Edgar Filing: TENNECO INC

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on <mtgdate>. May 18, 2011 Meeting Information TENNECO INC. Meeting Type: Annual Meeting <mtgtype> For holders as of: March 21, 2011 <recdate> Date: May 18, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM CDT <mtgtime> A Location: Tenneco Headquarters 500 North Field Drive C Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 BARCODE You are receiving this communication because you hold TENNECO INC. shares in the above named company. 500 N. FIELD DRIVE LAKE FOREST, IL 60045 ATN: JAMES D. HARRINGTON This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an Investor Address Line 1 overview of the more complete proxy materials that are 15 12 1 available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy Investor Address Line 2 Investor Address Line 3 OF materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a Investor Address Line 4 paper copy (see reverse side). Investor Address Line 5 2 R1.0.0.11699 John Sample We encourage you to access and review all of the important 1234 ANYWHERE STREET information contained in the proxy materials before voting. ANY CITY, ON A1A 1A1 1 See the reverse side of this notice to obtain 0000098337 proxy materials and voting instructions. Broadridge Internal Use Only Job # Envelope # Sequence # # of # Sequence #

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Voting items The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: The Board of Directors recommends you 1. Election of Directors vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal: Nominees 01 Charles W. Cramb 4 Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. 02 Dennis J. Letham BARCODE 03 Hari N. Nair NOTE: In the discretion of the Proxies named herein, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come 04 Roger B. Porter before the meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). 05 David B. Price, Jr. 06 Gregg M. Sherrill 07 Paul T. Stecko 08 Mitsunobu Takeuchi 09 Jane L. Warner The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3. 2 Approve appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as 3 independent public accountants for 2011. ® 0000 0000 0000 0000098337_3 R1.0.0.11699 Broadridge Internal Use Only 3 Approve executive compensation in an xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx advisory vote. Cusip Job # Envelope # Sequence # # of # Sequence #

Reserved for Broadridge Internal Control Information NAME THE COMPANY NAME INC. — COMMON 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS A 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS B 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS C 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS D 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS E 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — CLASS F 123,456,789,012.12345 THE COMPANY NAME INC. — 401 K 123,456,789,012.12345 R1.0.0.11699 4 0000098337 Broadridge Internal Use Only Job # THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR SIGNATURES IF APPLICABLE Envelope # Sequence # # of # Sequence #