SEC Filing | Cabot Corporation

View:

Download DOC

Download PDF

Download XLS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2010

CABOT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-5667		04-2271897
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS	02210-2019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(617) 345-0100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 28, 2010, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing its operating results for its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1

Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on July 28, 2010

SIGNATURES

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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CABOT CORPORATION

By:	/s/ James P. Kelly
Name: James P. Kelly
Title: Vice President and Controller

Date: July 28, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Title

99.1		Press release issued by Cabot Corporation on July 28, 2010

Unassociated Document

Exhibit 99.1

	Contact:	Susannah Robinson
		Director, Investor Relations
		617-342-6129
		susannah_robinson@cabot-corp.com

CABOT CORPORATION REPORTS $0.72 EPS AND RECORD $0.95 ADJUSTED EPS

Higher volumes, robust unit margins and cost controls benefit performance

BOSTON (July 28, 2010)- Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) today announced results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

Key Highlights

§	Total business profit increased $72 million from same quarter last year and $22 million sequentially as all businesses performed at a high level

§	Third consecutive quarter of strong operating results despite volumes below pre-crisis levels

§	Volumes increased 20% from third quarter 2009 as markets recover globally, sequential demand remained solid

§	Robust unit margins from increased efficiency, value pricing and cost controls continue to lift performance

(In millions, except per share amounts)	2010						2009
	Third			First			Third			First
	Quarter			9 months			Quarter			9 months

Net sales	$	753		$	2,144		$	511		$	1,633
Net income (loss) per share attributable to Cabot Corporation	$	0.72		$	1.81		$	(0.19	)	$	(1.06	)
Less: Net loss per share from discontinued operations		¾			¾		$	(0.01	)	$	(0.01	)
Less: Certain items per share	$	(0.23	)	$	(0.57	)	$	(0.24	)	$	(0.90	)
Adjusted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.95		$	2.38		$	0.06		$	(0.15	)

Commenting on the results, Patrick Prevost, Cabot’s President and CEO, stated, “We are very pleased to report our best ever adjusted EPS quarter. This performance reflects the strength of our portfolio with every business performing at a high level during the period. Our results over the past three quarters put us solidly on the path of achieving our long-term financial targets.

Prevost continued, “Market demand remained solid across all geographies and the investments we have made to leverage an economic recovery are paying off. Our leading market positions in the fastest growing regions of the world and our multiple efforts over the past eighteen months to increase the efficiency of our global operating network are contributing positively to our results. The continuing focus on our highest value new business opportunities is yielding steady revenue growth and improving financial performance. Our seamless execution in the key strategic areas of margin improvement, emerging market expansion and new business development are driving our strong performance as we work to position Cabot as a top tier global specialty chemicals company.”

Page 1 of 4

Financial Detail

For the third quarter of fiscal 2010, net income attributable to Cabot Corporation was $47 million ($0.72 per diluted common share). Adjusted EPS was $0.95 per common share, excluding $0.23 per common share of certain items principally related to charges from the closure of the Company’s carbon black facility in Thane, India.

Segment Results

Core Segment- Third quarter fiscal 2010 profitability in the Rubber Blacks Business increased by $30 million when compared to the same quarter of fiscal 2009. Robust unit margins and 22% higher volumes globally from improved demand in the tire and automotive markets drove the improvement. Volumes in China increased by 32% over the third quarter of fiscal 2009, in South America by 30%, in Asia Pacific, excluding China, by 27%, in North America by 24% and in the Europe, Middle East, Africa region by 2%. Sequentially, profitability rose by $3 million as global volumes increased by 3%, led by improvements in China and Asia Pacific, and results benefited from the achievement of certain milestones in our new business development efforts.

Profitability in the Supermetals Business increased by $11 million compared to the same quarter of fiscal 2009. The improvement was driven by stronger demand from ongoing recovery in the electronics industry that resulted in higher volumes, lower costs from actions taken over the past year to reposition the business and a benefit from the lower ore costs associated with LIFO accounting. Sequentially, profit improved by $11 million due primarily to higher volumes associated with the electronics market recovery, higher prices, including an improved product mix, and lower operating costs. During the third quarter of fiscal 2010, the Supermetals Business generated $18 million of cash from improved operating results and reduced working capital.

Performance Segment- Third quarter fiscal 2010 profitability in the Performance Segment increased by $25 million when compared to the same quarter of fiscal 2009. The increase was driven by higher volumes from improved demand in the automotive, construction, infrastructure and electronics markets, robust unit margins and a LIFO benefit. Volumes increased by 18% in Performance Products and by 21% in Fumed Metal Oxides when compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Sequentially, segment profit increased by $3 million from 4% higher volumes in Fumed Metal Oxides and a LIFO benefit, while volumes in Performance Products remained stable.

Specialty Fluids Segment- Profitability in the Specialty Fluids Segment for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 increased by $2 million when compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and by $6 million sequentially. A strong level of drilling activity in the North Sea and higher rental revenues during the third quarter of fiscal 2010 drove the improvements.

New Business Segment- Third quarter fiscal 2010 revenues in the New Business Segment increased by $11 million when compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and by $3 million sequentially. The increases in both periods were driven by improved revenues in the Inkjet Colorants and Aerogel Businesses. During the third quarter of fiscal 2010 the New Business Segment reported positive operating profit, a $4 million improvement over the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and a $6 million improvement year to date.

Cash Performance- The Company ended the third quarter of fiscal 2010 with a cash balance of $295 million despite a $4 million increase in working capital from higher accounts receivable balances related to increased sales levels.

Taxes- During the third quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company recorded a tax provision of $20 million, for an overall tax rate of 29%. This included discrete period specific benefits of approximately $1 million and did not include any benefit from the impact of the closure of the Thane, India carbon black facility. The recurring effective tax rate for the quarter was approximately 25%.

Page 2 of 4

Outlook

Commenting on the outlook for the Company, Prevost said, “During the last three quarters we have reached volume levels that are more reflective of underlying demand. Growth over the coming quarters remains dependent on the dynamic macroeconomic environment. Our performance year to date is a demonstration of our ability to strengthen our leading portfolio positions, improve operating margins and accelerate the contribution of our new business activities. Our strong balance sheet continues to provide a solid platform for this growth. All in all, we are on track to grow our earnings and meet our long-term financial targets through continued execution in our key strategic areas of margin improvement, emerging market expansion and new business development.”

Earnings Call

The Company will host a conference call with industry analysts at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 29, 2010. The call can be accessed through Cabot’s investor relations website at http://investor.cabot-corp.com.

Cabot Corporation, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a global performance materials company. Cabot’s major products are carbon black, capacitor materials, fumed silica, cesium formate drilling fluids, inkjet colorants and aerogels. The Company’s website address is: http://www.cabot-corp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements- This earnings release contains forward-looking statements based on management’s current expectations, estimates and projections. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future (including our expectations concerning volumes and demand for our products), strategy for growth, market position, and expected financial results are forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by words like “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “intends,” “projects,” “indicates,” and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Cabot, particularly its latest annual report on Form 10-K, could cause results to differ materially from those stated. These factors include, but are not limited to changes in raw material costs; costs associated with the research and development of new products, including regulatory approval and market acceptance; competitive pressures; successful integration of structural changes, including restructuring plans, and joint ventures; the laws, regulations, policies and economic conditions, including inflation, interest and foreign currency exchange rates, of countries in which the company does business; and severe weather events that cause business interruptions, including plant and power outages, or disruptions in supplier or customer operations.

Explanation of Terms Used- When explaining factors affecting our performance, we use several terms. The term “LIFO benefit” or “LIFO impact” includes two factors: (i) the impact of current inventory costs being recognized immediately in cost of goods sold (“COGS”) under a last-in first-out method, compared to the older costs that would have been included in COGS under a first-in first-out method (“COGS impact”); and (ii) the impact of reductions in inventory quantities, causing historical inventory costs to flow through COGS (“liquidation impact”). The LIFO impact for the Company (including the Rubber Blacks, Performance Products and Supermetals Businesses) for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was a benefit of $11 million and is comprised of a favorable $8 million liquidation impact and a $3 million favorable COGS impact. This compares to a $4 million unfavorable LIFO impact for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, comprised of an unfavorable $5 million COGS impact, partially offset by a favorable $1 million liquidation impact. During the second quarter of fiscal 2010 the LIFO impact was a favorable $2 million, comprised of a favorable $4 million liquidation impact, partially offset by a $2 million unfavorable COGS impact.

Page 3 of 4

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures- The preceding discussion of our results and the accompanying financial tables report adjusted EPS and also include information on our reportable segment sales and segment (or business) operating profit before taxes (“PBT”). Adjusted EPS and segment PBT are non-GAAP financial measures and are not intended to replace EPS and income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest, respectively, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Both EPS and adjusted EPS are calculated on a diluted share basis. In calculating adjusted EPS and segment PBT, we exclude certain items, meaning items that are significant and unusual or infrequent and not believed to reflect the true underlying business performance, and, therefore, are not allocated to a segment’s results or included in adjusted EPS. Further, in calculating segment PBT we include equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalties paid by equity affiliates and allocated corporate costs but exclude interest expense, foreign currency translation gains and losses, interest income, dividend income and unallocated corporate costs. Our chief operating decision-maker uses adjusted EPS to evaluate the underlying earnings power of the Company. Segment PBT is used to evaluate changes in the operating results of each segment before non-operating factors and before certain items and to allocate resources to the segments. We believe that these non-GAAP measures also assist our investors in evaluating the changes in our results and the Company’s performance. A reconciliation of adjusted EPS to EPS is shown in the table titled Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS, and a reconciliation of total segment PBT to income (loss) from operations before taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest is shown in the table titled Summary Results by Segments. The certain items that are excluded from our calculation of adjusted EPS and segment PBT are detailed in the table titled Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS.

Page 4 of 4

Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2010

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Periods ended June 30	Three Months						Nine Months
Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	2010			2009			2010			2009

Net sales and other operating revenues	$	753		$	511		$	2,144		$	1,633
Cost of sales		599			443			1,714			1,478
Gross profit		154			68			430			155

Selling and administrative expenses		61			50			189			160
Research and technical expenses		16			16			53			53
Income (loss) from operations		77			2			188			(58	)

Other income and (expense)
Interest and dividend income		1			—			1			2
Interest expense		(10	)		(6	)		(30	)		(23	)
Other income and (expense)		2			2			(2	)		(13	)
Total other income and (expense)		(7	)		(4	)		(31	)		(34	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies		70			(2	)		157			(92	)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes		(20	)		(7	)		(30	)		23
Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax		1			—			5			2
Net income (loss) from continuing operations		51			(9	)		132			(67	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (A)		—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)		51			(9	)		132			(67	)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax		4			3			13			(1	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation	$	47		$	(12	)	$	119		$	(66	)

Diluted earnings (loss) per share of common stock attributable to Cabot Corporation
Continuing Operations (B)	$	0.72		$	(0.18	)	$	1.81		$	(1.05	)
Discontinued Operations (A), (B)		—		$	(0.01	)		—		$	(0.01	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation (B)	$	0.72		$	(0.19	)	$	1.81		$	(1.06	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Diluted		64			63			64			63

(A)	Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.

(B)

Prior year earnings per share has been recast due to Cabot’s adoption of an accounting pronouncement in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 that changes the methodology for allocating earnings among shareholders. Under this guidance, certain of Cabot's unvested share-based payment awards must be included in the earnings allocation process in computing earnings per share. This guidance has been applied retrospectively so that all periods are shown on a consistent basis.

Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2010

CABOT CORPORATION SUMMARY RESULTS BY SEGMENTS

Periods ended June 30	Three Months						Nine Months
Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	2010			2009			2010			2009
SALES
Core Segment	$	484		$	312		$	1,375		$	1,046
Rubber blacks (A)		437			274			1,247			940
Supermetals (A)		47			38			128			106
Performance Segment		200			152			587			436
Performance products (A)		137			100			401			291
Fumed metal oxides (A)		63			52			186			145
New Business Segment		25			14			64			48
Inkjet colorants		15			10			43			32
Aerogel		8			2			16			11
Superior MicroPowders		2			2			5			5
Specialty Fluids Segment		22			19			52			45
Segment sales (A)		731			497			2,078			1,575
Unallocated and other (A), (B)		22			14			66			58
Net sales and other operating revenues	$	753		$	511		$	2,144		$	1,633
SEGMENT PROFIT (LOSS)
Core Segment	$	55		$	14		$	145		$	15
Rubber blacks (A)		41			11			122			15
Supermetals (A)		14			3			23			—
Performance Segment (A)		35			10			101			13
New Business Segment		—			(4	)		(2	)		(8	)
Specialty Fluids Segment		11			9			21			17
Total Segment Profit (Loss) (A), ©		101			29			265			37

Interest expense		(10	)		(6	)		(30	)		(23	)
Certain items (D)		(15	)		(19	)		(41	)		(67	)
Unallocated corporate costs		(9	)		(7	)		(30	)		(22	)
General unallocated expense (A), (E)		4			1			(2	)		(15	)
Less: Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax		(1	)		—			(5	)		(2	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies		70			(2	)		157			(92	)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes		(20	)		(7	)		(30	)		23
Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax		1			—			5			2
Net income (loss) from continuing operations		51			(9	)		132			(67	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (F)		—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)		51			(9	)		132			(67	)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax		4			3			13			(1	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation	$	47		$	(12	)	$	119		$	(66	)

Diluted earnings (loss) per share of common stock attributable to Cabot Corporation
Continuing Operations (G)	$	0.72		$	(0.18	)	$	1.81		$	(1.05	)
Discontinued Operations (F), (G)		—			(0.01	)		—			(0.01	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation (G)	$	0.72		$	(0.19	)	$	1.81		$	(1.06	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Diluted		64			63			64			63

(A)

Beginning with the third quarter of fiscal 2010, management no longer allocates its corporate adjustment for unearned revenue to its segments. Therefore, unearned revenue and cost of sales related to unearned revenue, which had been allocated to Segment Sales and Segment Profit (Loss) in prior periods, have been reclassified to "Unallocated and other" and "General unallocated expense", respectively. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the new

allocation method. This change had an immaterial impact on segment profit (loss) for all periods presented.

(B)	Unallocated and other reflects royalties paid by equity affiliates, other operating revenues, external shipping and handling fees, and the impact of unearned revenue as discussed in note (A) above.

(C)	Segment profit is a measure used by Cabot's Chief Operating Decision-Maker to measure consolidated operating results, assess segment performance and allocate resources. Segment profit includes equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalty income, and allocated corporate costs.

(D)	Details of certain items are presented in the Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS table.

(E)	General unallocated expense includes foreign currency transaction gains (losses), interest income, dividend income, and the profit related to unearned revenue as discussed in note (A) above.

(F)	Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.

(G)

Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2010

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSITION

	June 30,			September 30,
	2010			2009
Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts	(unaudited)			(audited)

Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	295		$	304
Short-term marketable securities		1			1
Accounts and notes receivable, net of reserve for doubtful accounts of $5 and $6		588			452
Inventories:
Raw materials		113			118
Work in process		40			44
Finished goods		173			165
Other		31			31
Total inventories		357			358
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		59			53
Deferred income taxes		31			32
Total current assets		1,331			1,200

Investments:
Equity affiliates		58			60
Long-term marketable securities and cost investments		1			1
Total investments		59			61

Property, plant and equipment		2,846			3,000
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,925	)		(1,988	)
Net property, plant and equipment		921			1,012

Goodwill		35			37
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $11 and $11		2			2
Assets held for rent		42			43
Deferred income taxes		231			235
Other assets		83			86

Total assets	$	2,704		$	2,676

Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2010

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSITION

	June 30,			September 30,
	2010			2009
Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts	(unaudited)			(audited)

Current liabilities:
Notes payable to banks	$	42		$	29
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		396			407
Income taxes payable		19			31
Deferred income taxes		6			5
Current portion of long-term debt		22			5
Total current liabilities		485			477

Long-term debt		601			623
Deferred income taxes		12			11
Other liabilities		265			328

Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock:
Authorized: 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value
Issued and outstanding: None and none		—			—
Common stock:
Authorized: 200,000,000 shares of $1 par value
Issued: 65,357,282 and 65,401,485 shares		65			65
Outstanding: 65,297,295 and 65,309,155 shares
Less cost of 59,987 and 92,330 shares of common treasury stock		(2	)		(2	)
Additional paid-in capital		35			18
Retained earnings		1,102			1,018
Deferred employee benefits		(21	)		(25	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		56			60
Total Cabot Corporation stockholders' equity		1,235			1,134
Noncontrolling interests		106			103
Total equity		1,341			1,237
Total liabilities and equity	$	2,704		$	2,676

CABOT CORPORATION

	Fiscal 2009															Fiscal 2010
In millions,
except per share amounts (unaudited)	Dec. Q.			Mar. Q.			June Q.			Sept. Q.			FY			Dec. Q.			Mar. Q.			June Q.			Sept. Q.	FY

Sales
Core Segment	$	440		$	294		$	312		$	381		$	1,427		$	445		$	446		$	484			$	1,375
Rubber blacks (A)		394			272			274			347			1,287			399			411			437				1,247
Supermetals (A)		46			22			38			34			140			46			35			47				128
Performance Segment		151			133			152			184			620			187			200			200				587
Performance products (A)		100			91			100			119			410			126			138			137				401
Fumed metal oxides (A)		51			42			52			65			210			61			62			63				186
New Business Segment		18			16			14			19			67			17			22			25				64
Inkjet colorants		13			9			10			14			46			14			14			15				43
Aerogel		4			5			2			4			15			2			6			8				16
Superior MicroPowders		1			2			2			1			6			1			2			2				5
Specialty Fluids Segment		15			11			19			14			59			15			15			22				52
Segment Sales (A)		624			454			497			598			2,173			664			683			731				2,078
Unallocated and other (A), (B)		28			16			14			12			70			15			29			22				66

Net sales and other operating revenues	$	652		$	470		$	511		$	610		$	2,243		$	679		$	712		$	753			$	2,144

Segment Profit (Loss)
Core Segment	$	25		$	(24	)	$	14		$	18		$	33		$	49		$	41		$	55			$	145
Rubber blacks (A)		21			(17	)		11			19			34			43			38			41				122
Supermetals (A)		4			(7	)		3			(1	)		(1	)		6			3			14				23
Performance (A)		3			—			10			28			41			34			32			35				101
New Business Segment		(3	)		(1	)		(4	)		(2	)		(10	)		(3	)		1			—				(2	)
Specialty Fluids Segment		4			4			9			4			21			5			5			11				21
Total Segment Profit (Loss) (A), ©		29			(21	)		29			48			85			85			79			101				265

Interest expense		(9	)		(8	)		(6	)		(7	)		(30	)		(9	)		(11	)		(10	)			(30	)
Certain items (D)		(2	)		(46	)		(19	)		(36	)		(103	)		(17	)		(9	)		(15	)			(41	)
Unallocated corporate costs		(7	)		(8	)		(7	)		(6	)		(28	)		(11	)		(10	)		(9	)			(30	)
General unallocated expense (A), (E)		(8	)		(8	)		1			(6	)		(21	)		(3	)		(3	)		4				(2	)
Less: Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax		(2	)		—			—			(3	)		(5	)		(3	)		(1	)		(1	)			(5	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies		1			(91	)		(2	)		(10	)		(102	)		42			45			70				157
(Provision) benefit for income taxes		(1	)		31			(7	)		(1	)		22			(11	)		1			(20	)			(30	)
Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax		2			—			—			3			5			3			1			1				5
Net income (loss) from continuing operations		2			(60	)		(9	)		(8	)		(75	)		34			47			51				132

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (F)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—				—
Net income (loss)		2			(60	)		(9	)		(8	)		(75	)		34			47			51				132
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax		(2	)		(2	)		3			3			2			5			4			4				13
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation	$	4		$	(58	)	$	(12	)	$	(11	)	$	(77	)	$	29		$	43		$	47			$	119

Diluted earnings (loss) per share of common stock attributable to Cabot Corporation
Continuing operations (G)	$	0.06		$	(0.93	)	$	(0.18	)	$	(0.18	)	$	(1.24	)	$	0.44		$	0.65		$	0.72			$	1.81

Discontinued operations (F), (G)		—			—			(0.01	)		—			(0.01	)		—			—			—				—
Net income (loss) attributable to Cabot Corporation (G)	$	0.06		$	(0.93	)	$	(0.19	)	$	(0.18	)	$	(1.25	)	$	0.44		$	0.65		$	0.72			$	1.81
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Diluted		63			63			63			64			63			64			64			64				64

(A)

(B)	Unallocated and other reflects royalties paid by equity affiliates, other operating revenues, external shipping and handling fees, and the impact of unearned revenue as discussed in note (A) above.

(C)	Segment profit is a measure used by Cabot's Chief Operating Decision-Maker to measure consolidated operating results, assess segment performance and allocate resources. Segment profit includes equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalty income, and allocated corporate costs.

(D)	Details of certain items are presented in the Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS table.

(E)	General unallocated expense includes foreign currency transaction gains (losses), interest income, dividend income, and the profit related to unearned revenue as discussed in note (A) above.

(F)	Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.

(G)

Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2010

CABOT CORPORATION CERTAIN ITEMS AND RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED EPS

CERTAIN ITEMS:
Periods ended June 30	Three Months												Nine Months
Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	2010			2010			2009			2009			2010			2010			2009			2009
	$			per share(A)			$			per share(A)			$			per share(A)			$			per share(A)
Certain items before income taxes
Environmental reserves and legal settlements	$	(1	)	$	(0.01	)	$	-		$	-		$	(2	)	$	(0.02	)	$	-		$	-
Recovery of previously impaired investment		-			-			-			-			1			0.01			-			-
Long-lived asset impairment (B)		-			-			-			-			(2	)		(0.02	)		-			-
Write-down of impaired investments		-			-			-			-			-			-			(1	)		(0.01	)
Restructuring initiatives:
- 2009 Global		-			-			(19	)		(0.24	)		(24	)		(0.32	)		(64	)		(0.87	)
- Closure of Thane, India Facility		(14	)		(0.22	)		-			-			(14	)		(0.22	)		-			-
- Other		-			-			-			-			-			-			(2	)		(0.02	)
Total certain items		(15	)		(0.23	)		(19	)		(0.24	)		(41	)		(0.57	)		(67	)		(0.90	)
- Discontinued operations (C)		-			-			-			(0.01	)		-			-			-			(0.01	)
Total certain items and discontinued operations		(15	)		(0.23	)		(19	)		(0.25	)		(41	)		(0.57	)		(67	)		(0.91	)
Tax impact of certain items and discontinued operations		1			-			3			-			5			-			10			-
Total certain items after tax	$	(14	)	$	(0.23	)	$	(16	)	$	(0.25	)	$	(36	)	$	(0.57	)	$	(57	)	$	(0.91	)

Periods ended June 30	Three Months						Nine Months
Dollars in millions (unaudited)	2010			2009			2010			2009

Statement of Operations Line Item
Cost of sales	$	(12	)	$	(18	)	$	(25	)	$	(59	)
Selling and administrative expenses		(3	)		(1	)		(16	)		(6	)
Research and technical expenses		-			-			-			(2	)
Total certain items	$	(15	)	$	(19	)	$	(41	)	$	(67	)

NON-GAAP MEASURE:
Periods ended June 30	Three Months						Nine Months
Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	2010			2009			2010			2009
	per share(A)			per share(A)			per share(A)			per share(A)
Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS to GAAP EPS
Net income (loss) per share attributable to Cabot Corporation	$	0.72		$	(0.19	)	$	1.81		$	(1.06	)
Less: Net loss per share from discontinued operations		-			(0.01	)		-			(0.01	)
Net income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.72		$	(0.18	)	$	1.81		$	(1.05	)
Less: Certain items per share		(0.23	)		(0.24	)		(0.57	)		(0.90	)
Adjusted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.95		$	0.06		$	2.38		$	(0.15	)

(A)	Per share amounts are calculated after tax.

(B)	Land related to former carbon black site.

(C)	Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.