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Specialty Chemicals
Composite Value: 1080.4
Today's Change: +0.64%
S&P 500: +0.54%
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Specialty Chemicals News
Solutia Announces Completion of $1,150 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility
21 minutes ago (PR Newswire)
Solutia Inc. announced today that it has successfully closed a new $1,150 million senior secured credit facility , consisting of an $850 million term loan B maturing in 2017 and a $300 million revolving credit facility maturing in 2015.  The Term Loan was issued at 99.5% of the principal amount and initial pricing is LIBOR plus 3.25 percent with a 1.50 percent floor, for a current coupon of 4.75 percent versus 7.25 percent under Solutia's existing term loan.  Initial pricing on the Revolver is LIBOR plus 3.50 percent, with no LIBOR floor.  Additionally, the interest spread on the Term Loan and Revolver is subject to a step-down based on net leverage as defined in the Credit Facility.  The Credit Facility is guaranteed by Solutia's material U. S. subsidiaries.  
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Industry Top Performers
Intraday Price Performance% ChangeMarket Cap
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. Common St [OMN] +4.27% $312.6 M
Westlake Chemical Corporation C [WLK] +3.88% $1.5 B
Kronos Worldwide Inc Common Sto [KRO] +3.17% $664.0 M
Polypore International Inc Comm [PPO] +2.96% $734.0 M
Green Plains Renewable Energy, [GPRE] +2.95% $338.5 M
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Market Capitalization% ChangeMarket Cap
Braskem SA ADR [BAK] -0.13% $8.0 B
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation [SIAL] +0.42% $6.6 B
Lubrizol Corporation (The) Comm [LZ] +2.49% $6.0 B
Williams Partners L.P. Common U [WPZ] +0.74% $2.2 B
Cytec Industries Inc. Common St [CYT] -0.11% $2.2 B
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03/24/10 OMN OMNOVA Solutions Q1 2010 Earnings Release
03/29/10 BIOF BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP Q4 2009 Earnings Release
03/31/10 FTK FLOTEK INDS INC DEL Q4 2009 Earnings Release
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03/16/10 SDTH ShengdaTech, Inc. upside earnings surprise (+22.22%)
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03/16/10 PPO Polypore International Inc Comm downgraded by Wedbush Morgan
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Market Capitalization:46B
Price / Earnings:NM
Price / Book:3.9
Net Profit Margin (mrq):0.0%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):19.6
Return on Equity:0.1%
Total Debt / Equity:0.0
Dividend Yield:1.3%
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