8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):    JUNE 20, 2003


                             TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




           DELAWARE                    1-12387                   76-0515284
       (State or Other               (Commission                (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)       File Number)            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











ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

            On June 20, 2003, Tenneco Automotive Inc. announced the settling of
a private offering of $350,000,000 of Senior Secured Notes which was contained
in a press release, a copy of which is filed under Item 7 as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.


Exhibit No.        Description

99.1               Press release dated June 20, 2003.




                                   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 AUTOMOTIVE INC.


Date:    June 20, 2003                      By:
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                                                        Mark A. McCollum
                                                    Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer





EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number           Description

99.1             Press Release dated June 20, 2003.

EX-99.1

                                                       [TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE LOGO]

NEWS RELEASE


For Immediate Release


Contacts:     Jane Ostrander
              Media Relations
              847 482-5607
              jane.ostrander@tenneco-automotive.com

              Leslie Hunziker
              Investor Relations
              847 482-5042
              leslie.hunziker@tenneco-automotive.com




  TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE CLOSES ON OFFERING OF $350,000,000 OF SENIOR SECURED NOTES

Lake Forest, Illinois, June 20, 2003 - Tenneco Automotive Inc. (NYSE: TEN)
announced today that the company has settled on its private offering of
$350,000,000 of 10.25 percent Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2013.

The company used the proceeds of the transaction to repay approximately $199
million outstanding under the term loan A portion of its existing senior credit
facility, in direct order of maturity of the upcoming amortization payments; to
repay approximately $52 million outstanding under the term loan B and term loan
C portion of the facility, pro rata in direct order of maturity of the upcoming
amortization payments; and to repay outstanding borrowings under the revolving
credit portion of the facility without reducing the commitments.

The notes are senior secured obligations of Tenneco Automotive and will mature
July 15, 2013 with interest payable semi-annually beginning on January 15, 2004.
The notes are guaranteed by each Tenneco Automotive material domestic
wholly-owned subsidiary. The notes and guarantees are secured by a second
priority lien, subject to certain exceptions, on substantially all the assets of
Tenneco Automotive and of the subsidiary guarantors, respectively, that secure
obligations under the Tenneco Automotive senior credit facility.

After giving effect to the use of proceeds, the company expects the offering
will increase its annual interest expense by approximately $19 million. In the
second quarter of 2003, the company expects to expense approximately $5 million
of existing deferred debt issue cost as a result of retiring a portion of the
term loans under the senior credit facility.

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Tenneco Automotive offered the notes in reliance upon an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 for an offer and sale of
securities that does not involve a public offering. The notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. This
news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or
sale in any jurisdiction in which it would be unlawful.

Tenneco Automotive is a $3.5 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in
Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 19,600 employees worldwide. Tenneco
Automotive is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control
and exhaust systems and products, which are sold under the Monroe(R) and
Walker(R) global brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Monroe
Reflex(R) shocks and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(R)
mufflers and DynoMax(R) performance exhaust products, and Monroe(R) Clevite(R)
vibration control components.

This news release contains forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.



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