ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;

APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN

OFFICERS.

On September 18, 2020, upon the nomination of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Tenneco Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. John S. Stroup to serve as an independent member of the Board, effective immediately. At the time of the appointment, it was not determined whether Mr. Stroup would sit on any Board committee.

Since May 2020, Mr. Stroup, age 54, has served as the Executive Chairman of Belden Inc. ("Belden"), a global supplier of specialty networking solutions built around two global business platforms - Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Solutions. Prior to his role as Executive Chairman, Mr. Stroup had been the President and Chief Executive Officer. He has also been a member of the board of Belden since 2005. Prior to Belden, Mr. Stroup was employed by Danaher Corporation, a manufacturer of professional instrumentation, industrial technologies, and tools and components, since 2000. At Danaher, he initially served as Vice President, Business Development and was promoted to President of a division of Danaher's Motion Group and later to Group Executive of the Motion Group. Prior to his time at Danaher, he was Vice President of Marketing and General Manager with Scientific Technologies Inc. In addition to Belden, Mr. Stroup is a director of Rexnord Corporation. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of California-Berkeley.

Mr. Stroup will be compensated in accordance with the Company's standard compensation policies and practices for non-employee directors.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Stroup and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Stroup has no family relationships with any of the directors or executive officers of the Company. Mr. Stroup has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the matter described in Item 5.02 of this report is attached hereto and furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS






Exhibit
  No.       Description

99.1          Press release issued September 21, 2020

104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document).

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