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motorcycles are similar to those in the United States. In December 2006, Canada proposed a new regulation that
would essentially adopt the United States emission standards for ATVs, off-road side-by-side vehicles and
snowmobiles. These regulations have not yet been finalized, but they are not expected to have a material effect
on our business. The European Commission proposed new regulations in 2010 that would apply to certain of the
Company’s motorcycles and ATV-based products beginning in 2013. These future EU regulations have not been
finalized.
We believe that our Victory motorcycles, ATVs, off-road side-by-side vehicles and snowmobiles have always
complied with applicable emission standards and related regulations in the United States and internationally. We are
unable to predict the ultimate impact of the adopted or proposed regulations on Polaris and our business. We are
currently developing and obtaining engine and emission technologies to meet the requirements of the future
emission standards.
Employees
Due to the seasonality of our business and certain changes in production cycles, total employment levels vary
throughout the year. Despite such variations in employment levels, employee turnover has not been high. During
2010, we employed an average of approximately 3,000 full-time persons, a slight increase from 2009. Approx-
imately 1,300 of our employees are salaried. We consider our relations with our employees to be excellent. Our
employees have not been represented by a union since 1982.
Available Information
Our Internet website is http://www.polarisindustries.com. We make available free of charge, on or through our
website, our annual, quarterly and current reports, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably
practicable after electronically filing such reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also make
available through our website our corporate governance materials, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines,
the charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Com-
mittee and Technology Committee of our Board of Directors and its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. Any
shareholder or other interested party wishing to receive a copy of these corporate governance materials should write
to Polaris Industries Inc., 2100 Highway 55, Medina, Minnesota 55340, Attention: Investor Relations. Information
contained on our website is not part of this report.
Forward-Looking Statements
This 2010 Annual Report contains not only historical information, but also “forward-looking statements”
intended to qualify for the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
“forward-looking statements” can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include
words such as we or our management “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates” or words of similar import.
Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking. Forward-looking
statements may also be made from time to time in oral presentations, including telephone conferences and/or
webcasts open to the public. Shareholders, potential investors and others are cautioned that all forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause results in future periods to differ materially from those
anticipated by some of the statements made in this report, including the risks and uncertainties described below
under the heading entitled “Item 1A — Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report. The risks and uncertainties
discussed in this report are not exclusive and other factors that we may consider immaterial or do not anticipate may
emerge as significant risks and uncertainties.
Any forward-looking statements made in this report or otherwise speak only as of the date of such statement,
and we undertake no obligation to update such statements to reflect actual results or changes in factors or
assumptions affecting such forward-looking statements. We advise you, however, to consult any further disclosures
made on related subjects in future quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that are filed
with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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