2011 Annual Meeting Voting Result

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Cabot held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 10, 2011. At the meeting, stockholders voted on the following five proposals and cast their votes as set forth below.

All of the Board's nominees for director were elected to the class of directors whose terms expire in 2014 by the votes set forth in the table below:

	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Juan Enriquez-Cabot	52, 771,778	1,207,503	140,522	4,517,076
Gautam S. Kaji	52,125,842	1,515,139	478,822	4,517,076
Henry F. McCance	51,696,769	2,192,837	230,197	4,517,076
Patrick M. Prevost	52,424,183	1,444,307	251,313	4,517,076

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:	48,566,549
Against:	3,307,580
Abstain:	2,245,674
Broker Non-Votes:	4,517,076

The Company's stockholders recommended, as set forth below, the frequency with which the Company should hold its advisory vote on executive compensation:

One Year:	32,887,866
Two Years:	1,695,024
Three Years:	17,295,659
Abstain:	2,241,254
Broker Non-Votes:	4,517,076

In light of these voting results, the Company's Board of Directors has decided to hold its advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers annually until the next frequency vote. A frequency vote is required to be held at least once every six years.

The Company's stockholders approved the Cabot Corporation Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan by the votes set forth in the table below:

For:	51,108,112
Against:	1,656,374
Abstain:	1,355,317
Broker Non-Votes:	4,517,076

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 September 30, 2011, by the votes set forth in the table below: