OVERVIEW


Tennant Company is a manufacturer of floor cleaning machines, parts and accessories, as well as floor coatings. Founded in 1870, Tennant is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has manufacturing facilities in Holland, Michigan, and Uden, The Netherlands.

Our products are marketed worldwide under the brand names Tennant, Castex and Nobles. We sell and service products directly in eight countries and through distributors in 45 others.

Tennant's mission is to become the preeminent company in nonresidential floor maintenance equipment, floor coatings and related products. We will achieve this by continuing to implement strategies that leverage our strengths:

• Making an industry-leading R&D investment, plus acquisitions, which allow us to regularly introduce new or significantly upgraded products, and enter new markets.
• Using technology to create more efficient and effective operations, to better serve customers and support growth.
• Using multichannel product distribution to increase market penetration.
• Building upon our international market penetration, which generated 27% of our 1998 revenues.
• Reaching growing niche markets, which helps counter cyclicality in other areas.
• Using our strong financial condition to fund continued expansion.

Worldwide revenues for Tennant Company were $389 million in 1998. Our shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol TANT. SEC filings including quarterly financial reports can be viewed online at Edgar.

Tennant Company mailing address:
701 North Lilac Drive
P.O. Box 1452
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Main Number: 612-540-1200
Customer Service: 800-553-8033
Fax: 612-513-2142
Email: Info@tennantco.com

Please use our distributor locator to find contact information for other parts of the world.