secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. (HOG)
CIK:        0000793952
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000793952-25-000089
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Harley-Davidson director Dourdeville resigns after CEO search split; company rebuts claims
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- Jared Dourdeville resigned from the board on April 5, 2025, after his preferred CEO candidate failed to get majority independent director support.
- CEO search started Q4 2024 with Heidrick & Struggles; Jochen Zeitz plans retirement in 2025, final year of Hardwire plan.
- Dourdeville demanded resignation of several directors and CEO; board says he participated in renomination votes then abruptly resigned.
- Company accuses Dourdeville of airing confidential board search and campaigning against Harley-Davidson, risking shareholder interests.
- Dourdeville is an employee of H Partners, one of the company's largest shareholders; company says H Partners sought extended commitments from board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793952/000079395225000089/0000793952-25-000089-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793952/000079395225000089/hog-20250405.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793952-25-000089

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