Edgar Filing: LAMAR ADVERTISING CO/NEW

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

HAMILTON JOHN MAXWELL

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO/NEW [LAMR]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY, 5551 CORPORATE BOULEVARD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2009

(Street)

BATON ROUGE, LA 70808

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 37.187

07/01/2009

20,000

⁽¹⁾

10/02/2010

Class A Common Stock

20,000

⁽²⁾

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 15.67

07/02/2009

8,000

⁽³⁾

07/02/2019

Class A Common Stock

8,000

⁽²⁾

8,000

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HAMILTON JOHN MAXWELL C/O LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY 5551 CORPORATE BOULEVARD BATON ROUGE, LA 70808	X

Signatures

/s/ James McIlwain, as attorney-in-fact		07/06/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This option vested as to 20% immediately on the grant date, October 2, 2000, and an additional 20% on each of the next four anniversaries of the grant date.
(2)	On July 2, 2009, pursuant to the issuer's option exchange program, the issuer cancelled an option granted to the reporting person on October 2, 2000 and issued a replacement option to the reporting person for 8,000 shares, having an exercise price equal to the closing price of the underlying Class A common stock on the grant date, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(3)	20% of the shares subject to this option vested on July 2, 2009, and an additional 20% of the shares subject to this option will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of July 2, 2009, such that this option will be fully vested on July 2, 2013, provided that vesting is conditioned on the reporting person's continued active service to the Company or one of its subsidiaries through each applicable vesting date.

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