Edgar Filing: TENNECO INC

TENNECO INC.

Date: April 27, 2018

/s/ Brandon B. Smith

Brandon B. Smith

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Form 8-K

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): April 27, 2018

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:

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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).

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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 April 27, 2018, Tenneco Inc. (the “Company”) announced changes to its reportable segments that were implemented in the first quarter of 2018. The Company’s financial results will now be presented as three reportable segments: Clean Air, Ride Performance and Aftermarket. Accordingly, effective for the first quarter of 2018, the Company’s reportable segments for financial reporting purposes will consist of these three segments. Attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release announcing these changes. Exhibit 99.1 also includes selected supplemental financial information related to the Company’s previously issued historical financial information that is revised on a basis that is consistent with the reorganization of the Company’s reportable segments.

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


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release dated April 27, 2018

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.