8-K

TENNECO INC.

Date: April 20, 2015

/s/ James D. Harrington

James D. Harrington

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

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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): April 20, 2015 (April 17, 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 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 17, 2015, Tenneco Inc. announced financial guidance in advance of its first quarter earnings announcement. Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K presents the company’s press release, as released by the company on April 17, 2015, and such Exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. Exhibit 99.1 also includes information regarding the company’s scheduled first quarter 2015 earnings release and conference call to discuss the company’s results of operations for the first quarter 2015.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release issued April 17, 2015

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.