Every Form 4 that Wiley John & Sons Inc (WLY) has filed with the SEC in the last 12 months is listed below, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A Form 4 covers the transactions officers, directors and large holders report, so if you follow WLY and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full WLY filings page.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. director Inder M. Singh acquired 174 Phantom Stock Units on January 15, 2026. These units were credited at a price of $31.01 each as a result of a quarterly dividend under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors.
Each Phantom Stock Unit is convertible on a 1‑for‑1 basis into John Wiley & Sons Class A Common stock. After this credit, Singh beneficially owns a total of 15,369 Phantom Stock Units, held directly. Under the plan, these units are scheduled to settle in 100% Class A Common stock upon his separation from service on the Board.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10% owner Deborah E. Wiley reported selling 75,000 shares of Class A common stock on January 9, 2026. The shares were sold back to the company in a private transaction under a Board-approved repurchase program as part of her estate planning. The price was $30.5287 per share, based on the five-day volume-weighted average price ending January 8, 2026.
After the sale, she held 659,529 Class A shares directly. She also had indirect beneficial ownership of additional Class A shares held through several entities and a trust, including 1,200,000 shares via WG6 LLC, 462,338 shares via EPH LLC, 301,645 shares via WBW LP, and 55,673 shares as co-trustee.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. disclosed a Form 4 showing a director acquired 144 Phantom Stock Units on 10/23/2025 with Transaction Code A. The units were credited due to a quarterly dividend under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors at a reported derivative price of $36.98.
Each unit is 1-for-1 into Class A Common and settles upon separation from the Board. Following this transaction, the director beneficially owned 15,195 derivative securities.
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) director reported acquiring 587 phantom stock units on 10/23/2025, coded “A”. The award resulted from a quarterly dividend credited under the John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and is on a 1-for-1 basis into Class A Common. The filing lists a price of $36.98 for the derivative security.
Following this transaction, the reporting person directly beneficially owns 61,703 derivative securities. These phantom units settle in 100% Class A Common stock upon separation from the Board.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. reported a director transaction on a Form 4. On 10/23/2025, the director acquired 50 phantom stock units (Transaction Code A). The filing lists a price of derivative security of $36.98 and shows 5,231 derivative securities beneficially owned following the transaction.
The units arose from a quarterly dividend and were deferred under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. Each unit is 1-for-1 with Class A Common stock and will settle in shares upon the director’s separation from the Board.
John Wiley & Sons (WLY): Director Form 4 update. A director acquired 133 Phantom Stock Units on 10/23/2025, credited from a quarterly dividend under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. These units are 1‑for‑1 with Class A Common stock and settle upon separation from the Board. The price of the derivative security was $36.98. Following the transaction, the director beneficially owned 14,008 derivative securities, reported as directly held.
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) reported a director Form 4 showing the acquisition of 293 Phantom Stock Units on 10/23/2025 under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, reflecting quarterly dividend credits. Each unit converts 1‑for‑1 into Class A Common stock and settles upon separation from the Board. Following the transaction, the director beneficially owns 30,769 derivative units, held directly. The filing lists a derivative security price of $36.98.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) reported a director’s acquisition of 395 phantom stock units on 10/23/2025, coded A. The filing lists a $36.98 price of derivative security. Following this transaction, the director beneficially owned 41,536 derivative securities, held directly.
The units convert on a 1-for-1 basis into Class A Common and were credited as additional phantom stock units resulting from a quarterly dividend and deferred under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. Shares settle upon separation from the Board.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) reported a director’s Form 4 showing an acquisition of 39 Phantom Stock Units on 10/23/2025, credited from a quarterly dividend under the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. Each unit is 1-for-1 into Class A Common and will settle upon separation from the Board. The filing lists a derivative price of $36.98. Following this transaction, the director beneficially owned 4,098 derivative securities, held directly.
William J. Pesce, a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY), reported awards and transactions in Class A common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs). The filing shows a non-derivative entry on 09/24/2025 for 2,758 shares at a reported price of $40.11. Table II discloses RSU activity: 2,758 RSUs noted with a grant/record date of 09/24/2025 and an additional 3,275 RSUs reported on 09/25/2025 with an indicated price of $39.69, resulting in 3,275 RSUs beneficially owned following that transaction. The explanatory note states the 2,758 RSUs were awarded on September 26, 2024 under the companys 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and were scheduled to vest the day before the next annual meeting (September 24, 2025). The awards are described as the annual director stock award with standard vesting and change-in-control/death/disability provisions.
John Wiley & Sons director Katherine Dunn Andresen received a director equity award recorded on Form 4. The filing reports acquisition on 09/25/2025 of 3,275 phantom stock units that convert 1-for-1 into Class A common shares, with an underlying share equivalence of 3,275 and a reported unit price of $39.69. Following the grant, the reporting person beneficially owns 4,059 shares directly. The units were issued as the annual director stock award under the 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and were deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan; they vest on the earliest of the day before the next annual meeting, death/disability, or a change in control and will settle in Class A common stock upon separation from the board. Distribution elections may be lump sum or installments up to 10 years.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) director Mari Jean Baker was granted 3,275 phantom stock units on 09/25/2025 as her annual director stock award under the 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan. The phantom units convert 1-for-1 into Class A common stock and are reported at an aggregate post-transaction beneficial ownership of 41,142 shares. The units vest on the earliest of the day before the next annual meeting, the director's death or disability, or a change in control, and will settle in Class A common stock upon separation from the Board. The award price per share is shown as $39.69.
David C. Dobson, a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY), received 3,275 phantom stock units as his annual director stock award under the 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan on 09/25/2025. The award was granted at an effective price of $39.69 per share and, after conversion on a 1-for-1 basis, represents 3,275 Class A common shares. These units are deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and will vest on the earliest of the day before the next annual meeting, the director's death or disability, or a change in control. Upon separation from the board the units settle in 100% Class A common stock; distribution elections allow lump sum or installments up to 10 years.
Brian O. Hemphill, a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY), was issued 3,275 phantom stock units on 09/25/2025 as his annual director stock award under the John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan. The award was deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and is reported at a per-share value of $39.69. The phantom units convert 1-for-1 into Class A common shares and will vest on the earliest of the day before the next annual meeting, the director's death or disability, or a change in control. Following the transaction, the reporting person beneficially owns 13,875 Class A common shares. Distributions of deferred compensation will be made per the director's election in a lump sum or ratable installments up to 10 years.
John Wiley & Sons director Raymond W. McDaniel received an annual director award of 3,275 phantom stock units on 09/25/2025, recorded as an acquisition on Form 4. The units equate 1-for-1 to Class A common shares and are reflected at an underlying price of $39.69 per share, increasing his beneficial ownership by 3,275 Class A shares to a total of 61,116 shares held directly. The units were granted under the company’s 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan and deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan.
The phantom units vest the earlier of the day before the next annual meeting, the director’s death or disability, or a change in control, and settle upon separation of service in Class A common stock. Distributions of deferred compensation will follow the reporting person’s election: lump sum or ratable installments up to 10 years.
Karen N. Madden, a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY), received an award of 3,275 phantom stock units on 09/25/2025 under the company's 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan. The units are deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and are reported at a reference price of $39.69 per share. After the grant, the reporting person beneficially owns 5,181 Class A common shares directly.
The phantom units vest on the earliest of the day before the next annual meeting, the director's death or disability, or a change in control. Upon separation from the Board the deferred units settle in 100% Class A common stock, and distributions follow the director's election under the Deferred Compensation Plan (lump sum or installments up to 10 years).
Inder M. Singh, a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY), received 3,275 phantom stock units on 09/25/2025 as his annual director stock award under the 2022 Omnibus Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan. The award was deferred under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and is reported at a per-share value of $39.69. Following the grant, the reporting person beneficially owns 15,051 shares of Class A Common stock on a direct basis. The phantom units vest the earlier of the day before the next annual meeting, the director's death/disability, or a change in control, and settle upon separation in 100% Class A Common stock with distribution per the director's election (lump sum or installments up to 10 years).