Cabot Board Declares Dividend

January 9, 2009

BOSTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Friday, January 9, 2009, the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share on all outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on March 13, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 27, 2009.

About Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a global performance materials company and is headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids.

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