Tennant Company Names Jeffrey L. Cotter as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tennant Company (NYSE:TNC), a leading cleaning solutions provider,
announced the appointment of Jeffrey L. Cotter as Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective September 25, 2017.
Mr. Cotter replaces Heidi Wilson who announced her retirement earlier
this year.

With more than 20 years of legal experience, Mr. Cotter brings a breadth
of knowledge in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions,
divestitures, litigation, securities law, regulatory compliance programs
and complex commercial transactions. Most recently, Mr. Cotter served as
Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of G&K
Services, Inc., where he oversaw all legal affairs of the publicly
traded company. Mr. Cotter earned his juris doctorate from Mitchell
Hamline School of Law (formerly known as William Mitchell College of
Law).

“Jeff’s expertise is a great match for Tennant Company’s exciting growth
agenda as we intensify our focus on market expansion, product innovation
and digital solutions,” said Tennant President and CEO Chris
Killingstad. “Jeff brings a diverse background to Tennant Company, with
proven experience as a trusted advisor and an able counselor. We look
forward to Jeff joining our leadership team, as we continue to uphold
the high standards we’ve set for Tennant.”

Mr. Cotter will be located at Tennant Company’s world headquarters in
Golden Valley, Minn.

Company Profile
Founded in
1870, Tennant Company (TNC), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is
a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that
empower customers to achieve quality cleaning performance, significantly
reduce their environmental impact and help create a cleaner, safer,
healthier world. Its products include equipment for maintaining surfaces
in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments; detergent-free and
other sustainable cleaning technologies; cleaning tools and supplies;
and coatings for protecting, repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's
global field service network is the most extensive in the industry.
Tennant Company had sales of $0.8 billion in 2016 and has approximately
3,200 employees. Tennant acquired IPC Group in April of 2017. IPC Group,
headquartered in Italy, had sales of $0.2 billion in 2016 and has
approximately 1,100 employees. Tennant has manufacturing operations
throughout the world; and sells products directly in 15 countries and
through distributors in more than 100 countries. For more information,
visit www.tennantco.com
and www.ipcworldwide.com.
The Tennant Company logo and other trademarks designated with the symbol
“®” are trademarks of Tennant Company registered in the United States
and/or other countries.

Contacts

Tennant Company
Investor Contact:
Tom Paulson,
763-540-1204
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
[email protected]
or
Media
Contact:
Kathryn Lovik, 763-540-1212
Global
Communications Director
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