UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		0-30242 (Commission File Number)		72-1449411 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

5551 Corporate Blvd.
Baton, Rouge 70808
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(225) 926-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Executive Compensation

On March 15, 2007, the Compensation Committee set the base salaries and approved performance-based cash and equity bonus programs for the Company’s executive officers for fiscal 2007.

Under these bonus programs, each of the Company’s executive officers has an opportunity to earn a cash bonus and an award of unrestricted shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (the “Common Stock”). The amount of cash bonus and the number of unrestricted shares of Common Stock earned by each executive officer will be determined according to formulas set by the Compensation Committee at the meeting. The formulas are based upon levels of the Company’s pro forma net revenue growth and pro forma EBITDA growth in fiscal 2007 over fiscal 2006. Under the formulas, each executive officer may earn up to a maximum of 200% of his target cash bonus and 100% of his target equity award. Any bonus under these programs will be paid and issued when the Compensation Committee certifies (after the close of fiscal 2007) that the performance criteria have been satisfied.

The following table sets forth the 2007 base salary and target and maximum cash and equity bonuses for each of the Company’s executive officers:

						2007 Target				2007 Target Unrestricted
Executive Officer		2007 Base Salary				Cash Bonus				Stock Grant
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman		$	700,000			$	400,000	(1)		44,000 shares
Sean E. Reilly
Chief Operating Officer and Vice President		$	500,000			$	250,000	(2)		44,000 shares
Keith A. Istre
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		$	450,000			$	250,000	(3)		26,000 shares

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Due to a technical error, the estimated amortization expense related to goodwill and other intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2007 through December 31, 2011, as reported in the table included in footnote 5 to the notes to Lamar Advertising Company’s consolidated financial statements that were included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2007, were misstated.

The full text of footnote 5, as corrected, is set forth below.

(5) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following is a summary of intangible assets at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005:

		2006												2005
		Estimated				Gross								Gross
		Life				Carrying				Accumulated				Carrying				Accumulated
		(Year)				Amount				Amortization				Amount				Amortization
Amortizable Intangible Assets:
Customer lists and contracts			7 — 10			$	444,167			$	380,374			$	425,739			$	344,125
Non-competition agreements			3 — 15				60,279				55,466				59,618				53,437
Site locations			15				1,262,525				474,151				1,195,581				391,926
Other			5 — 15				13,537				9,667				13,600				8,107
							1,780,508				919,658				1,694,538				797,595
Unamortizable Intangible Assets:
Goodwill						$	1,611,341			$	253,635			$	1,548,685			$	253,635

The changes in the gross carrying amount of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2006 are as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2005		$	1,548,685
Goodwill acquired during the year			62,656
Impairment losses			—
Balance as of December 31, 2006		$	1,611,341

The following is a summary of the estimated amortization expense:

Year ended December 31, 2007		$	106,332
Year ended December 31, 2008			99,575
Year ended December 31, 2009			96,672
Year ended December 31, 2010			93,591
Year ended December 31, 2011			91,111
Thereafter			373,569
Total		$	860,850

SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.