UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 23, 2022
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”) and Ray Farris, Operating Vice President and VP of Advertising for the Company, entered into an agreement, which became irrevocable on December 23, 2022, and details Mr. Farris’s retirement from the Company. Mr. Farris was a named executive officer in the Company’s 2020, 2021, and 2022 proxy statements. Mr. Farris’s retirement from the Company will be effective January 1, 2023.
Mr. Farris has served as the Company’s Operating Vice President and VP of Advertising since 2019. From 2013 to 2019, Mr. Farris served as president and publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Company’s largest news market. Mr. Farris also served as general manager of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 2010 to 2013 and as the Company’s vice president of classified advertising from 2006 to 2010.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | December 27, 2022 | By: | /s/ Timothy R. Millage | ||||||||||||||
| Timothy R. Millage | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||||||||||||||||