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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
JOHNSON, SAMUEL C.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
4041 NORTH MAIN STREET
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(Street)
RACINE, WI 53402
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. (JOUT)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
December 17, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
2A. 4. Amount of Owner-
Deemed Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
2. Execution 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
Transaction Date, if Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of
Date any Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 1,898,570 D (1)
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Class A Common Stock 454,490 I (2)
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Class A Common Stock 12/17/02 G V 250 D 32,543 I By wife(3)
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Class A Common Stock 114,464 I (4)
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Class A Common Stock 85,602 I (5)
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Class A Common Stock 266,335 I (6)
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Class A Common Stock 98,000 I (7)
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Class A Common Stock 100,000 I (8)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Deriv- Form
2. ative of
Conver- 5. 7. Secur- Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount ities ative Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Benefi- Secur- of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price cially ity: In-
cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct
Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Class B
Common
Stock (9) (9) (9) * 25,000 25,000 I (2)
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Class B
Common By wife
Stock (9) (9) (9) * 1,037,330 1,037,330 I (3)(10)
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Class B
Common
Stock (9) (9) (9) * 106,036 106,036 I (5) (6)
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Option
(right
to buy)(11) $16.375 01/01/94 01/01/03 * 611 611 D
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Option
(right
to buy)(12) $24.375 01/27/95 01/27/04 * 5,000 5,000 D
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Option
(right
to buy)(12) $6.2815 02/01/02 02/01/11 * 3,000 3,000 D
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Option
(right
to buy)(12) $9.145 02/20/03 02/20/12 * 4,695 4,695 D
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Explanation of Responses:
* Class A Common Stock
(1) As settlor, trustee and beneficiary of the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust No. One (the "SCJ 1988 Trust").
(2) As settlor, trustee and beneficiary of the SCJ 1988 Trust, which indirectly owns the reported shares as controlling
shareholder of SCJ Marketing, Inc.
(3) Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
(4) As trustee of the Herbert F. Johnson Family Trust which indirectly as a shareholder of a corporation beneficially owns the
reported shares.
(5) As trustee of the Herbert F. Johnson Distributing Trust.
(6) As controlling shareholder of Johnson Trust Company ("JT"), the trustee of certain trusts which directly, or indirectly as
shareholders of certain corporations and as general partners of certain limited partnerships, beneficially own the reported
shares. Mr. Johnson reports all shares held by certain corporations of which one or more of such trusts may be deemed to be a
controlling shareholder. In addition, Mr. Johnson reports all shares held by certain limited partnerships of which one or
more of such trusts is a general partner. Due to the nature of such limited partnerships, it is impractical to determine such
trusts' proportionate interest (as defined by Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(ii)(B)) in such limited partnerships. Mr. Johnson disclaims
beneficial ownership of these shares.
(7) The reported shares are indirectly owned by Mr. Johnson through S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., a corporation indirectly controlled
by Mr. Johnson.
(8) As controlling shareholder of Johnson International, the parent corporation of the trustee of the trust which beneficially
owns the reported shares. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
(9) Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time on a one-share-for-one-share basis into Class A Common Stock.
(10) The reported shares are held by the Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class B Common Stock Voting Trust ("Voting Trust"), of which Mrs.
Johnson is trustee. Two trusts of which Mr. Johnson is settlor, trustee and/or beneficiary are Voting Trust unit holders.
(11) Stock option granted pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(12) Stock option granted pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan.
SAMUEL C. JOHNSON
/s/ Samuel C. Johnson December 18, 2002
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Date
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