JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Jul 7, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC (JOUT)
CIK: 0000788329
Period of Report: 2005-06-01

Reporting Person: JOHNSON LEIPOLD HELEN P (Director, Chairman of the Board & CEO, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-06-01	Class A Common Stock	A	10620	—	Acquired	45668	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	589988	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	100000	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	114464	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	488367	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	4129	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person is deemed to indirectly own 589,988 shares as settler and beneficiary of the Helen Johnson-Leipold Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust (the "Gift Trust"). The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares held by the Gift Trust except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

F2: The reporting person is deemed to indirectly own 100,000 shares as controlling shareholder of Johnson Financial Group ("JFG"), the parent corporation of the trustee of the trust which beneficially owns such reported shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares held by JFG except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

F3: The reporting person is deemed to indirectly own 114,464 shares as trustee of the Samuel C. Johnson Family Trust (the "Family Trust"), which beneficially owns such reported shares as the controlling shareholder of a corporation. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares held by the Family Trust except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

F4: The reporting person is deemed to indirectly own 488,367 shares as (a) controlling shareholder of the parent corporation of Johnson Bank, the trustee of certain trusts which directly, or indirectly as shareholders of certain corporations and as general partners of certain limited partnerships, beneficially own such reported shares, (b) a shareholder of a corporation and a general partner of a limited partnership, which indirectly owns such reported shares or (c) settler and beneficiary of the Helen Johnson-Leipold Revocable Trust which beneficially owns such reported shares directly, or indirectly as a shareholder of certain corporations and as the general partner of certain limited partnerships (collectively, the "Controlling Entities"). The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares held by the Controlling Entities except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

F5: The reporting person owns indirectly 4,129 shares of the Class A Common Stock held by the Johnson Outdoors 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan over which the reporting person has sole voting power.