8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
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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) 
December 17, 2015



 TENNANT COMPANY
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota
1-16191
41-0572550
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

701 North Lilac Drive, P.O. Box 1452
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
 
55440
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(763) 540-1200

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(b) David Mathieson formally submitted to the Board of Directors of Tennant Company (the “Company”) his resignation from the Board effective as of January 1, 2016, in accordance with the Company’s policy under its Corporate Governance Principles, which requires directors to offer to step down from the Board when they retire from their employment.  On December 17, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company accepted Mr. Mathieson's resignation. Mr. Mathieson announced that he would retire from his position as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Rogers Corporation as of December 31, 2015. Mr. Mathieson’s term on the Company’s Board would have expired at the time of the April 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.





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.


 
Tennant Company
 
 
 
 
 
Date: December 18, 2015
By:
 /s/ Heidi M. Wilson
 
 
 
Heidi M. Wilson
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary