SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 14, 1997
SOLUTIA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-13255 43-1781797
(Commission File No.) (IRS employer
identification no.)
10300 Olive Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-6760
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(314) 674-1000<PAGE>
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On August 14, Queeny Chemical Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation changing the Company's
name from "Queeny Chemical Company" to "Solutia Inc.".
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Certificate of Amendment to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation
filed with the State of Delaware on
August 14, 1997
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
SOLUTIA INC.
_____________________________
(Registrant)
By: /s/Karl R. Barnickol
Karl R. Barnickol
Secretary
Date: August 18, 1997
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
99.1 Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation filed with the State of Delaware on
August 14, 1997
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EXHIBIT 99.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
Queeny Chemical Company, a company organized and ex-
isting under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said Company
adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the fol-
lowing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said
corporation:
RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of
Queeny Chemical Company be amended by changing
Article I thereof so that, as amended, said Article
shall be and read as follows:
"The name of the company is: Solutia Inc."
SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stock-
holders, the stockholders have given written consent to said
amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted
in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242
and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Dela-
ware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Queeny Chemical Company has
caused this certificate to be signed by R.L. Bishop, its Vice
President, this 14th day of August, 1997.
QUEENY CHEMICAL COMPANY
By/s/ R.L. Bishop
R.L. Bishop
