OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS General Office Securities Market Transfer Agent and Registrar Online information www.lee.net General Counsel Auditors Annual Meeting Lee Enterprises, Incorporated 215 N. Main Street Davenport, IA 52801-1924 (319) 383-2100 www.lee.net EquiServe Trust Company P.O. Box 2500 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500 (800) 446-2617  www.equiserve.com For online access to your account: http://gateway.equiserve.com New York Stock Exchange Trading symbol: LEE The annual meeting of shareholders will be held in the Company’s General Offices, 400 Putnam Building, 215 North Main Street, Davenport, Iowa, at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2001. Lane & Waterman 220 N. Main Street, Suite 600 Davenport, IA 52801 McGladrey & Pullen, LLP 220 N. Main Street, Suite 900 Davenport, IA 52801 At www.lee.net y ou may access a wide range of the latest Lee Enterprises news and shareholder information, including monthly statistics, quarterly reports and Form 10-K for fiscal 2000, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may request a printed copy of quarterly reports or Form 10-K by writing to or calling the corporate office. At www.lee.net you also will find links to local, regional and national news, archives, reader services, advertising services and a wealth of classified and employment listings at Lee’s daily, weekly and specialty publications.  CORPORATE DIRECTORY Richard D. Gottlieb Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Director Mary E. Junck President and Chief Operating Officer; Director James W. Hopson Vice President, Publishing; Publisher,  Wisconsin State Journal Vytenis P. Kuraitis Vice President, Human Resources Gregory P. Schermer Vice President, Interactive Media; Director John VanStrydonck Vice President, Publishing Andrew E. Newman Director; Chairman, Race Rock International William E. Mayer Director; Partner, Development Capital, LLC J.P. Guerin Director; Investor Rance E. Crain Director; President, Crain Communications Inc. Chris Wahlig Vice President, Finance Greg Veon Vice President, Publishing  Gordon D. Prichett Director; Chairman of Mathematics, Statistics and  Information Sciences, Babson College Ronald L. Rickman Director; Retired President, Publishing Phyllis Sewell Director; Retired Senior Vice President, Federated Department Stores Mark Vittert Director; Private Investor C.D. Waterman III Board Secretary; Partner, Lane & Waterman