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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 10, 2005
CABOT CORPORATION
DELAWARE
| 1-5667 | 04-2271897 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS | 02210-2019 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(617) 345-0100
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| Item 8.01 Other Events. | ||||||||
| Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| EX-99.1 Press Release dated March 11, 2005 | ||||||||
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 11, 2005, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing the election of directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 10, 2005. The text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on March 11, 2005 announcing the election of directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 10, 2005.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CABOT CORPORATION |
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| By: | /s/ Kennett F. Burnes | |||
| Name: | Kennett F. Burnes | |||
| Title: | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | |||
Date: March 11, 2005
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| Number | Title | |||
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on March 11, 2005 announcing the election of
directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 10, 2005. |
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Exhibit 99.1
| Contact: | Susannah Robinson | |||
| Director, Investor Relations | ||||
| 617-342-6244 | ||||
| Ethel Shepard | ||||
| Corporate Affairs Manager | ||||
| 617-342-6254 | ||||
| ethel_shepard@cabot-corp.com |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CABOT CORPORATION ELECTS DIRECTORS
Boston, MA — March 11, 2005 — Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) announced today the election of two new members to its Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held March 10, 2005. Juan Enriquez-Cabot and Henry McCance were elected for three-year terms to expire in 2008. In addition, Board members Arthur Goldstein, Gautum Kaji, and John McArthur were re-elected for three-year terms to expire in 2008. Dirk Blevi, who was elected by the Board in September 2004 to fill a newly created directorship, was re-elected for a one-year term to expire in 2006.
As previously announced, John G. L. Cabot retired at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in accordance with the Board’s retirement policy prior to its amendment in November 2004.
Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot’s major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids.