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At Lee Enterprises, Incorporated's shareholder meeting held February 27, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 51 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 209 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approve, by non-binding vote, the Company's compensation of its Named Executive Officers… — Lee Enterprises, Incorporated's filing reports the proposal as approved, with 73% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2025.
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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.
Meeting of February 27, 2025: 6 items on Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025: 3 approved · 3 without a stated outcome.
Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Mary E. Junck | 2,595,334 | 987,711 | 3,078 | -- | 1,353,637 | 72% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Herbert W. Moloney III | 2,626,441 | 955,566 | 4,116 | -- | 1,353,637 | 73% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: Kevin D. Mowbray | 2,654,436 | 928,131 | 3,556 | -- | 1,353,637 | 74% | Not verified | — |
| The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the named executive officers ("Say-On-Pay") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement ("Named Executive Officers"), and votes were cast | 2,628,357 | 949,247 | 8,519 | -- | 1,353,637 | 73% | Approved | — |
| The shareholders approved the First Amendment to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP" or "2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement. | 1,916,811 | 1,660,861 | 8,451 | -- | 1,353,637 | 53.6% | Approved | — |
| The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2025. | 3,854,928 | 1,059,646 | 25,186 | -- | -- | 78% | Approved | — |
This meeting is also recorded here as February 26, 2025; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.
Source: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 51 asset managers that disclosed a Lee Enterprises, Incorporated vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
73% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Director: Herbert W. Moloney
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Herbert W. Moloney III”): 2,626,441 for, 955,566 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 73% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 10 asset managers below reported 691,185 for, 17,952 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 216,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GMO | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
74% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Director: Kevin D. Mowbray
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kevin D. Mowbray”): 2,654,436 for, 928,131 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 74% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 10 asset managers below reported 691,185 for, 17,952 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 216,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GMO | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
72% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Director: Mary E. Junck
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mary E. Junck”): 2,595,334 for, 987,711 against, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 72% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 10 asset managers below reported 691,185 for, 17,952 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 216,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GMO | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
53.6% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Approve to amend the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“The shareholders approved the First Amendment to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP" or "2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement.”): 1,916,811 for, 1,660,861 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The shareholders approved the First Amendment to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP" or "2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement.”
Support: 53.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 12 asset managers below reported 252,412 for, 460,328 against.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 420 | 216,500 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Gabelli | 0 | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 0 | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 0 | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 0 | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC | 2,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 0 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Empirical Financial Services, LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Ma | 943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| John Hancock | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
73% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Approve, by non-binding vote, the Company's compensation of its Named Executive Officers ("Say-On-Pay" vote).
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the named executive officers ("Say-On-Pay") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement ("Named Executive Officers"), and votes were cast as foll”): 2,628,357 for, 949,247 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the named executive officers ("Say-On-Pay") as disclosed in the Company's 2025 proxy statement ("Named Executive Officers"), and votes were cast as follows:”
Support: 73% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 216,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 10 managers: 709,137 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solas Capital Management, LLC | 482,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 341,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Praetorian PR LLC | 260,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CANNELL CAPITAL LLC | 0 | 214,898 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WITTENBERG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. | 61,636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 56,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP | 0 | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 33,685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 32,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 19,527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC \MO\ | 14,770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 14,728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MassMutual | 14,457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Citizens Financial Corp | 13,786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 0 | 9,600 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 7,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 5,278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Kerrisdale Advisers, LLC | 4,423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not Voted |
| UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC | 2,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG National Trust Bank | 1,343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE | 1,280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS | 1,188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 43 managers: 1,376,076 for, 264,498 against, 3,092 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).
78% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company's Independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s own tally for this item (“The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2025.”): 3,854,928 for, 1,059,646 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 27, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2025.”
Support: 78% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 10 asset managers below reported 709,137 for.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 235,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 216,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Gabelli | 181,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 29,001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 16,782 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 15,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 12,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 6,190,939 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 3.81% |
| 2 | Equitable | 3.50% |
| 3 | Gabelli | 2.93% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 0.47% |
| 5 | Dimensional | 0.27% |
| 6 | TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS | 0.24% |
| 7 | BlackRock | 0.21% |
| 8 | Jackson National | 0.02% |
| 9 | GMO | <0.01% |
| 10 | John Hancock | <0.01% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solas Capital Management, LLC | 7.79% |
| 2 | Gabelli | 5.52% |
| 3 | Praetorian PR LLC | 4.21% |
| 4 | CANNELL CAPITAL LLC | 3.47% |
| 5 | WITTENBERG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. | 1.00% |
| 6 | BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 0.91% |
| 7 | JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP | 0.65% |
| 8 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0.54% |
| 9 | BlackRock | 0.52% |
| 10 | Northern Trust | 0.32% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Revocable Trust dated May 30, 2001 | — | 13D |
| Quint Digital Ltd | — | 13G |
| GAMCO Asset Management Inc. | — | 13D |
| Kupperman Harris | — | 13D |
| Vanguard Group | — | 13F |
| BlackRock | — | 13F |
| Geode Capital | — | 13F |
| Northern Trust | — | 13F |
| State Street | — | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | — | 13F |
Percentages above are of 6,190,939 shares outstanding, as reported by Lee Enterprises, Incorporated on its Form 10-Q dated January 31, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s 10-Q dated January 31, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
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