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 18, 2013 (January 16, 2013)

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

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:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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 16, 2013, Tenneco Inc. announced that it had expanded its board of directors to nine members and that Thomas C. Freyman, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Abbott Laboratories had been elected to the company’s board of directors by action of the board of directors on that date. Mr. Freyman was also appointed to the company’s Audit Committee. Mr. Freyman’s election is described in the company’s press release, dated January 16, 2013, 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

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued January 16, 2013

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 18, 2013	By:	/s/ James D. Harrington
		James D. Harrington
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel
		and Corporate Secretary