John Wiley & Sons 8K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 21, 2011

(Date of Report)

(Date of earliest event reported)

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

(State or jurisdiction of incorporation)

	0-11507	13-5593032
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	Commission File Number	IRS Employer Identification Number
	111 River Street, Hoboken NJ	07030
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	Address of principal executive offices	Zip Code
	Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(201) 748-6000
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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of the Company’s Shareholders was held on September 15, 2011. Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(e) of the Securities Act of 1934 and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board’s solicitations. At this meeting, the shareholders were requested to: (1) elect a board of directors; 2) ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2012; (3) cast an advisory vote on executive compensation and (4) cast an advisory vote on future advisory votes on executive compensation.

(1)	At the Meeting, the holders of 47,633,892 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy constituting a quorum. The tabulation below sets forth the number of votes cast for or withheld from each Class A Director:

	FOR	WITHHELD	Broker Non Votes
Mari J. Baker Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.	43,704,766 43,690,109	110,704 125,361	3,818,422 3,818,422
William B. Plummer	43,694,577	120,893	3,818,422
Kalpana Raina	43,256,278	559,192	3,818,422

(1)	At the Meeting, the holders of 9,118,824 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy constituting aquorum. The tabulation below sets forth the number of votes cast for or withheld for each Class B Director:

	FOR	WITHHELD	Broker Non Votes
Warren J. Baker	8,426,631	7,749	684,444
Jean-Lou Chameau	8,432,731	1,649	684,444
Linda Katehi Matthew S. Kissner	8,432,731 8,432,731	1,649 1,649	684,444 684,444
Eduardo Menascé	8,426,631	7,749	684,444
William J. Pesce Stephen M. Smith	8,432,731 8,432,731	1,649 1,649	684,444 684,444
Bradford Wiley II	8,391,143	43,237	684,444
Peter Booth Wiley	8,432,731	1,649	684,444

(2)	At the Meeting, the holders of 13,882,213 shares of the Company’s combined Class A and Class B Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy to vote the approval of KPMG LLP as independent accountants for the Company for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2012; tabulation as follows:

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
13,846,047	35,534	632

(3) FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES

12,713,618 84,168 18,141 1,066,286

(4) ONE YEAR TWO YEARS THREE YEARS ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES

11,905,322 161,942 734,442 14,221 1,066,286

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized

	JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
	Registrant

	By	/s/ Stephen M. Smith
		Stephen M. Smith
		President and Chief Executive Officer

	By	/s/ Ellis E. Cousens
		Ellis E. Cousens
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial & Operations Officer

Dated: September 21, 2011

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) 8-KSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders