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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-21-028898
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210819
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210819

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000107140
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOOKS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING [2731]
		IRS NUMBER:				135593032
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11507
		FILM NUMBER:		211190260

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2017486000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILEY JOHN & SONS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070820

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILEY JOHN & SONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        </font>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><br>
      <font style="font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;">SCHEDULE 14A</font><br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT<br>
      SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the<br>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc.</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">111 River Street</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Hoboken, New Jersey 07030</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">First distributed on August 18, 2021</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders</div>
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      <div style="text-align: left;">The purpose of this supplement, dated August 19, 2021 (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;), to the definitive proxy statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) of John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), filed with the U.S. Securities and
        Exchange Commission on August 18, 2021, relating to the Company&#8217;s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on September 30, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, is solely to correct the typographical errors of the record date on pages 60
        and 62 of our Proxy Statement, which should state August 6, 2021.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: left;">Except as described above, this Supplement to the Proxy Statement does not modify, amend, supplement, or otherwise affect the Proxy Statement.</div>
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