<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-20-001113.txt : 20200205
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-20-001113.hdr.sgml : 20200205
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20200205114109
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-20-001113
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200127
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200205
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200205

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CEBULLA ANDREW J.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001801761

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16191
		FILM NUMBER:		20577160

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		701 N. LILAC DRIVE
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55422

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
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 -
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-01-27</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000097134</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TENNANT CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TNC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001801761</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CEBULLA ANDREW J.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>701 N. LILAC DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55440</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Interim CFO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1452</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>66.15</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2027-11-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>782</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>67.70</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-02-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2870</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>63.65</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-02-26</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>3051</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Consists of 1,215 directly owned shares and 237 restricted stock units vesting on December 7, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Stock options that are exercisable in one-third installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, November 7, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Stock options that are exercisable in one-third installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, February 27, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Stock options that are exercisable in one-third installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, February 26, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sheila Goulding on behalf of Andrew J. Cebulla</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-02-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</TEXT>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>cebullapoa.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Andrew J. Cebulla, hereby authorize and designate each of Mary E. Talbott,
Kristin A. Stokes, Sheila B. Goulding and Amy Seidel, signing singly,
as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer
and/or director of Tennant Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any
stock exchange or similar authority, and the National Association of
Securities Dealers; 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 to
my benefit, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being
understood that the statements executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf
pursuant to this 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.

I hereby further grant to each 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 I might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitutes or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly
executed as of this 27th day of January, 2020.


/s/ Andrew J. Cebulla


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