---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-012043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T19:36:31.667726+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises elects Shaun McAlmont to Board; digital transformation expertise added

## Summary
- Shaun McAlmont elected to Lee Board of Directors, effective May 9, 2022.
- McAlmont is President & CEO of NINJIO and a director of BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA).
- Board size increased to nine directors; seven of nine are independent.
- Annual cash retainer $100,000; restricted stock award to be granted each June 1.
- Board substantially refreshed with four independent directors added since 2019.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-012043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922012043/0001437749-22-012043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922012043/lee20220509_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-012043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-012043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-012043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shaun E. McAlmont was elected as Director at LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”) elected Shaun E. McAlmont, PhD, as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922012043/0001437749-22-012043-index.htm

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