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 15, 2017

 

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)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 15, 2017, Generac Holdings Inc. (“the Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders in Waukesha, Wisconsin. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the Company’s director nominees listed below for a three year term; (2) approved the performance measures in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan; (3) approved the Annual Performance Bonus Plan; (4) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017; (5) approved an advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (6) approved a one year “say-on-pay frequency” of shareholder votes on compensation for the Company’s named executive officers on an advisory basis:

 

Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors

 

Name

 

Votes For

   

Withhold

   

Broker Non-Votes

 
                         
                         

Todd A. Adams

    45,372,009       10,786,740       4,195,815  
                         

Bennett Morgan

    49,210,981       6,947,768       4,195,815  
                         

Dominick Zarcone

    55,678,201       480,548       4,195,815  

 

Proposal No. 2Approval of the Performance Measures Included in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

36,110,385     19,996,565    51,799   4,195,815

 

Proposal No. 3Approval of the Annual Performance Bonus Plan

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

47,354,322

 

8,774,567

 

29,860

 

4,195,815

 

Proposal No. 4Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

   

59,461,048

 

862,213

 

31,303

   

 

Proposal No. 5 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

47,240,761

 

8,895,718

 

22,270

 

4,195,815

 

Proposal No. 6 — Advisory Vote on Frequency of the Vote on Executive Compensation

 

One Year

 

Two Years

 

Three Years

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

50,071,143

 

30,778

 

5,114,034

 

35,561

 

5,103,048

 

 

In light of these voting results and other factors, the Company’s Board of Directors, at its meeting held June 15, 2017, determined that the Company will hold an annual advisory non-binding vote on executive compensation, until the next required vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

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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 16, 2017

 

GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.

 

 
       
       
 

       By:

/s/ Raj Kanuru

 

 
 

 

Raj Kanuru

 

 
 

 

SVP, General Counsel & Secretary

 

 

 

 

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