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Issuer:     CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK:        0000016040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-236256
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cabot elects Michelle Williams to board; Non-Executive Chair Rataj to retire May 2024
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- Michelle Williams, Ph.D., elected to board effective Sep 13, 2023, and appointed to Audit Committee.
- Sue Rataj to retire from board effective May 31, 2024; steps down as Non-Executive Chair on Oct 1, 2023.
- Michael Morrow elected Non-Executive Chair effective Oct 1, 2023; Frank Wilson elected Audit Committee Chair.
- Rataj remains Chair of Governance and Nominating and Executive Committees until retirement.
- No transactions between Williams and Cabot under Item 404(a); received prorated stock grant of ~$45,000.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312523236256/0001193125-23-236256-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312523236256/d492057d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-236256

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