Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SOLUTIA INC
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC /DE/ [SWTX]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
575 MARYVILLE CENTRE DRIVE, P.O. BOX 66760
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/23/2011
(Street)

ST. LOUIS, MO 63166-6760
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/23/2011   J(1)(2)   7,140,879 (1) (2) A $ 13.6 7,168,388 (1) (2) I (1) (2) See footnote (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SOLUTIA INC
575 MARYVILLE CENTRE DRIVE
P.O. BOX 66760
ST. LOUIS, MO 63166-6760
    X    

Signatures

 Paul J. Berra, III, Senior Vice President, Legal and Governmental Affairs and General Counsel   11/28/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On October 6, 2011, Solutia Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Backbone Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"), and Southwall Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, on October 25, 2011, Purchaser commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the shares of the Company's common stock for a purchase price of $13.60 per share in cash.
(2) At 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the night of Tuesday, November 22, 2011, the Offer expired as scheduled. Based on the information provided by the depositary for the Offer, as of the expiration of the Offer, 7,140,879 shares of the Company's common stock were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer, including 23,579 shares of the Company's common stock subject to guaranteed delivery procedures. Purchaser has accepted for payment all shares of the Company's common stock validly tendered and not properly withdrawn. The shares of the Company's common stock validly tendered and not properly withdrawn represent approximately 95.7% of the Company's outstanding common stock.

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