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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-063848"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-29T21:06:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:53:18.376141+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley shareholders re-elect directors, ratify PwC auditors, and approve executive compensation

## Summary
- Annual Meeting held Sept. 24, 2026; 95.5% of Class A shares and 98.4% of Class B shares were represented in person or by proxy.
- Class A elected Andresen, Dobson, Madden; Class B elected Hemphill, Kissner, McDaniel, Pesce, Singh, Wiley as directors.
- Shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors for fiscal year ending April 30, 2027: 12,629,387 for, 1,027 against, 5,468 abstain.
- Non-binding say-on-pay resolution approved: 12,265,920 for, 90,715 against, 3,890 abstain, with 275,357 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-063848
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T21:06:57+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000162828026063848/0001628280-26-063848-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000162828026063848/jwa-20260924.htm

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