Form 11-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                      TO                     

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-12387

A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

The Tenneco Employee Stock

Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Tenneco Inc.

500 North Field Drive

Lake Forest, IL 60045

 

 

 


The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2011 and Independent Auditor’s Report


The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

Table of Contents

 

     Page

Financial Statements

  

•  Auditor’s Report

   3

•  Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2011 and 2010

   4

•   Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

   5

•  Notes to Financial Statements as of December 31, 2011 and 2010

   6-13

Note: All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 

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LOGO

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

   Audit Ÿ  Tax Ÿ Advisory
   Grant Thornton LLP
   175 W Jackson Boulevard, 20th Floor
   Chicago, IL 60604-2687
   T 312.856.0200
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   www.GrantThornton.com

To the Tenneco Benefits Committee:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (the “Hourly Plan”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Chicago, Illinois

June 28, 2012

 

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The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

as of December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

     2011      2010  

ASSETS:

     

Plan’s interest in Tenneco Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust

   $                   0       $ 176,467,528   

Receivables:

     

Participant contributions

     0         131,665   

Employer contributions

     0         130,660   

Notes receivable from participants

     0         8,534,711   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total receivables

     0         8,797,036   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     0         185,264,564   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE AT FAIR VALUE

     0         185,264,564   

Adjustments from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     0         (488,280
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

   $ 0       $ 184,776,284   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

 

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The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

ADDITIONS:

  

Contributions:

  

Participant contributions

   $ 8,880,803   

Employer contributions

     8,671,814   

Rollovers

     151,580   
  

 

 

 

Total contributions

     17,704,197   
  

 

 

 

Interest income from notes receivable from participants

     275,352   

Transfers into Plan (Note B)

     112,560   
  

 

 

 

Total additions

     18,092,109   
  

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS:

  

Net Investment loss (Plan’s interest in Tenneco Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust)

     (6,133,313

Benefits paid to participants

     (26,986,671

Administrative expenses

     (647,497

Transfers out of Plan (Note B)

     (150,909

Other

     (28,178
  

 

 

 

Total deductions

     (33,946,568
  

 

 

 

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

     (15,854,459

Transfers out due to plan merger (Note A)

     (168,921,825
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

  

Beginning of year

     184,776,284   
  

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 0   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

 

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The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees

Notes to Financial Statements

as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

A. Description of the Plan

The following is a description of The Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (the “Plan”). Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information.

General — The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering substantially all U.S. hourly employees of Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its affiliates. The Company controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).

Plan Merger — Effective December 31, 2011 the Plan was merged into the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees. Plan investments of $160,687,887 and receivables of $8,233,938 were transferred to the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees.

Master Trust — The Plan assets are held by Mellon Bank, N.A., as Trustee, in the Tenneco Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust (the “Master Trust”). As a consequence of the plan merger noted above, the Master Trust ceased to exist effective December 31, 2011.

EligibilityEmployees are eligible to participate in the Plan the first day of the month following the Company’s receipt of an application for enrollment or after two complete calendar months of employment provided the employee has not waived automatic enrollment. Certain union employees are subject to different eligibility provisions, as defined in the Plan document.

ContributionsAn employee is automatically enrolled in the Plan upon completion of the eligibility requirements at a pretax contribution rate of 2% of pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan document, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limitations, unless the employee elects to waive automatic enrollment prior to the effective date. Participants can elect to increase the pretax deferral rate, subject to certain IRC limitations, from 2% up to 75%, in any whole percentage, at any time.

The Company’s matching contribution is 50% of the participant’s contributions, not to exceed a match level of 4% of the participant’s base compensation. For participants hired on or after January 1, 2006, there is an additional 2% non-elective employer contribution after one year of service. Certain union employees are not eligible for the Company’s matching contribution, as defined in the Plan document. Additional amounts may be contributed at the discretion of the Company. No such additional discretionary contributions were made for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. Participants may also roll over amounts from other qualified plans.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Plan was amended to provide supplemental annual Company contributions (“CRC”) based upon a participant’s age in accordance with an age-graded schedule for those employees who ceased to accrue benefits under the Company’s defined benefit plans.

Participant Accounts — Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching

 

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contribution, and allocations of Company discretionary contributions and Plan earnings, and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Investments — Participants direct the investment of their contributions and the Company’s contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers participants the option to invest their contributions in the following types of funds: stable value (1 offered), Tenneco Inc. common stock (1 offered), and mutual funds (23 offered).

Vesting — Participants are vested immediately in both pretax and matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon. The Company’s 2% non-elective employer contribution and supplemental annual Company contributions cliff vest 3 years after an employee’s date of hire; all other matching contributions vest immediately.

Notes Receivable from Participants — Active participants and certain other individuals may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $50,000, less their highest outstanding loan balance in the previous 12 months or 50% of their account balance, whichever is less, as long as the participants or individuals have no outstanding loans. Each participant may only have one loan outstanding at any time, with a term not to exceed 54 months. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at rates equal to the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal at the time the loan is made. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.

Termination of Participation — Upon termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment, a participant is permitted to elect either to receive a lump-sum distribution equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account, or to maintain the account, if the participant’s vested interest in the account was more the $1,000. If the participant’s account is less than $1,000, the participant is required to receive a lump-sum amount or roll over the amount to another qualified plan or IRA.

Forfeitures — At December 31, 2011 and 2010, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $31,866 and $45,107, respectively. These forfeitures are used to reduce future employer contributions. For the year ended December 31, 2011, employer contributions were reduced by $85,288 from forfeited nonvested accounts. If a participant terminates and is rehired within five years, any forfeited balance will be reinstated.

 

B. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting — The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

Investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attributable for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through the Mellon Stable Value Fund. The Statements of Net Assets Available for benefits presents the fair value of the Mellon Stable Value fund as well as the adjustment relating to the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

 

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Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Risks and Uncertainties — The Plan utilizes various investment instruments, including common stock, mutual funds, and collective trusts funds. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participant account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition — The Plan’s investment in the Master Trust is presented at fair value, which has been determined based on the fair value of the underlying investments of the Master Trust. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Quoted market prices are used to determine the fair value of the Plan’s investments, when available.

See Note D for discussion of fair value measurements.

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in registered investment companies are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected. Consequently, these management fees and operating expenses are reflected as a reduction of net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair market value of investments for such investments.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Notes Receivable from Participants — Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent loans are reclassified as distributions based upon terms of the Plan document.

New Accounting Pronouncements — In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies existing disclosures and requires new disclosures about fair value measurements. The clarifications and the requirement to disclose the amounts and reasons for significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 and significant transfers into and out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2009. The new requirement that purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements be presented gross in the Level 3 reconciliation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. Since this new guidance only amends the disclosure requirements, it will not have any impact on the Plan’s statement of net assets or statement of changes in net assets.

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance clarifying how to measure and disclose fair value. This guidance amends the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, while other amendments change a particular principle in existing fair value measurement guidance. In addition, this guidance requires additional fair value disclosures, although certain of these new disclosures will not be required for nonpublic entities. The amendments are to be applied prospectively and are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Plan management is currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of the amended guidance will have on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

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Net Appreciation/(Depreciation) in Fair Value of Investments — Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is recorded in the accompanying statements of changes in net assets available for benefits as investment income.

Administrative Expenses — Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan as provided by the Plan document. The Master Trust is authorized to charge and collect from the fund expenses incurred, unless such expenses are paid directly by the Company.

Payment of Benefits — Benefit payments to participants are recorded when paid.

Transfers — The Company also sponsors an employee stock ownership plan for salaried employees. If employees change their hourly or salaried status during the year, their account balances are transferred into the corresponding plan. Following the plan merger (Note A), account balance transfers will not be necessary after December 31, 2011.

 

C. Investments

Assets were held in a master trust as of December 31, 2010. As explained in Note A, the plan merger on December 31, 2011 eliminated the Master Trust and assets were transferred to the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees.

 

D. Fair Value Measurements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under current accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurement and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2 — Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 inputs must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used to determine fair value level need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

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The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used to measure assets at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Common stock — Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.

Registered investment companies — Valued at the net asset value of shares held by Plan at year-end.

Collective trusts — Valued at its net asset value of the Plan’s interest in the collective trust based on information reported by the investment advisor using audited financial statements of the collective trust at year-end. The Mellon Stable Value Fund, a collective trust, is a stable value fund that may invest in fixed interest insurance investment contracts, money market funds, corporate and government bonds, mortgage-backed securities, bond funds, and other fixed income securities. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value on a daily basis. Contract value represents contributions made to the fund, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals. Were the plan to initiate a full redemption of the collective trust, the investment advisor reserves the right to temporarily delay withdrawal from the trust for up to twelve months in order to ensure that securities liquidations will be carried out in an orderly manner. There were no unfunded commitments or restrictions and investments may be redeemed daily.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other Market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2010.

 

     Master Trust Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Registered investment companies

           

Balanced funds

   $ 78,006,639       $     —       $       $ 78,006,639   

Growth funds

     43,622,813                         43,622,813   

Index funds

     70,359,526                         70,359,526   

Value funds

     25,792,749                         25,792,749   

Fixed income funds

     54,244,258                         54,244,258   

Target date funds

     18,135,616                         18,135,616   

Real estate funds

     3,105,799                         3,105,799   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Registered investment companies

     293,267,400                         293,267,400   

Common stocks — U.S.

     104,561,736                         104,561,736   

Collective trusts — Fixed Funds

                     80,756,960         80,756,960   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

   $ 397,829,136       $ 0       $ 80,756,960       $ 478,586,096   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Level 3 Gains and Losses

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

     Collective Trusts  

Balance, beginning of year, held in Master Trust

   $ 80,756,960   

Unrealized gains / (losses) relating to instruments still held at reporting date

     308,258   

Purchases

     (175,054,929

Sales

     172,386,099   

Transfers out

     (78,396,388
  

 

 

 

Balance, end of year

   $ 0   
  

 

 

 

There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments during the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

E. Exempt Party-in-Interest Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Plan/Master Trust held shares of the Mellon Stable Value Fund which is managed by Mellon Bank, N.A and, therefore these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan for investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on this investment.

At December 31, 2010, the Plan/Master Trust held 2,502,986, shares of common stock of Tenneco Inc. the sponsoring employer, with a cost basis of $52,422,164.

 

F. Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event of a Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in employer contributions. Any assets which are not allocated to the accounts of participants upon the complete termination of the Plan, or complete discontinuance of the contributions, will be allocated among all the participant accounts pro rata on the basis of their respective balances.

 

G. Federal Income Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter, dated April 30, 2002, that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable regulations of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter; however, the Company and the Plan administrator believe that the Plan is currently designed and operated in all material respects in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and the Plan and related Trust continue to be tax-exempt. Further, a request was submitted on behalf of the Plan during 2010 for a new determination letter filing, with no response to this submission being received to date. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the organization has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS or

 

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other applicable taxing authorities. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2011, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; there is currently an audit for the 2010 Plan Year in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2008.

In 2011, it was discovered that certain rehired employees were credited with CRC in excess of the Plan’s provisions. The issue and the amounts involved have been disclosed to the IRS and are considered by the Company to be immaterial to the Plan. As such, the Company believes there is no impact on the Plan’s tax-qualified status.

 

H. Interest in Master Trust

The Plan’s investment assets were held in a trust account at the Trustee and consisted of an undivided interest in an investment account of the Master Trust. As explained in Note A, the plan merger on December 31, 2011 eliminated the Master Trust and assets were transferred to the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees. Use of the Master Trust permits the commingling of trust assets for investment and administrative purposes. Although assets of both the Tenneco Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Hourly and Salaried Employees are commingled in the Master Trust, the Trustee maintains supporting records for the purpose of allocating the net gain or loss of the investment account to the participating plans. The net investment income of the investment assets is allocated by the Trustee to each participating plan based on the relationship of the interest of each plan to the total of the interests of the participating plans. The Master Trust is authorized to charge and collect from the fund expenses incurred, unless such expenses are paid directly by the Company.

The investments of the Master Trust as of December 31, 2010 are summarized as follows:

 

     2010  

Investments, at fair value:

  

Registered Investment Companies

   $ 293,267,400   

Collective trusts

     80,756,960   

Tenneco Inc. common stock

     104,561,736   
  

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

     478,586,096   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trust related to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (1,202,311
  

 

 

 

Net assets of the Tenneco Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust at contract value

   $ 477,383,785   
  

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in net assets of the Master Trust at fair value

   $ 176,467,528   
  

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in net assets of the Master Trust at contract value

   $ 175,979,248   
  

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in net assets of the Master Trust as a percentage of the total at contract value

     37
  

 

 

 

 

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The net investment earnings of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2011, is summarized below:

 

Dividend and interest income

   $ 8,101,140   

Net depreciation in fair value of investments:

  

Registered Investment Companies

     (10,344,265

Tenneco Inc. common stock

     (24,963,723
  

 

 

 

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

     (35,307,988
  

 

 

 

Net investment loss of Master Trust

   $ (27,206,848
  

 

 

 

 

I. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

A reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Form 5500 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, is as follows:

 

     2011      2010  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $                   0       $ 184,776,284   

Less amounts allocated to withdrawing participants

     0         (1,697

Add adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective trust fund related to fully benefit-responsive contracts

     0         488,280   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500

   $ 0       $ 185,262,867   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

A reconciliation of changes in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 to Form 5500, is as follows:

 

Net Investment loss per the financial statements

   $ (6,133,313

Add adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective trust fund related to fully benefit-responsive contracts for 2011

     0   

Less adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective trust fund related to fully benefit-responsive contracts for 2010

     (488,280
  

 

 

 

Net Investment loss per Form 5500

   $ (6,621,593
  

 

 

 

A reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, to Form 5500 is as follows:

 

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements

   $ 26,986,671   

Add amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2011

     0   

Less amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2010

     (1,697
  

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants per Form 5500

   $ 26,984,974   
  

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Tenneco Inc. Benefits Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.

 

   

THE TENNECO EMPLOYEE

STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN FOR HOURLY

EMPLOYEES

   
Date: June 28, 2012  

/s/ BARBARA A. KLUTH

 
  BARBARA A. KLUTH  
 

CHAIRMAN OF TENNECO INC.

BENEFITS COMMITTEE

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            

  

DESCRIPTION

23.1    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP