CABOT CORP — Director's Dealing 2008

Jan 15, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK: 0000016040
Period of Report: 2008-01-10

Reporting Person: SPO ADVISORY CORP (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SPO ADVISORY PARTNERS LP (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SPO PARTNERS II LP (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Elizabeth R. & William J. Patterson Foundation (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SCULLY JOHN H (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: OBERNDORF WILLIAM E (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: PATTERSON WILLIAM J (10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	300	$30.22	Acquired	9984700	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	500	$30.23	Acquired	9985200	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	500	$30.26	Acquired	9985700	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	600	$30.27	Acquired	9986300	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	500	$30.28	Acquired	9986800	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1300	$30.29	Acquired	9988100	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1800	$30.30	Acquired	9989900	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1200	$30.31	Acquired	9991100	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	400	$30.32	Acquired	9991500	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	500	$30.33	Acquired	9992000	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	400	$30.34	Acquired	9992400	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1400	$30.35	Acquired	9993800	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	700	$30.36	Acquired	9994500	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	200	$30.37	Acquired	9994700	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	600	$30.38	Acquired	9995300	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	900	$30.39	Acquired	9996200	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1000	$30.40	Acquired	9997200	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1000	$30.41	Acquired	9998200	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1500	$30.42	Acquired	9999700	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	900	$30.43	Acquired	10000600	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	700	$30.44	Acquired	10001300	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	600	$30.45	Acquired	10001900	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	900	$30.46	Acquired	10002800	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	300	$30.47	Acquired	10003100	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	500	$30.48	Acquired	10003600	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	2200	$30.49	Acquired	10005800	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	1300	$30.50	Acquired	10007100	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	400	$30.51	Acquired	10007500	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	100	$30.52	Acquired	10007600	Indirect
2008-01-10	Common Stock	P	600	$30.53	Acquired	10008200	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The entities directly acquiring the shares reported on this form are SPO Partners II, L.P. ("SPO Partners"), which bought 93,800 shares, and the Elizabeth R. & William J. Patterson Foundation ("WJPFND"), which bought 2,500 shares.

F2: Due to the purchases causing this filing and related filings today, 9,662,600 shares are owned directly by SPO Partners, and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SPO Advisory"), the sole general partner of SPO Partners, (ii) SPO Advisory Corp. ("SPO Corp."), the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) John H. Scully ("JHS"), William E. Oberndorf ("WEO") and William J. Patterson ("WJP"), the three controlling persons of SPO Corp. 415,600 shares are owned directly by San Francisco Partners, L.P. ("SF Partners"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SF Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SF Advisory"), the sole general partner of SF Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SF Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO and WJP, the three controlling persons of SPO Corp. These shares are represented in the running total in Column 5 above, which does not include 21,900 shares held by WJPFND.

F3: Additionally, (i) 333,650 shares of the issuer's common stock may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by WEO solely in his capacity as a trustee for the William and Susan Oberndorf Trust, dated 10/15/98 ("Oberndorf Trust"), (ii) 100,000 shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by WEO solely in his capacity as general partner of Oberndorf Family Partners, a California limited partnership, (iii) WEO owns 109,000 shares in his IRA, which is self-directed, and (iv) 10,000 shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by WEO solely in his capacity as trustee for the accounts of his two children, Peter C. Oberndorf & William Ernst Oberndorf.