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 31, 2009

 

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LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Commission File Number 1-6227

 

Delaware

(State of Incorporation)

42-0823980

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

201 N. Harrison Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(563) 383-2100

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


Item 8.01.

Other Events.

 

On December 31, 2009, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”), Mary E. Junck, sent a letter to the Company’s stockholders discussing, among other matters, the Company’s top accomplishments in 2009. A copy of the letter is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and information from the letter is hereby incorporated by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

 

99.1

Letter to the stockholders of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated from its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer dated December 31, 2009

 

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 31, 2009

By:

 

 

Carl G. Schmidt

 

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

and Treasurer

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit No.

Descriptions

99.1

Letter to the stockholders of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated from its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer dated December 31, 2009

 

 

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