CABOT CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Apr 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK: 0000016040
Period of Report: 2012-03-31

Reporting Person: MCCANCE HENRY F (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-31	Phantom Stock Units	$	A	579.8969	Acquired		Common Stock (579.8969)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 1 for 1

F2: Immediately exercisable

F3: The shares of phantom stock become payable upon the reporting person's termination of service as a director.

F4: On January 13, 2012, Cabot's Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.18 per share on Cabot common stock, payable on March 9, 2012 to all holders of record of common stock on February 24, 2012. Mr. McCance received a dividend on his phantom stock units totalling $2,564.51, which was immediately reinvested in phantom stock units at a price of $42.03 per share. As a result, 61.0162 phantom stock units were allocated to Mr. McCance on March 9, 2012.