Company: JOUT
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001140361-25-045348
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Company: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 have chosen not to patent. Trade secrets, however, are difficult to protect. Although we attempt to maintain protection through confidentiality agreements with necessary personnel, contractors and consultants, we cannot guarantee that such contracts will not be breached. In the event of a breach of a confidentiality agreement or the divulgence of proprietary information, we may not have adequate legal remedies to maintain our trade secret protection. Litigation to determine the scope of intellectual property rights, even if ultimately successful, could be costly and could divert management’s attention away from the Company’s business.  Any of these negative events could adversely affect our profitability or operating results.

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Product recalls and other claims could affect our financial position and results of operations.

As a manufacturer and distributor of consumer products, we could be required to repurchase or recall one or more of our products if they are found to not meet quality or safety standards or be defective.  A repurchase or recall of our products could be costly to us and could damage the reputation of our brands.  If we were required to remove, or voluntarily remove our products from the market, our reputation could be tarnished and we might have large quantities of finished products that we could not sell.  As a result, product recalls could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may experience difficulties in integrating strategic acquisitions.

We have, as part of our strategy, historically pursued strategic acquisitions.  The pursuit of future growth through acquisitions involves significant risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business.  Risks associated with integrating strategic acquisitions include, but are not limited to:

•unanticipated costs relating to the integration of acquired businesses may increase our expenses and reduce our profitability;

•difficulties in achieving planned cost savings and synergies may increase our expenses;

•unanticipated management or operational problems or liabilities may adversely affect our profitability and financial condition; and/or

•breaches of the representations or warranties or other violations of the contractual obligations required by the acquisition agreement of other parties to the acquisition transaction and any contractual remedies related thereto may not adequately protect or compensate us.

We are dependent upon certain key members of management.

Our success will depend to a significant degree on the abilities and efforts of our senior management. Moreover, our success depends on our ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified management, marketing, technical and sales personnel. These people are in high demand and often have competing employment opportunities. The labor market for skilled employees is highly competitive and we may lose key employees or be forced