BlackRock, Inc. filed an amended beneficial ownership statement with the SEC on October 27, 2026, disclosing a 4.9% stake in Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A Stock as of September 30, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Total beneficial ownership: BlackRock reported aggregate beneficial ownership of 450,378 shares of Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A Stock (CUSIP 479167108).
  • Percent of class: The 450,378 shares represent 4.9% of the outstanding Class A Stock, placing the holding at 5% or less of the class.
  • Sole voting power: BlackRock reported sole voting power over 439,092 shares, with 0 shares subject to shared voting power.
  • Sole dispositive power: BlackRock reported sole dispositive power over all 450,378 shares, with 0 shares subject to shared dispositive power.
  • Event date: The date of the event requiring this filing was September 30, 2026.
  • Signed by: Spencer Fleming, Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc., certified the filing on October 27, 2026.

BlackRock's Amended Ownership Position in Johnson Outdoors

According to the filing, BlackRock, Inc., a Delaware-incorporated parent holding company headquartered at 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, submitted Amendment No. 1 to its Schedule 13G disclosing beneficial ownership of Class A Stock in Johnson Outdoors Inc., an outdoor recreation products company whose principal executive offices are located at 555 Main Street, Racine, WI 53403. The filing is made on behalf of certain business units of BlackRock and its subsidiaries and affiliates, described collectively as the "Reporting Business Units," consistent with SEC Release No. 34-39538 dated January 12, 1998.

The filing notes that the statement "does not include securities, if any, beneficially owned by other business units whose beneficial ownership of securities are disaggregated from that of the Reporting Business Units" in accordance with that release. BlackRock certified, through the signature of Managing Director Spencer Fleming, that the securities "were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer." The filing further discloses that various persons have the right to receive dividends or proceeds from the sale of Johnson Outdoors common stock, but that no single person's interest exceeds 5% of the total outstanding common shares. Subsidiary identification is addressed in Exhibit 99, as referenced in the filing.

What Was Disclosed

BlackRock, Inc. disclosed in this Amendment No. 1 filing, dated October 27, 2026, that it beneficially owns 450,378 shares of Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A Stock, representing 4.9% of the class, with sole voting power over 439,092 shares and sole dispositive power over all 450,378 shares.