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during the quarter ended December 31, 2015 under this authorization. As of December 31, 2015, 9.0 million shares remained
under this authorization.
Under the share repurchase authorizations, the Company’s common stock may be purchased through any one or more of
a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan and discretionary purchases on the open market, block trades, accelerated share repurchases or
privately negotiated transactions. The number of shares repurchased, if any, and the timing of repurchases will depend on a
number of factors, including share price, trading volume and general market conditions, as well as on working capital
requirements, general business conditions and other factors. The repurchase authority has no expiration date but may be
suspended, modified or discontinued at any time.
The Harley-Davidson, Inc. 2014 Incentive Stock Plan and predecessor stock plans permit participants to satisfy all or a
portion of the statutory federal, state and local withholding tax obligations arising in connection with plan awards by electing to
(a) have the Company withhold shares otherwise issuable under the award, (b) tender back shares received in connection with
such award or (c) deliver other previously owned shares, in each case having a value equal to the amount to be withheld.
During the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company acquired 398 shares of common stock that employees presented to the
Company to satisfy withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards.
Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain information relating to the Company’s equity compensation
plans.
The following information in this Item 5 is not deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject
to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such a
filing: the SEC requires the Company to include a line graph presentation comparing cumulative five year Common Stock
returns with a broad-based stock index and either a nationally recognized industry index or an index of peer companies selected
by the Company. The Company has chosen to use the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index as the broad-based index and the
Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index as a more specific comparison. The Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index was chosen
because the Company does not believe that any other published industry or line-of-business index adequately represents the
current operations of the Company. The graph assumes a beginning investment of $100 on December 31, 2010 and that all
dividends are reinvested.