Company: JOUT
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-000715
Chunk: 24

Company: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 24
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 the appointment of a different firm at any time during the fiscal year if it determines that such change would be in the Company’s best interests. It is expected that a representative of RSM US LLP will participate in the virtual Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. If a quorum exists, the approval of the ratification of RSM US LLP requires that the number of votes properly cast for this proposal exceed the number of votes properly cast against this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not count toward the determination of whether this proposal is approved and will have no impact on the vote. Board of Directors Recommendation

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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS The following table sets forth certain information as of September 27, 2024 regarding the beneficial ownership of each class of Company common stock by each director, each person known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5 percent of either class of the Company’s common stock (including any “group” as set forth in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), each of the officers named in the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement (the “named executive officers”), and all directors and current Section 16 executive officers as a group based upon information furnished by such persons or in information otherwise publicly available in filings with the SEC. The Company has determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Except as indicated in the footnotes, the persons listed below have sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned. Shares of common stock subject to options that are either currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of September 27, 2024 or restricted stock units (with each unit representing one share of Class A common stock issuable on such vesting date) which are vested or which vest within 60 days of September 27, 2024 are treated as outstanding (but only to the extent the reporting person has not made an election to defer receipt of the underlying shares as of such vesting date) and beneficially owned by the holder for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the holder. However, these shares are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person, except with respect to restricted stock units that have vested and been issued as shares of Class A common stock. The table lists applicable percentage ownership based on 9,093,