Form 144

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION:      Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

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1  (a)  NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
         
The Aristotle Corporation

(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.
      06-1165854

(c)  S.E.C. FILE NO.
      0-14669

1  (d)  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                                     STREET                            CITY                                STATE                      ZIP CODE

                                                                                 96 Cummings Point Road                   Stamford                                CT                          06902

(e)  TELEPHONE

AREA CODE
203

NUMBER
358-8000

2  (a)  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
        William Phillip Niemeyer

(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.
      N/A

(c)  RELATIONSHIP TO
      ISSUER
Vice President-Production Control and President-Nasco International

(d)  ADDRESS STREET               CITY         STATE      ZIP CODE
      N2738 Banker Road            Fort Atkinson       WI           53538

INSTRUCTION:   The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number

(a)

Title of the Class of Securities
To Be Sold

(b)

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are To Be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

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(c)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See Instr. 3 (c))

(d)

Aggregate
Market
Value
(See Instr. 3(d)

(e)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See Instr. 3(e))

(f)

Approximate Date of Sale
(See Instr. 3(f))
(MO.  DAY  YR.)

(g)

Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3 g))

Broker-Dealer
File Number

Common

Scottrade
4100 University Avenue
Suite 110
Madison, WI 53705-2145

35,000

$385,000
(Based on FMV on
05/09/2007 of $11.00)

17,296,484
as of 05/08/07

May 11, 2007 - June 15, 2007

NASDAQ



INSTRUCTIONS:
1.  (a)  Name of Issuer
     (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code

3.  (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b)  Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
     (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
     (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
           by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

2.  (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b)  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
           stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing
     (d)  Such person's address, including zip code

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
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SEC 1147 (01-07)

 

 

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor.

Title of
the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of the Person from Whom Acquired
(if gift, also give date donor acquired

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common

5/10/07 - 5/20/07

Stock Option Exercises

Issuer

35,000

5/10/07 - 5/20/07

Cash

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS (1)
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.                                           


Name and Address of Seller


Title of Securities Sold


Date of Sale

Amount of
Securities Sold


Gross Proceeds

 

 


 

   
 


 

REMARKS:  

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) 9 of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

 

May 10, 2007
_____________________________________________________
DATE OF NOTICE

/s/William Phillip Niemeyer
______________________________________________________________________________
(William Phillip Niemeyer - SIGNATURE)

                     This notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

    ATTENTION:    Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (01/04)