form_8k.htm


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 28, 2011
 

 
TENNANT COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Minnesota
1-16191
41-0572550
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 

 
701 North Lilac Drive, P.O. Box 1452
Minneapolis, Minnesota
  
 
55440
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(763) 540-1200
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 28, 2011, for purposes of electing four directors, ratifying the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2011, approving the advisory resolution on executive compensation and recommending, on an advisory basis, the frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.  Results of shareholder voting on these matters were as follows:

 
 
For
  
 
Withhold
  
 
Broker Non-Vote
1.   Each of the following four Class I directors was elected for a three-year term expiring in 2014:
          
Carol S. Eicher
15,740,115
  
802,313
  
1,315,100
David Mathieson
15,756,854
  
785,574
  
1,315,100
Donal L. Mulligan
15,744,744
  
797,684
  
1,315,100
Stephen G. Shank
16,133,796
  
408,632
  
1,315,100

 
 
For
  
 
Against
  
 
Abstain
  
 
Broker Non-Vote
2.   The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2011 was ratified.
 
 
 
 
17,425,659
  
 
 
 
 
402,053
  
 
 
 
 
29,816
  
 
 
 
 
0
               
3.   The advisory resolution on executive compensation was approved.
 
 
14,993,883
  
 
 
683,824
  
 
 
864,721
  
 
 
1,315,100

 
1 Year
  
2 Years
  
3 Years
  
Abstain
  
Broker Non-Vote
4.   Shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, every one year as the frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.
 
 
 
 
14,361,653
  
 
 
 
 
109,964
  
 
 
 
 
1,252,073
  
 
 
 
 
818,738
  
 
 
 
 
1.315.100

The Company has considered the shareholder vote regarding the frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation and determined that it will hold an advisory vote on its executive compensation every year until the next vote on frequency which will be no later than the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2017.

There were 19,100,221 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting and a total of 17,857,528 (93.49%) shares were represented at the meeting.

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Tennant Company
  
       
Date: April 29, 2010
By:
/s/ Heidi M. Wilson
  
   
Heidi M. Wilson
  
   
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary