John Wiley & Sons, Inc. filings document material events for a New York corporation with Class A and Class B common stock. Recent Form 8-K reports cover quarterly operating results, Regulation FD earnings presentation materials, board-authorized share repurchase activity, executive appointments and departures, and shareholder voting results from the annual meeting.
The filings also record governance matters such as director elections by share class and officer compensation or separation arrangements when disclosed. Capital-allocation filings address repurchase authorizations, while earnings-related filings furnish financial press releases and presentation exhibits for the company’s research publishing, research intelligence, and learning operations.
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.
John Wiley & Sons reported shareholder voting results at its Annual Meeting in which Class A and Class B common shareholders elected all director nominees to serve until the 2026 annual meeting or until their successors qualify. Immediately after the meeting, the Board met and, following a Committee recommendation, decided not to accept Mr. Hemphill's resignation.
The Board said the voting outcome reflected proxy advisory firm recommendations that it characterized as unrelated to Mr. Hemphill's individual performance. The Board concluded that retaining Mr. Hemphill is in the company's and shareholders' best interests, citing his executive leadership experience in academia, his service as Governance Committee chair, institutional knowledge from his tenure, and the perspectives he adds to the Board. The filing also lists an Inline XBRL cover page exhibit.
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.