Form 8-A/A

HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.

Date: September 10, 2010

/s/ Paul J. Jones

Paul J. Jones

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, F4YeF0Hjs4vqw+pflD1GXS1Uq97/QxIBt25zvn7VLnE22cDbtMvZZVXYtBfu3jOb jFfnPk1onHjBU7SuRo7VRQ== 0001193125-10-208167.txt : 20100910 0001193125-10-208167.hdr.sgml : 20100910 20100910170234 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-208167 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100910 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100910 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARLEY DAVIDSON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793952 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES & PARTS [3751] IRS NUMBER: 391382325 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09183 FILM NUMBER: 101067581 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3700 W JUNEAU AVE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53208 BUSINESS PHONE: 4143424680 8-A12B/A 1 d8a12ba.htm FORM 8-A/A Form 8-A/A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A/A

Amendment No. 1

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin

39-1382325

(State of incorporation

or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


3700 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin		53208
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class to be so registered		Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered

Preferred Share Purchase Rights		New York Stock Exchange

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not applicable

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

This Form 8-A/A is filed by Harley-Davidson, Inc. (the “Company”) to amend and restate Item 1 of the Form 8-A filed by the Company on March 7, 2000 to reflect the expiration of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights (the “Rights”) registered on such Form 8-A.

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

On August 20, 2010, the “Final Expiration Date” occurred under the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2000, between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC (successor to Firstar Bank, N.A.) (the “Rights Agreement”). As a result, the Rights Agreement and the Rights issued thereunder expired by their own terms and each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company no longer is accompanied by a right to purchase, under certain circumstances, one ten-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. The terms of the Rights Agreement and the Rights issued thereunder are described in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on March 7, 2000. Shareholders of the Company were not entitled to any payment as a result of the occurrence of the Final Expiration Date and the expiration of the Rights.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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