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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TENNECO INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0515284</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Lake Forest, Illinois</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan,<BR>
as Amended and Restated Effective March&nbsp;11, 2009</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James Harrington<BR>
Vice President of Law<BR>
500 North Field Drive<BR>
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(847)&nbsp;482-5000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>with a copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jodi A. Simala<BR>
Mayer Brown LLP<BR>
71 South Wacker Drive<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60606<BR>
(312)&nbsp;782-0600</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.01
per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>2,300,000 shares <B>(3)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13,133,000</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">733.00</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall, in accordance with Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), be deemed to cover such additional shares as may be
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)(1) of Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act and computed on the basis of
the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, as
reported on The New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to
register additional shares issuable under the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), as to which Plan shares were previously registered under the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-142475).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E for Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of
Tenneco Inc. (&#147;Tenneco&#148;) on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-142475 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), are
incorporated herein by reference. The Registration Statement covers 2,300,000 additional shares of
common stock issuable under the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

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    <TD>Tenneco&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Tenneco&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>Tenneco&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated January&nbsp;13, 2009, February&nbsp;5,
2009, February&nbsp;5, 2009, February&nbsp;5, 2009, February&nbsp;23, 2009, March&nbsp;13, 2009, March&nbsp;16,
2009, May&nbsp;14, 2009 and May&nbsp;15, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Tenneco&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value, contained in
Tenneco&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File No.&nbsp;1-12387) originally filed with
the Commission on October&nbsp;30, 1996, including all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating the description included therein.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Tenneco with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) prior to the
filing by Tenneco of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold, or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statements so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit&nbsp;Index attached hereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by any registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of that registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted against a registrant by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Tenneco Inc. certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of Illinois, on
May 20, 2009.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">TENNECO INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Kenneth R. Trammell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Name: Kenneth R. Trammell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears immediately below
constitutes and appoints Gregg M. Sherrill, Kenneth R. Trammell and Paul D. Novas, and each or any
one of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection therewith and all instruments necessary, appropriate or advisable to enable Tenneco to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and other federal and state securities laws, in connection
with the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan and to file any such documents or instruments
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, on
May 20, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gregg M. Sherrill<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregg M. Sherrill
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Kenneth R. Trammell<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth R. Trammell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Paul D. Novas<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul D. Novas
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller<BR>
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Charles W. Cramb<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles W. Cramb
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dennis J. Letham<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis J. Letham
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Frank E. Macher<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank E. Macher
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Hari N. Nair<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hari N. Nair
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Roger B. Porter<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger B. Porter
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David B. Price, Jr.<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David B. Price, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Paul T. Stecko<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul T. Stecko
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Mitsunobu Takeuchi<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mitsunobu Takeuchi
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jane L. Warner<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jane L. Warner
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective
March&nbsp;11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of Tenneco&#146;s Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on March&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP regarding unaudited financial information.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TENNECO INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
76-0515284
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
500 North Field Drive
Lake Forest, Illinois
60045
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan,
as Amended and Restated Effective March 11, 2009
(Full title of the plan)
James Harrington
Vice President of Law
500 North Field Drive
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
(Name and address of agent for service)
(847) 482-5000
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Jodi A. Simala
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 782-0600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Maximum
Title of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered (1)
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01
per share
2,300,000 shares
(3)
$
5.71
$
13,133,000
$
733.00
(1)
This Registration Statement shall, in accordance with Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), be deemed to cover such additional shares as may be
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act and computed on the basis of
the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the Registrant's common stock, as
reported on The New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2009.
(3)
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to
register additional shares issuable under the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), as to which Plan shares were previously registered under the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-142475).
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-15
EX-23.1
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
Pursuant to General Instruction E for Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of
Tenneco Inc. ("Tenneco") on Form S-8, File No. 333-142475 (the "Prior Registration Statement"), are
incorporated herein by reference. The Registration Statement covers 2,300,000 additional shares of
common stock issuable under the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
Tenneco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
(b)
Tenneco's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
(c)
Tenneco's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated January 13, 2009, February 5,
2009, February 5, 2009, February 5, 2009, February 23, 2009, March 13, 2009, March 16,
2009, May 14, 2009 and May 15, 2009.
(d)
The description of Tenneco's common stock, $0.01 par value, contained in
Tenneco's Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 1-12387) originally filed with
the Commission on October 30, 1996, including all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating the description included therein.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Tenneco with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") prior to the
filing by Tenneco of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold, or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statements so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by any registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of that registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted against a registrant by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Tenneco Inc. certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of Illinois, on
May 20, 2009.
TENNECO INC.
By:
/s/ Kenneth R. Trammell
Name: Kenneth R. Trammell
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears immediately below
constitutes and appoints Gregg M. Sherrill, Kenneth R. Trammell and Paul D. Novas, and each or any
one of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection therewith and all instruments necessary, appropriate or advisable to enable Tenneco to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and other federal and state securities laws, in connection
with the Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan and to file any such documents or instruments
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, on
May 20, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gregg M. Sherrill
Gregg M. Sherrill
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Kenneth R. Trammell
Kenneth R. Trammell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Paul D. Novas
Paul D. Novas
Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Charles W. Cramb
Charles W. Cramb
Director
/s/ Dennis J. Letham
Dennis J. Letham
Director
/s/ Frank E. Macher
Frank E. Macher
Director
/s/ Hari N. Nair
Hari N. Nair
Director
/s/ Roger B. Porter
Roger B. Porter
Director
/s/ David B. Price, Jr.
David B. Price, Jr.
Director
/s/ Paul T. Stecko
Paul T. Stecko
Director
/s/ Mitsunobu Takeuchi
Mitsunobu Takeuchi
Director
/s/ Jane L. Warner
Jane L. Warner
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Document
5.1
Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, as to the validity of the securities.
10.1
Tenneco Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective
March 11, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of Tenneco's Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on March 31, 2009).
15
Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding unaudited financial information.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).