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Tenneco Shareowners Meeting Will Be May 12 In Greenwich

13 January 1998

Tenneco Shareowners Meeting Will Be May 12 In Greenwich

    GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 13 -- Tenneco announced today that its
board of directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of
shareowners for 10:30 a.m. (eastern time), Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at the
company's corporate headquarters, 1275 King Street, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
    The record date for shareowners to vote at the meeting is March 20, 1998.
    Tenneco is a $7 billion global manufacturing company headquartered in
Greenwich, Conn., with 50,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco Automotive is one
of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control products and
exhaust systems, which are marketed with the Monroe(R)and Walker(R) brand
names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Rancho(R)shock absorbers,
Quiet-Flow(TM) mufflers and DynoMax(R) performance mufflers, and Monroe
Clevite(TM) vibration control components. Tenneco Packaging is among the
world's leading and most diversified packaging companies. Among its products
are Hefty(R) trash bags, Hefty One Zip(R)and Baggies(R) food storage bags and
E-Z Foil(R) single-use aluminum cookware and Diamond(R) tableware.
    For more information about Tenneco, visit the Tenneco website at
http://www.tenneco.com.

SOURCE  Tenneco