EVELYN H C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 767 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10153		X	Senior Corporate Vice Presiden

Signatures

Leonard A. Lauder, by Spencer G. Smul, attorney-in-fact		06/07/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Evelyn H. Lauder, by Spencer G. Smul, attorney-in-fact		06/07/2010
**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)	Leonard A. Lauder ("LAL") sold shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a plan intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c), previously entered into on February 3, 2010.
(2)	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. LAL or Evelyn H. Lauder ("EHL"), as the case may be, undertakes to provide the staff of the SEC, the Issuer, or a stockholder of the Issuer, upon request, the number of shares sold by such reporting person at each separate price within the range.
(3)	Owned by LAL directly. Owned by EHL indirectly, through LAL.
(4)	EHL disclaims beneficial ownership of securities owned by her husband, LAL.
(5)	Sales prices range from $57.00 to $57.99 per share, inclusive.
(6)	Sales prices range from $58.04 to $58.31 per share, inclusive.
(7)	Sales prices range from $58.99 to $59.67 per share, inclusive.
(8)	Owned by EHL directly. Owned by LAL indirectly, through EHL.
(9)	LAL disclaims beneficial ownership of securities owned by his wife, EHL.

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