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Tenneco Board Declares First Quarter Dividend

13 January 1998

Tenneco Board Declares First Quarter Dividend

    GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 13 -- Tenneco announced
today that its board of directors has declared a regular first quarter
dividend of 30 cents per share on its common stock.  The dividend is payable
on March 10, 1998 to stockholders of record at the close of business on
February 27, 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, Inc.