Lake Forest, Illinois, April 12, 2012 – Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) plans to issue its first quarter 2012 earnings release before the market opens on Monday, April 30, 2012, and hold a conference call the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET. The purpose of the call is to discuss the company’s results of operations for the last fiscal quarter, as well as provide updated information regarding matters impacting the company’s outlook.

 

News Release: Before the market opens on Monday, April 30, 2012. The news release will be sent by email to the Tenneco investor distribution list and will be available on First Call, Business Wire and the Tenneco website.

 

Conference Call: Monday, April 30, 2012

The conference call will be hosted by Gregg Sherrill, chairman and chief executive officer, Hari Nair, chief operating officer and Ken Trammell, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

 

Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern time,

              9:00 a.m. Central time

 

Phone Numbers: 888-603-9618 (domestic)

                                 517-308-9002 (international)

 

Pass Code: TENNECO

 

Conference Leader: Linae Golla

 

Call Playback: Available one hour following completion of the call on Monday, April 30, 2012, through May 30, 2012. Call 800-877-2672 (domestic) or 203-369-3376 (international).

 

Website Broadcast: www.tenneco.com

For a “listen only” broadcast, go to the company’s website and select the “Financial/Investors” page. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of this webcast will be available on the Tenneco website through May 30, 2012.

 

Accompanying slides will also be available in the investor section of our website.

 

2012 Earnings Release Dates

Tenneco Inc. plans to hold its 2012 quarterly earnings conference calls:

 Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. ET - second quarter

 Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. ET - third quarter

 

Tenneco is a $7.2 billion global manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 24,000 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.

 

 

Contact:

Linae Golla

Investor inquiries

847 482-5162

lgolla@tenneco.com

 

Bill Dawson

Media inquiries

847 482-5807

bdawson@tenneco.com