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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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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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