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Financial Information by Segment | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Financial Information by Segment | K. Financial Information by Segment The Company identifies a product line as an operating segment if: i) it engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses; ii) its operating results are regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), who is Cabot’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance; and iii) it has available discrete financial information. The CODM reviews financial information at the operating segment level to allocate resources and to assess the operating results and financial performance for each operating segment. Operating segments are aggregated into a reportable segment if the operating segments are determined to have similar economic characteristics and if the operating segments are similar in the following areas: i) nature of products and services; ii) nature of production processes; iii) type or class of customer for their products and services; iv) methods used to distribute the products or provide services; and v) if applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment. The Company has two reportable segments: Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. The Reinforcement Materials segment combines the reinforcing carbons and engineered elastomer composites product lines. The Performance Chemicals segment aggregates the specialty carbons, specialty compounds, fumed metal oxides, battery materials, inkjet colorants and aerogel product lines. Income (loss) before income taxes (“Segment EBIT”) is presented for each reportable segment in the table below. Segment EBIT excludes Interest expense, General unallocated income (expense), Unallocated corporate costs and Certain items, meaning items management does not consider representative of on-going operating segment results. In addition, Segment EBIT includes Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax, royalties, Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax, and discounting charges for certain Notes receivable. Financial information by reportable segment is as follows:
|  | Reinforcement Materials |  |  | Performance Chemicals |  |  | Segment Total |  |  | Unallocated and Other(1) |  |  | Consolidated Total |
|  | (In millions) |
Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues from external customers(2) |  | $ | 641 |  |  | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | 926 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 958 |
Income (loss) before income taxes(3) |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | (69 | ) |  | $ | 94 |
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues from external customers(2) |  | $ | 643 |  |  | $ | 286 |  |  | $ | 929 |  |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 965 |
Income (loss) before income taxes(3) |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 123 |  |  | $ | (39 | ) |  | $ | 84 |
(1) Unallocated and Other includes certain items and eliminations necessary to reflect management’s reporting of operating segment results. These items are reflective of the segment reporting presented to the CODM. (2) Consolidated Total Revenues from external customers reconciles to Net sales and other operating revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Revenues from external customers that are categorized as Unallocated and Other reflects external shipping and handling fees, royalties, the impact of unearned revenue, discounting charges for certain Notes receivable, and other by-product revenue. Details are provided in the table below:
|  | Three Months Ended December 31 |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
|  | (In millions) |
Shipping and handling fees |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Other |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 3 |
Total |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 36 |
(3) Consolidated Total Income (loss) before income taxes reconciles to Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Income (loss) before income taxes that are categorized as Unallocated and Other includes:
|  | Three Months Ended December 31 |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
|  | (In millions) |
Interest expense |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | (22 | )
Certain items(a) |  |  |  |  |  |
Argentina controlled currency devaluation loss (Note B) |  |  | (33 | ) |  |  | — |
Global restructuring activities (Note H) |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | — |
Gain on sale of land |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Loss on sale of business |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3 | )
Legal and environmental matters and reserves |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Acquisition and integration-related charges |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Total certain items |  |  | (42 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
Unallocated corporate costs(b) |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (15 | )
General unallocated income (expense)(c) |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 4 |
Less: Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax(d) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |
Total |  | $ | (69 | ) |  | $ | (39 | )
(a) Certain items are items of expense and income that management does not consider representative of the Company’s fundamental on-going segment results and they are, therefore, excluded from Segment EBIT. (b) Unallocated corporate costs are costs that are not controlled by the segments and primarily benefit corporate interests. (c) General unallocated income (expense) consists of gains (losses) arising from foreign currency transactions, net of other foreign currency risk management activities, Interest and dividend income, the profit or loss related to the corporate adjustment for unearned revenue and unrealized holding gains (losses) for investments. This does not include items of income or expense that are separately treated as Certain items. (d) Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of tax, is included in Segment EBIT and is removed in Unallocated and other to reconcile to Income (loss) from operations before income taxes and equity in earnings from affiliated companies. The Company’s segments operate globally. In addition to presenting Revenue from external customers by reportable segment, the following tables further disaggregate Revenues from external customers by geographic region.
|  | Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 |
|  | Reinforcement Materials |  |  | Performance Chemicals |  |  | Consolidated Total |
|  | (In millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 342 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 260 |  |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | 380 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 127 |  |  |  | 77 |  |  |  | 204 |
Segment revenues from external customers |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | 285 |  |  |  | 926 |
Unallocated and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 |
Net sales and other operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 958 |
|  | Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 |
|  | Reinforcement Materials |  |  | Performance Chemicals |  |  | Consolidated Total |
|  | (In millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 241 |  |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 330 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 273 |  |  |  | 126 |  |  |  | 399 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | 200 |
Segment revenues from external customers |  |  | 643 |  |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 929 |
Unallocated and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36 |
Net sales and other operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 965 |

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