Ragen York A. 4
4 · GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. · Filed Feb 27, 2026
Research Summary
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Generac (GNRC) CFO Ragen York Exercises Options and Sells Shares
What Happened
Ragen York A., Chief Financial Officer of Generac Holdings (GNRC), exercised 24,362 options on February 25, 2026 at an exercise price of $40.12 (cost $977,403) and then sold the resulting shares in multiple open-market transactions the same day. The sales generated aggregate proceeds of about $5.74 million (sales at weighted-average prices reported across several tranches). This is an option exercise followed by share sales (common, often used to cover exercise costs/taxes or to monetize equity).
Key Details
- Transaction date: February 25, 2026; Form 4 filed February 27, 2026 (within the typical 2‑business-day reporting window).
- Exercise: 24,362 shares exercised at $40.12 per share (cash paid ≈ $977,403).
- Sales: 24,362 shares sold in multiple tranches at weighted-average prices listed (sale prices ranged roughly $230.87 to $237.83 per share by footnote), total proceeds ≈ $5,739,828.
- Notable footnotes: weighted-average sale prices reported for each tranche (F1–F7); the options/shares were fully vested (F9); one share previously omitted in a 2024 filing was noted (F8). Reporting person offers to provide per-price breakdowns on request.
- Shares owned after transactions: the Form 4 excerpt shows the exercised shares were sold the same day; the filing excerpt provided here does not list the reporting person's total beneficial ownership after these transactions.
Context
This was an exercise of vested options (derivative transaction) followed by immediate open-market sales. That pattern is typically a cashless monetization of options rather than a discretionary purchase indicating additional bullishness. The filing is informational and does not itself indicate motive.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Ragen York A.
Chief Financial Officer
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2026-02-25$40.12/sh+24,362$977,403→ 161,543 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F1]2026-02-25$231.20/sh−1,679$388,192→ 159,864 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F2]2026-02-25$232.42/sh−866$201,278→ 158,998 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F3]2026-02-25$233.35/sh−1,500$350,018→ 157,498 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F4]2026-02-25$234.52/sh−924$216,696→ 156,574 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F5]2026-02-25$235.79/sh−6,167$1,454,119→ 150,407 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F6]2026-02-25$236.57/sh−12,324$2,915,496→ 138,083 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F7][F8]2026-02-25$237.28/sh−902$214,029→ 137,182 total - Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
[F9]2026-02-25−24,362→ 0 totalExercise: $40.12Exp: 2027-03-01→ Common Stock (24,362 underlying)
Footnotes (9)
- [F1]Reflects the weighted average price of 1,679 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $230.87 to $231.82 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F2]Reflects the weighted average price of 866 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $231.97 to $232.91 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F3]Reflects the weighted average price of 1,500 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $233.00 to $233.69 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F4]Reflects the weighted average price of 924 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $234.19 to $235.17 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F5]Reflects the weighted average price of 6,167 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $235.19 to $236.18 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F6]Reflects the weighted average price of 12,324 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $236.19 to $237.15 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F7]Reflects the weighted average price of 902 shares of common stock of Generac Holdings Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on February 25, 2026 with sale prices ranging from $237.19 to $237.83 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
- [F8]This total reflects an additional 1 share inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's total reported on the Form 4 filed on March 5, 2024.
- [F9]Fully vested.
Signature
/s/ Raj Kanuru, Attorney in Fact|2026-02-27