{"url_path":"/sec/wly/8-k/2026-06-02/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/0000107140-26-000034-index.html","accession_number":"0000107140-26-000034","cik":"0000107140","ticker":"WLY","issuer_name":"JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/0000107140-26-000034-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000107140","primary_entity_name":"JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."},"word_count":515,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.\n\nOn June 1, 2026, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (the “Buyer”), a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (the \"Company\"), entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the \"Purchase Agreement\") with CIG Emerald Midco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the \"Seller\"), and CIG Emerald Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (\"Emerald Holding\"), pursuant to which Buyer acquired from the Seller all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Emerald Holding (the \"Transaction\") in exchange for GBP £337.5 million (approximately $452 million) based on the exchange rate on June 1, 2026), subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Emerald Holding, through its subsidiaries, operates Emerald Publishing, a research publisher headquartered in Leeds, England, with a portfolio of over 480 peer-reviewed journals, 8,000 books, and 3,000 business cases across disciplines with particular emphasis on economics, business, finance, engineering, and the social sciences. The purchase price was funded from the Company's cash on hand.\n\nThe Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of Emerald Holding with respect to Emerald Holding and its subsidiaries, and of the Seller and Buyer each with respect to itself, and customary covenants of the parties. The representations and warranties of the parties do not survive the closing of the Transaction. The Seller has agreed to indemnify Buyer for certain tax matters, subject to customary limitations. In connection with the closing, Cambridge Information Group IV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of the Seller, delivered a restrictive covenant agreement in favor of Buyer.\n\nThe Purchase Agreement and the above description of the Purchase Agreement have been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Buyer, Emerald Holding or their respective subsidiaries. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made by each contracting party to the other for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between them that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company, Buyer, Emerald Holding or any of their respective subsidiaries. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures by the Company. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference."}