Harley Davidson 2014 Annual Report Download - page 9

The Company’s motorcycles that are sold in the United States are subject to certification by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for compliance with applicable emissions and noise
standards. Harley-Davidson motorcycle products are designed to comply with EPA and CARB standards and the Company
believes it will comply with future requirements when they go into effect(1). Additionally, the Company’s motorcycle products
must comply with the motorcycle emissions, noise and safety standards of Canada, the European Union, Japan, Brazil and
certain other foreign markets where they are sold, and the Company believes its products currently comply with those
standards. Because the Company expects that environmental standards will become more stringent over time, the Company
will continue to incur research, development and production costs in this area for the foreseeable future(1).
The Company, as a manufacturer of motorcycle products, is subject to the U.S. National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
Act, which is administered by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Company has certified
to NHTSA that its motorcycle products comply fully with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and related
regulations. The Company has from time to time initiated certain voluntary recalls. During the last three years, the Company
has initiated 24 voluntary recalls related to Harley-Davidson motorcycles at a total cost of $30.0 million. The Company
reserves for all estimated costs associated with recalls in the period that the recalls are announced.
Employees – As of December€31, 2014, the Motorcycles segment had approximately 5,900 employees.
Approximately 2,600 unionized employees at the manufacturing facilities are represented as follows:
• York, Pennsylvania - represented by International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the
collective bargaining agreement will expire on February 2, 2017
• Kansas City, Missouri - represented by United Steelworkers of America (USW) and IAM and the respective collective
bargaining agreements will expire on July 31, 2018
• Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin - represented by USW and IAM and the respective collective bargaining agreements will
expire on March 31, 2019
• Tomahawk, Wisconsin - represented by USW and the collective bargaining agreement will expire on March 31, 2019
Please refer to the Note 3 of Item€8, “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for further discussion
of the Company’s restructuring activities.
Internet Access – The Company’s internet website address is www.harley-davidson.com. The Company makes available
free of charge (other than an investor’s own internet access charges) through its internet website the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K , quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, as soon
as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such material with, or furnishes such material to, the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition, the Company makes available, through its website, the following
corporate governance materials: (a)€the Company’s Corporate Governance Policy; (b)€Committee Charters approved by the
Company’s Board of Directors for the Audit Committee, Human Resources Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee and Sustainability Committee; (c)€the Company’s Financial Code of Ethics; (d)€the Company’s Code of Business
Conduct (the Code of Conduct) in nine languages including English; (e)€the Conflict of Interest Process for Directors,
Executive Officers and Other Employees (the Conflict Process); (f)€a list of the Company’s Board of Directors; (g)€the
Company’s By-laws; (h)€the Company’s Environmental Policy; (i)€the Company’s Policy for Managing Disclosure of Material
Information; (j)€the Company’s Supplier Code of Conduct; (k)€the Sustainability Strategy Report; (l)€the list of compensation
survey participants used as market reference points for various components of compensation as reported in the Company’s
Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014, which compensation relates to the
Company’s named executive officers; (m) the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act Disclosure; (n) Statement on
Conflict Minerals; (o) Political Engagement and Contributions 2012-2014; and (p) the Company's Clawback Policy. This
information is also available from the Company upon request. The Company satisfies the disclosure requirements under the
Code of Conduct, the Conflict Process and applicable New York Stock Exchange listing requirements regarding waivers of the
Code of Conduct or the Conflict Process by disclosing the information in the Company’s proxy statement for its annual meeting
of shareholders or on the Company’s website. The Company is not including the information contained on or available through
its website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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