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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
_____________
 
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) 
April 28, 2021
 
 
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.)
 
10400 Clean Street
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
55344
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(763) 540-1200
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.375 per share
 
TNC
 
New York Stock Exchange
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 
 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Tennant Company (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 28, 2021 (the “2021 Annual Meeting”) for purposes of electing four directors, ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December
31, 2021 and providing advisory approval of executive compensation. Results of shareholder voting on these matters were as follows:
 
     
               
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Vote
1. Each of the following three Class II directors was elected for a three-year term expiring in 2024 and one Class III director for a one-year term expiring in 2022:
             
Azita Arvani
16,683,661
 
163,101
 
26,696
 
762,294
Timothy R. Morse
16,715,555
 
131,096
 
26,807
 
762,294
Steven A. Sonnenberg
16,322,802
 
527,386
 
23,270
 
762,294
David W. Huml
16,690,891
 
155,733
 
26,834
 
762,294
 
 
               
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Vote
2. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.
17,569,065
 
61,329
 
5,358
 
0
               
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Vote
3. Advisory approval of executive compensation was received.
16,488,142
 
347,987
 
37,329
 
762,294
               
               
               
               
There were 18,589,385 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting and a total of 17,635,752 (94.87%) shares were represented at the meeting.
 
 
 
 
 
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:  May 3, 2021
By:
/s/ Kristin A. Stokes
 
   
Kristin A. Stokes
 
   
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary