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 Exhibit 10. c


POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.




SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT/SAVINGS PLAN




Effective July 1, 1995

As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008




 









 








POLARIS INDUESTRIES




SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT/SAVINGS PLAN




Effective July 1, 1995




As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008




TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.1	 	 	“Account”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.2	 	 	“Additional Credits”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.3	 	 	“Administrator”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.4	 	 	“Affiliated Company”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.5	 	 	“Board of Directors”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.6	 	 	“Bonus Plan”
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.7	 	 	“Change of Control”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.8	 	 	“Code”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.9	 	 	“Committee”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.10	 	 	 “Compensation”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.11	 	 	 “Compensation Plans”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.12	 	 	 “Corporation”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.13	 	 	 “Corporation Voting Securities”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.14	 	 	 “Deferrals”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.15	 	 	 “Deferral Agreement”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.16	 	 	“Deferral Percentage”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.17	 	 	“Distribution Option(s)”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.18	 	 	“Effective Date”
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	 	1.19	 	 	“Eligible Executive”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.20	 	 	“Exchange Act”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.21	 	 	“LTIP”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.22	 	 	“Member”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.23	 	 	“Participating Company”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.24	 	 	“Plan”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.25	 	 	“Plan Sponsor”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.26	 	 	“Savings Plan”
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	1.27	 	 	“Valuation Date”
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	ARTICLE 2. MEMBERSHIP AND DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	2.1	 	 	In General
	 	 	3	 
	 

	 	 	2.2	 	 	Modification of Initial Deferral Agreement
	 	 	4	 
	 

	 	 	2.3	 	 	Termination of Membership; Re-employment
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	ARTICLE

	 	 	3. 	 	 	DEFERRALS
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	3.1	 	 	Filing Requirements
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.2	 	 	Deferral Agreement
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.3	 	 	Crediting of Deferrals 
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.4	 	 	Changing Deferrals
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	3.5	 	 	Certain Additional Credits
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	3.6	 	 	Timing of Deferral Elections
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4. MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	4.1	 	 	 Accounts
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	4.2	 	 	Deemed Investments
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	4.3	 	 	Statement of Accounts
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	4.4	 	 	Vesting of Account
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	5.1	 	 	Commencement of Payment
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	5.2	 	 	Method of Payment
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	 	5.3	 	 	Unforeseeable Emergency
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	5.4	 	 	Designation of Beneficiary
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	5.5	 	 	Status of Account Pending Distribution
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	5.6	 	 	Change of Control
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	6.1	 	 	Right to Terminate
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	6.2	 	 	 Right to Amend
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	6.3	 	 	Uniform Action
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	7.1	 	 	No Funding
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	 	7.2	 	 	 No Contract of Employment
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	 	7.3	 	 	Withholding Taxes
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	 	7.4	 	 	Nonalienation
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	 	7.5	 	 	Administration
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	 	7.6	 	 	Construction
	 	 	12	 






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INTRODUCTION




          This Polaris Industries Inc. Supplemental Retirement/Savings Plan (the “Plan”) originally
became effective July 1, 1995. On December 31, 1996, Polaris Industries Inc., a Delaware limited
partnership, and the original sponsor of the Plan, was merged with and into Polaris Industries
Inc., a Delaware corporation, which then became the new sponsor of the Plan. The Plan was amended
effective December 31, 1996 to reflect that merger.



          The Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety effective as of January 1, 2008. This
restatement of the Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



          This Plan is generally intended to provide certain executives who participate in the Polaris
Industries Inc. 401(k) Retirement/Savings Plan (the “Savings Plan”), the Polaris Industries Inc.
Senior Executive Annual Compensation Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) and/or the Polaris Industries Inc.
Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP” and, together with the Savings Plan and the Bonus Plan,
collectively the “Compensation Plans”) with an opportunity to defer a portion of their compensation
until their retirement or other termination of employment and to have employer contributions
credited as if such employee contributions had been made under the Savings Plan in order to restore
contributions lost because of the application of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, to the Savings Plan. The Plan is unfunded and is maintained by Polaris
Industries Inc. and Affiliated Companies and their respective successors primarily for the purpose
of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly-compensated
employees.



 









 





ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS




     1.1 “Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained for each Member to record his
Deferrals and Additional Credits, as adjusted pursuant to Article 4. The Administrator may
establish such sub-accounts within a Member’s Account as it deems necessary to implement the
provisions of the Plan.



     1.2 “Additional Credits” shall mean amounts credited to the Account of a Member pursuant to
Section 3.5.



     1.3“Administrator” shall mean the Plan Sponsor.



     1.4 “Affiliated Company” shall mean the Corporation and any corporation, partnership or other
entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation.



     1.5 “Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.



     1.6 “Bonus Plan” shall mean the Polaris Industries Inc. Senior Executive Annual Compensation Plan.



     1.7 “Change of Control” shall mean any of the following:




(a) Any election has occurred of persons to the Board of Directors that causes at
least one-half of the Board of Directors to consist of persons other than (i)
persons who were members of the Board of Directors on July 1, 1995 and (ii) persons
who were nominated for election by the Board of Directors as members of the Board of
Directors at a time when more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors
consisted of persons who were members of the Board of Directors on July 1, 1995;
provided, however, that any person nominated for election by the Board of Directors
at a time when at least one-half of the members of the Board of Directors were
persons described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) or by
persons who were themselves nominated by such Board of Directors shall, for this
purpose, be deemed to have been nominated by a Board of Directors composed of
persons described in clause (i) (persons described or deemed described in clauses
(i) and/or (ii) are referred to herein as “Incumbent Directors”); or




(b) The acquisition in one or more transactions, other than from the corporation, by
any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a number of Corporation Voting Securities
equal to or greater than 35% of Corporation Voting Securities unless such
acquisition has been approved by the Incumbent Directors as an acquisition not
constituting a Change in Control for purposes hereof; or




(c) A sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation unless, following such sale or disposition, at least one-half of the
Board of Directors of the transferee consists of Incumbent Directors.



 









 






Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event will constitute a Change of Control unless
such event is a change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or
in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation within
the meaning of Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.



     1.8 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.



     1.9 “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.



     1.10 “Compensation” shall mean the compensation of an Eligible Executive as defined for purposes of
the Savings Plan, determined prior to any Deferrals under Article 3, to the extent that such
compensation exceeds the limit on compensation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
“Compensation” shall also include Incentive Compensation Awards (as defined in the Bonus Plan and
LTIP) payable under the Bonus Plan and/or the LTIP.



     1.11 “Compensation Plans” shall mean, collectively, the Savings Plan, Bonus Plan and LTIP.



     1.12 “Corporation” shall mean Polaris Industries Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and any successor
thereto by merger, purchase or otherwise.



     1.13 “Corporation Voting Securities” shall mean the combined voting power of all outstanding voting
securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors.



     1.14 “Deferrals” shall mean the amounts credited to a Member’s Account under Section 3.3.



     1.15 “Deferral Agreement” shall mean a completed agreement between an Eligible Executive and a
Participating Company of which he is an employee under which the Eligible Executive agrees to defer
Compensation under the Plan. The Deferral Agreement shall be on a form prescribed by the Plan
Sponsor and shall include any amendments, attachments or appendices.



     1.16 “Deferral Percentage” shall mean a percentage of an Eligible Executive’s Compensation elected
in a Deferral Agreement, pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, and shall be a whole percentage not in
excess of five percent (5%) or such other percentage as the Committee may determine from time to
time.



     1.17 “Distribution Option(s)” shall mean the election by the Member of the event triggering the
commencement of distribution and the method of distribution. Distribution Option elections shall
be made on the Eligible Executive’s initial Deferral Agreement.



     1.18 “Effective Date” shall mean July 1, 1995 or with respect to the Eligible Executives of a
company which adopts the Plan, the date such company becomes a Participating Company.



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     1.19 “Eligible Executive” shall mean an employee of a Participating Company whose annual
Compensation is in excess of the limitation in effect under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code;
provided, however, only those employees considered to be a select group of management or highly
compensated shall be Eligible Executives under this Plan.



     1.20 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



     1.21 “LTIP” shall mean the Polaris Industries Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.



     1.22
“Member” shall mean, except as otherwise provided in Article 2, each Eligible Executive who
has executed an initial Deferral Agreement as described in Section 2.1.



     1.23 “Participating Company” shall mean the Corporation, the Plan Sponsor and any other Affiliated
Company which is designated for participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 7.5(b).



     1.24 “Plan” shall mean this Polaris Industries Inc. Supplemental Retirement/Savings Plan, as
amended from time to time.



     1.25 “Plan Sponsor” shall mean Polaris Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Corporation, and any successor thereto by merger, purchase or otherwise.



     1.26 “Savings Plan” shall mean the Polaris Industries Inc. 401(k) Retirement/Savings Plan, as
amended from time to time.



     1.27 “Valuation Date” shall mean each of the valuation dates under the Savings Plan and the date on
which payment of an Incentive Compensation Award (as defined in the Bonus Plan and the LTIP) under
the Bonus Plan and/or LTIP would otherwise be made under the terms of the Bonus Plan and/or LTIP,
but for a Deferral of such Incentive Compensation Award hereunder.



ARTICLE 2. MEMBERSHIP AND DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS




     2.1 In General:




(a) An Eligible Executive shall become a Member as of the date he files his initial
Deferral Agreement with the Administrator. However, such Deferral Agreement shall
be effective for purposes of deferring Compensation only as provided in Article 3.




(b) A Deferral Agreement shall be in writing and properly completed upon a form
approved by the Administrator, which shall be the sole judge of the proper
completion thereof. Such Agreement shall provide for the deferral of Compensation,
shall specify the Distribution Options, and may include such other provisions as the
Administrator deems appropriate. A Member’s Deferral Agreement may provide for
separate Deferral elections with respect to the Member’s base pay and with respect
to Compensation under the Bonus Plan



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and/or the LTIP. A Deferral Agreement shall not be revoked or modified with
respect to the allocation of prior deferrals. Distribution Options elected may not
be modified or revoked except as provided in Section 5.1.




(c) As a condition for membership the Administrator may require such other
information as it deems appropriate.




(d) A Member’s Deferral Agreement shall be effective with respect to Compensation
earned under the Bonus Plan and/or the LTIP for a year only to the extent the
Corporation permits Deferral of such Compensation for such year.



     2.2 Modification of Initial Deferral Agreement: A Member may elect to change, modify or
revoke a Deferral Agreement as follows:




(a) A Member may change the rate of his Deferrals, as provided in Article 3. A
Member shall suspend his Deferrals in the event of a distribution pursuant to an
unforeseeable emergency or in the event of a distribution from the Savings Plan, as
provided in Article 3.




(b) A Member may change the event entitling him to distribution, as designated on
his election of Distribution Options, as provided in Section 5.1(b)(i).



     2.3 Termination of Membership; Re-employment:




(a) Membership shall cease upon a Member’s termination of employment. Membership
shall be continued during a leave of absence approved by the Eligible Executive’s
Participating Company.




(b) Upon re-employment as an Eligible Executive, a former Member may become a Member
again as follows:




	 	(i)	 	in the case of a former Member who prior to
reemployment received the balance in his Account, by executing a
Deferral Agreement under Section 2.1 as though for all purposes of the
Plan the Affiliated Companies had never employed the former Member; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in the case of a former Member who prior to
reemployment did not receive the balance in his Account, by executing a
Deferral Agreement under Section 2.1; provided that such former Member
was not eligible to participate in the Plan at any time during the
24-month period ending on the date the Member again becomes eligible to
participate in the Plan. Otherwise, such former Member may again
become a Member by executing a Deferral Agreement
under Section 2.1, which such Deferral Agreement shall not become
effective: (A) with respect to base pay, until the first day of the
calendar year next following the Member’s reemployment;




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	 	 	 	or (B) with respect to Compensation earned under the Bonus Plan
and/or the LTIP that meets the requirements of Section 3.6(a), the
date set forth in Section 3.6(a).





ARTICLE 3. DEFERRALS




     3.1 Filing Requirements:




(a) An individual who is an Eligible Executive immediately prior to the Effective
Date may file a Deferral Agreement with the Administrator, within such period prior
to the Effective Date and in such manner as the Administrator may prescribe.




(b) An individual who becomes an Eligible Executive on or after the Effective Date
may file a Deferral Agreement with the Administrator during the 30-day period
beginning on the date he first becomes an Eligible Executive, or, in the case of
Compensation earned under the Bonus Plan and/or the LTIP that meets the requirements
of Section 3.6(a), no later than the date set forth in Section 3.6(a), in such
manner as the Administrator may prescribe. Such Deferral Agreement shall be
effective with respect to Compensation earned after the Deferral Agreement is filed
with the Administrator.




(c) An Eligible Executive who fails to file a Deferral Agreement with the
Administrator as provided in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(b) may file a Deferral
Agreement in any subsequent month of December for the next calendar year, or, with
respect to Compensation earned under the Bonus Plan and/or the LTIP that meets the
requirements of Section 3.6(a), at any time prior to the date set forth in Section
3.6(a).



     3.2 Deferral Agreement: An Eligible Executive’s Deferral Agreement shall authorize a
reduction in his Compensation with respect to his Deferrals under the Plan. The Agreement shall be
effective for payroll periods beginning on or after the later of: (a) the Effective Date; or
(b) the first day of the month following the date the Deferral Agreement is filed with the
Administrator in accordance with Section 3.1. Paychecks applicable to said payroll periods shall
be reduced accordingly.



     3.3 Crediting of Deferrals:




(a) On each Valuation Date following the effective date of an Eligible Executive’s
Deferral Agreement, his Account shall be credited with an amount of Deferral, if
any, for each payroll period ending within the month in which such Valuation Date
occurs, as he elects in his Deferral Agreement.




(b) An Eligible Executive shall not be entitled to make Deferrals on or after
attaining the age, if any, which he has designated under Section 5.1(a) for the
purpose of commencing distribution of his Account.



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     3.4 Changing Deferrals:




(a) An Eligible Executive’s election on his Deferral Agreement of the rate at which
he authorizes Deferrals under the Plan shall remain in effect in subsequent calendar
years unless he files with the Administrator an amendment to his Deferral Agreement
modifying or revoking such election. With respect to the Deferral of base pay, the
amendment shall be filed by December 31 and shall be effective for payroll periods
beginning on or after the following January 1. With respect to a Deferral of
Compensation under the Bonus Plan and/or the LTIP that meets the requirements of
Section 3.6(a), the Deferral may be filed at any time prior to the date set forth in
Section 3.6(a).




(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.4(a), in the event a Member receives a withdrawal
pursuant to Section 5.3 due to an unforeseeable emergency or a financial hardship
withdrawal from the Savings Plan, the Member’s Deferrals under this Plan shall be
suspended for the remainder of the calendar year in which such withdrawal or
distribution occurs. The Administrator shall resume his Deferrals with respect to
payroll periods beginning on or after the January 1 following the date of
suspension, in a time and manner determined by the Administrator; provided, that the
Administrator shall approve such resumption only if the Administrator determines
that the Eligible Executive is no longer subject to the unforeseeable emergency or
incurring the financial hardship.



     3.5 Certain Additional Credits: On each Valuation Date, there shall be credited to the
Account of an Eligible Executive Additional Credits in an amount equal to the Deferrals credited to
such Eligible Executive’s Account since the immediately preceding Valuation Date; provided,
however, that the Committee shall have the authority and discretion to establish for any particular
time period such other formula for determining Additional Credits as it deems appropriate.



     3.6 Timing of Deferral Elections: All elections with respect to Deferral of Compensation
awarded under the Bonus Plan or LTIP must be filed no later than:




(a) If such Compensation meets the requirements for “performance-based compensation”
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), six months prior to
the end of the Incentive Compensation Award Period (as defined in the LTIP and Bonus
Plan) with respect to which such Compensation is paid; or




(b) If such Compensation does not meet the requirements for “performance-based
compensation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-
1(e), the last day of the year prior to the first year of the Incentive Compensation
Award Period (as defined in the LTIP and Bonus Plan) with respect to which such
Compensation is paid.



          In either case (i) or (ii) above, such election shall become irrevocable as of the date which
is six months prior to the end of the Incentive Compensation Award Period (as



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defined in the LTIP and Bonus Plan) or the last day of the year prior to the first year of such
period, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an election with respect to
the payment of Compensation that meets the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e), no election to defer payment of an such
Compensation may be made after the amount of such Compensation becomes readily ascertainable, and
the Member must be continuously employed from the later of the beginning of the Incentive
Compensation Award Period (as defined in the LTIP and Bonus Plan) or the date the Business Criteria
(as defined in the LTIP and Bonus Plan) applicable to such Compensation are established, to the
date of the election under this Section 3.6.



ARTICLE 4. MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS




     4.1 Accounts: An Account shall be established for each Member. As of each Valuation
Date, each Member’s Account shall be credited with deemed investment earnings and losses pursuant
to Section 4.2.



     4.2 Deemed Investments: Each Member’s Account shall be deemed to be invested in the same
manner as such Member’s account under the Savings Plan is invested; provided, however, that for any
periods of time during which a Member does not have an account under the Savings Plan, the rate of
deemed investment earnings shall be determined by the Committee. As of each Valuation Date, deemed
investment earnings and losses shall be applied to each Member’s Account based upon the performance
of the applicable investment funds under the Savings Plan.



     4.3 Statement of Accounts: A statement will be sent to each Member as to the balance of
his Account at least once each calendar year.



     4.4 Vesting of Account: Each Member shall at all times be fully vested in his Account.



ARTICLE 5. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS




     5.1 Commencement of Payment:




(a) The distribution of the Member’s or former Member’s Account shall commence,
pursuant to Section 5.2, on or after the occurrence of (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv) below, as designated by the Member as part of his Distribution Option election:




	 	(i)	 	either the date of the Member’s separation from
service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the
regulations thereunder) with the Affiliated Companies for any reason,
whether with or without cause, or the first anniversary of such date,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	attainment of a designated age not earlier than
age 59-1/2 nor later than age 70-1/2,





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	 	(iii)	 	the earlier of (i) or (ii) above, or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the later of (i) or (ii) above.






In the event a Member elects either (ii) or (iii) above, he may not elect an age
less than three (3) years subsequent to his current age. A Member or former Member
shall not change his Distribution Option election of the designation of the event
which entitles him to distribution of his Account, except as provided in
Section 5.1(c) below.




(b) A Member or former Member may make a one-time request to the Administrator to
defer the Member’s designated distribution event under Section 5.1(a). The requests
must be filed in writing with the Administrator at least one year prior to when
distribution would commence based on the current designation and must defer
distribution for at least five years following the date on which distribution would
otherwise have been made. The deferral requests must specify a distribution event
described in Section 5.1(a), shall be subject to approval of the Administrator and,
if approved, shall be effective as of the date that is one year after the request is
filed with the Administrator. If the Member’s current distribution event will occur
upon his termination of employment and the Member’s employment terminates within one
year after the deferral request is made, the deferral request shall not be
effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a request to defer a Member’s designated
distribution event under Section 5.1(a) that is filed on or before December 31, 2007
shall be effective immediately, provided that such request does not cause a payment
that would otherwise be made in 2007 to be postponed or to cause a payment that
would otherwise be made after 2007 to be made in 2007.




(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 to the contrary, a Member’s Account
shall be distributed upon his death.




(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in their sole and absolute discretion, the
Participating Companies may delay payment of a benefit under this Plan to any Member
to the extent required to avoid the nondeductibility of such benefit under Section
162(m) of the Code or to avoid a violation of federal securities laws or other
applicable law; provided, however, if a Member’s payment is delayed, the benefit to
which he is entitled will not decrease after the date it would otherwise be
distributed. Payment shall be made during the first taxable year in which the
Participating Companies reasonably anticipate that Section 162(m) of the Code will
not cause the payment to be nondeductible or that the payment will not violate
federal securities laws or other applicable law.



     5.2 Method of Payment: A Member’s or former Member’s Account shall be distributed or
commence to be distributed to him, or in the event of his death to his Beneficiary, as soon as
administratively practicable following the date provided in the Member’s Distribution Option
elected under
Section 5.1 or his date of death, as the case may be, based upon the Member’s Account as of
the Valuation Date coinciding with or immediately preceding the date



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of distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment must be made no later than the later
of (i) the last day of the Plan Year in which the distribution event occurs or (ii) 2-1/2 months
following the date of such distribution event. Such distribution shall be made either (i) in a
single lump sum payment or (ii) in substantially equal monthly, quarterly or annual payments over a
period not in excess of ten (10) years. If the installment method is elected, the Member’s
Account, until fully distributed, shall continue to be credited with deemed investment earnings and
losses in accordance with Section 4.2, and each installment payment shall equal a fraction of the
Account balance, as of the most recent Valuation Date, equal to one over the number of installment
payments left. A Member shall be entitled to elect the form of distribution to him or his
Beneficiary at the time of commencement of his participation under this Plan and any such election
shall be irrevocable and never subject to change except prospectively. If a Member shall fail to
make a proper election as to the form of distribution of his Account, the Committee shall determine
the method by which such Member’s Account shall be distributed to him or his Beneficiary.




     5.3 Unforeseeable Emergency:




(a) While employed by the Participating Companies, a Member or former Member may, in
the event of an unforeseeable emergency, request a withdrawal from his Account. The
request shall be made in a time and manner determined by the Administrator, shall
not be for a greater amount than the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the
emergency need (including any federal, state, local or foreign taxes or penalties
reasonably anticipated to result from the withdrawal), and shall be subject to
approval by the Administrator.




(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3 an unforeseeable emergency is a severe
financial hardship to the Member resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the
Member, the Member’s spouse, the Member’s beneficiary, or the Member’s dependent (as
defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and
(d)(1)(B) of the Code), (ii) loss of the Member’s property due to casualty
(including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise
covered by insurance, for example, not as a result of a natural disaster), or (iii)
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of
events beyond the control of the Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
withdrawal on the basis of unforeseeable emergency is not permitted to the extent
that such emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from
insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Member’s assets, to the extent the
liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship, or by
cessation of deferrals under this Plan.



     5.4 Designation of Beneficiary: A Member or former Member may, in a time and manner
determined by the Administrator, designate a beneficiary and one or more contingent beneficiaries
(which may include the Member’s or former Member’s estate) to receive any benefits which may be
payable
under this Plan upon his death. If the Member or former Member fails to designate a
beneficiary or contingent beneficiary, or if the beneficiary and the contingent beneficiaries fail
to survive the Member or former Member, such benefits shall be paid to the



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Member’s or former Member’s estate. A Member or former Member may revoke or change any
designation made under this Section 5.4 in a time and manner determined by the Administrator.




     5.5 Status of Account Pending Distribution: Pending distribution, a former Member’s
Account shall continue to be credited with earnings and losses as provided in Section 4.2. The
former Member shall be entitled to apply for hardship withdrawals under Section 5.3 to the same
extent as if he were a Member of the Plan.



     5.6 Change of Control: In the event a Change of Control has occurred, each Member or
former Member shall receive, and the Plan Sponsor shall pay within 7 days of such Change of
Control, a lump sum payment equal to the value of the Member’s or former Member’s Accounts
(determined under Article 4) as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or next following the date of
such Change of Control. The amount of each Member’s or former Member’s lump sum payment shall be
determined by the Plan Sponsor’s accountants after consultation with the entity then maintaining
the Plan’s records, and shall be projected, if necessary, to such Valuation Date from the last
valuation of Member’s or former Member’s Accounts for which information is readily available.



ARTICLE 6. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION




     6.1 Right to Terminate: The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Plan
and the related Deferral Agreements at any time (other than at a time proximate to a downturn in
the financial health of any Affiliated Company) provided that all deferred compensation plans that
must be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, if any, are also
terminated. In the event the Plan and related Deferral Agreements are terminated pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence, each Member, former Member or beneficiary shall receive a single
sum payment equal to the balance in his Account no earlier than 12 months nor later than 24 months
following such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may, in its sole
discretion, terminate this Plan at any time within 12 months of a corporate dissolution taxed under
Section 331 of the Code, or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section
503(b)(1)(A). In the event the Plan and related Deferral Agreements are terminated pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence, each Member, former Member and beneficiary shall receive a single
sum payment equal to the balance in his Account as soon as practicable thereafter.



     6.2 Right to Amend: Each Participating Company, by proper action of its governing body,
may, in its sole discretion, amend this Plan and the related Deferral Agreements with respect to
the Members employed by such Participating Company on 30 days’ prior notice to the Members and,
where applicable, former Members. If any amendment to this Plan or to the Deferral Agreements
shall adversely affect the rights of a Member or former Member, such individual must consent in
writing to such amendment prior to its effective date. If such individual does not consent to the
amendment, the Plan and related Deferral Agreements shall be deemed to be terminated with
respect to such individual and he shall receive a single sum payment of his Account as soon
thereafter as is practicable.



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     6.3 Uniform Action: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, any action
to amend or terminate the Plan or the Deferral Agreements must be taken in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner.



ARTICLE 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS




     7.1 No Funding: Nothing contained in this Plan or in a Deferral Agreement shall cause
this Plan to be a funded retirement plan. Neither the Member, former Member, his beneficiary,
contingent beneficiaries, heirs or personal representatives shall have any right, title or interest
in or to any funds of the Affiliated Companies on account of this Plan or on account of having
completed a Deferral Agreement. Each Member or former Member shall have the status of a general
unsecured creditor of the Affiliated Companies and this Plan constitutes a mere promise by the
Affiliated Companies to make benefit payments in the future. The Plan Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, may establish a grantor trust, insurance contract or other investment vehicle to assist
in its meeting its obligations under this Plan; provided, that no member or beneficiary shall at
any time have any right to any portion of the assets thereof and such assets shall at all times be
subject to the claims of the creditors of the Plan Sponsor in bankruptcy.



     7.2 No Contract of Employment: The existence of this Plan or of a Deferral Agreement does
not constitute a contract for continued employment between an Eligible Executive or a Member and an
Affiliated Company. The Affiliated Companies reserve the right to modify an Eligible Executive’s
or Member’s remuneration and to terminate an Eligible Executive or a Member for any reason and at
any time, notwithstanding the existence of this Plan or of a Deferral Agreement.



     7.3 Withholding Taxes: All payments under this Plan shall be net of an amount sufficient
to satisfy any federal, state or local withholding tax requirements.



     7.4 Nonalienation: The right to receive any benefit under this Plan may not be
transferred, assigned, pledged or encumbered by a Member, former Member, beneficiary or contingent
beneficiary in any manner and any attempt to do so shall be void. No such benefit shall be subject
to garnishment, attachment or other legal or equitable process without the prior written consent of
the Affiliated Companies.



     7.5 Administration:




(a) This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Certain administrative
functions, as set forth in the Plan, shall be the responsibility of the
Administrator. The Administrator shall interpret the Plan, establish regulations to
further the
purposes of the Plan and take any other action necessary to the proper operation of
the Plan in accordance with guidelines established by the Committee or, if there are
no such guidelines, consistent with furthering the purpose of the Plan.




(b) The Corporation, by proper action of the Board, in its sole discretion and upon
such terms as it may prescribe, may permit any Affiliated Company to participate in
the Plan.



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(c) Prior to paying any benefit under this Plan, the Administrator may require the
Member, former Member, beneficiary or contingent beneficiary to provide such
information or material as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall deem
necessary for it to make any determination it may be required to make under this
Plan. The Administrator may withhold payment of any benefit under this Plan until
it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its
correctness and genuineness.




(d) The Administrator shall provide adequate notice in writing to any Member, former
Member, beneficiary or contingent beneficiary whose claim for benefits under this
Plan has been denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial. A
reasonable opportunity shall be afforded to any such Member, former Member,
beneficiary or contingent beneficiary for a full and fair review by the
Administrator of its decision denying the claim. The Administrator’s decision on
any such review shall be final and binding on the Member, former Member, beneficiary
or contingent beneficiary and all other interested persons.




(e) All acts and decisions of the Administrator shall be final and binding upon all
Members, former Members, beneficiaries, contingent beneficiaries and employees of
the Affiliated Companies.



     7.6 Construction:




(a) The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement
for a select group of management or highly compensated employees and all rights
hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Minnesota to the extent not preempted by federal law.




(b) The masculine pronoun shall mean the feminine wherever appropriate.




(c) The captions inserted herein are inserted as a matter of convenience and shall
not affect the construction of the Plan.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.





By Polaris Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael
W. Malone	 
	 	Name:  	Michael W. Malone	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President-Finance,
Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary	 
	 




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