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): November 7, 2011
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LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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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:
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Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On November 7, 2011, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the "Company") reported its results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 25, 2011. A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and information from the news release is hereby incorporated by reference. The information in this report shall not be treated as filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
The Company's November 7, 2011 news release also provides an update on the Company's progress in its refinancing of its April 2012 debt maturities, which the Company announced on September 8, 2011. On November 7, 2011, the Company delivered required notices and began solicitation of certain of its lenders under its Support Agreement executed with lenders at that time to preserve the Company's options in its refinancing process.
The Company's news release noted that it expects the New York Stock Exchange will continue the listing of the Company's Common Stock in light of the limited dilution contemplated by the terms of the refinancing process. However, the news release cautions that continued listing is subject to ongoing reassessment by the NYSE and the return to compliance with other quantitative listing requirements, which would require an increase in the Company's average closing price to $1 per share. The Company is currently operating under an NYSE-approved plan to address those quantitative listing requirements as to which it is non-compliant, and expects those issues to be successfully addressed within the time frames required under the NYSE rules.
The information in this Form 8-K that is furnished under this “Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure” and the related Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits | |||||
99.1 | News Release dated November 7, 2011 | ||||
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 | ||||
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Date: | November 7, 2011 | By: | ||
Carl G. Schmidt | ||||
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, | ||||
and Treasurer | ||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description |
99.1 | News Release dated November 7, 2011 |