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Executive Officers of the Registrant
Set forth below are the names of our executive officers as of February 11, 2011, their ages, titles, the year first
appointed as an executive officer, and employment for the past five years:
Name Age Title
Scott W. Wine ...................... 43 Chief Executive Officer
Bennett J. Morgan ................... 47 President and Chief Operating Officer
Todd-Michael Balan .................. 41 VicePresident — Corporate Development
Stacy L. Bogart ..................... 47 VicePresident — General Counsel, Compliance Officer
and Secretary
John B. Corness ..................... 56 VicePresident — Human Resources
Michael D. Dougherty ................ 43 VicePresident — Global New Market Development
William C. Fisher.................... 56 VicePresident and Chief Information Officer
Matthew J. Homan ................... 39 VicePresident — Off-Road Vehicles
Michael P. Jonikas ................... 50 VicePresident — On-Road Vehicles, Sales and Marketing
Suresh Krishna...................... 42 VicePresident — Global Operations and Integration
David C. Longren ................... 52 VicePresident and Chief Technical Officer
Michael W. Malone .................. 52 VicePresident — Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Scott A. Swenson .................... 47 VicePresident — Snowmobiles and PG&A
Executive officers of the Company are elected at the discretion of the Board of Directors with no fixed terms.
Each of Messrs. Wine and Morgan has an employment letter agreement with no expiration date. There are no family
relationships between or among any of the executive officers or directors of the Company.
Mr. Wine joined Polaris Industries Inc. as Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2008. Prior to joining
Polaris, Mr. Wine was President of Fire Safety Americas, a division of United Technologies, a provider of high
technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries, from 2007 to August 2008. Prior
to that, Mr. Wine held senior leadership positions at Danaher Corp. in the United States and Europe from 2003 to
2007, including President of its Jacob Vehicle Systems and Veeder-Roots subsidiaries, and Vice President and
General Manager, Manufacturing Programs in Europe. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Wine held a number of operations
and executive posts, both international and domestic with Allied Signal Corporations’ Aerospace Division.
Mr. Morgan has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since April 2005; prior to that he
was Vice President and General Manager of the ATV Division of Polaris. Prior to managing the ATV Division,
Mr. Morgan was General Manager of the PG&A Division for Polaris from 1997 to 2001. He joined Polaris in
1987 and spent his early career in various product development, marketing and operations management positions of
increasing responsibility.
Mr. Balan joined Polaris in July 2009 as Vice President — Corporate Development. Prior to joining Polaris,
Mr. Balan was Director of Marketing and Strategy for United Technologies Fire & Security Business from 2007 to
June 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Balan held various marketing, general management, business development, and
strategy roles within Danaher Corp. from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Balan’s work history also includes various strategy,
marketing, and sales management roles with Emerson Electric and Colfax Corporation.
Ms. Bogart has been Vice President — General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Polaris since November
2009 and Corporate Secretary since January 2010. From February 2009 to November 2009, Ms. Bogart was General
Counsel of Liberty Diversified International. From October 1999 until February 2009, Ms. Bogart held several
positions at The Toro Company, including Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. Before joining The
Toro Company, Ms. Bogart was a Senior Attorney for Honeywell Inc.
Mr. Corness has been Vice President — Human Resources of the Company since January 1999. Prior to
joining Polaris, Mr. Corness was employed by General Electric Company in various human resource positions for
nine years. Before that time, Mr. Corness held various human resource positions with Maple Leaf Foods and
Transalta Utilities.
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