1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 1, 1998 REGISTRATION NO. 333-17487 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------------ TENNECO INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE ISSUER: 76-0515284 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1275 KING STREET GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06831 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) ------------------------------ TENNECO 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN FOR CHIPPEWA FALLS (Full Title of the Plan) KARL A. STEWART VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY TENNECO INC. 1275 KING STREET GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06831 (Name and address of agent for service) TELEPHONE: (203) 863-1000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------------ ================================================================================ 2 REMOVAL OF SHARES FROM REGISTRATION This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-17487 ("Amendment") is being filed by Tenneco Inc. (formerly known as New Tenneco Inc.) (the "Registrant") for the purpose of removing from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 2,100 shares (the "Unissued Shares") of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and the associated preferred share purchase rights attached thereto ("Common Stock"), previously registered for issuance under the Tenneco 401(k) Savings Plan for Chippewa Falls (the "Chippewa Plan"). Effective as of December 31, 1997, the Chippewa Plan merged ("Merger") with and into the Tenneco Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees ("Hourly Thrift Plan") and thus, after such date, no shares of Common Stock will be issued pursuant to the Chippewa Plan. Accordingly, Registration Statement No. 333-17487 is hereby amended to remove from registration 2,100 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant originally covered by such Registration Statement for issuance under the Chippewa Plan. This Amendment does not affect the registration of: (i) the other 462,000 shares of Common Stock registered under Registration Statement No. 333-17487 for issuance under the Hourly Thrift Plan and the Tenneco Thrift Plan ("Salaried Thrift Plan"); (ii) the 395,000 shares of Common Stock registered under Registration Statement No. 333-27281 for issuance under the Salaried Thrift Plan and the Hourly Thrift Plan; (iii) the 64,000 shares of Common Stock registered in connection with the merger of the Tenneco Packaging 401(k) Savings Plan with and into the Hourly Thrift Plan under Registration Statement No. 333-27279; (iv) the 5,000 shares of Common Stock registered in connection with the merger of the Clevite Bargaining Unit Investment Plan with and into the Hourly Thrift Plan and the merger of the Pullman Employees Investment Plan with and into the Salaried Thrift Plan under Registration Statement No. 333-30933; (v) the 2,100 shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Hourly Thrift Plan in connection with the Merger of the Chippewa Plan with and into the Hourly Thrift Plan under Registration Statement No. 333-41537; or (vi) the 710,000 shares of Common Stock registered under Registration Statement No. 333-48777 for issuance under the Salaried Thrift Plan and Hourly Thrift Plan. 3 SIGNATURES The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwich, State of Connecticut, on this 31st day of March, 1998. TENNECO INC. By /s/ DANA G. MEAD ------------------------------------ Dana G. Mead Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 31st day of March, 1998. SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ DANA G. MEAD Principal Executive Officer - ----------------------------------------------------- and Director Dana G. Mead /s/ ROBERT T. BLAKELY Principal Financial and - ----------------------------------------------------- Accounting Officer Robert T. Blakely Mark Andrews, W. Michael Blumenthal, Directors M. Kathryn Eickhoff, Peter T. Flawn, Henry U. Harris, Jr., Belton K. Johnson, Sir David Plastow, William L. Weiss, Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. By: /s/ THEODORE R. TETZLAFF - ---------------------------------------------------- Theodore R. Tetzlaff Attorney-in-fact 4 SIGNATURES The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Committee appointed under the Tenneco 401(k) Savings Plan for Chippewa Falls has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwich, State of Connecticut, on this 31st day of March, 1998. TENNECO 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN FOR CHIPPEWA FALLS By /s/ DANA G. MEAD ------------------------------------ Dana G. Mead Chairman of Tenneco Inc. Benefits Committee