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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 13, 2012
 
Generac Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
001-34627
  
20-5654756
(State or other jurisdiction
  
(Commission
  
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
  
File Number)
  
Identification No.)
 
S45 W29290 Hwy. 59
    
Waukesha, Wisconsin
  
53189
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(262) 544-4811
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 13, 2012, Generac Holdings Inc. (“the Company”) held an annual meeting of its stockholders in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the Company’s director nominees; (2) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2012; (3) approved an advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (4) approved the amendment of the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. The results of the vote at the meeting were as follows:
 

Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors
Name      
Votes For
      
Withhold
        
Broker Non-Votes
  
Barry J. Goldstein
    
63,412,290
    
340,592
      
2,585,371
  
David A. Ramon
    
63,413,015
    
339,867
      
2,585,371
  
Robert D. Dixon
    
63,272,532
    
480,350
      
2,585,371
  


Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
65,987,491
    
349,010
      
1,752
      
0
  

Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on 2011 Executive Compensation
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
62,360,239
    
76,524
                                
1,316,119
      
2,585,371
  

Proposal No. 4 — Amendment of the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
                                   
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
45,838,803
    
16,597,421
      
1,316,658
      
2,585,371
  
 


 
 
 


 
 
SIGNATURES
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
         
June 13, 2012
  
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
    
       
 
       By:
/s/ York A. Ragen
    
   
York A. Ragen
    
   
Chief Financial Officer