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 5, 2016 (January 4, 2016)
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 4, 2016, Tenneco Inc. announced that it had expanded its board of directors to nine members and that Roger J. Wood had been elected to the company’s board of directors by action of the board of directors on that date. Mr. Wood will participate in the company’s standard compensatory arrangements for directors as described in the company’s most recent proxy statement. Mr. Wood has not been appointed to any committees of the board. Mr. Wood’s election is described in the company’s press release, dated January 4, 2016, 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
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued January 4, 2016 | |
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 5, 2016 | By: | /s/ James D. Harrington | ||||
| James D. Harrington | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||