Lee Enterprises Executive Compensation (FY25)
LEE · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 7, 2026
7 filings cited on this page
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Lee Enterprises' chief executive and what were they paid?
Kevin Mowbray, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $1,151,667 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Lee Enterprises' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 99.8% support at the meeting held April 6, 2026.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Mowbray President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Nathan Bekke Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Timothy Millage Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin D. Mowbray | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Nathan E. Bekke | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Timothy R. Millage | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Millage | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Nathan Bekke | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Kevin Mowbray | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary E. Junck | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brent M. Magid | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Steven C. Fletcher | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Madeline E. McIntosh | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jonathon F. Miller | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Margaret R. Liberman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Shaun E. McAlmont | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Herbert W. Moloney III served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 6, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | February 27, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | February 22, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | April 18, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | February 19, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | February 22, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Lee Enterprises disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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93 figures on this page: 87 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
87 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0000058361-26-000030Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000058361-26-000024Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
- 0001628280-25-008511Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-24-006535Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-23-011966Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-20-003254Item 5.07. S ubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0000058361-17-000027Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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The Lee Enterprises brief, $1,500
Positioning against its disclosed peers, the governance read, incentive design, and the CD&A alignment analysis; the full peer table; a committee-ready PDF.
From $1,200 for the board report; $2,400 for both.
7 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}