Cabot Board Declares Dividend

July 10, 2009

BOSTON, July 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- On Friday, July 10, 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 September 11, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 28, 2009.

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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, aerogel, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids.

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