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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-024034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNRC"
cik: "0001474735"
company_name: "GENERAC HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T04:03:43.516955+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Generac COO Thomas Pettit to resign effective Nov 1, 2022

## Summary
- Chief Operations Officer Thomas F. Pettit notified Generac of resignation effective November 1, 2022.
- Pettit has served as COO since February 2020; will leave to pursue another business opportunity.
- No replacement named; Raj Kanuru signed as EVP, General Counsel & Secretary.
- Departure is for external opportunity, not disclosed as related to performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-024034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNRC
- cik: 0001474735
- company_name: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024034/0001437749-22-024034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024034/gnrc20221012_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-024034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas F. Pettit resigned as Chief Operations Officer at GENERAC HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Thomas F. Pettit, Chief Operations Officer of Generac Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), gave notice of his intention to resign from the Company effective November 1, 2022, to pursue another business opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024034/0001437749-22-024034-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.