---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-24-000150"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:58:38.106536+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley appoints interim CEO Matthew Kissner as permanent President and CEO

## Summary
- Matthew Kissner, age 70, appointed as President and CEO effective July 8, 2024; served as interim CEO since Oct 2023.
- Employment terms: $900,000 base salary, target annual incentive 150% of base, LTIP award valued at $3 million (60% PSUs, 40% RSUs).
- Fiscal 2024 earnings guidance exceeded; targets revenue, profit, and FCF growth in FY2025 and FY2026.
- Board conducted a formal global search before confirming Kissner; he is Wiley's 15th CEO in 217-year history.
- No severance eligibility under Executive Severance Plan during or after CEO tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-24-000150
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000150/0000107140-24-000150-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000150/jwa-20240708.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-24-000150
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-24-000150.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-24-000150.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew S. Kissner was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Matthew S. Kissner, age 70, as the President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000150/0000107140-24-000150-index.htm

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