---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-045961"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOUT"
cik: "0000788329"
company_name: "JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T02:57:34.209280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director William D. Perez to retire from Johnson Outdoors board at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- William D. Perez, director, will not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting on March 1, 2023.
- Perez served on the board for five years; CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold thanked him for his contributions.
- Retirement is part of the board's normal succession process; no replacement announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-045961
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOUT
- cik: 0000788329
- company_name: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-19T23:59:59+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/788329/000114036122045961/0001140361-22-045961-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036122045961/brhc10045377_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-045961
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-045961.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-045961.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William D. Perez departed as Director at JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2022, Johnson Outdoors Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing that Mr. William “Bill” D. Perez, a director of the Company, will be retiring from, and will not stand for re-election to, the Board of Directors as part of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036122045961/0001140361-22-045961-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.