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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-179621
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CABOT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000016040
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890]
		IRS NUMBER:				042271897
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0939

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05667
		FILM NUMBER:		18870173

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1300
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6173450100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1300
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CABOT GODFREY L INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19680418
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form SD
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CABOT
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">04-2271897</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brian A. Berube, Senior Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13p-1)</FONT> for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2017.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Form SD of Cabot
Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filed pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January&nbsp;1, 2017 to December&nbsp;31, 2017.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company evaluated its current product lines and determined that certain equipment it manufactures or contracts to manufacture contains electronic
components, certain of which contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold which is necessary to the functionality or production of the equipment. These electronic components represent substantially less than 0.1% of the Company&#146;s total cost of
sales. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence we concluded that certain of our products are &#147;DRC Conflict
Undeterminable&#148; as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1,</FONT> and as a result, we have filed a Conflict Minerals Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy
of the Company&#146;s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is publicly available at <U>www.cabotcorp.com</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02 Exhibit </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Conflict Minerals Report
described in Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01 Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit 1.01&#151;Conflict
Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 duly
authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CABOT CORPORATION </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CABOT CORPORATION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CONFLICT
MINERALS REPORT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">For the reporting period from January&nbsp;1, 2017 to December&nbsp;31, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cabot Corporation has included this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD for calendar year 2017, as provided for in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (collectively, the &#147;Conflict Minerals Rule&#148;). The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is May&nbsp;31, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms &#147;Cabot,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to Cabot Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein and consistent with the Conflict Minerals Rule, &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; or &#147;3TG&#148; are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite,
gold, wolframite and the derivatives tantalum, tin and tungsten, without regard to the location of origin of the minerals or derivative metals. The &#147;Covered Countries&#148; for the purposes of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT>
are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the nine adjoining countries. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Applicability of the Conflict Minerals Rule to Our Company </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cabot is a global specialty chemicals and
performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Our principal products are rubber and specialty grade carbon blacks, specialty compounds, fumed metal oxides, activated carbons, inkjet colorants, aerogel, and cesium formate
drilling fluids. Cabot and its affiliates have manufacturing facilities and operations in the United States and over 20 other countries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Purification
Solutions segment manufactures activated carbon products used to remove pollutants, contaminants and other impurities from, among other things, water, air, food and beverages, and pharmaceuticals. In addition to our activated carbon products, we
provide equipment systems for the dosing of activated carbon into gas and liquid streams. These equipment systems, which we refer to as the Covered Products, include ready-made electronic component parts purchased from third party vendors. Sales
from these equipment systems represents substantially less than 1% of the Company&#146;s net sales and operating revenues, and the cost of the electronic components used in the systems represents substantially less than 0.1% of Cabot&#146;s total
cost of sales. The equipment systems incorporate certain electronic components, often specified by our customers and sourced from third party suppliers, that may contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality of the Covered Products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We determined which of our suppliers&#146; products were potentially <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> for purposes of the Conflict Minerals
Rule for 2017 through an internal product survey process. Through that process, we have determined that for 2017, the Covered Products are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope.</FONT> </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>The Company&#146;s Due Diligence Process and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We conducted a good
faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;) designed to determine whether any of the 3TG in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the 3TG may be from
recycled or scrap sources. The Company also exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the 3TG. As indicated above, we are a purchaser of electronic components that contain 3TG. As such, we are many steps downstream in the mineral
supply chain from smelters and refiners and there are many third parties in the supply chain between our ultimate manufacture of the Covered Products and the original sources of 3TG. In this regard, we do not purchase 3TG directly from mines,
smelters or refiners. We rely on our direct suppliers to assist us with our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence efforts, including the identification of smelters and refiners, for the 3TG contained in the components they supply to
us. The methods we used to try to determine the origin of the 3TG in the Covered Products included: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">sending letters to our direct suppliers and explaining the Rule; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">soliciting survey responses from relevant suppliers of components of the Covered Products, using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#147;CMRT&#148;) designed by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative
(&#147;CFSI&#148;); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">sending reminders to suppliers who did not respond to our requests for information; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">reviewing responses we received from our suppliers, including for plausibility, consistency and gaps, and following up with them to obtain clarifications or additional information; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">reviewing published material related to 3TG on certain of our suppliers&#146; websites, to obtain information on their policies and diligence processes. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the results of our internal product survey process, we identified approximately 15 suppliers that potentially supplied 3TG contained in our <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products. We surveyed those 15 suppliers. Of the responses received, limited smelter or refiner information was reported to us. Accordingly, despite having conducted a good faith RCOI and due diligence
process, we do not currently have sufficient information from some of our suppliers or other sources to determine with certainty the country of origin of the 3TG used in the Covered Products or to identify the facilities used to process those 3TG.
Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of these 3TG may have originated in the Covered Countries. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Due Diligence Program </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For 2017, the Company utilized due diligence measures based on the applicable
criteria set forth in the Organisation for Economic <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-operation</FONT> and Development&#146;s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, including
the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (Third Edition) (the &#147;OECD Guidance&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The OECD Guidance has
established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Selected elements of the Company&#146;s program design are discussed below.
However, these are not all of the discrete procedures of the program that the Company has put in place to help ensure that the 3TG contained in its products are responsibly sourced. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Leadership of the 3TG due diligence program resides with our Vice President, Global Purchasing, and includes staff from Purchasing, Product Management, and
Product Support and Toxicology. We have established a documentation and record maintenance procedure to ensure the retention of relevant documentation in a structured electronic database. Certain other aspects of our due diligence program, including
our supplier outreach and data assessment are discussed in the preceding section. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We report the results of our due diligence and related findings to our Vice President, Global Purchasing. We take
a flexible approach to risk mitigation, which enables us to tailor our response to the particular risks identified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that smelters and
refiners are identified by suppliers, we utilize and rely on information published by the CFSI to assess smelter and refiner due diligence practices and responsible sourcing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each year, we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report and post these documents on our website. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Additional Compliance Measures to Reduce Risks </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect to take the following next steps, among
others, to improve the due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that the necessary 3TG contained in the Company&#146;s products finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">sourcing from suppliers that share our values regarding respect for human rights, integrity and environmental responsibility; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">continuing to engage with suppliers to obtain current, accurate and complete information about the supply chain; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">encouraging suppliers to implement responsible sourcing and to have them encourage smelters and refiners to obtain a &#147;Compliant&#148; designation from the CFSI; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">continuing to conduct and report annually on supply chain due diligence for the applicable 3TG. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not
seek to embargo the Covered Countries and encourage our suppliers to continue to source responsibly from the Covered Countries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking
Statements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This document contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; made within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Words such as &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;expects&#148; and similar expressions or the use of the future tense are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that do not relate to historical or current facts or matters are forward-looking statements. Statements concerning current conditions may also be forward-looking if they imply a
continuation of current conditions. Examples of forward-looking statements within this document include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that we intend to take to mitigate the risk that our necessary 3TG benefit
armed groups. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual actions or performance to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (1)&nbsp;the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by our direct and indirect suppliers
on a timely basis or at all; (2)&nbsp;whether smelters and refiners and other market participants responsibly source 3TG; and (3)&nbsp;political and regulatory developments, whether in the Covered Countries, the United States or elsewhere. You are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the filing of this document. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date of the filing of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. </P>
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