-----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, RImNSjYbgMzymNgHKhxiVwmnDNvsPyMlR056xrzoEqQ9GYLe2UEjUmlrCVJxgMnH CEPtIN3gQINC6tVguE7dhA== 0000950137-03-004035.txt : 20030730 0000950137-03-004035.hdr.sgml : 20030730 20030730122754 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-03-004035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030730 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030730 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE 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: 03810704 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: NEW TENNECO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961011 8-K 1 c78608e8vk.txt CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): JULY 30, 2003 TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE 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 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. On July 30, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing the resignation of Mark McCollum, senior vice president and chief financial officer. This press release, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is incorporated herein by this reference. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press release dated July 30, 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: July 30, 2003 By: s /KENNETH R. TRAMMELL/ ----------------------------------- KENNETH R. TRAMMELL Vice President and Controller EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description Number 99.1 Press Release dated July 30, 2003, announcing the resignation of Mark McCollum, senior vice president and chief financial officer. EX-99.1 3 c78608exv99w1.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED JULY 30, 2003 EXHIBIT 99.1 news release [TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE LOGO] 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 ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF CFO Lake Forest, Illinois, July 29, 2003 -- Tenneco Automotive (NYSE: TEN) announced today that Mark McCollum, senior vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company for an opportunity outside the automotive industry. Kenneth Trammell, the company's vice president, controller and principal accounting officer, has been named interim chief financial officer. Mr. McCollum has accepted the position of senior vice president and chief accounting officer with Halliburton, a $13 billion supplier to the petroleum and energy industries, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Mr. McCollum's resignation is effective August 15, 2003, by which time the company will have completed and filed its Form 10-Q for the second quarter. The company has initiated a process to select a successor to Mr. McCollum, which will consider both internal and external candidates. "Mark McCollum has played an integral role in helping set the strategic direction for Tenneco Automotive since it became a stand-alone entity nearly four years ago," said Mark P. Frissora, chairman and CEO, Tenneco Automotive. -More- "He has helped strengthen Tenneco Automotive's relationships with its lenders, the rating agencies and financial analysts. He also established a highly effective and disciplined corporate finance organization worldwide. I know that the entire Tenneco Automotive team joins me in sincerely thanking Mark for his contributions and wishing him much success with Halliburton in his native Texas." Mr. Trammell joined Tenneco Inc. in 1996 as assistant controller and was promoted to the position of corporate controller the following year. Since joining Tenneco, he has been responsible for accounting, planning and analysis, financial reporting and audit coordination. When Tenneco Automotive became a stand-alone entity in November 1999, Mr. Trammell was named vice president and controller. Externally, Mr. Trammell is a member of Financial Executives International's Committee on Corporate Reporting, a group of Fortune 500 controllers that, among other things, monitors, reviews and establishes positions on financial accounting pronouncements. 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. ### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----