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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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):		September 8, 2017

Cabot Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-5667	04-2271897
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts		02210-2019
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		617-345-0100

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Cabot Corporation 

Emerging growth company [  ]

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At its meeting on September 8, 2017, the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation ("Cabot"), based on the recommendation of the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee, elected Michael M. Morrow a director of Cabot and appointed Mr. Morrow to the Board’s Audit Committee and Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, both effective September 8, 2017. Mr. Morrow will serve as a director in the class whose terms expire at the Annual Meeting in 2019.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Morrow and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to become a member of the Board, nor are there any transactions between Mr. Morrow and Cabot or any subsidiary of Cabot that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. Morrow will receive compensation for his service as a non-employee director as described under the heading "Director Compensation" in Cabot’s Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which description is incorporated herein by reference. As part of such compensation, on September 8, 2017, Mr. Morrow was granted 700 shares of Cabot common stock.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Morrow’s election is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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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
September 11, 2017		By:		Brian A. Berube
				Name: Brian A. Berube
				Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued September 11, 2017

Exhibit 99.1

CABOT CORPORATION ELECTS NEW MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOSTON, September 11, 2017 — Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) announced today that Michael M. Morrow has been elected to Cabot’s Board of Directors, effective September 8, 2017. He was also appointed a member of the Audit Committee and the Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Morrow recently retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) after a nearly 40-year career during which he served a wide range of clients as both an audit and overall relationship partner. Over the years, Mr. Morrow held a number of leadership positions and governance roles, serving as Lead Director of PwC’s U.S. Board of Partners and as a member of PwC’s Global Board of Partners. In addition, he served on the boards of the business schools at Wake Forest University and the University of Rhode Island.

John F. O’Brien, Non-Executive Chairman of Cabot’s Board of Directors said, “We are very pleased to welcome Mike to the Board of Directors. Mike’s financial and accounting expertise, his significant experience advising manufacturing, technology and consumer products companies with global operations, and his strategic business focus will be valuable to the Board of Directors and the Cabot management team.”

“I am honored and excited to join the Cabot Board of Directors and work with this exceptional team,” said Mr. Morrow. “I believe that Cabot’s long history of leadership and innovation make it well positioned to help solve a variety of global challenges. I look forward to using my expertise to continue to advance the company as a global leader in the chemical industry.”

ABOUT CABOT CORPORATION
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company is a leading provider of rubber and specialty carbons, activated carbon, inkjet colorants, cesium formate drilling fluids, masterbatches and conductive compounds, fumed silica, and aerogel. For more information on Cabot, please visit the company’s website at: http://www.cabotcorp.com.