LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, April 28, 2011 – Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) will participate in the Wells Fargo Securities 2011 Industrial and Construction Conference to be held in New York on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Tenneco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gregg Sherrill, will present at 10:20 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 June 10, 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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CONTACT:
Jane Ostrander
Media Inquiries
jostrander@tenneco.com
847 482-5607

Linae Golla
Investor Inquiries
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847 482-5162