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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.
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.
Lee Enterprises director and 10% owner David Henry Hoffmann reported open‑market purchases of the company’s common stock. He bought 19,000 shares at $9.16 per share on March 4, 2026 and another 19,000 shares at $9.26 per share on March 5, 2026, for a total of 38,000 shares acquired.
After these purchases, his directly held stake increased to 11,108,449 common shares. A separate line shows 618,900 common shares held indirectly by a trust as of March 4, 2026, reflecting an additional form of ownership.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated will hold its 2026 annual stockholders meeting virtually on April 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. Investors will vote on electing two directors for terms expiring in 2029, an advisory say‑on‑pay resolution, an amendment to the 2020 Long‑Term Incentive Plan, and ratifying BDO USA, P.C. as auditor for fiscal 2026.
The board seeks approval to add 1,700,000 shares to the long‑term incentive pool, increasing total shares available for awards to 2,398,144 and raising equity overhang from 3% to 11%, with an expected 2026 burn rate of about 3.6%. Executive pay is being shifted toward performance, with annual bonuses moving to a single Adjusted EBITDA metric for 2026 and long‑term awards split between stock options, performance share units, and restricted stock.
Governance changes include David Hoffmann becoming chairman following a private placement, the voluntary retirement of CEO and director Kevin Mowbray, and the board’s downsizing and reclassification to keep three staggered classes. Hoffmann beneficially owns about 52.6% of common stock, making Lee a “controlled company,” though the board continues to use fully independent committees and a majority‑independent structure.
Quint Digital Ltd, a more than ten percent owner of LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc, reported multiple open-market purchases of common stock. On March 3, 2026, the firm bought a total of 10,000 shares at prices between $8.80 and $9.87 per share, bringing its direct holdings to 3,244,800 shares.
Lee Enterprises director and 10% owner David Henry Hoffmann reported a series of open-market purchases of the company’s common stock. He bought 19,000 shares on March 3, 2026 at $9.16 per share, 19,000 shares on March 2, 2026 at $8.85 per share, and 15,200 shares on February 27, 2026 at $9.11 per share. After these transactions, his directly held stake shown in the filing was 11,070,449 shares, and a separate indirect holding by trust was listed at 618,900 shares as of February 27, 2026.