CABOT CORP — Earnings Release 2007

Jan 25, 2007

8-K 1 a07-2524_18k.htm 8-K

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): January 24, 2007

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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*Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.*

On January 24, 2007, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing its operating results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006. A copy of the press release, together with supplemental business information for the first quarter of Cabot’s 2007 fiscal year, are furnished herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

*Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

(c) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on January 24, 2007

99.2 First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Business Information

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*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.

| CABOT
CORPORATION | |
| --- | --- |
| By: | /s/ James P. Kelly |
| Name: James P. Kelly | |
| Title: Controller | |

Date: January 24, 2007

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Title
99.1	Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on January
24, 2007
99.2	First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Business
Information

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