U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Schermer Gregory P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, 400 Putnam Building -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Davenport Iowa 52801 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, LEE ENT ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 42-0823980 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year 11/13/02 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Vice President - Interactive Media ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 11/13/02 A 1,400 A $32.49 128,176* D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 0 I By Trust** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 2,000 I By Son in Trust*** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common Stock 512,770 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 6,000 I By Spouse*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 6,000 I By Son in Trust*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 4,000 I By Daughter in Trust*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 55,010 I By Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Response) (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $16 **** 11/3/03 Common Stock 450 450 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $16.6250 **** 10/31/04 Common Stock 870 870 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $19.8125 **** 11/1/05 Common Stock 1,800 1,800 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $21.50 **** 10/27/06 Common Stock 1,200 1,200 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $26.625 **** 11/3/07 Common Stock 1,400 1,400 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $27.188 **** 11/15/08 Common Stock 4,000 4,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $29.938 **** 11/9/09 Common Stock 7,500 7,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $25.938 **** 11/13/10 Common Stock 7,500 7,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $35.46 **** 11/14/11 Common Stock 12,000 12,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $32.49 11/13/02 A 12,000 **** 11/13/12 Common Stock 12,000 12,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Includes 4,506 shares purchased through Issurer's ESPP through payroll deduction and dividend reinvestment, including 86 shares purchased since the Reporting Person's last Section 16(a) filing. **Disposition of 2,760 shares separately reported under Section 16(a) by Lloyd G. Schermer, Trustee. ***The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. ****These securities become exercisable as follows: 30% upon the first anniversary date of the grant; 60% upon the second anniversary date of the grant; and 100% upon the third anniversary of the grant. ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: 11/11/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Lane & Waterman, By Edmund H. Carroll, Jr., Date signing on behalf of Reporting Person under Power of Attorney **Signature of Reporting Person ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2