-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SvzPKUIvjT/J1gPzSerXEbZes26dLCWYlsF3F7qZaeIX5nO3PRzroSuHmN/Gy9E+ YSgqjprWjrEZgn8exlYxTQ== 0000950123-11-001704.txt : 20110110 0000950123-11-001704.hdr.sgml : 20110110 20110110122937 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-001704 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110106 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20110110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TENNECO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001024725 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 760515284 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12387 FILM NUMBER: 11519380 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 NORTH FIELD DRIVE CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-482-50 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 N FIELD DR STREET 2: ROOM T 2560B CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW TENNECO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961011 8-K 1 c62143e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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 10, 2011 (January 6, 2011)
TENNECO INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-12387   76-0515284
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Incorporation)       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:
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
Tenneco Inc. completed its cash tender offer for and redemption of its outstanding $500 million 8 5/8 percent senior subordinated notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). The tender offer expired at 8:00 a.m., New York City time, on January 6, 2011. Including notes purchased in connection with the early settlement of the related consent solicitation in December 2010, Tenneco purchased a total of approximately $480 million in aggregate principal amount of 2014 Notes in the tender offer. On January 7, 2011, Tenneco redeemed the remaining approximately $20 million in aggregate principal amount of 2014 Notes that were not purchased in the tender offer.

 

 

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 10, 2011  By:   /s/ James D. Harrington    
    James D. Harrington   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
 

 

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