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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 1995
Registration No. 33-34595
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
TENNECO INC.
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DEREGISTRATION
The Registrant, Tenneco Inc., hereby removes from registration all securities
registered hereunder, including interests in the J. I. Case Company Guaranteed
Sharing Benefits and Tax Deferred Savings Plan, which remain unsold as of the
date hereof.
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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 registration
statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on this 28th day of
June, 1995.
TENNECO INC.
By DANA G. MEAD
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Dana G. Mead
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement or Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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DANA G. MEAD Principal Executive Officer June 28, 1995
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Dana G. Mead
ROBERT T. BLAKELY Principal Financial and June 28, 1995
- --------------------- Accounting Officer
Robert T. Blakely
Mark Andrews, W. Michael Directors June 28, 1995
Blumenthal, M. Kathryn Eickhoff,
Peter T. Flawn, Henry U. Harris,
Belton K. Johnson, Joseph J. Sisco
By M. W. MEYER
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Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
THE PLAN
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the J. I. Case
Company Guaranteed Sharing Benefits and Tax Deferred Savings Plan has duly
caused this Registration Statement or Amendment to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Racine, State of
Wisconsin, on the 28th day of June, 1995.
J. I. CASE COMPANY GUARANTEED
SHARING BENEFITS AND TAX
DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN
By MARC J. CASTOR
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Marc J. Castor
Vice President
Case Corporation
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