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Cabot Corporation
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Explanatory Note
Prior to printing its Notice and Proxy Statement for its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Cabot Corporation (the “Company”) found a typographical error in the table in its Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on January 28, 2011. On page 36 under the heading “2010 Short-Term Incentive Plan Company Targets and Results,” the number of days that would have resulted in a payment at the maximum level on the basis of the Company’s net working capital measured in days performance should have read 103 days, and not 107 days. All other numbers and amounts in the table remained unchanged. The table on page 36 of the Notice and Proxy Statement that will be mailed to stockholders and posted on the Company’s web site has been amended in its entirety to read as follows:
2010 Short-Term Incentive Plan Company Targets and Results
| Threshold Level |
Target Level | Maximum Level |
2010 Results | Percent Payout |
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| Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 250 million | $ | 300 million | $ | 350 million | $ | 442 million | 200 | % | ||||||||||
| Net Working Capital Measured in Days |
114 days | 111 days | 103 days | 94 days | 200 | % | ||||||||||||||