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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-178596"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBT"
cik: "0000016040"
company_name: "CABOT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:09:45.529805+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cabot elects former AkzoNobel CEO Thierry Vanlancker to Board, Audit Committee

## Summary
- Thierry Vanlancker elected to Board effective July 12, 2024; also appointed to Audit Committee.
- Vanlancker received prorated stock grant worth ~$77,500 as part of director compensation.
- Vanlancker was CEO of AkzoNobel (2017-2022); previously held roles at Chemours and DuPont over 30+ years.
- He currently chairs SIKA AG (since Mar 2024) and Aliaxis SA (since 2022), and serves on other boards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-178596
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBT
- cik: 0000016040
- company_name: CABOT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312524178596/0001193125-24-178596-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312524178596/d566319d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-178596
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-178596.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thierry Vanlancker was elected as Director at CABOT CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cabot Corporation (“Cabot”), based on a recommendation of the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee, elected Thierry Vanlancker, as a director of Cabot and appointed Mr. Vanlancker to the Board’s Audit Committee, both effective July 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312524178596/0001193125-24-178596-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.