December 14, 2004
Milwaukee, WI - Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced the election of Director Judson C. Green to the Company�s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and to the Audit Committee, effective today. Green is President and Chief Executive Officer of NAVTEQ Corporation (NYSE:NVT).
The Company also announced today that the Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share, payable December 29, 2004 to shareholders of record as of December 17, 2004. This represents a 25 percent increase over the prior dividend paid Sept. 29, 2004.
�For the second time in 2004 Harley-Davidson has increased the quarterly dividend 25 percent, reflecting our confidence in the Company�s future,� said Jeffrey L. Bleustein, chairman and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Harley-Davidson currently has approximately 294 million shares of common stock outstanding.
