Common use of Investment Options Clause in Contracts

Investment Options. Tenneco Common Stock shall not be offered as an investment option with respect to contributions made after the Distribution Date by the Packaging Group employees to the thrift plans of the Packaging Group. The sponsor of each of the Tenneco DC Plan and the Automotive Thrift Plan shall cause the plan to afford each participant therein, for a period of at least 90 days following the Distribution Date, an election to sell the Common Stock of the entities held in the plan's stock fund which does not directly or indirectly employ him or her immediately following the Distribution Date. From and after the Distribution Date employer stock contributions with respect to Packaging Group employees shall be in Packaging Common Stock and employer stock contributions with respect to the Automotive Group employees shall be in Tenneco Common Stock.

Investment Options. Tenneco Common Stock shall not be offered as ------------------ an investment option with respect to contributions made after the Distribution Date by the Packaging Group employees to the thrift plans of the Packaging Group. The sponsor of each of the Tenneco DC Plan and the Automotive Thrift Plan shall cause the plan to afford each participant therein, for a period of at least 90 days following the Distribution Date, an election to sell the Common Stock of the entities held in the plan's stock fund which does not directly or indirectly employ him or her immediately following the Distribution Date. From and after the Distribution Date employer stock contributions with respect to Packaging Group employees shall be in Packaging Common Stock and employer stock contributions with respect to the Automotive Group employees shall be in Tenneco Common Stock.

Investment Options. Tenneco Common Stock shall not be offered as ------------------ an investment option with respect to contributions made after the Distribution Date by the Packaging Group employees to the thrift plans of the Packaging Group. The sponsor of each of the Tenneco DC Plan and the Automotive Thrift Plan shall cause the plan to afford each participant therein, for a period of at least 90 days following the Distribution Date, an election to sell the Common Stock of the entities held in the plan's stock fund which does not directly or indirectly employ him or her immediately following the Distribution Date. From and after the Distribution Date employer stock contributions with respect to Packaging Group employees shall be in Packaging Common Stock and employer stock contributions with respect to the Automotive Group employees shall be in Tenneco Common Stock.. TENNECO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Investment Options. Tenneco Common Stock shall not be offered as an investment option with respect to contributions made after the Distribution Date by the Packaging Group employees to the thrift plans of the Packaging Group. The sponsor of each of the Tenneco DC Plan and the Automotive Thrift Plan shall cause the plan to afford each participant therein, for a period of at least 90 days following the Distribution Date, an election to sell the Common Stock of the entities held in the plan's stock fund which does not directly or indirectly employ him or her immediately following the Distribution Date. From 77 and after the Distribution Date employer stock contributions with respect to Packaging Group employees shall be in Packaging Common Stock and employer stock contributions with respect to the Automotive Group employees shall be in Tenneco Common Stock.