form_8k.htm

 
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)
October 1, 2012
 

 
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)
As a result of extenuating personal obligations, at the request of the Tennant Company (the “Company”) Board of Directors, Jeffrey A. Balagna resigned as a member of the Board effective October 1, 2012.

(d)
Effective October 1, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Azita Arvani as a member of the Board.  Ms. Arvani is a Class III Director whose term expires at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders.  Ms. Arvani was appointed to serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.  A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Arvani’s election to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Ms. Arvani will receive the standard non-employee director compensation, the terms of which were disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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

99           News release announcing election of Azita Arvani 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: October 1, 2012
By:
/s/ Heidi M. Wilson
  
   
Heidi M. Wilson
  
   
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary