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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER
1-5667
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO .
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CABOT CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 04-2271897
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
ORGANIZATION)
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75 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109-1806
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
(617) 345-0100
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
COMMON STOCK, $1 PAR VALUE PER SHARE: BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE
38,005,607 SHARES OUTSTANDING NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
AT NOVEMBER 22, 1994 PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE
PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]
The aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held beneficially or
of record by shareholders who are not directors or executive officers of the
registrant at November 22, 1994, was approximately $940,000,000.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1994 (the "Annual Report") are incorporated by reference in
Parts I, II and IV, and portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement
for its 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement") are
incorporated by reference in Part III.
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PART I
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
Cabot's business was founded in 1882 and incorporated in the State of
Delaware in 1960. The Company is a Fortune 300 Company with businesses in
specialty chemicals and materials and in energy. The Company and its affiliates
have manufacturing facilities in the United States and 22 other countries.
The term "Cabot" as used in this Report refers to Cabot Corporation. The
terms "Company" and "Registrant" mean Cabot and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The description of the Company's businesses is as of September 30, 1994,
unless otherwise noted. Information regarding the revenues and operating profits
of the Company's business segments and geographic areas appears in the Annual
Report at pages 19 and 38.
On August 17, 1994, Cabot effected a two-for-one stock split in the form of
a stock dividend of its common stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Common
Stock"). In addition, the cash dividend paid on shares of Common Stock on
September 9, 1994, was increased to $0.14 per share. In October 1994, Cabot's
Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to 1,500,000 shares of Common
Stock, which superseded a previous authorization. Effective September 30, 1994,
the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115,
"Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities", requiring it
to reflect investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair
values on the balance sheet at their market values as of September 30, 1994.
Additional information regarding significant events affecting the Company
in its fiscal year ended September 30, 1994, appears in the Annual Report at
pages 17 through 23.
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS
The businesses of the Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group manufacture
carbon black; fumed silica; thermoplastics concentrates and specialty compounds;
electronic materials and refractory metals; and safety, environmental
enhancement and energy absorbing products.
CARBON BLACK
Carbon black, a very fine black powder, is used as a reinforcing agent in
tires (tire blacks) and other rubber products such as hoses and gaskets
(industrial rubber blacks). Non-rubber grades of carbon black, known as special
blacks, are used to provide pigmentation, conductivity and ultraviolet
protection and for other purposes in many specialty applications such as inks,
plastics, cables and coatings. The Company believes that it is the leading
manufacturer of carbon black in the world. It estimates that it has about one
quarter of the worldwide production capacity and market share for carbon black.
The Company competes in the manufacture of carbon black with two companies
having an international presence and with at least 20 other companies in various
regional markets in which it operates (see "General" on pages 4 and 5).
The Company's carbon black business is operated through a matrix of four
regional divisions, European, North American, Pacific Asia and South American,
and three sectors, industrial rubber blacks, special blacks and tire blacks.
Tire blacks and various grades of industrial rubber blacks are produced in most
of the carbon black manufacturing plants owned by the Company and its
affiliates. Carbon black plants owned by Cabot or a subsidiary are located in
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France (two plants), Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain and the United States (four plants).
Affiliates of the Company own carbon black plants in Colombia, the Czech
Republic, India, Japan (three plants), Malaysia, Mexico, The People's Republic
of China and Venezuela. During fiscal 1994, the Company consolidated the balance
sheet of its Indonesia subsidiary. The Company also completed the closing of its
carbon black manufacturing facility in
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Hanau, Germany and began operation of its affiliate-owned plant in the Czech
Republic. In addition, because of significant on-going losses expected to
continue into the future, the Company wrote off its equity investment in its
Japanese carbon black manufacturing affiliate. The write-off is not expected to
affect the Company's Japanese special blacks subsidiary.
The principal raw materials used in the manufacture of carbon black are
carbon black oils derived from petroleum refining operations and from the
distillation of coal tars and the production of ethylene throughout the world.
The availability of raw materials has not been and is not expected to be a
significant factor for the business. Raw material costs are influenced by the
cost and availability of oil worldwide and the availability of various types of
carbon black oils.
Sales are generally made by Company employees in the countries where carbon
black plants are located. Export sales are generally made through distributors
or sales representatives in conjunction with Company employees. Sales are made
under various trademarks owned by Cabot, of which Black Pearls(R), Cabot(R),
Elftex(R), Mogul(R), Monarch(R), Regal(R), Spheron(TM) and Sterling(R) are the
best known.
Carbon black research, development and technical service programs conducted
within the carbon black businesses are directed toward development of new and
improved processes and products, improvements in operating efficiencies and
conservation of energy at the Company's plants. The carbon black technology
efforts are concentrated in Billerica, Massachusetts with additional facilities
in Norcross, Georgia, Pampa, Texas and Leiden, The Netherlands (see also the
section headed "Research and Development of the Company" on page 6).
FUMED SILICA
The Company's Cab-O-Sil Division manufactures and sells fumed silica and
dispersions thereof under various trademarks including Cab-O-Sil(R). Fumed
silica is an ultra-fine, high-purity silica produced by a flame process for use
as a reinforcing, thickening, thixotropic, suspending or anti-caking agent in a
wide variety of products for the automotive and construction industries and for
consumers, including adhesives, cosmetics, inks, lubricants, paints and
pharmaceuticals. The headquarters of this business is located in Boston,
Massachusetts. Its North American manufacturing plant is located in Tuscola,
Illinois. A subsidiary of Cabot owns a manufacturing plant in Wales, and an
affiliate of Cabot owns a manufacturing plant in Germany. Raw materials for the
production of fumed silica are various chlorosilane feedstocks. The feedstocks
are either purchased or toll converted for owners of the materials. The Division
has long-term procurement contracts in place which it believes will enable it to
meet its raw material requirements. Sales of fumed silica products are made by
Company employees and through distributors and sales representatives. There are
five principal producers of fumed silica in the world (see "General" on pages 4
and 5). Cabot believes it is the leading producer and seller of this chemical in
the United States and second worldwide.
PLASTICS
The Company produces black and white thermoplastic concentrates and
specialty compounds for sale to plastic resin producers and the plastics
processing industry. Major applications for these materials include pipe and
tubing, packaging and agricultural film, automotive components, cable sheathing
and special packaging for use in the electronics industry. Sales are made by
Company employees and through sales representatives and distributors primarily
in Europe and the Far East. This business has manufacturing facilities in
Belgium (two plants), England, Hong Kong and Italy. In Europe, the Company is
one of the three leading producers of thermoplastic compounds. The main raw
materials used in this business are carbon black, titanium dioxide,
thermoplastic resins and mineral fillers. Raw materials are in general readily
available. The Company also operates a small plastics recycling facility in
Belgium.
PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
The Cabot Performance Materials Division serves the electronic materials
and refractory metals industries and produces tantalum, niobium (columbium),
niobium titanium, cesium, germanium, rubidium and tellurium. Tantalum is
produced in various forms including powder, wire, sheet and foil for
electrolytic
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capacitors. Tantalum and niobium and their alloys are also produced in wrought
form for non-electronic applications such as chemical process equipment and the
production of superalloys, and for various other industrial, aerospace and
medical applications. Tantalum is also used in ballistic munitions produced for
the defense industry. The headquarters and the principal manufacturing facility
of this business are in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. A wholly-owned subsidiary,
Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Limited ("Tanco"), holds a leasehold
interest in land and certain mineral rights with respect to such land in
Manitoba, Canada. Tanco mines and sells tantalite, spodumene, lepidolite and
pollucite. Showa Cabot Supermetals K.K., an affiliate of the Company, has a
manufacturing plant in Japan. Raw materials are in adequate supply. They are
obtained from ores mined principally in Africa, Australia, Brazil and Canada and
from by-product tin slags from tin smelting mainly in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sales in the United States are made by personnel of the Company with export
sales to Europe handled by Company employees and independent European sales
representatives. One of the companies which is a sales representative for the
Company in Europe is affiliated with Cabot. Sales to Japan and other parts of
Asia are handled primarily through employees of the Company's Japanese
affiliate. There are currently three principal groups producing tantalum and
niobium in the western world. The Company believes that it, together with its
Japanese affiliate, is the leading producer of electronic grade tantalum powder
and wire products with competitors having greater production in some other
product lines (see "General" below).
SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND ENERGY ABSORBING PRODUCTS
Cabot Safety Corporation ("Cabot Safety"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Cabot, manufactures and sells personal safety products, as well as energy
absorbing, vibration damping and impact absorbing products for industrial noise
control and environmental enhancement. Included in personal safety equipment are
hearing protection, safety eyewear and respiratory equipment sold to industrial,
consumer and health care markets. The products are made from organic polymers,
inorganic chemicals and various plastic compounds such as propionates,
polyurethanes, polyvinyl chlorides and polycarbonates, supplies of which are
readily available. Cabot Safety is headquartered in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
Its principal manufacturing facilities are in Southbridge, Indianapolis, Indiana
and Newark, Delaware. Significant manufacturing facilities, located in Poynton,
England and Mississauga, Canada are leased by subsidiaries of Cabot. Sales are
made worldwide through sales representatives and distributors and by Company
employees. Cabot Safety competes with a number of companies in its various
product lines. The Company believes Cabot Safety is the world leader in
disposable hearing protection and is among the leading producers in its other
personal safety product lines (see "General" below).
GENERAL
The Company owns and is a licensee of various patents, which expire from
time to time, covering many products, processes and product uses of the
Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group. Although, taken as a whole, the rights
of the Company and the products made and sold under these patents and licenses
are important to the Company's businesses, the loss of any particular patent or
license would not materially affect the businesses of this Group. Products of
this Group are also sold by the Company under a variety of trademarks, the loss
of any one of which would similarly not materially affect the businesses of this
Group.
The Group's businesses are generally not seasonal in nature, although they
experience some decline in sales in the fourth fiscal quarter due to European
holiday plant shutdowns. Backlog orders for the Group believed to be firm as of
September 30, 1994 were approximately $119,000,000, compared to firm backlog
orders as of September 30, 1993, of approximately $95,000,000. All but
approximately $6,000,000 of the 1994 backlog orders are expected to be filled
during fiscal year 1995.
Six major tire and rubber companies operating worldwide, one special blacks
customer operating in Europe and the United States and one fumed silica customer
operating in Europe and the United States represent a material portion of the
Group's total net sales and operating revenues; the loss of one or more of these
customers might materially adversely affect the Group. The Company's specialty
chemicals and materials are used in many end uses associated with the automotive
industry such as tires, hoses, gaskets, capacitors and paints. The Company's
financial results are affected by the cyclical nature of the automotive
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industry although a large portion of the market is for replacement tires and
other parts which are less subject to automobile industry cycles.
Competition exists on the basis of price, service, quality, product
performance and technical innovation in the businesses of this Group.
Competitive conditions also result in the need to carry an inventory of raw
materials and finished goods in order to meet the customers' needs for prompt
delivery of products. Competition in quality, service, product performance and
technical innovation is particularly significant for the fumed silica,
industrial rubber blacks, special blacks, safety and tantalum businesses.
Competition affecting the businesses of the non-carbon black parts of the Group
comes from different firms for each product group.
ENERGY
The Company's energy businesses are conducted through two subsidiaries. The
businesses include transportation, terminalling and marketing of liquefied
natural gas (through Cabot LNG Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary) and coal
handling and distribution (by TUCO INC., a wholly-owned subsidiary). The
headquarters of these companies are located as follows: Cabot LNG Corporation,
Boston, Massachusetts, and TUCO INC., Amarillo, Texas. The Company also owns a
15% interest (17% assuming exercise of warrants) in K N Energy, Inc. ("KNE"), a
natural gas services and utility company.
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
The Company, through a subsidiary, purchases liquefied natural gas ("LNG")
from Sonatrading, an affiliate of Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil and gas
company, under a long-term and a medium-term supply contract. Cabot and
Sonatrach have each agreed to assure performance of the obligations of their
respective affiliates under these agreements. The LNG is stored and resold in
the northeastern United States from a facility in Everett, Massachusetts. In
1992, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a long-term contract with Nigeria
LNG Limited for the supply of LNG. The contract provides for initial deliveries
of LNG commencing in the late 1990s. It is unclear when, if ever, Nigeria LNG
Limited will begin construction of an LNG plant. Cabot has entered into a
limited guaranty of the subsidiary's payment obligations under the contract with
Nigeria LNG Limited for an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 plus the amount of
any prior payments by Cabot under the guaranty in respect of which make-up LNG
has been delivered to the subsidiary.
The Company has received authorizations from the U.S. Department of Energy
to import LNG under the contracts with Sonatrading and Nigeria LNG Limited, as
well as blanket authorization to import LNG from other foreign suppliers on a
short-term basis. The Company has also received authorization from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission for sales services. The supply of LNG is currently
limited to volumes contracted for with Sonatrading/Sonatrach.
In 1993, the Company was notified by Sonatrach that the renovation of
Sonatrach's Algerian LNG production facilities would likely result in a
temporary reduction of LNG deliveries to its customers, including the Company.
The Company expects the curtailment of LNG from its Algerian supplier to
continue at least through fiscal year 1995. The Company has been able to
continue to meet its firm sales obligations to customers and is exploring
additional sources of supply. Political unrest in Algeria continues. The Company
is not able to predict, at this time, what, if any, impact the political
instability in Algeria may have on the future supply of LNG from its Algerian
supplier. The loss of supply from the Algerian supplier could have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Energy Group until additional sources of
supply could be obtained. The Company is working with Amoco, British Gas and The
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago toward a proposal for the
construction of a liquefaction and export facility for LNG in Trinidad.
COAL HANDLING AND DISTRIBUTION
TUCO INC. ("TUCO") purchases coal mined in Wyoming pursuant to long-term
and short-term (spot) contracts and transports it by rail to Texas where it
processes and sells it to Southwestern Public Service Company ("SPS") pursuant
to long-term sales contracts for use in generating electricity. The loss of
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SPS as a customer of TUCO could have a material adverse effect on the Energy
Group. The supply of coal is regarded as adequate.
OTHER
The Company acquired its investment in KNE in connection with the merger of
American Oil and Gas Corporation with a subsidiary of KNE in July 1994. As a
result of the adoption by the Company of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (SFAS) No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities", on September 30, 1994, the Company has reflected its investment in
the common stock of KNE at its fair market value as of that date.
GENERAL
The Energy Group is not materially dependent upon any patent, trademark or
license. Backlog orders are not significant to this Group. Sales by the coal
business are stronger in the summer months in the west Texas area because of
electrical demands for air conditioning and agricultural purposes, while sales
by the LNG business are stronger in the winter months because of heating
demands. No significant working capital is required by this Group other than for
coal inventories.
Price competition characterizes the markets served by the LNG business. The
Group has numerous competitors including natural gas suppliers and suppliers of
alternative fuels.
OTHER INFORMATION
EMPLOYEES
As of September 30, 1994, the Company had approximately 5,400 employees.
The Company believes that its relations with its employees are satisfactory.
Approximately 620 out of a total of approximately 3,100 employees in the United
States are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY
The Company develops new and improved products and processes through
Company-sponsored research and technical service activities including those
initiated in response to customer requests. Expenditures by the Company for such
activities are shown on page 24 of the Annual Report and are incorporated herein
by reference.
ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH
The Company's operations are subject to several environmental laws and
regulations. Over the past five years, the Company has expended considerable
sums to add, improve, maintain and operate facilities for environmental
protection. A significant amount of the Company's normal capital projects to
improve or replace manufacturing facilities has provided positive environmental
benefits. Expenditures for equipment or facilities intended solely for
environmental protection are estimated to have been approximately $4,000,000 in
fiscal year 1994 and are expected not to exceed $10,000,000 in fiscal 1995. In
addition, expenditures of at least $30,000,000 in the aggregate for such
equipment and facilities are forecast to be spent in fiscal years 1995, 1996 and
1997 to enable Cabot's U.S. plants to comply with the Clean Air Act. During the
next several years, the Company expects to utilize a significant portion of its
environmental reserve, currently valued at approximately $44,000,000, to
implement remediation plans for various sites. Compliance with the laws and
regulations relating to the protection of the environment is not expected to
have a material adverse effect on the Company's earnings or competitive position
or the Company's ability to make capital expenditures, in the opinion of the
Company's management. The Company has been named as a potentially responsible
party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (the "Superfund law") with respect to several sites. See
Item 3, "Legal Proceedings," on pages 7 through 9 of this Report for a
description of various environmental proceedings.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRY SEGMENTS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
AND EXPORT SALES
Industry segment financial data are set forth in tables included on pages
19 and 38 of the Annual Report and are incorporated herein by reference. A
significant portion of the Company's revenues and operating profits is derived
from overseas operations. Profitability of the Specialty Chemicals and Materials
businesses is affected by fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative
to foreign currencies. The Company's overseas operations do not include any
energy-related businesses. See Note N of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further information relating to sales and profits by geographic
area and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and
Financial Condition, appearing on page 38 and pages 17 through 23, respectively,
in the Annual Report and incorporated herein by reference. Currency fluctuations
and nationalization and expropriation of assets are risks inherent in
international operations. The Company has taken steps it deems prudent in its
international operations to diversify and otherwise to protect against these
risks.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company owns, operates and leases office, manufacturing, production,
terminalling, storage, marketing and research and development facilities in the
United States and in foreign countries.
The principal facilities of the Company's business units are described
generally in Item 1 above.
The principal facilities owned by the Company in the United States are: (i)
its carbon black manufacturing plants in Louisiana, Texas and West Virginia
(comprising approximately 77,500 square yards); (ii) its research and
development facilities in Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas and
its applications development facility in Georgia (comprising approximately
29,790 square yards); (iii) administrative offices and manufacturing plants of
its Cab-O-Sil, Cabot Safety and Cabot Performance Materials business units in
Delaware, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania (comprising approximately 92,650
square yards); and (iv) its LNG terminalling and storage facility in
Massachusetts (approximately 3,250 square yards). Portions of plants in
Louisiana referred to above are constructed on long-term ground leases.
The Company's principal foreign facilities are owned by subsidiaries and
together they comprise approximately 365,000 square yards of manufacturing
facilities, 3,900 square yards of research and development facilities, and
60,500 square yards of administrative facilities.
The principal facilities leased by the Company in the United States are:
(i) its corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and the administrative
offices of the LNG companies in Boston, the carbon black operations in Georgia
and the Cabot Performance Materials business in Pennsylvania (comprising
approximately 15,600 square yards); and (ii) the administrative offices and
manufacturing facilities of Cabot Safety in Delaware, Indiana and Massachusetts
(comprising approximately 53,100 square yards).
The principal facilities leased by subsidiaries in locations outside of the
United States are the administrative offices and manufacturing facilities of the
carbon black operations in France, Indonesia and Spain, the Plastics business in
Belgium and Cabot Safety in Canada and England as well as the Tanco leasehold
interest in Canada (comprising approximately 170,500 square yards).
The Company's offices and manufacturing facilities are generally suitable
and adequate for their intended purposes. Existing manufacturing facilities of
the Company are in general adequate for the Company's requirements.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits and environmental
proceedings wherein substantial amounts are claimed. The following is a
description of the significant proceedings pending as of September 30, 1994:
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Environmental Proceedings
In 1994, Cabot and the State of Florida signed a settlement of a 1983 state
court lawsuit requiring Cabot to pay the State $650,000 in past costs associated
with a site in Gainesville, Florida. The site included a parcel of land on which
Cabot owned and operated a pine tar distillation plant. Cabot is scheduled to
install a groundwater extraction system and remove the contaminated soil found
during the design phase at an estimated design and implementation cost of
approximately $3,100,000 (including $1,400,000 in costs already spent).
In April 1985, Cabot and five other companies entered into a consent order
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under the Superfund law to
perform a remedial investigation and feasibility study with respect to the King
of Prussia Technical Corp. site in Winslow Township, New Jersey. A Record of
Decision ("ROD") has been issued by the EPA specifying a combination of remedial
actions for the site at an estimated cost of almost $15,000,000. The EPA issued
an administrative order directing Cabot and four other companies to design and
complete the remedial measures; much of the work on site remediation has been
completed. Cabot and the other companies involved have not yet reached agreement
on the portions of the costs to be borne by each.
Beginning in May 1986, the Department of Environmental Protection of the
State of New Jersey ("NJDEP") issued directives under the New Jersey Spill
Compensation and Control Act to Cabot and other potentially responsible parties
("PRPs") to fund a remedial investigation for the cleanup of hazardous waste at
the Old Bridge Township landfill near Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Cabot and other
parties contributed funds for a remedial investigation and feasibility study
which was conducted by a consultant to the NJDEP. In September 1992, the EPA
issued a ROD specifying certain remedial actions and indicating that a second
ROD would be issued following further study. Preliminary action on the first ROD
has been taken by the NJDEP. The second ROD has not been issued. It is not
possible at this point to identify what the remediation costs for this site will
be or what Cabot's portion of such costs will be.
In 1989, the United States filed a claim in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against 18 defendants under the
Superfund law for recovery of the EPA's cleanup costs at Moyer's Landfill in
Collegeville, Pennsylvania, estimated to be $48,000,000. For several years,
Moyer's Landfill was used for the disposal of municipal and industrial wastes by
numerous parties, including Cabot. More than 100 additional parties, including
Cabot, were brought into the litigation by means of a third-party complaint.
Recently, the EPA announced that it had reached settlements with certain de
minimis parties. Negotiations continue with the other parties including Cabot.
In 1989 and 1990, respectively, Cabot completed a remedial investigation
and feasibility study of its former beryllium processing plant in Hazleton,
Pennsylvania, and submitted the study to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources ("DER"). An environmental consultant retained by Cabot
has designed and Cabot has implemented certain of the remedial measures
described in the study. In April 1991, the DER issued a wastewater discharge
permit to Cabot but included certain limitations to which Cabot objected by
filing an appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. In August
1993, the DER and Cabot resolved the issues on appeal in a manner satisfactory
to both parties and the appeal was withdrawn. Source control remediation efforts
by Cabot are continuing.
Cabot is one of approximately 25 parties identified by the EPA as PRPs
under the Superfund law with respect to the cleanup of Fields Brook (the
"Brook"), a tributary of the Ashtabula River in northeastern Ohio. From 1963 to
1972, Cabot owned two manufacturing facilities located beside the Brook. The EPA
has specified a remedy for the site but continues to assess the condition of the
Brook. Cleanup is expected to begin in 1996. In March 1989, the EPA issued an
administrative order under Section 106 of the Superfund law directing 19
companies, including Cabot, to perform design and other preliminary work
relating to the specified remedy for the proposed cleanup of portions of the
Brook. In September 1989, the United States filed suit in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio seeking to recover past
governmental investigatory costs. The cost recovery claims have been settled and
the action has been stayed pending the result of arbitration proceedings under a
Cooperation Agreement which provides for the sharing of past and future remedial
and investigatory costs incurred in implementing the EPA's 1989 order. The EPA
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has indicated that remediation may be required at the plant sites along the
Brook, including at least one of the facilities formerly operated by Cabot. The
State of Ohio has also notified Cabot and several other companies that it will
seek damages for injury to natural resources at the Brook. Cabot is also
participating in arbitration proceedings with succeeding plant owners regarding
costs associated with remediation of the Brook and the plant site. In 1994,
Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc. filed third-party complaints against eight
companies, including Cabot, in connection with material allegedly sent to the
Koski/RES landfill in Ashtabula, Ohio. At present there is no evidence that the
material allegedly sent by Cabot to that landfill will result in liability for
cleanup costs.
Cabot has received various requests for information and notifications that
it may be a PRP at several other Superfund sites.
As of September 30, 1994, approximately $44,000,000 was accrued for
environmental proceedings by the Company. The amount represents the Company's
current best estimate of costs likely to be incurred based on its analysis of
the extent of cleanup required, methods available, abilities of other
responsible parties to contribute and its interpretation of applicable laws and
regulations at each site.
Breast Implant Litigation
Fumed silica supplied by Cabot was used by others in the manufacture of
silicone breast implant envelopes. There are currently pending more than 10,000
lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging injuries against various parties
arising from the use of silicone breast implants. The federal cases have been
consolidated in the Multi-District Litigation pending in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Generally, the various
state cases have been similarly consolidated in each jurisdiction. In addition,
arrangements have been made for consolidated discovery in all actions. A
so-called "global settlement" between certain classes of plaintiffs who have not
"opted out" and certain defendants (not including Cabot) has been approved by
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Plaintiffs who have opted out of the settlement are now free to proceed with
their own claims.
Cabot has been named as a defendant in fewer than 100 breast implant
lawsuits. Cabot has been dismissed as a defendant from a number of those suits,
without any settlement payments, and has been granted summary judgment (subject
to appeal) in others. Cabot believes that it has adequate defenses in each of
the lawsuits in which it is a defendant. However, the scientific, legal and
societal issues raised by these cases are complex and the outcome is uncertain.
Cabot, therefore, cannot predict with any assurance the course this litigation
will take, the number of cases to which Cabot will be added as a defendant, the
amount of damages, if any, that may be assessed against Cabot or the defense
costs that will be incurred by Cabot.
Other Proceedings
Cabot has been named as one of many defendants in a lawsuit, now pending in
federal district court in Oklahoma, brought by a large group of plaintiffs
alleging personal injury due to exposure to and contact with certain chemicals
and materials allegedly manufactured by the defendants. Plaintiffs seek actual
and punitive damages against all defendants, jointly and severally, in the
aggregate amount of $1,250,000,000. Cabot is currently investigating this matter
to ascertain what products, if any, were manufactured by it that are of any
relevance to this litigation.
The Company has various other lawsuits, claims and contingent liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of the Company,
although final disposition of all of its suits and claims may impact the
Company's financial statements in a particular period, it should not, in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
See Note L of the Notes to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements on
page 37 of the Annual Report.
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Set forth below, as of November 22, 1994, for each executive officer of
Cabot is information regarding his age, position(s) with Cabot, the periods
during which he has served as an officer and his business experience during at
least the past five years:
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OFFICES HELD/BUSINESS
NAME AGE EXPERIENCE DATES HELD
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Samuel W. Bodman............. 55 Cabot Corporation
Chairman of the Board October 1988 to present
President February 1991 to present,
January 1987 to October 1988
Chief Executive Officer February 1988 to present
FMR Corp. (investment
advisor and mutual
fund manager),
President and Chief
Operating Officer 1983 to December 1986
John G.L. Cabot.............. 60 Cabot Corporation
Vice Chairman of the Board October 1988 to present
Chief Financial Officer October 1992 to present
Executive Vice President January 1985 to October 1988
Kennett F. Burnes............ 51 Cabot Corporation
Executive Vice President October 1988 to present
Secretary February 1988 to October 1988
Vice President and
General Counsel November 1987 to October 1988
Choate, Hall & Stewart
(law firm), Partner 1976 to November 1987
John D. Curtin, Jr........... 61 Cabot Corporation
Executive Vice President July 1989 to present
Chief Financial Officer July 1989 to October 1992
Curtin & Co., Incorporated
(investment banking),
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director 1974 to June 1989
Robert Rothberg.............. 45 Cabot Corporation
Vice President and
General Counsel October 1993 to present
Choate, Hall & Stewart
(law firm), Partner January 1982 to October 1993
William R. Thompson.......... 59 Cabot Corporation
Vice President and November 1989 to present
Controller
Kurzweil Music Systems, Inc.
(computerized musical
instruments),
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director May 1985 to June 1989
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PART II
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Cabot's common stock is listed for trading (symbol CBT) on the New York,
Boston and Pacific Stock Exchanges. As of September 30, 1994, there were
approximately 2,100 holders of record of Cabot's common stock. The price range
in which the stock has traded, as reported on the composite tape, and the
quarterly and total cash dividends per share paid in the past two fiscal years
are shown below, restated to reflect the two-for-one stock split in August 1994.
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STOCK PRICE AND DIVIDEND DATA
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DEC. MARCH JUNE SEPT.
FISCAL 1994 QTR. QTR. QTR. QTR. YEAR
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Cash dividends per share.......... $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.14 $ 0.53
Price range of common stock:
High.............................. $29.19 $28.00 $26.63 $28.38 $29.19
Low............................... $26.13 $25.56 $24.44 $25.13 $24.44
Close............................. $26.94 $27.00 $25.56 $27.25 $27.25
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DEC. MARCH JUNE SEPT.
FISCAL 1993 QTR. QTR. QTR. QTR. YEAR
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Cash dividends per share.......... $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.52
Price range of common stock:
High.............................. $24.81 $21.94 $24.38 $28.13 $28.13
Low............................... $20.56 $18.63 $19.81 $23.31 $18.63
Close............................. $21.69 $21.25 $24.38 $27.75 $27.75
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Cabot Corporation Selected Financial Data:
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
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YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
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1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
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Financial Highlights
Net sales and other operating
revenues from continuing
operations................ $1,679,819 $1,614,315 $1,556,986 $1,482,089 $ 1,547,910
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Income from continuing
operations................ $ 78,691 $ 37,410 $ 62,223 $ 39,825 $ 41,875
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Long-term debt............... $ 307,828 $ 459,275 $ 479,882 $ 369,609 $ 480,762
Minority interest............ $ -- $ -- $ 9,756 $ -- $ 18,642
Stockholders' equity......... $ 562,489 $ 442,273 $ 492,955 $ 426,863 $ 570,589
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Total capitalization...... $ 870,317 $ 901,548 $ 982,593 $ 796,472 $1,069,993
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Total assets................... $1,616,756 $1,489,473 $1,554,529 $1,462,396 $1,731,909
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Per Share:
Income from continuing
operations................ $ 1.96 $ 0.90(a) $ 1.59 $ 0.85 $ 0.77(c)
Net income................... $ 1.96 $ 0.20(b) $ 1.59 $ 2.90 $ 1.37
Cash dividends............... $ 0.53 $ 0.52 $ 0.52 $ 0.52 $ 0.52
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Average shares outstanding --
thousands.................... 38,249 37,438 36,802 42,556 49,162
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(a) Includes charges of $0.83 per share for the restructuring of the Company's
Specialty Chemicals and Materials businesses and favorable energy accrual
adjustment of $0.23 per share. (see Item 7)
(b) Includes a charge of $0.70 per share for the cumulative effect of required
accounting changes.
(c) Includes charges of $0.26 per share for take-or-pay provisions related to
the divestiture of selected energy businesses.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION
The information required by this Item appears in the Annual Report on pages
17 through 23 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The information required by this item appears in the Annual Report on pages
24 through 39 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS AND ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
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PART III
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The information required regarding the executive officers of Cabot is
included in Part I in the unnumbered item captioned "Executive Officers of the
Registrant." Certain other information required regarding the directors of Cabot
is contained in the Proxy Statement on pages 2 through 6 under the heading
"Certain Information Regarding Directors." All of such information is
incorporated herein by reference.
The information required regarding the filing of reports by directors,
executive officers and 10% stockholders with the Securities and Exchange
Commission relating to transactions in Cabot stock is contained in the Proxy
Statement on page 15 under the heading "Certain Securities Filings" and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required is contained in the Proxy Statement on pages 9
through 12 under the heading "Executive Compensation." All of such information
is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information required is contained in the Proxy Statement on pages 7
through 9 under the heading "Beneficial Stock Ownership of Directors, Executive
Officers and Persons Owning More than Five Percent of Common Stock." All of such
information is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
None.
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PART IV
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ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Financial Statements. The following are incorporated herein by
reference in this Report from the indicated pages of the Company's Annual
Report:
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DESCRIPTION PAGE
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(1) Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the three fiscal
years in the period ended September 30, 1994................ 24
(2) Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 1994 and 1993.... 25 to 26
(3) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three
fiscal years in the period ended September 30, 1994......... 27
(4) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................... 28 to 39
(5) Statement of Management Responsibility for Financial Reporting
and Report of Independent Accountants relating to the
Consolidated Financial Statements listed above.............. 40
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(b) Reports on Form 8-K. None
(c) Exhibits. (not included in copies of the Form 10-K sent to
stockholders)
The exhibit numbers in the following list correspond to the numbers
assigned to such exhibits in the Exhibit Table of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
The Company will furnish to any stockholder, upon written request, any exhibit
listed below upon payment by such stockholder to the Company of the Company's
reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibit.
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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3(a) --Certificate of Incorporation of Cabot Corporation restated
effective October 24, 1983, as amended February 14, 1985,
December 3, 1986, February 19, 1987, and November 18, 1988
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1988, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 29, 1988).
3(b) --The By-laws of Cabot Corporation as of January 11, 1991
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended September 30,
1991, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 27, 1991).
4(a)(i) --Rights Agreement, dated as of November 14, 1986, amended and
restated as of August 12, 1988, between Cabot Corporation and
The First National Bank of Boston as Rights Agent (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Cabot's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated August 12, 1988, file reference 1-5667, filed
with the Commission).
4(a)(ii) --Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of November 15, 1990
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a)(ii) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1990, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 24, 1990).
4(b)(i) --Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1987, between Cabot
Corporation and The First National Bank of Boston, Trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Amendment No.
1 to Cabot's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration
No. 33-18883, filed with the Commission).
4(b)(ii) --First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 17, 1992, to
Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1987, between Cabot
Corporation and The First National Bank of Boston, Trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of Cabot's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration Statement No.
33-48686, filed with the Commission).
4(c)(i)+ --Finance Agreement between P.T. Cabot Chemical and Overseas
Private Investment Corporation dated September 10, 1991.
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4(c)(ii)+ --Facility Agreement and Acknowledgement of Indebtedness (The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) dated January
10, 1992.
4(c)(iii)+ --Project Completion Agreement between Cabot, P.T. Cabot Chemical
and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited dated
April 28, 1992.
10(a) --Form of Distribution Agreement between Cabot Corporation and
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Merrill
Lynch & Co., Goldman Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. for the issuance and sale of medium-term notes pursuant to
a prospectus supplement dated July 17, 1992 (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 1 of Cabot's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated July 17, 1992, file reference 1-5667, filed with the
Commission).
10(b) --Credit Agreement, dated as of January 13, 1994, among Cabot
Corporation and 11 banks and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New York, as agent for the banks (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 of Cabot's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 31, 1993, file reference 1-5667, filed
with the Commission on February 16, 1993).
10(c)* --Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 99 of Cabot's Registration Statement on
Form S-8, Registration No. 33-53659, filed with the Commission).
10(d) --Note Purchase Agreement between John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as
trustee for the Cabot Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan,
and Cabot Corporation, dated as of November 15, 1988
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(c) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1988, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 29, 1988).
10(e)(i)* --Supplemental Cash Balance Plan, filed herewith.
10(e)(ii)* --Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan, filed herewith.
10(e)(iii)* --Supplemental Retirement Incentive Savings Plan, filed herewith.
10(e)(iv)* --Supplemental Employee Benefit Agreement for John G.L. Cabot
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(f) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1987, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 28, 1987).
10(f)* --Form of severance agreement entered into between Cabot and
various managers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) of
Cabot's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
30, 1991, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 27, 1991).
10(g) --Group Annuity Contract No. GA-6121 between The Prudential
Insurance Company of America and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, dated June 28, 1991 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10(h) of Cabot's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended September 30, 1991, file reference 1-5667, filed with
the Commission on December 27, 1991).
10(h)* --Non-employee Directors' Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit A of Cabot's Proxy Statement for
its 1992 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, file reference 1-5667,
filed with the Commission on December 27, 1991).
10(i)(i) --Amended and Restated Omnibus Acquisition Agreement among
American Oil and Gas Corporation, Cabot Corporation and Cabot
Transmission Corporation, dated as of November 13, 1989
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (2) of Cabot's
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 16, 1989, file
reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission).
10(i)(ii) --Amended and Restated Basket Agreement among American Oil and Gas
Corporation, American Pipeline Company, Cabot Corporation and
Cabot Transmission Corporation, dated as of June 30, 1990
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(n) of Cabot's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1990, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 24, 1990).
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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10(i)(iii) --First Amendment, dated March 31, 1992, to Amended and Restated
Omnibus Acquisition Agreement among American Oil and Gas
Corporation, Cabot Corporation and Cabot Transmission
Corporation, dated as of November 13, 1989, and to Amended and
Restated Basket Agreement among American Oil and Gas
Corporation, American Pipeline Company, Cabot Corporation and
Cabot Transmission Corporation, dated as of June 30, 1990
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(ii) of
Cabot's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
30, 1992, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 24, 1992).
10(j) --Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas and
Transportation Agreement, dated April 13, 1976, between
Sonatrach and Distrigas Corporation, and Amendment No. 3 to said
Agreement, dated February 21, 1988, filed herewith.
10(k) --Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas and
Transportation Agreement, dated December 11, 1988, between
Sonatrading and Distrigas Corporation (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(p) of Cabot's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 1989, file reference 1-5667,
filed with the Commission on December 28, 1989).
10(l) --Contract for sale of vessel GAMMA between Cabot LNG Shipping
Corporation and the United States of America, dated September
18, 1990 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(q) of
Cabot's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
30, 1990, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission on
December 24, 1990).
10(m) --Mutual Assurances Agreements among Cabot Corporation,
L'Entreprise Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le
Transport, la Transformation et la Commercialisation des
Hydrocarbures ("Sonatrach"), Distrigas Corporation and
Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V. dated February 21, 1988 and December
11, 1988, respectively (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of Cabot's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July
17, 1992, file reference 1-5667, filed with the Commission).
10(n) --LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement between Distrigas Corporation
and Nigeria LNG Limited, dated June 15, 1992 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Cabot's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated July 17, 1992, file reference 1-5667, filed with
the Commission).
10(o)(i) --Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. ("KNE"), American Oil and Gas
Corporation ("AOG") and Cabot, dated June 27, 1994 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Cabot's Schedule 13D
relating to KNE, file reference 1-5667, filed with the
Commission on July 22, 1994 (the "KNE Schedule 13D").
10(o)(ii) --Registration Rights Agreement between KNE and Cabot, dated July
13, 1994 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of the
KNE Schedule 13D).
10(o)(iii) --Share Transfer and Registration Agreement between KNE and Cabot,
dated July 13, 1994 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3 of the KNE Schedule 13D).
10(o)(iv) --KNE By-law provision, filed herewith.
10(o)(v) --Request of Cabot for No Action Letter from staff of Securities
and Exchange Commission, dated June 28, 1994, and reply, dated
July 6, 1994, filed herewith.
10(o)(vi) --Application of Cabot for Declaration of Non-holding Company
Status Pursuant to Section 2(a)(7) of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, dated, July 11, 1994, filed herewith.
11 --Statement Re Computation of Per Share Earnings, filed herewith.
12 --Statement Re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges,
filed herewith.
13 --Pages 17 through 40 of the 1994 Annual Report to Stockholders of
Cabot Corporation, a copy of which is furnished for the
information of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Portions
of the Annual Report not incorporated herein by reference are
not deemed "filed" with the Commission.
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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21 --List of Significant Subsidiaries, filed herewith.
24(a) --Power of attorney for signing of this Annual Report on Form
10-K, dated November 11, 1994, filed herewith.
24(b) --Certified copy of vote of Cabot's Board of Directors of October
14, 1994, authorizing the execution and filing of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed herewith.
27 --Financial Data Schedule, filed herewith.
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+ The Registrant agrees to furnish to the Commission upon request a copy of
these instruments with respect to long-term debt (not filed as an exhibit),
none of which relates to securities exceeding 10% of the total assets of the
Registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries.
* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(d) Schedules. The following Consolidated Schedules and information appear
on page 20 and pages S-1 to S-5 of this Report:
Report of Independent Accountants on Schedules.
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V. Property, Plant and Equipment.
VI. Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization of Property, Plant and
Equipment.
IX. Short-Term Borrowings.
X. Supplementary Income Statement Information.
XIII. Other Investments.
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Schedules other than those listed above are omitted for the reason that
they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is
shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
For the purposes of complying with the amendments to the rules governing
Form S-8 (effective July 13, 1990) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
undersigned Registrant undertakes as follows, which undertaking shall be
incorporated by reference into Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
Registration No. 33-28699 (filed May 12, 1989), the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 33-52940 (filed October 5, 1992) and the
Registrant's Registration on Form S-8, Registration No. 33-53659 (filed May 16,
1994).
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CABOT CORPORATION (Registrant)
/s/ SAMUEL W. BODMAN
By..................................
SAMUEL W. BODMAN, Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer
Date: December 20, 1994
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/s/ SAMUEL W. BODMAN Chairman of the Board, December 20, 1994
........................................ President and Director
SAMUEL W. BODMAN (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ JOHN G.L. CABOT Director, Vice Chairman of the December 20, 1994
........................................ Board and Chief Financial
JOHN G.L. CABOT Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ WILLIAM R. THOMPSON Vice President and Controller December 20, 1994
........................................ (Principal Accounting
WILLIAM R. THOMPSON Officer)
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
DAMARIS AMES
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
JANE C. BRADLEY
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
KENNETT F. BURNES
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
ROBERT A. CHARPIE
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
JOHN D. CURTIN, JR.
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
ROBERT P. HENDERSON
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
ARNOLD S. HIATT
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Director December 20, 1994
........................................
GERRIT JEELOF
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
JOHN H. MCARTHUR
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
JOHN F. O'BRIEN
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
DAVID V. RAGONE
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
CHARLES P. SIESS, JR.
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
MORRIS TANENBAUM
* Director December 20, 1994
........................................
LYDIA W. THOMAS
/s/ CHARLES D. GERLINGER
*By.......................................
CHARLES D. GERLINGER
AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Directors and Stockholders of
Cabot Corporation:
Our report on the consolidated financial statements of Cabot Corporation is
incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K from page 40 of the 1994 Annual
Report to Stockholders of Cabot Corporation. In connection with our audits of
such financial statements, we have also audited the related financial statement
schedules listed in the Index on page 17 of this Form 10-K.
In our opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to above, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be
included therein.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
November 1, 1994
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements of Cabot Corporation on Form S-3 (File No. 33-48686) and on Forms
S-8 (File No. 33-28699, No. 33-52940 and No. 33-53659) of (1) our report dated
November 1, 1994, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of
Cabot Corporation as of September 30, 1994 and 1993, and for each of the three
years in the period ended September 30, 1994, which report is included in the
1994 Annual Report to Stockholders of Cabot Corporation, filed as Exhibit 13 to
this Annual Report on Form 10-K; and (2) our report dated November 1, 1994, on
our audits of the financial statement schedules of Cabot Corporation as of
September 30, 1994 and 1993, and for each of the three years in the period
ended September 30, 1994, which report is included in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
December 20, 1994
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CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED
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SCHEDULE V
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
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COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
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OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
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BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING ADDITIONS TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD AT COST RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials.............. $1,156,692 $70,628 $(18,720) $34,522 $45,525(a) $1,288,647
Energy................... 91,566 2,923 (3,194) 91,295
General corporate........ 1,970 4 (340) 1,634
--------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ----------
Total.......... $1,250,228 $73,555 $(22,254) $34,522 $45,525 $1,381,576
========== ======= ======== ======= ======= ==========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1993
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
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OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
-----------------------
BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING ADDITIONS TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD AT COST RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials............... $1,182,186 $63,943 $(7,938) $ (87,114) $5,615(b) $1,156,692
Energy.................... 90,860 706 91,566
General corporate......... 1,610 360 1,970
--------- ------- -------- ---------- ------ ----------
Total........... $1,274,656 $65,009 $(7,938) $ (87,114) $5,615 $1,250,228
========== ======= ======= ========= ====== ==========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
-----------------------
BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING ADDITIONS TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD AT COST RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials.............. $1,042,090 $76,519 $(8,542) $42,680 $29,439(c) $1,182,186
Energy................... 89,581 1,279 90,860
General corporate........ 5,162 272 (3,824) 1,610
---------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ----------
Total.......... $1,136,833 $78,070 $(12,366) $42,680 $29,439 $1,274,656
========== ======= ======== ======== ======= ==========
<FN>
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(a) Consolidation of Indonesia subsidiary, which was accounted for on an
equity basis in 1993.
(b) Write-up in basis upon purchase of remaining equity interest in Brazil
subsidiary.
(c) Consolidation of Brazil subsidiary, which was accounted for on an equity
basis in 1991.
</TABLE>
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CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED
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SCHEDULE VI
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
<TABLE>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
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OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
-----------------------
BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD DEPRECIATION RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials............... $570,125 $76,755 $(15,947) $15,994 $7,008(a) $653,935
Energy.................... 33,036 2,813 (3,185) 32,664
General corporate......... 547 225 (303) 469
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Total........... $603,708 $79,793 $(19,435) $15,994 $7,008 $687,068
======== ======= ========= ======= ====== ========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1993
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
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OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
-----------------------
BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD DEPRECIATION RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials............... $540,886 $74,815 $(5,446) $ (40,130) $570,125
Energy.................... 30,208 2,828 33,036
General corporate......... 346 201 547
-------- ------- ------- --------- ------ --------
Total........... $571,440 $77,844 $(5,446) $ (40,130) $ 0 $603,708
======== ======= ======= ========= ====== ========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OTHER CHANGES/
ADD (DEDUCT)
-----------------------
BALANCE FOREIGN BALANCE
AT CURRENCY AT
BEGINNING TRANSLATION END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD DEPRECIATION RETIREMENTS ADJUSTMENT OTHER PERIOD
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials.............. $436,819 $72,262 $(6,070) $20,235 $17,640(b) $540,886
Energy................... 27,490 2,718 30,208
General corporate........ 2,098 199 (1,951) 346
-------- ------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Total.......... $466,407 $75,179 $(8,021) $20,235 $17,640 $571,440
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ========
<FN>
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(a) Consolidation of Indonesia subsidiary, which was accounted for on an equity basis in 1993.
(b) Consolidation of Brazil subsidiary, which was accounted for on an equity basis in 1991.
</TABLE>
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CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED
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<TABLE>
SCHEDULE IX
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E COLUMN F
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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<CAPTION>
WEIGHTED
MAXIMUM AVERAGE AVERAGE
WEIGHTED AMOUNT AMOUNT INTEREST
BALANCE AVERAGE OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING RATE
CATEGORY OF AGGREGATE AT END INTEREST DURING DURING DURING
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS OF YEAR RATE THE YEAR THE YEAR THE YEAR
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1994
Banks and financial
institutions............ $26,480,000 8% $66,588,000 $33,170,000 7%
1993
Banks and financial
institutions............ $1,501,000 8% $85,619,000 $53,520,000 5%
1992
Banks and financial
institutions............ $74,500,000 4% $222,976,000 $175,384,000 6%
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</TABLE>
The short-term borrowings consist primarily of notes payable to and
overdraft facilities with banks and other financial institutions incurred in the
ordinary course of business. Borrowings are arranged on an as-needed basis at
various terms and at the best available rates.
The maximum and average amounts outstanding during the year were based
on month-end outstanding balances and were representative of the year. The
weighted average interest rate during the year is computed based on the average
of rates applicable to individual short-term borrowings during the year.
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CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED
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<TABLE>
SCHEDULE X
SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT INFORMATION
FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
(DOLLARS IN 000'S)
<CAPTION>
CHARGED TO COSTS AND EXPENSES
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COLUMN A COLUMN B
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ITEM 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Maintenance and repairs................................. $56,059 $60,866 $65,484
Amortization of intangible assets....................... * * *
Taxes, other than payroll and income taxes.............. 22,397 18,263 19,849
Royalties............................................... * * *
Advertising costs....................................... * * *
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</TABLE>
* Less than 1% of total sales and operating revenues.
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CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED
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SCHEDULE XIII
OTHER INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E
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AMOUNT
MARKET VALUE CARRIED
OF ISSUE AT IN THE
NAME OF ISSUER AND NUMBER OF COST OF SEPTEMBER BALANCE
TITLE OF ISSUE SHARES ISSUE 30, 1994 SHEET
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
K N Energy, Inc.*
Common Stock........................ 4,197,954 $66,554,000 $109,693,000 $109,693,000
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</TABLE>
* Excludes warrants to purchase 642,232 shares of common stock of K N Energy,
Inc. ("KNE stock") at an exercise price of $17.55 per share, which warrants
expire in 1999 and the fair value of which is not readily determinable because
of certain restrictions on the transferability of such warrants and KNE stock.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 COMMISSION FILE
NUMBER 1-5667
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CABOT CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
EXHIBITS
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT INDEX
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE NUMBER
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<S> <C>
10(e)(i)* -- Supplemental Cash Balance Plan.
10(e)(ii)* -- Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
10(e)(iii)* -- Supplemental Retirement Incentive Savings Plan.
10(j) -- Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas and Transportation Agreement, dated April 13, 1976,
between Sonatrach and Distrigas Corporation, and Amendment No. 3 to said Agreement, dated February 21, 1988.
10(o)(iv) -- KNE By-law provision.
10(o)(v) -- Request of Cabot for No Action Letter from staff of Securities and Exchange Commission, dated June 28, 1994, and
reply, dated July 6, 1994.
10(o)(vi) -- Application of Cabot for Declaration of Non-holding Company Status Pursuant to Section 2(a)(7) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, dated July 13, 1994.
11 -- Statement Re Computation of Per Share Earnings.
12 -- Statement Re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
13 -- Pages 17 through 40 of the 1994 Annual Report to Stockholders of Cabot Corporation.
21 -- List of Significant Subsidiaries.
24(a) -- Power of attorney for signing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated November 11, 1994.
24(b) -- Certified copy of vote of Cabot's Board of Directors of October 14, 1994, authorizing the execution
and filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
27 -- Financial Data Schedule.
</TABLE>
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* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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EXHIBIT 10 (e)(i)
CABOT CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
PREAMBLE
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A supplemental pension program was authorized by a vote of
the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation (the "Corporation")
on September 10, 1976. Pursuant to that vote, letter agreements
were entered into between the Corporation and certain of the
Corporation's executive officers.
The Supplemental Cash Balance Plan (as herein amended and
restated, and as the same may hereafter be amended, the
"Supplemental CBP") was originally adopted pursuant to a vote of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 10, 1984,
its purpose being to provide benefits to a designated group of
managers who are highly compensated employees of the Corporation
or its subsidiaries, supplemental to the benefits provided under
the Corporation's tax-qualified pension program. The Corporation
currently provides tax-qualified pension benefits through its
Cash Balance Plan (together with predecessor programs, the "Cash
Balance Plan"). The terms of the Supplemental CBP as amended and
restated and set forth herein, applicable to the Cash Balance
Plan, are effective as of September 9, 1988.
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SECTION 1
Definitions
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When used herein, the words and phrases defined shall have
the following meanings unless a different meaning is clearly
required by the context. Terms used herein which are defined in
Article 1 of the Cash Balance Plan shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Cash Balance Plan unless a different
meaning is set forth below.
1.1. "Beneficiary" means the individual(s) or entity(ies)
entitled under Section 3.7 below to receive any benefits
hereunder upon the death of a Supplemental CBP Participant.
1.2. "Change in Control" has the same meaning as in the
Cabot Retirement Incentive Savings Plan.
1.3. "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors.
1.4. "Retirement" means termination of employment with the
Group following attainment of (i) age fifty-five (55) with at
least ten years of Service, or (ii) age 65. An individual whose
employment has terminated by reason of Retirement shall be
treated as having "Retired."
1.5. "Supplemental CBP Participant" has the meaning
provided in Section 2 below.
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SECTION 2
Participation
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2.1. PARTICIPATION. Those Participants in the Cash Balance
Plan whose base salary for any year (as determined by the
Committee), before reduction for deferrals, if any, under the
Cabot Retirement Incentive Savings Plan, the Corporation's
nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, or any salary deferral
under Section 125 of the Code, equals or exceeds the dollar
limitation applicable to such year under Section 401(a)(17) of
the Code, shall be eligible to participate in and accrue benefits
under this Supplemental CBP (any such individual, a "Supplemental
CBP Participant"). For purposes of Section 3(36) of ERISA, the
Supplemental CBP shall be treated as two separate plans, one of
which will be deemed to provide only benefits (if any) in excess
of the limitations of Section 415 of the Code.
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SECTION 3
Benefits
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3.1. AMOUNT OF BENEFITS. The amount of the benefit payable by the
Corporation under this Supplemental CBP with respect to a Supplemental CBP
Participant shall be: (i) the Accrued Benefit, if any, which would be payable
with respect to such individual under the Cash Balance Plan (determined after
applying the vesting schedule under the Cash Balance Plan and any special
vesting applicable upon a Change in Control) if such Accrued Benefit were
determined without regard to the limitations of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of
the Code (and the corresponding limitations under the Cash Balance Plan) and
based on Compensation unreduced for any deferrals under the Corporation's
nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (except that in determining whether the
Supplemental CBP Participant is entitled to, and the amount of, a benefit
hereunder determined by reference to the additional credit described in Section
3.4(b) and Appendix D of the Cash Balance Plan, the amount described in Section
1(a) of Appendix D of the Cash Balance Plan shall be determined for purposes of
this clause (i) by taking into account -- i.e., by reducing
Compensation for -- any deferrals under the Corporation's nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plan), REDUCED by (ii) the benefit actually payable with
respect to the Supplemental CBP Participant under the Cash Balance Plan.
3.2. FORM OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS. The benefit payable to a
Supplemental CBP Participant as determined under Section 3.1
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hereunder shall be paid in the same form and commencing at the same time as the
Supplemental CBP Participant's benefit under the Cash Balance Plan;
provided, however, that in the discretion of the Committee the actuarial
equivalent of the benefit hereunder, determined on the basis of actuarial
assumptions chosen in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof, shall instead be paid
in an immediate lump sum or on such other accelerated basis as the Committee
may determine. The proviso in the preceding sentence shall apply, in the case
of a Supplemental CBP Participant who Retires, dies, or becomes a Disabled
Participant, only if the present value of the amount payable under Section 3.1
(determined on the basis of such actuarial assumptions) is less than $50,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if the employment of
a Supplemental CBP Participant shall be terminated without cause (as determined
under Section 4.2 hereof) within the three-year period immediately following a
Change in Control, payment of such Supplemental CBP Participant's benefit
hereunder shall be made in a lump sum payment.
3.3. DEATH BENEFITS. If a Supplemental CBP Participant
dies before his or her Benefit Commencement Date, the Corporation
shall pay to the decedent's Beneficiary a benefit equal to the
actuarial equivalent (determined on the basis of actuarial
assumptions chosen in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof) of the
death benefit that would be payable under the Cash Balance Plan
if such benefit were determined without regard to the limitations
of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code (and the corresponding
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limitations under the Cash Balance Plan) and based on
Compensation unreduced for any deferrals under the Corporation's
nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (except that in
determining any death benefit with respect to a Supplemental CBP
Participant described in Section 6.5(e)(iii) of the Cash Balance
Plan, the amount described in Section 3(a) of Appendix D of the
Cash Balance Plan shall be determined for purposes of this
Section 3.3 on the basis of "average monthly compensation" (as
that term is used in Section 6.5(e)(iii) of the Cash Balance
Plan) determined without regard to the limitations of Section
401(a)(17) but after reduction for any deferrals under the
Corporation's nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan), REDUCED
by the death benefit actually payable under the Cash Balance
Plan. No death benefit shall be payable if the Supplemental CBP
Participant dies after his or her Benefit Commencement Date,
except to the extent the form of payment applicable with respect
to the Supplemental CBP Participant under Section 3.2 provided
for payments to a survivor.
3.4. ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENCY, ETC. Benefits payable
hereunder shall be actuarially adjusted to carry out the purposes
of this Supplemental CBP, which is intended (i) to offset
reductions in the value of benefits under the Cash Balance Plan
attributable to (A) the limitations of Sections 401(a)(17) and
415 of the Code and (B) reductions in Compensation caused by
deferrals under the Corporation's nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan, and (ii) to ensure that the different ways in
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which the aggregate benefit hereunder and under the Cash Balance Plan may be
paid are of substantially equivalent value. The actuarial assumptions used in
determining actuarial equivalency hereunder shall be determined from time to
time by the Committee and may, but need not, be the same as those used to
determine actuarial equivalency under the Cash Balance Plan;
provided, that upon and following a Change in Control, the actuarial
assumptions used for purposes of this Supplemental CBP shall not be less
favorable to Supplemental CBP Participants or their Beneficiaries than those
last specified by the Committee prior to the Change in Control, or to the
extent none was so specified, than those applicable under the Cash Balance
Plan.
3.5. TIME OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS. Benefits due under Section
3.1 above shall be paid commencing as soon as practicable after
the Supplemental CBP Participant's Benefit Commencement Date.
Survivor benefits due under Section 3.2 above shall be paid
commencing as soon as practicable following the receipt by the
Employer of notice of the Supplemental CBP Participant's death.
3.6. BENEFITS UNFUNDED. This Supplemental CBP shall not be
construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary
relationship between any Employer and a Supplemental CBP
Participant. Neither Supplemental CBP Participants nor their
Beneficiaries, nor any other person, shall have any rights
against any Employer or its assets in respect of any benefits
hereunder, other than rights as general creditors. Nothing in
this Section 3.6, however, shall preclude an Employer from
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establishing and funding a trust for the purpose of paying
benefits hereunder, if such trust's assets are subject to the
claims of the Employer's general creditors in the event of the
Employer's bankruptcy or insolvency.
3.7. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. A Supplemental CBP
Participant may designate, in writing, one or more Beneficiaries
under this Supplemental CBP who may be the same as or different
from those named in the Cash Balance Plan to receive benefits, if
any, payable upon the Supplemental CBP Participant's death;
provided, that in the case of a Supplemental CBP Participant who
is married at time of death, the Supplemental CBP Participant's
surviving spouse shall be treated as the sole Beneficiary unless
he or she has consented (in accordance with procedures similar to
those in the Cash Balance Plan relating to spousal consent) to
the designation of one or more other Beneficiaries. In the
absence of any Beneficiary so designated, benefits payable
following death shall be paid to the Supplemental CBP
Participant's surviving spouse, if any; if none (and if a death
benefit is nevertheless payable under Section 3.3 above), to such
person or persons (including the decedent's estate) as are
designated to receive any benefits remaining to be paid under the
Cash Balance Plan; or if none of the foregoing, to such person or
persons as shall be designated by the Committee.
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SECTION 4
Certain Forfeitures
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4.1. FORFEITURE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Supplemental CBP, benefits
payable hereunder shall be forfeited by the Supplemental CBP
Participant if the Supplemental CBP Participant's termination of
employment was requested by an Employer and the termination was
determined by the Committee to be for "cause." For purposes of
this Supplemental CBP, "cause" shall mean any action or failure
to act by the Supplemental CBP Participant which the Committee in
its sole discretion determines to have constituted negligence or
misconduct in the performance of the Supplemental CBP
Participant's duty to his or her Employer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 4.2, in respect of any
termination of a Supplemental CBP Participant's employment
requested by such Employer within the three-year period
immediately following a Change in Control, "cause" shall mean
only (i) the willful and continued failure by the Supplemental
CBP Participant to perform substantially his or her duties with
the Employer, after a written demand for substantial performance
is delivered to the Supplemental CBP Participant by the Employer
which demand specifies the manner in which the Employer believes
that the Supplemental CBP Participant has not substantially
performed the Supplemental CBP Participant's duties, or (ii) the
willful engaging by the Supplemental CBP Participant in conduct
which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Employer,
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monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of
the preceding sentence, no act, or failure to act, on the
Supplemental CBP Participant's part shall be deemed "willful"
unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Supplemental CBP
Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that
the Supplemental CBP Participant's act or failure to act was in
the best interest of the Employer.
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SECTION 5
Administration
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5.1. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. This Supplemental CBP shall be
administered by the Committee in accordance with its terms and
purposes. The Committee shall determine, in accordance with
Section 3 hereunder, the amount and manner of payment of the
benefits due to or on behalf of each Supplemental CBP Participant
from this Supplemental CBP and shall cause them to be paid by the
Corporation accordingly. The Committee may delegate its powers,
duties and responsibilities to one or more individuals (including
in the discretion of the Committee employees of one or more
Employers) or one or more committees of such individuals.
5.2. FINALITY OF DECISION. The decisions made, and the
actions taken, by the Committee in the administration of this
Supplemental CBP shall be final and conclusive with respect to
all persons, and neither the Committee nor individual members
thereof, nor its or their delegates hereunder, shall be subject
to individual liability with respect to this Supplemental CBP.
5.3. BENEFIT CLAIMS; APPEAL AND REVIEW.
(a) If any person believes that he or she is being
denied any rights or benefits under this Supplemental CBP,
such person may file a claim in writing with the Committee.
The Committee will notify such person of its decision with
respect to such claim in writing. If such claim is denied
by the Committee, such notification will be written in a
manner calculated to be understood by such person and will
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contain (i) specific reasons for denial, (ii) specific
reference to pertinent plan provisions, (iii) a description
of any additional material or information necessary for such
person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary, and (iv) information
as to the steps to be taken if the person wishes to submit a
request for review. Notification of Committee decisions
with respect to claims will be given within 90 days after
the claim is received by the Committee (or within 180 days,
if special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim, and if written notice of such
extension and circumstances is given to such person within
the initial 90-day period). If such notification is not
given within such period, the claim will be considered
denied as of the last day of such period and such person may
request a review of his or her claim.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which a person
receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if
applicable, within 60 days after the date on which such
denial is considered to have occurred) such person (or his
or her duly authorized representative) may (i) file a
written request with the Committee for a review of his or
her denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit
written issues and comments to the Committee. The Committee
will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such
notification will be written in a manner calculated to be
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understood by such person and will contain specific reasons
for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent
plan provisions. The decision on review will be made within
60 days after the request for review is received by the
Committee (or within 120 days, if special circumstances
require an extension of time for processing the request,
such as an election by the Committee to hold a hearing, and
if written notice of such extension and circumstances is
given to such person within the initial 60-day period). If
the decision on review is not made within such period, the
claim will be considered denied.
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SECTION 6
Amendment and Termination
-------------------------
6.1. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. While the Corporation
intends to maintain this Supplemental CBP in conjunction with the
Cash Balance Plan for as long as it deems necessary, the Board of
Directors reserves the right to amend and/or terminate it at any
time for whatever reasons it may deem appropriate; PROVIDED, that
no such amendment shall reduce the benefit amount that a
Supplemental CBP Participant would be entitled to receive
hereunder if he or she were deemed to have terminated employment
(other than by reason of death) immediately prior to the date of
such amendment. Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder,
during the three-year period immediately following a Change in
Control, this Supplemental CBP may not be terminated, altered or
amended in a way that would decrease future accrual of,
eligibility for, or entitlement to, a benefit hereunder. This
Section 6.1 may not be altered or amended during that same three-
year period in any way except with the prior written consent of
all of the then Supplemental CBP Participants.
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SECTION 7
Miscellaneous
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7.1. NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this
Supplemental CBP shall be construed as a contract of employment
between any Employer and a Supplemental CBP Participant, or as
giving any Supplemental CBP Participant the right to be continued
in the employment of an Employer, or as a limitation of the right
of an Employer to discharge any Supplemental CBP Participant,
with or without cause.
7.2. ASSIGNMENT. Subject to the provisions of this
Supplemental CBP relating to payment of benefits upon the death
of a Supplemental CBP Participant, the benefits payable under
this Supplemental CBP may not be assigned, alienated,
transferred, pledged, or encumbered.
7.3. WITHHOLDING, ETC. Benefits payable under this
Supplemental CBP shall be subject to all applicable federal,
state or other tax withholding requirements. To the extent any
amount credited or accrued hereunder for the benefit of a
Supplemental CBP Participant's benefit is treated as "wages" for
FICA/Medicare or FUTA tax purposes on a current basis (or when
vested) rather than when distributed, all as determined by the
Committee, then the Committee shall require that the Supplemental
CBP Participant either (i) timely pay such taxes in cash by
separate check to his or her Employer, or (ii) make other
arrangements satisfactory to such Employer (e.g., additional
withholding from other wage payments) for the payment of such
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taxes. To the extent a Supplemental CBP Participant fails to pay
or provide for such taxes as required, the Committee may suspend
the Supplemental CBP Participant's participation in the
Supplemental CBP or reduce benefits accrued hereunder.
7.4. SCHEDULES. The Committee may by Schedule modify the
benefits available hereunder to one or more specified
individuals. The provisions of each such Schedule shall, with
respect to the individual or individuals thereby affected, be
deemed a part of the Supplemental CBP and shall be incorporated
herein.
7.5. LAW APPLICABLE. This Supplemental CBP shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed this
20th day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
_________________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE A
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental CBP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental CBP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule A Participant" shall mean Samuel W. Bodman.
2. Amount of benefit. Effective January 1, 1987, for the
Schedule A Participant, his total benefit determined
under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental CBP
shall be equal to two times the benefit which would
otherwise be provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule A is executed this twentieth day of
December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE B
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental CBP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental CBP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule B Participant" shall mean Kennett F. Burnes.
2. Amount of benefit. Effective November 12, 1987, for the
Schedule B Participant, his total benefit determined under
Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental CBP shall be equal
to two times the benefit which would otherwise be provided
under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule B is executed this twentieth day of
December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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Schedule C
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental CBP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental CBP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule C Participant" shall mean John D. Curtin, Jr.
2. Amount of benefit. Effective June 1, 1989, for the Schedule C
Participant, his total benefit determined under Sections 3.1
and 3.3 of the Supplemental CBP shall be equal to two times
the benefit which would otherwise be provided under those
Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule C is executed this twentieth day of
December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE D
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental CBP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental CBP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule D Participant" shall mean Kenyon D. Gilson.
2. Amount of benefit. Effective August 1, 1989, for the
Schedule D Participant, his total benefit determined
under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental CBP shall
be equal to two times the benefit which would otherwise
be provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule D is executed this twentieth day of
December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE E
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH BALANCE PLAN
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental CBP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental CBP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule E Participant" shall mean Robert Rothberg.
2. Amount of benefit. Effective October 18, 1993, after
completion of three years of Service with Cabot
Corporation as determined under the Cash Balance Plan,
for the Schedule E Participant, his total benefit
determined under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the
Supplemental CBP shall be equal to two times the
benefit which would otherwise be provided under those
Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule E is executed this twentieth day of
December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 10(e)(ii)
CABOT CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
PREAMBLE
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A supplemental employee stock ownership program was
authorized by a vote of the Board of Directors of Cabot
Corporation (the "Corporation") effective as of September 9, 1988
(as from time to time thereafter amended and in effect, the
"Supplemental ESOP").
The purpose of this Supplemental ESOP is to provide benefits to a
designated group of managers who are highly compensated employees of the
Corporation or its subsidiaries, supplemental to benefits provided under the
Cabot Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "ESOP"). The terms of the
Supplemental ESOP as amended and restated and set forth herein are effective as
of September 9, 1988; provided, that nothing herein shall be
deemed to affect the payment or computation of benefits in pay status on (or
distributed in full prior to) the date of this restatement.
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SECTION 1
Definitions
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When used herein, the words and phrases defined shall have
the following meanings unless a different meaning is clearly
required by the context. Terms used herein which are defined in
Section 1 of the ESOP shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the ESOP unless a different meaning is set forth below.
1.1. "Beneficiary" means the individual(s) or entity(ies)
entitled under Section 3.6 below to receive any benefits
hereunder upon the death of a Supplemental ESOP Participant.
1.2. "Change in Control" has the same meaning as in the
Cabot Retirement Incentive Savings Plan.
1.3. "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors, or its delegates.
1.5. "Retirement" means termination of employment with the
Affiliated Employers following attainment by the Supplemental
ESOP Participant of his or her Early Retirement Date or Normal
Retirement Date. An individual whose employment has terminated
by reason of Retirement shall be treated as having "Retired".
1.6. "Supplemental ESOP Participant" has the meaning
provided in Section 2 below.
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SECTION 2
2.1. PARTICIPATION. Those Participants in the ESOP whose
base salary for any year (as determined by the Committee), before
reduction for deferrals (if any) under the Cabot Retirement
Incentive Savings Plan, nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan,
or any salary reduction under Section 125 of the Code, equals or
exceeds the dollar limitation applicable to such year under
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, shall be eligible to participate
in and accrue benefits under this Supplemental ESOP. For
purposes of Section 3(36) of the ERISA, the Supplemental ESOP
shall be treated as two separate plans, one of which will be
deemed to provide only benefits (if any) in excess of the
limitations of Section 415 of the Code.
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SECTION 3
Benefits
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3.1. CREDITS TO MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS.
(a) As soon as practicable after the last business day
of each Plan Quarter, the Committee shall accrue to a
memorandum account maintained by the Corporation, for each
Supplemental ESOP Participant, an amount equal to the amount
that would have been allocated to the Supplemental ESOP
Participant's account under Section 7.5 of the ESOP had the
limitations of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code and
the corresponding limitations under the ESOP not applied,
and had allocations been based on Compensation increased by
deferrals (if any) under the Corporation's nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plan, such amount to be reduced by the
amount which is actually allocated to the Supplemental ESOP
Participant's account in the ESOP with respect to such Plan
Quarter. Amounts accrued under each memorandum account
shall be converted to units and treated as if invested in
shares of common stock of the Corporation, except as
provided in Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) hereof.
(b) From and after the date of a Change in Control,
each memorandum account shall be treated as if invested in a
fixed-income vehicle earning interest at the rate earned by
the most currently issued 10-year U.S. Treasury Notes;
provided, that this paragraph shall operate to change the
basis for measuring investment return on memorandum accounts
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upon a Change in Control only if such change would then be
consistent with continued exemption of interests hereunder
from the definition of "derivative securities" under Rule
16a-1(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (or any successor Rule).
(c) Beginning as of the Valuation Date next following
the Supplemental ESOP Participant's termination of
employment, the Supplemental ESOP Participant's memorandum
account shall be treated as if invested (i) in a fixed-
income vehicle earning interest at the rate earned by the
most currently issued 10-year U.S. Treasury Notes on the
date of reference, or (ii) on such other reasonable basis
(other than one related to or derived from the common stock
of the Corporation) as the Committee shall determine from
time to time. The interest rate shall be determined and
interest accrued as of each Valuation Date until all amounts
have been paid to or on behalf of the Supplemental ESOP
Participant.
3.2. AMOUNT, FORM AND TIMING OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS.
(a) In the event of a Supplemental ESOP Participant's
termination of employment with the Affiliated Employers
(other than by reason of death or becoming a Disabled
Participant, or Retirement), his or her vested balance under
the Supplemental ESOP shall commence to be paid as soon as
practicable on or after his or her benefit commencement date
under the ESOP in the form of 40 quarterly installments,
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each installment calculated by dividing the unpaid vested
balance, valued as of the preceding Valuation Date, by the
number of installments remaining to be paid; provided,
however, that the Committee in its discretion may accelerate
payment of all or any portion of the account if it
determines such acceleration to be in the interests of the
Corporation. For purposes of this paragraph, the vested
balance of any Supplemental ESOP Participant shall be the
product of (i) the balance of his or her memorandum account
determined under Section 3.1, times (ii) his or her
applicable vesting percentage as determined under Section
8.5 of the ESOP.
(b) In the event a Supplemental ESOP Participant becomes a Disabled
Participant or Retires, the balance of his or her memorandum account
determined under Section 3.1 shall be distributed at the same time and
in the same manner (i.e., in a lump sum or in installments) as the
Supplemental ESOP Participant's ESOP account; provided, that (i) if the
Supplemental ESOP Participant elects a lump sum payment form under the
ESOP, such election shall be effective for purposes of this Supplemental
ESOP only with the consent of the Committee (and absent such consent the
Supplemental ESOP Participant's memorandum account hereunder shall be
paid in 40 quarterly installments as described in paragraph (a)); and
(ii) if the Supplemental ESOP Participant elects an installment
distribution under the ESOP and if the balance
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of his or her memorandum account hereunder at Retirement (or
at the time he or she becomes a Disabled Participant) is
less than $50,000, the Committee may distribute the account
in a lump sum (or on some other accelerated basis)
notwithstanding the Supplemental ESOP Participant's election
under the ESOP.
(c) In the event the employment of a Supplemental ESOP
Participant terminates by reason of death, the balance of
his or her memorandum account determined under Section 3.1
shall be paid in a single sum to the Supplemental ESOP
Participant's Beneficiary as soon as practicable after
receipt by the Supplemental ESOP Participant's Affiliated
Employer of notice of the Supplemental ESOP Participant's
death.
(d) If a Supplemental ESOP Participant described in
paragraph (a) or (b) dies prior to the complete distribution
of his or her vested benefit, the remaining installments
shall be paid to his or her Beneficiary; PROVIDED, that upon
application by such Beneficiary showing financial hardship
or other adequate cause as determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, the Committee may cause the remaining
balance in the decedent's memorandum account to be paid in a
lump sum to the Beneficiary in complete satisfaction of any
remaining benefit obligation to such Beneficiary hereunder.
(e) If the Supplemental ESOP Participant elects to
roll over his or her vested ESOP benefit to the
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Corporation's Cash Balance Plan, the vested balance of his
or her memorandum account hereunder shall be treated as
having been transferred to the Corporation's nonqualified
plan maintained as a supplement to the Corporation's Cash
Balance Plan, and paid in accordance with the terms of that
supplemental plan.
(f) All amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in
cash only.
3.3. NATURE OF ACCOUNT. The memorandum account
maintained by the Corporation for a Supplemental ESOP Participant
shall be a book-entry account only, shall hold no actual shares
of Stock and shall represent no interest in or ownership of any
Stock. Supplemental ESOP Participants shall have no voting
rights or any other shareholder rights by reason of participation
in this Supplemental ESOP.
3.4. NO PAYMENT WHILE EMPLOYED. No amounts accrued
hereunder on behalf of a Supplemental ESOP Participant may be
distributed prior to his or her benefit commencement date under
the ESOP, or death, as the case may be. If a Supplemental ESOP
Participant whose employment has terminated returns to the employ
of the Affiliated Employers, any benefits remaining to be paid to
such Supplemental ESOP Participant shall be suspended during the
period of reemployment. Upon his or her subsequent termination
of employment, the Supplemental ESOP Participant's memorandum
account shall be payable in accordance with the rules set forth
in Section 3.2 above.
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3.5. BENEFITS UNFUNDED. This Supplemental ESOP
shall not be construed to create a trust of any kind or a
fiduciary relationship between any Affiliated Employer and a
Supplemental ESOP Participant. Neither Supplemental ESOP
Participants nor their Beneficiaries, nor any other person, shall
have any rights against any Affiliated Employer or its assets in
respect of any benefits hereunder, other than rights as general
creditors. Nothing in this Section 3.5, however, shall preclude
the Corporation or any Affiliated Employer from establishing and
funding a trust for the purpose of paying benefits hereunder, if
such trust's assets are subject to the claims of the
Corporation's or Affiliated Employer's general creditors in the
event of the Affiliated Employer's bankruptcy or insolvency.
3.6. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. A Supplemental ESOP Participant may
designate, in writing, one or more Beneficiaries under this Supplemental ESOP,
who may be the same as or different than those named under the ESOP to receive
benefits, if any, payable upon the Supplemental ESOP Participant's death;
provided, that in the case of a Supplemental ESOP Participant who is
married at time of death, the Supplemental ESOP Participant's surviving spouse
shall be treated as the sole Beneficiary unless he or she has consented (in
accordance with procedures similar to those in the ESOP relating to spousal
consent) to the designation of one or more other Beneficiaries. In the absence
of any Beneficiary so designated, benefits payable following death shall be
paid to the Supplemental ESOP Participant's surviving spouse,
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if any; if none, to such person or persons (including the
decedent's estate) as are designated to receive any benefits
remaining to be paid under the ESOP; or if none of the foregoing,
to such person or persons as shall be designated by the
Committee.
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SECTION 4
Certain Forfeitures
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4.1. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Supplemental ESOP, benefits payable
hereunder shall be forfeited by the Supplemental ESOP Participant
if the Supplemental ESOP Participant's termination of employment
was requested by an Affiliated Employer and the termination was
determined by the Committee to be for "cause." For purposes of
this Supplemental ESOP, "cause" shall mean any action or failure
to act by the Supplemental ESOP Participant which the Committee
in its sole discretion determines to have constituted negligence
or misconduct in the performance of the Supplemental ESOP
Participant's duty to the Affiliated Employer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1, in respect of any
termination of a Supplemental ESOP Participant's employment
requested by his or her Affiliated Employer within the three-year
period immediately following a Change in Control, "cause" shall
mean only (i) the willful and continued failure by the
Supplemental ESOP Participant to substantially perform his or her
duties with the Affiliated Employer, after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Supplemental ESOP
Participant by the Affiliated Employer which demand specifies the
manner in which the Affiliated Employer believes that the
Supplemental ESOP Participant has not substantially performed the
Supplemental ESOP Participant's duties, or (ii) the willful
engaging by the Supplemental ESOP Participant in conduct which is
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demonstrably and materially injurious to the Affiliated Employer,
monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of
the preceding sentence, no act, or failure to act, on the
Supplemental ESOP Participant's part shall be deemed "willful"
unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Supplemental ESOP
Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that
the Supplemental ESOP Participant's act or failure to act was in
the best interest of the Participating Employer.
4.2. OTHER TERMINATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event of a
Supplemental ESOP Participant's termination of employment other
than by reason of death or Retirement or after becoming a
Disabled Participant, that portion of his or her memorandum
account balance, if any, that is not payable under Section 3.2
shall be promptly forfeited. If such Supplemental ESOP
Participant is later reemployed by the Affiliated Employers under
circumstances entitling him or her to a restoration of all or a
portion of his or her account balance under the ESOP, the
Committee shall make an appropriate corresponding restorative
adjustment to his or her memorandum account hereunder.
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SECTION 5
Administration
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5.1. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. This Supplemental ESOP shall be
administered by the Committee in accordance with its terms and
purposes. The Committee shall determine, in accordance with
Section 3 hereunder, the amount and manner of payment of the
benefits due to or on behalf of each Supplemental ESOP
Participant from this Supplemental ESOP and shall cause them to
be paid by the Corporation accordingly. The Committee may
delegate its powers, duties and responsibilities to one or more
individuals (including in the Committee's discretion employees of
one or more Affiliated Employers) or one or more committees of
such individuals.
5.2. FINALITY OF DECISION. The decisions made by and the
actions taken by the Committee in the administration of this
Supplemental ESOP shall be final and conclusive with respect to
all persons, and neither the Committee nor individual members
thereof, nor its or their delegates hereunder, shall be subject
to individual liability with respect to this Supplemental ESOP.
5.3. BENEFIT CLAIMS; APPEAL AND REVIEW.
(a) If any person believes that he or she is being
denied any rights or benefits under this Supplemental ESOP,
such person may file a claim in writing with the Committee.
The Committee will notify such person of its decision with
respect to such claim in writing. If such claim is denied
by the Committee, such notification will be written in a
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manner calculated to be understood by such person and will
contain (i) specific reasons for denial, (ii) specific
reference to pertinent plan provisions, (iii) a description
of any additional material or information necessary for such
person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary, and (iv) information
as to the steps to be taken if the person wishes to submit a
request for review. Notification of Committee decisions
with respect to claims will be given within 90 days after
the claim is received by the Committee (or within 180 days,
if special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim, and if written notice of such
extension and circumstances is given to such person within
the initial 90-day period). If such notification is not
given within such period, the claim will be considered
denied as of the last day of such period and such person may
request a review of his or her claim.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which a person
receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if
applicable, within 60 days after the date on which such
denial is considered to have occurred) such person (or his
or her duly authorized representative) may (i) file a
written request with the Committee for a review of his or
her denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit
written issues and comments to the Committee. The Committee
will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such
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notification will be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by such person and will contain specific reasons
for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent
ESOP provisions. The decision on review will be made within
60 days after the request for review is received by the
Committee (or within 120 days, if special circumstances
require an extension of time for processing the request,
such as an election by the Committee to hold a hearing, and
if written notice of such extension and circumstances is
given to such person within the initial 60-day period). If
the decision on review is not made within such period, the
claim will be considered denied.
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SECTION 6
Amendment and Termination
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6.1. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. While the Corporation
intends to maintain this Supplemental ESOP in conjunction with
ESOP for as long as it deems necessary, the Board of Directors
reserves the right to amend and/or terminate it at any time for
whatever reasons it may deem appropriate; PROVIDED, that no such
amendment shall reduce the balance of any Supplemental ESOP
Participant's memorandum account as of the Valuation Date next
preceding the date of such amendment. Amendments affecting the
accrual of benefits hereunder in respect of Supplemental ESOP
Participants who are subject to the short-swing profit provisions
of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
may be made no more frequently than once every six (6) months.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, during the three-
year period immediately following a Change in Control, this
Supplemental ESOP may not be terminated, altered or amended in a
way that would decrease future accrual of, eligibility for, or
entitlement to, benefits hereunder. This Section 6.1 may not be
altered or amended during that same three-year period in any way
except with the prior written consent of all of the then
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
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SECTION 7
Miscellaneous
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7.1. NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this
Supplemental ESOP shall be construed as a contract of employment
between any Affiliated Employer and a Supplemental ESOP
Participant, or as giving any Supplemental ESOP Participant the
right to be continued in the employment of an Affiliated
Employer, or as a limitation of the right of an Affiliated
Employer to discharge any Supplemental ESOP Participants, with or
without cause.
7.2. ASSIGNMENT. Subject to the provisions of this
Supplemental ESOP relating to payment of benefits upon the death
of a Supplemental ESOP Participant, the benefits payable under
this Supplemental ESOP may not be assigned, alienated,
transferred, pledged, or encumbered.
7.3. WITHHOLDING, ETC. Benefits payable under this Supplemental ESOP
shall be subject to all applicable federal, state or other tax withholding
requirements. To the extent any amount credited hereunder to a Supplemental
ESOP Participant's account is treated as "wages" for FICA/Medicare or FUTA tax
purposes on a current basis (or when vested), rather than when distributed, all
as determined by the Committee, then the Committee shall require that the
Supplemental ESOP Participant either (i) timely pay such taxes in cash by
separate check to his or her Affiliated Employer, or (ii) make other
arrangements satisfactory to such Affiliated Employer (e.g., additional
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withholding from other wage payments) for the payment of such
taxes. To the extent a Supplemental ESOP Participant fails to
pay or provide for such taxes as required, the Committee may
suspend the Supplemental ESOP Participant's participation in the
Supplemental ESOP or reduce amounts credited or to be credited
hereunder.
7.4. SCHEDULES. The Committee may by Schedule modify the
benefits available hereunder to one or more specified
individuals. The provisions of each such Schedule shall, with
respect to the individual or individuals thereby affected, be
deemed a part of the Supplemental ESOP and shall be incorporated
herein.
7.5. LAW APPLICABLE. This Supplemental ESOP shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed this 20th
day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
___________________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE A
TO
Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental ESOP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule A Participant" shall mean Samuel W. Bodman.
2. Amount of benefits. Effective January 1, 1987, for the Schedule A
Participant, his total benefit determined under Sections 3.1 and
3.3 of the Supplemental ESOP shall be equal to two times the
benefit which would otherwise be provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule A is executed this
twentieth day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE B
TO
Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental ESOP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule B Participant" shall mean Kennett F. Burnes.
2. Amount of benefits. Effective November 12, 1987, for
the Schedule B Participant, his total benefit
determined under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the
Supplemental ESOP shall be equal to two times the
benefit which would otherwise be provided under those
Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule B is executed this
twentieth day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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Schedule C
TO
Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental ESOP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule C Participant" shall mean John D. Curtin, Jr.
2. Amount of benefits. Effective June 1, 1989, for the
Schedule C Participant, his total benefit determined
under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental ESOP
shall be equal to two times the benefit which would
otherwise be provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule C is executed this
twentieth day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE D
TO
Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental ESOP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule D Participant" shall mean Kenyon D. Gilson.
2. Amount of benefits. Effective August 1, 1989, for the
Schedule D Participant, his total benefit determined
under Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental ESOP
shall be equal to two times the benefit which would
otherwise be provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule D is executed this
twentieth day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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SCHEDULE E
TO
Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Effective May 13, 1994, the Board of Directors deemed it
advisable to provide certain additional benefits to one or more
Supplemental ESOP Participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Supplemental ESOP is hereby amended as
follows:
1. "Schedule E Participant" shall mean Robert Rothberg.
2. Amount of benefits. Effective October 18, 1993, after
completion of a three year Period of Service with Cabot
Corporation as determined under the Cabot Corporation
Employee Stock Ownership Plan, for the Schedule E
Participant, his total benefit determined under
Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Supplemental ESOP shall be
equal to two times the benefit which would otherwise be
provided under those Sections.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Schedule E is executed this
twentieth day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
______________________
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 10(e)(iii)
CABOT CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT INCENTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
PREAMBLE
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A supplemental profit sharing program was authorized by a
vote of the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation (the
"Corporation") on September 10, 1976. Pursuant to that vote,
letter agreements were entered into between the Corporation and
certain of the Corporation's executive officers.
A nonqualified supplemental plan (as herein amended and
restated, and as the same may hereafter be amended, the
"Supplemental Plan") was adopted pursuant to a vote of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation on February 10, 1984, its purpose
being to provide benefits to a designated group of managers who
are highly compensated employees of the Corporation or its
subsidiaries, supplemental to benefits provided under the
Corporation's qualified profit-sharing and savings program
(currently the Cabot Retirement Incentive Savings Plan, or
"CRISP"). The terms of the Supplemental Plan as amended and
restated and set forth herein are effective as of September 9,
1988; PROVIDED, that nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the
payment or computation of benefits in pay status on (or
distributed in full prior to) the date of this restatement.
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SECTION 1
Definitions
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When used herein, the words and phrases defined shall have
the following meanings unless a different meaning is clearly
required by the context. Terms used herein which are defined in
Article 1 of the CRISP shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the CRISP unless a different meaning is set forth below.
1.1. "Applicable Matching Percentage" means (i) for any
period for which Basic Matching Contributions but no
Discretionary Matching Contributions are made under the CRISP,
five and five-eighths (5.625%) percent; and (ii) for any period
for which Discretionary Matching Contributions are made under the
CRISP, 5.625% PLUS the maximum rate (expressed as a percentage of
Compensation) at which Discretionary Matching Contributions are
made for such period with respect to any participant in the
CRISP.
1.2. "Beneficiary" means the individual(s) or entity(ies)
entitled under Section 3.6 below to receive any benefits
hereunder upon the death of a Supplemental Plan Participant.
1.3. "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors, or its delegates.
1.4. "Retirement" means termination of employment with the
Corporation and other Affiliated Employers following attainment
by the Supplemental Plan Participant of his or her Early
Retirement Age or Normal Retirement Age. An individual whose
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employment has terminated by reason of Retirement shall be
treated as having "Retired."
1.5. "Supplemental Plan Participant" has the meaning
provided in Section 2 below.
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SECTION 2
Participation
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2.1. Participation. Each Participant in the CRISP (i)
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whose base salary for any year (as determined by the Committee),
before reduction for deferrals, if any, under the CRISP, the
Corporation's nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, or any
salary deferral under Section 125 of the Code, equals or exceeds
the dollar limitation applicable to such year under Section
401(a)(17) of the Code, and (ii) who, for such year (or for such
portion of the year during which he or she satisfies the
requirements of (i) above) has elected to participate in pre-tax
deferrals and/or after-tax contributions under CRISP to the
maximum extent required and permissible thereunder (taking into
account any limitations imposed under the CRISP to comply with
the qualification requirements of the Code) to obtain the maximum
possible Matching Contribution under CRISP, shall be eligible to
participate in and accrue benefits under this Supplemental Plan.
The eligibility requirements described at (ii) above shall apply
only with respect to periods beginning on or after October 1,
1994 and shall not apply for purposes of determining eligibility
to share in any accruals under Section 3.1(b) below. For
purposes of Section 3(36) of ERISA, the Supplemental Plan shall
be treated as two separate plans, one of which will be deemed to
provide only benefits (if any) in excess of the limitations of
section 415 of the Code.
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SECTION 3
Benefits
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3.1. Credits to Memorandum Accounts.
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(a) For each month or Plan Year for which Matching
Contributions are made to the CRISP, the Committee shall,
as soon as practicable after the close of such month or year
(as the case may be), accrue to a memorandum account
maintained by the Corporation, for each individual who is a
Supplemental Plan Participant for all or any part of such
period, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Applicable
Matching Percentage of the Supplemental Plan Participant's
Compensation for such period (such Compensation to be
determined, solely for this purpose, without regard to the
limitations described in Section 1.21(d) of the CRISP, but
taking into account the limitations described in Section
1.21(c) of the CRISP), over (ii) the sum of (A) the amount
which is actually allocated to the Supplemental Plan
Participant's Matching Contribution Account in the CRISP
with respect to such period, plus (B) any additional credit
made for the benefit of the Supplemental Plan Participant
with respect to such period under Section 4(a)(ii) of the
Corporation's nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
(b) As soon as practicable after the end of each Plan
Year, the Committee shall also accrue to a memorandum
account maintained by the Corporation, for each Supplemental
Plan Participant, an amount equal to the amount (if any)
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that would have been contributed for the benefit of the
Supplemental Plan Participant by his or her Affiliated
Employer under Section 3.5 of the CRISP for such Plan Year
had the limitations of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the
Code and the corresponding limitations under the CRISP not
applied and had such contributions and allocations under the
CRISP been based on Compensation increased by deferrals (if
any) under the Corporation's nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan, such amount to be reduced by the amount
(if any) which is actually contributed and allocated under
Section 3.5 of the CRISP to the Supplemental Plan
Participant's account in the CRISP; provided, that with
respect to periods ending prior to October 1, 1994, no such
accrual shall be made under this paragraph to the extent
that it would cause Income for the particular year for which
it was being made, reduced by the amount of such accrual on
an after-tax basis, to be less than that percentage of
Stockholders' Equity at the beginning of such year specified
in Section 3.5 of the CRISP.
(c) Amounts accrued hereunder shall be converted to
units and treated as if invested in the Cabot Stock Fund
under the CRISP, except as provided in Sections 3.1(d) and
3.1(e) hereof.
(d) From and after the date of a Change in Control,
each memorandum account shall be treated as if invested in a
fixed-income vehicle earning interest at the rate earned by
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the most currently issued 10-year Treasury Notes; provided,
that this paragraph shall operate to change the basis for
measuring investment return on memorandum accounts upon a
Change in Control only if such change would then be
consistent with continued exemption of interests hereunder
from the definition of "derivative securities" under Rule
16a-1(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (or any successor Rule).
(e) Beginning as of the Valuation Date next following
the earliest of the Supplemental Plan Participant's
Retirement, other termination of employment, death while
employed by an Affiliated Employer, or Total and Permanent
Disability, the Supplemental Plan Participant's account
shall be treated as if invested (i) in a fixed-income
vehicle earning interest at the rate earned by the most
currently issued 10-year U.S. Treasury Notes on the date of
reference, or (ii) on such other reasonable basis (other
than one related to or derived from the common stock of the
Corporation) as the Committee shall determine from time to
time. The interest rate shall be determined and interest
accrued as of each Valuation Date until all amounts have
been paid to or on behalf of the Supplemental Plan
Participant.
3.2. Amount, Form and Timing of Benefit Payments.
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(a) In the event of a Supplemental Plan Participant's
termination of employment with the Affiliated Employers
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(other than by reason of Retirement, Total and Permanent
Disability, or death), his or her vested balance under the
Supplemental Plan shall commence to be paid as soon as
practicable on or after the Participant's Annuity Starting
Date in the form of 120 monthly installments, each
installment calculated by dividing the unpaid vested
balance, valued as of the preceding Valuation Date, by the
number of installments remaining to be paid; provided,
however, that, the Committee in its discretion may
accelerate payment of all or any portion of the account if
it determines such acceleration to be in the interests of
the Corporation. For purposes of this paragraph, the vested
balance of a Supplemental Plan Participant shall be the
product of (A) the balance of his or her memorandum account
determined under Section 3.1, times (B) the percentage
representing the vested interest of such Supplemental Plan
Participant in his or her CRISP Account (that is, Matching
Contribution Account or Company Contributions Account) as
determined under the applicable vesting rules of the CRISP.
(b) In the event of a Supplemental Plan Participant's
Retirement or termination of employment by reason of Total
and Permanent Disability, the balance of his or her
memorandum account determined under Section 3.1 shall be
distributed at the same time and in the same manner as the
Supplemental Plan Participant's benefits under the CRISP,
subject to the following special rules:
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(i) If the balance of the Supplemental Plan
Participant's memorandum account at Retirement or
termination of employment is less than $50,000, the
Committee may distribute the account in a lump sum (or
on some other accelerated basis) notwithstanding the
Supplemental Plan Participant's election under the
CRISP.
(ii) If the Supplemental Plan Participant elects
a distribution of a single-life or joint and survivor
annuity under Section 9.3(a)(iv) of the CRISP, the
Committee's discretion as described above to distribute
the memorandum account hereunder on an accelerated
basis shall apply regardless of the size of the balance
of the Supplemental Plan Participant's memorandum
account hereunder.
(iii) If the Supplemental Plan Participant elects
a lump sum payment of his or her CRISP benefit, that
election shall be effective with respect to his or her
Supplemental Plan benefit hereunder only with the
approval of the Committee. If the Committee does not
approve a lump sum payment election, the Supplemental
Plan Participant's memorandum account hereunder shall
be distributed in 120 monthly installments as described
at 3.2(a) above or on such accelerated basis as the
Committee may determine.
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(iv) If the Supplemental Plan Participant's
memorandum account is to be distributed in
installments, the amount of each installment shall be
calculated by dividing the unpaid balance, valued as of
the preceding Valuation Date, by the number of
installments remaining to be paid. Any distribution
hereunder that is to be made over the life of the
Supplemental Plan Participant or the lives of the
Supplemental Plan Participant and his or her
Beneficiary shall be based on such reasonable actuarial
assumptions as the Committee may determine (which may
be different than those applied under the Corporation's
qualified plans or those used by commercial insurance
companies).
(c) In the event of a Supplemental Plan Participant's
termination of employment with the Affiliated Employers by
reason of death, the balance of his or her memorandum
account determined under Section 3.1 shall be paid in a
single sum to the Supplemental Plan Participant's
Beneficiary as soon as practicable after the receipt by the
Supplemental Plan Participant's Affiliated Employer of
notice of the Supplemental Plan Participant's death.
(d) If a Supplemental Plan Participant described in
paragraph (a) or (b) dies prior to the complete distribution
of his or her vested benefit, the remaining installments
shall be paid to his or her Beneficiary; provided, that upon
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application by such Beneficiary showing financial hardship
or other adequate cause as determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, the Committee may cause the remaining
balance in the decedent's memorandum account to be paid in a
lump sum to the Beneficiary in complete satisfaction of any
remaining benefit obligation to such Beneficiary hereunder.
(e) If the Supplemental Plan Participant elects to
roll over his or her vested CRISP benefit to the
Corporation's Cash Balance Plan, the vested balance of his
or her memorandum account hereunder shall be treated as
having been transferred to the Corporation's nonqualified
plan maintained as a supplement to the Corporation's Cash
Balance Plan, and paid in accordance with the terms of that
supplemental plan.
(f) All amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in
cash only.
3.3. Nature of Account. The memorandum account maintained
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by the Corporation for a Supplemental Plan Participant shall be a
book-entry account only, shall hold no actual shares of the
Corporation's stock, and shall represent no interest in or
ownership of any such stock. Supplemental Plan Participants
shall have no voting rights or any other shareholder rights by
reason of participation in this Supplemental Plan.
3.4. No Payment While Employed. No amounts accrued
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hereunder on behalf of a Supplemental Plan Participant may be
distributed prior to his or her Annuity Starting Date or death,
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as the case may be. If a Supplemental Plan Participant whose
employment has terminated returns to the employ of an Affiliated
Employer, any benefits remaining to be paid to such Supplemental
Plan Participant shall be suspended during the period of
reemployment. Upon his or her subsequent termination of
employment, the Supplemental Plan Participant's memorandum
account shall be payable in accordance with the rules set forth
in Section 3.2 above.
3.5. Benefits Unfunded. This Supplemental Plan shall not
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be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary
relationship between any Affiliated Employer and a Supplemental
Plan Participant. Neither Supplemental Plan Participants nor
their beneficiaries, nor any other person, shall have any rights
against any Affiliated Employer or its assets in respect of any
benefits hereunder, other than rights as general creditors.
Nothing in this Section 3.5, however, shall preclude an
Affiliated Employer from establishing and funding a trust for the
purpose of paying benefits hereunder, if such trust's assets are
subject to the claims of the Affiliated Employer's general
creditors in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency.
3.6. Designation of Beneficiary. A Supplemental Plan
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Participant may designate, in writing, one or more beneficiaries
under this Supplemental Plan, who may be the same as or different
than those named under the CRISP to receive benefits, if any,
payable upon the Supplemental Plan Participant's death; provided,
that in the case of a Supplemental Plan Participant who is
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married at time of death, the Supplemental Plan Participant's
surviving spouse shall be treated as the sole Beneficiary unless
he or she has consented (in accordance with procedures similar to
those in the CRISP relating to spousal consent) to the
designation of one or more other Beneficiaries. In the absence
of any beneficiary so designated, benefits payable following
death shall be paid to the Supplemental Plan Participant's
surviving spouse, if any; if none, to such person or persons
(including the decedent's estate) as are designated to receive
any benefits remaining to be paid under the CRISP; or if none of
the foregoing, to such person or persons as shall be designated
by the Committee.
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SECTION 4
Certain Forfeitures
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4.1. Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding anything to
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the contrary in this Supplemental Plan, benefits payable
hereunder shall be forfeited by the Supplemental Plan Participant
if the Supplemental Plan Participant's termination of employment
was requested by an Affiliated Employer and the termination was
determined by the Committee to be for "cause." For purposes of
this Supplemental Plan, "cause" shall mean any action or failure
to act by the Supplemental Plan Participant which the Committee
in its sole discretion determines to have constituted negligence
or misconduct in the performance of the Supplemental Plan
Participant's duty to his or her Affiliated Employer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1, in
respect of any termination of a Supplemental Plan Participant's
employment requested by an Affiliated Employer within the three-
year period immediately following a Change in Control, "cause"
shall mean only (i) the willful and continued failure by the
Supplemental Plan Participant to substantially perform his or her
duties with his or her Affiliated Employer, after a written
demand for substantial performance is delivered to the
Supplemental Plan Participant by the Affiliated Employer which
demand specifies the manner in which the Affiliated Employer
believes that the Supplemental Plan Participant has not
substantially performed the Supplemental Plan Participant's
duties, or (ii) the willful engaging by the Supplemental Plan
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Participant in conduct which is demonstrably and materially
injurious to the Affiliated Employer, monetarily or otherwise.
For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence,
no act, or failure to act, on the Supplemental Plan Participant's
part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be
done, by the Supplemental Plan Participant not in good faith and
without reasonable belief that the Supplemental Plan
Participant's act or failure to act was in the best interest of
the Affiliated Employer.
4.2. Other Terminations of Employment. In the event of a
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Supplemental Plan Participant's termination of employment other
than by reason of death, Retirement or Total and Permanent
Disability, that portion of his or her memorandum account balance
that is not payable under Section 3.2(a) shall be promptly
forfeited. If such Supplemental Plan Participant is later
reemployed by an Affiliated Employer under circumstances
entitling him or her to a restoration of all or a portion of his
or her account balance under the CRISP, the Committee shall make
an appropriate corresponding restorative adjustment to his or her
memorandum account hereunder.
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SECTION 5
Administration
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5.1. Duties of Committee. This Supplemental Plan shall be
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administered by the Committee in accordance with its terms and
purposes. The Committee shall determine, in accordance with
Section 3 hereunder, the amount and manner of payment of the
benefits due to or on behalf of each Supplemental Plan
Participant from this Supplemental Plan and shall cause them to
be paid by the Corporation accordingly. The Committee may
delegate its powers, duties and responsibilities to one or more
individuals (including in the Committee's discretion employees of
one or more Affiliated Employers) or one or more committees of
such individuals.
5.2. Finality of Decision. The decisions made by and the
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actions taken by the Committee in the administration of this
Supplemental Plan shall be final and conclusive with respect to
all persons, and neither the Committee nor individual members
thereof, nor its or their delegates hereunder, shall be subject
to individual liability with respect to this Supplemental Plan.
5.3. Benefit Claims; Appeal and Review.
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(a) If any person believes that he or she is being
denied any rights or benefits under this Supplemental Plan,
such person may file a claim in writing with the Committee.
The Committee will notify such person of its decision with
respect to such claim in writing. If the claim is denied by
the Committee, such notification will be written in a manner
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calculated to be understood by such person and will contain
(i) specific reasons for denial, (ii) specific reference to
pertinent plan provisions, (iii) a description of any
additional material or information necessary for such person
to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary, and (iv) information
as to the steps to be taken if the person wishes to submit a
request for review. Notification of Committee decisions
with respect to claims will be given within 90 days after
the claim is received by the Committee (or within 180 days,
if special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim, and if written notice of such
extension and circumstances is given to such person within
the initial 90-day period). If such notification is not
given within such period, the claim will be considered
denied as of the last day of such period and such person may
request a review of his or her claim.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which a person
receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if
applicable, within 60 days after the date on which such
denial is considered to have occurred) such person (or his
or her duly authorized representative) may (i) file a
written request with the Committee for a review of his or
her denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit
written issues and comments to the Committee. The Committee
will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such
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notification will be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by such person and will contain specific reasons
for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent
Plan provisions. The decision on review will be made within
60 days after the request for review is received by the
Committee (or within 120 days, if special circumstances
require an extension of time for processing the request,
such as an election by the Committee to hold a hearing, and
if written notice of such extension and circumstances is
given to such person within the initial 60-day period). If
the decision on review is not made within such period, the
claim will be considered denied.
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SECTION 6
Amendment and Termination
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6.1. Amendment and Termination. While the Corporation
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intends to maintain this Supplemental Plan in conjunction with
the CRISP for as long as it deems necessary, the Board of
Directors reserves the right to amend and/or terminate it at any
time for whatever reasons it may deem appropriate; provided, that
no such amendment shall reduce the balance of any Supplemental
Plan Participant's memorandum account as of the Valuation Date
next preceding the date of such amendment. Amendments affecting
the accrual of benefits hereunder in respect of Supplemental Plan
Participants who are subject to the short-swing profit provisions
of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
may be made no more frequently than once every six (6) months.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, during the three-
year period immediately following a Change in Control, this
Supplemental Plan may not be terminated, altered or amended in a
way that would decrease future accrual of, eligibility for, or
entitlement to, benefits hereunder. This Section 6.1 may not be
altered or amended during that same three-year period in any way
except with the prior written consent of all of the then
Supplemental Plan Participants.
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SECTION 7
Miscellaneous
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7.1. No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in this
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Supplemental Plan shall be construed as a contract of employment
between any Affiliated Employer and a Supplemental Plan
Participant, or as giving any Supplemental Plan Participant the
right to be continued in the employment of an Affiliated
Employer, or as a limitation of the right of an Affiliated
Employer to discharge any Supplemental Plan Participant, with or
without cause.
7.2. Assignment. Subject to the provisions of this
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Supplemental Plan relating to payment of benefits upon the death
of a Supplemental Plan Participant, the benefits payable under
this Supplemental Plan may not be assigned, alienated,
transferred, pledged, or encumbered.
7.3. Withholding, Etc. Benefits payable under this
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Supplemental Plan shall be subject to all applicable federal,
state or other tax withholding requirements. To the extent any
amount credited hereunder to a Supplemental Plan Participant's
account is treated as "wages" for FICA/Medicare or FUTA tax
purposes on a current basis (or when vested), rather than when
distributed, all as determined by the Committee, then the
Committee shall require that the Supplemental Plan Participant
either (i) timely pay such taxes in cash by separate check to his
or her Affiliated Employer, or (ii) make other arrangements
satisfactory to such Employer (e.g., additional withholding from
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other wage payments) for the payment of such taxes. To the
extent a Supplemental Plan Participant fails to pay or provide
for such taxes as required, the Committee may suspend the
Supplemental Plan Participant's participation in the Supplemental
Plan or reduce amounts credited or to be credited hereunder.
7.4. Schedules. The Committee may by Schedule modify the
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benefits available hereunder to one or more specified
individuals. The provisions of each such Schedule shall, with
respect to the individual or individuals thereby affected, be
deemed a part of the Supplemental Plan and shall be incorporated
herein.
7.5. Law Applicable. This Supplemental Plan shall be
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construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed this
20th day of December, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Karen M. Morrissey
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Vice President
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EXHIBIT 10(j)
AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Between:
Societe Nationale SONATRACH, with registered office in Algiers, 80
Avenue Ahmed Ghermoul, hereinafter referred to as the "Seller", represented by
its Vice President in charge of the Marketing Department, Slimane Bouguerra,
authorized to execute this Contract,
on the one hand
and
Distrigas Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal office in Boston,
Massachusetts, 125 High Street, hereinafter referred to as the "Buyer",
represented by its Vice President, John G. L. Cabot,
on the other hand,
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Alocean, Ltd., a Bermudian Corporation (ALOCEAN), and Buyer have
concluded contracts for the sale and purchase of LNG dated December 3, 1969 and
September 10, 1970 and an amendment to these contracts has been concluded
between the two parties on October 4, 1975;
WHEREAS, Alocean and Buyer have concluded a contract for the sale and
purchase of LNG dated October 4, 1975 relating to additional quantities to be
delivered from July 1, 1976 to December 31, 1977;
WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer now deem it desirable, subject to Alocean's
obligations under the above-mentioned contracts being assumed by Seller, that
the latter sell LNG directly to Buyer rather than through Alocean,
and
WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have agreed in accordance with a protocol
signed by them June 6, 1975, to increase, beginning January 1, 1978, the
quantities of LNG provided in the above-mentioned contracts and to conclude
between themselves a new contract which replaces the abovementioned contracts,
beginning January 1, 1978, setting forth the new terms
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under which all quantities of LNG sold by Seller to Buyer will be delivered,
beginning on such date.
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this agreement, the words and terms contained in
Appendix A attached hereto and which are an integral part of this agreement,
will have the meanings defined in said appendix.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
Under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Seller agrees
to sell and to deliver to Buyer and Buyer agrees to purchase and to receive
from Seller and to pay for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the quantities, at
the times, and at the price hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE 3
SOURCE OF SUPPLY
The LNG sold by Seller and delivered to Buyer will come from natural
gas wells located in Algeria.
Seller represents that the LNG which is to be sold under the
provisions of this agreement will be produced by the first four liquefaction
units at Seller's liquefaction plant at Skikda, Algeria.
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ARTICLE 4
FACILITIES OF SELLER. SHIP. DELIVERY POINT.
FACILITIES OF BUYER. PORT. TRANSFER OF TITLE.
SECTION 4.1. Facilities of Seller. Ship. Seller shall secure or shall
have secured the delivery of the LNG mentioned above by an LNG tanker
conforming with the specifications set forth in Appendix D to this agreement,
the name of which shall be notified by Seller to Buyer before June 1, 1976.
Seller has the right to substitute for such LNG tanker another LNG tanker
subject to the condition that such LNG tanker be of equivalent size and
specifications, or multiple tankers of smaller size subject to the condition
that their conception and characteristics be compatible with Buyer's facil-
ities, and in both cases subject to the condition that neither the quantities
to be delivered under the terms of this agreement nor the sales price of the
LNG to be paid by Buyer be modified because of this substitution. Seller shall
be obligated to provide additional LNG tankers, subject to the same conditions,
if necessary to deliver all quantities set forth in Section 6.1., subject to
the conditions of Section 13.1 below.
SECTION 4.2. Delivery Point. Delivery of the LNG sold and purchased
under this agreement will be made by Seller to Buyer on board an LNG tanker at
the port of destination, and the point of delivery shall be at the flange
connecting the permanent equipment of the LNG tanker with the receiving arms of
the facilities at the port of destination designated by Buyer.
SECTION 4.3. Facilities of Buyer. Buyer shall construct, maintain and
operate or cause to be constructed, maintained and operated at its sole cost,
expense and risk, at the port of destination, docking, discharging and
receiving facilities.
The docking facilities shall be capable of receiving, docking and
handling at all times whether in daytime or at night-time, in all safety and
always afloat, a LNG tanker no more than two hundred and eighty (280) meters in
length with a draft of approximately eleven meters and ten centimeters (11.10)
of water at full capacity and which is capable of transporting approximately
one hundred and twenty five thousand (125,000) cubic meters of LNG. The
configuration of Buyer's facilities is shown in Appendix C.
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The discharging facilities shall include pipes and other equipment of
sufficient capacity to permit the discharging of an LNG tanker at rates as
indicated in Section 11.3 below. Such facilities shall also include a vapor
return line sufficient in size to return natural gas vapors from Buyer's
storage tanks to the LNG tanker.
The receiving facilities shall include storage and other facilities of
sufficient capacity to permit receipt of full cargoes of LNG at the rates of
delivery specified above.
Buyer shall also provide, free of cost to Seller, facilities adequate
to supply the LNG tankers with fresh water, liquid nitrogen and telephone.
SECTION 4.4. Port. The scheduled port of destination is the port of
Boston (Massachusetts) where Buyer has now at its disposal the required
facilities as defined above. However, Buyer shall have the right to designate
any other safe port on the East coast of the United States of America, subject
to such designation being notified to Seller in writing at least 15 days prior
to the scheduled date of delivery; provided, however, that all required
authorizations and permits, and any delay which may result therefrom, shall be
the responsibility of Buyer; provided also that the sales price stated in
article 9 hereinafter shall be adjusted in such case to take into account the
variations in the length of the voyage and any additional costs which would be
incurred as a result therefrom.
SECTION 4.5. Passage of Title. Title to and risks regarding the LNG
sold and purchased hereunder shall pass from Seller to Buyer at the port of
discharging at the time of passage of the product through the connecting flange
of the ship's permanent equipment.
ARTICLE 5
LIABILITY
While the LNG tanker is being berthed or leaving the berth, and as
long as it is berthed at the Buyer's dock, each party will be responsible to
the other party for any proven injuries or damage, excluding all indirect
consequences, which may be caused to the other party by the fault or act of the
first party, its own employees, representatives, contractors or suppliers of
services.
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Seller shall cause the LNG to be delivered and Buyer shall receive
the LNG at the delivery point with due compliance with appropriate safety
precautions.
ARTICLE 6
QUANTITIES AND RATE OF DELIVERIES
SECTION 6.1. Contractual Annual Quantities and Rate of Deliveries.
The contractual annual quantity which Seller agrees to sell and deliver to
Buyer and which Buyer agrees to receive and pay for on a firm "take or pay"
basis is one million nine hundred thousand (1,900,000) cubic meters of LNG,
plus or less five percent at Seller's option, corresponding to seventeen (17)
full cargoes of a ship with a capacity of approximately one hundred twenty five
thousand ( 125,000) cubic meters.
Seller and Buyer shall provide that annual inspections and overhauls
of the plants and facilities necessary to carry out the operation contemplated
by this agreement and of the LNG tanker shall take place preferably during the
summer or at any such other suitable time of the year selected by mutual
agreement as will not entail a decrease in the annual quantity of LNG the
delivery of which is provided for by this agreement. Seller and Buyer shall
notify each other of schedules of such annual inspections and overhauls ninety
days prior to their commencement.
SECTION 6.2. Schedule of Deliveries. Seller shall submit to Buyer
no later than sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of each year the schedule
of deliveries which it proposes for such year. For each quarter of the year,
and no later than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each quarter,
Seller shall confirm the schedule for such quarter.
Ten (10) days prior to the beginning of each calendar month, Seller
shall confirm by telex to Buyer the schedule of deliveries for such month.
Seller shall promptly notify Buyer by telex of any loading at Skikda
of LNG to be delivered to the latter and of the departure from Skikda of such
cargo and the estimated time of arrival at Buyer's terminal.
Seller shall make its best efforts so that the deliveries be always
spaced by approximately twenty (20) days.
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ARTICLE 7
QUALITY
The LNG delivered by Seller by Buyer will have in the gaseous state:
-- a PCS of between 9,640 Kcal/Nm3 and 10,650 Kcal/Nm3
-- constituent elements the percentage of which will vary within the
following limits (in molecular percentage):
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Nitrogen N2 between 0.2 and 1.4
Methane C between 85.65 and 96.6
Ethane C2 between 3.2 and 8.5
Propane C3 between 0.0 and 3.0
Isobutane iC4 between 0.0 and 0.52
Normal butane NC4 between 0.0 and 0.7
Pentane C5 plus between 0.0 and 0.23
</TABLE>
-- an amount of H2S not exceeding zero point five (0.5) part per
million in volume
-- an amount of mercaptan sulfur not exceeding 2.3 mg/Nm3
-- an amount of total sulfur not exceeding 30 mg/Nm3.
The verification of the PCS and of the composition of the LNG in
compliance with the above specifications shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of article 8 below.
For the verification of the amounts of sulphur and H2S, the
procedures defined by the standards ASTM D 2385 and D 3031 shall be applied.
ARTICLE 8
MEASUREMENT AND TESTING
SECTION 8.1. Gauging. The quantities of LNG delivered under this
agreement shall be measured in metric units by gauging of the liquid in the
ship's tanks.
The first gauging shall be made immediately after the ship's captain
has given his Notice of Readiness to discharge and as soon as the ship is
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berthed, the linking of the gaseous stages between the ship and the terminal
and the balancing of pressures have been achieved.
A second gauging shall be made immediately after the end of
discharging.
These gaugings shall be made by Seller. Buyer shall have the right to
be present if it so wishes.
Seller shall provide Buyer with a certified true copy of the gauging
scales for each of the tanks of the ship in metric units approved by the
Service des Instruments et Mesures de Paris as well as of the correction
tables (list, trim, contraction of the tanks, etc . . . ). These scales and
tables shall be used for the entire duration of the agreement unless the tanks
are physically modified, in which case new scales and tables shall be
established.
SECTION 8.2. Determination of Density. The density of the LNG shall
be determined by measurement on board the ship, by means of approved
instruments.
In the case of defective functioning of the measuring equipment, the
density shall be determined by a calculation from the molecular composition
determined in accordance with Section 8.4 below, for the average temperature
defined in Section 8.3.
The method of calculation shall be that generally used by Seller for
its sales of LNG to other buyers and should it be changed from the method now
used, shall be mutually agreed upon by Buyer and Seller.
The density shall be expressed in kg/m3.
SECTION 8.3. Determination of the Temperature. The temperature of
the cargo shall be the arithmetic average of the temperatures indicated by the
temperature-registering devices immersed in the LNG in all of the tanks.
The temperature-registering devices, thermocouples or "resistance
probes", shall be distributed over the entire height of the tanks and shall be
accurate to 0.2[degree]C, more or less, subject to the condition that the
instruments are capable of being that accurate. These temperatures shall
either be recorded in writing or printed.
SECTION 8.4. Sampling. One or several representative samples of the
LNG shall be taken at a point located as close as possible to the discharging
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flange of the LNG tanker. The sampling device shall permit the total
vaporization of a definite quantity of LNG allowing the taking of
representative gaseous samples.
The device shall be chosen by mutual agreement between Seller and
Buyer. Samples shall be analyzed with the aid of a chromatograph approved by
Seller. The analysis or the average of these analyses shall determine the
molecular composition of the LNG.
A calibration of the chromatograph used shall be made before each
delivery, with the aid of a gaseous sample, in the presence of a representative
of Seller being present if it so wishes.
SECTION 8.5. Determination of the Gross Heating Value. The gross
heating value (PCS) of the regasified LNG shall be calculated from its
molecular composition determined in accordance with Section 8.4, from the
molecular masses and from the PCS at 0[degree]C at a pressure of 760 mm/Hg
of each of the constituent elements.
The PCS shall be expressed in thermies/kg.
The PCS values of each of the constituent elements are indicated in
the table attached hereto as Appendix B. They are deduced from the physical
values given by the tables of API Research Project 44; they shall be
corrected, without retroactive consequence, in the case of changes published
later by the API.
SECTION 8.6. Determination of the Thermies of BTU's Delivered. The
quantity of thermies delivered by the ship shall be computed from the following
formula:
Qth = V X M X PC
in which:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Qth represents the quantity of thermies delivered
V represents the volume in cubic meters of LNG discharged in
m3, determined in accordance with Section 8.1
M represents the density of LNG determined in accordance with
Section 8.2, and expressed in kg/m3
PC represents the PCS determined in accordance with Section 8.5
and expressed in thermies/kg
</TABLE>
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The quantity of millions of BTUs (MMBTU) delivered shall be equal
to
QMMBTU = Qth X 3,968.3
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1,000,000
SECTION 8.7. Methods of Operation. The gauging equipment in the
ship's tanks and the equipment for measuring the density of the LNG, shall be
provided, operated and maintained by the Seller at its expense. The equipment
and material utilized for the determination and tests of the quality of the
product shall be provided, operated and maintained by Buyer, at its expense.
Any measurement and any calculation relating to the gauging and the
determination of the density of the LNG shall be made by Seller, in the presence
of a representative of Buyer if Buyer so wishes. Any measurement and any
calculation relating to the determination and tests of the quality of the LNG
shall be made by Buyer, in the presence of a representative of Seller if
Seller so wishes.
The absence of one of the parties will affect neither the taking of the
measurements nor the preparation of the calculations incumbent upon the other
party.
At any time, one party shall have the right to inspect the measuring and
testing equipment provided by the other party, after prior notice to the latter.
Calibration of an instrument shall be made by the party in charge of the
operation of this instrument, the other party having the right to be present at
such operations.
However, all data relating to the tests, diagrams, calculations or any
other similar information must be made available to the parties and kept for a
period of at least three (3) years.
SECTION 8.8. Accuracy of Measurements. The accuracy of the equip- ment
used may be verified on request of Seller or Buyer. Such verifications may only
be made if the two parties are present by methods recommended by the makers of
the instruments or by any other method agreed upon by Buyer and Seller.
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If, when verified, a measuring apparatus shows errors of less than one
percent (1%) the previous reports on this equipment shall be considered correct
regarding calculation of deliveries and the equipment shall be adjusted
immediately as needed.
If, when verified, a measuring apparatus shows errors of more than one
percent (1%), the previous reports on this equipment shall be recalculated to a
zero deviation by comparison to calibration results for any definitely known or
agreed period; but if the period in which this error occured were not definitely
known or agreed upon, this correction would be made for half of the deliveries
since the date of the last calibration.
The equipment for measuring the level of the LNG and its mass, and the
temperature in the ship's tanks, as well as the chromatographs for analysis of
natural gas, shall be the most reliable and accurate instrument known at the
time they are chosen.
The equipment shall be professionally installed. The parties shall make
every effort to obtain from the Service des Instruments et Mesures de Paris
approval of measuring equipment and apparatus used.
SECTION 8.9. Disputes. Any dispute on the choice of the type and
accuracy of the measurement apparatus, the result of a measurement, a sampling,
an analysis, a calculation or method of calculation, shall be referred to the
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Zurich (Technische Hochschule, Zurich).
Any decision of this body shall be binding on Seller and Buyer.
Expenses incurred relating to the services of this body shall be evenly divided
between Seller and Buyer.
ARTICLE 9
PRICE
The sales price of the LNG, ex-ship, port of destination, is equal to
the sum of the FOB price plus the cost of transport, determined in accordance
with sections 9.1 and 9.2 hereinafter. It is expressed in U.S. dollars per
million BTUs delivered.
SECTION 9.1. FOB Price. The FOB price, Algerian coast, is either
determined in accordance with section 9.1.1 hereinafter, or equal to the
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Minimum Price determined in accordance with section 9.1.2 hereinafter if the
latter is greater. The former price shall be computed on the first working day
of each semester of the Gregorian calendar. The latter price shall be computed
on the first working day of each month. The FOB price shall be the greater of
the two and shall apply to the deliveries which will or must be made during the
course of the month concerned.
SECTION 9.1.1. Invoiced Price, Except for Application of the
Minimum Price. The FOB portion of the invoiced price shall result from the
application of the following formula:
P = P0 (0.5 F + 0.5 F')
- -
F0 F'0
in which:
P = the invoiced price in U. S. dollars;
P0 = the base price taken as equal to U. S. $1.30 per million BTU on July 1,
1975;
F = the price, expressed in U. S. dollars per barrel, of "No. 2 fuel oil",
resulting from the arithmetic average of the highest prices published
by Platt's Oilgram under the heading "Atlantic and Gulf Coast, New
York Harbor District" for each day during a period of six consecutive
months ending one month prior to the beginning of the semester for
which the invoiced price is computed;
F0 = U. S. $12.642 per barrel
F' = the price, expressed in U. S. dollars per barrel, of "No. 6 fuel oil,
low pour" having a maximum of 0.3% sulfur, resulting from the
arithmetic average of the average prices published by Platt's Oilgram
under the heading "Atlantic and Gulf Coast, New York Harbor District,
No. 6 Fuel Rack" for this fuel oil, for each day during a period of
six consecutive months ending one month prior to the beginning of the
semester for which the invoiced price is computed;
F0' = U. S. $13.505 per barrel
If the price of one of the above-mentioned fuels were not published in
Platt's Oilgram, the last available published price would be applied. If the
price of one or both above-mentioned fuels were no longer published in Platt's
Oilgram, Buyer and Seller would mutually agree upon one or more than one new
reference indices for equivalent products, or, lacking that, for products having
characteristics as similar as possible.
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SECTION 9.1.2. Minimum Price. The Minimum Price will result from the
application of the following formula:
PM = PM0 (E + 1)
in which:
PM = the Minimum Price computed in U.S. dollars;
PM0 = the base Minimum Price taken as equal to U.S. $1.30 per million BTU
on July 1, 1975;
E = the arithmetic average of the results obtained by applying the
formula B to each of the six (6) currencies (the
--- - 1 "Currencies") of the following countries:
A Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, in which:
A = the average commercial rate of exchange in
effect for the month of July 1975, on the London
Market, for each of the Currencies, expressed in
cents of U.S. dollars for one unit of each
Currency (to the nearest 6th significant
figure). The commercial rate of exchange
referred to above for each of the Currencies
is set forth in the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
IN CENTS OF
COUNTRY CURRENCY U. S. DOLLARS
------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Belgium Franc belge 2.719421
France Franc francais 23.707874
Federal Republic
of Germany Deutschmark 40.597400
Italy Lira 0.154130
Switzerland Franc suisse 38.350735
United Kingdom Pound 218.483913
</TABLE>
B = the commercial rate of exchange for each of the
Currencies and shall be the arithmetic average, as
certified by National Westminster Bank Limited of
London (the "Bank"), of the average purchase and
sale rates quoted for exchange transactions by
cable transfer published by the Bank at 10:30 GMT
for each business day during the month preceding
the day of computation of the Minimum Price and
expressed in cents of U.S. dollars for one (1) unit
of such Currency (rounded to the nearest 6th
significant fiqure).
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In the absence of quotations concerning a Currency on a given day, the
rate of exchange of payment for such day shall be that of the last day on
which such rate shall have been used.
Item E shall be considered equal to 0 as long as its absolute value
shall not vary by 0.01 or more in relation to zero. When such level shall have
been attained or surpassed, the Minimum Price shall be computed by using the
value of E as computed above. Such value of E shall thereafter remain the
value used for the computation of the Minimum Price as long as a new variation
of 0.01 or more in relation to such value shall not have taken place.
If, for any currency, the Bank quote at 10:30 GMT of a business day more
than one category of rates for purchase and sale for cable transfer exchange
transactions, the purchase and sale rate for such Currency shall be the
arithmetic average of each category of purchase and sale rates quoted.
If the Bank refuses or is unable to act, Buyer and Seller shall elect
another large London bank by mutual agreement.
In the case of consolidation, subdivision or replacement in whatever
manner, or of any other similar modification affecting any of the Currencies,
the corresponding successor currency shall be substituted for the Currency or
Currencies so consolidated, subdivided, replaced or changed in that ratio of
units of the old currency to units of the old currency to units of the successor
currency in order to reflect most appropriately the terms of such consoli-
dations, subdivisions, replacements or changes and the initial exchange rate of
such Currency or Currencies shall be revised, as the case may be, in order to
reflect most appropriately such consolidations, subdivisions, replacements or
changes, in a way accepted by both parties. Deliveries commenced during a
calendar month, but completed at a time in the following calendar month, shall
be at the rate in effect on the date when discharging operations commenced.
Whatever the value of E may be, PM shall never be less than PMo.
SECTION 9.2. Cost of Transport. The cost of transport is determined on
January 1 of each year, for the duration of this contract, for all deliveries to
be made during the following twelve months, in accordance with the following
formula:
C = 2.36 G + 1.29 H + 6.13 P+ 2.29 I + T
-- -- -- --
Go Ho Po Io
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in which;
T = To(E+1)
To = 60.52 + 9.30 S
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So
C = cost of transport per MMBTU delivered expressed in cents of U.S.
dollars; as of July 1, 1975, C = 81.89.
G = Average value over the 31 days of the month of December of the year
immediately preceding the year for which the cost of transport is
being determined of the highest daily prices quoted for No. 6 fuel
in the publication Platt's Oilgram Price Service under the heading
Atlantic and Gulf Coast--New York Harbor (POPSAGCNYH), and
expressed in U.S. dollars per barrel;
Go = average value over the 30 days of the month of June, 1975, of the
highest daily prices quoted for No. 6 fuel by the publication
POPSAGCNYH; Go = $13.95 per barrel.
I = total annual charges incurred in the year for which the cost of
transport is being determined for the insurance of the LNG tanker
"Ben Franklin"; expressed in U.S. dollars.
The insurance of the LNG tanker shall cover risks to the hull and
machinery, safe arrival, ordinary risks, and war risks and shall
include risk, protection and compensation insurance.
If, in accordance with Section 4.4 of Article 4 of this contract, a
ship other than the "Ben Franklin" is used to transport the LNG, I
shall be determined in the above manner for such ship.
Io = U.S. $1,000,000.
H = total port charges incurred by the LNG tanker during the year
immediately preceding the year for which the cost of transport is
being determined, expressed in U.S. dollars. Port charges invoiced
and paid in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be recorded for
the computation of H in dollars at the rate in effect on the date of
invoicing. If the ship makes less than 17 voyages during the year
immediately preceding the year for which the cost of transport is
being determined, H shall be determined pro rata
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according to the number of voyages actually made. For the first year
of the contract the figure H is contractually fixed at the value Ho.
Ho = U.S. $591,000;
P = the FOB price determined in accordance with Section 9.1 in U.S. dollars;
Po = the base FOB price taken as equal to U.S. $1.30 per million BTU on July
1, 1975;
E = the same meaning as in Section 9.1.2 above;
S = the value for the month of June of the year immediately preceding the
year for which the cost of transport is being determined, of the index
"average Hourly Earnings of Non-Supervisory Workers" in "Transportation
and Public Utilities", published in "Employment and Earnings" by the
U.S. Department of Labor;
So = the value of the above defined index S for the month of June, 1975, i.e.
$5.82.
ARTICLE 10
TAXES AND DUTIES
All duties, taxes and imposts affecting the LNG cargo and collected by
the Government of the United States of America shall be borne by Buyer.
All duties, taxes and imposts affecting the LNG cargo and collected by
other states and all duties, taxes and imposts affecting the LNG tanker shall be
borne by Seller.
ARTICLE II
DISCHARGING
SECTION 11.1. Notice of Arrival. Seller shall notify Buyer or cause
Buyer to be notified, at least seventy-two (72) hours and again at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the estimated hour when the LNG tanker will
arrive at the port designated by Buyer.
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SECTION 11.2. Notice of Readiness to Discharge. As soon as the LNG
tanker arrives at the port of discharge, that is, for Boston, at the pilot's
station, the captain of the ship or the representative of Seller shall notify
Buyer or its representative, by any means, at any hour of the day or night.
Buyer represents and warrants that the Buyer's facilities will be ready
for receiving and discharging the LNG tanker as soon as it has arrived with no
expense for such use to be charged to Seller by Buyer.
SECTI0N 11.3. Laytime.
(a) Authorized Laytime. Buyer shall be allowed as authorized laytime
for discharging and receipt of the cargo and any other purposes connected
therewith 24 running hours, Sundays and holidays included, if the capacity of
the LNG tanker is over 80,000 cubic meters, and 20 running hours, Sundays and
holidays included, if the capacity of the LNG tanker is less than 80,000 cubic
meters.
(b) Beginning of Authorized Laytime. Laytime shall commence either at
the expiration of the six running hours following delivery to Buyer of the
Notice of Readiness provided in Section 11.2 above, or at the time of attachment
of the discharging arms of the Buyer's terminal to the permanent vessel
connections whichever occurs first.
(c) Extension of Authorized Laytime. The authorized laytime as
defined in paragraph (a) of this Section shall be extended should the time
consumed by the ship to get to the discharging berth, after delivery of the
Notice of Readiness to Discharge, exceed six hours for one of the following
reasons:
1. failure of the ship;
2. application of the regulations in force at the time of execution of
this agreement or of decisions of governmental authorities or
agencies taken pursuant to such regulations;
3. prohibition from proceeding to the berth by night;
4. weather conditions including bad weather.
The term of extension shall be equal to the delay of the ship in getting
to the dock over and above the above-mentioned six hours in the first three
cases; to half such delay in the fourth case.
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Should the regulations referred to in 2. above be materially amended
after the date of execution of this agreement, the parties shall meet to
determine the effect of such amendments on the cost of transportation and adjust
it, if relevant, by mutual agreement.
While the ship is berthed, should there occur a period of time during
which Seller's and Buyer's facilities simultaneously fail, the authorized
laytime shall be extended by a term equal to half such period.
While the ship is berthed, should there occur a delay attributable
exclusively to the LNG tanker, caused, among other things, by breakdown or
inability of the LNG tanker facilities to discharge the cargo within the allowed
time, a term equal to this loss of time shall be added to the authorized
laytime.
SECTION 11.4. Demurrage. The discharging of the LNG tanker will end
either at the time when the discharging arms of the Buyer's terminal are
disconnected from the permanent vessel connections, or when the documents
relating to the operations effected are delivered on board, whichever comes
last. Should the discharging end after expiry of the authorized laytime as
defined in Section 11.3 above, Buyer shall pay demurrage to Seller at the rate
provided in Appendix E.
Demurrage shall be prorated for a fraction of a day. Such rate shall be
adjusted on January 1 of each year, the first adjustment taking effect on
January 1, 1978, in the same proportion as the cost of transport, in accordance
with the formula set out in Section 9.2.
If, however, demurrage accrues at the port of discharge
(1) by reason of strike or lockout preventing or delaying the
LNG tanker from reaching or entering the port, or docking or
discharging, or
(2) by reason of fire, explosion, breakdown or deficiencies in
the shore facilities of Buyer or its agents,
the rate of demurrage shall be reduced to one-half for the demurrage thereby
incurred. In such event, Seller agrees to waive the provision of Section 4.2
requiring 15 days' notice for instructions to proceed to another port. However,
in case of delay to the LNG tanker caused by a strike, lockout, fire, explosion
or breakdown commencing or occuring after expiry of the authorized laytime, the
full rate shall apply, unless such event
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commences or occurs while the LNG tanker is already on half-demurrage, in which
case the half-demurrage rate shall continue to apply until termination of the
event having caused it.
SECTION 11.5. Supply of Discharging Arms. Buyer shall supply the
arms necessary to discharge LNG. These arms will be connected to the discharging
pipe of the ship by Buyer or, at the request of the captain, by the ship but at
the risk and cost of Buyer.
ARTICLE 12
INVOICING, PAYMENT AND ERRORS
SECTION 12.1. Invoicing and Payment.
(a) Immediately upon completion of each discharging, Seller shall
prepare and deliver to Buyer the documents showing the measurements and
calculations made in compliance with Article 8 concerning the delivered cargo.
Seller shall also prepare and deliver promptly to Buyer, for each cargo
of LNG, an invoice showing the quantity of delivered BTUs based on the PCS of
the LNG and the sum in U.S. dollars due by Buyer to Seller.
Buyer shall pay Seller the sums invoiced to and due by Buyer to Seller
for each delivered cargo of LNG within ten (10) days following receipt of the
invoice. In the case of a delay in the payment of the invoices, the amounts owed
by Buyer shall bear interest at a rate of ten (10) percent per year.
(b) If no payment is made within a period of thirty (30) days, Seller
shall have the right to suspend further deliveries until payment is made and
such suspension will neither entitle Buyer to claim any compensation therefor
nor release Buyer from its obligations under this agreement.
(c) In the case of a dispute about the preparation of an invoice, Buyer
shall pay the amount of such invoice as a deposit. Seller and Buyer shall
thereafter determine what corrections are to be made to the invoices in
dispute. Any adjustment to be made to the payment, either by Buyer or by
Seller, shall bear interest, from the due date of payment until the date of the
adjustment, at a rate of ten (10) percent per year.
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(d) If Buyer is unable or unwilling to take delivery of one or several
cargoes of LNG to be tendered to it as provided by this agreement, Buyer shall
nevertheless be obligated to pay Seller for the corresponding quantities of LNG
at the price indicated in Article 9. Seller shall immediately issue and deliver
to Buyer for each cargo which would not be taken as indicated above an invoice
for an amout equal to the sum in U.S. dollars due by Buyer to Seller. Buyer
shall pay the sum invoiced by and due to Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer
receives the invoice.
(e) The sums owed by Buyer to Seller pursuant to the terms of this
Section will be paid in U. S. dollars and the corresponding payments will be
made to Buyer to the bank account of Seller mentioned on the invoice.
(f) Should Buyer, pursuant to this agreement, pay for an LNG cargo
without taking delivery thereof, Seller shall credit Buyer with the proceeds of
any sale of such cargo to a third party, after deducting the expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with such sale to a third party.
SECTION 12.2. Errors. In the event of any error being found in the
amount shown on any invoice issued pursuant to Section 12.1, such error shall be
corrected within one (1) month after it has been found, provided notice thereof
shall have been given within three (3) months from the date when the invoice was
issued.
ARTICLE 13
FORCE MAJEURE AND ALLOCATION OF PRODUCTION
SECTION 13.1. Force Majeure. The contracting parties shall be
temporarily released, in whole or in part, from their obligations: in the case
of events such as, especially:
- fire, flood, atmospheric disturbance, storm, hurricane,
- earthquake, undermining of the ground, landslide, lightning,
epidemic,
- war, riot, insurrection, act of a public enemy, . . . .
- strike, lockout, . . . . .
provided that the burden of establishing that such an event has occured and has
the characteristics of force majeure shall lie on the party claiming such
release; and in the case of the following events:
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- severe accident with respect to operation or equipment affecting
the facilities for the production of natural gas in the field,
the transportation by the main pipe line in Algeria, the
processing, the liquefaction, the storage, the loading
operations, the transportation by LNG tanker and the receiving
facilities, the storage, the regasification as well as the main
exit pipeline from the regasification plant to the first
branching on such pipeline provided that the length of any such
exit pipeline shall not exceed twelve (12) U. S. miles, of such
nature that its consequences cannot be overcome by using
reasonable means at a reasonable cost,
- act of a third party affecting the same items as above, such that
this act or its consequences cannot be overcome by using
reasonable means at a reasonable cost,
- any act or failure to act of any public authority of Algeria or
any other country entailing the suspension of the operations
which are the subject of this agreement.
The concerned party shall as soon as possible after any of the
abovementioned events has occurred give notice to the other party by letter, or
by telephone or telex confirmed by letter.
It is agreed that in no event shall Seller or Buyer be released from
obligations already existing upon them at the date of the notice, including the
Buyer's obligation to pay the sums owing on such date for the payment of the
quantities of LNG previously delivered.
In all cases, the contracting parties shall make all appropriate
arrangements to resume within the shortest possible period of time the
performance of the agreement.
SECTION 13.2. Allocation of Production. When for any reason,
including but not limited to force majeure, production from the first four
liquefaction units at Seller's liquefaction plant at Skikda is at any time
insufficient to permit full performance of this agreement, Seller will
immediately allocate production among Buyer and its other customers for LNG from
those units in accordance with the following provisions:
1. No LNG will be delivered to any third party from any of the
first three liquefaction units other than Buyer and Seller's other
customer presently receiving deliveries of LNG from those units under
contracts in force as of the date of execution of this agreement.
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2. No LNG will be delivered from the fourth liquefaction unit
to any third party other than Buyer and Seller's other customer for LNG
from such unit under a contract existing as of the date of execution of
this agreement.
3. Seller undertakes to provide to Buyer regular current
information on production from the first four units at Skikda and
quantities delivered to its customers from those units. Subsequent to
the resumption of normal production from the first four liquefaction
units, permitting full performance of this contract, Seller will furnish
to Buyer a summary schedule of production and deliveries made from such
units during the period of allocation.
This provision shall in no way limit Seller's ability to deliver nor
Buyer's ability to receive quantities of LNG from other liquefaction units which
may be built at Skikda in the future.
ARTICLE 14
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE AGREEMENT
This agreement shall enter into effect on the date of its execution
subject to the condition mentioned in Section 18.1 and shall become operative
from January 1, 1978.
This agreement shall remain in effect for twenty (20) consecutive years
from the date of the first regular delivery of LNG.
The first regular delivery of LNG is defined as being the first of at
least 13 deliveries of complete cargoes made over a period of 12 months
totaling at least 1,400,000 cubic meters.
It is agreed that this agreement may not remain in effect after January
1, 2000, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
ARTICLE 15
NOTICES
Any notice, request, claim, invoice, report or other communication
required or provided for by this agreement, or any notice that one party may
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wish to give to the other party, shall be in writing and deemed to have been
duly delivered when personally handed over to a qualified employee of the party
or to its duly appointed representative or when received by registered letter
or telegram to the address of such party or of the duly appointed person.
Seller and Buyer now designate their addresses as follows:
Seller: Sonatrach
80 Avenue Ahmed Ghermoul
Algiers, Algeria
Buyer: Distrigas Corporation
125 High Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
U.S.A.
Either party may change its address by giving the other party prior written
notice thereof.
Any notice mailed or sent by telegram shall be deemed to have been given
on the date when received by the addressee, except that routine communications,
including invoices, reports and payments, shall be deemed to have been duly
delivered on the date when mailed or handed over to the duly appointed person
employed by the party or to its representative.
ARTICLE 16
GOVERNING LAW
This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
United Kingdom.
ARTICLE 17
ARBITRATION
Any dispute between the parties hereto relating to the construction or
the performance of the terms of this agreement shall be settled by arbitration
in Geneva, Switzerland, by arbitration under the rules of conciliation and
arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one or more arbitrators
appointed in accordance with such rules. The arbitration award shall be final
and without any appeal being open.
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The parties shall perform the arbitration award without any exception or
reservation. Such award may be invoked before any court of competent
jurisdiction and application may be made to such court to confirm such
arbitration award by authorizing its enforcement.
ARTICLE 18
APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES
SECTION 18.1. Governmental Authorizations. This agreement is subject
to the respective authorizations of the governmental authorities of the parties
concerned.
SECTION 18.2. What Seller and Buyer Shall Make Every Effort to Obtain.
Seller shall do all in its power to obtain within the shortest possible
period of time all approvals and authorizations which may be required by the
administrative authorities of Algeria, or by any other authority, deemed
necessary by Seller, to allow Seller to begin and to continue deliveries of LNG
to Buyer under the terms of this agreement, and to provide Buyer with certified
true copies of such governmental approvals and authorizations attaching
certified true copies of the rules, regulations and restrictions imposed by each
of these administrative authorities concerning such authorizations.
Buyer shall do all in its power to obtain within the shortest possible
period of time all approvals and authorizations required by the administrative
authorities of the United States of America, or deemed necessary by Buyer, to
allow it to begin and to continue to receive the LNG under the terms of this
agreement and to provide Seller with certified true copies of such governmental
approvals and authorizations attaching certified true copies of the rules,
regulations and restrictions imposed by each of the administrative authorities,
if any, concerning such approvals and authorizations. Buyer shall also do all in
its power to obtain from the administrative authorities of the United States of
America any other approval or authorization which may be required from time to
time during the term of this agreement.
Each party shall, if required by the other, help the other party by
doing all in its power to obtain such governmental authorizations and approvals.
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The party having obtained said authorizations and approvals shall within the
shortest possible period of time notify the other party and shall let the other
party know as soon as possible if these governmental approvals and
authorizations are of an appropriate form and will allow it to meet the
contractual obligations contained in this agreement. When all of these
governmental approvals and authorizations deemed indispensable by Seller and
Buyer have been obtained, Seller and Buyer shall so notify each other.
If, by June 30, 1977 at the latest, Buyer and Seller do not succeed in
obtaining the necessary governmental approvals and authorizations permitting the
importation or exportation of the maximum number of complete cargoes mentioned
in Section 6.1. and for the term of this agreement, Seller or Buyer shall have
the right to terminate this agreement at any time after such date and before the
obtaining of such approvals and authorizations by notifying the other party in
writing of its intention.
SECTION 18.3. No Liability in Case of Termination. Should either
Seller or Buyer exercise the right provided in Section 18.2 (fourth
sub-paragraph ) to terminate this agreement, the party exercising such right
shall not be held liable to the other party for any damage, expense or loss
incurred by such other party as a result of the termination of this agreement.
ARTICLE 19
CONTENTS OF THE AGREEMENT
This agreement contains the entire contract and agreement entered into
between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements between them with
respect thereto. No oral promise or representation may affect it. It may be
amended only in writing and by mutual agreement.
The provisions concerning measurement procedures and methods of analysis
may be amended or supplemented by memoranda written, under mutual agreement, by
the employees of Buyer and Seller.
ARTICLE 20
REVISION OF THE CONTRACTUAL SALES PRICE
The parties agree to meet regularly to proceed with the revision of the
Contractual Sales Price defined in Article 9, above. They shall so meet for
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the first time during the first quarter of the year 1980 and thereafter every
four (4) years.
The revision of the price shall consist in adapting it in a reasonable
and fair manner to the economic circumstances then prevailing on the imported
Natural Gas market and on the market for the other imported energy supplies
competing with this product in the East Coast and Gulf Coast areas of the United
States of America within the framework of long term contracts. The parties shall
take into account the individual characteristics of each of the above products
including the quality, the continuity of deliveries, the production and
transportation costs, etc.
In addition, if after the first deliveries any and/or both of the F and
F' indexes would no longer reflect the evolution of the market prices in the
East Coast and Gulf Coast areas of the United States of America of fuel oils
with similar characteristics, the parties agree to meet at any time to
determine new more representative reference indexes.
The request for such a meeting shall be in writing, and shall be
delivered 180 days in advance, and shall set forth the agenda for such meeting.
If the parties, in either case, cannot reach an agreement within 90 days
from the date of their first meeting to this effect, either party shall be
entitled to have recourse to arbitration as provided in Article 17 above.
No amendment agreed to by the parties or resulting from an arbitration
award shall become effective before it is approved by the authorities having
jurisdiction in the countries of the parties. As long as such authorization is
not obtained, the provisions of Article 9 then applicable shall remain
unchanged.
ARTICLE 21
ASSIGNMENT
Seller or Buyer may assign all or a part of the rights which it holds
under this agreement to any person who, by accepting this assignment, shall
become a party to this agreement, but no assignment shall ever release or
relieve Seller or Buyer of any of its obligations or commitments agreed to under
this agreement.
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The party assigning its rights shall, before proceeding to the
assignment, obtain the prior authorization of the other party, which shall not
unreasonably refuse it, and shall deliver to it copies of the instrument
establishing the assignment after having proceeded to it.
Any assignment shall contain a provision to the effect that the assignee
agrees that all the clauses and conditions of this agreement will be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and assigns, and
shall include the express commitment of the assigning party, that is to remain
guarantor towards the other party for the due performance of the contractual
obligations of its assignee.
ARTICLE 22
NON PERFORMANCE AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT
Over and above what is provided for in Section 12.1.(b), should Seller
or Buyer default in one of its obligations under this agreement, and should this
default continue for sixty (60) days after the non-defaulting party has
requested the defaulting party to remedy this default, the non-defaulting party
shall have the right, in addition to all its other rights and recourses, to
interrupt the deliveries or receipts of LNG until this default is remedied, or
to terminate this Agreement.
ARTICLE 23
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 23.1. Exchange of Information. The parties shall keep each
other informed as to the progress being made in obtaining all the governmental
authorizations provided for in Sections 18.1 and 18.2 above.
Additionally, in order to facilitate the construction and operation of
the facilities, the Parties hereby agree to exchange information relating
thereto as frequently as appropriate and in any event, not less than once in
each quarter.
To the extent possible working sessions shall be held at the
construction sites of the Parties relating to the operations which are the
subject of this Contract.
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SECTION 23.2. Language. This agreement is signed by the parties in
two original copies in the French language and in two original copies in the
English language.
In case of discrepancy between the French original and the English
translation, and if the parties cannot reach an agreement as to such discrepancy
in good faith and together, the text in the French language shall prevail.
Made in Boston, on April 13, 1976
DISTRIGAS CORPORATION SONATRACH
By JOHN G. L. CABOT By SLIMANE BOUGUERRA
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John G. L. Cabot Slimane Bouguerra
Vice President Vice President-Marketing
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APPENDIX A
DEFlNITIONS
For the purpose of this agreement, to which this Appendix A is attached,
the words and terms hereafter shall have the following meanings unless their use
in the context obviously implies a different meaning:
1. NATURAL GAS (NG)
Any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons consisting mainly of methane,
in the gaseous state, and which is extracted from underground in the natural
state, separately or in association with liquid hydrocarbons.
2. LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG)
Natural gas at its bubbling point or below and at or about the
atmospheric pressure.
3. NORMAL CUBIC METER (Nm3) [to the third power]
Quantity of natural gas necessary to fill one ( 1 ) cubic meter of space
at a temperature of 0[degrees]C and at a pressure of 1.01325 Bar.
4. GROSS HEATING VALUE (PCS)
Amount of heat generated by burning one cubic meter of water-free gas in
the air, at a constant pressure, the air being at the same temperature
and at the same pressure as the gas, after cooling the products of the
combustion to the initial temperature of the gas and air, and after
condensation of the water produced by the combustion.
The initial conditions of the air and gas will be equal to 0[degree]C
and 1.01325 Bar.
5. THERMIE (th)
One calory ( cal ) being the amount of heat necessary to raise by 1
[degree] C the temperature of one (1) gram of an element the heat pertaining to
the mass of which is equal to that of water at 15 [degrees] C at normal
atmospheric pressure (1.01325 Bar), one thermie is equal to one thousand
kilocalories (Kcal),
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one kilocalory (Kcal) being itself equal to one thousand (1,000) calories; 252
thermies being equal to one (1) million BTU (MMBTU).
All references to BTUs, calories, kilocalories, thermies shall be
considered as references to BTUs, calories, kilocalories, thermies of gross
heating value, at constant pressure.
6. BTU
BTU means one ( 1 ) British Thermal Unit (BTU) and is defined as the
amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound (avoirdupois )
of water from fifty-nine ( 59 ) to sixty ( 60 ) degrees Fahrenheit at the
absolute constant pressure of fourteen and six hundred and ninety six
thousandths (14.696) pounds per square inch.
7. STANDARD CUBIC FOOT (SCF)
One standard cubic foot (SCF) is the quantity of natural gas filling one
(1) cubic foot of space at a temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and at
the absolute pressure of fourteen and six hundred and ninety six thousandths
(14.696) pounds per square inch.
8. BAR
One bar is equal to one hundred thousand (100,000) Pascal; one Pascal is
the pressure exercised by a force of one (1) Newton per square meter; one (1)
Newton is the force which, applied to a mass of one (1) kilogram, transmits to
it an acceleration of one (1) meter per second/per second (1 m/sec2).
9. CONTRACTUAL ANNUAL QUANTITY
The contractual annual quantity means the quantity of LNG which Buyer is
under an obligation to buy and to receive and which Seller is under an
obligation to deliver to Buyer each contractual year.
10. POUND
A pound is the weight unit defined by the avoirdupois system.
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11. LNG TANKER
LNG tanker means a ship in which LNG purchased and sold is transported.
12. BARREL
Barrel means forty-two (42) United States gallons (five cubic feet six
thousand one hundred and forty six ten thousandths) (5.6146 cft).
13. DAY
The period of time of 24 consecutive hours beginning at 8:00 a.m. GMT of
every calendar day and ending at 8:00 a.m. GMT of the following calendar day.
14. MONTH
The period of time beginning at 8:00 GMT the first day of a calendar
month and ending at the same hour of the first day of the following calendar
month.
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APPENDIX B
Conditions 0 [Degrees] C 760 mm/Hg
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COMPONENTS PCS
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KCAL/MOL THERMIE/KG
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CH4 213.31 13.2961
C2H6 374.52 12.4549
C3H8 534.08 12.1114
nC4H10 693.49 11.9313
iC4H10 691.52 11.8974
nC5H12 853.99 11.8362
iC5H12 852.11 11.8101
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APPENDIX C
BUYER'S FACILITIES
This description will be applicable starting January 1, 1978.
1. MOORING FACILITIES
(a) Depth. The berth is dredged to maintain a depth of at least 36.4
feet ( 11.1 m) at mean low tide.
(b) Dolphins. The attached Figure C-1 shows the location and load
capacity of breasting and mooring dolphins.
(c) Platforms. Two platforms alongside are suitable to receive an
accommodation ladder. These are shown in Figure C-1.
(d) Length. The extent of the berth in the easterly direction is the
property line, which is 470 ft. (143 m) from the central (vapor) unloading arm.
The extent of the berth in the westerly direction is approximately 1,000 ft.
(305 m).
2. UNLOADING FACILITIES
The unloading equipment consists of five marine unloading arms, four for
liquid and one for vapor. Each connection is a 12-inch ASA 150-RF flat-faced
flange. The plan and elevation of the arms are shown in Figure C-2.
The four liquid arms connect to a 24-inch unloading line that leads to
two storage tanks, with nominal capacities of 59,000 m3 and 95,000 m3.
The vapor arm is connected to a 12-inch vapor return line leading from
the tanks. The line is equipped to return sufficient vapor to maintain the
ship's connecting flange at 1080 millibar absolute pressure.
3. AUXILIARY FACILITIES
On the loading arm platform (elevation 53 ft. 9 in. in Figure C-2) is a
connection for loading liquid nitrogen and a bonding cable for electrical
grounding.
An "international flange" connection for supplying supplementary
firewater is located on the dock approximately 40 m east of the cargo
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manifold. A fresh water connection is located near the gate at the dock roadway
at the head of the pier. The locations of the water connections are shown on
Figure C-1.
4. COMMUNICATION
The focal point for communication between the ship and the Buyer's
facilities shall be the ship's cargo control room. Buyer shall station a
representative in the control room who is duly authorized and fully competent
to relay all requests, replies, and statements between the ship's cargo officer
and Buyer's Supervisor-in-Charge. To facilitate efficient communication, Buyer
shall provide its representative with at least two independent means of
communication with shore.
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FIGURE C-1:
DATUM REFERENCE DIAGRAM FOR DOCKING FACILITIES
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FIGURE C-2:
Low and high water marks at the Everett Marine Terminal
docking facilities, together with layout of chicksan
arm unloading mechanism.
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APPENDIX D
SPECIFICATION OF LNG SHIP
Presented below are the specifications to which any LNG Tanker must conform in
order to comply with Section 4.4. In the absence of Buyer's prior approval, any
delay in unloading caused by lack of conformance to these specifications will
be construed under Section 11.3(b) as being due to "inability of the LNG
Tanker's facilities to discharge cargo within the time allowed."
1. The maximum cargo capacity shall not exceed 125,000 m3 by
more than three percent.
2. The ship shall be capable of discharging from the port side,
as required by the U.S. Coast Guard.
3. The dimensions of the ship shall be compatible with Buyer's
facilities as described in Appendix C. Specifically, the forwardmost
projection of the bow shall not exceed the berth limit given in Section
1(d) of Appendix C.
4. The ship shall be equipped with a safe and convenient
accommodation ladder (stairway type) mounted to provide access from one
of the dock platforms described in Section 1(c) of Appendix C.
5. The ship's port side cargo manifold shall consist of two or
four liquid connections and no more than two vapor connections. Upon
arrival at the berth, the connections provided shall be 12-inch ASA
150-RF, flat-faced flanges; the flanges will be in a clean, un-blinded
condition ready to be connected to the marine arms. The forward to aft
arrangement of the flanges shall be one of the following (L-liquid;
V-vapor):
(a) L,L,V,V,L,L
(b) L,L,V,L,L
For arrangements (a) or (b), the separation distance between the centers
of the outermost two liquid flanges shall be no less than 10.3 m (33.8 ft.) and
no greater than 15.2 m (49.9 ft.)
The flange faces shall reside in a common plane which is
perpendicular to the water surface and parallel to the ship's
longitudinal
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axis. The flange centers shall reside in a line which is parallel to
the water surface. In a transverse section of the ship through the
manifold area, the above line is represented by a point; this
point shall be located within the reach envelope shown in Figure D-1
under all conditions of draft. In addition, no railing platform, or
other part of the ship's structure shall occupy any volume of space
through which the arms must pass to reach the flanges.
6. In addition to its full pumping capability, the ship shall be
able to discharge LNG in two smaller ranges of flowrate.
(a) 30 to 50 m3/H (for cooldown of the loading arms).
(b) 170 to 230 m3/H (for cooldown of the unloading line to the
tanks).
7. The ship shall provide efficient means to drain and purge the
loading arms and manifold piping. For this purpose, dry gaseous
nitrogen shall be made available and connected at the time that pumping
is finished. This nitrogen shall be available at a nominal rate of 100
Kg/H at a gauge pressure of 3 Bar.
8. The ship shall have means for independent control of its
cargo tank pressures at all times. Specifically, with the exception of
an emergency, the ship shall have no need to send vapor ashore during
any portion of its visit.
9. The focal point for communication between the ship and the
Buyer's facilities shall be the ship's cargo control room. From the
start of unloading until the completion of all drain and purge
operations, the ship shall station an officer who speaks in English to
be continuously present in the control room. This officer shall be
fully competent and duly authorized to conduct all phases of the
unloading operation; he shall not leave the control room for any
purpose whatsoever unless relieved by an officer who is equivalent
in authority, competence, and fluency in English. For the purposes of
this requirement, the start of unloading is the completion of
connecting the arms or the completion of gauging the cargo tanks,
whichever occurs later; any delay after this point caused by absence
of the aforementioned officer from the cargo control room shall not
count as authorized laytime.
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FIGURE D-1:
Diagram of " Reach envelope" in which a ship must be located
for purposes of unloading liquefied natural gas at the
Everett Marine Terminal.
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ANNEX E
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Demurrage in U.S. Dollars by tanker size.
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AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE
AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
OF APRIL 13, 1976
Between:
L'Entreprise Nationale SONATRACH, with registered office at 46 Boulevard
Mohamed V, Algiers, Algeria, hereinafter referred to as the "Seller",
represented by M. Faid, Directeur, Division Gaz, authorized to execute this
Amendment, on the one hand,
and
Distrigas Corporation, a corporation organized and existing in the
United States of America, under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its
principal office at 2 Oliver Street, Boston, Massachusetts, hereinafter referred
to as the "Buyer", represented by its Vice President, R. Gordon Shearer,
authorized to execute this Amendment, on the other hand,
WITNESSETH:
Whereas, Seller and Buyer executed an Agreement for the Sale and
Purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas on April 13, 1976 (the "Agreement");
Whereas, to reflect significant changes in United States regulatory
policy and regulations and United States natural gas markets, to introduce LNG
tankers into the trade on an F.o.b. basis, to make LNG available at competitive
prices, and to permit Seller to assign its rights, obligations and commitments
under the Agreement, as amended, to Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Seller incorporated in The Netherlands with principal office at
Kantoorgebouw 'Sloterstyn' 5C, Sloterkade 133, 1058 HM Amsterdam, The
Netherlands ("Sonatrading"), Seller and Buyer now propose to make certain
modifications to the Agreement and an assignment of the Agreement, as amended,
by means of this Amendment No. 3. It is agreed as follows:
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I.
Article 2 of the Agreement is deleted, and the second paragraph of
Article 3 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
Seller represents that the LNG which is to be sold under the provisions
of this agreement will be produced by liquefaction units at Seller's
liquefaction plants in Algeria.
II.
Article 4 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
TANKERS; DELIVERY; PASSAGE OF TITLE
Section 4.1. TANKERS. Buyer shall cause the LNG purchased and sold
hereunder to be shipped from Algeria in LNG tankers having a Gross
Cargo Capacity, as defined in the Transportation Agreement dated the
date hereof between Seller as transporter and Buyer as shipper (the
"Transportation Agreement"), of between 30,000 and 135,000 cubic meters,
for carriage to and delivery at the Terminalling Facility. Such LNG
tankers shall have specifications and characteristics compatible with
the ports of loading and discharging. Seller shall furnish or cause to
be furnished to Buyer, and Buyer shall accept, on and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Transportation Agreement, at least one of
such LNG tankers in use hereunder at any given time. If a second LNG
tanker is, at any given time, required to lift LNG which is to be
purchased and sold hereunder, Buyer shall, before entering into any
arrangements with any third party for the provision of such additional
LNG tanker, offer to Seller first refusal of the right to provide the
same on terms and conditions not less favorable to Buyer than would be
the terms and conditions of such arrangements. Unless such offer is
accepted by Seller and such acceptance communicated to Buyer within 48
hours of such offer being made it shall be deemed to have been rejected
by Seller.
Section 4.2. DELIVERY POINT, PASSAGE OF TITLE AND RISK OF LOSS. The
delivery point is the point at which the flange coupling of Seller's
loading line joins the flange coupling of the LNG loading manifold
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on board any LNG Tanker at Arzew or other safe port in Algeria. Title
and risk of loss shall pass to Buyer at the delivery point.
Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 of the Agreement are deleted.
III.
In Article 5, the words "Buyer's dock" are changed to "loading port,"
the word "negligent" is inserted between "or" and "act," and after the word
"services" shall be added the words "and in no case shall Buyer or its
affiliates be deemed to be employees, representatives, contractors or suppliers
of Seller, and vice versa."
IV.
Article 6 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
QUANTITIES AND DELIVERIES
Section 6.1. ANNUAL QUANTITIES. Subject to the provisions of this
Article 6, from 15 September, 1988 Seller shall cause Sonatrading to
sell to Buyer and Buyer shall purchase from Sonatrading F.o.b.
Algerian port 51 million MMBtu of LNG, corresponding to 17 full cargoes
each of approximately 125,000 cubic meters in each Contractual Year and
pro rata for any part of a Contractual Year.
Section 6.2. UNDERTAKING OF BUYER AND AFFILIATES. Throughout the term
of this agreement, Buyer undertakes that it and any affiliate of Buyer
selling LNG purchased by Buyer hereunder or regasified LNG derived
therefrom shall diligently seek to obtain from their customers and
potential customers commitments (capable of being satisfied by such LNG
or regasified LNG) on terms and conditions (including price) which in
Buyer's reasonable commercial judgment are the most favorable available
to Buyer and its affiliates in the prevailing market and under the
prevailing circumstances, for the purchase by such customers and
potential customers from Buyer or any such affiliate of Buyer of
LNG for delivery in the U.S.A., or of Natural Gas derived from the
regasification of LNG and emanating
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2 from or delivered at the Tailgate. If and to the extent that Buyer
proposes to seek delivery of any quantities of LNG at the Terminalling
Facility in excess of the quantities specified in Section 6.3(a) with a view
to meeting any such commitments it will, subject to and on the terms hereof
and up to the quantities specified in Section 6.1, offer to purchase those
quantities of LNG from Sonatrading hereunder at the price computed in
accordance with Article 9 hereof. Unless such offer is accepted by Seller
and such acceptance communicated to Buyer within 240 hours of such offer
being communicated it shall be deemed to have been rejected by Seller.
Section 6.3. Minimum Quantities; Make-up.
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(a) Seller shall cause Sonatrading to sell and load hereunder, and
Buyer shall buy from Sonatrading, as part of the quantities specified
in Section 6.1, minimum quantities of LNG totalling in the aggregate
approximately 27 million MMBtu (corresponding to nine full cargoes of
an LNG tanker or LNG tankers each of a capacity of approximately
125,000 cubic meters) during each Contractual Year and pro rata for any
part of a Contractual Year. Deliveries of such quantities hereunder
shall be scheduled by agreement under Section 6.4 hereof. Buyer shall
make payment to Sonatrading in respect of each cargo forming part of
such quantities at the price computed in accordance with Article 9
hereof; PROVIDED THAT if the Reference Price on the tenth day preceding
the date such cargo is scheduled for loading pursuant to Section 6.4
shall be below the prevailing Minimum Price Buyer shall not be
obligated under this Section 6.3(a) to buy, and Seller shall not be
obligated under this Section 6.3(a) to sell or load such cargo, but
Buyer shall instead have the option (exercisable by notice delivered by
telex or other prompt means not later than 10 days before such
scheduled date) to purchase at the Minimum Price, and to call for
delivery of, such cargo as scheduled. To the extent that the shipping
schedule involves or would involve loading of any of the nine cargoes
constituting minimum quantities after March 15 of such Contractual
Year, the price for any cargoes so loaded after that date shall, at
either party's request, be a price to be agreed between the parties.
Accordingly, Seller and Buyer will attempt in that event to agree to
alternative pricing terms. If Seller and Buyer
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do not agree to pricing terms for any of such cargoes then both Seller
and Buyer shall be excused from any obligation to sell and deliver or
receive and pay for the same.
(b) Buyer's obligations in respect of all quantities in excess of the
above minimum quantities shall be governed by Section 6.2 hereof. To
the extent that the aggregate quantities of LNG purchased by Buyer for
delivery in any one Contractual Year shall at the end of such
Contractual Year be less than 51 million MMBtu, Buyer shall have the
right in respect of the next succeeding Contractual Year(s) during this
Agreement to increase the quantity of 51 million MMBtu in Section 6.1
hereof until the total of such increases shall equal the amount by which
such quantities are less than 51 million MMBtu. If at the end of
the term of this agreement specified in Article 14 any part of such
difference shall still not have been shipped hereunder, Buyer shall have
the right to extend such term for a period of five (5) years or until
such difference shall have been delivered at the delivery point in full,
whichever shall first occur, but Section 6.3(a) shall not apply during
any such extended term, and in no event shall Seller be obligated to
deliver more than 51 million MMBtu of LNG in any one Contractual Year
during this Agreement as so extended or otherwise.
Section 6.4. SCHEDULE OF LOADINGS. Seller and Buyer agree that Buyer
and Sonatrading shall consult together during a Contractual Year as may
be reasonably required, and shall in particular meet each February and
August to establish a schedule of projected loadings hereunder month by
month for the six-month period commencing the following March 15th and
September 15th, respectively.
The nine cargoes constituting minimum quantities pursuant to
Section 6.3(a), shall be scheduled for loading, to the extent reasonably
practicable, at approximately 20 day intervals beginning September 15.
Such schedule shall be updated from time to time to the extent
reasonably practicable.
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Ten (10) days prior to the beginning of each calendar month,
Seller shall cause Sonatrading to confirm by telex to Buyer the schedule
of deliveries for such month.
Seller shall ensure that Buyer shall be promptly notified by
telex of any loading of LNG under this agreement and of the departure
of such cargo and the estimated time of arrival at the Terminalling
Facility.
Section 6.5. PLANT INSPECTIONS AND OVERHAULS. Seller and Buyer shall
provide that annual inspections and overhauls of the plants and
facilities necessary to carry out the operation contemplated by this
agreement shall take place preferably during the summer, or at any such
other suitable time of the year selected by mutual agreement as will not
entail a decrease in the annual quantity of LNG the delivery of which is
provided for by this agreement. Seller and Buyer shall notify each
other of schedules of such annual inspections and overhauls ninety (90)
days prior to their commencement.
V.
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Agreement are amended and restated as
follows:
Section 8.1. GAUGING. The quantities of LNG delivered under this
agreement shall be measured in metric units by gauging of the liquid in
the ship's tanks immediately prior to and after loading.
The gauging at the delivery point and the calculations relating thereto
shall be made by Seller or its designated representative, with Buyer
having the right to be present.
Each party shall send or cause to be sent to the other party a certified
copy of the gauging standards for each tank of each LNG tanker being
furnished by such party, in metric units approved by the Departments of
Instruments and Measurements of Algiers - Paris or of the U.S. Bureau of
Standards in Washington (D.C.), as well as correction charts (list,
trim, tanks' contraction, etc.). Such standards and charts shall be used
throughout the
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term of this agreement, except in the case of a physical change in the
tanks, in which case new standards and charts shall be used. LNG
level measuring devices shall be approved by both Seller and Buyer.
Each tank shall be equipped with two level-measuring devices of
different types.
Section 8.2 DETERMINATION OF DENSITY. The density of the LNG shall be
determined by a calculation from the molecular composition determined in
accordance with Section 8.4 hereof, for the average temperature defined
in Section 8.3 hereof.
The method of calculation shall be the method known as the revised
Klosek and McKinley Model, as set forth in NBS Technical Note 1030,
published by the U.S. Department of Commerce in December 1980.
In the first sentence of the first paragraph of section 8.4 the words
"by Seller" are added after the word "taken", and the word "loading" is
substituted for the word "discharging".
In the second sentence of the second paragraph of Section 8.4 the word
"Buyer" is substituted for the word "Seller".
In the third paragraph of Section 8.4 the word "Buyer" is substituted
for the word "Seller".
In the first sentence of Section 8.5 of the Agreement, the phrase
"0[degree]C at a pressure of 760 mm/Hg" is deleted and the following is
substituted in its place: "O [Degrees] C at a pressure of 1.01325 BAR."
In Section 8.6 of the Agreement the words "loaded on" are substituted
for the words "delivered by", thereafter the word "loaded" is substituted for
the word "delivered" in two places, and the words "LNG loaded" are substituted
for the words "LNG discharged".
The first two paragraphs of Section 8.7 are amended and restated as
follows:
The gauging equipment in the ship's tanks shall be provided, operated
and maintained by the Buyer at its expense. The equipment and material
utilized for the determination and tests of the quality and density of
the product shall be provided, operated and maintained by Seller at its
expense.
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Any measurement and any calculation relating to the determination of
the quality and density of the LNG shall be made by Seller in the
presence of a representative of Buyer if Buyer so wishes.
In the second sentence of the first paragraph of Section 8.8 the words
"with both parties having the right to be present" are substituted for the words
"if the two parties are present".
VI.
Article 9 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
PRICE
Section 9.1 F.O.B. TERMS. For any month during which there shall be
completed any loading of any LNG tanker hereunder the price F.o.b.
Algerian port in U.S. Dollars per MMBtu of such LNG so loaded shall be
the higher of the Reference Price (if any), the Minimum Price, and a
price ("P") computed as follows:
(i) If SP for such month is less than $5.00:
P = 0.6324 x SP
(ii) If SP for such month is equal to or greater than $5.00:
P = (0.6532 x SP) - 0.0923
SP, for any month, shall be the amount obtained by ascertaining
(a) the total number of MMBtus of LNG or regasified LNG
derived from LNG purchased hereunder and delivered to customers
of Buyer or of any affiliate of Buyer during such month; and
(b) the total proceeds receivable by Buyer or any affiliate of
Buyer from such deliveries less any sums paid by Buyer or
such affiliate during such month to fiscal authorities in the
United States in respect of any import duty, tax or other
imposition not levied at the date
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of execution of Amendment No. 3 to this agreement but
applicable to quantities of LNG imported under this agreement;
and by then dividing the aggregate of the amounts calculated under (b)
above by the aggregate of the amounts calculated under (a) above.
For any period less than a month, or for any month during which no vapor
or liquid is delivered, SP shall be fixed by agreement of Buyer and
Seller.
Buyer shall throughout this Agreement diligently seek to maximize the
proceeds under (b) above by negotiating or causing to be negotiated
with such customers terms and conditions (including price) which in
Buyer's reasonable commercial judgment are the most favorable available
to Buyer in the prevailing market and in the prevailing circumstances.
VII.
In the first paragraph of Article 10 the words "without prejudice to
Section 9.1 hereof" are added after the word "Buyer".
In the second paragraph of Article 10, the words "other states and"
shall be deleted and the words "Algeria, and, where the LNG tanker is furnished
under the Transportation Agreement," shall be substituted therefor.
VIII.
Article 11 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
PORT FACILITIES; LOADING
Section 11.1. PORT AND LOADING FACILITIES. (a) Port Facilities.
Seller shall make available, or cause to be made available, safe port
facilities for the loading of LNG purchased hereunder capable of
receiving LNG tankers of the following maximum dimensions:
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Overall Length..........290.00 meters
Width....................43.70 meters
Draft at full capacity...11.30 meters
Port facilities shall be such as to permit all loading and maneuvers to
be carried out in complete safety within a reasonable time.
(b) Berthing and Loading Facilities. Seller shall make available or
cause to be made available to Buyer at the port of loading in Algeria
berthing and loading facilities including:
(i) mooring equipment;
(ii) lighting sufficient to permit docking maneuvers by day or
by night in complete safety, to the extent permitted by
the port authorities;
(iii) pipelines to ensure normal stocking of the LNG tanker
with bunker fuel;
(iv) loading arms, pipes and other appropriate facilities
permitting the loading of LNG at the average rate of ten
thousand m3/hour;
(v) a vapor return line from the LNG tanker to shore
facilities having a diameter sufficient to maintain
appropriate operating pressure in the tanks of the
LNG tanker and in the storage reservoirs; and
(vi) a liquid nitrogen loading facility compatible with the
LNG tanker.
The facilities described in this Section 11.1(b) shall be provided,
operated and maintained at no cost to Buyer.
Section 11.2. Safety. Loading of LNG shall be carried out in strict
conformity with all applicable safety and other similar regulations.
Section 11.3. Conditions of Loading. Buyer shall give written
notice to Seller of the estimated date and hour of arrival at the port
of loading of any LNG tanker providing maritime transportation
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hereunder as well as of the estimated quantity of LNG which is to be
loaded. Buyer shall send or cause to be sent to Seller the following
written notices:
(i) a first designation notice shall be given upon departure
from last port of discharge or (if later) at least
ninety-six (96) hours prior to the estimated time of
arrival, and shall contain an estimated time of arrival;
(ii) a second designation notice shall be given so as to arrive
seventy-two (72) hours prior to the estimated time of
arrival;
(iii) a third designation notice shall be given so as to arrive
twenty-four (24) hours prior to the estimated time of
arrival; and
(iv) At the time the LNG tanker arrives at the sea buoy or
designated anchorage at the loading port, the Master shall
give written notice of such arrival to Seller or its
authorized representative at any time of the day or night.
As soon as the LNG tanker is berthed alongside the pier and prepared to
load its cargo, the Master of the LNG tanker shall give written notice
of ready to receive to Seller or to its representative at any time of
the day or night. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the LNG tanker
is furnished under the Transportation Agreement, all notices required to
be given under this Section 11.3 shall be the responsibility of Seller.
Provided that the bottom temperature of the tanks of the LNG tanker is
not higher than minus one hundred and forty-five degrees centigrade,
Seller shall then take all appropriate measures within its reasonable
control to permit the loading of the LNG tanker as quickly as is safely
possible.
Authorized laytime for loading any LNG tanker under this Agreement shall
commence at the same time and shall run for the same period as
authorized laytime at the loading port under the Transportation
Agreement and demurrage shall be computed for the same period at the
same rate and shall be payable in the same manner as demurrage at the
loading port under the Transportation Agreement.
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Section 11.4. Cooldown; Heel and Gas Trials.
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(a) Seller shall make available or cause to be made available LNG for
gas trials and cooldown for any LNG tanker transporting LNG purchased
hereunder which has a bottom temperature in its tanks prior to loading
higher than minus one hundred and forty-five degrees centigrade.
Payment for the LNG so supplied shall be the responsibility of Buyer,
except as provided below. Buyer shall pay to Sonatrading for the LNG so
supplied (for which Buyer bears such payment responsibility) the price
in U.S. Dollars per MMBtu provided in Article 9 hereof for LNG loaded
during the month of such supply.
(b) Upon discharge of any LNG tanker transporting LNG in connection
herewith, which is scheduled to load LNG at the loading port within
thirty (30) days following completion of such discharge, Buyer shall
retain or cause to be retained aboard that LNG tanker (if returning
forthwith in ballast to the loading port to load further cargo
hereunder) an amount of LNG sufficient to permit such tanker to maintain
a temperature no higher than minus one hundred and forty-five degrees
centigrade at the bottom of the tanks for a period of at least
twenty-four (24) consecutive hours after its arrival at the loading port
or, in the case of an LNG tanker provided under Transportation
Agreement, after the time (if earlier) when such arrival would have
occurred had it proceeded to the loading port with due dispatch. The
supply of LNG necessitated by a failure of Buyer so to cause sufficient
LNG to be retained aboard shall be the responsibility of and shall be
paid for by, Buyer but at the request of Buyer such LNG shall be
supplied by Seller. The price to be paid by Buyer to Seller for LNG for
which Buyer is obligated to pay Seller under this Section 11.4 shall be
the price in U.S. Dollars per MMBtu provided in Article 9 hereof.
(c) If any LNG tanker aboard which LNG has been so retained does not
load within such twenty-four (24)-hour period for any cause attributable
solely to any matter within the reasonable control of Seller or the
owner or operator of any LNG tanker furnishing services under the
Transportation Agreement, the cost of additional LNG thereby rendered
necessary and utilized for cooldown of such tanker shall be the
responsibility of Seller.
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(d) The quantities of LNG purchased pursuant to this Section 11.4 by
Buyer shall not be included in the quantities covered by Article 6 of
this agreement.
IX.
Section 12.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
Section 12.1. Invoicing and Payment.
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(a) SELLER'S DOCUMENTS; PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT. Not less than 7 days in
advance of each month in the course of which Buyer anticipates that
there will be LNG deliveries hereunder, Buyer shall notify Sonatrading
by telex of Buyer's best good faith estimate of the price P under
Article 9 for that month. Promptly following the completion of each
loading of LNG purchased hereunder Seller shall cause Sonatrading to
send to Buyer in respect thereof a telex substantially in the form of
Annex C hereto. Sonatrading shall at the same time cause to be
dispatched to Buyer (a) the data and documents indicating the quantity
in MMBtu's of LNG so loaded (including the measurements and calculations
under Article 8 hereof); (b) where the LNG is loaded under the
Transportation Agreement, a cargo receipt substantially in the form of
Annex A to that Agreement in respect of such LNG; and (c) a provisional
invoice (which may be sent by telex or telecopier) for the amount
calculated pursuant to the final paragraph of this Section 12.1(a).
Buyer shall make to Sonatrading a payment on account for such LNG of
that amount, by wire transfer to Sonatrading's account in a United
States bank specified by Sonatrading, on or before the later of (i) the
fifteenth day following the completion of each loading or (ii) the
seventh day following the date of receipt by Buyer of the documents
under (a), (b) and (c) above (the "Due Date"), PROVIDED that Buyer shall
at all times have outstanding a standby, revolving, irrevocable
commitment to Sonatrading of a first-class bank in the United States in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sonatrading to pay
Sonatrading on the Due Date an amount of U.S. dollars equal to each such
payment on account together with any interest accrued thereon against
presentation of written advice by Sonatrading that
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there has been a failure by Buyer to pay the same when required by this
agreement to such account by such Due Date. In the event that it shall
become unduly onerous for Buyer to have such a bank commitment
outstanding, Buyer may so inform Sonatrading by notice. In such event,
Buyer shall not be obligated to have such a commitment outstanding in
respect of any loadings occurring after the date on which such notice
was given and shall make such payment on account for each loading by
wire transfer to the aforementioned account not later than the seventh
day following the date of receipt by Buyer of the documents under (a),
(b) and (c) above.
The amount so payable on account shall be equal to:
(i) the product of (a) the quantity of LNG in MMBtus loaded
as specified in the aforementioned cargo receipt or (if
not so specified) as determined in accordance with
Article 8 hereunder; and (b) the price as estimated by
Buyer and notified to Sonatrading in accordance with
this Section 12.1(a) for the month in which such loading
was completed, plus or minus
(ii) any amount required to be added to or subtracted from the
foregoing product under Section 12.1(c).
(b) INVOICES. Within seven days following receipt of the monthly
statement furnished by Buyer under Section 12.1(d), Sonatrading shall
prepare and send to Buyer an invoice in U.S. Dollars for the aggregate
quantity of LNG purchased hereunder the loading of which was completed
during the month covered by such monthly statement. The amount invoiced
shall be equal to the product of (i) the price per MMBtu under Article 9
for such month as calculated in the monthly statement prepared under
Section 12.1(d), and (ii) such aggregate quantity in MMBtus as
determined pursuant to Section 12.1(a) for such month less the payments
on account received by Sonatrading under Section 12.1(a) with respect to
the shipments of LNG covered by such invoice. Any such invoice shall
take into account any amount owed by either Sonatrading or Buyer under
Section 11.
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(c) PAYMENT. In the event that the invoice sent by Sonatrading
under Section 12.1(b) shows a net amount owed to Buyer, such amount
shall be subtracted from the product referred to in Section 12.1(a)(i)
in computing the amount or amounts payable by Buyer under Section
12.1(a) in respect of the shipment or shipments next following the date
of receipt by Buyer of such invoice, in such a manner as to amortize as
rapidly as possible the amount of such credit. In the event that the
invoice shows a net amount owed to Sonatrading, all or any part of such
amount remaining unpaid shall be added to the product referred to in
Section 12.1(a)(i) in computing the amount payable by Buyer under
Section 12.1(a) with respect to the shipment next following the date of
receipt by Buyer of such invoice. If the amount shown in any invoice as
a net amount owed to Buyer or to Sonatrading has not been paid in full
as provided in this Section 12.1(c) within thirty (30) days following
the date of receipt by Buyer of such invoice, then the party owing that
net amount remaining unpaid shall forthwith pay the same by wire
transfer to such account at a United States bank as the other party
shall have specified by notice. If and for so long as Buyer shall be in
default in respect of any obligation upon Buyer under this Article 12 to
make payment for LNG, Sonatrading shall be under no obligation to make
any further shipment(s) of LNG to Buyer hereunder. Upon the amount of
any payment under this Article 12 which is in default the defaulting
party shall pay interest at a rate which shall equal 1 percent per annum
over LIBOR from the last date due until the date of payment.
(d) MONTHLY STATEMENTS. No later than the eighteenth day following the
end of each month, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Sonatrading a
statement showing the price under Article 9 for such month and including
in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof. Such
statement shall include in particular the aggregate quantities of
deliveries of LNG or regasified LNG derived from LNG purchased hereunder
effected in such month, the customers concerned, and the total proceeds
receivable from such deliveries to customers.
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(e) ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RECORDS. Sonatrading and its representatives
shall be entitled from time to time at their expense to inspect Buyer's
books and records upon reasonable notice during normal working hours for
the purpose of verifying sales and deliveries to customers and computing
the amounts payable under this agreement.
X.
Article 13 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
FORCE MAJEURE, ETC.
13.1. DEFINITION. "Force Majeure" means any event or condition,
whether affecting Buyer, Seller or any other person, which has
prevented or delayed or may reasonably be expected to prevent or delay
any party hereto from performing hereunder in whole or in part
(including but not limited to performing transportation to, storage at
and redelivery from the Terminalling Facility), if such event or
condition is beyond the reasonable or prudent control, forecasting or
planning, and not the result of willful or negligent action or a lack of
reasonable diligence, of whichever party hereto is relying thereon (the
"Non-Performing Party") as justification for such nonperformance. The
foregoing provisions shall not be construed to require that the
Non-Performing Party observe a higher standard of conduct than that
required by the usual and customary standards of the industry, as a
condition to claiming the existence of Force Majeure. Such events or
conditions shall include but shall not be limited to circumstances of
the following kind:
(a) (i) an act of God or government, epidemic, landslide,
lightning, earthquake, fire, explosion, accident, storm,
flood or similar occurrence, an act of the public enemy,
war, blockade, insurrection, riot, civil disturbance or
similar occurrence, or (ii) a strike, lockout, or
similar industrial or labor action;
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(b) the failure to obtain, or suspension, termination,
adverse modification, interruption or failure of renewal
of any permit, license, consent, authorization or
approval, including any approval contemplated by
Article 18 hereof; and
(c) circumstances preventing Seller, Sonatrading, Buyer or
any affiliate of Buyer from supplying LNG or regasified
LNG, as the case may be, including serious accidental
damage to operations or equipment affecting the Natural
Gas production facilities in the field, transportation,
treatment, liquefaction, storage, and loading operations
in Algeria; transportation by LNG tankers; and unloading,
storage, regasification and transportation in the United
States.
13.2. EXCUSE OF PERFORMANCE. Each party hereto shall be excused for
its failure or delay in performance hereunder to the extent that such
failure or delay is caused by Force Majeure. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Buyer shall in any event make payment in accordance with the
terms hereof for all LNG delivered hereunder as to which the risk has
passed to Buyer.
13.3. NOTICE. As soon as practicable following the occurrence of Force
Majeure the party affected thereby shall give notice to the other
party by the most rapid means available, describing such Force Majeure
and stating such party's best estimate of the duration thereof and the
effect thereof on the performance of this agreement and shall keep such
other party reasonably advised as to the status of such Force Majeure
and the progress of such party's efforts to overcome the same.
13.4. RESUMPTION OF PERFORMANCE. In the event performance hereunder
shall be prevented or delayed in whole or in part by Force Majeure,
the parties shall take all reasonable and appropriate measures to bring
about conditions permitting the resumption
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of the normal performance of this agreement as soon as possible. In the
event that performance hereunder shall be substantially prevented
by Force Majeure for more than 24 consecutive months either party may,
without prejudice to all other rights arising out of such circumstances,
terminate this agreement by 30 days' written notice to the other.
13.5. REDUCTION OR CESSATION OF DELIVERIES. If in respect of any
transaction between Buyer or any affiliate of Buyer, and any customer,
for the sale and purchase of regasified LNG, or of LNG, in relation
to which Seller is obligated to sell LNG to Buyer hereunder, there shall
arise:
(a) a failure or refusal of such customer to take delivery of
or to make payment in full for any such regasified LNG or any such LNG;
(b) a bankruptcy or insolvency of any such customer; or
(c) a reasonable likelihood, in Buyer's good faith judgment,
that the occurrence of one of the foregoing events is imminent;
Buyer or any such affiliate of Buyer may by reason thereof reduce or stop
deliveries to such customer of regasified LNG, or of LNG, and if in
consequence, so long as such deliveries shall not be made, Buyer fails to
accept or lift all or any of such quantities of LNG hereunder as would have
been required to effect such deliveries, Buyer shall have no liability
whatsoever to Seller or Sonatrading in respect of such failure exceeding 60% of
the amount by which the value of all monies or other consideration recovered
from such customer by way of damages or otherwise in respect of any of the
matters set forth under (a), (b), or (c) above exceeds the costs (including,
without limitation, legal fees and expenses) disbursed by Buyer in effecting
such recovery.
XI.
The second sentence of Article 14 of the Agreement is amended and
restated as follows:
"Subject to Section 6.4(b), this agreement shall remain in effect for 15
years from 1 October, 1988."
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The last sentence of Article 14 of the Agreement is deleted.
XII.
Article 15 is amended and restated as follows:
NOTICES
Each notice, request, demand or other communication hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand to
an authorised employee or a duly appointed representative of the addressee
party; or when received by such party after being sent by mail; or one day after
it has been sent to such party by telex or telecopier (with receipt confirmed),
provided a copy is also sent by mail addressed as follows (or to such other
address as a party may designate by notice to the other):
(a) If to Distrigas:
Distrigas Corporation,
2 Oliver Street,
Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
Telecopier: (617) 439-6690
Telex: 671-6307
(b) If to SONATRACH:
Sonatrach,
46, Boulevard Mohamed V,
Algiers,
ALGERIA.
Telex: 67123
67124
67125
(c) If to Sonatrading:
Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V.
Kantoorgebouw "Sloterstyn" No. 5C
Sloterkade 133
1058 HM Amsterdam West,
The Netherlands
Telex: 1074B SKADE (temporary number)
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XIII.
In Article 16 of the Agreement, the words "the United Kingdom" are
deleted and the word "England" is substituted therefor.
XIV.
The last two paragraphs of Section 18.2 of the Agreement are deleted and
the following is substituted therefor:
Seller's and Buyer's obligations hereunder shall be subject to
obtaining and maintaining all approvals of authorities required for
performance, including any such approvals required to enable Buyer or an
affiliate of Buyer to purchase, import, sell or resell LNG the subject
of this Agreement or regasified LNG derived therefrom. Seller shall do
all in its power to maintain all such approvals of Algerian authorities,
and Buyer shall do all in its power to maintain all such approvals of
United States authorities. Each party shall notify the other party when
it has received any such approval. Each party shall, if requested by the
other, help the other party by doing all in its power to obtain and
maintain such governmental approvals as may be required from time to
time for performance.
Section 18.3 of the Agreement is deleted.
XV.
In the heading of ARTICLE 20, the words "REVISION OF THE CONTRACTUAL
SALES PRICE" are changed to "REVISION OF REFERENCE PRICE FORMULA and of THE
MINIMUM PRICE."
The first three paragraphs of Article 20 are amended and restated as
follows:
The parties may meet to revise the formula contained in the definition
of the Reference Price in Appendix A hereto every three (3) years
and/or to revise the Minimum Price every five (5) years, during the term
of this agreement or any extension thereof.
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Any such revision of the Reference Price Formula or of the Minimum Price
shall be effected by adaptation of the said formula or of the said
Minimum Price in a reasonable and fair manner (having regard, inter
alia, to the terms of Article 9), to the economic circumstances then
prevailing in the natural gas markets for the East Coast of the United
States of America.
Among the factors to be considered in determining the appropriateness of
any adaptation shall be Buyer's success in obtaining commitments from
time to time during the term of this Agreement (capable of being
satisfied by LNG purchased by Buyer hereunder or by regasified LNG
derived from LNG purchased by Buyer hereunder), on terms and conditions
(including price and date of contract and nature of purchase commitment)
which in Buyer's reasonable commercial judgment are the most favorable
to Buyer's and Seller's LNG trade in the then prevailing markets and
under the then prevailing circumstances.
XVI.
Article 22 of The Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
ARTICLE 22
COUNTERPARTS
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
each of such counterparts shall be deemed an original. All such
counterparts shall together constitute a single instrument. The French
and English versions of this agreement shall be equally authoritative.
XVII.
Article 23 of the Agreement is deleted.
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XVIII.
Appendix A to the Agreement is amended by adding thereto the defined
terms set forth in Appendix A hereto. Appendix B to the Agreement is deleted
and replaced by Appendix B attached hereto.
Appendix E to the Agreement is deleted.
XIX.
This Amendment shall be effective when all requisite approvals of the
competent authorities in Algeria, and the United States of America respectively
shall have been obtained. Seller shall use its best efforts to obtain all such
approvals from Algerian authorities, and Buyer shall use its best efforts to
obtain all such approvals from United States authorities. Each party shall
notify the other when it has obtained final such approval from its national
authorities. Each party shall, if requested by the other, help that other by
doing all in its power to obtain any such approvals as may be required for the
performance hereof.
XX.
Pursuant to Article 21 of the Agreement, Seller hereby absolutely and
unconditionally assigns and delegates its rights, obligations and commitments
under the Agreement, as amended, to Sonatrading. Buyer hereby consents to the
assignment by Seller to Sonatrading of Seller's rights, obligations and
commitments under the Agreement, as amended, but nothing herein shall release
Seller from performance of all Seller's obligations and commitments hereunder.
XXI.
All the provisions of the Agreement, except as expressly amended hereby,
shall remain in full force and effect.
Distrigas Corporation SONATRACH
/s/ R. Gordon Shearer /s/ M. Field
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R. Gordon Shearer M. Faid
Vice President Directeur, Division Gaz
Dated: February 21, 1988
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Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V. is signing this Amendment to acknowledge (i) that it
hereby accepts and assumes all rights, obligations and commitments of Seller
under the Agreement, as amended, and (ii) that it agrees all the clauses and
conditions of the Agreement, as amended, will be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of Sonatrading, its successors and permitted assigns.
Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V.
By /s/
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APPENDIX A
"CONTRACTUAL YEAR": The period of time beginning September 15 and ending
the following September 14.
"LIBOR": The average rate of interest per annum (rounded up to the
nearest one sixteenth of one per cent) offered from time to time by prime banks
in the London interbank market for three-month eurodollar deposits in amounts
of $1,000,000, as certified by Citibank N.A. (London).
"MINIMUM PRICE": The minimum price of LNG shall be the price per MMBtu
FOB Algerian port set out below for the periods indicated:
U.S.$
September 15, 1988 - September 14, 1989 1.475
September 15, 1989 - September 14, 1990 1.560
September 15, 1990 - September 14, 1991 1.645
September 15, 1991 - thereafter 1.730
"REFERENCE PRICE": The Reference Price for any month during the period
beginning on each 15th September during the term of this agreement and ending
one year later or when the loading thereafter of nine cargoes comprising minimum
quantities pursuant to section 6.3(a) shall have been
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effected, whichever shall be earlier, shall result from the application of the
following formula on the first day of such month:
Reference Price = (i) If RP for such month is
less than $5.00:
Reference Price = .6324 x RP
(ii) If RP for such month is
equal to or greater than
$5.00:
Reference Price =(.6532 x
RP) - .0923
RP = 2.16 x PK + 0.15 x WS + 0.40 x B + 0.15 x CD
where:
PK = the price in U.S. dollars of one gallon of No. 2 distillate
oil measured by adding 75% of the arithmetic average of the
high and low prices of "No. 2 Oil, Max 0.2% Sulfur,
Contract Barges, NY Harbor" for the preceding month, as
published by Platt's Oilgram, to 25% of the arithmetic
average of the high and low prices of "No. 2 Oil, Spot
Cargoes, NY Harbor", for the preceding month, as published
by Platt's Oilgram.
WS = the arithmetic average of the commodity charge for gas in
U.S. dollars per Dth to be delivered to Massachusetts
utilities under the highest three rate schedules chosen
from Algonquin W-l, Conteal F-2, National Fuel-3 and
Boundary, as reported in the gas cost adjustment filings
made by the four gas distribution companies whose projected
purchases are the largest at the Massachusetts Department
of Public Utilities for the heating season (November
through April), and as subsequently adjusted (where
relevant) by filings made by the
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interstate pipeline suppliers at the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for the subject heating
season.
B = the price in U.S. dollars of No. 6 fuel oil, 0.3% sulfur
grade measured on a Btu basis, by dividing by 6.38 the
total of 70% of the arithmetic average of the average
prices of "No. 6 Fuel Oil, Max 0.3% sulfur, Estimated
Contract Cargo Prices" and 30% of the arithmetic average of
the average prices of "No. 6 Fuel Oil, Max 0.3% Sulfur,
Estimated Spot Cargo Prices" as published by Platt's Oilgram
for the preceding month; less the arithmetic average cost of
transportation per MMBtu as disclosed in filed tariffs or
contracts provided to Seller from time to time which would be
transported from the tailgate of the Terminalling Facility
to such customer or customers in the Northeastern United
States as are capable of substituting natural gas produced
from vaporised LNG for No. 6 fuel oil, 0.3% sulfur grade.
CD = the higher of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Rate CD-6 or
Algonquin Gas Pipeline Rate F-1 as reported in the gas cost
adjustment filings made by the four gas distribution
companies whose projected purchases are the largest at the
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for the period
November through April, and as subsequently adjusted (where
relevant) by filings made by Algonquin and Tennessee at FERC
for the subject period.
Promptly following the end of such period, there shall be calculated (1)
the arithmetic average of the respective Reference Prices for each month of such
period during which a cargo shall have been loaded and (2) the weighted average
of the respective prices P for each such month. If the arithmetic average
Reference Price so calculated shall differ from the weighted average price P so
calculated, the aggregate price receivable by Sonatrading for cargoes shipped
during such period shall be recalculated by repricing all such cargoes at the
higher of such two average prices. Should the aggregate price which shall have
been
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paid to Sonatrading in respect of such cargoes prior to such recalculation be
less than the aggregate price so recalculated, the difference shall forthwith
be paid by Buyer to Sonatrading. Should the aggregate price which shall have
been paid to Sonatrading in respect of such cargoes prior to such recalculation
be more than the aggregate price so recalculated, the difference shall
forthwith be paid by Sonatrading to Buyer.
"Tailgate": The tailgate of the Terminalling Facility.
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"TERMINALLING FACILITY": The Everett Marine Terminal located at
Everett, Massachusetts.
"TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT": The Transportation Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof between Buyer and Seller, as amended from time to time.
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APPENDIX B
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMPONENTS OF NATURAL GAS
AT NORMAL CONDITIONS 0[degree]C/1.01325 BAR
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<CAPTION>
Molecular Molar Molar Density GHV critical critical
Mass Volume GHV kg/Nm3 kcal/Nm3 kcal/kg temperature atmospheric
kg:kgmol NM3/kgmol kcal/kgmol (real gas) [Degree] K pressure
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Methane CH4 16.04 22.38 213,280 0.7167 9,530 13,297 190.7 45.80
Ethane C2H6 30.07 22.17 373,786 1.3563 16,860 12,431 305.4 48.20
Propane C3H8 44.09 21.84 531.804 2.0188 24,350 12,062 370.0 42.01
iso-Butane IC4H10 58.12 21.78 687,594 2.6685 31,570 11,831 408.1 36.00
n-Butane nC4H10 58.12 21.50 689,290 2.7033 232,060 11,860 425.2 37.47
iso-Pentane 5IC5H12 72.15 21.03 844,354 3.4308 40,150 11,703 461.0 32.90
n-Pentane nC5H12 72.15 20.86 846,916 3.4588 40,600 11,738 469.8 33.31
Hexane nC6H14 86.20 20.30 1,004,850 4.2463 49,500 11,657 507.9 29.92
Nitrogen N2 28.02 22.40 - 1.2509 - - 126.4 33.53
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ANNEX C
Form of
Loading Report Telex
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___________ Corporation,
__________________,
___________,
Telex No:
Answerback:
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
1. Cargo Number: ________________
2. LNG Cargo Composition
Component Mole Percent
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Methane (C1) ____._______
Ethane (C2) ____._______
Propane (C3) ____._______
Iso-Butane (IC 4) ____._______
N-Butane (NC4) ____._______
Iso-Pentane (IC5) ____._______
N-Pentane (NC5) ____._______
Hexanes Plus (C6+) ____._______
Nitrogen (N2) ____._______
Total ____._______
3. Average Cargo Temperature: ____________ C [degrees]
4. Calculated Density (Klosek &
McKinley): ____________ kg/m3
5. Real Gross Heating Value: ____________ KCAL/nM3
6. Cooldown Volumes: ____________ m3
Cooldown Volumes: ____________ MMBTU
7. Volume on Board at Initial Gauging: ____________ m3
8. Volume on Board at Final Gauging ____________ m3
9. Quantities Loaded: ____________ m3
Quantities Loaded: ____________ MMBTU
Sonatrading Amsterdam B.V.
By ___________________
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EXHIBIT 10(o)(iv)
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K N ENERGY, INC. BY-LAW PROVISION
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ARTICLE XII
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
Section 1. General. The provisions of this Article XII of the
By-Laws have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant
to that certain Agreement of Merger by and between the Corporation, KNE
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and American Oil and Gas
Corporation, a Delaware corporation dated March , 1994 (the "Merger
Agreement"). Capitalized terms used in this Article XII not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. The
provisions of this Article XII shall be effective from and after the Effective
Time notwithstanding any other provisions of these By-Laws to the contrary. In
the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Article XII and other
provisions of the By-Laws, the provisions of this Article XII shall control.
Section 2. Management Committee. The Corporation shall
establish a Management Committee consisting of four (4) members of the Board of
Directors. The initial members of the Management Committee shall consist of
David M. Carmichael (who shall serve as the Chairman), Charles W. Battey,
Edward H. Austin, Jr. and Larry D. Hall. The initial directors serving on the
Management Committee shall serve for a term which shall end upon the earlier of
(i) the date of such director's resignation, removal or failure to stand for
reelection to the Board of Directors, and (ii) the date of the Corporation's
annual meeting of stockholders in the year 1996. The duties delegated by the
Board of Directors to the Management Committee shall consist of (w) oversight
and direction of management decisions with respect to the day-to-day operations
of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, (x) oversight and direction of matters
relating to the integration and consolidation of the business, operations and
assets of the Corporation with those of American Oil and Gas Corporation and
its subsidiaries, (y) the duties, powers and procedures heretofore delegated to
the Executive Committee in Article VI of these By-laws, and (z) such additional
duties as are from time to time delegated to the Management Committee by the
Board of Directors. The Corporation shall not have an Executive Committee.
Section 3. Vice-Chairman. The office of Vice-Chairman of the
Board shall be established by the Board of Directors. The Vice-Chairman shall
perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board as provided in these By-Laws in
the Chairman's absence and such additional duties as the Board of Directors may
prescribe from time to time.
Section 4. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer. The
Board of Directors may elect only the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief
Operating Officer as President of the Corporation. The Chief Operating Officer
shall be elected by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the
Management Committee.
Section 5. Cabot Director. For so long as Cabot Corporation
shall continue to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) 10% or more of the
issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, Cabot Corporation shall
have the right to designate one person to serve as an advisory director of the
Corporation. In the event beneficial ownership of Cabot Corporation of the
issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation falls below 10% but
constitutes more than 5%, the Board of
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Directors shall appoint the Cabot Corporation advisory director as a full
director, to serve the then remaining term of a Class II director. For so long
as Cabot Corporation continues to own beneficially less than 10% but more
than 5% of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, the
Board of Directors shall nominate a Cabot Corporation designee (provided that
such nominee is otherwise qualified as required by the Bylaws) for election by
the Corporation's shareholders as a director. The Corporation shall at all
times during which Cabot Corporation shall beneficially own in excess 10% of
the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, maintain a vacancy
on its Board of Directors for such Cabot designee.
Section 6. Terms of Office for Certain Officers. The persons
designated as of the Effective Time to hold the offices of Chairman of the
Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Management Committee will be elected to terms commencing as of
the Effective Time and terminating on the date of the Corporation's annual
meeting of stockholders in 1996. After such date, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article XII to the contrary, such officers shall be elected
by majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Vacancies in Certain Offices. Any vacancy arising
following the Effective Time and prior to the Corporation's Annual Meeting of
Stockholders in 1996, in the offices of the Chairman of the Board,
Vice-Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Operating Officer, or on the Management Committee or the Chairman of the
Management Committee, shall be filled by the Board of Directors upon
recommendation by a Special Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall by majority vote establish a Special Nominating
Committee in the event of a vacancy in any of the foregoing positions. The
Special Nominating Committee shall consist of four directors, two of whom shall
be designated by the Board of Directors from the directors of the Corporation
who served as a director prior to the Effective Time, and two of whom shall be
designated by the directors designated by American Oil and Gas Corporation in
the Merger Agreement.
Section 8. Continuation of Retirement Policy. The Corporation
shall continue its present retirement policy that officers of the Corporation
(including the Chairman of the Board, Vice-Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer) shall be ineligible and
cease to serve as an officer of the Corporation as of the first of the month
coincident with or next following his or her 65th birthday.
Section 9. Super-Majority Vote. For purposes of this Article
XII, the term "Super-Majority Vote" shall mean the affirmative vote of at least
12 of a 14-member Board of Directors; at least 11 of a 13-member Board of
Directors; at least 10 of a 12-member Board of Directors; at least 9 of an
11-member Board of Directors; or in all other cases, the affirmative vote of a
number of directors equal to at least 85% of the total number of
directors. A Super-Majority Vote shall be required for the following actions
to be taken by the Board of Directors; (i) amendment, modification or
revocation of any provision of this Article XII; (ii) amendment, modification
or revocation of the current retirement policy of the Corporation; and (iii)
any increase in the number of members to serve on the Board of Directors;
provided that, no Super-Majority Vote shall be required for any such action
taken by the Board of Directors from and after the date of the annual
stockholders meeting for 1997.
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Exhibit 10(O)(v)
LeBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE, & MACRAE
A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS
NEW YORK 125 WEST 55TH STREET LOS ANGELES
WASHINGTON NEW YORK, NY 10019-5389 NEWARK
ALBANY PITTSBURGH
BOSTON (212) 424-8000 SALT LAKE CITY
DENVER FACSIMILE: (212) 424-8500 SAN FRANCISCO
HARRISBURG --
HARTFORD WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL: BRUSSELS
JACKSONVILLE LONDON
(212) 424-8170 MOSCOW
1935 Act/Section 2(a)(7)
June 28, 1994
Mr. William C. Weeden
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Public Utility Regulation
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20849
Re: Request for No-Action Assurance Regarding the
Application of Section 2(a)(7) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 with Respect
to Cabot Corporation
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Dear Mr. Weeden:
We are writing on behalf of Cabot Corporation ("Cabot") to
request your assurance that the Division of Investment Management (the
"Division" or the "Staff") will not recommend that the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC" or the "Commission") consider Cabot to be a holding
company under Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 (the "Act") or take any action that would result in Cabot being deemed a
holding company under the Act, with respect to Cabot's ownership of shares of K
N Energy, Inc. ("KNE") following a proposed merger transaction (the "Merger")
between American Oil and Gas Corporation ("AOG") and KNE, provided that Cabot
agrees to certain conditions with regard to its share ownership.
I. Factual Background
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A. Description of Companies Involved
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Cabot Corporation, a Delaware corporation having its principal
office in Massachusetts, is primarily engaged in manufacturing specialty
chemicals and materials and energy
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products. Cabot and its affiliates have manufacturing facilities in the United
States and more than 20 other countries. The specialty chemicals and materials
businesses manufacture carbon black, fumed silica, various refractory metals,
plastics concentrates, and personal safety, environmental enhancement and energy
absorbing products. Cabot subsidiaries also import liquefied natural gas
("LNG") to a terminal in Everett, Massachusetts from which it is sold to power
producers, local distribution companies and industrial customers in the
northeastern U.S. TUCO Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, purchases coal in
Wyoming and has it transported for sale in Texas.
Cabot previously was engaged in the oil and gas business.
Several years ago, Cabot made a strategic decision to divest its oil and gas
assets (while continuing its separate LNG business), and has engaged in various
transactions to do so. The largest parts of Cabot's former oil and gas
properties are now owned by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, a New York Stock
Exchange listed company in which Cabot has no interest, and AOG, to which Cabot
disposed of its gas transmission properties in 1989 in exchange for AOG
securities and cash.
In 1986, Cabot obtained a special legislative exemption from
the 1935 Act in connection with its ownership of a small public gas utility in
West Virginia. Cabot was ordered by the West Virginia Public Service
Commission to reorganize this gas utility, which mainly supplied gas to Cabot
in-state operations but which sold excess capacity to the public and accounted
for approximately 1% of Cabot's revenues, as a subsidiary. However, upon
reorganization, Cabot would have become a "public utility holding company"
under the Act and subject to the diversification restrictions thereunder.(1) In
order to avoid this result, Cabot obtained a special exemption from the U.S.
Congress that allowed it to retain this particular subsidiary without violating
the terms of the 1935 Act.(2) As of this date, Cabot has divested its interest
in the West Virginia gas utility that was the subject of the legislative
exemption.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993, Cabot had
consolidated revenues of $1,618,540,000 and net income applicable to common
stock of $7,669,000. The comparable figures for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1992 were $1,562,203,000 and $58,514,000 respectively. Cabot is
not presently a "public
____________________
1 132 Cong. Rec. H8673-02 (Sept. 29, 1986).
2 Pub. L. 99-648 (Nov. 10, 1986).
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utility company", a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "public utility
company" as such terms are defined under the Act.
AOG is a Delaware corporation with its principal executive
offices in Texas. AOG is engaged in the business of gathering, processing,
transporting, storing and marketing natural gas and natural gas liquids. It
owns an intrastate pipeline (the Westar pipeline system) in West Texas and the
Texas Panhandle as well as gas processing plants and gathering lines
complementary to this pipeline. AOG also owns a natural gas storage reservoir
in West Texas, a 75 percent interest in an intrastate pipeline system (the Red
River pipeline system) in West Texas as well as gathering and transmission
systems in South and East Texas. In addition, AOG owns a 55 mile interstate
pipeline used for gas deliveries from Oklahoma to the Westar and Red River
pipeline systems. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, AOG had
consolidated revenues of $539,345,000 and net income applicable to common stock
of $6,551,000. The comparative figures for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1992 were $430,098,000 and $14,762,000, respectively.
Cabot is the largest single holder of AOG common stock. There
is one other shareholder holding in excess of 5% of AOG common stock, The
Prudential Insurance Company of America, which holds 7.8% (including shares
issuable upon the exercise of certain options). AOG is not presently a
"holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "public utility company" as such
terms are defined under the Act. AOG is not itself a "public utility company"
because it does not distribute gas at retail.
KNE, a Kansas corporation, is a natural gas services company
engaged in gas reserves development, gas gathering, processing, storage,
transportation and wholesale and retail sales. KNE operates in seven states
with direct retail customers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, which
is where KNE's pipeline system is primarily located. For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993, KNE's total revenues were $493,349,000 while net income
available for common stock was $23,465,000. The comparable numbers for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1992 were $391,819,000 and $18,604,000. As a
result of its distribution of gas at retail, KNE is a gas utility company as
defined in the Act, but it is not a "holding company" or an "affiliate" of any
other "public utility company."
Cabot does not have any business relationship with KNE and,
following the Merger, no Cabot affiliate will have a formal business
relationship with KNE beyond what is disclosed in this letter.
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B. Cabot's Interest in AOG
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Cabot currently owns approximately 34.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of AOG (approximately 37.8% in the event of
the exercise of certain warrants held by Cabot which expire in 1999). The
common stock constitutes all of the outstanding voting stock of AOG.
As stated above, Cabot acquired its interest in AOG in 1989
when it sold its Texas pipeline business to AOG as part of Cabot's long-term
strategy to divest its oil and gas businesses. In connection with the 1989
transaction, Cabot and AOG agreed to a liability sharing arrangement primarily
covering certain contingent liabilities and potential gas contract losses of
the acquired business. Cabot and AOG have agreed to bear an equal amount of
such liabilities up to $20 million each; Cabot bears these liabilities above
that amount. Cabot has provided AOG with a revolving credit facility (of which
approximately $15 million is outstanding) for the funding of cash requirements
in resolving such liabilities. Upon settlement with Cabot, AOG will be
responsible for the payment to Cabot of one-half of the amount of liabilities.
AOG has asserted certain claims related to environmental
matters against Cabot under acquisition agreements related to assets previously
owned by Cabot (including assets acquired in the 1989 transaction). KNE and
AOG have agreed not to commence any litigation, arbitration or other
proceedings against or involving Cabot with respect to such claims, or in
connection with settlement of the liability sharing arrangement described
above, until such time as either Cabot owns less than ten percent of the voting
stock of KNE or Cabot receives an order from the Commission that expressly
permits Cabot to take all actions deemed appropriate to resolve such claims
without such actions causing Cabot to be treated as a public utility holding
company under the Act.
In addition, in connection with the 1989 transaction, Cabot
and AOG entered into a Standstill and Registration Rights Agreement (the
"Standstill Agreement") which, for the period from 1989 until November 1994
imposes certain restrictions on Cabot, including restrictions on the
acquisition by Cabot or its subsidiaries of additional voting securities of AOG
and on Cabot's right to vote such securities. Other than the arrangements
described above, Cabot conducts no material business with AOG nor does it own
any facilities or conduct any operations related to the AOG business. Cabot
currently has two nominees on the AOG Board although under the Standstill
Agreement, it is
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entitled to three such representatives. Cabot also has registration rights
associated with the AOG Common Stock it presently owns and any AOG Common Stock
received upon the exercise of the AOG warrants that it presently owns. The
Standstill Agreement will cease to have effect upon consummation of the Merger.
It should be noted that the Cabot representatives on the AOG
board of directors have, naturally, participated in board discussions and votes
on various issues in connection with the Merger. In addition, Cabot has been
involved in some aspects of the Merger negotiation process especially as it
related to the management structure of the combined companies and the issue of
Cabot's status under the Act.
C. Proposed Merger Transaction
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Pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated March 24, 1994 among KNE,
its wholly-owned subsidiary KNE Acquisition Corporation and AOG, AOG would be
merged with KNE Acquisition Corporation. As a result of the Merger, AOG would
become a wholly- owned subsidiary of KNE, and each issued and outstanding share
of AOG common stock would be exchanged for 0.47 shares of newly issued KNE
common stock. The Merger Agreement provides for the exchange of outstanding
AOG options and warrants for KNE options and warrants on a similar basis. The
issued and outstanding shares of KNE would not be affected by the Merger.
At the effective date of the Merger, the KNE Board will be
expanded from 10 to 14, and four current AOG directors will be added to the KNE
Board. In addition, a Cabot designee will be appointed an advisory director of
KNE. Following the Merger, (i) the Chairman of the Board of KNE and the
President of KNE will continue in office, (ii) the current President of KNE
will also be named Chief Executive Officer, and (iii) the current Chairman of
the Board of AOG will become Vice Chairman of the Board of KNE. In addition,
there will be a Management Committee consisting of the KNE Chairman, the KNE
President and Chief Executive Officer, the KNE Vice Chairman (i.e., the former
AOG Chairman, who will chair the Management Committee) and one of the former
AOG directors. No officer, director or employee of Cabot will serve as an
officer or full director of KNE.
As a result of the Merger, Cabot will own approximately 15.4%
of the outstanding voting stock of KNE, and will own warrants which if
exercised (and assuming no other options or warrants were exercised by any
other parties) would bring Cabot's ownership to approximately 17.3%.
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Page 6
The Merger is subject to the approval of the shareholders of
both KNE and AOG, and KNE's issuance of shares in connection with the Merger is
also subject, among other approvals, to the approvals of the Colorado Public
Utility Commission and the Wyoming Public Service Commission.
II. Conditions on Cabot's Stock Ownership Rights
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In order to ensure that, following the Merger, action by the
Commission pursuant to the Act with regard to Cabot is not necessary while at
the same time ensuring that Cabot can adequately monitor its investment, Cabot
will limit its ownership rights in KNE in the following manner if the Division
provides the no action assurance requested in this letter:
1. Cabot may from time to time have one (but not more than
one) designee (who may be an officer, director or employee of Cabot)
serve as an advisory director of KNE. Under the By-laws of KNE, such
an advisory director is not permitted to vote on any matter submitted
to the Board of Directors of KNE. Such advisory director shall not be
the chairperson of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof.
2. In all matters submitted to the shareholders of KNE for a
vote, Cabot (a) may vote in its sole discretion the shares owned by
it, up to 9.99% of the number of voting shares outstanding, and (b)
shall either not vote any shares owned by it in excess of 9.99% of the
number of voting shares outstanding (the "Excess Shares") or shall
make arrangements for the Excess Shares to be voted in the same
proportions as the other shares (excluding Cabot's other shares) of
KNE are voted on such matter. The grant by Cabot of a proxy to the
proxies selected by the directors of KNE directing that the Excess
Shares be so voted shall be deemed adequate compliance with this
provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Cabot opposes any action
as to which the dissenting shareholders would be entitled to appraisal
rights under applicable law, Cabot shall be free to vote any or all of
its shares against the approval of such action or otherwise take any
action that may be required to perfect appraisal rights under
applicable law.
3. Cabot will not enter into any transaction with KNE or any
of its affiliates without the consent of the Staff, except as follows:
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(a) Settlement of the existing liability sharing
obligations and environmental claims
described in this letter;
(b) Exercise of KNE warrants received in exchange
for the existing AOG warrants presently held
by Cabot;
(c) Reimbursement of expenses incurred in
connection with attendance at Board meetings
in accordance with KNE's general policies;
and
(d) Registration of Cabot's shares in KNE under
federal and state securities laws for sale
by Cabot.
After it engages in any such transaction, Cabot undertakes to
provide the Staff with notice that such transaction occurred, except
Cabot will not be obligated to provide notice of the reimbursement of
expenses discussed in (c) above.
4. Cabot will not solicit proxies with respect to any voting
securities of KNE without the consent of the Staff.
5. Cabot will not acquire any additional shares of common
stock or other securities of KNE without the consent of the Staff
except acquisitions pursuant to (i) stock dividends or splits that do
not result in any material (i.e., greater than 1%) increase in Cabot's
ownership percentages of KNE's common stock or (ii) shares acquired
upon exercise of KNE warrants received in exchange for the existing
AOG warrants presently held by Cabot.
6. Subject to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Cabot will be free to sell its shares of KNE without
restriction in all circumstances except that Cabot will give the
Commission and Staff at least 10 days advance notice of any proposed
sale of its shares of KNE to any Cabot affiliate (as defined in the
Act). If the Commission's Staff notifies Cabot within those 10 days
that it objects to the sale to an affiliate, the sale will not be
consummated until the Commission's Staff has withdrawn its objection.
7. Cabot will not rely on this no-action letter beyond
the first anniversary of the date of its issuance. While Cabot
currently holds AOG stock for investment purposes and
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has no present intention to sell the stock, Cabot does review its
investments periodically and may decide to reduce its holdings in KNE
in the future. If Cabot reduces its holdings below 10% of the
outstanding voting stock of KNE, this no- action letter will no longer
be necessary. However, if Cabot decides to hold 10% or more of the
voting stock of KNE for more than one year, it will seek an order from
the Commission under Section 2(a)(7) of the Act declaring it not to be
a holding company and consequently will not rely on this letter beyond
the first anniversary of its date of issuance.
8. The foregoing conditions applicable to Cabot will cease at
such time as Cabot no longer owns directly or indirectly 10% or more
of the voting securities of KNE.
III. Issues Arising Under the Act
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Following the Merger, Cabot will own approximately 15.4% of
the outstanding voting stock of KNE, or 17.3% assuming the exercise of all KNE
warrants issued to Cabot in exchange for its AOG warrants. Although Section
2(a)(7)(A) of the Act creates a presumption that a company controlling 10% or
more of the voting securities of a public utility company is a holding company
subject to regulation under the Act, there is substantial precedent in both
Commission orders and Staff no-action letters indicating that a company that
owns 10% or more of the equity of a utility company does not constitute a
holding company if it does not hold with the power to vote 10% or more of the
utility company's voting securities and does not otherwise exercise such a
degree of control over the utility company that a finding of holding company
status would be required. The standards for making a determination on the
latter point are articulated in Section 2(a)(7)(B) of the Act and will be
discussed in more detail below.
Before reaching that question, however, it is appropriate to
determine whether Cabot might constitute a holding company for purposes of
Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Act. It is both our and Cabot's opinion that, with
the restrictions discussed in section II above, which effectively make the KNE
shares owned by Cabot in excess of 9.99% non-voting shares as long as they are
owned directly or indirectly by Cabot, Cabot should not be considered a holding
company under Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Act following the Merger. Section
2(a)(7)(A) specifies that "any company which directly or indirectly owns,
controls, or holds with power to vote, 10 percentum or more of
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the outstanding voting securities of a public utility company..." is presumed
to be a holding company. "Voting security" is defined in Section 2(a)(17) of
the Act as "any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to
vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company...." The
conditions specified in section II above are such that Cabot has effectively
transformed what could have been voting securities into non-voting securities.
Although there is no direct precedent on this issue, we
believe that the series of no-action letters issued by the Division that
culminated in the letter to Commonwealth Atlantic Limited Partnership provide
solid precedent for the conclusion that an entity owning a greater than 10%
interest in a utility, but with no voting rights with respect to the portion of
that interest in excess of 9.99% and limited control over the utility, is not a
holding company under Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Act.(3)
Indeed, the level of control that Cabot will have over KNE
following the merger will be negligible compared to the effective level of
control by the limited partners of the Commonwealth Atlantic and Sun Peak
limited partnerships that was permitted by the Division in these recent
no-action letters. In each of those letters, the limited partners were
permitted to retain significant veto rights over many of the material decisions
that could affect the long-term operations of the partnerships.(4) In this
instance, Cabot will have no such veto
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3 See Commonwealth Atlantic Limited Partnership (October 30, 1991) (stating
Division would not recommend that Commission consider limited partners
owning greater than 10% interest in utility partnership to be holding
companies under Section 2(a)(7)(A)). See also, Nevada Sun Peak Limited
Partnership (May 14, 1991); Dominion Resources, Incorporated (January 21,
1988); Colstrip Energy Limited Partnership (June 30, 1988).
4 For example, the terms of both the Commonwealth Atlantic and the Nevada
Sun-Peak Limited Partnership Agreements required approval of the limited
partners before the general partner could, among other things, (i) sell,
exchange, lease, transfer, mortgage or pledge 25% or more of the fair market
value of partnership assets, (ii) incur any indebtedness outside the
ordinary course of business or in excess of $5,000,000, (iii) make any
capital expenditure in excess of $2,000,000, (iv) amend
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June 28, 1994
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rights and will either not vote the Excess Shares or, under the proportional
voting condition, will be unable to vote the Excess Shares at its discretion in
the direction or management of the affairs of KNE. Under these conditions,
Cabot will not hold voting securities and thus will not become a holding
company under Section 2(a)(7)(A).(5)
Our conclusion regarding Cabot's status is also consistent
with the orders issued by the Commission under Section 2(a)(7)(B) of the Act
which declare that a company owning more than 10% of the outstanding voting
securities of a public utility is not a holding company because it does not
exercise the type of controlling influence that requires registration under the
Act. Section 2(a)(7)(B) specifies that the Commission shall issue an order
declaring a company that otherwise might be a holding company not to be a
holding company upon determining that such company:
(i) does not, either alone or pursuant to an
arrangement or understanding with one or more
other persons, directly or indirectly control
a public utility or holding company ... by
any means or device whatsoever,
(ii) is not an intermediary company through which
such control is exercised, and
(iii) does not, directly or indirectly, exercise
(either alone or pursuant to an arrangement
or understanding with one or more persons)
such controlling influence over the
management or policies of any public utility
or holding company as to make it necessary or
appropriate in the public interest or for the
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4(...continued)
any material provision of or terminate certain contracts, (v) admit any
additional partner or (vi) agree to settle certain disputes with third
parties.
5 See Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (April 23, 1990) ("The two salient
features of the definition of a `voting security' are (i) that it provides
the owner or holder with a present right to vote; and (ii) that such
present right to vote may be exercised in the direction or management of the
affairs of a company").
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June 28, 1994
Page 11
protection of investors or consumers that the applicant be subject to
the obligations, duties, and liabilities imposed in this title upon
holding companies.
There is no question that Cabot will satisfy clauses (i) and
(ii) of the requirements for exemption following the Merger. With only
approximately 15.4% ownership of the outstanding voting securities of KNE,
Cabot will not be able, directly or indirectly, to control a public utility,
nor will it be an intermediary company through which such control is exercised.
Thus, the only question to be discussed is whether Cabot, with the conditions
placed on its stock ownership that have been described above, would exercise
the type of controlling influence described in clause (iii) above.
The term "controlling influence" as used in Section 2(a)(7) as
well as Section 2(a)(8) of the Act has been defined as "the act or process, or
power of producing an effect which may be without apparent force or direct
authority and is effective in checking or directing action or exercising
restraint or preventing free action"(6) and Commission orders under Section
2(a)(7)(B) provide guidance as to the types of ownership structures that do not
necessitate SEC action pursuant to the Act.
In some instances such orders have been granted without
conditions. For example, in IN THE MATTER OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION
COMPANY,(7) the Commission granted a Section 2(a)(7) order to a company that
owned 12.8% of a public utility's voting securities. In this case, the
Commission did not find it necessary to attach any conditions to the order.
A more recent Commission order granting an exemption under
Section 2(a)(7) of the Act is IN THE MATTER OF KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY.(8) In
that case, Kaneb Pipe Line Company ("Kaneb"), acquired 19.48% of the common
stock of the Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, the predecessor in name of
KNE. Kaneb openly admitted its intention to force a merger between Kaneb and
KNE, although KNE's management had rejected all such offers to
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6 DETROIT EDISON CO. V. S.E.C., 119 F.and 730, 738-39 (6th Cir. 1941).
7 1 SEC 1489 (1936).
8 43 SEC 976 (1968).
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June 28, 1994
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date. Kaneb filed an application with the Commission under Section 2(a)(7) of
the Act to be declared not a holding company despite the fact that it owned more
than 10% of a public utility company's outstanding voting securities. KNE's
management objected to Kaneb's filing of the application, arguing that since
Kaneb, against their wishes, was actually trying to gain control over KNE, Kaneb
was already attempting to exercise a controlling influence and its application
was made in bad faith.(9) The Commission, however, noted that wanting to
exercise a controlling influence differs from actually being able to do so, and
found that "the record shows an absence of the business, financial or personal
relationships between the two managements that are often referred to as
indicative of a controlling influence, other than stock ownership."(10)
As a result, the Commission granted Kaneb's application and
issued the order subject to certain conditions designed to ensure that any
controlling influence available to Kaneb did not exceed an acceptable level.
These conditions concerned, among other things, prohibiting future service,
sale or construction contracts between Kaneb and KNE; requiring that Kaneb file
advance notification with the Commission before selling its KNE stock; and
prohibiting Kaneb from acquiring additional KNE stock without first giving the
Commission fifteen days advance notice and, if notified in those fifteen days
that the Commission questioned the sale, not making the purchase until it
applied for and received permission to do so from the Commission.
Cases where the Commission has denied applications under
Section 2(a)(7) invariably have involved situations with extensive business,
personal or financial interests between the holding company and its
subsidiaries.(11)
As previously mentioned, the term "controlling influence" can
also be found in Section 2(a)(8) which allows the Commission to issue an order
declaring a company not to be a subsidiary of a holding company if, among other
requirements, the
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9 ID. at 984.
10 ID. at 979.
11 SEE E.G., KOPPERS UNITED CO. V. SEC, 138 F.2d 577 (D.C. Cir. 1943) (denying
2(a)(7) order where subsidiary bought all key raw material from
holding company, sold all surplus product to holding company and holding
company had board representation).
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June 28, 1994
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management of the applicant is not subject to a controlling influence by the
holding company. There are a number of cases where the Commission has denied
applications under Section 2(a)(8) by finding a controlling influence to exist.
In each case, however, the Commission based its finding on evidence that the
subsidiary and holding companies had significant business, personal and
financial relationships in the past.(12)
We also believe our analysis on this issue is consistent with the
holdings in IN THE MATTER OF H.M. BYLLESBY CORPORATION(13), and IN THE MATTER OF
CITIES SERVICES COMPANY,(14) both of which held that a company owning or
controlling 10% or more of the voting securities of a public utility company
could be deemed to be a holding company or a subsidiary company of a holding
company even if that company did not have power to actually vote the shares as
the result of a voting trust arrangement. In both cases, the Section 2(a)(7)
or Section 2(a)(8) orders were denied because the holding companies were found
to actually exercise a controlling influence over the public utilities involved
through their control over the appointment of the trustees to the voting trust
who did vote the shares. Under the voting conditions proposed herein, Cabot
will not have such control over the KNE shares it owns in excess of 9.99% and
consequently will not hold these shares with the power to vote and will be
unable to exercise a controlling influence over KNE.
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12 SEE E.G., IN THE MATTER OF PAUL SMITH'S ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND
RAILROAD COMPANY, 9 SEC 648 (1941) (finding exclusive inter-company service
contracts and over 49% share ownership by holding company as evidence of
controlling influence); IN THE MATTER OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
10 SEC 39 (1941) (existing inter-company service contracts and election of
holding company's officer as president of subsidiary company evidence of
controlling influence); PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY V. SEC, 129
F.2d 899 (3rd Cir. 1942) (finding engineering, purchasing and advisory
service contracts, board representation and 28.4% stock ownership as
evidence of controlling influence by holding company).
13 6 SEC 639 (1940).
14 8 SEC 318 (1940).
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June 28, 1994
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IV. Cabot's Status Following the Merger
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Following the Merger, Cabot will not hold with the power to
vote 10% or more of the voting securities of KNE and will not exercise a
controlling influence over KNE and therefore will not be a holding company
requiring regulation by the Commission as defined in Section 2(a)(7) of the
Act. Following the Merger, the KNE Board will consist of the current 10 KNE
directors plus 4 directors drawn from the current AOG Board who are not
affiliated with Cabot. While Cabot does not believe it has any controlling
influence over the 4 AOG directors, it clearly does not have any such influence
over the 10 KNE directors. Similarly, following the Merger both the Chairman
of the Board and the President and Chief Executive Officer of KNE will be drawn
from the current KNE management, with whom Cabot has no pre-existing
relationship. Accordingly, Cabot does not believe that it would be in a
position to exercise a controlling influence over KNE even without restrictions
on its ability to do so. Nevertheless, in order to eliminate any question with
respect to its qualification for exemption, Cabot has proposed, as discussed
above, a set of conditions which it is prepared to accept if the Division
states that it will recommend that the Commission take no action under Section
2(a)(7) that would result in Cabot being deemed to be a holding company in
connection with its ownership of KNE stock.
While its investment is substantial and Cabot does want to
monitor its investment as would any substantial shareholder, Cabot has no
intention of or interest in asserting control over KNE. In any event, the
conditions proposed above would make it impossible for Cabot to do so.
Finally, allowing this Merger to proceed15 is in the public
interest, and the public interest will be protected without Commission action.
In this case, no public or investor interest would be harmfully affected by
Cabot's stock ownership in KNE.
Cabot's stock ownership of approximately 15.4% of KNE's
outstanding voting securities will not have any adverse effect on KNE as a
company nor on its ability to provide services to its
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15 Favorable action on this "no-action" request is a condition precedent to the
Merger. For obvious reasons, Cabot is not willing to register as a holding
company, although it is willing to agree to the restrictions contained
herein so that registration will not be required.
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gas utility customers. In addition, in view of the restrictions on Cabot's
rights as a stockholder see section II above), Cabot's stock ownership will
not have a deleterious impact on other investors' rights in KNE.
V. Request
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We request your assurance that the Division will not recommend
that the Commission consider Cabot to be a holding company or take any action
under the Act which would result in Cabot being deemed to be a holding company
as a consequence of the Merger, and Cabot's ownership of KNE shares resulting
therefrom, as long as Cabot complies with the conditions set forth in section
II above. We also request your assurance that should the Division change its
view, its Staff will give Cabot not less than 30 days notice, and an
opportunity to present Cabot's views, prior to recommending that the Commission
consider Cabot to be a holding company under Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Act or
take any action that would result in Cabot being deemed a holding company under
the Act, with respect to Cabot's ownership of KNE shares. As provided in
section II above, Cabot will not rely on this no-action letter beyond the first
anniversary date of its date of issuance.
If you have any questions or require any additional
information regarding this request, please contact me at 212- 424-8170.
Very truly yours,
/s/ WILLIAM S. LAMB
William S. Lamb
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
125 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-424-8000
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RESPONSE OF THE OFFICE OF Our Ref. No. 94-9-OPUR
PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION Cabot Corporation
DIVISION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT File No. 132-3
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Based on the facts amd representations in your letter of June 28, 1994,
we would not recommend any enforcement action to the Commission under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ("Act"), including section 2(a) (7), in the
event that Cabot Corporation engages in the transactions described.
Because this position is based on the facts and representations in your
letter, you should note that any different facts or conditions might require a
different conclusion. Further, this repsonse expresses only the Division's
position on enforcement action. It does not purport to express any legal
conclusion on the questions presented.
Brian P. Spires
Staff Attorney
July 6, 1994
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Exhibit 10(O)(vi)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
July 13, 1994
File No. -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
APPLICATION FOR DECLARATION
OF NON-HOLDING COMPANY STATUS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2(a)(7)
OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT OF 1935
Cabot Corporation
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
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(name of company filing this statement and
address of principal executive offices)
Robert Rothberg
Vice-President and General Counsel
Cabot Corporation
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
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(name and address of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of
all orders, notices and communications to:
William S. Lamb, Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
125 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
P. Dexter Peacock, Esq. C. Michael Harrington, Esq.
Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
4200 Texas Commerce Tower 2500 First City Tower
Houston, TX 77002 1001 Fannin
Houston, TX 77002
David M. Carmichael William S. Garner
American Oil and Gas Corporation K N Energy, Inc.
333 Clay Street 370 Van Gordon Street
Suite 2000 Lakewood, CO 80228
Houston, TX 77002
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Cabot Corporation ("Cabot" or the "Company") hereby applies to
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for an order
declaring that Cabot will not become a public utility holding company as
defined under Section 2(a)(7) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(the "Act") in connection with its ownership of shares of K N Energy, Inc.
("KNE") following a proposed merger transaction (the "Merger") between American
Oil and Gas Corporation ("AOG") and KNE, provided that Cabot agrees to certain
conditions with regard to its share ownership. The Merger is expected to be
consummated on July 13, 1994 or within a few days thereafter. In support of
such application, Cabot states as follows:
I. Background
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A. Description of Companies Involved
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Cabot Corporation, a Delaware corporation having its principal
office in Massachusetts, is primarily engaged in manufacturing specialty
chemicals and materials and energy products. Cabot and its affiliates have
manufacturing facilities in the United States and more than 20 other countries.
The specialty chemicals and materials businesses manufacture carbon black,
fumed silica, various refractory metals, plastic concentrates and personal
safety, environmental enhancement and energy absorbing products. Cabot
subsidiaries also import liquefied natural gas ("LNG") to a terminal in
Everett, Massachusetts from which it is sold to power producers, local
distribution companies and industrial customers in the north-
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eastern U.S. TUCO Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, purchases coal in Wyoming
and has it transported for sale in Texas.
Cabot previously was engaged in the oil and gas business.
Several years ago, Cabot made a strategic decision to divest its oil and gas
assets (while continuing its separate LNG business), and has engaged in various
transactions to do so. The largest parts of Cabot's former oil and gas
properties are now owned by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, a New York Stock
Exchange listed company in which Cabot has no interest, and AOG, to which Cabot
disposed of its gas transmission properties in 1989 in exchange for AOG
securities and cash.
In 1986, Cabot obtained a special legislative exemption from
the 1935 Act in connection with its ownership of a small public gas utility in
West Virginia. Cabot was ordered by the West Virginia Public Service
Commission to reorganize this gas utility, which mainly supplied gas to Cabot's
in-state operations but which sold excess capacity to the public and accounted
for approximately 1% of Cabot's revenues, as a subsidiary. However, upon
reorganization, Cabot would have become a "public utility holding company"
under the Act and subject to the diversification restrictions thereunder.(1) In
order to avoid this result, Cabot obtained a special exemption from the U.S.
Congress that allowed it to retain this particular subsidiary without violating
the terms of the 1935 Act.(2) As of this date, Cabot has divested its
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1 132 Cong. Rec. H8673-02 (Sept. 29, 1986).
2 Pub. L. 99-648 (Nov. 10, 1986).
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interest in the West Virginia gas utility that was the subject of the
legislative exemption.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993, Cabot had
consolidated revenues of $1,618,540,000 and net income applicable to common
stock of $7,669,000. The comparable figures for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1992 were $1,562,203,000 and $58,514,000 respectively. Cabot is
not presently a "public utility company", a "holding company," or an
"affiliate" of a "public utility company" as such terms are defined under the
Act.
AOG is a Delaware corporation with its principal executive
offices in Texas. AOG is engaged in the business of gathering, processing,
transporting, storing and marketing natural gas and natural gas liquids. It
owns an intrastate pipeline (the Westar pipeline system) in West Texas and the
Texas Panhandle as well as gas processing plants and gathering lines
complementary to this pipeline. AOG also owns a natural gas storage reservoir
in West Texas, a 75 percent interest in an intrastate pipeline system (the Red
River pipeline system) in West Texas as well as gathering and transmission
systems in South and East Texas. In addition, AOG owns 55 miles of pipeline
used for gas deliveries from Oklahoma to the Westar and Red River pipeline
systems. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, AOG had consolidated
revenues of $539,345,000 and net income applicable to common stock of
$6,551,000. The comparative figures for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1992 were $430,098,000 and $14,762,000, respectively.
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Cabot is the largest single holder of AOG common stock. There
is one other shareholder holding in excess of 5% of AOG common stock. The
Prudential Insurance Company of America, which holds 7.8% (including shares
issuable upon the exercise of certain warrants). AOG is not presently a
"holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "public utility company" as such
terms are defined under the Act. AOG is not itself a "public utility" because
it does not distribute gas at retail.
KNE, a Kansas corporation, is a natural gas services company
engaged in gas reserves development, gas gathering, processing, storage,
transportation and wholesale and retail sales. KNE operates in seven states
with direct retail customers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, which
is where KNE's pipeline system is located. For the fiscal year ended December
31, 1993, KNE's total revenues were $493,349,000 while net income available for
common stock was $23,465,000. The comparable numbers for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1992 were $391,819,000 and $18,604,000. As a result of its
distribution of gas at retail, KNE is a gas utility company as defined in the
Act, but is not a "holding company" or an "affiliate" of any other "public
utility company."
Cabot does not have any business relationship with KNE and
following the Merger no Cabot affiliate will have a formal business
relationship with KNE beyond what is disclosed in this Application.
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B. Cabot's Interest in AOG
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Cabot currently owns approximately 34.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of AOG (approximately 37.7% in the event of
the exercise of certain warrants held by Cabot which expire in 1999). Common
stock is the only class of outstanding voting stock of AOG.
As stated above, Cabot acquired its interest in AOG in 1989
when it sold its Texas pipeline business to AOG as part of Cabot's long-term
strategy to divest its oil and gas businesses. In connection with the 1989
transaction, Cabot and AOG agreed to a liability sharing arrangement primarily
covering certain contingent liabilities and potential gas contract losses of
the acquired business. Cabot and AOG have agreed to bear an equal amount of
such liabilities up to $20 million each; Cabot bears these liabilities above
that amount. Cabot has provided AOG with a revolving credit facility
(approximately $15 million outstanding) for the funding of cash requirements in
resolving such liabilities. Upon settlement with Cabot, AOG will be
responsible for the payment to Cabot of one-half of the amount of liabilities.
AOG has asserted certain claims related to environmental
matters against Cabot under acquisition agreements related to assets previously
owned by Cabot (including assets acquired in the 1989 transaction). KNE and
AOG have agreed not to commence any litigation, arbitration or other
proceedings against or involving Cabot with respect to such claims, or in
connection with settlement of the liability sharing arrangement
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described above, until such time as either Cabot owns less than ten percent of
the voting stock of KNE or Cabot receives an order from the Commission that
expressly permits Cabot to take all actions deemed appropriate to resolve such
claims without such actions causing Cabot to be treated as a public utility
holding company under the Act.
In addition, in connection with the 1989 transaction, Cabot
and AOG entered into a Standstill and Registration Rights Agreement (the
"Standstill Agreement") which, for a period from 1989 until November 1994
imposes certain restrictions on the acquisition by Cabot or its subsidiaries of
additional voting securities of AOG and on Cabot's right to vote such
securities. Other than the arrangements described above, Cabot conducts no
material business with AOG nor does it own any facilities or conduct any
operations related to the AOG business.
Cabot currently has two nominees on the AOG Board, although
under the Standstill Agreement it is entitled to three such representatives.
Cabot also has registration rights associated with the AOG Common Stock it
presently owns and any AOG Common Stock received upon the exercise of the AOG
warrants that it presently owns. Other than the registration rights and
related indemnification provisions, the Standstill Agreement will cease to have
effect upon consummation of the Merger.
It should be noted that the Cabot representatives on the AOG
board of directors have, naturally, participated in board discussions and votes
on various issues in connection with the Merger. In addition, Cabot has been
involved in some aspects of
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the Merger negotiation process especially as it related to the management
structure of the combined companies and the issue of Cabot's status under the
Act.
C. Proposed Merger Transaction
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Pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated March 24, 1994 among KNE,
its wholly-owned subsidiary KNE Acquisition Corporation and AOG, AOG would be
merged with KNE Acquisition Corporation. As a result of the Merger, AOG would
become a wholly- owned subsidiary of KNE, and each issued and outstanding share
of AOG common stock would be exchanged for 0.47 shares of newly issued KNE
common stock. The Merger Agreement provides for the exchange of outstanding
AOG options and warrants for KNE options and warrants on a similar basis. The
issued and outstanding shares of KNE would not be affected by the Merger. The
Merger is expected to be consummated on July 13, 1994 or within a few days
thereafter.
As of the effective date of the Merger, the KNE Board will be
expanded from 10 to 14, and four current AOG directors will be added to the KNE
Board. In addition, a Cabot designee will be appointed an advisory director of
KNE. Following the Merger, (i) the Chairman of the Board of KNE and the
President of KNE will continue in office, (ii) the current President of KNE
will also be named Chief Executive Officer, and (iii) the current Chairman of
the Board of AOG will become Vice Chairman of the Board of KNE. In addition,
there will be a Management Committee consisting of the KNE Chairman, the KNE
President and Chief Executive Officer, the KNE Vice Chairman (i.e., the former
AOG
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Chairman, who will chair the Management Committee) and one of the former AOG
directors. No officer, director or employee of Cabot will serve as an officer
or full director of KNE.
As a result of the Merger, Cabot will own approximately 15.2%
of the outstanding voting stock of KNE, and will own warrants which if
exercised (and assuming no other options or warrants were exercised by any
other parties) would bring Cabot's ownership to approximately 17.2%.
The Merger is subject to the approval of the shareholders of
both KNE and AOG expected to be received on July, 13, 1994, and KNE's issuance
of shares in connection with the Merger is also subject, among other approvals,
to the approvals of the Colorado Public Utility Commission and the Wyoming
Public Service Commission, both of which have been obtained.
II. Conditions on Cabot's Stock Ownership Rights
--------------------------------------------
In order to ensure that, following the Merger, Cabot does not
exercise a controlling influence over KNE while at the same time ensuring that
Cabot can adequately monitor its investment, Cabot proposes that the Section
2(a)(7) order being applied for hereunder be issued subject to the following
conditions:
1. Cabot may from time to time have one (but not more than
one) designee (who may be an officer, director or employee of Cabot)
serve as an advisory director of KNE. Such an advisory director shall
not be permitted to vote on any matter submitted to the Board of
Directors of KNE. Such
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advisory director shall not be the chairperson of the Board of
Directors or of any committee thereof.
2. In all matters submitted to the shareholders of KNE for a
vote, Cabot (a) may vote in its sole discretion the shares owned by
it, up to 9.99% of the number of voting shares outstanding, and (b)
shall either not vote any shares owned by it in excess of 9.99% of the
number of voting shares outstanding (the "Excess Shares") or shall
make arrangements for the Excess Shares to be voted in the same
proportions as the other shares (excluding Cabot's other shares) of
KNE are voted on such matter. The grant by Cabot of a proxy to the
proxies selected by the directors of KNE directing that the Excess
Shares be so voted shall be deemed adequate compliance with this
provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Cabot opposes any action
as to which the dissenting shareholders would be entitled to appraisal
rights under applicable law, Cabot shall be free to vote any or all of
its shares against the approval of such action or otherwise take any
action that may be required to perfect appraisal rights under
applicable law.
3. Cabot will not enter into any transaction with KNE or any
of its affiliates without the consent of the Staff, except as follows:
(a) Settlement of the existing liability sharing
obligations and environmental claims
described in this letter;
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(b) Exercise of KNE warrants received in exchange
for the existing AOG warrants presently held
by Cabot;
(c) Reimbursement of expenses incurred in
connection with attendance at Board meetings
in accordance with KNE's general policies;
and
(d) Registration of Cabot's shares in KNE under
federal and state securities laws for sale
by Cabot.
After it engages in any such transaction, Cabot shall provide
the Staff with notice that such transaction occurred, except Cabot
will not be obligated to provide notice of the reimbursement of
expenses discussed in (c) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
without notice to or consent of the Staff, Cabot and Cabot's
subsidiaries may take any and all actions Cabot deems appropriate to
resolve any claims that Cabot or Cabot's subsidiaries may have against
KNE or KNE's subsidiaries (including without limitation AOG after the
Merger), or which may be asserted by KNE or KNE's subsidiaries against
Cabot or Cabot's subsidiaries, including without limitation meetings
and discussions with KNE, AOG and their respective officers, directors
or other representatives, initiating or defending litigation or
arbitration, participating in mediation efforts, or otherwise.
4. Cabot will not solicit proxies with respect to any voting
securities of KNE without the consent of the Staff.
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5. Cabot will not acquire any additional shares of common
stock or other securities of KNE without the consent of the Staff
except acquisitions pursuant to (i) stock dividends or splits that do
not result in any material (i.e., greater than 1%) increase in Cabot's
ownership percentages of KNE's common stock or (ii) shares acquired
upon exercise of KNE warrants received in exchange for the existing
AOG warrants presently held by Cabot.
6. Subject to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Cabot will be free to sell its shares of KNE without
restriction in all circumstances except that Cabot will give the
Commission and Staff at least 10 days advance notice of any proposed
sale of its shares of KNE to any Cabot affiliate (as defined in the
Act). If the Commission's Staff notifies Cabot within those 10 days
that it objects to the sale to an affiliate, the sale will not be
consummated until the Commission's Staff has withdrawn its objection.
7. The foregoing conditions will not apply at such time or
times as Cabot does not own directly or indirectly 10% or more of the
voting securities of KNE.
8. Cabot will receive reasonable notice, and an opportunity
to be heard, prior to any modification of the foregoing conditions or
withdrawal of the Commission's order exempting Cabot under Section
2(a)(7)(B) of the Act.
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III. Discussion
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A. The Relevant Legal Standard for a 2(a)(7) Order
-----------------------------------------------
Following the Merger, Cabot will own approximately 15.2% of
the outstanding voting stock of KNE, or 17.2% assuming the exercise of all KNE
warrants issued to Cabot in exchange for its AOG warrants. Although clause A
of Section 2(a)(7) creates a presumption that a company controlling 10% or more
of the voting securities of a public utility company is a holding company,
under clause B of Section 2(a)(7) of the Act, the Commission is authorized to
declare, by order upon application that such a company is not a holding company
if it:
(i) does not, either alone or pursuant to an
arrangement or understanding with one or more
other persons, directly or indirectly control
a public utility or holding company ... by
any means or device whatsoever,
(ii) is not an intermediary company through which
such control is exercised, and
(iii) does not, directly or indirectly, exercise
(either alone or pursuant to an arrangement
or understanding with one or more persons)
such controlling influence over the
management or policies of any public utility
or holding company as to make it necessary or
appropriate in the public interest or for the
protection of investors or consumers that the
applicant be subject to the obligations,
duties, and liabilities imposed in this title
upon holding companies.
This section of the Act also authorizes the Commission to
grant an order of exemption under Section 2(a)(7) that contains conditions
requiring the applicant to "refrain from doing such acts or things, in respect
of exercise of voting rights, control over proxies, designation of officers and
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directors, existence of interlocking officers, directors and other
relationships, and submission of periodic or special reports ..., as the
Commission may find necessary or appropriate."
There is no question that Cabot satisfies clauses (i) and (ii)
of these requirements for exemption. With only approximately 15.2% ownership
of the outstanding voting securities of KNE, Cabot will not be able directly or
indirectly to control a public utility, nor will it be an intermediary company
through which such control is exercised. Thus, the only question to be
discussed is whether Cabot exercises the type of controlling influence
described in clause (iii) above.
The term "controlling influence" as used in this Section as
well as Section 2(a)(8) of the Act has been defined as "the act or process, or
power of producing an effect which may be without apparent force or direct
authority and is effective in checking or directing action or exercising
restraint or preventing free action." DETROIT EDISON CO. V. S.E.C., 119 F.2d
730, 738-39 (6th Cir. 1941).
The Commission has previously granted many orders pursuant to
Section 2(a)(7) of the Act declaring that a company owning more than 10% of the
outstanding voting securities of a public utility is not a holding company
because it did not exercise the type of controlling influence that required
registration under the Act.
In some instances such orders have been granted without
conditions. For example, in IN THE MATTER OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND
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NAVIGATION COMPANY, 1 SEC 1489 (1936), the Commission granted a Section 2(a)(7)
order to a company that owned 12.8% of a public utility's voting securities.
In this case, the Commission did not find it necessary to attach any conditions
to the order.
A more recent Commission order granting an exemption under
Section 2(a)(7) of the Act is IN THE MATTER OF KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY, 43 SEC
976 (1968). In that case, Kaneb Pipe Line Company ("Kaneb") acquired 19.48% of
the common stock of Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, the predecessor in
name of KNE. Kaneb openly admitted its intention to force a merger between
Kaneb and KNE, although KNE's management had rejected all such offers to date.
Kaneb filed an application with the Commission under Section 2(a)(7) of the Act
to be declared not a holding company despite the fact that it owned more than
10% of a utility company's outstanding voting securities. KNE's management
objected to Kaneb's filing of the application, arguing that since Kaneb,
against their wishes, was actually trying to gain control over KNE already it
therefore was clearly attempting to exercise a controlling influence so the
application was made in bad faith. Id. at 984. The Commission, however, noted
that wanting to exercise a controlling influence differs from actually being
able to do so, and found that "the record shows an absence of the business,
financial or personal relationships between the two managements that are often
referred to as indicative of a controlling influence, other than stock
ownership. Id. at 979.
As a result, the Commission granted Kaneb's application and
issued the order but made it subject to a number of detailed
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conditions which were apparently negotiated in advance, to ensure that any
controlling influence available to Kaneb did not exceed an acceptable level.
These conditions concerned, among other things, prohibiting future service,
sale or construction contracts between Kaneb and KNE; requiring that Kaneb file
advance notification with the Commission before selling its KNE stock; and
prohibiting Kaneb from acquiring additional KNE stock without first giving the
Commission fifteen days advance notice and, if notified in those fifteen days
that the Commission questioned the sale, not making the purchase until it
applied for and received permission to do so from the Commission.
Cases where the Commission has denied applications under
Section 2(a)(7) invariably have involved situations with extensive business,
personal or financial interests between the holding company and its
subsidiaries. SEE E.G., KOPPERS UNITED CO. V. SEC, 138 F.2d 577 (D.C. Cir.
1943) (denying 2(a)(7) order where subsidiary bought all key raw material from
holding company, sold all surplus product to holding company and holding
company had board representation).
As previously mentioned, the term "controlling influence" can
also be found in Section 2(a)(8) which allows the Commission to issue an order
declaring a company not to be a subsidiary of a holding company if, among other
requirements, the management of the applicant is not subject to a controlling
influence by the holding company. There are a number of cases where the
Commission has denied applications under Section 2(a)(8) by finding a
controlling influence to exist. In
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each case, however, the Commission based its finding on evidence that the
subsidiary and holding companies had significant business, personal and
financial relationships in the past. SEE E.G., IN THE MATTER OF PAUL SMITH'S
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND RAILROAD COMPANY, 9 SEC 648 (1941) (finding
exclusive inter-company service contracts and over 49% share ownership by
holding company as evidence of controlling influence); IN THE MATTER OF PACIFIC
GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, 10 SEC 39 (1941) (existing inter-company service
contracts and election of holding company's officer as president of subsidiary
company evidence of controlling influence); PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION OF NEW
JERSEY V. SEC, 129 F.2d 899 (3rd Cir. 1942) (finding engineering, purchasing
and advisory service contracts, board representation and 28.4% stock ownership
as evidence of controlling influence by holding company). Since there is no
history of such contacts between Cabot and KNE, and Cabot has agreed to limit
its rights as a shareholder to ensure that no such influence shall develop in
the future, Cabot meets the requirements of Section 2(a)(7)(B) and an order
pursuant to this Section of the Act is appropriate.
Indeed, strong arguments can be made that, with the
restrictions discussed in section II above, which effectively make the KNE
shares owned by Cabot in excess of 9.99% non-voting shares as long as they are
owned directly or indirectly by Cabot, Cabot should not be considered a holding
company under Section 2(a)(7)(A) of the Act following the Merger even without
application of the Section 2(a)(7)(B) test. Section 2(a)(7)(A) specifies that
"any company which directly or indirectly owns,
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controls, or holds with power to vote, 10 percentum or more of the outstanding
voting securities of a public utility company..." is presumed to be a holding
company. "Voting security" is defined in Section 2(a)(17) of the Act as "any
security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the
direction or management of the affairs of a company...." The conditions
specified in section II above are such that Cabot has effectively transformed
what could have been voting securities into non-voting securities.
Under these conditions, Cabot will not hold voting securities
in excess of 9.99% and thus will not become a holding company under Section
2(a)(7)(A). However, the Commission need not address this point if it agrees
that the arrangements are sufficient to preclude a controlling influence by
Cabot.
B. Cabot Will Not Exercise a Controlling Influence
over KNE
-----------------------------------------------
Following the Merger, the KNE Board will consist of the
current 10 KNE directors plus 4 directors drawn from the current AOG Board who
are not affiliated with Cabot. While Cabot does not believe it has any
controlling influence over the 4 AOG directors, it clearly does not have any
such influence over the 10 KNE directors. Similarly, following the Merger both
the Chairman of the Board and the President and Chief Executive Officer of KNE
will be drawn from the current KNE management, with whom Cabot has no
pre-existing relationship. Under the circumstances, Cabot will not be in a
position to exercise a controlling influence over KNE even without restrictions
on its
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ability to do so. Nevertheless, in order to eliminate any question with
respect to its qualification for exemption, the applicant has proposed, in
section II above, a set of conditions which it is prepared to accept and have
embodied in a Commission order under Section 2(a)(7) of the Act.
While its investment is substantial and Cabot does want to
monitor its investment as would any substantial shareholder, Cabot has no
intention of or interest in asserting control over KNE. In any event, the
conditions proposed above would make it impossible for Cabot to do so.
C. Granting this Application is in the Public Interest
---------------------------------------------------
Section 2(a)(7) provides that an application will be denied
because of a "controlling influence" only where it is necessary or appropriate
to protect the public interest or investors. In this case, no public or
investor interest would be harmfully affected by Cabot's stock ownership in
KNE.
Cabot's stock ownership of 15.2% of KNE's outstanding stock
will not have any adverse effect on KNE as a company nor on its ability to
provide services to its gas utility customers. In addition, in view of the
restrictions on Cabot's rights as a shareholder that will be included in the
Commission's order (see section II above), Cabot's stock ownership will not
have a deleterious impact on other investors' rights in KNE.
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IV. Exhibits
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A. Form of Notice
B. Original Acquisition Agreement
C. Standstill Agreement
D. Annual Report of Cabot
E. Annual Report of AOG
F. Annual Report of KNE
G. Merger Agreement
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V. Signature
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The Company has caused this Application to be duly signed on
its behalf by its authorized officer in the city of Boston, the State of
Massachusetts, on this 11th day of July, 1994.
CABOT CORPORATION
By /s/ Samuel W. Bodman
----------------------
Name: Samuel W. Bodman
Title: Chairman and President
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT 11
CABOT CORPORATION
Earnings per Common Share for the Year Ended September 30, 1994
Statement Re Computation of Per Share Earnings
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
<CAPTION>
Fully
Primary (a) Diluted (a)
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Shares of common stock outstanding at October 1, 1993,
less treasury stock 37,453 37,453
Plus net weighted shares of treasury stock issued 185 185
Plus common stock equivalents:
Effect of convertible preferred stock conversion -- 3,098
Effect of equity incentive stock awards 611 626
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Weighted average shares outstanding 38,249 41,362
====== ======
Income applicable to common shares $75,108 $75,108
Dividends on preferred stock -- 3,583
Preferred stock conversion compensation shortfall -- (2,417)
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Earnings applicable to common shares $75,108 $76,274
======= =======
Earnings per common share $1.96 1.84
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<FN>
________________________
(a) All common stock and equivalents reflect, as of the beginning of the
fiscal year, the two-for-one stock split authorized on July 27, 1994.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT 12
CABOT CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Statement Re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
---- ----- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings:
Pre-tax income from continuing operations $118,325 $ 67,900 $116,599 $ 62,362 $ 63,983
Distributed income of affiliated companies 5,638 5,988 5,766 4,688 3,607
Add fixed charges:
Interest on indebtedness 41,668 44,043 41,714 38,661 41,145
Portion of rents representative of the
interest factor 5,879 4,838 4,933 5,715 5,226
------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Income as adjusted $171,510 $122,769 $169,012 $111,426 $113,961
Fixed Charges:
Interest on indebtedness $ 41,668 $ 44,043 $ 41,714 $ 38,661 $ 41,145
Capitalized interest -- -- 3,963 8,745 --
Portion of rents representative of
the interest factor 5,879 4,838 4,933 5,715 5,226
------- ------- ------- ------- --------
Total fixed charges $ 47,547 $ 48,881 $ 50,610 $ 53,121 $ 46,371
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 3.61 2.51 3.34 2.10 2.46
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 13
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS of Results of Operations
and Financial Condition
In 1994 Cabot's strong global position enabled it to take advantage of
recovering economies in several areas of the world. In addition, the Company
continued its strategic emphasis on more differentiated business sectors and
on cost management. As a result, Cabot reported record earnings from
continuing operations of $78.7 million ($1.96 per common share). The Company
benefitted from the beginning of economic recovery in Europe, continued
economic growth in North America, and robust growth in South America. Cabot's
ability to capitalize on these positive trends was reflected in strong growth
in the Company's sales, particularly in the Specialty Chemicals and Materials
Group, where sales were up 14% in the fourth quarter of 1994 compared to
1993. Volume growth was the main contributor to the 11% increase in operating
profit in fiscal 1994 versus fiscal 1993 before restructuring charges.
Cabot's sales were enhanced by the early results of the Company's
strategy to differentiate its products, as sales of such products, including
several new products, increased in 1994. Sales growth was generally stronger in
the Company's more specialized, higher margin sectors. Cabot's operating profit
performance in 1994 was also aided by continued attention to cost and capacity
management. The Company's European cost structure was significantly lower in
1994 versus 1993 as a result of the reductions in higher-cost capacity
implemented in connection with the fiscal 1993 year-end restructuring. Most of
the Company's businesses also reduced operating and administrative costs to
offset inflationary increases.
The following analysis of operating results and financial condition
should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and
accompanying Notes.
Results of Operations
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Net sales and other operating revenues increased 4% in both 1994 and 1993 with
improvement coming from both the Specialty Chemicals and Materials and Energy
Groups. In 1994, the Company's Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group
benefitted from improving economies in several parts of the world, particularly
in North and South America, and the resulting improvement in the tire and
automotive industries. In addition, recovery in the European economy during the
second half of the year resulted in a 7% sales gain in European Specialty
Chemicals compared to the second half of 1993. Many of the businesses also had
an improved sales mix towards higher valued products. In the Energy Group,
revenue gains in 1994 were mostly due to the Company's LNG business, which
benefitted from an unusually cold winter in the Northeastern United States,
prompting higher natural gas prices and increased demand.
The 4% increase in the Company's net sales in 1993 versus 1992 was
largely due to stronger business performance in the Company's North American
Specialty Chemicals operations driven by improvements in the automotive and
tire industries.
In 1994, 40% of Cabot's consolidated sales and 54% of consolidated
Specialty Chemical Sales originated outside the United States. This compares to
41% and 56% in 1993, and 45% and 59% in 1992.
The Company is encouraged by business improvement in the United States
and Europe and is confident that its Specialty Chemicals and Materials
businesses are positioned to participate in further economic recovery in those
regions. In the Energy Group, the Cabot LNG business anticipates a reduction in
supplies of LNG over the next year or so due to the previously announced
refurbishment of its Algerian supplier's liquefaction facility. The effect on
the Company will depend on the number and timing of LNG shipments to the
Company. The Company anticipates that near-term results from Cabot LNG will be
adversely affected by reduced supply.
Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales improved in 1994 to 73% from
75% in 1993 and 74% in 1992. The decrease in 1994 is partly a result of higher
capacity utilization and lower material costs in many of the Company's
Specialty Chemicals and Materials businesses. In addition, the Company
benefitted from a lower cost structure associated with the restructuring
efforts begun in late 1993. The cost of sales increase in 1993 was a result of
lower capacity utilization, particularly in higher cost European operations.
<TABLE>
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPENDING
Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group
<CAPTION>
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
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$ millions Spending Percent of Sales
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<S> <C> <C>
90 $35.6 3.2%
91 $37.7 3.3%
92 $37.5 3.2%
93 $45.7 3.8%
94 $48.7 3.9%
</TABLE>
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Selling, research and administrative expenses increased 8%, or $20.3
million in 1994 versus an increase of 1%, or $2.8 million, in 1993 over 1992.
The most significant increases in expenses included: continued strategic
investment in systems and marketing development, incentive compensation,
additional research and development expenses directed toward the Company's
product differentiation strategy, and investment in the Company's
Trinidad/Tobago LNG project. In 1993, expenses increased 1% over 1992,
reflecting increased research and development costs partially offset by
progress in the Company's ability to reduce net costs and the positive effect
of foreign currency exchange.
OPERATING PROFIT Operating profit was $184.3 million in 1994, $118.4 million
in 1993, and $173.2 million in 1992. Operating profit in 1993 included a $47.4
million restructuring charge to rationalize European production capacity.
Operating margins as a percent of sales were 11% in 1994, 10%, before
restructuring charges in 1993, and 11% in 1992.
Operating profit increased 11% in 1994 over 1993 before restructuring
charges. The improvement came from both the Specialty Chemicals and Materials
and Energy Groups and reflects volume growth in all Specialty Chemicals
business segments. In addition, lower raw material costs, compared to 1993,
boosted margins in some of the Specialty Chemicals businesses. The most
significant improvements in 1994 operating profit were realized in the
Company's European Specialty Chemicals businesses, reflecting the positive
results of the business restructuring in that region which, together with
improved economic conditions, significantly improved capacity utilization. In
the Energy Group, the strong performance of the Company's LNG business during
the second quarter of the 1994 fiscal year offset operating profit declines
during the rest of the year.
In 1993, the Company recorded a $47.4 million ($31.1 million after-tax)
restructuring charge to rationalize European capacity. During 1994, the Company
actually incurred $17.9 million of these costs accrued for in 1993, for
employee separation and facility closing costs to restructure its European
Specialty Chemicals businesses. Included in 1994 operating profit is a $4.0
million reversal of the 1993 Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group
restructuring charge based on the lower actual costs incurred during the
closing of a carbon black plant in Europe. The Company will continue to
evaluate its remaining reserves as new data become available, primarily
relating to the final disposition of assets at the closed plant. Also during
1994, a $6.2 million charge was taken to write off the Company's investment in
its Japanese carbon black affiliate as a result of significant ongoing losses
which are expected to continue.
<TABLE>
SALES AND OPERATING PROFIT FISCAL YEARS 1992, 1993, 1994
<CAPTION>
$ millions Sales Operating Profit
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
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SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
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<S> <C> <C>
92 $1,181.0 $155.0
93 $1,191.8 $149.1*
94 $1,241.1 $165.9
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
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ENERGY
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92 $ 376.0 $ 18.2
93 $ 422.5 $ 16.7
94 $ 438.7 $ 18.4
* Operating profit excludes a $47.4 million restructuring charge in 1993.
</TABLE>
In 1993, operating profit, before restructuring charges, declined 4%
from 1992. The decrease resulted from disappointing European results, and a
slow first half in both the Specialty Chemicals and Materials and Energy
Groups. Second half improvement in 1993 in the Company's North and South
American Specialty Chemicals operations, and volume and pricing improvement in
the Energy Group, offset some of the earlier declines.
OTHER EXPENSES Interest expense for 1994, 1993 and 1992 was $41.7 million,
$44.0 million and $41.7 million, respectively. The 5% decrease in 1994 is
primarily attributable to lower average debt than in 1993. The Company expects
to further reduce interest expense in the coming year by lowering total debt,
and by replacing some of the current portion of long-term debt with short-term
floating-rate debt expected to be at lower interest rates. The increase in 1993
from 1992 was due to lower capitalized interest resulting from the completion
of new manufacturing facilities in 1992, mitigated somewhat by declining
interest rates.
Unallocated corporate expenses rose in 1994 to $23.4 million from $20.7
million in 1993 and $14.9 million in 1992. Except for the items noted below,
unallocated corporate expenses have been relatively flat from 1992 to 1994.
Interest and dividend income was $2.5 million more in 1994 than in 1993.
Included in 1993 expenses were a $4.5 million gain on an insurance settlement
and a $2.8 million gain on the sale of miscellaneous securities. 1992 expenses
included gains totaling $12.4 million, consisting of a $5.5 million gain
associated with the sale of The Maple Gas Corporation securities, a $3.6
million gain from receipt of a third-party payment in connection with a
voluntary site cleanup, and a $3.3 million gain from the sale of American Oil
and Gas Corporation securities. In 1994, "Adjustments of reserves related to
divested businesses" includes an $11.0 million charge for environmental
matters. The additional environmental reserve is based on the Company's
continuing analysis of costs likely to be incurred at each site. Also in 1994,
the Company reversed $10.2 million of energy reserves based on the settlement
of a significant case during the year. This compares to a $14.2 million
reversal of energy reserves in 1993.
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES The effective tax rates on income from continuing
operations were 38% in 1994, 44% in 1993 and 46%
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<TABLE>
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA by Industry Segment
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in millions 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET SALES AND OTHER OPERATING REVENUES
Specialty Chemicals and Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,241.1 $1,191.8 $1,181.0 $1,128.6 $1,106.5
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.7 422.5 376.0 353.5 441.4
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Net sales and other operating revenues . . . . . . . . . . . $1,679.8 $1,614.3 $1,557.0 $1,482.1 $1,547.9
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OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)
Specialty Chemicals and Materials (a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165.9 $ 101.7 $ 155.0 $ 103.2 $ 147.3
Energy (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.4 16.7 18.2 9.5 (2.5)
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Total operating profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.3 118.4 173.2 112.7 144.8
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 44.0 41.7 38.6 41.1
Unallocated corporate expenses, net (c). . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 20.7 14.9 11.7 39.7
Adjustment of reserves related to
divested businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 (14.2) -- -- --
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Income from continuing
operations before income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 118.4 $ 67.9 $ 116.6 $ 62.4 $ 64.0
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DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
Specialty Chemicals and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83.3 $ 81.5 $ 80.5 $ 70.8 $ 55.5
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 2.8 2.7 17.9 29.3
General corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.7
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 86.3 $ 84.5 $ 84.1 $ 89.2 $ 85.5
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FIXED ASSET ADDITIONS
Specialty Chemicals and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 70.7 $ 63.9 $ 76.5 $ 138.0 $ 122.2
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 0.7 1.3 59.4 51.8
General corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 73.6 $ 65.0 $ 78.1 $ 198.0 $ 174.4
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS
Specialty Chemicals and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,172.2 $1,117.4 $1,191.2 $1,059.6 $1,099.5
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 116.1 132.6 159.4 398.6
General corporate (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.0 89.3 79.9 83.5 89.5
Equity in affiliates -- Specialty
Chemicals and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2 103.1 91.0 100.1 86.4
Equity in affiliates -- Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 63.6 59.8 59.8 57.9
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,616.8 $1,489.5 $1,554.5 $1,462.4 $1,731.9
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<FN>
(a) Includes a $47.4 restructuring charge in 1993.
(b) Energy operating profit includes losses from restructuring of the Energy Group of $25.8 in 1990.
(c) Unallocated corporate expenses, net, include corporate management costs reduced by investment income.
(d) General corporate assets include cash, temporary cash investments, investments other than equity basis, income taxes
receivable, deferred taxes and headquarters' assets.
</TABLE>
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in 1992. The improved tax rate primarily reflects a reduction of unbenefitted
foreign losses. The Company was able to implement certain tax planning
strategies which produced additional reductions. A more detailed analysis of
income taxes is presented in Note K to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
INCOME BEFORE ACCOUNTING CHANGES Reported income before accounting changes was
$78.7 million ($1.96 per common share) in 1994, compared to $37.4 million ($0.90
per common share) before accounting changes in 1993, and $62.2 million ($1.59
per common share) in 1992. Income in 1994 includes a $10.2 million ($0.16 per
common share) gain due to the reversal of energy reserves and an $11.0 million
($0.18 per common share) expense due to an increase in environmental reserves.
Income in 1993 included a $47.4 million before-tax ($31.1 million after-tax)
restructuring charge and a $14.2 million before-tax favorable energy accrual
adjustment. Without these one-time adjustments, income from operations would
have been $79.2 million ($1.98 per common share) in 1994 and $59.8 million
($1.50 per common share) in 1993.
NET INCOME APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES Net income applicable to common shares
was $75.1 million ($1.96 per share) in 1994, compared with $7.7 million ($0.20
per share) in 1993, and $58.5 million ($1.59 per share) in 1992. Net income
in 1994 and 1993 includes the one-time adjustments mentioned above. In addition,
net income applicable to common shares in 1993 includes a $26.1 million ($0.70
per share) after-tax charge for required accounting changes.
<TABLE>
INCOME AND EARNINGS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Before restructuring charges
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
<S> <C>
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INCOME ($ millions)
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90 $54.9
91 $39.8
92 $62.2
93 $68.5
94 $78.7
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
<S> <C>
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EARNINGS PER SHARE (dollars)
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90 $1.04
91 $0.85
92 $1.59
93 $1.73
94 $1.96
<FN>
Excludes after-tax restructuring charges of $13.0 million in 1990 and $31.1
million in 1993.
</TABLE>
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS GROUP The Specialty Chemicals and Materials
Group includes the Company's global specialty chemicals operations. These
operations manufacture carbon black, a very fine black powder used as a
reinforcing agent in tires and most other rubber products, and also widely used
as an agent in many specialty applications such as inks, plastics, cables and
coatings; fumed silica, a specialty chemical used as a thickening, dispersing
and reinforcing agent in hundreds of products such as silicone rubber and
polyester resins; thermoplastic concentrates and specialty compounds; tantalum
capacitor materials and other metals and alloys for the electronic, medical,
defense and aerospace markets; and personal protection safety products and
energy absorbing industrial materials.
Sales for the Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group were up 4% in 1994
and 1% in 1993. All businesses in this Group reported higher sales in 1994. The
Plastics business began to recover in 1994 with a small improvement in revenues,
excluding revenues from the scaled back recycling business, following a 4%
decline in the prior year. Sales growth in all businesses was primarily driven
by volume improvement. Volume growth was seen in each of the Company's Specialty
Chemicals businesses, as well as in each of the four major geographic regions
(see pie charts). Of particular note were gains in the Company's more
differentiated product lines, including Special Blacks, Industrial Rubber Blacks
and Cab-O-Sil, illustrating some early success in Cabot's long-term corporate
strategy of product differentiation. The 1% sales growth in 1993 reflected a
strengthening North American economy, dampened by the recessionary environment
in Europe.
Including 100% of affiliate sales and allocating North American exports
to destination regions, 60% of Specialty Chemicals sales were made outside North
America in 1994 compared to 62% in 1993.
Operating profit for the Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group grew
63%, or $64.2 million, in 1994 from 1993, compared to a decrease of 34% in 1993
from 1992. Operating profit in 1993 included a restructuring charge of $47.4
million. Before these restructuring charges, operating profit grew 11%, or $16.8
million, in 1994 from 1993. Most of the 1994 improvement in operating profit is
a result of volume growth and improved product mix in the businesses. Also
contributing to the growth in operating profit were improved margins related to
favorable raw material costs and better capacity utilization, particularly in
Europe. The decline in 1993 was due to a reduction in higher margin European
business, the performance of three new plants started up in 1992 which were not
fully utilized or profitable, and a sales shift towards lower margin products in
the Company's Safety business.
The Company is the world's only global manufacturer of carbon black. In
1994, 65% of total carbon black volumes, including 100% of affiliate volumes,
were sold to customers outside North
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<TABLE>
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS REVENUES BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION
<CAPTION>
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1993 Region Percent
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<S> <C> <C>
[Pie chart] Pacific Asia 18%
South America 7%
North America 38%
Europe 37%
1994
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[Pie chart] Pacific Asia 17%
South America 8%
North America 40%
Europe 35%
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<FN>
Revenues include 100% of equity affiliate sales.
Region reflects destination point.
</TABLE>
America. Carbon black is manufactured on five continents in 25 plants in 19
countries. In 1994, production began at Cabot's new affiliated carbon black
plant in the Czech Republic. Many carbon black facilities are wholly-owned by
Cabot Corporation, while others are affiliates, jointly managed and operated
with local partners in the specific regions. The Carbon Black Divisions serve
three main market sectors, and each is affected in varying degrees by
fluctuating economic conditions. Sales to tire manufacturers represent the
largest percentage of carbon black sold by volume and weight. This sector is
dependent on both new automobile tire sales and, to a greater degree, the
replacement tire business. The makers of industrial rubber products such as
hoses and gaskets represent a second market for carbon black. The third market
is made up of manufacturers of inks and other special applications who use very
high grade, higher margin carbon blacks. Sales by the Industrial Rubber Blacks
and Special Blacks sectors reduce the Company's dependence on the tire industry.
The Company's long-term strategy of product differentiation is aimed at building
the less cyclical businesses and further reducing the Company's dependence on
economic cycles.
Financial results from affiliate plants are reported in the income
statement as Equity in Net Income of Affiliated Companies. In 1994, Equity in
Net Income of Affiliates grew substantially, reflecting improvement in Cabot's
South American and Mexican carbon black affiliates, and some improvement in its
Pacific Asia affiliates. Performance in Japan continues to be adversely affected
by recession and high costs in that region and the Company does not believe that
these conditions are likely to improve soon. Therefore, the Company wrote off
its remaining $6.2 million investment in its Japanese carbon black affiliate.
Since April 1, 1994, any losses incurred by the Japanese affiliate no longer
impact Cabot's financial statements. The performance of the Company's Japanese
special blacks subsidiary will continue to be reflected in Cabot's financial
statements.
In Carbon Black, total sales for 1994 increased moderately, compared to
minor increases in both 1993 and 1992. Continued strength in the North and South
American tire and automotive industries contributed to the growth along with the
beginning of a recovery in the European economy during the second half of the
year. Carbon black operating profit improved in 1994 due to higher volumes,
especially in the Industrial Rubber and Special Blacks sectors. Margins were
moderately better during the first half of the year, caused by lower raw
material costs. Including 100% of affiliate volumes, 65% of the carbon black was
sold to customers outside North America versus 67% in 1993.
<TABLE>
CARBON BLACK SALES VOLUMES BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION
<CAPTION>
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1993 Region Percent
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<S> <C> <C>
[Pie chart] Pacific Asia 24%
South America 13%
North America 33%
Europe 30%
1994
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[Pie chart] Pacific Asia 22%
South America 13%
North America 35%
Europe 30%
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<FN>
Volumes include 100% of equity affiliate sales volumes.
Region reflects destination point.
</TABLE>
In 1993, the moderate increase in Carbon Black sales was due to the
improved Tire and Industrial Rubber Blacks business in North America. Before
restructuring charges, 1993 operating profit dropped due to lost European
volumes and the effect of lower plant capacity utilization on profits. Some
improvement in other regions helped to offset the shortfall.
The Cab-O-Sil Division reported volume and sales gains of over 15% from
1993, with improvement coming from both North America and Europe. Operating
profit also improved dramatically from weak 1993 levels due to higher capacity
utilization and cost management together with the strong volume growth. The
Company expects the strong performance in the fumed silica business to continue
into 1995. In 1993, the Division's profitability growth was stalled by a
combination of the weakness of the European economies and the
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costs associated with expanded capacity.
In the Plastics Division, core business revenue grew moderately in 1994,
compared to a moderate decline in 1993. The Division returned to profitability
in 1994 as a result of the cost cutting and restructuring initiatives undertaken
in 1993 as well as improving economic conditions in Europe late in the fiscal
year. Market conditions which began to improve in late 1994 are expected to
continue improving. In 1993, revenues in the Plastics Division were down
compared to 1992 due to lower volumes and prices caused by the Division's
European exposure and the strategic elimination of low margin products.
Cabot Performance Materials reported small sales gains in 1994. However,
profitability was negatively impacted by operating problems, primarily yield and
throughput issues. The Company expects to make significant investments in this
business over the next couple of years to improve operating efficiency. In 1993,
performance in the Division was boosted by higher sales and capacity
utilization.
Cabot Safety Corporation showed modest sales and margin growth in 1994.
However, continued costs associated with marketing programs and one-time
expenses caused a slight decrease in profitability. Cost management improved
during the second half of the year and is expected to improve further in 1995.
In 1993, sales remained at 1992 levels, however, profitability was reduced by
price pressure and a continuing customer shift to lower margin products. Cabot
is considering a variety of transactions which would result in Cabot Safety
being deconsolidated.
THE ENERGY GROUP The Energy Group includes two operating subsidiaries: Cabot
LNG, a liquefied natural gas importing and terminalling operation, and TUCO,
a coal fuel services business.
The Company also owned a 34.4% interest in American Oil and Gas
Corporation (AOG), whose operating results were reflected in Cabot's Equity in
Net Income of Affiliated Companies until July 13, 1994, when AOG was merged into
a subsidiary of K N Energy, Inc. (KNE). On completion of the merger, Cabot
became the largest stockholder of KNE with 15.2% of the outstanding common
stock, and warrants to acquire an additional 1.9%. Cabot's investment in KNE is
accounted for in accordance with SFAS 115. Dividends from the investment are now
included in interest and dividend income.
Energy Group sales were $438.7 million in 1994, $422.5 million in 1993,
and $376.0 million in 1992. The 4% increase in 1994 revenues can be primarily
attributed to the Company's LNG business, where an unusually cold winter in the
Northeastern United States boosted demand and resulted in higher natural gas
prices. Operating profits grew 10% in 1994 versus 1993. The entire increase was
realized during the second quarter with higher volumes and margins in the
Company's LNG business. The gains made during the peak winter quarter more than
offset LNG shortfalls in the remaining three quarters, and lower profits in the
Company's TUCO business. During 1994, TUCO's profit was lower as a result of
disruptions in coal transportation which significantly reduced inventories of
coal in 1993 and 1994. Reduced inventories, in turn, reduced TUCO's service
margins under a contractual formula.
Energy Group results in 1993 reflected a slow first half in Cabot LNG
caused by unseasonably warm weather, and lower gas prices, offset by rebounding
prices and volumes in the second half. TUCO's revenue in 1993 was up 9% from
1992 due to increased demand for electricity, brought about by a relatively
hotter summer in Texas.
The Company anticipates that near-term results from Cabot LNG will be
adversely affected by constraints on supplies of LNG due to refurbishment at the
supplier's Algerian liquefaction facilities. The effect on the Company will
depend on the number and timing of LNG shipments received. Other gas supply
opportunities are being explored. The Company cannot predict, at this time,
what, if any, impact the political instability in Algeria may have on the
deliveries of LNG to Cabot from its supplier.
CASH FLOW AND LIQUIDITY Cash generated in 1994 from the Company's operating
activities decreased 24% to $143.8 million from $189.1 million in 1993. The
decrease reflects some rebuilding of inventories by the Company's TUCO and LNG
businesses, and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses due to the
settlement of the last significant, and previously reserved for, take-or-pay
case. These decreases were partially offset by the increase in net income
during 1994.
Capital spending on property, plant and equipment was $73.6 million in
1994, $65.0 million in 1993 and $78.1 million in 1992. In 1994, spending was
used to improve and enhance existing business facilities. Spending on
investments and acquisitions was $0.4 million in 1994, $40.9 million in 1993 and
$13.7 million in 1992. In 1993, the Company invested $17.8 million in the
acquisition of the remaining interest of its Brazilian subsidiary and smaller
amounts in its Czech Republic, Mexican and Indonesian carbon black affiliates,
and to purchase the remaining interest in a Canadian affiliate.
<TABLE>
SOURCES AND USES OF CASH FISCAL YEARS 1993, 1994
<CAPTION>
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
Sales of
$ millions Operations Assets
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SOURCES OF CASH
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
93 $189.1 $3.5
94 $143.8 $0.5
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
[BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS]
Capital
Expenditures and Financing
$ millions Investments Dividends & Other
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USES OF CASH
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
93 $105.9 $22.9 $54.2
94 $ 74.0 $23.6 $ 6.0
</TABLE>
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The Company expects capital spending to increase significantly in 1995,
primarily to improve and maintain existing facilities and equipment, especially
in the Company's Performance Materials business. Over the next three years, the
Company expects to have at least $30 million of capital expenditures associated
with Clean Air Act compliance. In addition, over the next several years, as the
remediation for various environmental sites is carried out, the Company expects
to spend a significant portion of its $44 million reserve for costs associated
with such remediation. These sites are primarily associated with divested
businesses. Also, the Company may refurbish its LNG tanker within the next year
or two for approximately $20 million.
Cabot decreased its borrowings by $15 million and increased cash by $41
million in 1994. The Company has $150 million of 9.875% coupon debt due in
December 1994. The Company plans to pay a portion of this debt out of cash and
to replace the remainder with floating rate loans, which are expected to be at
more favorable short-term rates. Primarily due to the Company's strong operating
performance in 1994, its ratio of total debt (including short-term debt net of
cash) to capital decreased to 42.1% at the end of 1994 from 50.4% at the end of
1993. The Company is not anticipating significant debt reductions in 1995 due to
its planned capital investments.
Management expects cash from operations and present financing
arrangements, including the Company's unused line of credit of $250 million, to
be sufficient to meet the Company's cash requirements for the foreseeable
future.
COMMON STOCK In 1994, the Company announced a two-for-one stock split and an
approximately 8% increase in its quarterly dividend. The stock split was
effected August 17, 1994, by the distribution of one additional share of
common stock for each share of common stock held by stockholders of record on
August 9, 1994. As a result of this transaction, all common share data and per
share data has been restated to reflect the split, where appropriate.
<TABLE>
SHAREHOLDER RETURN
Cabot versus the Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500
<CAPTION>
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1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CABOT $100.00 $72.82 $102.98 $153.81 $181.99 $182.30
S & P 500 $100.00 $90.76 $119.04 $132.20 $149.38 $154.89
$200
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$150
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$100
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$50
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<FN>
[Line graph showing performance of Cabot versus S & P 500 reflecting data points shown above.]
Graph assumes $100 was invested on October 1, 1989 in Cabot common stock and
the S&P 500 index. The comparison assumes that all dividends are reinvested. (A
graph showing the comparison with certain other indices is shown in the
Company's proxy statement.)
</TABLE>
In October 1994, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to
purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock, superseding a
previous authorization. The Company presently intends to use the authorization
to purchase from time to time approximately the same number of shares as it
issues under its incentive programs subject to its evaluation of market
conditions and other relevant factors.
During the 1994 fiscal year, the Company paid cash dividends of $0.53
per share reflecting a quarterly dividend of $0.13 for the first three quarters
of the year, and $0.14 in the fourth quarter. The book value per share of Cabot
stock increased 25% to $14.81 at September 30, 1994.
<TABLE>
QUARTERLY STOCK PRICE AND DIVIDEND DATA
<CAPTION>
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FISCAL 1993 Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash dividends
per share . . . . . . $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.52
Price range of
common stock
High. . . . . . . . . 24.81 21.94 24.38 28.13 28.13
Low . . . . . . . . . 20.56 18.63 19.81 23.31 18.63
Close . . . . . . . . 21.69 21.25 24.38 27.75 27.75
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FISCAL 1994 Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
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Cash dividends
per share . . . . . . $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.14 $ 0.53
Price range of
common stock
High. . . . . . . . . 29.19 28.00 26.63 28.38 29.19
Low . . . . . . . . . 26.13 25.56 24.44 25.13 24.44
Close . . . . . . . . 26.94 27.00 25.56 27.25 27.25
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</TABLE>
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS At September 30, 1994, the Company adopted the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115,
"Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities." Upon
adoption, the Company recorded an unrealized gain on marketable securities
available for sale of $46 million. The gain was recorded as a separate
component of stockholders' equity, net of a deferred tax liability of $17
million.
The Company adopted two new accounting principles during 1993, effective
as of the beginning of fiscal 1993: SFAS No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," and SFAS Statement No. 109,
"Accounting for Income Taxes."
SFAS 106 mandates the accrual of certain postretirement health care and
life insurance benefits on an "as-earned" basis. The Company recognized the
entire accumulated benefit obligation in 1993 and, as a result, recorded a $43.2
million after-tax charge for the cumulative effect of the change in accounting
for postretirement health care and life insurance benefits.
SFAS 109 requires an asset and liability approach for financial
accounting and reporting of income taxes. The Company recognized a $17.1 million
benefit in 1993 as the cumulative effect of adoption of SFAS 109.
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<TABLE>
Cabot Corporation CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Net sales and other operating revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,679,819 $1,614,315 $1,556,986
Interest and dividend income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,742 4,225 5,217
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Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686,561 1,618,540 1,562,203
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Cost and expenses:
Cost of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234,272 1,211,655 1,151,063
Selling and administrative expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,069 204,804 210,213
Research and technical service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,701 45,651 37,470
Interest expense (Note G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,668 44,043 41,714
Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group restructuring (Note B) . . . . . (4,000) 47,400 --
Gain on resolution of matters from divested energy businesses (Note B) . (10,210) (14,177) --
Other charges, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,736 11,264 5,144
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Total costs and expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,568,236 1,550,640 1,445,604
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Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,325 67,900 116,599
Provision for income taxes (Note K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (44,963) (30,699) (54,549)
Equity in net income of affiliated companies (Note D). . . . . . . . . . . . 5,329 209 173
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Income before cumulative effect of accounting changes. . . . . . . . . . . . 78,691 37,410 62,223
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Cumulative effect of accounting changes (Notes I and K). . . . . . . . . . . -- (26,109) --
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Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,691 11,301 62,223
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Dividends on preferred stock, net of tax
benefit of $1,929, $1,934 and $1,910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,583) (3,632) (3,709)
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Income applicable to common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,108 $ 7,669 $ 58,514
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Income per common share (Note A and H):
Primary
Continuing operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.96 $ 0.90 $ 1.59
Cumulative effect of accounting changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (0.70) --
---------------------------------------------
Income per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.96 $ 0.20 $ 1.59
Fully diluted
Continuing operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.84 $ 0.90 $ 1.49
Cumulative effect of accounting changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (0.70) --
---------------------------------------------
Income per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.84 $ 0.20 $ 1.49
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<TABLE>
Cabot Corporation CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 80,917 $ 40,267
Accounts and notes receivable (net of reserve for
doubtful accounts of $7,697 and $6,321) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,787 258,057
Inventories (Note C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216,882 195,350
Prepaid expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,293 8,771
Deferred income taxes (Note K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,509 41,761
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Total current assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606,388 544,206
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Investments:
Equity (Notes B and D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,164 166,669
Other (Notes D and H) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,768 7,911
--------------------------
Total investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201,932 174,580
--------------------------
Property, plant and equipment (Note E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,381,576 1,250,228
Accumulated depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (687,068) (603,708)
--------------------------
Net property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694,508 646,520
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Other assets:
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization
of $34,534 and $26,926) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,089 78,873
Deferred income taxes (Note K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,722 5,752
Other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,117 39,542
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Total other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,928 124,167
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Total assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,616,756 $1,489,473
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Cabot Corporation CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Notes payable to banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26,480 $ 1,501
Current portion of long-term debt (Note G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,724 29,205
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note F). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,342 297,201
U.S. and foreign income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,626 25,029
Deferred income taxes (Note K) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,943 1,285
--------------------------
Total current liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475,115 354,221
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Long-term debt (Note G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307,828 459,275
Deferred income taxes (Note K) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,286 86,344
Other liabilities (Note I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,038 147,360
Commitments and contingencies (Note L)
Stockholders' equity (Notes D, G, H, I and J):
Preferred stock:
Authorized: 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
Issued and outstanding: none
Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock 7.75% Cumulative
Issued: 75,336 shares (aggregate redemption value of $73,577 and $74,982). . . . . . 75,336 75,336
Less cost of shares of preferred treasury stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,003) (3,003)
Common stock:
Authorized: 80,000,000 shares of $1 par value
Issued: 67,774,968 and 33,887,484 shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,775 33,887
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,783 33,621
Retained earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,942 861,803
Less cost of common treasury stock
(including unearned amounts of $7,884 and $7,321). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (475,055) (483,184)
Deferred employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (67,403) (68,781)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,787 --
Foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,327 (7,406)
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Total stockholders' equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,489 442,273
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,616,756 $1,489,473
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Cabot Corporation CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,691 $ 11,301 $ 62,223
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,265 84,476 84,128
Deferred tax provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,084 (12,176) 22,920
Gain on sales of investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (2,841) (12,790)
Effects of accounting changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 26,109 --
Equity in income of affiliated companies, net
of dividends received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 5,779 5,593
Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,750 3,391 5,491
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Increase in accounts receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,042) (17,332) (14,246)
(Increase) decrease in inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13,688) 17,412 (27,181)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accruals . . . . . . . . . (27,862) 38,555 (26,693)
Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9,740) 34,469 3,889
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Cash provided by operating activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,767 189,143 103,334
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (73,555) (65,009) (78,070)
Investments and acquisitions (excluding cash acquired) . . . . . . . . . . . . (371) (40,905) (13,745)
Sales of property, plant and equipment, and investments. . . . . . . . . . . . 545 3,506 26,033
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Cash used by investing activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (73,381) (102,408) (65,782)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 9,259 118,778
Repayments of long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (41,584) (7,076) (31,521)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,979 (66,700) (106,998)
Issuances of treasury stock, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,703 12,647 3,185
Cash dividends paid to stockholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (23,552) (22,920) (22,694)
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Cash used by financing activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (31,265) (74,790) (39,250)
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,529 (2,334) (6,683)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,650 9,611 (8,381)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,267 30,656 39,037
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 80,917 $ 40,267 $ 30,656
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Cabot Corporation NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
A. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. The significant accounting policies of
the Company are described below.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION The Consolidated Financial Statements include the
accounts of Cabot Corporation and majority-owned and controlled domestic and
foreign subsidiaries. Investments in majority-owned affiliates where control
does not exist and investments in 20 percent to 50 percent-owned affiliates are
accounted for on the equity method. Intercompany transactions have been
eliminated.
CASH EQUIVALENTS For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company
considers all time deposits and short-term investments with a maturity of
three months or less at time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION Substantially all assets and liabilities of the
Company's foreign operations are translated at year-end exchange rates. Revenues
and expenses are translated at the weighted average rate during the year.
Foreign currency gains and losses arising from transactions are reflected in net
income. Balance sheet translation gains and losses are reflected as a separate
component of stockholders' equity.
INVENTORIES Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. The cost of
most domestic inventories is determined using the last-in, first-out (LIFO)
method. The cost of other domestic and all foreign inventories is determined
using the average cost method or the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment are recorded at
cost. For financial reporting purposes, depreciation of property, plant and
equipment is calculated using primarily the straight-line method based on
estimated economic lives of 3 to 25 years.
EARNINGS PER SHARE Earnings per share is computed on the basis of weighted
average shares outstanding during each year. Fully diluted earnings per share
considers conversion of the Company's Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock
held by the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Note H) and shares issuable
under the Company's incentive compensation plans (Note J).
INCOME TAXES In the fourth quarter of 1993, the Company adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes,"
retroactive to October 1, 1992. Under SFAS No. 109, deferred income taxes are
provided based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between
financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and
liabilities. Provisions are made for the U.S. income tax liability and
additional foreign taxes on the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries,
except for amounts the Company has designated to be permanently reinvested.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible assets are comprised of the cost of business
acquisitions in excess of the fair value assigned to the net tangible assets
acquired and the costs of technology, licenses and patents purchased in business
acquisitions. The excess of cost over the fair value of net assets acquired is
amortized on the straight-line basis over either 40 years or an estimated useful
life, whichever is shorter. Other intangibles are amortized over their estimated
useful lives. Included in Other Charges is amortization expense of $7,661,000,
$6,884,000 and $7,360,000 in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively.
INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS The Company entered into interest rate swap
agreements during 1993 to convert a portion of its fixed-rate obligations into
floating-rate borrowings. The interest rate differential to be received or paid
is recognized over the lives of the agreements as an adjustment to interest
expense. There are no open contracts as of September 30, 1994.
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS Forward foreign currency exchange
contracts are purchased to reduce the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on
operating results. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts
are recorded in net income currently, with the exception of gains or losses on
contracts designated to hedge a net investment, which are recorded as
translation adjustments. Included in Other Charges are foreign exchange losses
of $1,713,000, $1,977,000 and $3,021,000 in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively.
RECLASSIFICATION Certain amounts in 1993 and 1992 have been reclassified to
conform to the 1994 presentation.
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B. RESTRUCTURING
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SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS During 1993, the Company recognized a
$47,400,000 charge for the restructuring of certain Specialty Chemicals and
Materials businesses including a carbon black plant closing in Europe, the
scaling back of the Company's Plastics recycling business and the closing of
certain Specialty Chemicals production lines.
During 1994, the Company incurred $17,890,000 of cost accrued for in
1993 for employee separation and facility closing expenses. Also, the Company
revised its restructuring reserve based on the actual costs incurred during the
closing of a carbon black plant in Europe. The Company will continue to evaluate
its remaining reserve as new data become available, primarily relating to the
final disposition of assets at the closed plant. A $4,000,000 benefit from the
revision of the reserve was recorded in 1994.
During 1994, the Company recorded, in Other Charges, a $6,150,000 charge
to write off its investment in its Japanese carbon black equity affiliate due to
significant ongoing losses which are expected to continue.
ENERGY During 1994 and 1993, the Company recognized gains of $10,210,000 and
$14,177,000, respectively, on the favorable resolution of certain matters
related to divested energy businesses, which included the settlement of the
Company's last significant take-or-pay case in 1994.
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C. INVENTORIES
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Inventories were as follows:
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 52,564 $ 45,589
Work in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,139 36,923
Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,363 77,747
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,816 35,091
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $216,882 $195,350
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</TABLE>
Inventories valued under the LIFO method comprised approximately 26 percent and
23 percent of 1994 and 1993 totals, respectively. The estimated current cost of
these inventories exceeded their stated valuation determined on the LIFO basis
by $32,666,000 and $26,958,000 at September 30, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
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D. INVESTMENTS
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Investments in net assets of affiliated companies accounted for under the equity
method amounted to $86,164,000 and $166,669,000 at September 30, 1994 and 1993,
respectively. The combined results of operations and financial position of the
Company's equity-basis affiliates are summarized below:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT INFORMATION
Net sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $335,346 $860,535
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,281 151,502
Income before accounting changes . . . . . . 5,064 5,259
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,064 6,080
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,920 $306,749
Non-current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,666 618,890
Current liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 242,452 313,196
Non-current liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . 105,599 234,387
Net worth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,535 378,056
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On July 13, 1994, American Oil and Gas Corporation (AOG) was merged into
a subsidiary of K N Energy, Inc. (KNE). As a result of the merger, each
outstanding share of AOG held by the Company was converted into 0.47 of a share
of KNE common stock. On the completion of the merger, the Company owned
approximately 15% of the outstanding KNE common stock and has accounted for its
investment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 115. Prior to the
merger, the Company owned a 34% interest in AOG and accounted for its investment
on the equity method.
During 1994, the Company's investment in its Indonesian affiliate was
accounted for on an equity basis. Effective September 30, 1994, the balance
sheet of the Indonesian affiliate was fully consolidated reflecting the
Company's ongoing controlling interest.
Condensed income statement and balance sheet information for the
Company's investment in KNE common stock and the Indonesian affiliate have been
excluded from the above 1994 combined results of operations and financial
position.
Effective September 30, 1994, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt
and Equity Securities." Equity securities with readily determinable fair values
have been reflected on the balance sheet at their fair values as of September
30, 1994. A $28,787,000 unrealized gain, net of a $17,644,000 deferred tax
liability, has been reflected as a separate component of stockholders' equity
(Note H).
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E. PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT
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The cost of property, plant and equipment, by industry segment, was as follows:
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Specialty Chemicals and Materials. . . . . $1,288,647 $1,156,692
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,295 91,566
General corporate assets . . . . . . . . . 1,634 1,970
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,381,576 $1,250,228
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F. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & ACCRUED LIABILITIES
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . $101,934 $ 85,893
Accrued employee compensation. . . . . . 25,024 20,224
Restructuring liabilities. . . . . . . . 19,474 41,364
Other accrued liabilities. . . . . . . . 134,910 149,720
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $281,342 $297,201
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G. DEBT
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Long-term debt consisted of the following:
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Notes due 1994, 9.875% . . . . . . . . . . . $ 150,000 $150,000
Notes due 2002-2022, 8.07% . . . . . . . . . 105,000 105,000
Notes due 1997, 10.25% . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 100,000
Guarantee of ESOP notes
due 2013, 8.29%. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,403 68,781
Overseas Private Investment Corpo-
ration due 2002, floating rate, 6.5%
at September 30, 1994. . . . . . . . . . 15,000 --
French franc-denominated notes
due 1995-1997, 8.37%-15.12% 357 16,419
Notes due 1993, 7.40%. . . . . . . . . . . . -- 14,998
Australian dollar-denominated
notes due 1995, 12.90% . . . . . . . . . 1,665 4,352
Industrial Revenue Bonds due
1997-2014, 9.35%-14.00%. . . . . . . . . 5,000 6,000
Other, including foreign term loans. . . . . 23,127 22,930
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467,552 488,480
Less: current portion of
long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . (159,724) (29,205)
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 307,828 $459,275
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During fiscal 1989, the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
borrowed $75,000,000 from an institutional lender in order to finance its
purchase of 75,000 shares of the Company's Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred
Stock. This debt bears interest at 8.29% per annum, and is to be repaid in equal
quarterly installments through December 31, 2013. The Company, as guarantor, has
reflected the outstanding balance of $67,403,000 as a liability on the Company's
consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 1994. An equal amount, representing
deferred employee benefits, has been recorded as a reduction of stockholders'
equity (Note H).
In June 1992, the Company filed a $300 million debt shelf registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Subsequently, $105
million of notes payable were refinanced with notes of a weighted average
maturity of 19 years and a weighted average interest rate of 8.07%. The notes
were issued at par and provide for principal to be repaid at maturity.
During 1994, the Company replaced its revolving credit and term loan
facility. Under the new credit agreement, the Company may borrow up to
$250,000,000 at floating rates. The agreement contains provisions regarding
minimum net worth requirements and certain indebtedness limitations which could
limit the amount available for future borrowings. Commitment fees are paid based
on the used and unused portions of the facility. The facility is available
through January 13, 1997. No amounts were outstanding under this credit
agreement at September 30, 1994.
The aggregate principal amounts of long-term debt due in each of the
five fiscal years 1995 through 1999 are $159,724,000, $12,121,000, $6,854,000,
$105,987,000 and $6,238,000, respectively.
Cash paid for interest during 1994, 1993 and 1992 totalled $41,663,000,
$41,970,000 and $44,347,000, respectively. The Company capitalized no interest
in 1994 or 1993, and $3,963,000 in 1992.
Based primarily on dealer quotes, the fair value of long-term borrowings
was approximately $478,000,000 and $555,000,000 at September 30, 1994 and 1993,
respectively.
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H. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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The following table summarizes the changes in stockholders' equity for each of the three years in the period ended
September 30, 1994:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
PREFERRED STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,336 $ 75,336 $ 75,336
-----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,336 $ 75,336 $ 75,336
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PREFERRED TREASURY STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (3,003) $ (2,693) $ (2,393)
Purchase of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,000) (310) (300)
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End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (4,003) $ (3,003) $ (2,693)
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COMMON STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,887 $ 33,887 $ 33,887
Two-for-one stock split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,888 -- --
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End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 67,775 $ 33,887 $ 33,887
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ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,621 $ 30,324 $ 26,597
Sale of treasury stock to the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan. . . 633 861 (50)
Issuance of treasury stock under employee compensation plans . . . 3,417 2,436 3,777
Two-for-one stock split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (33,888) -- --
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End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,783 $ 33,621 $ 30,324
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RETAINED EARNINGS
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 861,803 $ 873,422 $ 833,893
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,691 11,301 62,223
Common dividends paid ($0.53, $0.52, $0.52 per share). . . . . . . (19,969) (19,288) (18,985)
Preferred dividends paid to ESOP, net of tax benefit . . . . . . . (3,583) (3,632) (3,709)
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End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 916,942 $ 861,803 $ 873,422
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COMMON TREASURY STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(475,863) $(490,132) $(493,584)
Purchase of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (57) (1,678)
Sale of treasury stock to the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan. . . 625 1,896 502
Issuance of treasury stock under employee compensation plans . . . 8,067 12,430 4,628
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End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(467,171) $(475,863) $(490,132)
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UNEARNED COMPENSATION
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (7,321) $ (4,692) $ (1,415)
Issuance of treasury stock under employee compensation plans . . . (4,039) (4,609) (3,693)
Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,476 1,980 416
-----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (7,884) $ (7,321) $ (4,692)
-----------------------------------------
DEFERRED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (68,781) $ (70,050) $ (71,220)
Principal payment by ESOP under guaranteed loan. . . . . . . . . . 1,378 1,269 1,170
-----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (67,403) $ (68,781) $ (70,050)
-----------------------------------------
UNREALIZED GAIN ON MARKETABLE SECURITIES
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ -- $ -- $ --
Unrealized gain (Note D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,787 -- --
-----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,787 $ -- $ --
-----------------------------------------
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENTS
Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (7,406) $ 47,553 $ 25,762
Foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,733 (54,959) 21,791
-----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,327 $ (7,406) $ 47,553
-----------------------------------------
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, END OF YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 562,489 $ 442,273 $ 492,955
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHARES OF STOCK September 30
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1994 1993 1992
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
PREFERRED STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . 75,336 75,336 75,336
----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . 75,336 75,336 75,336
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PREFERRED TREASURY STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . 3,686 3,230 2,559
Purchased. . . . . . . . 818 456 671
----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . 4,504 3,686 3,230
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COMMON STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . 33,887,484 33,887,484 33,887,484
Two-for-one stock split. 33,887,484 -- --
----------------------------------------
End of year. . . . . 67,774,968 33,887,484 33,887,484
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COMMON TREASURY STOCK
Beginning of year. . . . 15,161,103 15,560,213 15,688,415
Purchased. . . . . . . . -- 1,300 34,617
Issued . . . . . . . . . (278,550) (400,410) (162,819)
Two-for-one stock split. 14,901,169 -- --
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End of year. . . . . 29,783,722 15,161,103 15,560,213
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</TABLE>
In November 1986, the Company declared a dividend of one Preferred Stock
Purchase Right (Right) for each outstanding share of Cabot common stock. In
August 1988, the Company amended the terms of the Rights. The Rights are not
presently exercisable. Each Right entitles the holder, upon the occurrence of
certain specified events, to purchase from Cabot a unit consisting of one
one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at a
purchase price of $100 per unit. The Rights further provide that each Right will
entitle the holder, upon the occurrence of certain other specified events, to
purchase from Cabot, Cabot common stock having a value of twice the exercise
price of the Right or, upon the occurrence of certain other specified events, to
purchase from another person into which Cabot was merged or which acquired 50%
or more of Cabot's assets or earnings power, common stock of such other person
having a value of twice the exercise price of the Right. The Rights may be
generally redeemed by Cabot at a price of $0.05 per Right. The Rights expire on
December 3, 1996.
During fiscal 1989, the Company placed 75,336 shares of its Series B
ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock with the Company's Employee Stock Ownership
Plan (ESOP) for cash at a price of $1,000 per share. Each share of the Series B
ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 43.735 shares of the
Company's common stock subject to certain events and anti-dilution adjustment
provisions, and carries voting rights on an "as converted" basis. The trustee
for the ESOP has the right to cause the Company to redeem shares sufficient to
provide for periodic distributions to plan participants. Such shares shall be
redeemed at their fair market value, and may be redeemed by the Company for
cash, shares of the Company's common stock, or a combination thereof at the
Company's option. Each share is redeemable at the option of the Company at a
price of $1,038.75. The redemption price declines annually until it becomes
$1,000 on and after November 19, 1998, plus accrued but unpaid dividends to the
redemption date.
The issued shares of Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock are
entitled to receive preferential and cumulative quarterly dividends, and rank as
to dividends and liquidation prior to the Company's Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock and common stock. At September 30, 1994, 3,098,000
shares of the Company's common stock were reserved for conversion of the Series
B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock.
On July 27, 1994, a two-for-one stock split in the form of a stock
dividend was authorized, payable to stockholders of record on August 9, 1994. A
total of 33,887,484 shares were issued in connection with the split. Also,
$33,887,484 was reclassified from additional paid-in-capital to common stock.
All common share and per share amounts in these financial statements have been
restated to reflect the split where appropriate.
In October 1994, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the
purchase of up to 1,500,000 of the Company's common shares and withdrew the
previous authorization.
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<TABLE>
I. PENSION PLANS & POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
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PENSION PLANS Net periodic pension cost was comprised of the following elements:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current year service cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,090 $ 9,254 $ 7,768
Interest accrued on pension obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,675 9,964 9,995
Actual return on plan assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11,431) (12,357) (10,760)
Net amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,062) (1,580) (2,549)
----------------------------------------
Net periodic pension cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,272 $ 5,281 $ 4,454
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
The following table sets forth the funded status of pension plans:
<CAPTION>
September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of projected benefit obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $155,253 $144,254
Plan assets at fair value (primarily fixed-income and equity securities) . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,651 150,659
------------------------
Excess of plan assets over projected benefit obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,398 6,405
Unrecognized net gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (24,084) (14,767)
Unrecognized prior service cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,066 (3,261)
Unrecognized net asset being amortized over 16 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6,906) (8,798)
------------------------
Net deferred pension credit (included in other deferred liabilities) . . . . . . . . . . $(19,526) $(20,421)
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</TABLE>
The Company has trusteed, non-contributory pension plans covering most
employees in the United States and certain foreign subsidiaries. Benefits
provided under the Company's defined benefit pension plans are primarily based
on years of service and the employee's compensation. The Company's funding
policy is to contribute annually amounts based upon actuarial and economic
assumptions designed to achieve adequate funding of projected benefit
obligations.
Pension benefits accrue under several benefit plans, including the
following two plans: the Cash Balance Plan (CBP), a defined benefit pension
plan, and the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). In November 1988, the ESOP
was funded with the Company's newly issued Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred
Stock, which was acquired with $75,000,000 borrowed by the ESOP (Notes G and H).
At September 30, 1994 and 1993, the projected benefit obligations
included accumulated benefit obligations of $132,823,000 and $122,065,000,
respectively, of which $123,694,000 and $111,240,000 were vested, respectively.
<TABLE>
The following weighted average rates were used in the calculations:
<CAPTION>
Years Ended September 30
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1994 1993
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0% 7.2%
Expected rate of return on plan
assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0% 7.9%
Assumed rate of increase in
compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5% 5.3%
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</TABLE>
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS The Company has defined benefit postretirement plans
that provide certain health care and life insurance benefits for retired
employees. Substantially all U.S. employees become eligible for these benefits
if they have met certain age and service requirements at retirement. The Company
funds the plans as claims or insurance premiums are incurred.
Effective October 1, 1992, the Company adopted the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 106, "Employers'
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," which requires
accrual of these benefits during the years an employee provides service. Prior
to October 1, 1992, the expense for these benefits was recognized as actual
claims or insurance premiums
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were incurred. As of October 1, 1992, the cumulative effect of adopting this
change was a $43,200,000 after-tax charge. In addition to the one-time charge
upon adoption, the effect of the change in accounting increased 1993
pre-tax expense by $800,000, resulting in a pre-tax net periodic postretirement
benefit cost of $5,500,000.
<TABLE>
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost was comprised of the following
components:
<CAPTION>
Years Ended September 30
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Current year service cost. . . . . . . . $ 709 $ 580
Interest accrued on postretirement
benefit obligations. . . . . . . . . 4,776 4,920
Net amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 --
----------------------
Net periodic postretirement benefit
cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,706 $5,500
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
The following table sets forth the funded status of the postretirement
benefit plans:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligations:
Retirees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 51,489 $ 59,196
Fully eligible active plan participants. . . 4,716 5,122
Other active plan participants . . . . . . . 10,712 11,836
------------------------
66,917 76,154
Plan assets at fair value. . . . . . . . . . . . -- --
------------------------
Excess of accumulated postretirement
benefit obligations over plan assets . . . . (66,917) (76,154)
Unrecognized net (gain) loss . . . . . . . . . . (81) 9,942
Unrecognized prior service cost. . . . . . . . . (85) --
------------------------
Accrued postretirement benefit cost. . . . . $(67,083) $(66,212)
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</TABLE>
Health care cost trend rate assumptions have a significant effect on the
amounts reported. For example, increasing the assumed health care cost trend
rates by one percentage point in each year would increase the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation as of September 30, 1994 and 1993 by
approximately $5,400,000 and $5,900,000, respectively, and the aggregate of the
service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
for the years then ended by approximately $500,000 and $400,000, respectively.
<TABLE>
The following rates were used in the calculations:
<CAPTION>
Years Ended September 30
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
1994 1993
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3% 6.5%
Assumed rate of increase in
compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0% 5.0%
Assumed annual rate of increase
in health care benefits . . . . . . . . 11.5% 12.5%
Annual decrease in assumed rate of
increase in health care benefits. . . . 1.0% 1.0%
Assumed ultimate trend rate . . . . . . . . 6.3% 4.5%
Assumed ultimate trend rate to be
reached in year . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 2002
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</TABLE>
The cost of retiree health care and life insurance benefits paid as
claims or insurance premiums was $3,965,000 in 1992.
J. PROFIT SHARING & INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLANS
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The Company has a Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (PSSP) which covers salaried
employees of most U.S. operations. Accrued contributions of the Company, which
are based upon an annual return on stockholders' equity, were $5,707,000,
$1,178,000, and $2,269,000 in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively. During 1994,
the Company amended its PSSP effective October 1, 1994. Under the amended plan,
now called the Cabot Retirement Incentive Savings Plan (CRISP), the Company will
make matching contributions of at least 75% of a participant's
contribution, of up to 7.5% of the participant's eligible compensation.
The Company has an Equity Incentive Plan for key management employees.
Under this plan, participants may be granted various types of stock and
stock-based awards. During 1988-1991, the awards granted consisted of stock
options, performance appreciation rights (PARs) and tandem units which may be
exercised as stock options or PARs. These awards were granted at fair market
value of Cabot's stock at date of grant, and vest ratably on each of the next
four anniversaries of the award. In 1992 through 1994, awards consisted of
common stock of the Company which employees could elect to receive in the form
of restricted stock purchased at a price equal to 50% of the fair market value
on the date of the award, nonqualified stock options at fair market value of
Cabot's stock on the date of the award, or a combination of one-half of each.
The awards vest on the third anniversary of the award.
During 1992, the Company purchased previously awarded PARs from
employees electing to accept a repurchase offer. The purchase price for the PARs
was determined using a valuation method
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that established the value of each PAR considering, among other factors, the
date awarded, the time normally taken to exercise, the market price of
Cabot's common stock and the level of the Standard & Poor's Industrials index at
the date of issue of the PAR. The Company repurchased 547,316 PARs at a cost of
approximately $3,800,000. The following table summarizes the plan's activity
from September 30, 1991 through September 30, 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Stock Options
Tandem Options
and Restricted Stock PARs Price Range
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
September 30, 1991. . . 1,865,472 604,494 $ 12.63 to $20.94
Granted . . . . . . 408,712 -- $ 15.44 to $23.38
Exercised . . . . . (182,452) (548,416) $ 14.00 to $20.94
Cancelled . . . . . (119,810) (50,804) $ 15.19 to $20.94
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September 30, 1992. . . 1,971,922 5,274 $ 12.63 to $23.38
Granted . . . . . . 431,870 -- $ 21.94 to $22.82
Exercised . . . . . (100,086) (1,120) $ 14.63 to $20.94
Cancelled . . . . . (75,428) -- $ 14.00 to $23.38
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September 30, 1993. . . 2,228,278 4,154 $ 12.63 to $23.38
Granted . . . . . . 484,090 -- $ 24.56 to $27.94
Exercised . . . . . (110,202) (950) $ 12.63 to $20.94
Cancelled . . . . . (139,420) -- $ 15.19 to $24.56
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September 30, 1994. . . 2,462,746 3,204 $ 12.63 to $27.94
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</TABLE>
The options in the table above expire at various dates through September
2002. Options for 1,108,978 shares were exercisable at prices ranging from
$12.63 to $23.38 at September 30, 1994. The Company had reserved 3,635,336
shares of common stock for issuance under the plan at September 30, 1994. There
were 790,594 shares available for future grants at September 30, 1994.
The Company has an Incentive Stock Plan for certain key management
employees under which 114,000 shares of Cabot common stock have been authorized
to be issued, and have been awarded, to plan participants. At September 30,
1994, all shares were vested under this plan. No awards were made in 1992, 1993
or 1994.
K. INCOME TAXES
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In the fourth quarter of 1993, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes,"
retroactive to October 1, 1992. The Company recognized the cumulative effect of
adoption in its restated first quarter, resulting in an increase to net income
for the year ended September 30, 1993 of approximately $17.1 million.
<TABLE>
Income before income taxes and the cumulative effect of accounting
changes was as follows:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Domestic. . . . . . . $ 30,388 $32,780 $ 56,964
Foreign . . . . . . . 87,937 35,120 59,635
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Total . . . . . . $118,325 $67,900 $116,599
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
A summary of taxes on income is as follows:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
U.S. federal and state:
Current . . . . . . . . . $(3,131) $16,798 $10,865
Deferred. . . . . . . . . 15,644 (5,305) 14,720
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Total . . . . . . . . $12,513 $11,493 $25,585
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Foreign:
Current . . . . . . . . . $21,010 $26,077 $20,002
Deferred. . . . . . . . . 11,440 (6,871) 8,962
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Total . . . . . . . . $32,450 $19,206 $28,964
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Total . . . . . . . $44,963 $30,699 $54,549
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
The provision for income taxes at the Company's effective tax rate
differed from the provision for income taxes at the statutory rate as follows:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands 1994 1993 1992
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Computed tax expense at
the expected statutory
rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,414 $23,596 $39,644
Foreign income:
Impact of taxation at
different rates, repatri-
ation and other. . . . . . . (257) 2,412 3,423
Impact of foreign losses for
which a current tax
benefit is not available . . 701 2,158 4,023
State taxes, net of federal
effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,655 407 2,105
Amortization of assets not
deductible . . . . . . . . . . -- (19) 592
Foreign sales corporation. . . . . (1,158) (1,000) (650)
Increase in U.S. tax rate. . . . . -- (812) --
Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,608 3,957 5,412
------------------------------------
Provision for income
taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . $44,963 $30,699 $54,549
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
Significant components of deferred income taxes were as follows:
<CAPTION>
September 30
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands 1994 1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Property, plant and equipment . . . . $ 23,257 $ 24,698
Pension and other benefits. . . . . . 43,572 40,199
Environmental issues. . . . . . . . . 14,761 13,207
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . 10,337 13,964
Deferred revenue and accrued gas
contracts costs . . . . . . . . . . 2,738 16,899
State and local taxes . . . . . . . . 1,804 6,097
Net operating loss and other tax
carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . 14,568 13,073
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,166 20,943
------------------------
Subtotal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,203 149,080
------------------------
Valuation allowances. . . . . . . . . (14,915) (10,516)
------------------------
Total deferred tax assets . . . . $121,288 $138,564
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment . . . . $ 72,379 $ 68,560
Pension and other benefits. . . . . . 10,967 7,412
Restructuring charges . . . . . . . . 1,960 2,381
Marketable securities . . . . . . . . 17,644 --
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,336 100,327
------------------------
Total deferred tax liabilities. . $220,286 $178,680
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</TABLE>
The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets increased $4,399,000 in
1994. The increase relates primarily to the consolidation of a previously
unconsolidated subsidiary during the current year. The major component of the
valuation allowance at September 30, 1994 relates to the uncertainty of
realizing certain foreign deferred tax assets.
<TABLE>
For 1992, the deferred tax provision, computed in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 11, represents the effects of timing
differences between financial and income tax reporting. The significant
components giving rise to the timing differences for the year ended
September 30, 1992 were:
<CAPTION>
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Dollars in thousands
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,832
Sale of investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,455
Undistributed earnings from affiliates. . . . . . . . . 2,247
Accrued reorganization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166
Inventory items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Deferred revenue and accrued gas
contracts costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Pension and other benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (308)
Environmental issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (530)
Other, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,104
-------
Total deferred provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,682
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</TABLE>
Approximately $43,889,000 of net operating losses and other tax
carryforwards remained at September 30, 1994, $27,517,000 of which expire in the
years 1995 through 1999, and $16,372,000 of which can be carried forward
indefinitely. The benefits of these carryforwards are dependent on taxable
income during the carryforward period in those foreign jurisdictions wherein
they arose, and accordingly, a valuation allowance has been provided where the
Company has determined that it is more likely than not that the carryforwards
will not be utilized.
United States income tax returns for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 are
currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Assessments, if
any, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
statements.
Provision has not been made for U.S. income taxes or foreign withholding
taxes on approximately $130,000,000 of undistributed earnings of foreign
subsidiaries as these earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested. These
earnings could become subject to U.S. income taxes and foreign withholding taxes
(subject to a reduction for foreign tax credits) if they were remitted as
dividends, if foreign earnings were loaned to the Company or a U.S. subsidiary,
or if the Company should sell its stock in the subsidiaries. However, the
Company believes that U.S. foreign tax credits would largely eliminate any U.S.
income tax and offset any foreign withholding tax that might otherwise be due.
Cash paid for income taxes during 1994, 1993 and 1992 totalled
$23,855,000, $25,934,000 and $28,518,000, respectively.
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<TABLE>
L. COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES
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LEASE COMMITMENTS The Company leases certain transportation vehicles, warehouse
facilities, office space, machinery and equipment under cancelable and
non-cancelable leases, most of which expire within 10 years and may be renewed
by the Company. Rent expense under such arrangements totalled $17,638,000,
$14,514,000 and $14,798,000 in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively. Future minimum
rental commitments under non-cancelable leases are as follows:
<CAPTION>
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Dollars in thousands
- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,044
1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,390
1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,905
1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,242
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,025
2000 and thereafter. . . . . . . . . . . . 46,822
--------
$108,428
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</TABLE>
CONTINGENCIES The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits and
environmental proceedings wherein substantial amounts are claimed.
Fumed silica supplied by Cabot was used by others in the manufacture of
silicone breast implant envelopes. There are currently pending more than 10,000
lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging injuries arising from the use of
silicone breast implants. The federal cases have been consolidated in the
Multi-District Litigation pending in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Alabama. Generally, the various state cases have been
similarly consolidated in each jurisdiction. In addition, arrangements have been
made for consolidated discovery in all actions.
A so-called "global settlement" between certain classes of plaintiffs
who have not "opted out" and certain defendants (not including the Company) has
been approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Alabama. Plaintiffs who have opted out of the settlement are now free to proceed
with their own claims.
The Company has been named as a defendant in fewer than 100 breast
implant lawsuits. The Company has also been dismissed as a defendant from a
number of those suits, without any settlement payments, and has won summary
judgment (subject to appeal) in others. The Company believes that it has
adequate defenses in each of the lawsuits in which it is a defendant. However,
the scientific, legal and societal issues raised by these cases are complex and
the outcome is uncertain. The Company, therefore, cannot predict with any
assurance the course this litigation will take, the number of cases to which the
Company will be added as a defendant, the amount of damages, if any, that may be
assessed against the Company or the defense costs that will be incurred by the
Company.
The Company has been named as one of many defendants in a lawsuit, now
pending in Federal District Court in Oklahoma, brought by a large group of
plaintiffs alleging personal injury due to exposure to and contact with certain
chemicals and materials allegedly manufactured by the defendants. Plaintiffs
seek actual and punitive damages against all defendants, jointly and severally,
in the aggregate amount of $1.25 billion. The Company is currently investigating
this matter to ascertain what, if any, products it manufactured of any relevance
to this litigation.
As of September 30, 1994, approximately $44,000,000 was accrued for
environmental proceedings, primarily relating to divested businesses. The amount
represents the Company's current best estimate of costs likely to be incurred
based on its analysis of the extent of cleanup required, the methods available,
abilities of other responsible parties to contribute and its interpretation of
applicable laws and regulations at each site. Included in Other Charges are
environmental expenses of $15,000,000, $1,000,000 and $4,400,000 in 1994, 1993
and 1992, respectively.
In the opinion of the Company, although final disposition of all of its
suits and claims may impact the Company's financial statements in a particular
period, they will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Company's financial position.
M. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS &
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company enters into forward foreign currency exchange
contracts to hedge foreign currency transactions on a continuing basis for
periods consistent with its global contractual exposures. The effect of this
practice is to minimize variability in the Company's operating results arising
from foreign exchange rate movements. The Company does not engage in foreign
currency speculation. The Company's foreign exchange contracts do not subject
the Company to risk due to exchange rate movements because gains and losses on
these contracts offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities, and
transactions being hedged. The Company had $10,453,000 of foreign exchange
contracts outstanding at September 30, 1994. The fair value of these contracts,
which was the replacement value, represented a net unrealized loss of
approximately $171,000 as of September 30, 1994, based on dealer quotes. The
forward exchange contracts generally have maturities which do not exceed six
months. See Note A for information on the Company's accounting policy on
forward exchange contract gains and losses.
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CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK Financial instruments which subject the Company
to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of trade receivables.
International tire manufacturers comprise a significant portion of the Company's
carbon black customer base. The Company had trade receivables of approximately
$52,641,000 and $46,233,000 from international tire manufacturers at September
30, 1994 and 1993, respectively. Although the Company's exposure to credit risk
associated with nonpayment by tire manufacturers is affected by conditions or
occurrences within the tire industry, trade receivables from the international
tire manufacturers were current at September 30, 1994, and no manufacturer
exceeded 7% of the Company's receivables at that date.
N. FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY INDUSTRY
SEGMENT & GEOGRAPHIC AREA
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Financial information by industry segment for 1990 through 1994, as set forth on
page 19, is an integral part of these financial statements. Energy segment sales
include sales to a major customer in the amount of $272,245,000,
$265,800,000 and $242,600,000, in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively. Transfers
between geographic areas are recorded at cost plus mark-up or at market.
<TABLE>
Financial information by geographic area is as follows:
<CAPTION>
Years ended September 30
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Dollars in millions 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SALES
United States:
Sales, excluding export sales
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials. . . . . . . . . $ 563.2 $ 521.4 $ 487.9
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.7 422.5 376.0
Export sales . . . . . . . . . . 85.0 73.9 65.5
----------------------------------------
1,086.9 1,017.8 929.4
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.8 512.3 562.8
Other areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.1 156.9 154.3
----------------------------------------
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,767.8 1,687.0 1,646.5
Less: Eliminations . . . . . . . . . 88.0 72.7 89.5
----------------------------------------
Net sales. . . . . . . . . . . $1,679.8 $1,614.3 $1,557.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATING PROFIT
United States:
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials (a). . . . . . . . . $ 108.5 $ 105.8 $ 99.9
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.4 16.7 18.2
Europe (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 (21.4) 46.5
Other areas (a). . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 17.3 8.6
----------------------------------------
Total operating profit . . . . 184.3 118.4 173.2
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 44.0 41.7
Unallocated corporate
expenses, net (b). . . . . . . . . . 23.4 20.7 14.9
Adjustment of reserves related
to divested businesses . . . . . 0.8 (14.2) --
----------------------------------------
Income before
income taxes . . . . . . . $ 118.4 $ 67.9 $ 116.6
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS
United States:
Specialty Chemicals and
Materials. . . . . . . . . . . $ 482.7 $ 480.9 $ 464.5
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 116.1 132.6
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.3 437.2 533.3
Other areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.2 199.3 193.4
General corporate (c). . . . . . . . 231.0 89.3 79.9
Equity in affiliates -
United States. . . . . . . . . . -- 63.6 59.8
Equity in affiliates -
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 21.8 16.9
Equity in affiliates -
other areas. . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 81.3 74.1
----------------------------------------
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,616.8 $1,489.5 $1,554.5
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<FN>
(a) Operating profit in 1993 included losses from restructuring of the
Specialty Chemicals and Materials Group of $2.9 in the United States, $43.8
in Europe and $0.7 in other areas.
(b) Unallocated corporate expenses, net, include corporate management costs
reduced by investment income.
(c) General corporate assets include cash, temporary cash investments,
investments other than equity basis, income taxes receivable, deferred taxes
and headquarters' assets.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
O. UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Unaudited financial results by quarter for the fiscal years ended September 30,
1994 and 1993 are summarized below and should be read in conjunction with
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.
<CAPTION>
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Dollars in millions,
except per share amounts Dec March June Sept Year
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
FISCAL 1994
Net sales. . . . . . . . $398.5 $434.9 $428.8 $417.7 $1,679.8
Cost of sales. . . . . . $296.8 $319.3 $312.3 $305.9 $1,234.3
Net income . . . . . . . $ 16.0 $ 22.3 $ 22.0 $ 18.4(a) $ 78.7
Income applicable to
common shares. . . . . $ 15.1 $ 21.4 $ 21.1 $ 17.5 $ 75.1
--------------------------------------------------
Income per common
share (primary) . . . $ 0.39 $ 0.56 $ 0.55 $ 0.45 $ 1.96
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FISCAL 1993
Net sales. . . . . . . . $396.1 $407.6 $418.8 $391.9 $1,614.3
Cost of sales. . . . . . $300.3 $306.0 $311.6 $293.8 $1,211.7
Income (loss):
Income (loss) before
cumulative effect of
accounting changes . $ 11.9 $ 14.0 $ 18.4 $ (6.9)(b) $ 37.4
Cumulative effect of
accounting changes . $(26.1)(c) -- -- -- $ (26.1)
--------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss). . . . $(14.2) $ 14.0 $ 18.4 $ (6.9) $ 11.3
Income (loss) applicable
to common shares . . . $(15.1) $ 13.1 $ 17.5 $ (7.8) $ 7.7
--------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) per common
share (primary):
Operations . . . . . . $ 0.30 $ 0.35 $ 0.47 $(0.21) $ 0.90
Cumulative effect of
accounting changes . $(0.70) -- -- -- $ (0.70)
--------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) per common
share (primary). . . . $(0.40) $ 0.35 $ 0.47 $(0.21) $ 0.20
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<FN>
(a) Includes $6.8 after-tax charge for environmental reserves and $6.3
after-tax gain on resolution of matters from divested energy businesses.
(b) Includes $31.1 after-tax restructuring charge and $8.7 after-tax gain on
resolution of matters from divested energy businesses.
(c) During the fourth quarter of 1993, the Company adopted two new accounting
standards related to postretirement benefits and income taxes. Both of these
standards were adopted effective October 1, 1992, and as a result, the first
quarter was restated.
</TABLE>
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MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING
The accompanying financial statements were prepared by Cabot Corporation in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company's
management is responsible for the integrity of these statements and of the data,
estimates and judgments that underlie them.
Cabot Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting
controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that the Company's assets
are safeguarded from loss or unauthorized use, that transactions are
properly authorized and recorded, and that financial records are reliable
and adequate for public reporting. The standard of reasonable
assurance is based on management's judgment that the cost of such controls
should not exceed their associated benefits. The system is monitored and
evaluated on an ongoing basis by management in conjunction with the Company's
internal audit staff, independent accountants, and the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors.
Coopers & Lybrand L. L. P., independent accountants, were engaged by
the Company to audit these financial statements. Their audit was
conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and
included a study and evaluation of the Company's system of internal
accounting controls, selected tests of that system, and related audit
procedures as they consider necessary to render their opinion.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors provides general
oversight responsibility for the financial statements. Composed
entirely of Directors who are not employees of the Company, the Committee
meets periodically with Company management, internal auditors and the
independent accountants to review the quality of the financial reporting and
internal controls as well as the results of the auditing efforts. The
internal auditors and independent accountants have full and direct access to
the Audit Committee, with and without management present.
/s/ SAMUEL W. BODMAN
Samuel W. Bodman
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ JOHN G.L. CABOT
John G.L. Cabot
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ WILLIAM R. THOMPSON
William R. Thompson
Chief Accounting Officer
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
TO THE DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF CABOT CORPORATION We have audited the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cabot Corporation as of
September 30, 1994 and 1993 and the related consolidated statements of income
and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended
September 30, 1994. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Cabot
Corporation as of September 30, 1994 and 1993, and the consolidated results of
its operations and its cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the
period ended September 30, 1994, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
As discussed in Note D to the Consolidated Financial Statements, in
fiscal 1994 the Company changed its method of accounting for certain debt and
equity securities. As discussed in Notes I and K to the Consolidated Financial
Statements, the Company changed its methods of accounting for postretirement
benefits other than pensions and for income taxes, respectively, in fiscal 1993.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
November 1, 1994
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT 21
Cabot Corporation
Significant Subsidiaries
As of September 30, 1994
<CAPTION>
Jurisdiction of
Name Incorporation
- ---- ---------------
<S> <C>
Cabot Carbon Limited England
Cabot G.B. Limited England
Cabot B.V. Netherlands
Cabot Brasil Industria e Comercio Limitada Brazil
Cabot International Capital Corporation Delaware
Cabot Safety Corporation Delaware
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Cabot Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Robert Rothberg and Charles D. Gerlinger, and
each of them, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to (i) sign for us
and in our names in the capacities indicated below Annual Reports on Form 10-K
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Cabot
Corporation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994, and subsequent years,
and any and all amendments thereto, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or either of them, to
said Reports and to any and all amendments to said Reports; and (ii) to file
such Reports and amendments with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
behalf of Cabot Corporation.
WITNESS our hands and common seal on the date set forth below.
<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
- --------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/S/ Samuel W. Bodman Director, Chairman and November 11, 1994
- ------------------------ President (Chief Executive
Samuel W. Bodman Officer)
/S/ John G.L. Cabot Director, Vice Chairman November 11, 1994
- ------------------------ and Chief Financial Officer
John G.L. Cabot
/S/ William R. Thompson Vice President and November 11, 1994
- ------------------------ Controller
William R. Thompson (Principal Accounting
Officer)
/S/ Damaris Ames Director November 11, 1994
- ------------------------
Damaris Ames
/S/ Jane C. Bradley Director November 11, 1994
- ------------------------
Jane C. Bradley
/S/ Kennett F. Burnes Director November 11, 1994
- ------------------------
Kennett F. Burnes
</TABLE>
<PAGE> 2
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
- --------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/S/ Robert A. Charpie Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Robert A. Charpie
/S/ John D. Curtin, Jr. Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
John D. Curtin, Jr.
/S/ Robert P. Henderson Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Robert P. Henderson
/S/ Arnold S. Hiatt Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Arnold S. Hiatt
- --------------------------- Director November 11, 1994
Gerrit Jeelof
/S/ John H. McArthur Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
John H. McArthur
/S/ John F. O'Brien Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
John F. O'Brien
/S/ David V. Ragone Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
David V. Ragone
/S/ Charles P. Siess, Jr. Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Charles P. Siess, Jr.
/S/ Morris Tanenbaum Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Morris Tanenbaum
/S/ Lydia W. Thomas Director November 11, 1994
- ---------------------------
Lydia W. Thomas
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 24(b)
CERTIFICATE
-----------
I, Charles D. Gerlinger, Secretary of CABOT CORPORATION, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certify that the
Board of Directors of said Corporation, at a meeting duly called and held on
October 14, 1994, adopted the following vote:
VOTED: That the Chairman of the Board and
President, the Vice Chairman of the Board, any Vice
President, the Controller, and the Corporate Secretary
be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to execute
and cause to be filed on behalf of this Corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange, pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1994, and any and all amendments and
supplements thereto.
I further certify that the foregoing vote has not been rescinded and
remains in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the
Corporation this 13th day of December, 1994.
ATTEST:
/S/ Charles D. Gerlinger
------------------------------
Charles D. Gerlinger
Secretary
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF CABOT CORPORATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<CURRENCY> US DOLLARS
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-30-1994
<PERIOD-START> OCT-01-1993
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1994
<EXCHANGE-RATE> 1.
<CASH> 80,917
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 280,484
<ALLOWANCES> 7,697
<INVENTORY> 216,882
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 606,388
<PP&E> 1,381,576
<DEPRECIATION> 687,068
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,616,756
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 475,115
<BONDS> 307,828
<COMMON> 67,775
0
75,336
<OTHER-SE> 920,725
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 1,616,756
<SALES> 1,679,819
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 1,686,561
<CGS> 1,234,272
<TOTAL-COSTS> 1,234,272
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 70,227
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 41,668
<INCOME-PRETAX> 118,325
<INCOME-TAX> 44,963
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 78,691
<DISCONTINUED> 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> 78,691
<EPS-PRIMARY> $1.96
<EPS-DILUTED> $1.84
</TABLE>
