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Apr. 30, 2026
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Subsequent Event | Subsequent Event On June 1, 2026, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Buyer), a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) with CIG Emerald Midco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (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 (Transaction) in exchange for £337.5 million (approximately $452 million based on the exchange rate on June 1, 2026), subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The acquisition was made to extend Wiley's scale in its Research business and to strengthen its proprietary content advantage in AI. 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 with available cash and proceeds from the Company's revolving credit facility under the Amended and Restated CA. For its year ended December 31, 2025, Emerald Holding had total revenue of approximately $82.7 million. The initial accounting for the acquisition, including the final purchase price and purchase price allocation, is not yet complete. As such, we are not able to disclose certain information relating to the acquisition, including the preliminary fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We estimate the purchase price allocation is primarily related to goodwill, along with identified intangible assets that may consist of content, customer relationships, and brands and trademarks. We do not expect to acquire a material amount of tangible assets, and the liabilities assumed primarily relate to contract liabilities. We expect to complete the purchase price allocation within the measurement period, which will not exceed one year from the acquisition date.

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