LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, July 28, 2011 – Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) will participate in the Jefferies 2011 Global Industrial and A&D Conference to be held in New York on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Tenneco’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ken Trammell, will present at 9:00 am ET.

The company's presentation will be webcast and can be accessed by going to the "Financial/Investors" portion of its web site at www.tenneco.com. A copy of the slides also will be available under the “Events and Presentations” tab in this section of the web site. A replay of the webcast will be available through September 9, 2011.

Tenneco is a $5.9 billion global manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 22,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment markets and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe®, Walker®, Gillet™ and Clevite®Elastomer brand names.

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Jane Ostrander
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