Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On February 12, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment to the By-laws of
the Company to add Section 2.08 to implement a form of majority voting for
directors. Section 2.08 requires that any nominee for director in an uncontested
election who receives more "withheld" votes than "for" votes in his or her
election must promptly tender his or her resignation to the Chairman of the
Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board will
promptly consider that resignation and will recommend to the Board whether to
accept the tendered resignation or reject it based on all relevant factors. The
Board must then act on that recommendation no later than 90 days following the
date of the shareholders' meeting at which the election occurred. However, the
Board may determine to extend such 90-day period by an additional period of up
to 90 days if it determines that such an extension is in the best interests of
the Company and its shareholders. Within four days of the Board's decision, the
Company must disclose the decision in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission that includes a full explanation of the
process by which the decision was reached and, if applicable, the reasons for
rejecting the resignation. These requirements do not apply in a contested
election.
The foregoing description of the amendment to the By-laws of the Company is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amendment to the
Company's By-laws attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and
incorporated herein by reference and to the full text of the Company's By-laws,
as so amended, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit
3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.