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The SEC filings page for Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEE) brings together the company’s official regulatory disclosures, giving investors structured access to its financial reporting, capital plans, and governance updates. Lee identifies itself as a smaller reporting company and files a range of documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including annual and quarterly reports, current reports on Form 8-K, registration statements, and proxy materials.
Through its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings, Lee details operating revenue by category, including print and digital advertising and marketing services, print and digital subscription revenue, and other print and digital revenue. These reports also describe Total Digital Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, Cash Costs, and other metrics related to its digital-first subscription platform, as well as information about its term loan under a Credit Agreement with BH Finance.
Current reports on Form 8-K provide timely disclosure of material events. Recent 8-K filings reference preliminary quarterly results, expectations about sustainability without reliance on print media within a multi-year period, the intent to pursue a rights offering, the cancellation of a special meeting of stockholders, and executive transitions such as the resignation of the Chief Financial Officer. These filings often incorporate press releases and presentation materials that expand on Lee’s digital transformation and financing strategy.
Lee has also filed a registration statement on Form S-1 related to a proposed rights offering of common stock and a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for a special meeting of stockholders to consider amendments to its certificate of incorporation. Those amendments include increasing authorized common stock, establishing a class of non-voting common stock, and authorizing blank check preferred stock, which the company links to its ability to execute financing transactions.
In addition, Forms 3, 4, and 5 referenced in Lee’s communications provide information on beneficial ownership and changes in holdings by directors and executive officers, allowing users to track insider transactions and equity incentives. On Stock Titan, AI-powered tools can help summarize lengthy filings, highlight key risk factors, explain complex capital structure changes, and surface important trends in Lee’s digital revenue mix and debt profile, so that readers can review the substance of Lee’s SEC disclosures more efficiently.
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc director files initial ownership report
Director Ronald J. Kruszewski filed a Form 3 for LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc, stating no direct ownership of the company’s Common Stock as of April 6, 2026. The filing serves as his initial statement of beneficial ownership as a company insider.
Lee Enterprises, Inc. announced permanent leadership appointments following a recent strategic investment. The Board named Nathan E. Bekke as President and Chief Executive Officer and Joshua P. Rinehults as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, after both had served in these roles on an interim basis.
Bekke, who joined Lee in 1988, previously served as Chief Operating Officer and has held multiple leadership roles over more than three decades. Rinehults has held finance leadership roles at Lee and predecessor organizations since 2007.
The Board’s Executive Compensation Committee set Bekke’s annual base salary at $700,000 with a target annual bonus equal to 100% of base salary, and Rinehults’ base salary at $450,000 with a target bonus equal to 50% of base salary. For each executive, half of the target bonus is payable in cash and half in restricted stock awards under the company’s equity incentive plan. Long-term equity award levels will be determined later and disclosed when finalized.
Lee Enterprises ownership filing: Quint Digital Limited and affiliated individuals report beneficial ownership of 3,244,800 shares of Common Stock, representing 14.59% of the class. The filing is presented as a group statement under Rule 13d-1(k) and is signed on 04/23/2026.
The statement lists 3,244,800 shares as the number with sole voting and sole dispositive power. The filing identifies Quint Digital Limited (India) and three individuals as members of the group and shows the group's aggregate holdings.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated reported the final voting results from its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders held on April 6, 2026. Stockholders elected Ronald J. Kruszewski and Madeline E. McIntosh as directors for three-year terms expiring at the 2029 annual meeting.
All 22,229,939 shares of common stock were entitled to one vote per share, and 19,715,634 shares, or 88.68% of those entitled, were represented by proxy, establishing a quorum. Stockholders gave majority support in a non-binding vote for executive compensation and approved the Second Amendment to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
They also ratified the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 27, 2026, confirming the existing audit relationship.
David Hoffmann, Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann and the Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Revocable Trust have filed Amendment No. 10 to report their stake in Lee Enterprises. As of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on March 13, 2026, they beneficially owned 11,885,349 shares of common stock, representing approximately 53.47% of the company’s outstanding shares.
The ownership is split between 11,266,449 shares held individually by David Hoffmann, over which he has sole voting and dispositive power, and 618,900 shares held by the revocable trust, over which David and Jerrilyn Hoffmann share voting and dispositive power. The filing notes the reporting persons used an aggregate of about $47,677,960 to purchase the shares reported as beneficially owned.
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc director and 10% owner David Henry Hoffmann reported open-market purchases of a total of 83,400 shares of Common Stock over three days. He bought 27,800 shares at $9.33 on March 11, 2026, 27,800 shares at $9.40 on March 12, 2026, and 27,800 shares at a weighted average price of $9.35 on March 13, 2026. Following these transactions, he directly holds 11,266,449 shares and indirectly holds 618,900 shares through a trust.
Lee Enterprises director and major shareholder David Henry Hoffmann reported a series of open-market purchases of the company’s common stock. He bought a total of 74,600 shares over three days, acquiring 19,000 shares on March 6, 2026 at $9.19 per share, 27,800 shares on March 9 at $9.30, and 27,800 shares on March 10 at a weighted average price of $8.99. After these trades, he directly owns 11,183,049 shares. A separate holding entry shows an additional 618,900 shares held indirectly by a trust as of March 6.
LEE ENTERPRISES director Brent Magid sold common stock in an open-market transaction. On March 6, 2026, he sold 26,804 shares of Lee Enterprises common stock at a weighted average price of $9.08 per share. After this sale, he directly holds 8,760 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade was executed in multiple transactions, with the weighted average price provided, and detailed trade-level information is available upon request to the company, the SEC staff, or any security holder.
Lee Enterprises registered 15,384,615 shares of Common Stock for resale by selling stockholders that received the shares in a private placement. The company is not selling any shares here and will receive no proceeds from resale.
The registration was filed to satisfy registration rights from the February 5, 2026 private placement and contemplates sales by the selling stockholders through underwriters, brokers, dealers, agents or directly, at fixed or market prices, negotiated prices or other means described under the plan of distribution. The prospectus notes a last reported Nasdaq sale price of $8.94 per share as of March 3, 2026.