-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, H57bD5/euhAonyLMvjFazCNvoODSpGCwBDyd49FW1qqg+vrmhEVytE/iIU+RzEcA mrLAuBrtv4fZZtzMwADcqw== 0000950135-02-003766.txt : 20020814 0000950135-02-003766.hdr.sgml : 20020814 20020814142136 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-02-003766 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020814 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20020814 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CABOT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000016040 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 042271897 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05667 FILM NUMBER: 02734596 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1300 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109-1806 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173450100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1300 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 82109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CABOT GODFREY L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680418 8-K 1 b44010cae8vk.txt FORM 8-K DATED 08/14/2002 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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): August 14, 2002 CABOT CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 1-5667 04-2271897 - ---------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of incorporation) 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) Page 1 of 6 Pages Item 7. Financial Statement and Exhibits (c) Exhibits The following exhibits are furnished herewith: 99.1 Principal Executive Officer Signed Statement under Oath dated August 14, 2002. 99.2 Principal Financial Officer Signed Statement under Oath dated August 14, 2002. Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure. On August 14, 2002, each of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cabot Corporation signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") the Statement under Oath required by the Commission's Order of June 27, 2002. Pursuant to the Statement by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated July 29, 2002, the two Statements under Oath are furnished herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2. 2 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 Registrant Date: August 14, 2002 By: /s/ Kennett F. Burnes ----------------------------------- Kennett F. Burnes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 3 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 99.1 Principal Executive Officer signed Statement under Oath dated August 14, 2002 99.2 Principal Financial Officer signed Statement under Oath dated August 14, 2002 4 EX-99.1 3 b44010caexv99w1.txt EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Kennett F. Burnes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Cabot Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - Annual report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2001 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2001; - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Cabot Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August 2002. /s/ Kennett F. Burnes /s/ Aji Kron - ------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Kennett F. Burnes Notary Public Chairman and Chief Executive Officer My Commission Expires: Dated August 14, 2002 12 January 2007 5 EX-99.2 4 b44010caexv99w2.txt EX-99.2 Exhibit 99.2 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I , John A. Shaw, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Cabot Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2001 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2001; - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Cabot Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August 2002. /s/ John A. Shaw /s/ Aji Kron - ---------------------------- --------------------------------- John A. Shaw Notary Public Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer My Commission Expires: Dated August 14, 2002 12 January 2007 6 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----