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-----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, ApTpJxcdqgANgjMZhWY/twNB4pKu8vSH/GrB79+YnMNDAEMwr7RdoVmmEsmo2LFm Z8iC0Y//YV3JMQ+ohLyHBw== 0001181431-07-063009.txt : 20071019 0001181431-07-063009.hdr.sgml : 20071019 20071019181701 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-07-063009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071017 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071019 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071019 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LETHAM DENNIS J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001217119 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12387 FILM NUMBER: 071181957 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 2245218601 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC STREET 2: 2301 PATRIOT BLVD CITY: GLENVIEW STATE: IL ZIP: 60026 3 1 rrd174734.xml X0202 3 2007-10-17 0 0001024725 TENNECO INC TEN 0001217119 LETHAM DENNIS J C/O ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 2301 PATRIOT BLVD GLENVIEW IL 60026 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 0 D /s/ David A. Wardell, Attorney-in-fact for Dennis J. Letham 2007-10-19 EX-99.1 2 rrd154862_175480.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd154862_175480.html

Exhibit 99.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY
AND
CONFIRMING STATEMENT

      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby designate, appoint, and constitute, and hereby confirm the designation, appointment and constitution of, each of David A. Wardell, J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, Anne E. Frueh, Horace V. Draa and James D. Harrington as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file on my behalf all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that I may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange as a result of my direct or indirect ownership of, or transactions in, securities of Tenneco Inc. or its subsidiary companies. I hereby further grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent all full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or my substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of the power and authority granted hereunder to each attorney-in-fact. The authority of David A. Wardell, J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, Anne E. Frueh, Horace V. Draa and James D. Harrington under this Power of Attorney and Confirming Statement shall continue until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to my direct or indirect ownership of or transactions in securities of Tenneco Inc. or its subsidiary companies.

        I hereby acknowledge that David A. Wardell, J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, Anne E. Frueh, Horace V. Draa and James D. Harrington are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Se curities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Date: October 17, 2007

Signed: /s/Dennis J. Letham
            Dennis J. Letham

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