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 20, 2015 (January 14, 2015)

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)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On January 14, 2015, Tenneco Inc. appointed John E. Kunz, currently the company’s Vice President, Treasurer and Tax, to become the company’s Vice President and Controller effective March 1, 2015. Mr. Kunz, 50, will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer with responsibility for the company’s corporate accounting and financial reporting globally. Mr. Kunz has been Vice President, Treasurer and Tax since 2006, having joined Tenneco in 2004 as Vice President, Treasurer. Paul D. Novas, the company’s current Vice President and Controller, will become Vice President, Finance effective March 1, 2015, responsible for the treasury and tax departments and business development.

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 20, 2015	By:	/s/ James D. Harrington
		James D. Harrington
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel
		and Corporate Secretary