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Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA)

According to a definitive agreement, Eastman Chemical Company will acquire Solutia Incorporated - symbol SOA -. Solutia stockholders will receive $22.00 in cash and 0.12 shares of Eastman common stock for each share of Solutia common stock. Based on yesterday’s closing prices, Solutia shareholders will receive cash and stock valued at $27.65 per Solutia common share, representing a premium of 42 percent and a total transaction value of approximately $4.7 billion, including the assumption of Solutia’s debt.

SOA reported today net sales for the fourth quarter 2011 of $526 million, up $37 million or 8 percent from the same period in 2010.

Solutia is a market-leading performance materials and specialty chemicals company. The company focuses on providing solutions for a better life through a range of products, including: Saflex® polyvinyl butyral interlayers for glass lamination and for photovoltaic module encapsulation and VISTASOLAR® ethylene vinyl acetate films for photovoltaic module encapsulation; LLumar®, Vista™, EnerLogic®, FormulaOne®, Gila®, V-KOOL®, Huper Optik®, IQue™, Sun-X™ and Nanolux™ aftermarket performance films for automotive and architectural applications; XIR® and Heat Mirror® performance films that are incorporated into aftermarket window films, laminated glass products and suspended insulated glass units for use in automotive and architectural applications. Flexvue™ advanced film component solutions for solar and electronic technologies; and technical specialties products including Crystex® insoluble sulfur, Santoflex® PPD antidegradants, Therminol® heat transfer fluids and Skydrol® aviation hydraulic fluids. Solutia's businesses are world leaders in each of their market segments. With its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the company operates globally with approximately 3,400 employees in more than 50 worldwide locations.

For more information about SOA please visit http://www.solutia.com

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Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ: DWCH)

DWCH announced today that total revenue for its first quarter ended December 31, 2011 was $6.27 million, an increase of 50% from revenue of $4.18 million in the first quarter a year ago. License revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.21 million, a 99% increase over the $2.11 million from the comparable quarter a year ago. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was $603,000, or $0.09 per diluted share, compared to net income of $229,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the year ago period.

DWCH empowers organizations to transform the massive amounts of valuable information that is trapped in static reports, PDF files, HTML and other content-rich, but difficult-to-use data sources, into a dynamic information analytics system that accelerates and improves decision-making throughout their operations. Datawatch's technology allows its more than 40,000 customers worldwide to leverage the investments they have made in reports from ERP, CRM and other custom applications into high performance analytic information at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional approaches. Datawatch is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts with offices in London, Munich, Sydney and Manila, with partners and customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

For more information about DWCH please visit http://www.datawatch.com

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Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC)

1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of ASTC, is pleased to announce the delivery of pre-production mini-mass spectrometers to select customers for evaluation. 1st Detect Corporation was formed by Astrotech Corporation to develop and commercialize miniature-mass spectrometer technology first developed under an agreement with NASA for use on the International Space Station (ISS). 1st Detect offers what we believe is a breakthrough mini-mass spectrometry technology that fills an unmet need by being highly accurate, rapid, lightweight, durable and cost-effective. For more information about 1st Detect Corporation please visit http://www.1stdetect.com

ASTC is one of the first space commerce companies and remains a strong entrepreneurial force in the aerospace industry. We are leaders in identifying, developing and marketing space technology for commercial use. Our ASO business unit serves our government and commercial satellite and spacecraft customers with pre-launch services on the eastern and western range. 1st Detect Corporation is developing what we believe is a breakthrough mini-mass spectrometer, while Astrogenetix, Inc. is a biotechnology company utilizing microgravity as a research platform for drug discovery and development.

For more information about ASTC please visit http://www.astrotechcorp.com

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