---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000058361-26-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2026-09-30T13:55:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:00:34.170546+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises adds Gregory Hoffmann, son of chairman David Hoffmann, to board

## Summary
- Board appointed Gregory Hoffmann, 37, effective Sept 24, 2026; he serves until the 2028 annual meeting and joins the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Hoffmann is Co-CEO of Hoffmann Family of Companies and CEO of Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate; at Osprey Capital he led acquisitions totaling several billion dollars.
- He is the son of David Hoffmann, Lee's chairman and majority stockholder; no grant was made beyond the standard non-employee director compensation program.
- Related-party ties: David Hoffmann bought 10,909,440 Lee shares in a Feb 5, 2026 private placement; a May 14, 2026 Hoffmann Media Group deal pays Lee $135,000/quarter plus 20% of EBITDA.
- CEO Nathan Bekke cited Hoffmann's financial expertise as Lee advances digital transformation; Lee operates 193 owned and managed brands across 28 states.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000058361-26-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T13:55:00+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000005836126000071/0000058361-26-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000005836126000071/lee-20260924.htm

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