---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-011966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:59:00.149046+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises shareholders re-elect three directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- David T. Pearson re-elected with 2,352,657 votes for, 999,495 withheld.
- Margaret R. Liberman re-elected with 2,853,630 for, 498,522 withheld.
- Brent Magid re-elected with 2,294,250 for, 1,057,902 withheld (31% withheld).
- Say-on-pay approved with 2,238,413 for, 1,068,277 against, 45,462 abstain.
- Shareholders voted for annual say-on-pay frequency (2,923,226 votes); company will hold future votes annually.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-011966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000162828023011966/0001628280-23-011966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000162828023011966/lee-20230418.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-18
  source text: The shareholders voted to re-elect each of David T. Pearson, Margaret R. Liberman, and Brent Magid as a director to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000162828023011966/0001628280-23-011966-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of Say-on-Pay at the 2023-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-18
  source text: The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, on the frequency of the advisory votes to approve Named Executive Officers’ compensation (“Say-on-Frequency”), and the votes were cast as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 2,923,226 7,512 119,121 302,293 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000162828023011966/0001628280-23-011966-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation (Say-on-Pay) at the 2023-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-18
  source text: The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the named executive officers (“Say-On-Pay”) as disclosed in the Company’s 2023 proxy statement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000162828023011966/0001628280-23-011966-index.htm

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