Cabot Board Declares Dividend

May 12, 2010

BOSTON, May 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --On Wednesday, May 12, 2010, the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share on all outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on June 11, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2010.

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About Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a global performance materials company and is headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids.

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