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Johnson Outdoors (JOUT): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$2,767,128CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold · source

Say-on-pay support98.75%Latest vote · source

CEO vs. named peers44th pct.Of 14 peer CEOs

CEO pay ratio63:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

$2,147,751FY2023
$2,081,320FY2024
$2,767,128FY2025

CEO total pay was $2,767,128 in fiscal 2025, up from $2,081,320 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $924,419 · bonus $207,994 · stock awards $1,150,000 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

David Johnson · CFO Helen Johnson-Leipold · CEO Edward F. Lang · Independent Director Edward Stevens · Independent Director Jeffery M. Stutz · Independent Director John M. Fahey Jr · Lead Independent Director Katherine Button Bell · Independent Director Liliann Annie Zipfel · Independent Director Paul G. Alexander · Independent Director Richard (“Casey”) Sheahan · Independent Director

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Johnson Outdoors in fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, Helen Johnson-Leipold (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Johnson Outdoors in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $2,767,128.

How does Johnson Outdoors's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?

As disclosed, Helen Johnson-Leipold's total compensation ranked at the 44th percentile of Johnson Outdoors's disclosed peer group.

What is Johnson Outdoors's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?

As disclosed, Johnson Outdoors's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 63:1.

How did shareholders vote on Johnson Outdoors's executive compensation?

As disclosed, 98.75% of shareholders supported Johnson Outdoors's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

How much does Johnson Outdoors spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, Johnson Outdoors reported total board compensation of $1,532,436 for fiscal 2025.

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.

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Summary compensation table

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.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

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.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

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

Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

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

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

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.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

Executive	Award	Shares unvested	Exercise price	Market value unvested
David Johnson	RSU	2,470	—	$103,147
David Johnson	RSU	4,643	—	193,892
David Johnson	RSU	4,843	—	202,244
David Johnson	RSU	7,922	—	330,823
Helen Johnson-Leipold	RSU	20,341	—	849,440
Helen Johnson-Leipold	RSU	21,218	—	886,064
Helen Johnson-Leipold	RSU	34,707	—	1,449,364

Director compensation

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

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

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.

Total cost of the board

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.

Peer group, and who names Johnson Outdoors as a peer

Companies that benchmark against JOUT

12 companies name JOUT as a compensation peer

CAMPBELL'S CoCPBFY2026
CLOROX CO /DE/CLXFY2026
DAKTRONICS INC /SD/DAKTFY2026
FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORPFOXFFY2025
GoPro, Inc.GPROFY2025
Latham Group, Inc.SWIMFY2025
LIFETIME BRANDS, INCLCUTFY2025
Lovesac CoLOVEFY2026
MALIBU BOATS, INC.MBUUFY2026
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.MCFTFY2025
OneWater Marine Inc.ONEWFY2024
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.SWBIFY2026
YETI Holdings, Inc.YETIFY2025

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.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp.MBUU Malibu Boats, Inc.MPX Marine Products Corp. Helen P. Johnson-LeipoldDLAPQ Delta Apparel, Inc.SWBI Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.MODG Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.RCKY Rocky Brands, Inc.DTC Solo Brands, Inc.YETI YETI Holdings, Inc.GOLF Acushnet Holdings Corp.TWIN Twin Disc, Inc.ESCA Escalade, Inc. BowFlex, Inc.

Peer reciprocity

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.

— Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK)³²✓ Malibu Boats, Inc. (MBUU)³³ Marine Products Corp. (MPX) Delta Apparel, Inc. (DLAPQ)✓ Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (SWBI)³⁴ Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (MODG) Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY) Solo Brands, Inc. (DTC)✓ YETI Holdings, Inc. (YETI)³⁵— Acushnet Holdings Corp. (GOLF)³⁶— Twin Disc, Inc. (TWIN)³⁷ Escalade, Inc. (ESCA)

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.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

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	Marine Products Corp.	2025	Ben Palmer	463,500	1,046,259	0	361,656	1,871,415
9	Rocky Brands, Inc.	2025	Jason Brooks	556,200	224,986	—	435,525	1,252,229
10	Escalade, Inc.	2025	Patrick Griffin	234,044	82,690	0	162,185	488,161
—	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.

Incentive design against the same peers

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	RSA 75 · PSU 25	not disclosed	Mercer, LLC
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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

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.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

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.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)	63 : 1
CEO total compensation	$2,767,128
Median employee compensation	$43,588

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (37 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

Section 01, Helen Johnson-Leipold. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 2. As printed: 2,767,128. View filing ↗
Section 01, David Johnson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,273,340. View filing ↗
Section 03, David Johnson PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Helen Johnson-Leipold PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, David Johnson RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 63 : 1. View filing ↗
Section 08, John M. Fahey Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,492. View filing ↗
Section 08, Edward F. Lang. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,992. View filing ↗
Section 08, Katherine Button Bell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 189,992. View filing ↗
Section 08, Richard (“Casey”) Sheahan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,492. View filing ↗
Section 08, Edward Stevens. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,992. View filing ↗
Section 08, Jeffery M. Stutz. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 179,992. View filing ↗
Section 08, Liliann Annie Zipfel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 177,492. View filing ↗
Section 08, Paul G. Alexander. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 174,992. View filing ↗
Section 08, Helen P. Johnson-Leipold. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-02-27. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.75% (votes for as printed: 19,068,910). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-02-28. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.95% (votes for as printed: 18,910,380). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-02-29. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.56% (votes for as printed: 19,993,908). View filing ↗
Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
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).
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.
Deckers Outdoor Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Deckers Outdoor Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,904,992. View filing ↗
Acushnet Holdings Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Acushnet Holdings Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,635,556. View filing ↗
Yeti Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Yeti Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,697,528. View filing ↗
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,671,940. View filing ↗
Malibu Boats, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Malibu Boats, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,557,820. View filing ↗
Johnson Outdoors (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Johnson Outdoors's own proxy. As printed: 2,767,128. View filing ↗
Twin Disc, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Twin Disc, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,345,850. View filing ↗
Marine Products Corp., Section 10b CEO total. 10-K/A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Marine Products Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,871,415. View filing ↗
Rocky Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Rocky Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,252,229. View filing ↗
Escalade, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Escalade, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 488,161. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Deckers Outdoor Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Deckers Outdoor Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Malibu Boats, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Malibu Boats, Inc. names Johnson Outdoors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. names Johnson Outdoors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, YETI Holdings, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. YETI Holdings, Inc. names Johnson Outdoors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Acushnet Holdings Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Acushnet Holdings Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Twin Disc, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Twin Disc, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Johnson Outdoors. View filing ↗