Books - Latest Activist Disclosures

This table shows recent activist investor (Schedule 13D) filings made in this industry. Any investor or hedge fund that makes an investment with the intention of influencing management is considered an activist investor and must file a 13D.

Date Form Target Company Investor Shares Ownership
(Percent)		 Ownership Change
(Percent)
2025-05-13 13D/A WLYB / John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley Deborah E 8,193,815 91.47
2025-05-13 13D/A WLY / John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley Deborah E 2,754,185 6.14 0.00
2024-04-19 13D SCHL / Scholastic Corporation Lucchese Iole 1,223,752 4.30 -24.63
2024-01-17 13D/A SCHL / Scholastic Corporation Lucchese Iole 1,623,752 5.50 -47.21
2023-07-14 13D/A WLY / John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley Deborah E 2,754,185 5.95
2022-11-14 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 85,202,977 11.84 4.42
2022-04-11 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 81,594,120 10.83 10.02
2021-12-01 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 74,163,275 9.80
2021-10-26 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 63,368,375 8.37 22.97
2021-07-16 13D SCHL / Scholastic Corporation Lucchese Iole 3,075,727 8.80
2021-02-01 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 51,531,006 6.84 -19.04
2020-07-29 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 63,646,039 8.46 20.43
2020-07-14 13D/A PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 52,850,047 7.02 30.10
2020-06-11 13D PSO / Pearson plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Cevian Capital II GP LTD 40,623,241 5.40