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Lee Enterprises Executive Compensation (FY25)

LEE · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Kevin Mowbray
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 6, 2026
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Data as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 7, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Kevin Mowbray: $1,106,261 → $1,151,667 (4.1% higher)

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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. Compared with the $1,106,261 reported for fiscal 2024, Mowbray's total was 4.1% higher.
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.
Which companies are in Lee Enterprises' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names E. W. Scripps Company, Gannett Company, Incorporated (now known as USA Today Co), Sinclair Broadcast Group Incorporated, Tegna Incorporated and The New York Times Company, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kevin Mowbray
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nathan Bekke
Operating Vice President; Vice President - Audience Strategy
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Millage
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kevin Mowbray
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Millage
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nathan Bekke
Senior Vice President - Operations and Audience Strategy
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kevin Mowbray
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Nathan Bekke
Senior Vice President - Operations and Audience Strategy
◇—◇———◇◇
Timothy Millage
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Kevin D. MowbrayRSU◇——◇——◇
Nathan E. BekkeRSU◇——◇——◇
Timothy R. MillageRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Kevin MowbrayRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Timothy MillageRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Nathan BekkeRSU◇◇——
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
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mary E. Junck
◇—————◇
Steven C. Fletcher
◇◇————◇
Brent M. Magid
◇◇————◇
Jonathon F. Miller
◇◇————◇
Madeline E. McIntosh
◇◇————◇
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
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.
Fiscal 2025
  • E. W. Scripps Company symbol not shown
  • Gannett Company, Incorporated (now known as USA Today Co) symbol not shown
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group Incorporated SBGI
  • Tegna Incorporated TGNA
  • The New York Times Company NYT
  • Townsquare Media, Incorporated TSQ

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 6, 2026=◇◇◇
2024February 27, 2025=◇◇◇
2023February 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2022April 18, 2023=◇◇◇
2019February 19, 2020=◇◇◇
2016February 22, 2017=◇◇◇

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- Kevin Mowbray (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $1,151,667 (base salary $830,753) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000058361-26-000024, filed 2026-03-05]

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Citations

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129 figures on this page: 123 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
123 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000058361-26-000030
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000058361-26-000024
    Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
  3. 0001628280-25-008511
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001628280-25-001707
  5. 0001628280-24-006535
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001628280-24-001242
  7. 0001628280-23-011966
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001437749-20-003254
    Item 5.07. S ubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  9. 0000058361-17-000027
    Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Peers Lee Enterprises discloses

The companies named in LEE's own disclosed peer group.

Sinclair Broadcast Group IncorporatedTegna IncorporatedThe New York Times CompanyTownsquare Media, Incorporated

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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}
}
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