---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-23-000154"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T13:49:51.057515+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Laurie A. Leshin will not stand for reelection at Wiley's 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Dr. Laurie A. Leshin notified the Board on Aug. 8, 2023, that she will not stand for reelection at the Sept. 28, 2023 annual meeting.
- Her departure is due to increased demands at her current position and not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Leshin's term as director and Executive Committee member will expire at the annual meeting; the Board size remains at eleven with one vacancy.
- The company thanked her for her contributions and perspective as a leading scientist and educator.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-23-000154
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000154/0000107140-23-000154-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000154/jwa-20230808.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-23-000154
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-23-000154.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-23-000154.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurie A. Leshin departed as Director at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 8, 2023, Dr. Laurie A. Leshin notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (the “Company”) of her intent to not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on September 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000154/0000107140-23-000154-index.htm

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