UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 18, 2013 (January 16, 2013)
TENNECO INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-12387 | 76-0515284 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 500 NORTH FIELD DRIVE, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS | 60045 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 482-5000
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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
On January 16, 2013, Tenneco Inc. announced that it had expanded its board of directors to nine members and that Thomas C. Freyman, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Abbott Laboratories had been elected to the company’s board of directors by action of the board of directors on that date. Mr. Freyman was also appointed to the company’s Audit Committee. Mr. Freyman’s election is described in the company’s press release, dated January 16, 2013, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued January 16, 2013 | |
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.
| TENNECO INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 18, 2013 | By: | /s/ James D. Harrington | ||||
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| James D. Harrington | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||
| and Corporate Secretary | ||||||