Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-162021
July 9, 2012
Cabot Corporation
Pricing Term Sheet
$250,000,000 2.550% Notes due 2018
| Issuer: | Cabot Corporation | |
| Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
| Pricing Date: | July 9, 2012 | |
| Settlement Date: | July 12, 2012 (T+3) | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2013 | |
| Denominations: | $2,000 x 1,000 | |
| Principal Amount: | US $250,000,000 | |
| Maturity: | January 15, 2018 | |
| Benchmark: | UST 0.750% due June 30, 2017 | |
| Benchmark Price/Yield: | 100-19+ / 0.625% | |
| Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+195 bps | |
| Coupon: | 2.550% | |
| Price to Public: | 99.872% | |
| Yield to Maturity: | 2.575% | |
| Special Mandatory Redemption: | 101% | |
| Optional Redemption: | T+30 bps | |
| Change of Control Triggering Event: | 101% | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 127055 AJ0 / US127055AJ04 | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
| Senior Co-Managers: | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Mizuho Securities USA Inc. | |
| Co-Managers: | TD Securities (USA) LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. RBS Securities Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | |
$350,000,000 3.700% Notes due 2022
| Issuer: | Cabot Corporation | |
| Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
| Pricing Date: | July 9, 2012 | |
| Settlement Date: | July 12, 2012 (T+3) | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2013 | |
| Denominations: | $2,000 x 1,000 | |
| Principal Amount: | US $350,000,000 | |
| Maturity: | July 15, 2022 | |
| Benchmark: | UST 1.750% due May 15, 2022 | |
| Benchmark Price/Yield: | 102-05 / 1.513% | |
| Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+220 bps | |
| Coupon: | 3.700% | |
| Price to Public: | 99.892% | |
| Yield to Maturity: | 3.713% | |
| Special Mandatory Redemption: | 101% | |
| Optional Redemption: | T+35 bps | |
| Change of Control Triggering Event: | 101% | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 127055 AH4 / US127055AH48 | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
| Senior Co-Managers: | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Mizuho Securities USA Inc. | |
| Co-Managers: | TD Securities (USA) LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. RBS Securities Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | |
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This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by Cabot Corporation on July 9, 2012 relating to the prospectus dated September 21, 2009.
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