(24) Subsequent Events

On April 9, 2024, the Board of Directors of Skillsoft Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Ronald W. Hovsepian as the Company’s Executive Chair and principal executive officer, effective as of April 16, 2024. Mr. Hovsepian had recently been named to take over the Chair position from the Company’s prior Chair, Patrick Kolek. Mr. Hovsepian will succeed Jeffrey R. Tarr as principal executive officer, who will retire from the position of Chief Executive Officer effective as of April 16, 2024 (the “Transition Date”). Mr. Tarr has also resigned from his position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective as of the Transition Date. Mr. Tarr will remain employed as an advisor to the Executive Chair of the Company following the Transition Date until May 9, 2024, on which date his employment with the Company will terminate.

The Board has determined that Mr. Tarr will receive severance benefits in accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Second Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement by and between Mr. Tarr and the Company, dated as of December 3, 2023, a copy of which has been included in this Form 10-K filing as Exhibit 10.7.

In addition to the above, the Company has completed an evaluation of all subsequent events after the balance sheet date of January 31, 2024 through the date this Annual Report on Form 10‑K was filed with the SEC, to ensure that this filing includes appropriate disclosure of events both recognized in the financial statements as of January 31, 2024, and events which occurred subsequently but were not recognized in the financial statements. The Company has concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that require disclosure, except as disclosed within these financial statements.