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): December 22, 2014 (December 19, 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
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| ITEM 8.01 | OTHER EVENTS. |
Tenneco Inc. completed its cash tender offer for and redemption of its outstanding $225 million 7 3/4 percent Senior Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). The tender offer expired at 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on December 19, 2014. Including 2018 Notes purchased in connection with the early settlement of the related consent solicitation on December 5, 2014, Tenneco purchased a total of approximately $181 million in aggregate principal amount of 2018 Notes in the tender offer. On December 22, 2014, Tenneco redeemed the remaining approximately $44 million in aggregate principal amount of 2018 Notes that were not purchased in the tender offer.
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: December 22, 2014 |
By: | /s/ James D. Harrington | ||||
| James D. Harrington | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||