Company: JOUT
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-000715
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Company: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
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 in setting compensation levels and targets for the NEOs, directors and other members of senior management. The Pearl Meyer comparative compensation reviews were based upon publicly-disclosed data from a peer group described below, as well as general industry compensation survey data. Pearl Meyer’s reports included detailed analysis showing how the Company’s compensation elements for each of (a) the Company’s NEOs and senior management, including the base salary, short-term cash incentive compensation, equity incentive compensation and total compensation levels, and (b) the Company’s directors, including the cash, equity and total compensation levels, compared in each case to the peer group companies and general industry data included within the benchmark data. The comparative compensation reports also contained recommendations on the Company’s compensation policies for both its NEOs and senior management and for its directors. Pearl Meyer also provided the Compensation Committee with detailed analysis on the Company’s compensation programs in terms of design, metrics and time horizons for payouts (including long-term incentive vesting schedules) to evaluate how the Company’s programs compare with (i) the peer group companies and general industry data included within the benchmark data and (ii) the consultant’s assessment of best practices. Representatives of Pearl Meyer participated in four of the Compensation Committee’s meetings during fiscal 2024 to describe and discuss the results of their analysis during such year. The Compensation Committee used the results of these reports and analysis in setting the compensation levels and target compensation awards, including performance- and service-based vesting criteria, where applicable, for the Company’s NEOs and directors for fiscal 2024 and 2025. The companies comprising the peer group in the 2024 Pearl Meyer comparative report were:

| Peer Group for 2024 Compensation    |     |                         |
| G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.           |     | Solo Brands             |
| Deckers Outdoor Corp.               |     | Twin Disc, Incorporated |
| Callaway Golf Co.                   |     | Rocky Brands, Inc.      |
| Acushnet Holdings Corp.             |     | Nautilus Inc.           |
| YETI Holdings Inc.                  |     | Clarus Corporation      |
| Malibu Boats                        |     | Marine Products Corp.   |
| American Outdoor Brands Corporation |     | Escalade, Inc.          |
| Delta Apparel Inc.                  |     |                         |

While the peer group companies do not necessarily compete in the Company’s specific industry or industries, they generally have similar characteristics to Johnson Outdoors, including in terms of size and scale, a consumer discretionary product