Select a section of the Financials Selected Financial Data Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Consolidated Statements of Earnings Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Note 1-Description of Business Note 2-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Note 3-Inventory and Promotional Merchandise Note 4-Property, Plant And Equipment Note 5-Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Note 6-Acquisition of Businesses Note 7-Charges Associated with Restructuring Activities Note 8-Income Taxes Note 9-Other Accrued Liabilities Note 10-Debt Note 11-Derivative Financial Instruments Note 12-Fair Value Measurements Note 13-Pension, Deferred Compensation and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans Note 14-Commitments and Contingencies Note 15-Common Stock Note 16-Stock Programs Note 17-Net Earnings Per Common Share Note 18-Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note 19-Statement of Cash Flows Note 20-Segment Data and Related Information Note 21-Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated August 19, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

As discussed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, effective July 1, 2006, the Company changed their method for quantifying errors based on SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, "Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements," and effective June 30, 2007, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans-an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)." Also as discussed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, effective July 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109."

New York, New York
August 19, 2009