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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210528

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	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16191
		FILM NUMBER:		21978553

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		104000 CLEAN STREET
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7635401200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		104000 CLEAN STREET
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TENNANT G H CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19700515
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM SD</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>TENNANT COMPANY</u></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<td style="width: 33%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Minnesota</td>
			<td style="width: 33%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">1-16191</td>
			<td style="width: 33%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">41-0572550</td>
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			<td style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction</td>
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			<td style="text-align: center;">of incorporation or organization)</td>
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			<td style="border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">10400 Clean Street, Eden Prairie, MN</td>
			<td style="border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">55433</td>
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			<td style="text-align: center;">(Address of principal executive offices)</td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Kristin A. Stokes</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Senior Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed,</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</p>

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			<td style="width: 97%;">&nbsp;Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.</td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 41pt;text-indent:-41pt;"><b>Section 1 </b>&#8211;<b> Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><b>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;">See Conflict Minerals Report attached and filed as Exhibit 1.01 of this Form. This report is publicly available on the Company&#8217;s internet website at https://investors.tennantco.com/overview/default.aspx under SEC filings.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><b>Item 1.02 Exhibit</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">See Conflict Minerals Report attached and filed as Exhibit 1.01 of this Form.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 41pt;text-indent:-41pt;"><b>Section 2 </b>&#8211;<b> Exhibits</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 41pt;text-indent:-5pt;"><b>Item 2.01 Exhibits</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 41pt;text-indent:-5pt;">List below the following exhibit filed as part of this report.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 41pt;text-indent:-5pt;">Exhibit 1.01 &#8211; <a href="ex_253734.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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 duly authorized undersigned.</p>

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			<td style="width: 25%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">TENNANT COMPANY</td>
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			<td style="width: 33%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp; /s/ Kristin A. Stokes</td>
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			<td style="width: 19%; text-align: center; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">May 28, 2021</td>
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			<td style="width: 33%;">Kristin A. Stokes</td>
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			<td style="width: 33%;">Senior Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Tennant Company</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Conflict Minerals Report </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>For The Year Ended December 31, 2020</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>1. Introduction</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">This report for the year ended December 31, 2020 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Rule&#8221;). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (&#8220;Dodd-Frank Act&#8221;). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (&#8220;3TG&#8221;). These requirements apply to registrants whatever the geographic origin of the 3TG and whether they fund armed conflict.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Company Overview</u></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">This report has been prepared by management of Tennant Company, a Minnesota corporation (herein referred to as &#8220;Tennant,&#8221; the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;). The information includes the activities of all subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Company offers products and solutions consisting of mechanized cleaning equipment, detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair service, and business solutions such as financing, rental and leasing programs, and machine-to-machine asset management solutions.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Company's products are used in many types of environments including: retail establishments, distribution centers, factories and warehouses, public venues such as arenas and stadiums, office buildings, schools and universities, hospitals and clinics, parking lots and streets, and more. The Company markets its offerings under the following brands: Tennant&#174;, Nobles&#174;, Alfa Uma Empresa Tennant&#8482;, IRIS&#174;, VLX&#8482;, IPC brands, Gaomei and Rongen brands as well as private-label brands. The Company's customers include contract cleaners to whom organizations outsource facilities maintenance, as well as businesses that perform facilities maintenance themselves. The Company reaches these customers through the industry's largest direct sales and service organization and through a strong and well-supported network of authorized distributors worldwide.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Because of our size, the complexity of our products and the dynamic depth and breadth of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify companies upstream from our direct suppliers. Accordingly, we participate in several industry-wide initiatives, as described below.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">In accordance with The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (&#8220;OECD&#8221;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition, and the related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold (&#8220;OECD Guidance&#8221;) and the Rule, this report is available on our website http://investors.tennantco.com/reports/sec-filings/default.aspx under SEC Filings.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We have a Conflict Minerals Policy located in the Sustainability section of our public website https://www.tennantco.com/en_us/about-us/corporate-citizenship/sustainability.html under PEOPLE &amp; COMMUNITIES.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Tennant has established a management system for 3TG. Our management system includes an Oversight Committee sponsored by the General Counsel, as well as management-level representatives. This group meets as needed to gauge progress, approve extraordinary spending and to coordinate communication to the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Additionally, a Core Team consisting of subject matter experts, as required, from engineering, global sourcing, product regulatory, corporate communications, legal and risk management meets as needed to execute our Conflict Minerals Program. The Core Team is led by the Product Regulatory Department, which is part of the Legal Department.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We initiated a Conflict Minerals Task Force in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) for aligning our approach and establishing best practices with other reputable firms in scope of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. This group consisted of 17 companies at its peak and met actively from 2013-2017.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Additionally, we are a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative, formerly the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), and, as a result, we have up-to-date information and access to developments in the following industry-wide initiatives: the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition), the-Global e-Sustainability Initiative, the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi); and the Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA).</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Controls include, but are not limited to, our Supplier Core Expectations, which outline expected behaviors for our supply chain partners, and our Corporate Sustainability Report, which establishes our position on several key metrics in this area.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have updated language in our contracts with suppliers such that the conflict minerals disclosure is an up-front expectation to our suppliers.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We have internal reporting options, and a third-party administered Ethics Hotline whereby employees,&nbsp;suppliers, and other stakeholders&nbsp;can report alleged&nbsp;violations of our policies. Anonymous reporting is available, where allowed by law.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Tennant has a document retention schedule, and the records generated because of the Conflict Minerals Program will adhere to applicable standards.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain </u></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. As described above, we participate in, or have direct visibility to the several industry-wide initiatives to disclose upstream companies in the supply chain.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence </u></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We prepared this Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to our Form SD.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Tennant has significant supply bases in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Tennant has spent considerable time creating a robust and sustainable process for the 3TG inquiries and subsequent due diligence. Foundational elements included:</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Request for Information </u></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">For reporting year 2020, we used the Industry Standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) developed and maintained by the Responsible Minerals Initiative. Survey results were maintained using available platforms within the Global Supply group.</p>

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