SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

JOHNSON SAMUEL C

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

(Street)

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC [ JOUT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/20/2003

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	02/20/2003		A		966	A	0.00	1,899,536⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Option (right to buy)⁽⁴⁾	10.36	02/20/2003		A		4,150		02/20/2004	02/20/2013	Class A Common Stock	4,150	$0.00	4,150	D
Option (obligation to sell)⁽⁵⁾	13.04	07/08/2003		S			970,001	07/08/2003	01/07/2005	Class A Common Stock	970,001	$2.31	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. As settlor, trustee and beneficiary of the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust No. One (the "SCJ 1988 Trust").

2. In addition to these shares of Class A Common Stock, the reporting person may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the following shares of Class A Common Stock: (a) 454,490 shares indirectly owned by the SCJ 1988 Trust as controlling shareholder of SCJ Marketing, Inc.; (b) 32,543 shares owned by the reporting person's spouse (the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares); (c) 114,464 shares indirectly owned by the Herbert F. Johnson Family Trust as a shareholder of a corporation; (d) 85,602 shares owned by the Herbert F. Johnson Distributing Trust; (e) 266,335 shares owned by the Johnson Trust Company as the trustee of certain trusts that directly or indirectly own shares as shareholders of certain corporations and as general partners of certain limited partnerships (the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares); (f) 98,000 shares owned by S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; and

3. (g) 100,000 shares indirectly owned by Johnson International as the parent corporation of the trustee of a trust that owns the shares (the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares).

4. Stock option granted pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan.

5. Stock option granted pursuant to that certain Option Agreement, dated July 8, 2003, by and among the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust Number 1 dated September 14, 1988, as amended and restated, Helen P. Johnson-Leipold, S. Curtis Johnson, H. Fisk Johnson and Winifred J. Marquart.

	Linda L. Sturino, attorney-in-fact	07/09/2003
	Jane M. Hutterly, attorney-in-fact	07/09/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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