0001193125-14-024493.txt : 20140128 0001193125-14-024493.hdr.sgml : 20140128 20140128170733 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-024493 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140128 ITEM INFORMATION: Cost Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities FILED AS OF DATE: 20140128 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140128 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: 14553779 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 d665748d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 28, 2014

 

 

CABOT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-5667   04-2271897
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer 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)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 2.05 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

On January 28, 2014, Cabot Corporation (the “Company”) announced its intention to open a new Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) Shared Service Center in Riga, Latvia, and to close its Leuven, Belgium site, subject to the Belgian information and consultation process. These proposed actions were developed following an extensive evaluation of the Company’s shared service capabilities in the EMEA region and a determination that the proposed future EMEA Shared Service Center will enable the Company to provide the highest quality of service at the most competitive cost. The Company expects to complete these actions by the end of calendar year 2014.

The Company expects cash charges for the intended closure of the Leuven site and the transition to Riga to be in the range of $19 to $22 million. These costs include severance and employee benefits and transition and other closure costs. The cash outlays related to the intended closure are expected to occur over the next two years. The Company expects a minimum of $6 million of annual cash cost savings, starting in calendar year 2015, as a result of this transition.

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
By:  

/s/ James P. Kelly

Name:   James P. Kelly
Title:   Vice President and Controller

Date: January 28, 2014