Long Term Cash Incentive Plan COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY Effective March 1, 2015 Plan Overview

This document provides information on the Long Term Cash Incentive Plan (hereafter referred to as the “LTI” or “the Plan”) of Columbia Sportswear Company (hereafter referred to as “the Company” or “Columbia”), which is set out in accordance with relevant laws and regulations

The Plan is designed as an intrinsic portion of our total remuneration for designated managerial employees of Columbia. Participants will be entitled to an LTI award under this Plan provided that the prescribed performance conditions are met and they remain in employment with the Company for the specified period of time.

All awards payable under the Plan are subject to the discretion and approval of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Information contained in this document does not create an employment contract and the Company reserves the right to amend, change or terminate all of part of the Plan as and when it shall see fit.

The Plan is prepared in English. In the event of any ambiguous interpretation of the Plan in any other language, the English version shall prevail.

To attract and retain the management team and key talent to drive the Company’s sustainable development, and to reward superior company and individual performance, Columbia Sportswear Company (hereafter referred to as “the Company” or “Columbia”) has designed a Long Term Cash Incentive Plan (hereafter referred to as “LTI” or “the Plan”) in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

The Plan is drafted by the Company’s Corporate Human Resources Department and reviewed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Plan will come into effect as of 4/1/2014 after the approval of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

The Plan covers all majority owned subsidiaries and entities of Columbia Sportswear.

The Corporate Human Resources Department, under the direction of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and the CEO, administers the LTI Cash Plan and is responsible for implementing and operating the Plan, and will undertake tasks such as determining the grant size, calculating vesting and termination, etc.

Principles of the Plan:

The Plan should be simple, transparent and easy to understand and communicate to the eligible participants;

The Plan should reward selected participants who have made a special contribution to the Company in the past, or who are expected to have a substantial role in the plans of the Company going forward, or both;

The Plan is on-going in nature and should support the sustainable development of the Company;

The Plan shall not require any monetary contribution from participants in order to obtain the long-term incentives under the Plan

Objectives of the Plan:

Drive a performance culture, and align the interests of the Company and rewards of the Plan participants;

Attract and retain excellent management and top performers to further the objectives of the Company;

Encourage sustainable value creation so as to achieve stable, long-lasting development;

Assist the management team in balancing medium-term and long-term objectives.

Managerial employees of the Company as designated by the Corporate Human Resources department and approved by the CEO of the Company.

Employees who have made outstanding contributions to the Company, nominated by the senior executives or the CEO.

The participant should be a full-time employee of the Company

The participant should have completed his/her probation/introductory period

The participant’s individual performance results of Achieving or better per their manager’s assessment in the Employee Performance Review Year

Global Grade level of the employee

Past performance of the employee

Potential of and expectations from the employee

Any other factor(s) which is/are deemed relevant

Participant exit due to death: All granted but unvested LTI awards will vest at the target amount and be paid out as soon as practicable to the beneficiary(ies) stated by the Participant in the Nominee Form.

Participant exit due to resignation, retirement or termination: All granted but unvested LTI awards will be subject to the discretion of the CEO.

Participant exit due to termination for cause: All granted but unvested LTI awards will be forfeited.

The CEO reserves the right to make appropriate settlement at any time for situations not covered by the above articles.

On the day that the company is ordered to liquidate or the company passes a resolution to go through voluntary liquidation (excluding an immediate merger and / or reorganization thereafter, when the majority of the company's business operations, assets and liabilities are transferred to or taken over by another company, which would be another case), the granted but unvested LTI awards will be canceled.

In the event of a change in control, where corporate control is taken over by another legal entity, due to Merger or Acquisition or other reasons, the provisions of the Plan will continue for all granted awards (whether vested or unvested) but no further grants may be made under the Plan. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and the CEO, or similar body of the Merged Company or the Acquiring Company may make limited changes to the Plan document, especially in the case of regulatory considerations which may apply to the Merged or Acquiring Company. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and the CEO, or similar body of this

Basic operation mode and restrictions of the Plan.

The scope of Participants.

Determination of award size

Revision and termination of the Plan.