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


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 19, 2022

Johnson Outdoors Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin
  
0-16255
  
39-1536083
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

555 Main Street, Racine, Wisconsin 53403
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(262) 631-6600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading symbol(s)
Name of exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $.05 par value per share
 JOUT
NASDAQ Global Select Market SM

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 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.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)
Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:





Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release Dated December 19, 2022.





Exhibit 104 – Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC.
Date:  December 19, 2022
    
 
By:
/s/ David W. Johnson
  
   

David W. Johnson, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer