{"url_path":"/sec/tnc/8-k/2026-06-17/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-17","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/0001104659-26-074936-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-074936","cik":"0000097134","ticker":"TNC","issuer_name":"TENNANT CO","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/0001104659-26-074936-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000097134","primary_entity_name":"TENNANT CO"},"word_count":233,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02\nDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\n \n\nOn June 17, 2026, Tennant Company (the “Company”) announced\nthe appointment of Richard H. (Rusty) Zay to the position of Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), effective July 1, 2026. Mr.\nZay, age 55, currently serves as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, a position he has held since March\n2021. Mr. Zay joined the Company in June 2010 as Vice President, Global Marketing and was named Senior Vice President, Global Marketing\nin October 2013 and Senior Vice President of the Americas business unit for the Company in 2014. In 2018, he assumed responsibility for\nTennant Research and Development as well.\n\n \n\nIn connection with Mr. Zay’s promotion to COO, the Compensation\nCommittee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of incremental equity awards to Mr. Zay to recognize his increased\nresponsibilities and to retain and incentivize his continued service. The total value of the awards to Mr. Zay will be $400,000, delivered\n50% in the form of restricted stock units and 50% in the form of performance-based restricted stock units, each having the same terms\nas the annual grants made earlier in 2026 to all executive officers, which awards will be granted when the Company’s quarterly trading\nwindow opens.\n\n \n\nA press release announcing Mr. Zay’s appointment is attached\nas Exhibit 99."}