CABOT CORPORATION
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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 27, 2005

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):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
PRESS RELEASE DATED APRIL 27, 2005

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 27, 2005 Cabot Corporation issued a press release dated April 27, 2005 announcing its operating results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

     99.1     Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on April 27, 2005

 

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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/ John A. Shaw
  Name: John A. Shaw
  Title: Executive Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 27, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number   Title
99.1
  Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on April 27, 2005