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accession: "0000107140-22-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:17:38.447473+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Shareholders approve new 2022 Omnibus Stock Plan at Wiley annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2022 Omnibus Stock Plan with 6,236,462 shares reserved for awards; 12.6M for, 126.8K against.
- All director nominees elected: Birnbaum, Dobson, Hemphill, Singh for Class A; Napack, Wiley, Baker, Bell, Leshin, McDaniel, Pesce for Class B.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 12.96M for, 142.5K against.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' passed with 12.57M for, 157K against.
- The 2022 Plan replaces the 2014 Key Employee Stock Plan and 2018 Director Stock Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-22-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714022000064/0000107140-22-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714022000064/form8k_votingresults.htm

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