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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-160781
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20190530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190530

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:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05667
		FILM NUMBER:		19865446

	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:10pt; 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:14pt; 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:10pt;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:16pt; 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">1-5667</FONT></B></TD>
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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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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
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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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">617-345-0100</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
<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:18pt; 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
applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13p-1)</FONT> for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2018. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<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&nbsp;amended, for the reporting period January&nbsp;1, 2018 to December&nbsp;31,
2018. </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 are necessary to the functionality or production of the equipment. These&nbsp;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 the results of our reasonable country of origin inquiry, we conducted due diligence and 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&nbsp;1.01 to this Form&nbsp;SD and is publicly
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<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&nbsp;1.01 to this Form&nbsp;SD. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit&nbsp;1.01 &#150; Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; 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, 2018 to December&nbsp;31, 2018 </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 2018, as provided for in <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;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;30, 2019. </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; the &#147;Company,&#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 its nine adjoining countries. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<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
carbon blacks, masterbatches and conductive compounds, fumed metal oxides, activated carbons, inkjet colorants, and aerogel. 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
&#147;Covered Products,&#148; include ready-made electronic component parts that contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality or production of the Covered Products. Accordingly, these products are
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> under the Conflict Minerals Rule. The electronic components in the Covered Products are purchased from third party vendors and are often specified by our customers. Sales from the Covered Products
represent 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. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>The Company&#146;s Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Due Diligence Process </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; 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 2018 through an internal product survey process. Based on the results of our internal product survey process, we identified 17 suppliers that potentially supplied 3TG contained in our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT>
products. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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inquiry&#148; within the meaning of the Conflict Minerals Rule (&#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 or are from recycled
or scrap sources. Based on the results of its RCOI, we also exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG in the Covered Products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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, refiners and mines. 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 RCOI 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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">sending letters to our direct suppliers explaining the Rule; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">soliciting survey responses from relevant suppliers of components of the Covered Products, using the Conflict
Minerals Reporting Template (&#147;CMRT&#148;) designed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (&#147;RMI&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">sending reminders to suppliers who did not respond to our requests for information; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">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 </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(v)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">reviewing published material related to 3TG on certain of our suppliers&#146; websites, to obtain information
on their policies and diligence processes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of the smelter and refiner information reported to us by the surveyed suppliers was at a
&#147;company&#148; level, meaning it pertained to all of the suppliers&#146; products, rather than the products they sold to us. Accordingly, we were not able to determine the origin of the necessary 3TG specific to our <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Due Diligence Program </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For 2018, 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;). 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Selected elements of the Company&#146;s due diligence program are discussed below. Certain other aspects of our due diligence program, including
our supplier outreach and data assessment are discussed in the preceding section. 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&nbsp;relevant documentation in a structured electronic database, for at least five years. </P>
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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 RMI 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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Additional Compliance Measures to Reduce Risks </B></P></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 additional steps, among others, to improve our due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that the necessary 3TG
contained in the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-scope</FONT> products finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">sourcing from suppliers that share our values regarding respect for human rights, integrity and environmental
responsibility; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">continuing to engage with suppliers to obtain current, accurate and complete information about the 3TG supply
chain; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">encouraging suppliers to implement responsible 3TG sourcing and to exercise leverage on smelters and refiners
in their supply chains to&nbsp;obtain a &#147;Conformant&#148; designation from the RMI or an equivalent independent third party certification; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">continuing to conduct and report annually on supply chain due diligence for the applicable 3TG.
</P></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&nbsp;&#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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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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