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)  March 4, 2019

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.

On March 4, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Maria Green as a member of the Board effective March 15, 2019. Ms. Green will stand for re-election at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders to a term that expires at the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders as a member of Class I. Ms. Green was appointed to serve as a member of the Governance Committee and Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Green’s election to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.

Ms. Green will receive a pro rata amount of the standard non-employee director compensation, the terms of which were disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2018.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed herewith:

          99    News release announcing election of Maria Green to the Board.

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:  March 8, 2019	By:	/s/ Mary E. Talbott
		Mary E. Talbott
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99	News release announcing election of Maria Green to the Board.

EX-99

Exhibit 99

INVESTOR CONTACT:	MEDIA CONTACT:
Keith Woodward	Kathryn Lovik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Global Communications Director
keith.woodward@tennantco.com	kathryn.lovik@tennantco.com
763-540-1205	763-540-1212

Tennant Company Appoints New Board Member

Maria Green, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Ingersoll Rand,

Joins Tennant Company Board of Directors

MINNEAPOLIS, March 8, 2019-Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world, announced today the appointment of Maria Green, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), to the Tennant Company Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2019.

Ms. Green joined Ingersoll Rand in 2015 from Illinois Tool Works where she worked for 18 years, most recently as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. She has also held leadership roles at Chicago Transit Authority and AMTRAK, and has been in private practice with firms in Washington, D.C. She began her career with Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.

"We are fortunate to add Maria to the Tennant Company Board of Directors and look forward to leveraging her extensive background to serve the shareholders and employees of Tennant Company. We are especially pleased to add Maria’s expertise in public company corporate governance, global and legal compliance, and international law to the composition of our Board,” said Chris Killingstad, Tennant Company President and CEO. “We are confident she will lend insights and great value to the Board and Tennant management as Tennant Company advances its strategies to create shareholder value through sustained profit growth,” Killingstad said.

Ms. Green earned her law degree from Boston University of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She has continued education in concentrated executive programs at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, specifically in the Women’s Leadership Program and CEO Perspectives Program.

Ms. Green has served the Boards of Directors of the Chicago Urban League, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera of the Carolinas and DuSable Museum of African American History. During her career, she has been honored with numerous awards including Woman of Excellence (Chicago Defender 2009), Woman of

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Achievement (Anti-Defamation League 2011), Thurgood Marshall Fund Achievement Award (2012) and Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America (Black Enterprise 2017).

Ms. Green joins eight other Directors, including Azita Arvani, William F. Austen, Carol S. Eicher, H. Chris Killingstad, Donal L. Mulligan, Steven A. Sonnenberg, David S. Wichmann, and David Windley.

Company Profile

Founded in 1870, Tennant Company (TNC), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that empower customers to achieve quality cleaning performance, reduce their environmental impact and help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Its products include equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments; detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies; cleaning tools and supplies; and coatings for protecting, repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's global field service network is the most extensive in the industry. Tennant Company had sales of $1.12 billion in 2018 and has approximately 4,300 employees. Tennant has manufacturing operations throughout the world and sells products directly in 15 countries and through distributors in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.tennantco.com and www.ipcworldwide.com. The Tennant Company logo and other trademarks designated with the symbol “®” are trademarks of Tennant Company registered in the United States and/or other countries.

About Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand is a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments.

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