Tenneco Automotive to Webcast Presentation at Banc of America Securities 35th Annual Investment Conference

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sept. 15 -- Tenneco Automotive will participate in the Banc of America Securities 35th Annual Investment Conference to be held in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, September 20, 2005. Mark Frissora, the company's chairman and chief executive officer, will present at 8:30 a.m. PT.

Tenneco Automotive's audio-only presentation will be webcast and can be accessed by going to the "Financial" portion of the company's web site at http://www.tenneco-automotive.com/ . A replay of this webcast will be available on the Tenneco Automotive web site through October 20, 2005.

Tenneco Automotive is a $4.2 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois, and approximately 18,400 employees worldwide. Tenneco Automotive is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control and exhaust systems and products, which are sold under the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) global brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Monroe(R) Reflex(R) shocks and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(R) mufflers and DynoMax(R) performance exhaust products, and Monroe(R) Clevite(R) vibration control components.