Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-162021
July 9, 2012
Cabot Corporation
Pricing Term Sheet
$250,000,000 2.550% Notes due 2018
Issuer: | Cabot Corporation | |
Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
Pricing Date: | July 9, 2012 | |
Settlement Date: | July 12, 2012 (T+3) | |
Interest Payment Dates: | January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2013 | |
Denominations: | $2,000 x 1,000 | |
Principal Amount: | US $250,000,000 | |
Maturity: | January 15, 2018 | |
Benchmark: | UST 0.750% due June 30, 2017 | |
Benchmark Price/Yield: | 100-19+ / 0.625% | |
Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+195 bps | |
Coupon: | 2.550% | |
Price to Public: | 99.872% | |
Yield to Maturity: | 2.575% | |
Special Mandatory Redemption: | 101% | |
Optional Redemption: | T+30 bps | |
Change of Control Triggering Event: | 101% | |
CUSIP/ISIN: | 127055 AJ0 / US127055AJ04 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
Senior Co-Managers: | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Mizuho Securities USA Inc. | |
Co-Managers: | TD Securities (USA) LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. RBS Securities Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
$350,000,000 3.700% Notes due 2022
Issuer: | Cabot Corporation | |
Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
Pricing Date: | July 9, 2012 | |
Settlement Date: | July 12, 2012 (T+3) | |
Interest Payment Dates: | January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2013 | |
Denominations: | $2,000 x 1,000 | |
Principal Amount: | US $350,000,000 | |
Maturity: | July 15, 2022 | |
Benchmark: | UST 1.750% due May 15, 2022 | |
Benchmark Price/Yield: | 102-05 / 1.513% | |
Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+220 bps | |
Coupon: | 3.700% | |
Price to Public: | 99.892% | |
Yield to Maturity: | 3.713% | |
Special Mandatory Redemption: | 101% | |
Optional Redemption: | T+35 bps | |
Change of Control Triggering Event: | 101% | |
CUSIP/ISIN: | 127055 AH4 / US127055AH48 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
Senior Co-Managers: | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Mizuho Securities USA Inc. | |
Co-Managers: | TD Securities (USA) LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. RBS Securities Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement for this offering, the issuers prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents the
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This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by Cabot Corporation on July 9, 2012 relating to the prospectus dated September 21, 2009.
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