---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-087915"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TNC"
cik: "0000097134"
company_name: "TENNANT CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:31:34.483243+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tennant Company appoints Andrew P. Hider, CEO of ATS Automation, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Andrew P. Hider elected to Tennant Board effective Aug 3, 2022; appointed to Audit and Executive Committees.
- Hider is CEO of ATS Automation (TSX: ATA), a global automation solutions company.
- He brings over 20 years of leadership experience in manufacturing at Danaher and General Electric.
- Will stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting as Class III director with term expiring 2025.
- Receives standard non-employee director compensation on a pro-rata basis from election date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-087915
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TNC
- cik: 0000097134
- company_name: TENNANT CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465922087915/0001104659-22-087915-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465922087915/tm2222957d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-087915
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-087915.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-087915.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew P. Hider was elected as Member of the Board of Directors at TENNANT CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On August 3, 2022, the Board of Directors of Tennant Company (the “Company”) elected Andrew P. Hider as a member of the Board effective that same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465922087915/0001104659-22-087915-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.