EXHIBIT 4.1
SOLUTIA INC.
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
AS TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 15,
2009
PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF
SENIOR
DEBT SECURITIES IN SERIES
SOLUTIA INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND
INDENTURE, DATED AS OF ___________
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Trust
Indenture
Act
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Section 310
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609
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609
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608
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610
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Section 311
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613
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613
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Section 312
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701
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702
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702
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702
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Section 313
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703
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703
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703
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703
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Section 314
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704
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1006
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102
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102
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Section 315
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601, 603
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602
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703
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601
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601
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601, 603
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601
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601
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514
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Section 316
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512
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513
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507, 508
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512, 513
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Section 317
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503
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504
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1003
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Section 318
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107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
INFORMATION
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1
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SECTION
101
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION
102
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION
103
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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6
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SECTION
104
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Acts of
Holders
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7
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SECTION
105
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee and Company
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7
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SECTION
106
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver
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8
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SECTION
107
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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8
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SECTION
108
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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SECTION
109
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Successors and
Assigns
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8
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SECTION
110
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Separability
Clause
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8
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SECTION
111
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Benefits and
Designations of Indenture
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8
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SECTION
112
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Governing
Law
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8
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SECTION
113
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Legal
Holidays
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9
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SECTION
114
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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9
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SECTION
115
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Force
Majeure
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9
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION
201
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Forms
Generally
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SECTION
202
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Form of Face of
Security
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9
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SECTION
203
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Form of Reverse
of Security
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11
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SECTION
204
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Additional
Provisions Required in Book-Entry Security
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14
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SECTION
205
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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14
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ARTICLE
THREE THE SECURITIES
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SECTION
301
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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14
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SECTION
302
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Denominations
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SECTION
303
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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16
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SECTION
304
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Temporary
Securities
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SECTION
305
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Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION
306
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION
307
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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SECTION
308
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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SECTION
309
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Cancellation
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SECTION
310
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Computation of
Interest
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SECTION
311
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION
401
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION
402
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Application of
Trust Money; Indemnification
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SECTION
403
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Satisfaction,
Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any Series
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SECTION
404
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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SECTION
501
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Events of
Default
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SECTION
502
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION
503
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION
504
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION
505
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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SECTION
506
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Application of
Money Collected
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SECTION
507
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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SECTION
508
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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SECTION
509
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION
510
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION
511
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Control by
Holders
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SECTION
512
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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SECTION
513
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Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION
601
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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SECTION
602
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Notice of
Defaults
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SECTION
603
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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SECTION
604
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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SECTION
605
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May Hold
Securities and Serve as Trustee Under Other Indentures
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SECTION
606
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Money Held in
Trust
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SECTION
607
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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SECTION
608
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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SECTION
609
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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SECTION
610
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION
611
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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SECTION
612
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION
613
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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SECTION
614
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent
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SECTION
615
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Investment of
Certain Payments Held by the Trustee
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ARTICLE
SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND
COMPANY
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36
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SECTION
701
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Address of Holders
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36
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SECTION
702
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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SECTION
703
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Reports by
Trustee
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SECTION
704
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Reports by
Company
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ARTICLE
EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE
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SECTION
801
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION
802
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Securities to
be Secured in Certain Events
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38
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SECTION
803
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Successor
Substituted
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38
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION
901
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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38
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SECTION
902
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
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SECTION
903
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION
904
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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40
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SECTION
905
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION
906
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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40
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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SECTION
1001
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION
1002
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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41
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SECTION
1003
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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41
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SECTION
1004
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Statement as to
Compliance
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42
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SECTION
1005
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Corporate
Existence
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42
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SECTION
1006
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Defeasance of
Certain Obligations
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SECTION
1007
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants
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43
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SECTION
1008
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Statement by
Officers as to Default
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43
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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44
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SECTION
1101
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Applicability
of Article
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44
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SECTION
1102
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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44
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SECTION
1103
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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SECTION
1104
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Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION
1105
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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45
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SECTION
1106
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date
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45
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SECTION
1107
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE
TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION
1201
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Applicability
of Article
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46
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SECTION
1202
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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46
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SECTION
1203
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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46
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ARTICLE
THIRTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
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46
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SECTION
1301
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Exemption from
Individual Liability
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46
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iii
INDENTURE, dated as of________________ between
SOLUTIA INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at P.O. Box
66760, 575 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis,
Missouri 63166-6760, and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of its senior unsubordinated unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as
provided in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of
the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
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the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
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all other terms
used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein;
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all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the term
“generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of the
computation in the United States of America; and
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the words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
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“Act”, when used with respect to any
Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or
more series.
“Board of Directors” means either
the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Book-Entry Security” means a
Security in the form prescribed in Section 204 evidencing all or
part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such
series or its nominee, and registered in the name of that
Depositary or that nominee.
“Business Day”, when used with
respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated
by law to close.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after
the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing
and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Company” means the Person named as
the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” and “Company
Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or a Vice
Chairman or Vice President of the Company, and also by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant
Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets”
means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves and
other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (a) all
current liabilities (excluding any thereof constituting Funded Debt
by reason of being renewable or extendible) and (b) all goodwill,
trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and
expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most
recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
“Corporate Trust Office” means an
office of the Trustee for Securities of any series at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., at
the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 2 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, IL 60602,
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
“Debt” has the meaning specified in
Section 1008.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning
specified in Section 307.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more Book- Entry Securities, the Person
designated as Depositary for that series by the Company pursuant to
Section 301, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary
with respect to the Securities of such series.
“Event of Default” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Foreign Currency” means a currency
or cash issued by the government of any country other than the
United States of America or units based on or relating to such
currencies (including the Euro).
“Foreign Government Securities”
means, with respect to Securities of any series that are
denominated in a Foreign Currency, noncallable (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued such Foreign Currency for
the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is
pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government, the
payment of which obligations is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation of such government.
“Funded Debt” means all indebtedness
for money borrowed, or evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or
similar instrument or agreement whether or not for money borrowed,
having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of
which the amount thereof is to be determined or having a maturity
of less than 12 months but by its terms being renewable or
extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the
borrower, provided that this definition of Funded Debt shall be
deemed to include any commercial paper of the Company that is
accounted for as long-term debt on the Company’s balance
sheet.
“Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
“Indenture” shall also include the
forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Indexed Security” means any
Security that provides that the principal amount thereof payable at
Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount
thereof at original issuance.
“Industrial Development Bonds” means
obligations issued or guaranteed by, or supported by the full faith
and credit of, a State, a Commonwealth, a Territory, or a
possession of the United States of America, or any political
subdivision or governmental authority of any of the foregoing, or
the District of Columbia.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means
Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October
15, 2009, among the Company, Citibank, N.A. as agent, and the
subsidiaries of the Company parties thereto, as the same may be
amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or modified from time to
time.
“Interest”, when used with respect
to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used
with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Security.
“Maturity”, when used with respect
to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board,
the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written
opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee, who may be counsel
for the Company including employees of the Company.
“Original Issue Discount Security”
means any Security which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with
respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(i) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided, that if such Securities
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to Section 1104 of this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities which
have been defeased pursuant to Section 403 hereof; and
(iv) Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for
redemption or for any other purpose, and for the purpose of making
the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be
the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable
as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 502, (B) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency
units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original
issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security
(or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S.
dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of that Security
of the amount determined as provided in (A) above), (C) the
principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in
making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal
face amount of that Indexed Security at original issuance, unless
otherwise provided with respect to that Security pursuant to
Section 301,and (D) except for the purpose of making the
calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act,
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, and any premium
or interest on, any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with
respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places
where the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated
by Section 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor Security” of any
particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or
a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it
is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of
any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer” when used with
respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer in the corporate
trust department (or any successor group) of the Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and
shall also mean, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom the corporate trust matter is
referred at the Corporate Trust Office because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Securities” has the meaning stated
in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means
any Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
“Special Record Date” for the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with
respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation
of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the
terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of that corporation (regardless of whether or not at the time stock
of any other class or classes of that corporation shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the
Company or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the
Company and by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Term Loan Agreement”
means that certain $1,200,000,000 Credit Agreement dated
as of February 28, 2008, among Solutia Inc., a Delaware
corporation; each of the Lenders (as defined therein); Citibank,
N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, and as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties (as defined therein); Goldman Sachs
Credit Partners L.P., as syndication agent; Deutsche Bank AG, New
York Branch, as documentation agent as may be amended, restated or
replaced from time to time.
“Trustee” means the Person named as
the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which
this instrument was executed except as provided in Section 905;
provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“U.S. Government Obligations” means
direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged, or obligations of a person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States and the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States.
“United States” means the United
States of America excluding its territories and possessions, but
including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
“Vice President”, when used with
respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title “vice president”.
SECTION 102 Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each
such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the
Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and
any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include:
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that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
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a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
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a statement
that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
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a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
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SECTION 103 Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required
to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified
Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person
may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the
Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless
such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates,
statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent
firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a
statement that such firm is independent.
SECTION 104 Acts of
Holders.
(a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive
in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the
Trustee may determine.
(c) The ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105 Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any
Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the
Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Company, to the attention of the Treasurer, addressed to it at the
address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of
this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company for this purpose.
SECTION 106 Notice to
Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the
manner prescribed herein shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by that Holder, whether or not that Holder actually
receives such notice. Where this Indenture provides for notice in
any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107 Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is
required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture,
the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be
excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108 Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
SECTION 109 Successors and
Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 110 Separability
Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111 Benefits and
Designations of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture. Unless otherwise expressly stated in any
supplemental indenture hereto, this Indenture and any supplement
hereto is not intended to be and is not a refinancing or renewal of
the Term Loan Credit Agreement or the “Term Loan
Agreement” (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement).
SECTION 112 Governing
Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.
SECTION 113 Legal
Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security
shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any)
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity,
provided that no interest shall accrue for the intervening
period.
SECTION 114 Waiver of Jury
Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 115 Force
Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or
terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201 Forms
Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other
form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
SECTION 202 Form of Face of
Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal
Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
SOLUTIA INC.
NO. $
CUSIP
NO.
SOLUTIA INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to __________ or
registered assigns, the principal sum of __________ Dollars on
___________ [If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert—, and to pay interest thereon from ___________ or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ___________ and
___________ in each year, commencing ____________ , at the rate of
___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment [If applicable insert—, and (to the
extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable) at the rate of ___% per annum on any overdue principal
and premium]. [The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall be the _____________ or ____________ (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert— The principal of this Security shall not
bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of
principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity
and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium
shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent
that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the
date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for.
Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on
demand. [Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so
paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum
(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and [if applicable, insert— any such interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in _________, in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable,
insert—; provided, however, that at the option of the Company
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by
the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register,
provided that that Person shall have given the Trustee written wire
instructions at least five Business Days before the applicable
Interest Payment Date].
[If the Security is payable in a Foreign
Currency, insert — the appropriate provision.]
Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof
by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
BY____________________________________
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
SECTION 203 Form of Reverse
of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue
of securities of the Company (herein called the
“Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of __________ (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and [Name of
Trustee], as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”,
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the
face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $
].
[If applicable, insert— The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less
than 30 days’ notice by mail, such 30 days to be counted
from the date notice is mailed, [if applicable, insert—(1) on
____________ in any year commencing with the year ___ and ending
with the year ___ through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
and (2)] at any time [on or after ________ , 20 ], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company], at the following Redemption
Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [on or before ____________ , ___%, and if redeemed] during
the 12-month period beginning ______________ of the years
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at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable,
insert— (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert— The Securities of
this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30
days’ notice by mail, such 30 days to be counted from the
date notice is mailed, (1) on _________ in any year commencing with
the year ___ and ending with the year ___ through ___ operation of
the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [on or after __________ ], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the
table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period