Exhibit (a)(1)(I)
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF OFFER AND
ACCEPTANCE OF OPTIONS TENDERED FOR EXCHANGE
We are pleased to announce that we have completed the Companys stock option exchange program. The
offer expired on July 1, 2009 at
5 p.m., Central Time. Following the offers expiration, we
accepted for exchange options to purchase an aggregate of 2,630,474 shares of our Class A common
stock, representing all of the options properly tendered in the offer.
In exchange for the eligible options surrendered in the offer, we have issued new options to
purchase up to an aggregate of 1,030,819 shares of the Companys Class A common stock under the
1996 Plan. Each new option has an exercise price per share of $15.67, the closing price of the
Companys Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 2, 2009. Each
participating option holder soon will receive a new option agreement that, together with the 1996
Plan, sets forth the terms and conditions of the new options.
If you have any further questions, please contact Debra Watson, by e-mail at dwatson@lamar.com or
telephone at (800) 235-2627 (ext. 339), or Tammy Duncan, by e-mail at tduncan@lamar.com or
telephone at (800) 235-2627 (ext. 254).