TENNECO INC. Shares of Common Stock Underwriting AgreementTenneco Inc • November 19th, 2009 • Motor vehicle parts & accessories • New York
Tenneco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,800,000 shares, of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company. The aggregate of 12,000,000 shares to be sold by the Company is herein called the “Underwritten Shares” and the aggregate of 1,800,000 additional shares to be sold by the Company is herein called the “Option Shares”. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”.
