---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-088498"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TNC"
cik: "0000097134"
company_name: "TENNANT CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-30T13:15:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T13:16:07.184496+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tennant Company CFO Fay West to retire in Q2 2027; successor search underway

## Summary
- Fay West, SVP and CFO, gave notice of retirement after successor hired and transition period, expected no earlier than April 2, 2027.
- Company commencing search for successor CFO; aims to name replacement by Q1 2027.
- West joined Tennant in 2021; led growth strategy, M&A function, and investor engagement.
- CEO Dave Huml thanked West for her contributions and commitment to smooth transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-088498
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TNC
- cik: 0000097134
- company_name: TENNANT CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T13:15:35+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/97134/000110465926088498/0001104659-26-088498-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000110465926088498/tm2621597d1_8k.htm

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