---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-017683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNRC"
cik: "0001474735"
company_name: "GENERAC HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:32:27.729646+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Generac annual meeting approves all proposals; board sets annual advisory vote on exec comp

## Summary
- Elected directors Avedon, Morgan, Zarcone; votes ranged from 37.7M to 45.0M for, with significant withhold votes.
- Deloitte ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 50.3M votes for, 2.0M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (47.4M for, 3.2M against).
- One-year frequency on say-on-pay approved (44.8M votes for); board to hold annual advisory votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-017683
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNRC
- cik: 0001474735
- company_name: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/0001437749-23-017683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/gnrc20230616_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. shareholders approved Vote on Frequency of the Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal No. 4 — Vote on Frequency of the Vote on Executive Compensation One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 44,794,876 82,474 783,603 61,133 6,691,290
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/0001437749-23-017683-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 50,317,450 2,035,977 59,949 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/0001437749-23-017683-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 47,413,126 3,182,443 126,517 6,691,290
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/0001437749-23-017683-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal No.1 — Election of Directors Name Votes For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Marcia J. Avedon 38,211,114 7,444,839 6,691,290 Bennet J. Morgan 37,740,610 7,898,222 6,691,290 Dominick P. Zarcone 44,956,385 683,575 6,691,290
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774923017683/0001437749-23-017683-index.htm

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