secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TENNANT CO (TNC)
CIK:        0000097134
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-17T13:29:39+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-074936
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tennant appoints Richard Zay as COO effective July 1, 2026
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- Richard 'Rusty' Zay, currently Chief Commercial Officer, promoted to COO effective July 1, 2026.
- Zay has over 25 years of experience and joined Tennant in 2010; previously held roles at Whirlpool and Maytag.
- Compensation Committee approved $400K in equity awards (50% RSUs, 50% PSUs) tied to increased responsibilities.
- In new role, Zay will lead global customer-facing units, supply chain, manufacturing, R&D, and marketing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465926074936/0001104659-26-074936-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465926074936/tm2617956d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-074936

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