---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000058361-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2026-07-30T15:04:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T15:06:08.826870+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Herbert W. Moloney III retires from Lee Enterprises board

## Summary
- Herbert W. Moloney III retired from the Board effective July 28, 2026.
- No disagreements were involved in the departure.
- No replacement director has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000058361-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T15:04:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000005836126000053/0000058361-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000005836126000053/lee-20260728.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000058361-26-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000058361-26-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000058361-26-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Herbert W. Moloney III retired as Director at LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 28, 2026, Herbert W. Moloney III informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”) he is retiring from the Board effective July 28, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000005836126000053/0000058361-26-000053-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.