0001014108-18-000078.txt : 20180410 0001014108-18-000078.hdr.sgml : 20180410 20180410160917 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001014108-18-000078 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180406 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180410 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180410 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAULSON THOMAS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001217574 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16191 FILM NUMBER: 18748100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5540 PIONEER CREEK DR CITY: MAPLE PLAIN STATE: MN ZIP: 55359-9003 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TENNANT CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097134 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY [3580] IRS NUMBER: 410572550 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 N LILAC DR STREET 2: PO BOX 1452 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55440 BUSINESS PHONE: 7635401200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 N LILAC DR STREET 2: PO BOX 1452 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55440 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TENNANT G H CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19700515 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2018-04-06 0 0000097134 TENNANT CO TNC 0001217574 PAULSON THOMAS TENNANT COMPANY 701 N. LILAC DRIVE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422 0 1 0 0 Sr. Vice President and CFO Common Stock 2018-04-06 4 M 0 9296 10.08 A 35582 D Common Stock 2018-04-06 4 S 0 9296 69.0792 D 26286 D Common Stock 1899 I By ESOP and Profit Sharing Stock Option (right to buy) 10.08 2018-04-06 4 M 0 9296 0 D 2010-02-27 2019-02-27 Common Stock 9296 24296 D The stock option exercise and sale transaction reported on this form are a program transaction pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which was adopted by the reporting person on March 6, 2018. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $68.20 to $69.95, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Tennant Company, any security holder of Tennant Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price with the ranges set forth. /s/Jeffrey L. Cotter, Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas Paulson 2018-04-10 EX-24 2 paulsonpoa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey L. Cotter and Kristin Stokes, acting singly, my true and lawful attorney(s)-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of TENNANT COMPANY (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 or 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder; and (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this limited power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of or transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed on the 28 day of February, 2018. Signature /s/ Thomas Paulson ____________________________ Print Name: Thomas Paulson