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Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate

 Exhibit 10(k)(i) 

Cabot Corporation 
 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan 
 Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate

 [date] 
 Cabot
Corporation Headquarters 
 This Certificate evidences the grant to you by Cabot Corporation (the “Company” or “Cabot”),
subject to the terms provided herein and in the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2009 Plan”), of the restricted stock units set forth in the table below (such units referred to collectively as your
“Award”). The principal terms of your Award are described below. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all capitalized terms used that are not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the 2009 Plan. 

 
  

					
	
Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit
	  	 	RSUs	  
	 Performance-Based Restricted Stock
Unit
	  	 	PSUs	  
	 Date that Units
Vest
	  	 	[Date	] 

 General Terms of your Award. 
 Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit. The time-based restricted stock unit portion of your Award (the “RSUs”) gives you the conditional right to receive, without payment, subject to the
vesting and other conditions set forth in this Certificate and in the 2009 Plan, (i) shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) equal in number to the number of RSUs set forth in the table
above (the “Shares”), and (ii) dividend equivalents, payable in cash, when and if dividends are declared and paid on the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock, and equal in value to the dividends that would have been paid
in respect of the Shares had such Shares been issued to you on [date]. Dividend equivalents will only be paid to you with respect to Shares underlying RSUs that have not vested as of the applicable Common Stock dividend record date. Any dividend
equivalents payable to you will be paid through the payroll system as soon as administratively possible after the applicable Common Stock dividend payment date, subject to your continued employment through the date that such dividend equivalents are
paid. 
 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit. The performance-based restricted stock unit portion of your Award (the “PSUs”)
gives you the conditional right to receive, without payment, upon the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors determining the Company’s achievement of the performance metrics outlined in Appendix A attached to
this Certificate and subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Certificate and in the 2009 Plan, shares of Common Stock representing from 0% to 150% of the number of PSUs granted, with the actual number of shares to be delivered
determined in accordance with the provisions of Appendix A and rounded to the nearest whole number, it being understood that the Compensation Committee has discretion to adjust the performance metrics outlined in Appendix A to account
for, or to take into account in determining whether any performance metric set forth in Appendix A has been achieved, the occurrence of unanticipated events and circumstances during the performance period of this Award as the Compensation
Committee deems necessary or advisable. You shall not be entitled to dividend equivalents with respect to the PSU portion of your Award. 

Vesting of Your Award. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, and subject in the case of PSUs to the achievement of the performance metrics
outlined in Appendix A, your Award shall vest on [date], unless it is earlier terminated or forfeited, provided you are on such date, and will have been at all times since the date of this Certificate, an employee of the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. The conditions under which your Award may be forfeited are explained below. 

 Circumstances that may lead to the forfeiture of your Award. If your employment with Cabot ends for
any reason before your Award vests, other than because of your death or Disability or because within two years following a Change in Control Cabot or any successor employer terminates your employment other than for Cause or you terminate your
employment for Good Reason as more fully described below, you will forfeit your Award immediately. If your employment ceases because of your death or Disability, the following rules will apply: 

 

	 	•	 	 the RSU portion of your Award will vest; 

  

	 	•	 	 any portion of your PSU Award as to which at the time your employment ceases the performance criteria have been satisfied (other than the passage of
time necessary for vesting) will vest; and 

  

	 	•	 	 any portion of your PSU Award which is conditioned upon satisfaction of performance criteria with respect to a current or future performance period
that have not been satisfied at the time your employment ceases will terminate. 

 If your Award remains outstanding following
a Change in Control (either because of assumption, substitution or otherwise as provided for in Section 7(a)(y)(i) of the 2009 Plan), and within two years following such Change in Control Cabot or any successor employer terminates your
employment other than for Cause, or you terminate your employment for Good Reason, the following rules will apply: 
  

	 	•	 	 the RSU portion of your Award will vest; 

  

	 	•	 	 any portion of your PSU Award as to which at the time your employment ceases the performance criteria have been satisfied (other than the passage of
time necessary for vesting) will vest; and 

  

	 	•	 	 any portion of your PSU Award which is conditioned upon satisfaction of performance criteria with respect to a current or future performance period
that have not been satisfied at the time your employment ceases will vest as if target performance had been achieved. 

 For
purposes of this award agreement, “Cause” means (i) your willful and continued failure to perform substantially your reasonably assigned duties with the Company or any successor entity or any of their respective Affiliates (other than
any such failure resulting from your physical or mental incapacity or any such actual, alleged or anticipated failure after you issue a notice of termination for Good Reason) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by
the Company which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes you have not substantially performed your duties; or (ii) your willfully engaging in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the
Company, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of this definition (i) no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that
your actions or omission was in the best interest of the Company and (ii) your good faith errors in judgment shall not constitute Cause or be considered in any determination of whether Cause exists. 

For purposes of this award agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence after a Change in Control, without your prior written consent, of any
of the following events or conditions: 
 (a) a change in your status, title, position or responsibilities (including reporting
responsibilities) which represents a material adverse change from your status, title, position or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior thereto; the assignment to you of any duties or responsibilities which are materially inconsistent with
your status, title, position or responsibilities; or your removal from or the failure to reappoint or reelect you to any of such offices or positions, except in connection with the termination of your employment for Disability, Cause, as a result of
your death or by you other than for Good Reason; 
 (b) a reduction in the rate of your annual base salary or target annual cash
bonus, or a material reduction in your total compensation; 
  

  
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 (c) the relocation of the offices at which you are principally employed to a location more
than twenty-five (25) miles from the location of such office immediately prior to the Change in Control, or the Company’s requiring you to be based at a location more than twenty-five (25) miles from such office, except to the extent
you were not previously assigned to a principal location and except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations at the time of the Change in Control; 

(d) the failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your then current base salary or annual cash bonus or any other compensation,
or to pay to you any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company in which you participated, in each case, within fourteen (14) days of the date such compensation is due and payable
in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement or plan or applicable law; or 
 (e) any material reduction in the
retirement or welfare benefits or other material benefit or compensation plan made available to you or any materially adverse change in the terms on which those benefits are made available. 
 In order for a termination for Good Reason to be effective, you must (a) provide notice to the Company specifying in reasonable detail the condition giving rise to the Good Reason no later than the
one-hundred and eightieth (180th) day following the occurrence of that condition; (b) provide the Company a period of thirty (30) days to remedy the condition; and (c) terminate your employment for Good Reason within sixty
(60) days following the expiration of the Company’s period to remedy if the Company fails to remedy the condition. 
 Delivery of
Shares. The Company shall, as soon as practicable upon the vesting of your Award (but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year such Award vests) deliver the shares with respect to such vested Award to you (or, in the
event of your death, to the person to whom the Award has passed by will or the laws of descent and distribution). No shares will be issued pursuant to this Award unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance or transfer of such
shares have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Administrator and you have made arrangements to pay to Cabot any applicable withholding taxes due upon the vesting of your Award. 
 Rights as a Shareholder; Dividends. The Award shall not be interpreted to bestow upon you any equity interest or ownership in the Company or any Affiliate prior to the date on which the Company
delivers shares to you. You are not entitled to vote any shares by reason of the granting of this Award. You shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to those shares, if any, that are actually delivered under this Award at the time such shares
are delivered. You will be entitled to receive dividend equivalents as provided for in this Certificate. 
 Certain Tax Matters. The
general tax consequences of the Award are described in the Supplementary Tax Summary attached to this Certificate. You are responsible, however, for seeking advice from your own tax and financial advisors with respect to the consequences of the
Award to the extent you require or desire such advice. 
 You must pay to Cabot any applicable withholding taxes due upon the vesting and/or
settlement of your Award. Unless you instruct the Corporate Compensation Department otherwise, to satisfy federal, state and local withholding requirements arising in connection with the vesting and/or settlement of this Award, Cabot will
automatically withhold shares of stock from the shares otherwise deliverable to you, up to the greatest number of whole shares with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding the minimum required withholding applicable to the amount so vesting. If
you wish to increase your tax withholding with respect to taxes due upon the vesting and/or settlement of this Award or satisfy your withholding requirements with a cash payment to Cabot, you must notify the Corporate Compensation Department at
least 10 calendar days before the date the Award is scheduled to vest. The Corporate Compensation Department will provide you with an election form at your request and any notification will need to be made using such form. 

 

  
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 Nontransferability. Neither this Award nor any rights with respect thereto may be sold, assigned,
transferred (other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution), pledged or otherwise encumbered, except as the Administrator may otherwise determine. 
 Effect on Employment Rights. This Award shall not confer upon you any right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and shall not affect in any way the
right of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company to terminate your employment at any time. Further, any benefits you receive from the grant or vesting of your Award shall not be considered a component of your salary for any
purpose, including, without limitation, any salary-related calculations for holiday, sick pay, termination payments, overtime or similar payments. 
 Provisions of the 2009 Plan. The terms specified in this Certificate are governed by the terms of the 2009 Plan, a copy of which has been provided to you. Information about the 2009 Plan is also
included in the Prospectus for the 2009 Plan, a copy of which has also been provided to you. The Compensation Committee of Cabot’s Board of Directors has the exclusive authority to interpret the 2009 Plan and this Award, including whether and
to what extent the performance metrics outlined in Appendix A have been achieved. Any interpretation of the Award by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Award are final and binding on all persons. To the extent there
is a conflict between the terms of this Certificate, the 2009 Plan or any employment agreement between you and Cabot or any of its subsidiaries, the 2009 Plan shall govern. 
 Recoupment Policy. This Award is subject to the terms of the Company’s Recoupment Policy as in effect at the time of this Award. 
 Amendments. No amendment of any provision of this Certificate (other than an adjustment in the performance metrics set forth in Appendix A made in accordance with the terms herein, which
shall not be deemed an amendment of this Certificate) shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing. 
 Governing Law. This
Certificate shall be governed and construed by and determined in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
 By signing below, you hereby accept your Award subject to the terms set forth herein and in the 2009 Plan, and expressly consent to the transfer to and use of your personal data by the Company or service
providers of the Company or other third parties for the specific purposes of the 2009 Plan, even if the recipients of the data are located in countries that do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in your country. In addition,
you understand that this Award is discretionary, and that eligibility for an award under the 2009 Plan is established at the time awards are made. Therefore, your receiving this Award does not mean that you are guaranteed an award in the future.

  

			
	Agreed and Accepted:
		
	By	 	 
		 	Print Name:

 Kindly sign, date and return this certificate to Cabot Corporation, Attention:
            , Compensation Department by hand delivery or mail, to 157 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821; or by fax to the HR Confidential Fax:
            . 

  
 4Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Certificate

 Exhibit 10(k)(ii) 

 
 CABOT CORPORATION 

2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
 Stock Option Award Certificate 
 [Date] 

Name 
 Location Name 

This Certificate evidences the grant to you by Cabot Corporation (the “Company” or “Cabot”), subject to the terms
provided herein and in the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2009 Plan”), of stock options to purchase the number of shares of common stock of Cabot set forth in the table below (such stock options referred
to as your “Award”). The principal terms of your Award are described below. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all capitalized terms used that are not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the 2009 Plan. 

 

			
	 Non-Qualified Stock Option
	  	[Option Award]
	 Grant Date
	  	[Date]
	 Exercise Price (Per Share)
	  	[Exercise price]
	 Dates that Stock Option Vests and Becomes Exercisable
	  	 [Vesting dates]

	 Expiration Date
	  	[Expiration date]

 General Terms of your Stock Option. Your stock option gives you the right to purchase shares of
common stock of Cabot at the per share exercise price, and subject to the vesting provisions, set forth above. This stock option is not intended to constitute an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

 Vesting and Duration of your Stock Option. As indicated in the table above, a portion of your Award will vest, and
become exercisable, on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. After your stock option vests, unless it is earlier terminated or forfeited, it is generally exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its expiration
date. Your stock option has a ten-year term. The conditions under which your Award may be forfeited are explained below. The exercise of your stock option may involve the sale of Cabot stock, and accordingly, there may be limitations on when you
can exercise your stock option under Cabot’s Policy on Transactions in Securities, a copy of which is being provided to you with the Prospectus for the 2009 Plan. 
 Circumstances that will lead to the termination of your stock option before the scheduled expiration date. If your employment with Cabot ends and you continue to hold unexercised stock options, the
following rules will apply: 
  

	 	•	 	 Any unvested options outstanding immediately prior to the cessation of your employment will be forfeited (unless your employment terminates because of
your death or Disability, or because within two years following a Change in Control Cabot or any successor employer terminates your employment other than for Cause or you terminate your employment for Good Reason as more fully described below).

  

	 	•	 	 Any vested stock options outstanding immediately prior to the cessation of your employment, to the extent exercisable, will remain exercisable for
three months after the date on which your employment ended or until the stated expiration date, if earlier. 

  

	 	•	 	 If your employment ceases because of your death or Disability, any outstanding unvested stock options will become exercisable in full upon such
termination and all outstanding stock options will remain exercisable for three years following the date on which your employment ended or until the stated expiration date, if earlier. 

 

	 	•	 	 If your Award remains outstanding following a Change in Control (either because of assumption, substitution or otherwise as provided for in
Section 7(a)(y)(i) of the 2009 Plan), and within two 

	 	 
years following such Change in Control Cabot or any successor employer terminates your employment other than for Cause, or you terminate your employment for Good Reason, any outstanding unvested
stock options will become exercisable in full upon such termination and remain exercisable for three months following the date on which your employment ended or until the stated expiration date, if earlier. 

Exercising your Stock Option. You may exercise your Award by delivering to the Company’s designated broker for stock option
exercises (or to the Company in the event the Company does not have a designated broker for stock option exercises) a signed notice of exercise, in the form provided, with payment of the exercise price and any withholding taxes due upon exercise.
The date the Company’s designated broker (or the Company in the event the Company does not have a designated broker for stock option exercises) receives your signed notice of exercise will be the exercise date. You may also choose to exercise
your stock options in a cashless exercise through the Company’s designated broker (or your own broker if the Company does not have a designated broker for stock option exercises). A cashless exercise involves a sale of Cabot stock in the
market, with the proceeds applied to the stock option exercise price and any withholding taxes due. In a cashless exercise transaction, the exercise will be deemed to have occurred when the shares are sold by the broker. 

Payment of the Exercise Price. You may pay for the shares you are purchasing upon the exercise of your stock option in the
following ways: 
  

	 	•	 	 your personal check, bank check or draft, a money order payable to the order of Cabot or by wire transfer of funds; 

 

	 	•	 	 a check, payable to the order of the Company from the Company’s designated broker, or in the event the Company does not have a designated broker
for stock option exercises, your own broker; 

  

	 	•	 	 by delivery to the Company of shares of Cabot common stock held by you for at least six months having a market value (at the close of business on the
last business day preceding the date on which your completed and signed notice of exercise is sent or hand delivered to Cabot) equal in amount to the exercise price of the option being exercised, provided that (a) this method of payment is then
permitted by applicable law and (b) the shares used to pay the exercise price are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirement (a stock swap); or 

 

	 	•	 	 by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment. 

 For purposes of this award agreement, “Cause” means (i) your willful and continued failure to perform substantially your reasonably assigned duties with the Company or any successor entity
or any of their respective Affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from your physical or mental incapacity or any such actual, alleged or anticipated failure after you issue a notice of termination for Good Reason) after a written demand
for substantial performance is delivered to you by the Company which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes you have not substantially performed your duties; or (ii) your willfully engaging in conduct which is
demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of this definition (i) no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in
good faith and without reasonable belief that your actions or omission was in the best interest of the Company and (ii) your good faith errors in judgment shall not constitute Cause or be considered in any determination of whether Cause exists.

 For purposes of this award agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence after a Change in Control, without your
prior written consent, of any of the following events or conditions: 
 (a) a change in your status, title, position or
responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) which represents a material adverse change from your status, title, position or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior thereto; the assignment to you of any duties or responsibilities
which are materially 

 
inconsistent with your status, title, position or responsibilities; or your removal from or the failure to reappoint or reelect you to any of such offices or positions, except in connection with
the termination of your employment for Disability, Cause, as a result of your death or by you other than for Good Reason; 
 (b)
a reduction in the rate of your annual base salary or target annual cash bonus, or a material reduction in your total compensation; 
 (c) the relocation of the offices at which you are principally employed to a location more than twenty-five (25) miles from the location of such office immediately prior to the Change in Control, or
the Company’s requiring you to be based at a location more than twenty-five (25) miles from such office, except to the extent you were not previously assigned to a principal location and except for required travel on the Company’s
business to an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations at the time of the Change in Control; 
 (d)
the failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your then current base salary or annual cash bonus or any other compensation, or to pay to you any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program of
the Company in which you participated, in each case, within fourteen (14) days of the date such compensation is due and payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement or plan or applicable law; or 

(e) any material reduction in the retirement or welfare benefits or other material benefit or compensation plan made available to you or
any materially adverse change in the terms on which those benefits are made available. 
 In order for a termination for Good
Reason to be effective, you must (a) provide notice to the Company specifying in reasonable detail the condition giving rise to the Good Reason no later than the one-hundred and eightieth (180th) day following the occurrence of that
condition; (b) provide the Company a period of thirty (30) days to remedy the condition; and (c) terminate your employment for Good Reason within sixty (60) days following the expiration of the Company’s period to remedy if
the Company fails to remedy the condition. 
 A cashless exercise involves the sale of Cabot stock in the market, and,
therefore, must be completed in accordance with Cabot’s Policy on Transactions in Securities. Please review the restrictions on trading contained in the Policy before making arrangements for a cashless exercise. Please note that the
trading restrictions in Cabot’s Policy on Transactions in Securities do not apply to transactions with the Company, such as the exercise of a stock option with your own funds or the surrender of shares in payment of the exercise price or in
satisfaction of any tax withholding obligations, provided you do not sell the shares acquired while in possession of material nonpublic information or, if applicable to you, during a corporate blackout period. 

Tax consequences of your Stock Option. The tax consequences of your Award are described in the Tax Information attached to this
Certificate. If you are an employee in the U.S., withholding taxes will be deducted from the proceeds of your option exercise transaction unless other payment arrangements have been made. If you are a non-U.S. employee, the details of your options
exercise transaction will be reported to your local Human Resources/Payroll office and funds may either be withheld from payroll or paid by you to satisfy any withholding obligation you may have. 

Effect on Employment Rights; Rights as a Stockholder. This Award does not confer upon you any right to continue as an employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and shall not affect in any way the right of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company to terminate your employment at any time. Further, you have no rights as a stockholder with
respect to the shares subject to this option until the proper exercise of the option and the issuance of the shares with respect to which the option has been exercised. 
 Provisions of the 2009 Plan. The terms specified in this Certificate are governed by the terms of the 2009 Plan, a copy of which has been provided to you. Information about the 2009 Plan is also
included in 

 
the Prospectus for the 2009 Plan, a copy of which has also been provided to you. The Compensation Committee of Cabot’s Board of Directors has the exclusive authority to interpret the 2009
Plan and this Award. Any interpretation of the Award by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Award are final and binding on all persons. To the extent there is a conflict between the terms of this Certificate and the 2009
Plan or any employment agreement between you and Cabot or any of its subsidiaries, the 2009 Plan shall govern. 
 Recoupment
Policy. This Award and the shares issued to you upon any exercise of the Award are subject to the terms of the Company’s Recoupment Policy as in effect at the time of this Award. 

Additional Information. If you have any questions regarding your stock option or the exercise process, please contact HR Shared
Services, 157 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821; Telephone (978-671-4139); HR Confidential Fax:             . 
 Governing Law. This Certificate shall be governed and construed by and determined in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

By signing below, you hereby accept your Award subject to the terms set forth herein and the related Tax Information, the 2009 Plan, the
Prospectus for the 2009 Plan, and the other materials and documents provided to you in connection with the Award, and expressly consent to the transfer to and use of your personal data by the Company or service providers of the Company or other
third parties for the specific purposes of the 2009 Plan, even if the recipients of the data are located in countries that do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in your country. In addition, you understand that this Award is
discretionary, and that eligibility for an award under the 2009 Plan is established at the time awards are made. Therefore, your receiving this Award does not mean that you are guaranteed an award in the future. 

Kindly sign, date and return this Certificate to Cabot Corporation, Attention:
                    , Compensation Department by hand delivery or mail, to 157 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821; or by fax to the HR
Confidential Fax:             . 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this stock option to be executed by its duly authorized officer. 
  

			
	CABOT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:
	Title:

  

			
		
	 	 	 
	Name:
	Date:

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