UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer 2000, Revocable Trust u/a/d 04/24/2000 (1)
c/o Richard D. Parsons
75 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10019
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/29/2001
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect |
| Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership |
| Beneficially | Direct(D) or | |
| Owned | Indirect(I) | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect |
Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership |
| Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | |
| Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | |
| Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | |
| Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | |
| Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | |
| cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | |
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Class B Common Stock |Immed. |N.A. |Class A Common Stock |5,152,545|1:1 |D (2) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The full name of the trust is: Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer 2000 Revocable
Trust u/a/d April 24, 2000, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, as Grantor.
(2) The reporting person acquired the shares of Class B Common Stock as a
distribution from the Trust f/b/o Aerin Lauder u/a/d December 15, 1976,
created by Estee Lauder and Joseph H. Lauder, as Grantors, and the Trust f/b/o
Aerin Lauder u/a/d December 15, 1976, created by Ronald S. Lauder,
as Grantor.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Richard D. Parsons, Trustee
DATE
06/29/2001