Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement 333-162021
September 21, 2009
Cabot Corporation
Pricing Term Sheet
$300,000,000 5.00% Notes due 2016
| Issuer: | Cabot Corporation | |
| Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
| Ratings:* | Baa1 (stable outlook) / BBB+ (stable outlook) | |
| Pricing Date: | September 21, 2009 | |
| Settlement Date: | September 24, 2009 (T+3) | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | October 1 and April 1, commencing April 1, 2010 | |
| Denominations: | $2,000 x 1,000 | |
| Principal Amount: | US $300,000,000 | |
| Maturity: | October 1, 2016 | |
| Benchmark: | 3.000% notes due August 31, 2016 | |
| Benchmark Yield: | 3.116% | |
| Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+200 bps | |
| Coupon: | 5.00% | |
| Price to Public: | 99.322% | |
| Yield to Maturity: | 5.116% | |
| Optional Redemption: | T+30 bps | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 127055AG6 / US127055AG64 | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Banc of America Securities LLC | |
| Co-Managers: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mizuho Securities USA Inc. RBS Securities Inc. | |
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This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by Cabot Corporation on September 21, 2009 relating to their prospectus dated September 21, 2009.
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