Free Writing Prospectus

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 issuer’s 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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