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):  April 25, 2007

 

CABOT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

DELAWARE

1-5667

04-2271897

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300,
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS


02210-2019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (617) 345-0100

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 25, 2007, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing its operating results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007.  A copy of the press release, together with supplemental business information for the second 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 April 25, 2007

99.2                                                   Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Business Information




 

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: April 25, 2007

 

 

 

 




 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

 

 

Number

 

Title

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on April 25, 2007

 

99.2

 

Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Business Information