Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*

The Gary M. Lauder Revocable Trust (1)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Director                                   X 10% Owner
    Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

                                                  

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

c/o Gary M. Lauder
ICTV Inc., 14600 Winchester Blvd.

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

 

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
December 11, 2002

(Street)

Los Gatos, CA 95030

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 
7. 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. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship 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

12/11/02

 

J

V

110,000(2)

D

 

833,454

D

 

Class A Common Stock

12/11/02

 

J

V

110,000(3)

A

 

183,375(4)

D

by Gary M. Lauder

Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,355,782(5)

I

by GRAT

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FORM 4 (continued)

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. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Designated filer on behalf of (a) The Gary M. Lauder Revocable Trust u/a/d as of August 10, 2000, Gary M. Lauder, Settlor ("The Gary M. Lauder Revocable Trust"), a 10% owner of the Issuer; and (b) Gary M. Lauder ("GML"), a 10% owner of the Issuer.
(2) On December 11, 2002 The GML Revocable Trust distributed 110,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to GML.
(3) See note (2).
(4) In addition to the 833,454 shares of Class A Common Stock held indirectly by GML through The Gary M. Lauder Revocable Trust, GML holds 183,375 shares of Class A Common Stock directly and 2,355,782 shares of Class A Common stock indirectly as a trustee of the 1992 Leonard A. Lauder Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership to the extent he does not have a pecuniary interest in such securities.
(5) See note (4).

  By: /s/ Spencer G. Smul
             Attorney-in-Fact
**Signature of Reporting Person
December 12, 2002
Date

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Joint Filer Information

NAME:                    Gary M. Lauder

Address:                 C/o ICTV Inc.
                         14600 Winchester Blvd.
                         Los Gatos, CA 95030

Designated Filer:        The Gary M. Lauder Revocable Trust

Issuer & Ticker Symbol:  The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.(EL)

Date of Event Requiring Statement: 12/11/2002





Signature:



POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM GARY M. LAUDER (AS TRUSTEE OF THE GARY M. LAUDER REVOCABLE TRUST)

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of  Paul E. Konney, Spencer G. Smul, Moira A. Pastre, Nancy M. Louden, Seth E. Herbert and Kerrian Thomas, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company") or as a stockholder of the Company or as a trustee of a stockholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities that may arise under, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of August, 2002.


Signature: /s/ Gary M. Lauder