form_8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

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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)  July 26, 2012
 

 
 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
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 1.01.                                Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
                        On July 24, 2012, Tennant Company (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 2 to its Private Shelf Agreement (the “Amendment”), which amends the Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2009, by and among the Company, Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and Prudential affiliates from time to time party thereto, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated May 5, 2011 (the “Shelf Agreement”).
 
                        The principal change effected by the Amendment is an extension of the Issuance Period for Shelf Notes under the Shelf Agreement. The Issuance Period now expires on July 24, 2015.
 
                        The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 2 to the Shelf Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.02.                                Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On July 26, 2012, the Company issued the news release attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
Item 9.01.
 
(d)           Exhibits.  The following exhibits are furnished herewith:
            
           10.1        Amendment No. 2 to Private Shelf Agreement dated as of July 24, 2012.       
        
          99           News Release dated July 26, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 
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:  July 26, 2012
By:
 /s/ Heidi M. Wilson  
    Heidi M. Wilson  
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary