Company: JOUT
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-000715
Chunk: 62

Company: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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 of business on November 29, 2025, then the notice will be considered untimely and the Company will not be required to present such proposal at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. If the Board of Directors chooses to present such proposal at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, then the persons named in the proxies solicited by the Board of Directors for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders may exercise discretionary voting power with respect to such proposal. In addition to satisfying the notice requirements under the Company Bylaws, to comply with universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company nominees must also provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, no later than November 29, 2025 which is 90 calendar days prior to the anniversary of this year’s meeting date.

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OTHER MATTERS The Company has filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2024. This Form 10-K will be mailed on or around January 10, 2025, to each person who is a record or beneficial holder of shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock on the record date for the Annual Meeting. Pursuant to, and in accordance with, the rules of the SEC, the Company, where allowed, is delivering only one copy of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and this Proxy Statement to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless the Company has received contrary instructions from one or more of the shareholders. Upon written or oral request, the Company will promptly deliver a separate copy of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or this Proxy Statement to any shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was delivered. If you are a shareholder residing at a shared address and would like to request an additional copy of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or this Proxy Statement now or with respect to future mailings (or to request to receive only one copy of the Annual Report and Proxy Statement if you are currently receiving multiple copies), then you may notify the Company (1) by writing to the Corporate Secretary, Johnson Outdoors Inc., 555 Main Street, Suite 342, Racine, Wisconsin 53403 or (2) via email to: proxy