Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 28, 2020, Tennant Company ("Tennant") announced that Keith A. Woodward, the Chief Financial Officer of Tennant, is taking a short-term medical leave of absence. In connection with Mr. Woodward's leave of absence, effective January 27, 2020, the Tennant Board of Directors appointed Andrew Cebulla, Tennant's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, to serve in the additional positions of interim Chief Financial Officer and interim principal accounting officer during this time.

Mr. Cebulla, age 48, has served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of Tennant since September 2017. Prior to joining Tennant, Mr. Cebulla served in a variety of accounting and finance leadership roles, including Treasurer and Director of Investor Relations, Corporate Controller, and most recently Vice President of Finance supporting the Test Vehicles and Structures business, of MTS Systems Corporation, a global supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors, since 2007. Mr. Cebulla has over 25 years of experience leading financial organizations.

A press release announcing Mr. Woodward's short-term medical leave of absence is attached as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





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



  99     News release announcing CFO's temporary medical leave of absence.

104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in
       the Inline XBRL document).

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