Cabot Board Declares Dividend

November 12, 2010

BOSTON, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On Friday, November 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 December 10, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 26, 2010.

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About Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids. Cabot operates 39 manufacturing facilities in 21 countries worldwide. The Company's website is: http://www.cabot-corp.com/.

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