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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 8, 2011
 
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)
 
 
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 8, 2011, Generac Holdings Inc. (“the Company”) held an annual meeting of its stockholders in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected both 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, 2011; (3) approved an advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (4) voted on an advisory, non-binding resolution to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The results of the vote at the meeting were as follows:
 

Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors
                       
Name
  
Votes For
  
Withhold
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
     Stephen Murray
    
57,276,286
    
8,716,450
      
515,485
  
     Edward A. LeBlanc
    
65,212,616
    
780,120
      
515,485
  

Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
66,493,499
    
9,126
      
5,596
      
0
  

Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on 2010 Executive Compensation
                         
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
65,769,144
    
192,602
      
30,990
      
515,485
  

Proposal No. 4 — Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation
                                 
Votes For “Every One Year”
  
Votes For “Every Two Years”
  
Votes for “Every Three Years”
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
65,005,350
    
274,980
      
704,206
      
8,200
      
515,485
  
 
Based on these results, the Company has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of holding an 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 10, 2011
  
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
    
       
   
/s/ York A. Ragen
    
   
By: York A. Ragen
    
   
Chief Financial Officer
    

 
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