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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000793952-24-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOG"
cik: "0000793952"
company_name: "HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T11:44:39.261587+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harley-Davidson shareholders reject advisory say-on-pay proposal at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Say-on-pay failed with 54.1M votes for vs 54.2M against, 0.5M abstentions.
- All nine director nominees elected: Troy Alstead, James Farley, Jr., Jochen Zeitz, et al.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 approved: 116.4M for, 2.5M against.
- Non-binding vote signals shareholder discontent with executive compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000793952-24-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOG
- cik: 0000793952
- company_name: HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793952/000079395224000127/0000793952-24-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793952/000079395224000127/hog-20240516.htm

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