Contact: | Susannah Robinson Director, Investor Relations 617-342-6129 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION CLOSES CARBON BLACK INVESTIGATION
BOSTON, MA (June 1, 2005)- Cabot Corporation (CBT / NYSE) announced today that it has received notification from the European Commission that the Commission’s investigation into possible price-fixing within the European carbon black industry has been closed. European authorities initiated their investigation in November 2002.
Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot’s major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids.www.cabot-corp.com.
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