On the Record · Harley-davidson
Harley-davidson acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Harley-davidson bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
the Company's electric motorcycle subsidiary (merged with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp., forming LiveWire Group, Inc.)Word for word“On September 26, 2022, the Company's electric motorcycle subsidiary completed a merger with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. (ABIC), a special purpose acquisition company, to create a new publicly traded company, LiveWire Group, Inc.” 10-K for 2023 | merger | September 26, 2022 | — |
AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. (ABIC)Word for word“On September 26, 2022, the Company's electric motorcycle subsidiary completed a merger with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. (ABIC), a special purpose acquisition company, to create a new publicly traded company, LiveWire Group, Inc.” 10-K for 2024 | merger | September 26, 2022 | — |
95% of HDFS residual interests in securitized retail finance receivablesWord for word“HDFS completed the sale of 95% of its residual interests in retail finance receivables that were previously transferred to certain special purpose entities (SPEs) through on-balance sheet asset-backed securitization transactions, resulting in a gain of $27.9 million and the deconsolidation of $1.9 billion of net finance receivables and $1.7 billion of related debt, among other assets and liabilities.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | — | — |
Retail finance receivables originated prior to the HDFS transactionWord for word“HDFS sold $4.1 billion of retail finance receivables originated prior to the HDFS transaction, resulting in the release of the related allowance for credit losses and contributing to a $191.4 million benefit in the provision for credit losses in 2025.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | — | $4.1 billion |
9.8% equity interest in HDFSWord for word“During the fourth quarter, each of the counterparties paid $ 23.3 million cash to acquire 4.9 % of HDFS based on a multiple of approximately 1.75 x HDFS's post-transaction equity carrying value for a total of 9.8 % of HDFS.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | fourth quarter | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash received from selling businesses |
|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | $114.1 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-11-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-11-06 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-08-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-12-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Harley-davidson’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.