Company: JOUT
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-000715
Chunk: 9

Company: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |

Class A Directors

| Paul G. Alexander   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Age:64              
 Director Since:2021 |     | Chief Marketing Officer for the Boston University Questrom School of Business. He is responsible for the design, execution and assessment of marketing and communications strategies and plans that build Questrom’s global visibility and brand reputation in support of the Business School’s strategic goals. Prior to joining Questrom, Mr. Alexander was the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Eastern Bank based in Boston, Massachusetts from 2015 to June 2021. Before Eastern Bank, Mr. Alexander served as Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Liberty Mutual Insurance, where he held responsibility for all corporate brand marketing, advertising, communications, public relations, meeting management and event strategy, and major sports sponsorships. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Advertising and Design for the Campbell Soup Company. Prior to Campbell’s, he spent fifteen years at Procter and Gamble as a Director of Advertising Development and a Brand Manager. Mr. Alexander serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the largest marketing trade association in the U.S., where he serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also chair of the Board of Directors for The Partnership, Incorporated. Mr. Alexander’s extensive experience in branding, marketing, communications, strategy, along with his general business skills, led to the determination that he should serve as a director. |

| Jeffrey M. Stutz    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Age:54              
 Director Since:2023 |     | Chief Financial Officer at MillerKnoll, Inc. Jeff was a key architect of the transformative merger of Herman Miller with Knoll Furniture. He joined the company in 2001 as Manager of Financial Reporting and later served in a variety of finance leadership roles, including Vice President of Investor Relations, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining MillerKnoll (formerly known as Herman Miller, Inc.) in 2001, he worked at Donnelly Corporation, a publicly traded automotive supplier based in Holland, Michigan, where he held roles in financial operations and corporate accounting. Mr. Stutz’s extensive experience in the areas of finance, accounting, public company reporting, M&A, capital markets and his general business skills, led to the determination that he should serve