---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-042380"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOUT"
cik: "0000788329"
company_name: "JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:54:48.880417+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Outdoors Vice Chairman Thomas F. Pyle, Jr. to retire from board after 34 years

## Summary
- Thomas F. Pyle, Jr., Vice Chairman and director since 1987, will not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Shareholder Meeting on Feb 24, 2022.
- He has served on the board for 34 years; CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold thanked him for his contributions and wise counsel.
- The retirement is a planned succession; no replacement has been named at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-042380
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOUT
- cik: 0000788329
- company_name: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036121042380/0001140361-21-042380-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036121042380/brhc10032033_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042380
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042380.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042380.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas F. Pyle, Jr. retired as Vice Chairman at JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: Mr. Thomas F. Pyle, Jr., a director and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, has informed the Company that he will be retiring from, and will not stand for re-election to, the Board of Directors as part of the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on February 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036121042380/0001140361-21-042380-index.htm

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