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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* JOHNSON LEIPOLD HELEN P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O J/K MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 555 MAIN STREET (Street) RACINE WI 53403 (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 X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/06/2010
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	12/06/2010		A		42,537(1)	A	$0	230,075	D(2)
Class A Common Stock	12/08/2010		M		30,000	A	$5.3125	230,075	D(2)
Class A Common Stock								873,465	I	As settlor(3)
Class A Common Stock								250,872	I	As trustee(4)(5)
Class A Common Stock								4,099	I	By Savings Plan(6)

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$5.3125	12/08/2010		M			30,000	12/11/2001	12/11/2010	Class A Common Stock	30,000	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Class A Restricted Shares of which 25,522 vest on the third anniverary of the date of grant and 17,015 vest on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant.

2. Helen P. Johnson-Leipold reports direct ownership of these shares, which she holds (a) personally, (b) as the sole shareholder of a certain corporation that holds shares, and (c) as restricted stock awards. 30,000 shares issued to Helen P. Johnson-Leipold upon the exercise of stock options reported on this Form 4 were subsequently transferred to one of the Trusts (as defined in Footnote 3 below). Such transferred shares are included below in the "Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions" under Ms. Johnson-Leipold's indirect holdings as settlor.

3. Helen P. Johnson-Leipold reports these shares as settlor of and beneficiary of certain revocable trusts (collectively, the "Trusts").

4. Ms. Johnson-Leipold reports these shares as settlor and beneficiary of the Trusts, which beneficially own reported shares directly or indirectly as a shareholder of certain corporations and as the general partner of certain limited partnerships (collectively, the "Controlling Entities").

5. Ms. Johnson-Leipold reports all shares held by certain corporations of which the Trusts referenced above may be deemed to be controlling shareholders. In addition, Ms. Johnson-Leipold reports all shares held by certain limited partnerships of which one of the Trusts is a general partner. Due to the nature of such limited partnerships, it is impractical to determine each Trust's or other trusts' proportionate interest (as defined by Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(ii)(B)) in such limited partnerships. Ms. Johnson-Leipold disclaims beneficial ownership in all shares held by the Controlling Entities in which she does not have a pecuniary interest.

6. Reflects shares held by the Johnson Outdoors 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan over which Ms. Johnson-Leipold has sole voting power, including adjustments to holdings in her 401(k) plan that are exempt pursuant to 16b-3(c).

	/s/ Helen P. Johnson Leipold	12/08/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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