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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 24, 2021

 

 

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

TEN

New York Stock Exchange

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 


 

Item 2.02          Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On February 24, 2021, Tenneco Inc. announced its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results of operations. Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K presents the company’s press release, including the company’s consolidated statements of income, balance sheets and statements of cash flows as of and for the periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, as released by the company on February 24, 2021, and such Exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. Exhibit 99.1 also includes information regarding the company’s scheduled conference call to discuss the company’s results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020, as well as other matters that may impact the company’s outlook.

 

The information furnished under Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall otherwise be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued February 24, 2021

104

 

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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: February 24, 2021

 

By:

 

/s/ Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

 

 

 

 

and Corporate Secretary