JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC — Director's Dealing 2004

Mar 12, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC (JOUT)
CIK: 0000788329
Period of Report: 2004-03-10

Reporting Person: JOHNSON SAMUEL C (Director, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-03-10	Class A Common Stock	A	503	—	Acquired	1900039	Direct
2003-12-05	Class A Common Stock	G	255	—	Disposed	32288	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-03-10	Option (right to buy)	$19.8800	A	1950	Acquired	2014-03-10	Class A Common Stock (1950)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	454490	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	266335	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	100000	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	114464	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	85602	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	98000	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Class B Common Stock	$0.0000		Class A Common Stock (25000)	25000	Indirect
Class B Common Stock	$0.0000		Class A Common Stock (106036)	106036	Indirect
Class B Common Stock	$0.0000		Class A Common Stock (1037330)	1037330	Indirect
Option (right to buy)	$6.2815	2011-02-01	Class A Common Stock (3000)	3000	Direct
Option (right to buy)	$9.1450	2012-02-20	Class A Common Stock (4695)	4695	Direct
Option (right to buy)	$10.3600	2013-02-20	Class A Common Stock (4150)	4150	Direct

Footnotes

F1: As settlor, trustee and beneficiary of the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust No. One (the "SCJ 1988 Trust").

F2: Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.

F3: As settlor, trustee and beneficiary of the SCJ 1988 Trust, which indirectly owns the reported shares as controlling shareholder of SCJ Marketing, Inc.

F4: 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.

F5: 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.

F6: As trustee of the Herbert F. Johnson Family Trust which indirectly as a shareholder of a corporation beneficially owns the reported shares.

F7: As trustee of the Herbert F. Johnson Distributing Trust.

F8: The reported shares are indirectly owned by Mr. Johnson through S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., a corporation indirectly controlled by Mr. Johnson.

F9: Stock option granted pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2003 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan.

F10: Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time on a one-share-for-one-share basis into Class A Common Stock.

F11: 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.

F12: Stock option granted pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan.