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Exhibit (a)(1)(C)

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

For Tender of Shares of Common Stock

of

SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

at

$13.60 NET PER SHARE

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 25, 2011

by

BACKBONE ACQUISITION SUB, INC.

a wholly-owned subsidiary of

SOLUTIA INC.

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE NIGHT OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates representing shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Southwall Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, are not immediately available, (ii) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Offer or (iii) time will not permit all required documents to reach Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”) prior to the expiration of the Offer. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by mail, facsimile transmission or overnight courier to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).

The Depositary for the Offer is:

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If delivering by mail:

   By Facsimile Transmission:  

If delivering by overnight delivery:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
P.O. Box 43011
Providence, RI 02940-3011		  

(For Eligible Institutions Only)
(617) 360-6810

 

Confirm Facsimile by Telephone:

(781) 575-2332

   Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
Suite V
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021

DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS FORM IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION” UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE APPROPRIATE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and certificates for Shares to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to Backbone Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc., a Delaware corporation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 25, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Southwall Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, specified below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

    Number of Shares and Certificate No(s)      Name(s) of Record Holder(s):
    (if available)       
            
           (Please type or print)
     
   

¨       Check here if Shares will be tendered by book entry transfer.

      Address(es):                                                                                 
     
    Name of Tendering Institution:                               
   

 

DTC Account Number:                                    

      (Zip Code)
     
    Dated:                              

Area Code and Tel. No                                                             

           (Daytime telephone number)
     
           Signature(s):                                                                                 
     
            
     
            

 

GUARANTEE

(Not to be used for signature guarantee)

 

The undersigned, an Eligible Institution (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), hereby
(i) represents that the tender of Shares effected hereby complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (ii) guarantees delivery to the Depositary, at one of its addresses set
forth above, of certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a
confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s account at DTC (pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), in either case together with a properly completed
and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an
Agent’s Message (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), together with any other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal, all within three (3) Nasdaq Capital Market trading days after the date
hereof.

 

Name of Firm:                                                                    

        
      (Authorized Signature)

Address:                                                                                 

    Name:       
      (Please type or print))

                                                                                               

    Title:     

(Zip Code)

      

Area Code and Tel. No.:                                                  

    Date:     

 

NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.