EX-16.1 2 exhibit161letterfromkp.htm LETTER FROM KPMG LLP Document

August 30, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are currently principal accountants for Tennant Company and, under the date of February 28, 2019, we reported on the consolidated financial statements of Tennant Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. On August 27, 2019, we were notified that the Audit Committee of Tennant Company appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) as its principal accountant for the year ending December 31, 2020 and that the auditor-client relationship with KPMG LLP will cease upon completion of the audit of Tennant Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, and the issuance of our report thereon. We have read Tennant Company’s statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated August 30, 2019, and we agree with such statements, except that we are not in a position to agree or disagree with Tennant Company’s statement that the change was approved by the Audit Committee subject to the completion of Deloitte’s standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter and we are not in a position to agree or disagree with Tennant Company’s statement that during the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the subsequent interim period through August 30, 2019, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has consulted with Deloitte regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matters that were the subject of a disagreement within the meaning Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions, or (iii) any reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/ KPMG LLP