Cabot Corporation to Announce First Quarter 2009 Operating Results

January 22, 2009

BOSTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) announced today that it will release operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call and live webcast to review the first quarter results beginning at 2:00 pm (ET) on Thursday, January 29, 2009.

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The call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and may be accessed at Cabot's web site at http://investor.cabot-corp.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Institutional investors may access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call and accompanying slide presentation will be archived on the Company's website at http://investor.cabot-corp.com.

About Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a global 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.

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CO:  Cabot Corporation

ST:  Massachusetts
IN:  CHM
SU:  CCA

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