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Harley-Davidson Inc.'s (HOG) board of directors elected current director Barry Allen as chairman, effective Saturday, the company said in a statement released after its annual shareholder meeting.

Allen, a 17-year member of Harley-Davidson's board, succeeds Jeffrey Bleustein, who wasn't up for re-election.

Shareholders elected four directors at the meeting: new director Martha Brooks, and returning directors Don James, Jim Norling and Jim Ziemer. Brooks has been president and chief operating officer of Novelis Inc. (NVL) since 2007 and is also a director of International Paper Co. (IP).

The board also approved a cash dividend of $0.10 a share for the second quarter to be payable June 19 to holders of record of the company's common stock on June 4.

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