H Partners Launches Withhold Campaign at Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG), Seeks Removal of CEO Zeitz and Long-Tenured Directors Over Governance Failures and Value Destruction

Summary

H Partners, owning 9.1% of Harley-Davidson, has launched a withhold campaign targeting CEO/Chairman Jochen Zeitz, Presiding Director Thomas Linebarger, and long-serving director Sara Levinson, citing poor governance, absentee leadership, and significant underperformance. The firm criticizes the board’s failure to hold Zeitz accountable and its plan to internally promote a successor to continue a failed strategy. H Partners demands Zeitz’s immediate removal, a short-term internal interim CEO, and a search for an external leader.

Source:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793952/000119380525000505/exhibit99-1.pdf

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