---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-010284"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOUT"
cik: "0000788329"
company_name: "JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T07:35:20.621009+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Outdoors shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Class A directors Paul Alexander (1.95M withheld) and John Fahey (2.30M withheld) received the most withhold votes.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as independent auditor passed with 20,339,802 votes for (99.9% support).
- Non-binding say-on-pay proposal approved with 19,993,908 votes for (99.55% of votes cast).
- Class B directors (Johnson-Leipold, Zipfel, Bell, Lang, Sheahan, Stevens) each received all 1,205,502 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-010284
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOUT
- cik: 0000788329
- company_name: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036124010284/0001140361-24-010284-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036124010284/ef20022725_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: 1. Election of Directors: The following individuals were elected to the Board of Directors for terms that expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036124010284/0001140361-24-010284-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending September 27, 2024 at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: 2. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending September 27, 2024: The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 27, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036124010284/0001140361-24-010284-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: 3. Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation: The shareholders approved the non-binding advisory proposal on executive compensation as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000114036124010284/0001140361-24-010284-index.htm

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