form_8-k.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 11, 2014
 
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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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 11, 2014, 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, 2014; (3) approved an advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (4) approved the Generac Holdings Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
 

Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors
                     
Name     Votes For     Withhold     Broker Non-Votes  
     BBennett Morgan
    
59,465,666
    
 
702,158
    
6,317,175
  
     TTodd A. Adams
    
59,501,192
    
 
666,632
    
6,317,175
  
     RRalph Castner
    
59,483,277
    
 
684,547
    
6,317,175
  



Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
65,460,424
    
942,650
      
81,925
      
0
  

Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on 2014 Executive Compensation
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
59,714,244
    
348,870
      
104,710
      
6,317,175
  

Proposal No. 4 — Approval of Generac Holdings Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
59,870,024
    
115,548
      
182,252
      
6,317,175
  


 
 
 


 
 
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 11, 2014
  
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ York A. Ragen
   
York A. Ragen
   
Chief Financial Officer