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Lee owns 23 daily newspapers and more than 100 weekly, classified, Richard D. Gottlieb Greg Veon Gordon D. Prichett Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Vice President, Publishing Director; shopper and specialty publications, along with associated Internet services, Director Chairman of Mathematics, Statistics and Chris Wahlig Information Sciences, Babson College primarily from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest. Jointly with The Mary E. Junck Vice President, Finance Capital Times Co., Lee also owns five daily newspapers and more than a President and Chief Operating Officer; Ronald L. Rickman Director Rance E. Crain Director; dozen other publications operated by Madison Newspapers Inc. in Director; Retired President, Publishing James W. Hopson President, Crain Communications Inc. Wisconsin. Vice President, Publishing; Phyllis Sewell Publisher, Wisconsin State Journal J.P. Guerin Director; Director; Retired Senior Vice President, Lee has 5,100 employees, and its associated companies have another 800. Vytenis P. Kuraitis Investor Federated Department Stores Vice President, Human Resources William E. Mayer Mark Vittert Gregory P. Schermer Director; Director; The Company’s general offices are in Davenport, Iowa. Lee’s stock is Vice President, Interactive Media; Partner, Development Capital, LLC Private Investor traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. Director Andrew E. Newman C.D. Waterman III John VanStrydonck Director; Board Secretary; Vice President, Publishing Chairman, Race Rock International Partner, Lane & Waterman TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATE DIRECTORY Two-Year Summary Highlights . 1 General Office Transfer Agent and Registrar Online information Lee Enterprises, Incorporated EquiServe Trust Company www.lee.net Message to Shareholders, 215 N. Main Street P.O. Box 2500 Employees and Friends . 2-5 Davenport, IA 52801-1924 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500 At www.lee.net you may access a wide range of the latest Lee Enterprises news and (319) 383-2100 (800) 446-2617 Operations and Markets . 6-7 www.equiserve.com shareholder information, including monthly www.lee.net For online access to your account: statistics, quarterly reports and Form 10-K Financial Information: http://gateway.equiserve.com for fiscal 2000, as filed with the Securities Securities Market and Exchange Commission. You may Six-Year Financial Performance . 8-9 New York Stock Exchange General Counsel request a printed copy of quarterly reports Trading symbol: LEE Lane & Waterman or Form 10-K by writing to or calling the Management Discussion and Analysis . 10-12 220 N. Main Street, Suite 600 corporate office. Annual Meeting Davenport, IA 52801 Consolidated Statements of Income . 13 At www.lee.net you also will find links to The annual meeting of shareholders will be local, regional and national news, archives, Consolidated Balance Sheets . 14-15 held in the Company’s General Offices, 400 Auditors reader services, advertising services and a Putnam Building, 215 North Main Street, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP wealth of classified and employment Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity . 16 Davenport, Iowa, at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 220 N. Main Street, Suite 900 listings at Lee’s daily, weekly and specialty January 23, 2001. Davenport, IA 52801 publications. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows . 17 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . 18-23 Independent Auditor’s Report / Quarterly Results . 24 Officers and Directors, Corporate Directory . Inside Back INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TWO-YEAR SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS To the Stockholders used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating Lee Enterprises, Incorporated and Subsidiaries