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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

 

SOLUTIA INC.

 

TO

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

AS TRUSTEE

 

_______________

 

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 ___________ ___ _____

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

 

 

Indenture

Section

 

Section 310

(a)(1)

 

 

609

 

 

(a)(2)

 

 

609

 

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(b)

 

 

608

 

 

 

 

 

610

 

Section 311

(a)

 

 

613

 

 

(b)

 

 

613

 

Section 312

(a)

 

 

701

 

 

 

 

 

702

 

 

(b)

 

 

702

 

 

(c)

 

 

702

 

Section 313

(a)

 

 

703

 

 

(b)

 

 

703

 

 

(c)

 

 

703

 

 

(d)

 

 

703

 

Section 314

(a)

 

 

704

 

 

(a)(4)

 

 

1006

 

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(c)(1)

 

 

102

 

 

(c)(2)

 

 

102

 

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(d)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(e)

 

 

102

 

Section 315

(a)

 

 

601, 603

 

 

(b)

 

 

602

 

 

 

 

 

703

 

 

(c)

 

 

601

 

 

(d)

 

 

601

 

 

(d)(1)

 

 

601, 603

 

 

(d)(2)

 

 

601

 

 

(d)(3)

 

 

601

 

 

(e)

 

 

514

 

Section 316

(a)(1)(A)

 

 

512

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

 

513

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(b)

 

 

507, 508

 

 

(c)

 

 

512, 513

 

Section 317

(a)(1)

 

 

503

 

 

(a)(2)

 

 

504

 

 

(b)

 

 

1003

 

Section 318

(a)

 

 

107

 

 

Note:  This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL INFORMATION

 

 

1

 

SECTION 101

Definitions

 

 

1

 

SECTION 102

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

6

 

SECTION 103

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

 

 

6

 

SECTION 104

Acts of Holders

 

 

7

 

SECTION 105

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

 

 

7

 

SECTION 106

Notice to Holders; Waiver

 

 

8

 

SECTION 107

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

8

 

SECTION 108

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

8

 

SECTION 109

Successors and Assigns

 

 

8

 

SECTION 110

Separability Clause

 

 

8

 

SECTION 111

Benefits and Designations of Indenture

 

 

8

 

SECTION 112

Governing Law

 

 

8

 

SECTION 113

Legal Holidays

 

 

9

 

SECTION 114

Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

9

 

SECTION 115

Force Majeure

 

 

9

 

 

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS

 

 

9

 

SECTION 201

Forms Generally

 

 

9

 

SECTION 202

Form of Face of Security

 

 

9

 

SECTION 203

Form of Reverse of Security

 

 

11

 

SECTION 204

Additional Provisions Required in Book-Entry Security

 

 

14

 

SECTION 205

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

 

14

 

 

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES

 

 

14

 

SECTION 301

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

 

 

14

 

SECTION 302

Denominations

 

 

16

 

SECTION 303

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

 

 

16

 

SECTION 304

Temporary Securities

 

 

18

 

SECTION 305

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

18

 

SECTION 306

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

 

 

19

 

SECTION 307

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

 

 

20

 

SECTION 308

Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

21

 

SECTION 309

Cancellation

 

 

21

 

SECTION 310

Computation of Interest

 

 

21

 

SECTION 311

CUSIP Numbers

 

 

21

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

21

 

SECTION 401

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

21

 

SECTION 402

Application of Trust Money; Indemnification

 

 

22

 

SECTION 403

Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any Series

 

 

23

 

SECTION 404

Reinstatement

 

 

24

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES

 

 

24

 

SECTION 501

Events of Default

 

 

24

 

SECTION 502

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

 

25

 

SECTION 503

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

 

 

26

 

SECTION 504

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

27

 

SECTION 505

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

 

 

27

 

SECTION 506

Application of Money Collected

 

 

27

 

SECTION 507

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

28

 

SECTION 508

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

28

 

SECTION 509

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

28

 

SECTION 510

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

29

 

SECTION 511

Control by Holders

 

 

29

 

SECTION 512

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

29

 

SECTION 513

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

29

 

 

 

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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE

 

 

30

 

SECTION 601

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

30

 

SECTION 602

Notice of Defaults

 

 

30

 

SECTION 603

Certain Rights of Trustee

 

 

30

 

SECTION 604

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

 

 

31

 

SECTION 605

May Hold Securities and Serve as Trustee Under Other Indentures

 

 

31

 

SECTION 606

Money Held in Trust

 

 

32

 

SECTION 607

Compensation and Reimbursement

 

 

32

 

SECTION 608

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

 

 

32

 

SECTION 609

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

 

 

32

 

SECTION 610

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

 

 

33

 

SECTION 611

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

 

 

34

 

SECTION 612

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

 

 

34

 

SECTION 613

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

35

 

SECTION 614

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

 

 

35

 

SECTION 615

Investment of Certain Payments Held by the Trustee

 

 

36

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

 

36

 

SECTION 701

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Address of Holders

 

 

36

 

SECTION 702

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

 

 

37

 

SECTION 703

Reports by Trustee

 

 

37

 

SECTION 704

Reports by Company

 

 

37

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

37

 

SECTION 801

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

37

 

SECTION 802

Securities to be Secured in Certain Events

 

 

38

 

SECTION 803

Successor Substituted

 

 

38

 

 

ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

38

 

SECTION 901

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

 

 

38

 

SECTION 902

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

 

 

39

 

SECTION 903

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

40

 

SECTION 904

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

40

 

SECTION 905

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

40

 

SECTION 906

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

40

 

 

ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS

 

 

41

 

SECTION 1001

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

41

 

SECTION 1002

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

41

 

SECTION 1003

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

 

 

41

 

SECTION 1004

Statement as to Compliance

 

 

42

 

SECTION 1005

Corporate Existence

 

 

42

 

SECTION 1006

Defeasance of Certain Obligations

 

 

42

 

SECTION 1007

Waiver of Certain Covenants

 

 

43

 

SECTION 1008

Statement by Officers as to Default

 

 

43

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

44

 

SECTION 1101

Applicability of Article

 

 

44

 

SECTION 1102

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

 

 

44

 

SECTION 1103

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

 

 

44

 

SECTION 1104

Notice of Redemption

 

 

44

 

SECTION 1105

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

45

 

SECTION 1106

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

45

 

SECTION 1107

Securities Redeemed in Part

 

 

45

 

 

 

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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS

 

 

46

 

SECTION 1201

Applicability of Article

 

 

46

 

SECTION 1202

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

 

 

46

 

SECTION 1203

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

 

 

46

 

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES

 

 

46

 

SECTION 1301

Exemption from Individual Liability

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

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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

 

SECTION 101   Definitions.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)  

the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(2)  

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;

 

(3)  

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

 

(4)  

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.

 

“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.

 

2


“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.

 

3


“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.

 

4


“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.

 

5


“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:

 

(1)  

a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(2)  

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;

 

(3)  

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

 

(4)  

a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.]

 

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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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

SOLUTIA INC.

 

BY____________________________________

     Name:

     Title:

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 indicated,

 

YEAR

REDEMPTION

PRICE

YEAR

REDEMPTION

 PRICE

 

and thereafter 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


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