8-K

 

 

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): May 28, 2013 (May 22, 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

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

Tenneco Inc. has amended the second priority facility under its North American trade accounts receivable securitization program to modify the concentration limits set forth therein. The term of the second priority facility remains unchanged and will expire, unless further extended, on March 21, 2014. The second priority facility continues to provide up to $40 million of financing (in addition to the up to $110 million of financing provided by the first priority facility). The foregoing summary of the amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the document effecting the amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

10.1    Amendment No. 4 to SLOT Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated May 22, 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: May 28, 2013     By:  

/s/ James D. Harrington

      James D. Harrington
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel
      and Corporate Secretary