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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 12, 2020

CABOT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per share		CBT		The New York Stock Exchange

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).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On March 12, 2020, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to notice duly given. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as set forth below.

1.

All of the Board’s nominees for director were elected to the class of directors whose term expires in 2023 by the votes set forth in the table below:

		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Juan Enriquez			45,059,239				3,363,938				43,812				2,422,437
Sean D. Keohane			47,563,506				859,026				44,457				2,422,437
William C. Kirby			47,307,825				1,110,932				48,232				2,422,437

In addition to the directors elected at the meeting to the class of directors whose terms expire in 2023, the terms of office of the following directors continued after the meeting: Cynthia A. Arnold, Mark S. Wrighton, Christine Y. Yan, Michael M. Morrow, Sue H. Rataj, Frank A.Wilson, and Matthias L. Wolfgruber.

2.

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:

For:			45,894,379
Against:			2,500,604
Abstain:			72,006
Broker Non-Votes:			2,422,437

3.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 by the votes set forth in the table below:

For:			48,148,111
Against:			2,696,535
Abstain:			44,780

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to that matter.

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.

Date: March 13, 2020