CABOT CORPORATION (NYSE:CBT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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CABOT CORPORATION (NYSE:CBT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On March8, 2018, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders to notice duly given. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as set forth below.

1. All of the Board’s nominees for director were elected to the class of directors whose term expires in 2021 by the votes set forth in the table below:
For Against Abstain BrokerNon-Votes

Cynthia A. Arnold

 50,389,586 2,024,858 60,092 2,510,411

John K. McGillicuddy

 52,085,635 320,721 68,180 2,510,411

John F. O’Brien

 50,514,863 1,891,890 67,783 2,510,411

Mark S. Wrighton

 51,012,188 1,435,877 26,471 2,510,411

In addition to the directors elected at the meeting to the class of directors whose terms expire in 2021, the terms of office of the following directors continued after the meeting: Juan Enriquez, Sean D. Keohane, William C. Kirby, Michael M. Morrow, Patrick M. Prevost, Sue H. Rataj and Matthias L. Wolfgruber.

2. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:

For:

 50,114,002

Against:

 2,295,423

Abstain:

 65,111

Broker Non-Votes:

 2,510,411
3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte& Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September30, 2018 by the votes set forth in the table below:

For:

 53,769,084

Against:

 1,175,484

Abstain:

 40,379

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte& Touche LLP was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to that matter.


About CABOT CORPORATION (NYSE:CBT)

Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company. The Company operates through four business segments: reinforcement materials, performance chemicals, purification solutions and specialty fluids. Reinforcement materials’ rubber grade carbon blacks are used to enhance the physical properties of the systems and applications in which they are incorporated. Its rubber blacks products are used in tires and industrial products. Performance Chemicals consists of two businesses: specialty carbons and formulations business, and metal oxides business. Purification Solutions’ activated carbon products are used for the purification of water, air and pharmaceuticals, among others, as either a colorant or a decolorizing agent in the production of food and beverage applications. Its specialty fluids segment produces and markets cesium formate as a drilling and completion fluid for use in high pressure and high temperature oil and gas well construction.