Lake Forest, Illinois, May 18, 2011 – Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) announced at its annual meeting today that its shareholders re-elected Charles W. Cramb, Dennis J. Letham, Hari N. Nair, Roger B. Porter, David B. Price, Jr., Gregg M. Sherrill, Paul T. Stecko, Mitsunobu Takeuchi, and Jane L. Warner to the company’s board of directors. The directors have been re-elected to serve a term expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders.

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants for 2011; and, in advisory votes, approved the company’s executive compensation and annual future advisory votes on executive compensation.