CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold was paid $2,767,128 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 33.0% from fiscal year 2024, the 38th percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001140361-26-000787 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
$2,767,128 ↑ Helen Johnson-Leipold total, FY2025 | 38th CEO pay percentile vs peers | 63:1 CEO-to-median pay ratio | 98.75% Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | $924,419 | $207,994 | $1,150,000 | $0 | $458,315 | $0 | $26,400 | $2,767,128 |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| David Johnson | 511,052 | 66,756 | 525,000 | 0 | 154,839 | 0 | 15,693 | 1,273,340 |
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | $2,767,128 | $2,081,320 | $2,147,751 | ↑ +685,808 |
| David Johnson | 1,273,340 | 1,045,804 | 1,226,621 | ↑ +227,536 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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Each company listed discloses JOUT in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named JOUT in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Edward F. Lang | Independent Director | $199,992 |
| Edward Stevens | Independent Director | $184,992 |
| Jeffery M. Stutz | Independent Director | $179,992 |
| John M. Fahey Jr | Lead Independent Director | $237,492 |
| Katherine Button Bell | Independent Director | $189,992 |
| Liliann Annie Zipfel | Independent Director | $177,492 |
| Paul G. Alexander | Independent Director | $174,992 |
| Richard (“Casey”) Sheahan | Independent Director | $187,492 |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Johnson | PSU | 2024-12-03 | 3,961 | 7,922 | — | 15,844 | $262,495 |
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | PSU | 2024-12-03 | 17,354 | 34,707 | — | 69,414 | 1,150,016 |
| David Johnson | RSU | 2024-12-03 | — | — | 7,922 | — | 262,495 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Johnson | $262,495 | $262,495 | $0 | 50.0% |
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | 0 | 1,150,016 | 0 | 100.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | RSU | 34,707 | — | $1,449,364 |
| David Johnson | RSU | 4,843 | — | 202,244 |
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | RSU | 21,218 | — | 886,064 |
| Helen Johnson-Leipold | RSU | 20,341 | — | 849,440 |
| David Johnson | RSU | 7,922 | — | 330,823 |
| David Johnson | RSU | 4,643 | — | 193,892 |
| David Johnson | RSU | 2,470 | — | 103,147 |
Johnson Outdoors believes it is important to provide a compensation package that is competitive, promotes increased shareholder value and contains performance-based features that are aligned with strategic objectives for the organization. The company aims to provide a market competitive target total compensation opportunity that attracts and retains top talent, design incentive programs such that actual pay is commensurate with performance, and structure arrangements in a cost-effective manner without encouraging unreasonable risk-taking.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pearl Meyer |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-02-26 | 19,068,910 | 240,926 | 98,994 | 98.75% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-02-27 | 18,910,380 | 200,663 | 20,117 | 98.95% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-02-28 | 19,993,908 | 89,331 | 6,715 | 99.56% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-03-01 | 19,348,389 | 215,404 | 36,989 | 98.9% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-02-24 | 19,580,058 | 104,237 | 8,781 | 99.47% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-02-25 | 19,378,996 | 101,272 | 8,234 | 99.48% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-02-26 | 98.75%a |
| 2025 | 2025-02-27 | 98.95%b |
| 2024 | 2024-02-28 | 99.56%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not count toward the determination of whether this proposal is approved and will have no impact on the vote.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not count toward the determination of whether this proposal is approved and will have no impact on the vote.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not count toward the determination of whether this proposal is approved and will have no impact on the vote.”.
Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 63 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | $2,767,128 |
| Median employee compensation | $43,588 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John M. Fahey JrIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Executive | $127,500 | $109,992 | — | — | — | $237,492 |
| Edward F. LangIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 90,000 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 199,992 |
| Katherine Button BellIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 80,000 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 189,992 |
| Richard (“Casey”) SheahanIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 77,500 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 187,492 |
| Edward StevensIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 75,000 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 184,992 |
| Jeffery M. StutzIndependent · Audit | 70,000 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 179,992 |
| Liliann Annie ZipfelIndependent · Compensation | 67,500 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 177,492 |
| Paul G. AlexanderIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 65,000 | 109,992 | — | — | — | 174,992 |
| Helen P. Johnson-LeipoldEmployee director · Board Chair · Executive | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $110,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | $0 |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 25,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | Effective June 3, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted Stock Ownership Guidelines for certain Company executives and all of the non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors, which are effective beginning on the five-year anniversary of the adoption date. |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $652,500 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $879,936 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,532,436 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Johnson Outdoors names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Johnson Outdoors.
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | 2026 | Stefano Caroti | $1,236,538 | $6,999,947 | $0 | $3,607,915 | $11,904,992 |
| 2 | Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 2025 | David Maher | 1,170,000 | 6,500,072 | 0 | 1,501,227 | 10,635,556 |
| 3 | YETI Holdings, Inc. | 2025 | Matthew Reintjes | 1,057,308 | 5,500,187 | 0 | 1,126,033 | 7,697,528 |
| 4 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | 2026 | Mark Smith | 850,000 | 2,574,305 | 0 | 1,035,549 | 4,671,940 |
| 5 | Malibu Boats, Inc. | 2026 | Steven Menneto | 920,000 | 2,610,914 | 0 | 1,012,000 | 4,557,820 |
| 6 | Johnson Outdoors | 2025 | Helen Johnson-Leipold | 924,419 | 1,150,000 | 0 | 458,315 | 2,767,128 |
| 7 | Twin Disc, Inc. | 2026 | John Batten | 712,071 | 1,002,767 | 0 | 440,060 | 2,345,850 |
| 8 | Rocky Brands, Inc. | 2025 | Jason Brooks | 556,200 | 224,986 | — | 435,525 | 1,252,229 |
| 9 | Escalade, Inc. | 2025 | Patrick Griffin | 234,044 | 82,690 | 0 | 162,185 | 488,161 |
| — | Marine Products Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Delta Apparel, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Solo Brands, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Outdoors | not disclosed | PRSU 100 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer |
| Acushnet Holdings Corp. | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer |
| Deckers Outdoor Corp. | 173% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR) | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. |
| Delta Apparel, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Escalade, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Malibu Boats, Inc. | 100% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Relative TSR | Exequity |
| Marine Products Corp. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Rocky Brands, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | 121.8% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | Yes — rTSR (relative Total Stockholder Return vs Russell 2000 Index) | Compensia, Inc. |
| Solo Brands, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | not disclosed | PRSU 55 · RSU 45 | not disclosed | Mercer, LLC |
| Twin Disc, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Pay Governance, LLC |
| YETI Holdings, Inc. | 71.0% | PBRSU 75 · RSU 25 | Yes — Relative Total Stockholder Return (TSR) | FW Cook |
Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.
Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Helen Johnson-Leipold | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,767,128. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 251468–251478 |
| 2 | Section 01, David Johnson | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,273,340. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c22 · span 263542–263552 |
| 3 | Section 03, David Johnson PSU | DEF 14A | 1900-01-01 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 895013–895020 |
| 4 | Section 03, Helen Johnson-Leipold PSU | DEF 14A | 1900-01-01 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 5 | Section 03, David Johnson RSU | DEF 14A | 1900-01-01 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 886174–886181 |
| 6 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 63 : 1. Filing ↗ |
| 7 | Section 08, John M. Fahey Jr | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,492. Filing ↗machine: span 1015895–1016076 |
| 8 | Section 08, Edward F. Lang | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,992. Filing ↗machine: span 1017832–1018013 |
| 9 | Section 08, Katherine Button Bell | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 189,992. Filing ↗machine: span 1022006–1022187 |
| 10 | Section 08, Richard (“Casey”) Sheahan | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,492. Filing ↗machine: span 1020062–1020243 |
| 11 | Section 08, Edward Stevens | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,992. Filing ↗machine: span 1024213–1024394 |
| 12 | Section 08, Jeffery M. Stutz | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 179,992. Filing ↗machine: span 1026152–1026333 |
| 13 | Section 08, Liliann Annie Zipfel | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 177,492. Filing ↗machine: span 1030209–1030389 |
| 14 | Section 08, Paul G. Alexander | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 174,992. Filing ↗machine: span 1028362–1028543 |
| 15 | Section 08, Helen P. Johnson-Leipold | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-02-27 | 0001140361-26-007056 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.75% (votes for as printed: 19,068,910). Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-02-28 | 0001140361-25-006438 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.95% (votes for as printed: 18,910,380). Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-02-29 | 0001140361-24-010284 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.56% (votes for as printed: 19,993,908). Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 20 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | — | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 21 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 652,500 + equity 879,936 + all other 0 = 1,532,436, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,532,436 |
| 22 | Deckers Outdoor Corp., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-24 | 0000910521-26-000018 | CEO total compensation as printed in Deckers Outdoor Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,904,992. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c21 · span 866385–866395 |
| 23 | Acushnet Holdings Corp., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-17 | 0001672013-26-000106 | CEO total compensation as printed in Acushnet Holdings Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,635,556. Filing ↗machine: span 960915–960925 |
| 24 | YETI Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-26 | 0001140361-26-011375 | CEO total compensation as printed in YETI Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,697,528. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 1046975–1046984 |
| 25 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-08-06 | 0001193125-26-338441 | CEO total compensation as printed in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,671,940. Filing ↗machine: span 959224–959233 |
| 26 | Malibu Boats, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-21 | 0001590976-26-000067 | CEO total compensation as printed in Malibu Boats, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,557,820. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c27 · span 516663–516672 |
| 27 | Johnson Outdoors (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-01-09 | 0001140361-26-000787 | CEO total compensation as printed in Johnson Outdoors's own proxy. As printed: 2,767,128. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 251468–251478 |
| 28 | Twin Disc, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-14 | 0001437749-26-030232 | CEO total compensation as printed in Twin Disc, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,345,850. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c24 · span 428538–428547 |
| 29 | Rocky Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-28 | 0001437749-26-013668 | CEO total compensation as printed in Rocky Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,252,229. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c33 · span 350262–350271 |
| 30 | Escalade, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001437749-26-009992 | CEO total compensation as printed in Escalade, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 488,161. Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 10a, Deckers Outdoor Corp. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000910521-26-000018 | Deckers Outdoor Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 10a, Malibu Boats, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001590976-26-000067 | Malibu Boats, Inc. names Johnson Outdoors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 10a, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-338441 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. names Johnson Outdoors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 10a, YETI Holdings, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-011375 | YETI Holdings, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. Filing ↗ |
| 35 | Section 10a, Acushnet Holdings Corp. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001672013-26-000106 | Acushnet Holdings Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. Filing ↗ |
| 36 | Section 10a, Twin Disc, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001437749-25-029012 | Twin Disc, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. Filing ↗ |