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CompBrief
Fiscal year 2025

Sean Keohane — FY2025 total compensation $9,307,883

Sean Keohane is President and CEO of CABOT CORP (CBT). The company reported total compensation of $9,307,883 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,100,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$4,224,847
Option awards$2,274,925
Non-equity incentive plan$1,402,501
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$31,307
All other compensation$274,303
Total$9,307,883

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure CABOT CORP filed January 27, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-023681.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025President and CEO$1,100,000$0$4,224,847$2,274,925$1,402,501$31,307$274,303$9,307,883
FY2024President and CEO$1,100,000$0$4,029,950$2,170,625$1,951,043$23,978$324,558$9,600,154
FY2023President and CEO$1,083,750$0$3,509,911$1,890,051$1,045,704$26,843$235,251$7,791,510
FY2022President and CEO$1,035,000$0$3,087,436$1,662,485$1,838,657$16,097$308,354$7,948,029
FY2021President and CEO$1,026,250$0$3,087,459$1,662,151$2,118,852$12,074$335,701$8,242,487

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for CABOT CORP.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$10,137,072
Difference from that median$-829,189
Percentile within the disclosed peer group33rd
Peers with a disclosed figure15

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group CABOT CORP discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of CABOT CORP

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Sean Keohane this pagePresident and CEO$9,307,883
Jeff ZhuExecutive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region$3,524,533
Erica McLaughlinExecutive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy$2,776,056
Hobart KalksteinFormer Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital$2,578,532
Karen KalitaSenior Vice President and General Counsel$1,981,973
Matthew WoodFormer Senior Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment$1,305,924

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full CABOT CORP compensation brief.

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The company page

Sean Keohane's compensation sits inside CABOT CORP's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The CABOT CORP (CBT) compensation brief