EX-24.(A) 7 c96152exv24wxay.htm EXHIBIT 24(A) Exhibit 24(a)
EXHIBIT 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
Each undersigned director and/or officer of Solutia Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint Paul J. Berra, III, and Miriam Rogers Singer, each of them with full power to act without the other, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf (a) the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any Amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (b) any amendments to Registration Statements Nos. 333-146957, 333-151980, 333-160834 on Form S-3, which have previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), covering the registration of securities of the Company; and (c) any amendments to Registration Statement No. 333-149425 on Form S-8, which has previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, covering the registration of securities of the Company; giving and granting unto those attorneys full power and authority to do and perform such actions as fully as he or she might have done or could do if personally present and executing any of said documents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned director and/or officer has signed this Power of Attorney as of this 17th day of February, 2010.
         
/s/ Jeffry N. Quinn
 
Jeffry N. Quinn, Chairman of the Board,
  /s/ Robert K. deVeer, Jr.
 
Robert K. deVeer, Jr., Director 		   
Chief Executive Officer, and President
        
(Principal Executive Officer)
        
 
        
/s/ James M. Sullivan
 
James M. Sullivan, Executive Vice
  /s/ James P. Heffernan
 
James P. Heffernan, Director 		   
President and Chief Financial Officer
        
(Principal Financial Officer)
        
 
        
/s/ Timothy J. Spihlman
 
Timothy J. Spihlman, Vice President
  /s/ W. Thomas Jagodinski
 
W. Thomas Jagodinski, Director 		   
and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
        
 
        
/s/ William T. Monahan
 
William T. Monahan, Lead Director
  /s/ Robert A. Peiser
 
Robert A. Peiser, Director 		   
 
        
/s/ Eugene I. Davis
 
Eugene I. Davis, Director
  /s/ Gregory C. Smith
 
Gregory C. Smith, Director