form8-kannual_meeting.htm

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 12, 2013
 
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:
 
 
o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
 
o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 12, 2013, 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, 2013; and (3) approved an advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
 

Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors
                       
Name
  
Votes For
  
Withhold
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
Aaron Jagdfeld
    
60,984,105
    
 
354,821
      
4,129,108
  
John D. Bowlin
    
60,842,616
    
496,310
      
4,129,108
  
Timothy Walsh
    
60,519,343
    
819,583
      
4,129,108
  


 
Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
64,758,604
   460,272   249,158   0

Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on 2013 Executive Compensation
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
60,889,879
     262,631     186,416     4,129,108

 


 
 
 


 
 
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, 2013
  
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
    
       
 
       By:
/s/ York A. Ragen
    
   
York A. Ragen
    
   
Chief Financial Officer