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