Edgar Filing: TENNECO INC

TENNECO INC.

Date: October 23, 2014

/s/ James D. Harrington

James D. Harrington

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

8-K

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): October 23, 2014 (October 23, 2014)

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 October 23, 2014, Tenneco Inc. announced that the company has made a change in its executive team. Josep Fornos, executive vice president, Ride Performance, has assumed the position of executive vice president, Clean Air. He replaces Neal Yanos who is leaving Tenneco. The change is effective immediately. A replacement to lead the Ride Performance division has not yet been named. In the interim, the Ride Performance businesses will report directly to Hari Nair, Tenneco’s chief operating officer.

The company’s press release announcing these changes, dated October 23, 2014, 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


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release issued October 23, 2014

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.