Registration No. 333-_________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------ JOHNSON WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Wisconsin 39-1536083 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1326 Willow Road Sturtevant, Wisconsin 53177 (Address of principal executive (Zip Code) offices) Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (Full title of the plan) Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Copy to: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. Benjamin F. Garmer, III 1326 Willow Road Foley & Lardner Sturtevant, Wisconsin 53177 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3700 (262) 884-1500 Milwaukee Wisconsin 53202 (Name, address and telephone number, (414) 271-2400 including area code, of agent for service) -------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Maximum Proposed Title of Offering Maximum Amount of Securities to Amount to be Price Per Aggregate Registration be Registered Registered(1) Share Offering Price Fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common Stock, $.05 par value 250,000 shares $8.97(1) $2,242,500(1) $624 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Class A Common Stock as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market on September 27, 1999. --------------------------------- This registration statement is being filed to register additional shares of Class A Common Stock of Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued under the Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), for which a Form S-8 Registration Statement is already effective (registration no. 33-59325). The contents of the Company's Form S-8 Registration Statement (registration no. 33-59325) relating to the Plan are incorporated herein by reference. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT The information required in Part II, except Item 8, is not required to be filed with the Commission as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement. Item 8. Exhibits. The following exhibits have been filed (except where otherwise indicated) as part of this Registration Statement: Exhibit No. Exhibit ----------- ------- (4) Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (as amended) (5) Opinion of Foley & Lardner (23.1) Consent of KPMG LLP (23.2) Consent of Foley & Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto) (24) Power of Attorney relating to subsequent amendments (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement) -2- SIGNATURES The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sturtevant, and State of Wisconsin, on this 27th day of July, 1999. JOHNSON WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATES, INC. By:/s/ Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Chairman & Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Carl G. Schmidt, and each of them individually, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. S-1 Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and - ------------------------------------ Director (Principal Executive Officer) July 27, 1999 Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Senior Vice President and Chief /s/ Carl G. Schmidt Financial Officer, Secretary and - ------------------------------------ Treasurer (Principal Financial and Carl G. Schmidt Accounting Officer) July 27, 1999 /s/ Samuel C. Johnson - ------------------------------------ Director July 27, 1999 Samuel C. Johnson /s/ Thomas F. Pyle, Jr. - ------------------------------------ Thomas F. Pyle, Jr. Director July 27, 1999 /s/ Gregory E. Lawton - ------------------------------------ Director July 27, 1999 Gregory E. Lawton /s/ Glenn N. Rupp - ------------------------------------ Director July 27, 1999 Glenn N. Rupp S-2 EXHIBIT INDEX JOHNSON WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATES, INC. 1994 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN Exhibit No. Exhibit ----------- ------- (4) Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (as amended) (5) Opinion of Foley & Lardner (23.1) Consent of KPMG LLP (23.2) Consent of Foley & Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto) (24) Power of Attorney relating to subsequent amendments (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)