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Q:	What Is the Purpose of the Annual Meeting?

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(1) To elect eleven directors to the Board of Directors; (2) to approve a proposed amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation to allow for a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors; (3) to approve the material terms of performance goals under the Harley-Davidson, Inc. Employee Incentive Plan; (4) to approve, by advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers; (5) to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, to be the auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and (6) to take action upon any other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the meeting. The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and this Proxy Statement describe these matters in more detail. In addition, members of management will report on our 2014 performance and, once the shareholders conclude the business of the Annual Meeting, respond to shareholders’ questions as time permits.

Q:	Who Can Attend the Annual Meeting?

A:	All shareholders of Harley-Davidson, Inc., or individuals that shareholders have duly appointed as their proxies, may attend the Annual Meeting. Appointing a proxy in response to this request will not affect a shareholder's right to attend the Annual Meeting and to vote in person.  To attend the Annual Meeting, please follow these instructions:

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Q:	What Constitutes a Quorum?

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A majority of the [_______________] shares of our stock outstanding on February 26, 2015 must be present, in person or by proxy, to provide a quorum at the Annual Meeting. If you vote, your shares will count toward satisfying the quorum requirement. If you return a proxy card marked “ABSTAIN” or without voting instructions, your shares of common stock will also count toward satisfying the quorum requirement. Also, in those instances where banks, brokers or other nominees who hold shares on behalf of others have returned a proxy but could not vote the shares on particular matters without receiving voting instructions from the beneficial owners (“broker nonvotes”), those shares will count toward satisfying the quorum requirement. If you own shares in street name, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee. Once a share is counted as present at the Annual Meeting, it will count as present for quorum purposes throughout the Annual Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for the adjournment or postponement).

Q:	Who Is Entitled to Vote?

A:	Only holders of the [_______________] shares of our common stock outstanding as of the close of business on February 26, 2015 can vote at the Annual Meeting. Each of these shareholders has one vote for each share of our stock held on that date.

Q:	How Do I Vote?

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If the records of our transfer agent show that you own shares in your name or if you own shares through our Dividend Reinvestment Plan at the close of business on February 26, 2015, then you may vote (1) by using the Internet at http://www.proxyvote.com, (2) in person at the Annual Meeting, (3) by mail or telephone after first requesting a printed copy of this Proxy Statement, proxy card and Annual Report on Form 10-K and following the instructions set forth on the proxy card, or (4) by phone after reviewing the Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K at http://www.proxyvote.com. If you own shares in street name, you may vote by telephone or the Internet if your bank, broker or other nominee makes those methods available, in which case your bank, broker or other nominee will provide instructions with your Proxy Statement. The telephone and Internet voting procedures will authenticate your identity, allow you to give your voting instructions and confirm that we have properly recorded your instructions. If you vote by using the Internet, you should understand that there might be costs associated with electronic access that you must bear, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies.

Q:	What Is the Effect of Not Voting at the Annual Meeting?

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The consequences of not voting at the Annual Meeting will depend on how you own your shares. If the records of our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services LLC, show that you own shares in your name or if you own shares through our Dividend Reinvestment Plan and you do not vote, we cannot consider those shares present at the meeting and they will not count toward satisfying the quorum requirement.

If you own shares in street name and do not vote, your broker, bank or other nominee may vote your shares at the meeting. If you do not give voting instructions for your shares, your broker, bank or other nominee may or may not be able to vote your shares in its discretion depending on the proposals before the meeting. Your broker, bank or other nominee may vote your shares in its discretion on routine matters such as Proposal 5, the ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm, but may not vote your shares in its discretion on the other Proposals. If you own shares in street name, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee.

Q:	Can I Change My Vote After I Submit My Proxy?

A:	Yes. You can change your vote at any time before the Annual Meeting by submitting a new proxy or by providing written notice to our Secretary and voting in person at the Annual Meeting. Your presence at the Annual Meeting does not in and of itself revoke your proxy.

	Unless you properly revoke your proxy, the persons you have appointed will vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. If you specify a choice by means of the proxy, the persons you have appointed will vote your shares as you specify. If you do not specify a choice, the persons you have appointed will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors.

Q:	Is My Vote Confidential?

A:	We will handle all proxy instructions, ballots and voting tabulations that identify individual shareholders carefully to protect your voting privacy. No one will disclose your vote either within Harley-Davidson or to third parties, except:

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Q:	What Am I Voting On?

A:	You are voting on five company proposals:

	Proposal 1: Election of Directors

	Election of eleven directors, with the following as the Board of Directors’ nominees:

1.	R. John Anderson;

2.	Richard I. Beattie;

3.	Michael J. Cave;

4.	George H. Conrades;

5.	Donald A. James;

6.	Matthew S. Levatich;

7.	Sara L. Levinson;

8.	N. Thomas Linebarger;

9.	George L. Miles, Jr.;

10.	James A. Norling; and

11.	Jochen Zeitz

	We are seeking shareholder approval of a proposed amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Harley-Davidson, Inc. to allow for a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors.

	We are seeking shareholder approval of the material terms of the performance goals under the Harley-Davidson, Inc. Employee Incentive Plan.

	We are seeking shareholder approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of our named executive officers.

	Proposal 5: Ratification of Selection of an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

	The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has selected Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, to be the auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. We are seeking shareholder ratification of that selection.

A:	The Board of Directors recommends a vote:

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	Unless you give other instructions on your proxy card, the persons named as proxy holders on the proxy card will vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board.

Q:	What Vote Is Required to Approve Each Proposal?

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Our By-laws currently have a majority vote standard for Proposal 1, the election of directors. The director nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected. However, a nominee who receives more “withheld” votes than “for” votes must tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will promptly consider that resignation and will recommend to the Board of Directors whether to accept the tendered resignation or reject it, and the Board will then act on that recommendation.

If a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, the following matters require that the votes cast “for” the proposal exceed the votes cast “against” the proposal: Proposal 2, approval of a proposed amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation to allow for a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors; Proposal 3, approval of the material terms of the performance goals under the Harley-Davidson, Inc. Employee Incentive Plan; Proposal 4, the approval, by advisory vote, of the compensation of our named executive officers; and Proposal 5, ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015.

Q:	Are There Any Other Items That Are to be Acted Upon During the Annual Meeting?

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No. We are not aware of any other matters that you will vote on at the Annual Meeting. In addition, the deadlines have passed under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and our Restated Articles of Incorporation for shareholders to submit their own proposals for presentation at the Annual Meeting. If other matters come before the Annual Meeting with the assent of the Board of Directors, the Board or proxy holders will use their discretion on these matters.

Q:	Who Will Count the Vote?

A:	Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will count the vote. Its representative will serve as the inspector of the election.

Q:	Who Pays to Prepare and Solicit the Proxies?

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We pay the cost of soliciting the proxies relating to the Annual Meeting, except for some costs that may arise through your use of the telephone and Internet. We may request proxies in person, by telephone, Internet and facsimile machine, as well as through the mail. We also expect to ask banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees or fiduciaries to forward proxy materials to their principals and to obtain proxies. We will reimburse these institutions for their out-of-pocket expenses. We have engaged Alliance Advisors, LLC to help solicit proxies and we expect to pay them approximately $12,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses.

Q:	How Can I Obtain Printed Copies of the Proxy Materials?

A:	If you are a shareholder, you may receive a printed copy of the proxy materials by following the instructions below, which also appear in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

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Q:	How is Management Structured?

A:	We operate in two business segments: the motorcycles and related products segment and the financial services segment. The motorcycles and related products segment includes companies that do business as Harley-Davidson Motor Company. The financial services segment includes HDFS.

	Our organizational structure consists of the Executive Leadership Team and a broad group of our leaders representing key functions and key individuals of Harley-Davidson that we refer to as the Senior Leadership Group.

The Executive Leadership Team consists of the Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson, as well as the Presidents of HDMC and HDFS and other senior officers who report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The members of the Executive Leadership Team are responsible for making decisions on business issues that impact our entire company, developing high-level policies and advising our Chief Executive Officer. For Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) purposes, we consider the Executive Leadership Team members our executive officers. Among other things, the SEC requires executive officers to disclose publicly their holdings of and transactions involving our stock.

Q:	Who Are Our Executive Officers for SEC Purposes?

A:	As of February 26, 2015, our executive officers for general SEC purposes were as follows:

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	Ms. Bischmann has been with Harley-Davidson since 1990 and has served as our Vice President, Communications since April 2010. From January 2007 to April 2010, she was our Vice President, Licensing and Special Events. She served as Vice President of Marketing from May 1996 to December 2006.

Mr. Jones became our Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer in July 2010. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Jones served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Regal Beloit Corporation, a manufacturing company, from September 2006 through June 2010. Mr. Jones was a Partner/Attorney at the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP from August 1998 to August 2006.

Mr. Wandell has served as our Chairman of the Board since February 2012 and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2009. On February 4, 2015, we announced that Mr. Wandell will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer on May 1, 2015. Also, as he will not seek reelection as a Director at the Annual Meeting, he will cease serving as our Chairman of the Board at the Annual Meeting.

	In addition to the executive officers listed above, Mark R. Kornetzke is our Chief Accounting Officer. We have employed Mr. Kornetzke for approximately 17 years.

Q:	Does Harley-Davidson have a Chief Compliance Officer?

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Yes. Our Board of Directors first appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in 2004. Paul J. Jones, our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, is our current Chief Compliance Officer. Appointing a Chief Compliance Officer was part of the Board’s commitment to compliance and its desire to promote compliance, education and reporting within our company. This action formalized our continuing efforts to direct and promote an effective compliance program. Among other things, under this compliance program, management is required to report significant compliance issues to the Legal Department when they occur. The compliance program also includes training to employees, including senior management, on corporate governance issues including anti-bribery, ethics, privacy, insider trading restrictions and restrictions on disclosure of nonpublic material information. The company has a global compliance and ethics program staffed with an assistant general counsel who reports to Mr. Jones and other employees who manage corporate governance, compliance and records management. The Audit Committee and Nominating Committee receive quarterly reports on legal and compliance matters.

Q:	Does Harley-Davidson have a Disclosure Committee?

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Yes. In October 2002, we established a Disclosure Committee comprised of members of management responsible for considering the materiality of information and making disclosure decisions on a timely basis. If necessary, a subset of the Disclosure Committee comprised of the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel is authorized to fulfill the functions of the Disclosure Committee. Although the following information and documentation are not provided along with this Proxy Statement, the Disclosure Committee Guidelines provide that the Disclosure Committee: (1) has access to all company books, records, facilities and personnel, as well as our independent registered public accounting firm and outside counsel; (2) designs, establishes and maintains disclosure controls and procedures for the SEC reporting process and modifies them from time to time, as appropriate; (3) creates and reviews all financial press releases; (4) reviews SEC filings on Form 8-K relating to quarterly earnings releases, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and our annual proxy statement; (5) suggests appropriate disclosures or provides opinions on disclosure issues; (6) evaluates changes in SEC, New York Stock Exchange and Financial Accounting Standards Board disclosure rules and makes recommendations regarding their impact on the company; (7) consults with management, internal auditors, independent accountants and outside legal counsel; (8) discusses material items with employees in the internal audit function, independent registered public accounting firm and management to ensure appropriate disclosure; (9) arranges for necessary training to ensure effective implementation of the disclosure controls and procedures; and (10) annually reviews and reassesses the performance of the Disclosure Committee and these guidelines.

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Yes. We adopted the Policy for Managing Disclosure of Non-Public Material Information in November 2001, and it was last amended in January 2012. The policy describes the procedures relating to communication with the public, the investment community and third party business contacts. The Policy for Managing Disclosure of Non-Public Material Information can be found on the Corporate Governance page of our website at http://www.harley-davidson.com.

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Q:	Does Harley-Davidson have an Internal Audit Department?

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Yes. In August 2003, we established an internal audit function. The head of the internal audit function reports directly to both the Audit Committee and our Chief Financial Officer. The Audit Committee Charter specifically provides that the head of the internal audit function is accountable to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee and that the Audit Committee has the ultimate authority and responsibility to appoint, retain, evaluate and replace the head of the internal audit function. For more information on the internal audit function, please see the “Audit Committee Report.”

Q:	Where Can I Find Corporate Governance Materials for Harley-Davidson?

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The Corporate Governance page of our website at http://www.harley-davidson.com contains our Corporate Governance Policy, our Conflict of Interest Process for Directors, Executive Officers and Other Employees, our Code of Business Conduct, our Financial Code of Ethics, our Policy for Managing Disclosure of Non-Public Material Information, the charters for the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Human Resources Committee and Sustainability Committee, our By-laws, a list of the Board of Directors, our Statement on Conflict Minerals, California Transparency in Supply Chain Act Disclosure, Political Contributions and Engagement 2012-2014 and the Clawback Policy. We are not including the information available through our website as a part of this Proxy Statement. As a shareholder, you can request paper copies of the documents found on the Corporate Governance page of our website at any time by contacting our Investor Relations Department by: (a) mail at Harley-Davidson, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 3700 West Juneau Avenue, P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0653, (b) telephone at 877-HDSTOCK (toll-free) or (c) email at investor.relations@harley-davidson.com. If you access documents electronically, you should understand that there might be costs to access materials electronically that you must bear, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies.

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The Board of Directors first adopted a Code of Business Conduct in 1992 and the Board amended and restated it in each of 2003 and 2012. Our Code of Business Conduct applies to all of our employees, including all executives and directors. Our Code of Business Conduct promotes honest and ethical conduct and provides guidance in handling various business situations. It is available worldwide to our employees in eleven languages on our intranet and on the Corporate Governance page of our website. Where allowed by law, employees may anonymously report possible violations of the Code of Business Conduct by calling a third-party toll-free telephone number that is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week, via a third-party website over the Internet or by writing to our General Counsel at the following address in care of our Secretary: Harley-Davidson, Inc., 3700 West Juneau Avenue, P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0653. Employees may also report possible violations to their supervisor, their local human resources department or the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. For more information, please see the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Report.”

Q:	Does the Company have a Financial Code of Ethics?

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Employees in the finance and accounting areas, and in areas that provide support to the finance and accounting areas, sign the Financial Code of Ethics. Employees may report possible violations of the Financial Code of Ethics via the Code of Business Conduct reporting line or directly to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, in care of our Secretary: Harley-Davidson, Inc., 3700 West Juneau Avenue, P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0653. Employees may also report possible violations to their supervisor, their local human resources department or the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc.

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Q:	How May I Contact the Members of the Board of Directors?

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The Corporate Governance page of our website lists the current members of the Board of Directors. Shareholders and other parties interested in communicating with Richard I. Beattie, who is currently our Presiding Director and will become our non-executive Chairman of the Board at the Annual Meeting assuming that shareholders reelect him at the meeting (who is the contact for those who wish to communicate with non-management directors), or any other director may do so by writing in care of our Secretary, 3700 West Juneau Avenue, P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0653. We open and forward all mail to the director or directors specified in the communication.

Q:	Does the Company Have a Presiding Director?

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We have a Presiding Director when the Chairman of the Board is not an independent Director. In April 2014, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee re-elected Richard I. Beattie as Presiding Director, a position he has held since February 2012. Mr. Beattie has been an outside director of Harley-Davidson since 1996. The primary roles of the Presiding Director are to assist the Chairman in managing the governance of the Board of Directors and to serve as a liaison between the Chairman and other directors. As Presiding Director, Mr. Beattie has the responsibility to: (1) preside at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including all executive sessions of the non-management and/or independent directors; (2) call meetings of the non-management and/or independent directors; (3) provide input to the Chairman regarding the annual Board calendar and Board meeting dates, proposed agendas and schedules for Board meetings and the materials and information to be presented to the Board; and (4) serve as a contact for interested parties who wish to communicate with non-management directors. As Mr. Wandell will not seek reelection as a director at the Annual Meeting, he will cease serving as our Chairman of the Board at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Beattie will become our non-executive Chairman of the Board at the Annual Meeting assuming that shareholders reelect him as a director at the meeting. At that time, because the Chairman of the Board will be an independent director, we will not also have a Presiding Director.

Q:	How May I Recommend a Candidate to serve on the Board of Directors?

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Shareholders may recommend candidates for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at any time by writing to the Chairperson of the committee in care of our Secretary at the above address. To enable the committee to consider a shareholder recommendation in connection with the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, we must receive the recommendation on or before November 17, 2015. Under “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,” we discuss the criteria that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers for identifying and recommending new candidates to serve on the Board.

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•	name;

•	age as of February 26, 2015;

•	principal occupations for at least the past five years;

•	the names of any other public companies where the nominee or director currently serves as a director or has served during the past five years; and

•	the particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Board to conclude that the person should serve as a director for the company.

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(9)	Working capital or any of its components, including accounts receivable, inventories or accounts payable;

(11)	Return on shareholders equity, capital, assets or other financial measure that appears on our financial statements or is derived from one or more amounts that appear on our financial statements;

(14)	Economic value added, or other measure of profitability that considers the cost of capital employed;

(16)	Debt or ratio of debt to equity or other financial measure that appears on our financial statements or is derived from one or more amounts that appear on our financial statements;

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•	The compensation program should pay for performance. Exceptional performance should result in increased compensation; missing performance goals should result in reduced or no incentive pay.

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Compensation should be competitive with those organizations with which the company competes for top talent. That would include organizations in our industry sectors of similar size and scale to Harley-Davidson. However, compensation levels should not rigidly follow any formula or target; rather, discretion should be employed to ensure that the company maintains a highly qualified and strong leadership team.

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Incentive compensation should help drive business strategy. The compensation program should encourage both the desired results and the right behaviors. It should also strike a balance between short-term and long-term performance, while incorporating risk-mitigating design features to ensure that the program does not encourage excessive risk. Goals should consider the strategy and the operating budget, and be considered a stretch yet achievable, as appropriately established, for each year.

•	To better align the interests of management with the interests of shareholders, a significant portion of executive compensation should be equity based, and stock ownership guidelines should apply to better ensure a focus on long-term, sustainable growth.

•	The compensation program should provide a target total compensation opportunity that is:

◦	At the 50th percentile of companies in similarly-sized businesses subject to differences by individual within a range of plus or minus 20%; and

◦	Based upon a calculation of that percentile in which we weight the values for the Manufacturing/Engineering Peer Group at 60% and the values for the Brand Name/Consumer Goods Peer Group at 40%.

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•	Our compensation programs are substantially tied into our key business objectives and the success of our shareholders. If the value we deliver to our shareholders declines, so does the compensation we deliver to our executives.

•	We maintain the highest level of oversight over our executive pay programs.

•	We closely monitor the compensation programs and pay levels of executives from other companies that we believe to be similar to the company in business characteristics and economics.

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The director has received, or has an immediate family member* who has received, less than $120,000 a year in direct compensation from Harley-Davidson (not including director and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service, compensation received by the director for former services as an interim chairman of the Board, interim Chief Executive Officer or other interim executive officer and compensation received by an immediate family member for service in a non-executive position).

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(1) The director has an immediate family member who is a current employee of Harley-Davidson’s internal or external auditor but the immediate family member is not a partner of that firm and does not personally work on Harley-Davidson’s audit; or (2) the director or an immediate family member was a partner or employee of Harley-Davidson’s internal or external auditor but did not personally work on Harley-Davidson’s audit within the last three years.

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The director has any current or former relationship (including through an immediate family member) with a company that makes payments to (other than contributions to tax exempt organizations), or receives payments from, Harley-Davidson for property or services in an amount which, in any single fiscal year during the previous three fiscal years, does not exceed the greater of $1 million or 2% of the consolidated gross revenues of the company with which the director has the relationship.

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The director has any current or former relationship (including through an immediate family member) with a tax exempt organization that receives contributions from Harley-Davidson in an amount which, in any single fiscal year during the previous three fiscal years, does not exceed the greater of $1 million or 2% of the consolidated gross revenues of the tax exempt organization with which the director has the relationship.

•	The director is a shareholder of Harley-Davidson.

•	The director has a current or former relationship (including through an immediate family member) with a company that has a relationship with Harley-Davidson, but the director’s relationship with the other company is through the ownership of the stock or other equity interests of that company that is less than 10% of the outstanding stock or other equity interests of that company.

•	A family member of the director has a relationship with Harley-Davidson but the family member is not an immediate family member of the director.

•	An immediate family member of the director, other than his or her spouse, is an employee of a company that has a relationship with Harley-Davidson but the family member is not an executive officer of that company.

*	An “immediate family member” as used in these standards includes a person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers and fathers-in-law, sons and daughters-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-laws, and anyone (other than domestic employees) who shares the person’s home.

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•	accepts directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from Harley-Davidson or any of its subsidiaries, except that compensatory fees do not include fixed amounts of compensation under a retirement plan (including deferred compensation) for prior service with Harley-Davidson (provided that the compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service)

•	is an affiliated person of Harley-Davidson or any of its subsidiaries

•	acceptance of a fee by a spouse, a minor child or stepchild, or a child or stepchild sharing a home with the Audit Committee member

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acceptance of a fee by an entity in which the Audit Committee member is a partner, member, an officer such as a managing director occupying a comparable position or executive officer, or occupies a similar position (except limited partners, non-managing members and those occupying similar positions who, in each case, have no active role in providing services to the entity) and which provides accounting, consulting, legal, investment banking or financial advisory services to Harley-Davidson or any of its subsidiaries

Members:	During 2014, the members of the Audit Committee were directors Richard I. Beattie, Michael J. Cave (through May 4, 2014), N. Thomas Linebarger, George L. Miles, Jr., James A. Norling (Chairperson) and Jochen Zeitz.

•	the integrity of our financial statements and the financial reporting process;

•	the systems of internal control over financial reporting;

•	the maintenance of the Financial Code of Ethics;

•	the internal audit function;

•	the retention, compensation and termination of the independent registered public accounting firm;

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•	the annual independent audit of our financial statements;

•	the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence;

•	our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and

•	risk management.

Members:	During 2014, the members of the Human Resources Committee were directors Barry K. Allen (Acting Chairperson through May 4, 2014), R. John Anderson, Michael J. Cave (Chairperson) (beginning May 5, 2014), George H. Conrades and Sara L. Levinson.

•	establish goals and objectives with the CEO and evaluate at least annually the performance of the CEO in light of these goals and objectives;

•	review and approve the total compensation of the CEO on an annual basis, including base pay, with input from all of the independent directors on the Board (who comprise the Nominating Committee) on the performance of the CEO in meeting his or her goals and objectives and concerning the CEO’s total compensation;

•	review overall compensation policies and plans for executive officers and other employees and, if necessary, recommend plans to shareholders;

•	produce a report on compensation for inclusion in our proxy statement in accordance with applicable rules and regulations and review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis that we must include in our proxy statement;

•	exercise the authority of the Board to adopt and amend compensation plans for executive officers and other employees and recommend plans to shareholders;

•	evaluate company management performance overall and provide recommendations regarding management successors;

•	make recommendations regarding stock ownership levels of our executive officers and senior leaders as set forth in our Stock Ownership Guidelines and monitor such levels;

•	review potential conflicts of interest and any other potential Code of Business Conduct violations by any of our executive officers (other than the CEO);

•	review the disclosure of any waivers of such conflicts or other Code of Business Conduct violations for executive officers (other than the CEO);

•	make determinations regarding shareholder advisory votes on compensation of named executive officers; and

•	review our policies applicable to executive officers regarding trading and hedging involving company securities.

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•	independent competitive market data and advice related to our CEO’s compensation level and incentive design;

•	a review of our compensation levels, performance goals and incentive designs for the named executive officers; and

•	benchmark data on executive compensation.

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Members:	During 2014, the members of the Nominating Committee were directors Barry K. Allen, R. John Anderson, Richard I. Beattie (Chairperson), Michael J. Cave, George H. Conrades, Sara L. Levinson, N. Thomas Linebarger, George L. Miles, Jr., James A. Norling and Jochen Zeitz.

•	identify and make recommendations to the Board on individuals qualified to serve as Board members consistent with the criteria that the Board has approved;

•	identify and make recommendations to the Board on individuals qualified to serve as our CEO;

•	review and recommend the renomination of current directors;

•	review and recommend committee appointments;

•	lead the Board in its annual review of the Board’s and its committees’ performance;

•	provide input on the performance of the CEO in meeting his or her goals and objectives and concerning the CEO’s total compensation;

•	maintain our Code of Business Conduct;

•	maintain a process for review of potential conflicts of interest;

•	review potential conflicts of interest and other potential Code of Business Conduct violations by our CEO or directors;

•	review the disclosure of any waivers of conflicts of interest or other Code of Business Conduct violations by our CEO or directors;

•	review and reassess annually our Corporate Governance Policy and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval;

•	take a leadership role in shaping the corporate governance of the company;

•	exercise the authority of the Board to review, establish, amend and review compensation levels, plans and policies and, to the full extent permitted by rules of the NYSE and applicable laws, regulations and rules, exercise the authority of the Board to adopt, administer and amend compensation plans for directors and recommend such plans to shareholders, as appropriate and required;

•	make recommendations regarding and monitor stock ownership levels of the members of the Board as set forth in our Stock Ownership Guidelines;

•	review our policies applicable to directors regarding trading and hedging involving company securities; and

•	perform other related tasks, such as studying and making recommendations to the Board concerning the size, committee structure or meeting frequency of the Board.

•	principal employment;

•	expertise relevant to the company’s business;

•	whether the potential candidate will add diversity to the Board, including whether the potential candidate brings complementary skills and viewpoints;

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•	time commitments, particularly the number of other boards on which the potential candidate may serve;

•	independence and absence of conflicts of interest under New York Stock Exchange rules and other laws, regulations and rules;

•	financial literacy and expertise; and

•	personal qualities including strength of character, maturity of thought process and judgment, values and ability to work collegially.

•	If a shareholder has complied with procedures to recommend director candidates that the Nominating Committee has established, then the Nominating Committee will consider director candidates that the shareholder has recommended for available seats on the Board.

•	In making recommendations to the Board of one or more candidates to serve as a director, the Nominating Committee will examine each director candidate on a case-by-case basis regardless of who recommended the candidate. The Nominating Committee evaluates candidates in the same manner whether a shareholder or the Board has recommended the candidate.

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In general, for each candidate that any person or group brings to the attention of the Nominating Committee for consideration for nomination as a director, the chairperson of the Nominating Committee will first make a determination whether the Nominating Committee should consider the candidate at that time based on factors the chairperson deems relevant, including our current need for qualified candidates and the chairperson’s view as to whether the candidate has sufficient qualifications for further consideration for nomination as a director.

•	If the chairperson makes a determination that the Nominating Committee should consider the candidate, then the chairperson will report that determination to the Nominating Committee and communicate all relevant information to the Nominating Committee.

•	Each Nominating Committee member is responsible for sending feedback on a candidate to the chairperson. The Nominating Committee may take any additional steps it deems necessary to determine whether to recommend the candidate to the full Board.

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Members:	The members of the Sustainability Committee are Michael J. Cave, Sara L. Levinson, N. Thomas Linebarger, Jochen Zeitz (Chairperson) and Donald A. James (beginning May 5, 2014).

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monitor the social, political, environmental, public policy, legislative and regulatory trends, issues and concerns that could affect the company’s sustainable business model, processes, resources, activities, strategies, and other capabilities, and make recommendations to the Board and management regarding how the company should respond to social and environmental trends, issues and concerns to more effectively achieve its sustainable business goals;

•	assist management in setting strategy, establishing goals and integrating social and environmental shared value creation and inclusion into daily business activities across the company consistent with sustainable growth;

•	review new technologies and other innovations that will permit the company to achieve sustainable growth;

•	consider the impact that the company’s sustainability policies, practices and strategies have on employees, customers, dealers, suppliers, the environment and the communities in which the company operates;

•	consider and make recommendations regarding support provided by the company or its charitable foundation for charitable, civic, educational and business organizations that impact the company’s initiatives and efforts for social and environmental shared value creation and inclusion;

•	review the company’s periodic sustainability strategy reports, corporate social responsibility reports, and other similar reports and provide direction regarding the company’s participation in sustainability-related trade groups and reporting organizations; and

•	review and make recommendations to the Board regarding shareholder proposals submitted for inclusion in the company’s annual proxy materials relating to the company’s sustainability policies, practices or strategies.

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•	Increased sales, gross margin and operating margin which resulted in an 98.3% increase in diluted EPS

•	Continued to leverage our flexible, seasonal surge production capability and other manufacturing efficiencies to get the right motorcycles to the right markets at the right time and drive margin improvement

•	Extended the penetration of our new, market-leading Project RUSHMORE motorcycles, including through the return of the popular Road Glide models

•	Launched the Street 750 and 500 motorcycles, designed for a new generation of global riders

•	Unveiled Project LiveWire™, Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycle

•	Further expanded the network of Harley-Davidson dealerships outside the U.S. and grew international retail motorcycle sales at a faster rate than U.S. sales

•	Grew sales to U.S. outreach customers at a faster rate than sales to traditional core customers

•	Delivered shareholder value through a dividend increase of 31 percent and the repurchase of $604 million in company shares

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(i)	Compliance with the independence provisions of the Committee's charter

(ii)	Policies and procedures that Meridian has in place to prevent conflicts of interest

(iii)	Personal and/or business relationships between Meridian and either the members of the Committee or executive officers of the company

(iv)	Ownership of company stock by employees of Meridian who perform consulting services for the company

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•	Attracts, retains and motivates executive talent by providing competitive levels of salary and total direct compensation;

•	Provides incentive compensation that promotes desired behavior without encouraging unnecessary and excessive risk; and

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•	The compensation program should pay for performance. Exceptional performance should result in increased compensation; missing performance goals should result in reduced or no incentive pay.

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Compensation should be competitive with those organizations with which the company competes for top talent. That would include organizations in our industry sectors of similar size and scale to Harley-Davidson. However, compensation levels should not rigidly follow any formula or target; rather, we should employ discretion to ensure that the company maintains a highly qualified and strong leadership team.

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Incentive compensation should help drive the business strategy. The compensation program should encourage both the desired results and the right behaviors. It should also strike a balance between short-term and long-term performance, while incorporating risk-mitigating design features to ensure that the program does not encourage excessive risk. Goals should consider the strategy and the operating budget, and be considered a stretch yet achievable, as appropriately established, for each year.

•	To better align the interests of management with the interests of shareholders, a significant portion of executive compensation should be equity based, and stock ownership guidelines should apply to better ensure a focus on long-term, sustainable growth.

•	The compensation program should provide a target total compensation opportunity that is;

◦	At the 50th percentile of companies in similarly-sized businesses subject to differences by individual within a range of plus or minus 20%; and

◦	Based upon a calculation of that percentile in which we weight the values for the Manufacturing/Engineering Peer Group at 60% and the values for the Brand Name/Consumer Goods Peer Group at 40%.

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•	the total number of directors either serving on the date of the agreement or approved by those serving on the date of the agreement or successors they have approved no longer constitutes at least 2/3 of the Board;

•	any person becomes the owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock or voting power;

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the consummation of a merger or consolidation with another company, a sale of most of our assets, or a liquidation or dissolution, unless, in the case of a merger or consolidation, the total number of directors serving on the date of the agreement or approved by those serving on the date of the agreement or successors they have approved will constitute at least 2/3 of the board of the surviving company after the transaction; or

•	at least 2/3 of the total number of directors either serving on the date of the agreement or approved by those serving as of the date of the agreement or successors they have approved determines immediately before a proposed action is taken that the action will constitute a change of control event (and the action is subsequently taken).

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•	Base salary

•	Annual cash incentive compensation

•	Long-term incentive awards

•	Perquisite cash allowance (cash payments made in lieu of receiving other benefits such as a car, motorcycle and other limited perquisites)

•	Retirement benefits

•	Non-qualified deferred compensation plan

•	Life insurance-related benefits, including payments in lieu of post-retirement life insurance

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