Quarterlytics / Basic Materials / Agricultural Inputs / FMC Corporation

FMC Corporation

fmc · NYSE Basic Materials
Claim this profile
Ticker fmc
Exchange NYSE
Sector Basic Materials
Industry Agricultural Inputs
Employees 5700
← All annual reports
FY2019 Annual Report · FMC Corporation
Sign in to download
Loading PDF…
Science
to Grow

FMC Corporation • 2019 Annual Report

A Message to Our Shareholders

RECORD PERFORMANCE

We delivered record performance in 2019. Once again, FMC 
demonstrated its ability to execute an aggressive growth strategy 
as a leading agricultural sciences company. Annual revenue 
was $4.6 billion, up 8 percent, and adjusted EBITDA* was $1.2 
billion, an increase of 10 percent. Adjusted Earnings Per Share* 
of $6.09 increased 16 percent compared to the previous year. 
In December, our Board of Directors raised FMC’s quarterly 
dividend by 10 percent.

This performance is exceptional in its own right, but is especially 
notable given the adverse external environment in 2019. FMC 
and others in the crop protection industry competed in a market 
that had overall flat demand, due in part to extraordinarily harsh 
weather conditions in areas of North America and Australia. 
Adverse exchange rates created difficult headwinds for 
companies operating globally. Furthermore, FMC and other 
crop protection manufacturers faced escalating raw material 
costs throughout most of the year, a result of constrained supply 
partially due to the March industrial park accident in Xiangshui, 
China, which led to production outages. This event impacted 
many companies, including one of our tolling partners located in 
that industrial park. 

FMC managed through these challenges better than most. 
In fact, our record performance demonstrates our agility, the 
strength of our strategy and our ability to execute in the most 
challenging conditions.

LONG-RANGE PLAN

In late 2018, we charted an aggressive, five-year growth plan for 
FMC (see targets on page 2). We are pleased with our progress in 
year one. FMC delivered performance at the high end of the plan 
range for each key target, including revenue growth, adjusted 
EBITDA growth, R&D investment, cost discipline and cash 
returned to shareholders. We remain confident in our ability to 
meet or exceed our targets during the plan’s remaining four years. 

In fact, current and projected growth is so robust, we are expanding 
manufacturing capacity at production plants around the world 
to meet expected demand and lower our supply chain exposure 
in China. This includes expansions currently underway in the U.S. 
and additional expansions planned at sites around the world. 

FMC Corporation

SCIENCE TO GROW

Science and innovation drive our business. A continuing stream 
of new molecules and products help growers protect their 
crops against threats from destructive pests, invasive weeds 
and diseases. As resistance to older technologies increases, 
modern solutions with new modes of action are critical to 
successful and sustainable farming.

At FMC, we are committed to investing significant resources 
in discovering new active ingredients and formulations that 
support sustainable agriculture around the world. Our R&D team 
of more than 800 scientists and associates are working on one 
of the most robust discovery and development pipelines in the 
industry. Highlights of our 2019 technology investments and 
results include:

•  An award-winning pipeline of 22 synthetic active ingredients,  

14 featuring new modes of action.

•  Advanced two synthetic active ingredients from the discovery 
pipeline to the development pipeline, an important milestone 
leading to commercialization of new products.

•  Announced investment of $50 million in the FMC Stine Research 
Center in Newark, Delaware, to upgrade infrastructure and 
complete construction on a new state-of-the-art greenhouse 
and laboratory facility.

•  Launched Lucento® fungicide in the U.S., a new dual mode of 
action product that has been well received in the market and 
has exceeded initial demand projections.

•  Began development of digital tools for Precision Agriculture that 
bring the power of data and artificial intelligence to growers, 
helping them make better farming decisions.

•  Opened a pilot fermentation facility at the FMC European Innovation 
Center in Hørsholm, Denmark, to support our Plant Health business 
in developing natural biological product solutions.

FMC VALUES

Our people and our culture are special at FMC. We create an 
inclusive environment where diverse views, backgrounds 
and experiences are keys to our success. On page 3, you can 
read more about the FMC Core Values that inspire and drive 
us forward. 

One value I want to highlight is Safety. It is engrained in every 
employee from their first day at FMC, and is kept at the forefront 

We believe nothing is more important  
We believe nothing is more important

than the safety of people. And first and foremost, 
than the safety of people

we are a company of people.

2019 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

For the year ending December 31, 2019, FMC Corporation recorded the following results:

$4.6

ANNUAL SALES
(billions)

$1.2*

$6.09*

16.3%*

$3.62

$480.2

ADJUSTED EBITDA 
(billions)

ADJUSTED EARNINGS
Per Share

RETURN ON  
INVESTED CAPITAL

GAAP DILUTED EARNINGS 
Per Share

GAAP NET INCOME
(millions)

*See non-GAAP reconciliations on page 4.

 
2019 Annual Report

1

of our daily work, regardless of job, title or location. As our 
TH!NK. SAFE. manifesto states, “We believe nothing is more 
important than the safety of people. And first and foremost, 
we are a company of people.”

We achieved an injury rate of 0.13 in 2019, a near-record 
low for our company. In fact, our 6,400 employees worked a 
record 166 consecutive days last year without a recordable 
injury. We continue to be one of the safest companies 
compared to industry peers, an accomplishment all of us are 
proud of but never take for granted.

A BRIGHT FUTURE

In December, we announced the CEO succession plan. 
Mark Douglas was named president and CEO-elect, and 
on June 1, 2020, he will become CEO. At that time, I will 
transition to executive chairman and remain a member of 
the Board of Directors.

During my 35 years in the chemical industry, I’ve had the 
privilege of working for several great companies. But none has 
given me a greater sense of pride than FMC. It’s a company 
that has grown, evolved and transformed many times 
throughout its more than 135-year history. The past 10 years 
have been no different. We transformed what was a chemicals 

conglomerate into one of the fastest-growing, most 
profitable agricultural sciences companies in the world. 

With our transformation complete, now 
is the right time for me to move to an 
advisory role, and for Mark to lead the 
company. A trusted partner over the last 
decade, he has been engaged on every 
major strategic action we pursued at 
FMC. I am confident that Mark and our 
exceptional leadership team will take 
the company to new heights in the years 
to come. 

Thank you for entrusting me to lead 
this great company. Here’s to FMC’s 
bright future!

PIERRE R. BRONDEAU

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
FMC Corporation

Our Leadership Team

MARK A. DOUGLAS
President and Chief 
Executive Officer-Elect

ANDREW D. SANDIFER
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer

MICHAEL F. REILLY
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel,  
Chief Compliance Officer 
and Secretary

KATHLEEN A. SHELTON
Vice President, 
Chief Technology Officer

RONALDO PEREIRA
President, 
FMC Americas

DIANE ALLEMANG
Vice President,  
Chief Marketing Officer

MARC L. HULLEBROECK
President, 
FMC EMEA

BETHWYN TODD
President, 
FMC Asia Pacific

BARRY J. CRAWFORD
Vice President,  
Operations

KAREN M. TOTLAND
Vice President, Global 
Procurement, Global 
Facilities and Corporate 
Sustainability

NICHOLAS L. PFEIFFER
Vice President, Corporate 
Controller and Chief 
Accounting Officer

WILLIAM F. CHESTER
Vice President, 
Global Tax

SHAWN R. WHITMAN
Vice President,  
Government Affairs

KENNETH A. GEDAKA
Vice President, 
Communications and 
Public Affairs

SUSANNE M. LINGARD
Vice President, 
Regulatory Affairs

BRIAN P. ANGELI
Vice President, 
Corporate Strategy, 
Treasurer

DAVID A. KOTCH
Vice President, 
Chief Information Officer

KYLE MATTHEWS
Vice President, 
Chief Human Resources 
Officer

2

FMC Corporation

Delivering Results

LONG-RANGE GROWTH STRATEGY • 2019 – 2023
(IN BILLIONS)

2019 was an important year for FMC. Our transformation into 
an Agricultural Sciences Company was largely completed in 2018, 
allowing us to focus on executing the first year of our five-year, 
long-range growth plan (see plan summary, right).

We delivered financial results at the high end of our targets, 
and our performance exceeded growth of the overall market 
and that of our peers. FMC’s revenue grew 8 percent compared 
to 2018 revenue, and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, 
depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) increased 
10 percent.

Despite challenges that faced the agriculture industry, including 
floods in parts of the U.S., drought and bushfires in Australia, 
escalating raw material prices and impacts associated with the 
trade war, FMC once again delivered industry-leading results. 
Many factors contributed to this performance, but two are 
especially noteworthy: the strength, breadth and creativity of 
FMC innovation, and a robust, diverse portfolio of leading crop 
protection technologies.

SCIENCE TO GROW

Helping farmers produce more food, feed and fuel for a growing 
world population is a tall order. Growers rely on many tools to help 
meet this challenge, but nothing is more important than having 
the right technologies to combat threats of disease, insects and 
weeds. Any one of these invasive threats can impact yields 
and potentially destroy a farmer’s crops in a matter of days.

SYNTHETICS PIPELINE

BIOLOGICALS PIPELINE

DISCOVERY

DISCOVERY

Insecticides

Herbicides

Fungicides

DEVELOPMENT

Insecticide

Herbicides

Fungicide

5

5

5

1

5

1

Bioinsecticide

Bionematicide

Biostimulants

DEVELOPMENT

Bioinsecticide

Biofungicides

Biostimulant

1

1

2

1

2

1

FMC’s award-winning pipeline of synthetic and biological active 
ingredients, many featuring new modes of action, will provide 
farmers with the tools they need to protect crops from destructive 
pests and disease.

REVENUE

$5.5 - $6.0

5%-7%  
CAGR

7%-9%  
CAGR

FMC growth 
more than twice 
market growth.

Strong margins 
expand approx.  
300 bps.

$1.5 - $1.7

$1.8

During plan period.

Expect significant leverage over plan period, 
supported by exiting remaining DuPont TSAs, 
implementing new enterprise SAP S/4HANA and 
strong cost discipline.

ADJUSTED 
EBITDA*

R&D 
INVESTMENT

SG&A % OF 
REVENUE

*See non-GAAP reconciliations on page 4.

“At FMC, our researchers are passionate about harnessing the power 
of science,” says Dr. Kathy Shelton, vice president, chief technology 
officer. “Our R&D team is empowered to win, and it shows across the 
organization. From the breadth of FMC’s new product pipeline and 
our extensive research capabilities in every region, to investments 
in our laboratories, greenhouses and the discovery of new active 
ingredients, we have a world-class workforce highly focused on 
providing new solutions to address growers’ toughest challenges 
and improve their return on investment.”

Our target is to advance one new patented synthetic active 
ingredient every year from the discovery pipeline to development. 
In 2019, we advanced two. The first is a herbicide featuring a new 
mode of action that controls a broad spectrum of broadleaf and 
grass weeds, gives growers flexibility in application timing, and 
is safe for corn, soybeans and other crops. The second is an 
insecticide that controls insects such as aphids that can destroy 
soybeans, cereals, vegetables, cotton, corn and many other 
high-value crops. In total, we have 22 new proprietary molecules 
in our award-winning synthetic pipeline, 14 featuring new modes 
of action for the crop to which they are applied. Our scientists are 
biased to discover new modes of action, which provide additional 
benefits to growers, including:

•  Controlling pests that are resistant to products currently 

on the market.

•  Maintaining product efficacy longer by providing more 

tools for growers to rotate different modes of action during 
a season, known as Integrated Pest Management.

•  Potentially lower use rates, supporting a stronger 

sustainability profile.

As a leading agricultural sciences company, we are committed to 
responding to customers’ evolving needs. Precision Agriculture—
the use of data and technology to improve the efficiency and 
sustainability of farming—has evolved in recent years.  

In 2019, FMC began work on a unique Precision Agriculture 
solution for growers—a novel data-powered tool that turns 
real-time information into critical insights, helping farmers make 
better-informed decisions on how best to protect their crops.  
We conducted several successful tests in 2019, with additional 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 Annual Report

SUSTAINABILITY

3

FMC is committed to develop and market products that maintain a safe and secure food supply, and to do so with minimal impact 
on the planet. Following our transformation into a pure-play agricultural sciences company, we reset our sustainability goals 
with aggressive new targets for 2025 and 2030. They are grouped into three categories: Innovation, Business Practices, and 
Environmental Footprint. In addition, we will continue to focus on two U.N. Sustainability Development Goals, Zero Hunger 
and Life on Land. Read more about these new targets and FMC’s sustainability programs online at FMCsustainability.com and 
in our annual FMC Sustainability Report.

INNOVATION

BUSINESS PRACTICES

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

100100%
by 2025

<0.10.1
by 2025

100100
by 2025

-25-25%
by 2030

-25-25%
by 2030

-20-20%
by 2030

Sustain 
Sustain 
base year
by 2030

R&D Spend on 
Developing 
Sustainable 
Products

Total 
Recordable 
Incident Rate 
(TRIR)

Community 
Engagement 
Index

Energy Intensity

Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions 
Intensity

Water Use Intensity 
(in high risk 
locations)

Waste 
Disposed 
Intensity* 

*That would otherwise increase by 55% due to expected growth and shifts in production mix.

pilots planned in 2020. Commercial launch of this new digital tool 
is scheduled for later this year.  

PLANT HEALTH

Biologicals represent a diverse group of plant protection 
products derived from microorganisms and other naturally 
occurring materials. FMC discovers and develops biologicals 
in its Plant Health business, which has grown significantly in 
the last several years.

Today, we are working on new bioinsecticides, bionematicides, 
biofungicides and biostimulants at our European Innovation 
Center in Hørsholm, Denmark. These biological products feature 
new modes of action and excellent sustainability profiles. Several 
FMC biological products on the market are performing extremely 
well. We recently launched Accudo® biostimulant in the South 
Korea market, and have submitted a series of new bacterial 
strains to European Union regulatory authorities for evaluation 
and approval as bionematicides and biofungicides, a major step 
prior to commercial launch.

Biologicals offer benefits beyond their environmental profile. 
They can help plants overcome difficult growing conditions, 
fight disease and even assist in regulating the plant’s uptake of 
nutrients and use of limited water.

LIVING OUR VALUES

In early 2019, we introduced a refreshed set of core values that 
not only articulate FMC’s unique culture, but also reflect the 
behaviors that define our company today. Our updated Values 
and Behaviors are listed to the right.

Each is important to our company and employees, but we are 
especially proud of significant progress in the Diversity and 
Inclusion (D&I) part of our Respect for People value. Highlights 
in 2019 include:

•  Launched D&I ambition statement and strategy.

•  Established new Employee Resource Groups (ERG) 
and Inclusion Councils. Today, FMC has more than 
20 employee-led ERGs and Inclusion Councils that 
hosted more than 140 events, training sessions and 
awareness campaigns.

•  Launched first global Inclusion Month.

•  Trained leaders on Inclusive Leadership.

•  Added new domestic partner and transgender 

inclusive benefits.

We are proud that these and many other initiatives helped FMC 
receive a perfect score on the 2020 Human Rights Campaign’s 
Corporate Equality Index, a U.S. 
benchmarking survey and report 
measuring corporate policies and 
practices related to lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender and queer 
(LGBTQ) workplace equality.

2020

4

Non-GA AP Reconciliations

FMC Corporation

Return on invested capital (ROIC), diluted adjusted after-tax 
earnings from continuing operations per share, attributable 
to FMC stockholders, and adjusted EBITDA are not measures 
of financial performance under U.S. generally accepted 
accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered 

in isolation from, or as substitutes for, income from continuing 
operations, earnings per share, or net income determined in 
accordance with GAAP, nor as substitutes for measures of 
profitability, performance or liquidity reported in accordance 
with GAAP.

For those not already presented in the Form 10-K such as adjusted EBITDA, the following charts reconcile Non-GAAP terms used in this report to the closest GAAP term. All tables are 
unaudited and presented in millions, except for per share amounts.

Income from continuing operations attributable to 
FMC stockholders, net of tax (GAAP):

Interest expense, net, net of income tax

Corporate special charges (income)

2017

2018

2019

$

(135.7)

$

531.4

$

540.7

71.8

207.3

116.0

217.2

140.2

256.9

Tax effect of corporate special charges (income)

(58.0)

(52.8)

(49.2)

Adjustment for noncontrolling interest, net of tax on 
Corporate special charges (income)

Tax adjustments

-

(0.5)

-

258.9

17.3

55.3

ROIC numerator (Non-GAAP)

$

344.3

$

828.6

$

943.9

2-point average denominator

Dec-16

Dec-17

Dec-18

Dec-19

Debt

$

1,893.0

$

3,185.6

$

2,692.7

$

3,258.8

Total FMC Stockholder equity

1,957.7

2,681.8

3,121.1

2,532.3

ROIC denominator (2 pt. avg) (GAAP)

$

3,850.7

$

$

5,867.4

4,859.1

$

$

5,813.8

5,840.6

$

$

5,791.1

5,802.5

ROIC (using Non-GAAP numerator)

7.1%

14.2%

16.3%

Reconciliation of diluted earnings per common share attributable to FMC stockholders (GAAP) to diluted adjusted after-tax 

earnings from continuing operations per share, attributable to FMC stockholders (Non-GAAP)

2017

2018

2019

Diluted earnings per common share (GAAP)

$

3.99

$

3.69

$

3.62

Diluted earnings per common share, from discontinued operations

Diluted corporate special charges (income), net of income taxes per share

Diluted non-GAAP tax adjustment per share

(5.00)

1.11

1.91

0.22

1.20

0.13

0.48

1.57

0.42

Diluted adjusted after-tax earnings from continuing operations per share, 
attributable to FMC stockholders (Non-GAAP)

$

2.01

$

5.24 $

6.09

Although we provide forecasts for adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP financial measures), we are not able to forecast the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in 
accordance with GAAP. Certain elements of the composition of the GAAP amounts are not predictable, making it impractical for us to forecast, and as a result, no GAAP outlook is provided.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019  
or

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission File Number 1-2376

FMC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
2929 Walnut Street
(Address of principal executive offices)

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

94-0479804
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
19104
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 215-299-6000

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT: 
Trading Symbol
FMC

Name of each exchange on which registered
New York Stock Exchange

Title of each class
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
NONE

Indicate by check mark

YES

NO

•• if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

•• if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
•• 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.
•• whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for 
such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
•• whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting 
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” 
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Non-accelerated filer 
Large accelerated filer 
•• If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period 
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Smaller reporting company 

Accelerated filer 

Emerging growth company 

•• whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)    
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2019, the last day of the registrant’s second 
fiscal quarter was $10,748,748,353. The market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates excludes the value of those shares held by 
executive officers and directors of the registrant.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
As of December 31, 2019, there were 129,124,294 of the registrant’s common shares outstanding.

DOCUMENT
Portions of Proxy Statement for 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

FORM 10-K REFERENCE
Part III

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table of Contents

PART I 

1

ITEM 1 
Business �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1
ITEM 1A 
Risk Factors ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7
ITEM 1B  Unresolved Staff Comments ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11
ITEM 2 
Properties ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11
ITEM 3 
Legal Proceedings ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11
ITEM 4 
Mine Safety Disclosures ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12
ITEM 4A 
Information About our Executive Officers ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12

PART II 

13

ITEM 5 

Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholders Matters  
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13
ITEM 6 
Selected Financial Data �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������15
ITEM 7 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ���������������������������������������������������16
ITEM 7A  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34
ITEM 8 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������35
ITEM 9 
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure �������������������������������������������������92
ITEM 9A  Controls and Procedures ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������92
ITEM 9B  Other Information ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������92

PART III 

93

ITEM 10  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������93
ITEM 11 
Executive Compensation �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������93
ITEM 12 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters ����������93
ITEM 13 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������94
ITEM 14 
Principal Accountant Fees and Services ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������94

PART IV 

95

ITEM 15 
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������95
ITEM 16 
Form 10-K Summary �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������97
SIGNATURES ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������98

PART I

FMC Corporation was incorporated in 1928 under Delaware law and 
has its principal executive offices at 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19104. Throughout this annual report on Form 10-K, 
except where otherwise stated or indicated by the context, “FMC”, the 
“Company”, “We,” “Us,” or “Our” means FMC Corporation and its 

consolidated subsidiaries and their predecessors. Copies of the annual, 
quarterly and current reports we file with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (“SEC”), and any amendments to those reports, are 
available on our website at www.fmc.com as soon as practicable after 
we furnish such materials to the SEC.

ITEM 1  Business

General

We are a pure-play agricultural sciences company, providing innovative 
solutions to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio 
fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop 
protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management. 
This powerful combination of advanced technologies includes leading 
insect control products based on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active 
ingredients; Authority®, Boral®, Centium®, Command® and Gamit® 

branded herbicides; Talstar® and Hero® branded insecticides; and 
flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio also includes biologicals 
such as Quartzo® and Presence® bionematicides. Our products are used 
in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a broad 
spectrum of insects, weeds and disease, as well as in non-agricultural 
markets for pest control.

FMC Strategy

We have streamlined our portfolio over the past nine years to become 
a tier-one leader and the fifth largest global provider in the global 
agricultural chemicals market. Our strong competitive position is 
based on our technology and innovation, as well as our geographic 
balance and crop balance, which helped FMC to take market share 
in both 2018 and 2019.

We have industry-leading insecticides and herbicides (the majority 
of which are patented technologies), exceptional discovery research 
capabilities and a global manufacturing network. We expect to spend 
approximately 7 percent of sales on research and development annually. 
Our R&D pipeline includes 7 molecules in our development pipeline 
(approximately 1-7 years away from commercialization) and an additional 
15 molecules in our discovery pipeline (approximately 8-10 years 
from commercialization). We expect the first two significant product 
launches out of this pipeline will occur in 2021. We own a total of 
26 manufacturing plants, and we have the scale to operate with strong 
resources and global reach to address changing market conditions. Our 
supply chain organization effectively managed to continue supplying 
our customers and growing our business, despite multiple shutdowns 
and other disruptions in the Chinese chemical sector in 2018 and 2019.

Our revenues grew approximately 8 percent year over year in 2019, 
driven by low-teens growth for our insecticides, Rynaxypr® and Cyazypyr® 
insect control, as well as mid-single digit growth for the rest of our 
portfolio. Rynaxypr® and Cyazypyr® insect control now represent over 
$1.6 billion in combined sales, representing approximately 40 percent 
growth since we acquired these molecules in November 2017. Products 

launched in 2019 also contributed to revenue growth. We successfully 
launched our new bixafen fungicide under the Lucento® brand in 
North America in 2019, and we now expect peak sales to exceed the 
original $30 million to $50 million range we forecasted for this new 
active ingredient at our 2018 Investor Day. We also launched 30 new 
formulated products in 2019, which is key to lifecycle management 
of our products.

FMC far outperformed the crop protection market in 2019, which 
we estimate was flat versus 2018. FMC’s innovation is driving this 
outperformance, starting with our current portfolio of advanced products 
and continuing through our R&D discovery, development and new 
formulations. Our technology portfolio includes specific innovations 
in plant health, application technology and delivery systems, and it 
is expanding to offer advanced agronomic insights through precision 
agriculture tools that will leverage artificial intelligence and machine 
learning.

We maintain our commitment to enterprise sustainability, including 
responsible product stewardship. We are committed to delivering 
products that maintain a safe and secure food supply and to do so with 
a reduced impact on the planet. To reflect this commitment and to reset 
the baseline, following our transformation into a pure-play agricultural 
sciences company, we reset our sustainability goals in October 2019. 
As we grow, we will do so in a responsible way. Safety and business 
ethics will remain of utmost importance. Meeting and exceeding our 
customers’ expectations will continue to be a primary focus.

1

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 1 Business

Acquisitions and Divestitures

In 2017, we completed the acquisition from E. I. du Pont de Nemours 
and Company (“DuPont”) of certain assets relating to DuPont’s Crop 
Protection business and research and development organization (“DuPont 
Crop Protection Business”) (collectively, the “DuPont Crop Protection 
Business Acquisition”). In connection with this transaction, we sold to 
DuPont our FMC Health and Nutrition segment and paid DuPont 
$1.2 billion in cash. Our FMC Health and Nutrition business and its 
results have been presented as a discontinued operation for all periods 
presented throughout this document.

In 2019, we completed the separation of our FMC Lithium segment, 
which was renamed Livent Corporation, or “Livent”, following its 
initial public offering (“IPO”) that closed on October 15, 2018. After 
completion of the IPO, FMC owned 123 million shares of Livent’s 
common stock, representing approximately 84 percent of the total 
outstanding shares of Livent’s common stock. On March 1, 2019, 
we completed the distribution of 123 million shares of common 
stock of Livent as a pro rata dividend on shares of FMC. Following 
the distribution, FMC has zero shares of Livent and zero exposure to 
lithium markets. We have recast all the data within this filing to present 
the former FMC Lithium as a discontinued operation retrospectively 
for all periods presented.

Financial Information About Our Business

(Financial Information in Millions)

The following table shows the principal products produced by our business, its raw materials and uses:

Product
Insecticides

Herbicides

Fungicides

Raw Materials
Synthetic chemical 
intermediates

Synthetic chemical 
intermediates
Synthetic and biological 
chemical intermediates

Uses
Protection of crops, including soybean, corn, fruits and vegetables, cotton, sugarcane, rice, and cereals, from 
insects and for non-agricultural applications including pest control for home, garden and other specialty 
markets
Protection of crops, including cotton, sugarcane, rice, corn, soybeans, cereals, fruits and vegetables from 
weed growth and for non-agricultural applications including turf and roadsides
Protection of crops, including fruits and vegetables from fungal disease

With a worldwide manufacturing and distribution infrastructure, we are better able to respond rapidly to global customer needs, offset downward 
economic trends in one region with positive trends in another and match local revenues to local costs to reduce the impact of currency volatility. 
The charts below detail our sales by major geographic region and major product category.

REVENUE BY REGION  2019
REVENUE: $4,609.8 MILLION

 REVENUE BY PRODUCT CATEGORY  2019

60%
Insecticides

24%
North America

22%
Europe,
Middle East
& Africa

6%
Fungicides

7%
Other

27%
Herbicides

23%
Asia

31%
Latin America

2

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KThe following table provides our long-lived assets by major geographical region.

(in Millions)
Long-lived assets
North America
Latin America
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Asia
TOTAL

PART I  

ITEM 1 Business

December 31,
2019

1,190.7  $
837.0 
1,448.0 
2,064.8 
5,540.5

$

2018

1,060.8 
809.9 
1,421.9 
2,019.9 
5,312.5 

$

$

REVENUE AND ADJUSTED 
EBITDA MARGIN*

CAPITAL ADDITIONS* AND DEPRECIATION 
AND AMORTIZATION

$5,000

$4,500

$4,000

$3,500

$3,000

$2,500

$2,000

$1,500

$1,000

$500

$0

4,285

4,610

2,531

19.0%

480

25.9%

1,109

26.5%

1,221

2017

2018

2019

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

$160

$140

$120

$100

$80

$60

$40

$20

$0

150

148 150

98

97

63

2017

2018

2019

Revenue

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

Capital Additions

Depreciation and Amortization

* Represents a Non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the“Results of
  Operations” section of Item 7 included within this Form 10-K for a
  reconciliation from the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

* Primarily includes capital expenditures and expenditures related
  to contract manufacturers.

Products and Markets

Our portfolio is comprised of three major pesticide categories: insecticides, 
herbicides and fungicides. The majority of our product lines consist 
of insecticides and herbicides, and we have a small but fast-growing 
portfolio of fungicides mainly used in high value crop segments. Our 
insecticides are used to control a wide spectrum of pests, while our 
herbicide portfolio primarily targets a large variety of difficult-to-control 
weeds. We are also investing substantially in a plant health program 
that includes biological crop protection products, seed treatments and 
micro-nutrients.

In the Latin American region, which includes the large agricultural 
market of Brazil, we sell directly to large growers through our own 
sales and marketing organization, and we access the market through 

Industry Overview

independent distributors and co-ops. In North America, we access 
the market through several major national and regional distributors 
and have our own sales and marketing organization in Canada. We 
access the European markets through our own sales and marketing 
organizations. We access key Asian markets through large distributors, 
in addition to either local independent distributors or our own sales 
and marketing organizations. Through these and other alliances, along 
with our own targeted marketing efforts, access to novel technologies 
and our innovation initiatives, we expect to maintain and enhance 
our access in key agricultural and non-crop markets and develop new 
products that will help us continue to compete effectively.

The three principal categories of agricultural and non-crop chemicals 
are: herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, representing approximately 
41 percent, 29 percent and 27 percent of global industry revenue, 
respectively.

The agrochemicals industry is more consolidated following several 
recent mergers of the leading crop protection companies, which now 
include FMC, ChemChina (owners of Syngenta and Adama), Bayer AG 
(acquired Monsanto in 2018), BASF AG and Corteva Agriscience (the 

agricultural division of former DowDuPont, spun out in June 2019). 
These five companies currently represent approximately 68 percent of 
the crop protection industry’s global sales. The next tier of agrochemical 
producers include Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd., Nufarm Ltd. 
and United Phosphorous Ltd. (UPL also acquired Arysta in February 
2019). FMC employs various differentiated strategies and competes with 
unique technologies focusing on certain crops, markets and geographies, 
while also being supported by a low-cost manufacturing model.

3

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 1 Business

Growth

We are among the leading agrochemical producers in the world. Some 
of our key insecticides are predominantly based on patent-protected 
active ingredients and continue to grow well above market patterns. 
Our complementary technologies combine improved formulation 
capabilities and a broader innovation pipeline, resulting in new and 
differentiated products. We will take advantage of enhanced market 
access positions and an expanded portfolio to deliver near-term growth.

We will continue to grow by obtaining new and approved uses for 
existing product lines and acquiring, accessing, developing, marketing, 
distributing and/or selling complementary chemistries and related 
technologies in order to strengthen our product portfolio and our 
capabilities to effectively service our target markets and customers.

Our growth efforts focus on developing environmentally compatible 
and sustainable solutions that can effectively increase farmers’ yields and 
provide cost-effective alternatives to chemistries which may be prone to 
resistance. We are committed to providing unique, differentiated products 
to our customers by acquiring and further developing technologies 
as well as investing in innovation to extend product life cycles. Our 
external growth efforts include product acquisitions, in-licensing of 
chemistries and technologies and alliances that bolster our market 
access, complement our existing product portfolio or provide entry 
into adjacent spaces. We have entered into a range of development and 
distribution agreements with other companies that provide access to new 
technologies and products which we can subsequently commercialize.

Diamide Growth Strategy

Our product portfolio features two key diamide-class molecules – 
Rynaxypyr® (chlorantraniliprole) and Cyazypyr® (cyantraniliprole) 
insect controls – with combined annual revenues of approximately 
$1.6 billion in 2019. These two molecules are class-leading in terms of 
performance, combining highly effective low dose rates with fast-acting, 
systemic, long residual control. These attributes quickly established 
Rynaxypyr® as the world’s leading insect control technology and we 
expect it to continue on a strong growth trajectory notwithstanding the 
expiration of composition of matter patents covering chlorantraniliprole 
active ingredients (“AI”) in certain countries starting in late 2022. 
Our Cyazypyr® insect control product, a second-generation diamide, 
is growing quickly as we obtain more product registrations and we 
expect it as well to continue to grow strongly notwithstanding the 
expiration of its active ingredient composition of matter patents 
starting in the mid-2020s. This expectation is based on not only our 
broad patent estate and the timing of key patent milestones, but also 
on other critical elements that will allow FMC to continue to profitably 
grow the diamide franchise well beyond the expiration of key patents. 
These other critical elements include registration and data protection, 
commercial strategies, brand recognition, as well as manufacturing and 
supply chain complexity and FMC efficiencies.

Patents and Trade Secrets

The FMC diamide insect control patent estate is made up of many 
different patent families which cover: Composition of matter – both AI 
and certain intermediates; Manufacturing processes – both AI and certain 
intermediates; Formulations; Uses; and Applications. For Rynaxypyr® 
insect control, as of December 31, 2019, we had 21 granted patent 
families filed in 76 countries, with a total of 639 granted and pending 
patents. Together with Cyazypyr® insect control related patents, we 
have over 30 patent families and close to 1,000 granted and pending 
patents. See “Patents, Trademarks and Licenses” within this Item 1 for 
more details. FMC’s process patents cover the manufacturing processes 
for both active ingredients – chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole – 
as well as key intermediates that are used to make the final products. 
Chlorantraniliprole is a complex molecule to produce, requiring 16 
separate steps; FMC owns granted patents covering many of these 
16 process steps and several of the intermediate chemicals, and we 
protect other aspects of the manufacturing processes by trade secret. 
Cyantraniliprole is similarly complex and covered by a comparable range 
of intellectual property. Many of these intermediate process patents run 
well past the expiration of the composition of matter patents, and in 

4

some cases stretch until the end of this decade. Third parties that intend 
to manufacture and sell generic chlorantraniliprole or cyantraniliprole 
and rely on FMC’s extensive product safety data will be required to 
demonstrate that their product has the same regulatory safety profile 
as FMC Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® insect controls. To meet regulatory 
requirements for such difficult-to-manufacture molecules, we believe 
that third parties will have to produce these active ingredients using 
the same processes that are patented by FMC and if so, would be 
infringing before patent expiration and subject to our challenge for 
infringement. FMC also owns formulation patents which cover the 
use of chlorantraniliprole or cyantraniliprole in specific formulations 
found in commercially important end-use products.

Regulatory Data Protection

In addition to the patent estate, various pesticide laws and regulations 
around the world offer added protection to the initial active ingredient 
registrant in the form of data protection and registration timelines that can 
extend after the composition or process patents have expired. These rules 
can effectively provide a product innovator and initial active ingredient 
registrant such as FMC with a further period of exclusive use of the 
key reference data even after the applicable AI composition of matter 
patents have expired. Further, in certain countries, even after the period 
of exclusive use has expired, a generic entrant seeking to rely on the initial 
registrant’s reference data may have to pay significant compensation to 
the initial registrant. For FMC’s diamide products, such rights apply in 
key markets including United States, Brazil and the European Union.

Growing the Branded FMC Diamide Franchise

FMC is actively pursuing a strategy of allowing others to sell end-use 
pesticide products that include Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® insect 
controls before patent expiration. These arrangements may include 
limited patent, data and/or trademark licenses as well as long-term 
commitments to purchase the diamide active ingredients from FMC. 
Such partner relationships allow us to grow our business by having 
others develop and sell diamide-based products to meet farmers’ 
needs not within our current portfolio, offering those farmers a better 
alternative to competing insecticides with product safety or efficacy 
profiles which are less attractive than Rynaxypyr® or Cyazypyr® insect 
controls. These agreements generally require the third party to use 
the well-known and trusted Rynaxypyr® or Cyazypyr® brand names 
on the end-use products formulated with active ingredient supplied 

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  

ITEM 1 Business

by FMC. As of December 31, 2019, we had four global agreements 
and 41 separate local-country agreements covering 11 countries. We 
are continuing to explore opportunities with additional companies 
beyond those with whom we are already engaged.

Complexity of manufacturing

Today FMC manufactures all the required intermediates in the multi-
step processes, as well as the final Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® products, 
at our own active ingredient manufacturing plants or through key 
contract manufacturers who produce under long-term exclusive 
technology-license agreements. For a third party to replicate this 

complex supply chain and manufacturing network would be a major 
undertaking with very large capital requirements. In addition, given 
our manufacturing know-how, scale of our operations, and continual 
investment in manufacturing process improvement, we believe FMC’s 
manufacturing costs will be substantially lower than any other party 
seeking to produce these diamide products.

Collectively, these four factors – deep patent estate, proprietary regulatory 
data, strong commercial approach leveraging our brand recognition, 
and capabilities of managing large scale manufacturing complexity – 
provide us the basis for our expectation that FMC will be the company 
of choice to supply chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole products 
to third-party partners, and ultimately to farmers, well into the future.

Source and Availability of Raw Materials

We utilize numerous vendors to supply raw materials and intermediate chemicals to support operations. These materials are sourced on a global 
basis to strategically balance FMC’s vendor portfolio.

Patents, Trademarks and Licenses

As an agricultural sciences company, FMC believes in innovation 
and in protecting that innovation through intellectual property 
rights. We own and license a significant number of U.S. and foreign 
patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property that 
are cumulatively important to our business. The FMC intellectual 
property estate provides us with a significant competitive advantage 
which we seek to expand and renew on a continual basis. We manage 
our technology investment to discover and develop new active 
ingredients and biological products, as well as to continue to improve 
manufacturing processes and existing active ingredients through 
new formulations, mixtures or other concepts. FMC’s technology 
innovation processes capture those innovations and protect them 
through the most appropriate form of intellectual property rights. 
We also in-license certain active ingredients and other technologies 
under patents held by third parties, and have granted licenses to 
certain of our patents to third parties.

Our patents cover many aspects of our business, including our chemical 
and biological active ingredients, intermediate chemicals, manufacturing 
processes to produce such active ingredients or intermediates, formulations, 
and product uses, as well as many aspects of our research and development 
activities that support the FMC new product pipeline. Patents are granted 
by individual jurisdictions and the duration of our patents depends on 
their respective jurisdictions and payment of annuities.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company owned a total of approximately 
200 active granted U.S. patents and over 2,500 active granted foreign patents; 
we also have approximately 1,600 patent applications pending globally.

In our current product portfolio, our diamide insect control 
products based on Rynaxypyr® (Chlorantraniliprole) and Cyazypyr® 
(Cyantraniliprole) active ingredients have a substantial patent estate 
which will remain in force well into the future. More details regarding 
our diamide granted patent estate are set forth in the tables below:

Numbers of active Granted Patents by type*:  Chlorantraniliprole and Cyantraniliprole, as of December 31, 2019

Active Ingredients
Intermediates and Methods of Manufacturing
Formulations/Mixtures/Applications
TOTAL
*Patent families were only placed under one type but may cover several types.

Remaining Life of Granted Patents: Chlorantraniliprole and Cyantraniliprole, as of December 31, 2019

Through December 31, 2024
2025 – 2029
2030 – 2035
TOTAL

United States
21
23
9
53

United States
33
14
6
53

Foreign
243
222
311
776

Foreign
302
435
39
776

We also own many trademarks that are well recognized by customers 
or product end-users. Unlike patents, ownership rights in trademarks 
can be continued indefinitely so long as the trademarks are properly 
used and renewal fees are paid.

We actively monitor and manage our patents and trademarks to maintain 
our rights in these assets and we strategically take aggressive action 

when we believe our intellectual property rights are being infringed. 
While we believe that the invalidity or loss of any particular patent, 
trademark or license would be a remote possibility, our patent and 
trademark estate related to our diamide insect control products based 
on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active ingredients in the aggregate are 
of material importance to our operations.

5

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 1 Business

Seasonality

The seasonal nature of the crop protection market and the geographic 
spread of our business can result in significant variations in quarterly 
earnings among geographic locations. Our products sold in the northern 
hemisphere (North America, Europe and parts of Asia) serve seasonal 
agricultural markets from March through September, generally resulting 

in significant earnings in the first and second quarters, and to a lesser 
extent in the fourth quarter. Markets in the southern hemisphere 
(Latin America and parts of the Asia Pacific region, including Australia) 
are served from July through February, generally resulting in earnings 
in the third, fourth and first quarters.

Competition

We encounter substantial competition in our business. We market 
our products through our own sales organization and through alliance 
partners, independent distributors and sales representatives. The number 
of our principal competitors varies from market to market. In general, 
we compete by providing advanced technology, high product quality, 
reliability, quality customer and technical service, and by operating in 
a cost-efficient manner.

Our business competes primarily in the global chemical crop protection 
market for insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. Industry products 
include crop protection chemicals and, for certain major competitors, 
genetically engineered (crop biotechnology) products. Competition 

Research and Development Expense

from generic agrochemical producers is significant as a number of 
key product patents have expired in the last two decades. In general, 
we compete as an innovator by focusing on product development, 
including novel formulations, proprietary mixes, and advanced delivery 
systems and by acquiring or licensing (mostly) proprietary chemistries 
or technologies that complement our product and geographic focus. 
We also differentiate ourselves by our global cost-competitiveness 
through our manufacturing strategies, establishing effective product 
stewardship programs and developing strategic alliances that strengthen 
market access in key countries and regions.

The development efforts in our business focus on developing 
environmentally sound solutions — both new active ingredients and 
new product formulations — that cost-effectively increase farmers’ yields 
and provide alternatives to existing and new chemistries. On June 24, 

2019, we announced our investment of more than $50 million over 
the next three years at our FMC Stine Research Center in Newark, 
Delaware, to upgrade infrastructure and complete construction on a 
new state-of-the-art, greenhouse and laboratory facility.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

A discussion of environmental related factors can be found in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results 
of Operations” and in Note 12 “Environmental Obligations” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K.

Employees

We employ approximately 6,400 people with about 1,500 people in 
our domestic operations and 4,900 people in our foreign operations.

Approximately 3 percent of our U.S.-based and 35 percent of our 
foreign-based employees, respectively, are represented by collective 
bargaining agreements. We have successfully concluded most of our 
recent contract negotiations without any material work stoppages.  

In those rare instances where a work stoppage has occurred, there has 
been no material effect on consolidated sales and earnings. We cannot 
predict, however, the outcome of future contract negotiations. In 2020, 
eight foreign collective-bargaining agreements will be expiring. These 
contracts affect approximately 23 percent of our foreign-based employees. 
There are no U.S. collective-bargaining agreements expiring in 2020.

SEC Filings

SEC filings are available free of charge on our website, www.fmc.com. Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current 
reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are posted as soon as practicable after we furnish such materials to the SEC.

6

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  

ITEM 1A Risk Factors

ITEM 1A Risk Factors

Among the factors that could have an impact on our ability to achieve operating results and meet our other goals are:

Industry Risks

Pricing and volumes in our markets are sensitive to a number of industry 
specific and global issues and events including:
•• Competition and new agricultural technologies - Our business faces 
competition, which could affect our ability to maintain or raise prices, 
successfully enter certain markets or retain our market position. 
Competition for our business includes not only generic suppliers of 
the same pesticidal active ingredients but also alternative proprietary 
pesticide chemistries and crop protection technologies that are bred 
into or applied onto seeds. Increased generic presence in agricultural 
chemical markets has been driven by the number of significant product 
patents and product data protections that have expired in the last 
decade, and this trend is expected to continue. Also, there are changing 
competitive dynamics in the agrochemical industry as some of our 
competitors have consolidated, resulting in them having greater scale 
and diversity, as well as market reach. These competitive differences 
may not be overcome and may erode our business. Agriculture in 
many countries is changing and new technologies (e.g., precision pest 
prediction or application, data management) continue to emerge. At 
this time, the scope and potential impact of these technologies are 
largely unknown but could have the potential to disrupt our business.
•• Climatic conditions - Our markets are affected by climatic conditions, 
which could adversely impact crop pricing and pest infestations. For 
example, drought may reduce the need for fungicides, which could 
result in fewer sales and greater unsold inventories in the market, 
whereas excessive rain could lead to increased plant disease or weed 
growth requiring growers to purchase and use more pesticides. Drought 
and/or increased temperatures may change insect pest pressures, 
requiring growers to use more, less, or different insecticides. Natural 
disasters can impact production at our facilities in various parts of 
the world. The nature of these events makes them difficult to predict.
•• Cyclicality - While our business is well balanced geographically, in any 
given calendar quarter a certain geography(ies) will predominate in 
light of seasonal variations in the demand for our products given the 
nature of the crop protection market and the geographic regions in 
which we operate. Unexpected market conditions in that predominating 
geography(ies), such as adverse weather, pest pressures, or other 
risks described herein, may impact our business if occurring during 
a calendar quarter in which such geography(ies) is predominating.
•• Changing regulatory environment and public perception - Changes 
in the regulatory environment, particularly in the U.S., Brazil, China, 
India, Argentina and the European Union, could adversely impact 
our ability to continue producing and/or selling certain products 
in our domestic and foreign markets or could increase the cost of 
doing so. Additionally, changes to the regulatory environment may 
be influenced by non-government public pressure as a result of negative 
perception regarding the use of our crop protection products. We 
are sensitive to this general regulatory risk given the need to obtain 
and maintain pesticide registrations in every country in which we 
sell our products. Many countries require re-registration of pesticides 
to meet new and more challenging requirements; while we defend 
our products vigorously, these re-registration processes may result 

in significant additional data costs, reduced number of permitted 
product uses, or potential product cancellation. Compliance with 
changing laws and regulations may involve significant costs or capital 
expenditures or require changes in business practice that could result 
in reduced profitability. In the European Union, the regulatory risk 
specifically includes the chemicals regulation known as REACH 
(Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals), which 
requires manufacturers to verify through a special registration system 
that their chemicals can be marketed safely.
•• Geographic presence outside of U.S. - We have a strong presence 
in Latin America, Europe and Asia, as well as in the U.S. Growth 
of our geographic footprint particularly in Europe and key Asian 
countries such as India means that developments outside the U.S. 
will generally have a more significant effect on our operations than in 
the past. Our operations outside the U.S. are subject to special risks 
and restrictions, including: fluctuations in currency values; exchange 
control regulations; changes in local political or economic conditions; 
governmental pricing directives; import and trade restrictions or 
tariffs; import or export licensing requirements and trade policy; 
restrictions on the ability to repatriate funds; and other potentially 
detrimental domestic and foreign governmental practices or policies 
affecting U.S. companies doing business abroad.
•• Climate change and government regulation of greenhouse gases - The 
effects of climate change such as rising sea levels, drought, flooding 
and general volatility in seasonal temperatures could adversely affect 
our operations globally. Extreme weather events attributable to climate 
change may result in, among other things, physical damage to our 
property and equipment, and interruptions to our supply chain. Climate 
change may also impact markets in which we sell our products, where, 
for example, a prolonged drought may result in decreased demand 
for our products. The more gradual effects of persistent temperature 
change in geographies with significant agricultural lands may result 
in changes in lands suitable for agriculture or changes in the mix 
of crops suitable for cultivation and the pests that may be present 
in such geographies. For example, prolonged increase in average 
temperature may make northern lands suitable for growing crops 
not grown historically in such climes, leading farmers to shift from 
crops such as wheat to soybean and may result in new or different 
weed, plant disease or insect pressures on such crops – such changes 
would impact the mix of pesticide products farmers would purchase, 
which may be adverse for us, depending on the local market and our 
product mix. Additionally, changes in the governmental regulation 
of greenhouse gases, depending on their nature and scope, could 
subject our manufacturing operations to significant additional costs 
or limits on operations.
•• Fluctuations in commodity prices - Our operating results could be 
significantly affected by the cost of commodities - both chemical raw 
material commodities and harvested crop commodities. We may not be 
able to raise prices or improve productivity sufficiently to offset future 
increases in chemical raw material commodity pricing. Accordingly, 
increases in such commodity prices may negatively affect our financial 

7

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 1A Risk Factors

results. We use hedging strategies to address material commodity 
price risks, where hedge strategies are available on reasonable terms. 
However, we are unable to avoid the risk of medium- and long-term 
increases. Additionally, fluctuations in harvested crop commodity 
prices could negatively impact our customers’ ability to sell their 
products at previously forecasted prices resulting in reduced customer 
liquidity. Inadequate customer liquidity could affect our customers’ 
abilities to pay for our products and, therefore, affect existing and 
future sales or our ability to collect on customer receivables.
•• Supply arrangements - Certain raw materials are critical to our 
production processes and our purchasing strategy and supply chain 
design are complex. While we have made supply arrangements to meet 
planned operating requirements, an inability to obtain the critical 
raw materials or operate under contract manufacturing arrangements 
would adversely impact our ability to produce certain products and 
could lead to operational disruption and increase uncertainties around 
business performance. We increasingly source critical intermediates 
and finished products from a number of suppliers, largely outside 
of the U.S. and principally in China. An inability to obtain these 
products or execute under contract sourcing arrangements would 
adversely impact our ability to sell products.

Operational Risks

•• Market access risk - Our results may be affected by changes in distribution 
channels, which could impact our ability to access the market.
•• Business disruptions - We produce products through a combination 
of owned facilities and contract manufacturers. We own and operate 
large-scale active ingredient manufacturing facilities in the U.S. 
(Mobile), Puerto Rico (Manati), China (Pudong and Jinshan), 
Denmark (Ronland), and India (Panoli). Our operating results are 
dependent in part on the continued operation of these production 
facilities. Interruptions at these facilities may materially reduce the 
productivity of a particular manufacturing facility, or the profitability 
of our business as a whole. Although we take precautions to enhance 
the safety of our operations and minimize the risk of disruptions, our 
operations and those of our contract manufacturers are subject to 
hazards inherent in chemical manufacturing and the related storage and 
transportation of raw materials, products and wastes. These potential 
hazards include explosions, fires, severe weather and natural disasters, 
mechanical failure, unscheduled downtimes, supplier disruptions, 
labor shortages or other labor difficulties, information technology 
systems outages, disruption in our supply chain or manufacturing 
and distribution operations, transportation interruptions, chemical 
spills, discharges or releases of toxic or hazardous substances or gases, 
shipment of contaminated or off-specification product to customers, 
storage tank leaks, other environmental risks, or other sudden disruption 
in business operations beyond our control as a result of events such 
as acts of sabotage, terrorism or war, civil or political unrest, natural 
disasters, large scale power outages and public health epidemics/
pandemics. Some of these hazards may cause severe damage to or 
destruction of property and equipment or personal injury and loss 
of life and may result in suspension of operations or the shutdown 
of affected facilities. Further, outbreaks of pandemics such as the 
COVID-19 (Wuhan) coronavirus currently impacting China and 
other countries, or the fear of such events, could provoke responses, 
including government imposed travel restrictions, which may impact: 
access to our production sites, the ability of raw material suppliers to 
produce and deliver goods to us, our ability to ship our products to 

8

•• Economic and political change - Our business has been and could 
continue to be adversely affected by economic and political changes in 
the markets where we compete including: inflation rates, recessions, trade 
restrictions, tariff increases or potential new tariffs, foreign ownership 
restrictions and economic embargoes imposed by the U.S. or any of the 
foreign countries in which we do business; changes in laws, taxation, 
and regulations and the interpretation and application of these laws, 
taxes, and regulations; restrictions imposed by the U.S. government 
or foreign governments through exchange controls or taxation policy; 
nationalization or expropriation of property, undeveloped property rights, 
and legal systems or political instability; other governmental actions; 
and other external factors over which we have no control. Economic 
and political conditions within the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions or 
strained relations between countries can cause fluctuations in demand, 
price volatility, supply disruptions, or loss of property. In Argentina, 
continued inflation and foreign exchange controls could adversely 
affect our business. Realignment of change in regional economic 
arrangements could have an operational impact on our businesses. In 
China, unpredictable enforcement of environmental regulations could 
result in unanticipated shutdowns in broad geographic areas, impacting 
our contract manufacturers and raw material suppliers.

production, warehousing or customer sites, or the ability of our sales 
organization to make sales or for customers (or indirect customers 
such as farmers) to purchase our products.
•• Litigation and environmental risks - Current reserves relating to 
our ongoing litigation and environmental liabilities may ultimately 
prove to be inadequate.
•• Hazardous materials - We manufacture and transport certain materials 
that are inherently hazardous due to their toxic or volatile nature. While 
we take precautions to handle and transport these materials in a safe 
manner, if they are mishandled or released into the environment, they 
could cause property damage or result in personal injury claims against us.
•• Environmental compliance - We are subject to extensive federal, state, 
local, and foreign environmental and safety laws, regulations, directives, 
rules and ordinances concerning, among other things, emissions in 
the air, discharges to land and water, and the generation, handling, 
treatment, disposal and remediation of hazardous waste and other 
materials. We may face liability arising out of the normal course of 
business, including alleged personal injury or property damage due 
to exposure to chemicals or other hazardous substances at our current 
or former facilities or chemicals that we manufacture, handle or own. 
We take our environmental responsibilities very seriously, but there 
is a risk of environmental impact inherent in our manufacturing 
operations and transportation of chemicals. Any substantial liability 
for environmental damage could have a material adverse effect on our 
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
•• Compliance with laws and regulations - The global regulatory 
environment is becoming increasingly complex and requires more 
resources to effectively manage, which may increase the potential for 
misunderstanding or misapplication of regulatory standards.
•• Workforce - The inability to recruit and retain key personnel or the 
unexpected loss of key personnel may adversely affect our operations. 
In addition, our future success depends in part on our ability to 
identify and develop talent to succeed senior management and other 
key members of the organization.

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KTechnology Risks

•• Information technology security and data privacy risks - As with all 
enterprise information systems, our information technology systems 
could be penetrated by outside parties’ intent on extracting information, 
corrupting information, deploying ransomware, or disrupting business 
processes. Our systems have in the past been, and likely will in the 
future be, subject to unauthorized access attempts. Unauthorized 
access could disrupt our business operations and could result in 
failures or interruptions in our computer systems, lockout from 
systems due to ransomware, or in the loss of assets and could have a 
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results 
of operations. In addition, breaches of our security measures or the 
accidental loss, inadvertent disclosure, or unapproved dissemination 
of proprietary information or sensitive or confidential information 
about the Company, our employees, our vendors, or our customers, 
could result in litigation, violations of various data privacy regulations 
in some jurisdictions, and also potentially result in a liability. While 
we have taken measures to assess the requirements of, and to comply 
with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation 
and data privacy regulations in other countries, these measures may 
be challenged by authorities that regulate data-related compliance. 
We could incur significant expense in facilitating and responding 
to investigations and if the measures we have taken prove to be 

Portfolio Management and Integration Risks

•• Portfolio management risks - We continuously review our portfolio 
which includes the evaluation of potential business acquisitions that 
may strategically fit our business and strategic growth initiatives. If 
we are unable to successfully integrate and develop our acquired 
businesses, we could fail to achieve anticipated synergies which 
would include expected cost savings and revenue growth. Failure to 
achieve these anticipated synergies could materially and adversely 
affect our financial results. In addition to strategic acquisitions we 
evaluate the diversity of our portfolio in light of our objectives and 
alignment with our growth strategy. In implementing this strategy we 
may not be successful in separating underperforming or non-strategic 
assets. The gains or losses on the divestiture of, or lost operating 
income from, such assets (e.g., divesting) may affect the Company’s 
earnings. Moreover, we may incur asset impairment charges related 
to acquisitions or divestitures that reduce earnings. Significant effort 
will likely be required to ensure that the right mix of resources are 
trained, engaged and focused on achieving business objectives while 
adhering to our core values of safety, ethics and compliance.
•• Innovation and intellectual property - Our innovation efforts are 
protected by patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property 
rights that cover many of our current products, manufacturing 
processes, and product uses, as well as many aspects of our research 
and development activities supporting our new product pipeline. 
Trademarks protect valuable brands associated with our products. 
Patents and trademarks are granted by individual jurisdictions and 
the duration of our patents depends on their respective jurisdictions 
and payment of annuities. Our future performance will depend on 
our ability to address active ingredient composition of matter patent 
expirations through effective enforcement of our patents that continue 
to cover key chemical intermediates and process patents, as well 
as portfolio life cycle management, particularly for our high value 
diamide insecticides (see “Diamide Growth Strategy” and “Patents, 

PART I  

ITEM 1A Risk Factors

inadequate, we could face fines or penalties. This could damage our 
reputation, or otherwise harm our business, financial condition, or 
results of operations.
•• Technological and new product discovery/development - Our ability 
to compete successfully depends in part upon our ability to maintain a 
superior technological capability and to continue to identify, develop 
and commercialize new and innovative, high value-added products for 
existing and future customers. Our investment in the discovery and 
development of new pesticidal active ingredients relies on discovery of 
new chemical molecules or biological strains. Such discovery processes 
depend on our scientists being able to find new molecules and strains, 
which are novel and outside of patents held by others, and such 
molecules/strains being efficacious against target pests, and our ability 
to develop those molecules and strains into new products without 
creating an undue risk to human health and the environment, and 
then meeting applicable regulatory criteria. The timeline from active 
ingredient discovery through full development and product launch 
averages 8-10 years depending on local regulatory requirements; the 
complexity and duration of developing new products create risks that 
product concepts may fail during development or, when launched, 
may not meet then-current market needs or competitive conditions.

Trademarks and Licenses” in Item 1 for more details). If our innovation 
efforts fail to continue to make process improvements to reduce costs, 
such conditions could impede our competitive position. Some of 
our competitors may secure patents on production methods or uses 
of products that may limit our ability to compete cost-effectively.
•• Enforcement of intellectual property rights - The composition of 
matter patents on our Rynaxypyr® active ingredient is nearing its 
expiration in several key countries. We have a broad estate of additional 
patents regarding the production of Rynaxypyr® active ingredient, as 
well as trademark and data exclusivity protection in certain countries 
that extend well beyond the active ingredient composition of matter 
patents. (See “Diamide Growth Strategy” and “Patents, Trademarks 
and Licenses” in Item 1). We intend to strategically and vigorously 
enforce our patents and other forms of intellectual property and 
have done so already against several third parties. Other third parties 
may seek to enter markets with infringing products or may find 
alternative production methods that avoid infringement or we may 
not be successful in litigating to enforce our patents due to the risks 
inherent in any litigation. Patents involve complex factual and legal 
issues and, thus, the scope, validity or enforceability of any patent 
claims we have or may obtain cannot be clearly predicted. Patents 
may be challenged in the courts, as well as in various administrative 
proceedings before U.S. or foreign patent offices, and may be deemed 
unenforceable, invalidated or circumvented. We are currently and 
may in the future be a party to various lawsuits or administrative 
proceedings involving our patents. Such challenges can result in 
some or all of the claims of the asserted patent being invalidated or 
deemed unenforceable. In such circumstances, an adverse patent 
enforcement decision which could lead to the entry of competing 
chlorantraniliprole products in relevant markets may materially and 
adversely impact our financial results.

9

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 1A Risk Factors

•• System implementation and integration risks - Failure to successfully 
integrate the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business and transition 
the management information systems of the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business from the ERP system provided under Transition Services 
Agreement by DuPont to a management information system integrated 
with FMC’s legacy processes could result in interruption of operations 
or failure to achieve synergies we expect. This could cause our future 
results of operations to be materially worse than expected.
•• Major enterprise initiatives - In addition to the continued integration 
of the DuPont Crop Protection Business assets, we are implementing 
other major initiatives such as the migration to a single global instance 
of SAP S/4 HANA. These projects will place significant demands on 
certain of our internal functional groups, particularly finance and 
information technology. Failure to successfully execute these projects 
could materially and adversely affect our expected performance.

•• Potential tax implications of FMC Lithium separation - We have 
received an opinion from outside counsel to the effect that the spin-
off of FMC Lithium as a distribution to our stockholders qualified 
as a non-taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 
The opinion is based on certain assumptions and representations as 
to factual matters from both FMC and FMC Lithium, as well as 
certain covenants by those parties. The opinion cannot be relied upon 
if any of the assumptions, representations or covenants is incorrect, 
incomplete or inaccurate or is violated in any material respect. The 
opinion of counsel is not binding upon the IRS or the courts and 
there is no assurance that the IRS or a court will not take a contrary 
position. It is possible that the IRS or a state or local taxing authority 
could take the position that aforementioned transaction results in 
the recognition of significant taxable gain by FMC, in which case 
FMC may be subject to material tax liabilities.

Financial Risks

•• Access to debt and capital markets - We rely on cash generated from 
operations and external financing to fund our growth and working 
capital needs. Limitations on access to external financing could adversely 
affect our operating results. Moreover, interest payments, dividends 
and the expansion of our business or other business opportunities 
may require significant amounts of capital. We believe that our cash 
from operations and available borrowings under our revolving credit 
facility will be sufficient to meet these needs in the foreseeable future. 
However, if we need external financing, our access to credit markets 
and pricing of our capital will be dependent upon maintaining 
sufficient credit ratings from credit rating agencies and the state of 
the capital markets generally. There can be no assurances that we 
would be able to obtain equity or debt financing on terms we deem 
acceptable, and it is possible that the cost of any financings could 
increase significantly, thereby increasing our expenses and decreasing 
our net income. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or 
raise adequate external financing, including as a result of significant 
disruptions in the global credit markets, we could be forced to restrict 
our operations and growth opportunities, which could adversely 
affect our operating results.
•• Credit default risks - We may use our existing revolving credit facility 
to meet our cash needs, to the extent available. In the event of a 
default in this credit facility or any of our senior notes, we could be 
required to immediately repay all outstanding borrowings and make 
cash deposits as collateral for all obligations the facility supports, 
which we may not be able to do. Any default under any of our credit 
arrangements could cause a default under many of our other credit 
agreements and debt instruments. Without waivers from lenders party 
to those agreements, any such default could have a material adverse 
effect on our ability to continue to operate.
•• Exposure to global economic conditions - Deterioration in the global 
economy and worldwide credit and foreign exchange markets could 
adversely affect our business. A worsening of global or regional 
economic conditions or financial markets could adversely affect 
both our own and our customers’ ability to meet the terms of sale 
or our suppliers’ ability to perform all their commitments to us. 

A slowdown in economic growth in our international markets, or a 
deterioration of credit or foreign exchange markets could adversely 
affect customers, suppliers and our overall business there. Customers 
in weakened economies may be unable to purchase our products, 
or it could become more expensive for them to purchase imported 
products in their local currency, or sell their commodities at prevailing 
international prices, and we may be unable to collect receivables 
from such customers.
•• Foreign exchange rate risks - We are an international company operating 
in many countries around the world, and thus face foreign exchange 
rate risks in the normal course of our business. We are particularly 
sensitive to the Brazilian real, the euro, the Indian rupee, the Chinese 
yuan, the Mexican peso, the Argentine peso and the U.S. dollar. 
While we engage in hedging and other strategies to mitigate those 
risks, unexpected severe changes in foreign exchange may create risks 
that could materially and adversely affect our expected performance.
•• Uncertain tax rates - Our future effective tax rates may be materially 
impacted by numerous items including: a future change in the 
composition of earnings from foreign and domestic tax jurisdictions, 
as earnings in foreign jurisdictions are typically taxed at different 
statutory rates than the U.S. federal statutory rate; accounting for 
uncertain tax positions; business combinations; expiration of statute of 
limitations or settlement of tax audits; changes in valuation allowance; 
changes in tax law; currency gains and losses.
•• Uncertain recoverability of investments in long-lived assets - We have 
significant investments in long-lived assets and continually review the 
carrying value of these assets for recoverability in light of changing 
market conditions and alternative product sourcing opportunities. 
We may recognize future impairments of long-lived assets which 
could adversely affect our results of operations.
•• Pension and postretirement plans - Obligations related to our pension 
and postretirement plans reflect certain assumptions. To the extent 
actual experience differs from these assumptions, our costs and funding 
obligations could increase or decrease significantly.

10

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 1B Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

PART I  

ITEM 3 Legal Proceedings

ITEM 2  Properties

FMC leases executive offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and operates 26 manufacturing facilities in 18 countries. Our major research and 
development facilities are in Newark, Delaware; Shanghai, China and Copenhagen, Denmark.

We believe our facilities are in good operating conditions. The number and location of our owned or leased production properties for continuing 
operations are as follows:

TOTAL

North America
5

Latin
America
2

Europe, Middle  
East and Africa
6

Asia
13

Total
26

ITEM 3  Legal Proceedings

Like hundreds of other industrial companies, we have been named as 
one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation. 
Most of these cases allege personal injury or death resulting from 
exposure to asbestos in premises of FMC or to asbestos-containing 
components installed in machinery or equipment manufactured or 
sold by discontinued operations. The machinery and equipment 
businesses we owned or operated did not fabricate the asbestos-
containing component parts at issue in the litigation, and to this day, 
neither the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration nor 
the Environmental Protection Agency has banned the use of these 
components. Further, the asbestos-containing parts for this machinery 
and equipment were accessible only at the time of infrequent repair 
and maintenance. A few jurisdictions have permitted claims to proceed 
against equipment manufacturers relating to insulation installed by 
other companies on such machinery and equipment. We believe that, 
overall, the claims against FMC are without merit.

As of December 31, 2019, there were approximately 10,400 premises and 
product asbestos claims pending against FMC in several jurisdictions. 
Since the 1980s, approximately 116,000 asbestos claims against FMC 
have been discharged, the overwhelming majority of which have been 
dismissed without any payment to the claimant. Since the 1980s, 
settlements with claimants have totaled approximately $106 million.

We intend to continue managing these asbestos-related cases in accordance 
with our historical experience. We have established a reserve for this 
litigation within our discontinued operations and believe that any 
exposure of a loss in excess of the established reserve cannot be reasonably 
estimated. Our experience has been that the overall trends in asbestos 
litigation have changed over time. Over the last several years, we have 
seen changes in the jurisdictions where claims against FMC are being 
filed and changes in the mix of products named in the various claims. 
Because these claim trends have yet to form a predictable pattern, we 
are presently unable to reasonably estimate our asbestos liability with 
respect to claims that may be filed in the future.

Please see Note 1 “Principal Accounting Policies and Related Financial 
Information” - Environmental obligations, Note 12 “Environmental 
Obligations” and Note 20 “Guarantees, Commitments and 
Contingencies” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements 
included in this Form 10-K, the content of which are incorporated 
by reference to this Item 3.

11

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART I  
ITEM 4 Mine Safety Disclosures

ITEM 4  Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

ITEM 4A Information About our Executive Officers

The executive officers of FMC Corporation, the offices they currently hold, their business experience during the previous five years and their ages 
as of December 31, 2019, are as follows. Each executive officer has been employed by the Company for more than five years.

Name
Pierre R. Brondeau

Age
62

Mark A. Douglas

57

Andrew D. Sandifer 50

Michael F. Reilly

56

Office and year of election
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (18-present); President, Chief Executive Officer and 
Chairman of the Board (10-18); President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Advanced Materials, a specialty 
materials company (08-09); President and Chief Operating Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a predecessor 
of Dow Advanced Materials (07-08); Board Member, T.E. Connectivity Electronics (07-present); Board Member, 
American Chemistry Council (17-present); Board Trustee, Franklin Institute (17-present), Board Member, Livent 
Corporation (18-present)
President and Chief Executive Officer-Elect (19-present), President and Chief Operating Officer (18-19), President, 
FMC Agricultural Solutions (12-18); President, Industrial Chemicals Group (11-12); Vice President, Global 
Operations and International Development (10-11); Vice President, President Asia, Dow Advanced Materials 
(09-10); Board Member, Quaker Chemical (13-present); Board Member CropLife International (17-present); 
Board Member Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (16-present)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (18-present); Vice President and Treasurer (16-18); Vice 
President, Corporate Transformation (14-16); Vice President, Strategic Development (10-14); Vice President, 
Strategic Initiatives of ARAMARK (10); Board Member, Philabundance (14-present); Board Trustee, Germantown 
Academy (17-present)
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary (19-present); Vice President, 
Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (16-19); Associate General Counsel (13-16); Board 
Member, First State Montessori Academy, Inc. (18-present)

All officers are elected to hold office for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. No family relationships exist among any of the 
above-listed officers, and there are no arrangements or understandings between any of the above-listed officers and any other person pursuant to 
which they serve as an officer. The above-listed officers have not been involved in any legal proceedings during the past ten years of a nature for 
which the SEC requires disclosure that are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of any such officer.

12

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

ITEM 5  Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, 

Related Stockholders Matters and Issuer Purchases 
of Equity Securities

FMC common stock of $0.10 par value is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol: FMC). There were 2,454 registered common 
stockholders as of December 31, 2019.

FMC’s annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at FMC Tower, 2929 Walnut Street Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. Notice of the meeting, together with proxy materials, will be mailed approximately five weeks prior to the meeting to stockholders 
of record as of March 4, 2020.

Transfer Agent and Registrar of Stock:

EQ Shareowner Services
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-4100
Phone: 1-800-468-9716
(651-450-4064 local and outside the U.S.)
https://equiniti.com/us/

or
P.O. Box 64874
St. Paul, MN 55164-0854

13

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 5 Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholders Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Stockholder Return Performance Presentation

The graph that follows shall not be deemed to be incorporated by 
reference into any filing made by FMC under the Securities Act of 
1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The following Stockholder Performance Graph compares the five-year 
cumulative total return on FMC’s Common Stock with the S&P 500 
Index and the S&P 500 Chemicals Index. The comparison assumes 
$100 was invested on December 31, 2014, in FMC’s Common Stock 
and in both of the indices, and the reinvestment of all dividends.

FMC Corporation
S&P 500 Index
S&P 500 Chemicals Index

$
$
$

2014
100.00 $
100.00 $
100.00 $

2015
69.77 $
101.37 $
95.88 $

2016
102.03 $
113.30 $
105.45 $

2017
171.94 $
137.85 $
133.42 $

2018
135.54 $
132.03 $
118.15 $

2019
185.87
173.25
143.88

STOCK PERFORMANCE CHART

$200

$150

$100

$50

$0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

FMC Corporation

S&P 500 Index

S&P 500 Chemicals Index

The following table summarizes information with respect to the purchase of our common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2019:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Period

October
November
December

TOTAL

Publicly Announced Program

Total Number of 
Shares Purchased

675  $
350,000  $
664,608  $
1,015,283  $

Average Price Paid  
Per Share
82.53 
98.07 
98.82 
98.55 

Total Number of 
Shares Purchased

—  $
350,000  $
664,608  $
1,014,608  $

Total Dollar  
Amount Purchased
— 
34,323,290 
65,676,754 
100,000,044 

Maximum Dollar Value 
of Shares that May Yet  
be Purchased
700,000,664
665,677,374
600,000,620

$
$
$

In 2019, 4.7 million shares were repurchased under the publicly 
announced repurchase program. At December 31, 2019, approximately 
$600 million remained unused under our Board-authorized repurchase 
program. This repurchase program does not include a specific timetable 
or price targets and may be suspended or terminated at any time. 

Shares may be purchased through open market or privately negotiated 
transactions at the discretion of management based on its evaluation 
of market conditions and other factors. We also reacquire shares from 
time to time from employees in connection with the vesting, exercise 
and forfeiture of awards under our equity compensation plans.

14

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  

ITEM 6 Selected Financial Data

ITEM 6  Selected Financial Data

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

The selected consolidated financial and other data presented below for, and as of the end of, each of the years in the five-year period ended 
December 31, 2019, are derived from our consolidated financial statements. The selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction 
with our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(in Millions, except per share data)
Income Statement Data:
Revenue
Income from continuing operations before equity 
in (earnings) loss of affiliates, non-operating 
pension and postretirement charges (income), 
interest expense, net and income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations  
before income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes(1)
NET INCOME (LOSS)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to 
noncontrolling interest
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO 
FMC STOCKHOLDERS

Amounts attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations, net of income taxes
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
NET INCOME (LOSS)

Basic earnings (loss) per common share 
attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS)

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share 
attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS)

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Year Ended December 31,

$

4,609.8 

$

4,285.3 

$

2,531.2 

$

2,274.8 

$

2,252.9 

821.6 

655.0 
543.5 
(63.3)
480.2 

2.8 

477.4 

540.7 
(63.3)
477.4 

4.12 
(0.48)
3.64 

4.10 
(0.48)
3.62 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

740.9 

608.4 
537.6 
(26.1)
511.5 

9.4 

502.1 

531.4 
(29.3)
502.1 

3.94 
(0.22)
3.72 

3.91 
(0.22)
3.69 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

158.5 

95.8 
(133.1)
671.5 
538.4 

2.6 

535.8 

(135.7)
671.5 
535.8 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

197.8 

111.6 
73.4 
138.3 
211.7 

2.6 

209.1 

71.1 
138.0 
209.1 

0.53 
1.03 
1.56 

0.53 
1.03 
1.56 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

(131.0)

(222.1)
(223.4)
721.9 
498.5 

9.5 

489.0 

(232.8)
721.8 
489.0 

(1.74)
5.40 
3.66 

(1.74)
5.40 
3.66 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets
Long-term debt
Other Data:
Cash dividends declared per share
(1)  Discontinued operations, net of income taxes includes, in periods up to their respective dispositions, our discontinued FMC Lithium, FMC Health and Nutrition, 
and  FMC  Alkali  Chemicals  division.  It  also  includes  other  historical  discontinued  gains  and  losses  related  to  adjustments  to  our  estimates  of  our  retained 
liabilities for environmental exposures, general liability, workers’ compensation, postretirement benefit obligations, legal defense, property maintenance and other 
costs, losses for the settlement of litigation and gains related to property sales. Amount in 2017 includes the divestiture gain associated with FMC Health and 
Nutrition. Amount in 2015 includes the divestiture gain associated with the FMC Alkali Chemicals division sale.

9,974.3 
2,531.0 

9,206.3 
3,094.2 

6,139.3 
1,801.2 

9,872.7 
3,113.9 

6,325.9 
2,037.8 

0.90 

0.66 

0.66 

0.66 

1.64 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

15

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Information

Statement under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities 
Litigation Reform Act of 1995: FMC and its representatives may from 
time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking” 
and provide other than historical information, including statements 
contained herein, in FMC’s other filings with the SEC, and in reports 
or letters to FMC stockholders.

In some cases, FMC has identified forward-looking statements by such 
words or phrases as “will likely result,” “is confident that,” “expect,” 
“expects,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “will continue to,” “believe,” 
“believes,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” “estimates,” “projects,” 
“potential,” “intends” or similar expressions identifying “forward-looking 
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform 
Act of 1995, including the negative of those words and phrases. Such 
forward-looking statements are based on management’s current views 
and assumptions regarding future events, future business conditions and 

the outlook for the company based on currently available information. 
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and 
other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from 
any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed 
or implied by any forward-looking statement. These factors include, 
among other things, the risk factors and other cautionary statements 
filed with the SEC included within this Form 10-K as well as other 
SEC filings and public communications. FMC cautions readers not 
to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, 
which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements 
are qualified in their entirety by the above cautionary statement. 
FMC undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any duty, 
to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or 
circumstances arising after the date on which they were made, except 
as otherwise required by law.

ITEM 7  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of 

Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

We are an agricultural sciences company, providing innovative solutions 
to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a 
market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, 
plant health, and professional pest and turf management. We operate 
in a single distinct business segment and develop, market and sell all 
three major classes of crop protection chemicals: insecticides, herbicides 
and fungicides. These products are used in agriculture to enhance crop 
yield and quality by controlling a broad spectrum of insects, weeds 

2019 Highlights

The following are the more significant developments in our businesses 
during the year ended December 31, 2019:
•• Revenue of $4,609.8 million in 2019 increased $324.5 million or 
approximately 8 percent versus last year. A more detailed review of 
revenues is included under the section entitled “Results of Operations”. 
On a regional basis, sales in North America increased 3 percent, sales 
in Latin America increased by 19 percent, primarily from growth 
driven by higher volumes in Brazil and Argentina, sales in Europe, 
Middle East and Africa increased by 4 percent and sales in Asia 
increased 3 percent.
•• Our gross margin, excluding transaction-related charges, of 
$2,083.6 million increased $134.2 million or approximately 7 percent 
versus last year. The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by 
higher volumes. Gross margin, excluding transaction-related charges, 
as a percent of revenue remained flat at approximately 45 percent in 
the current year versus 2018.
•• Selling, general and administrative expenses increased slightly from 
$790.0 million to $792.9 million. Selling, general and administrative 

and disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. 
This powerful combination of advanced technologies includes leading 
insect control products based on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active 
ingredients; Authority®, Boral®, Centium®, Command® and Gamit® 
branded herbicides; Talstar® and Hero® branded insecticides; and 
flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio also includes biologicals 
such as Quartzo® and Presence® bionematicides.

expenses, excluding transaction-related charges, of $715.1 million 
increased $12.0 million or approximately 2 percent. Transaction-related 
charges are presented in our Adjusted Earnings Non-GAAP financial 
measurement below under the section titled “Results of Operations”.
•• Research and development expenses of $298.1 million increased 
$10.4 million or 4 percent. The increase was primarily due to continued 
investments in our global discovery and product development. We 
maintain our commitment to invest resources to discover new active 
ingredients and formulations that support resistance management 
and sustainable agriculture.
•• Net income (loss) attributable to FMC stockholders of $477.4 million 
decreased $24.7 million or approximately 5 percent from $502.1 million 
in the prior year period. Adjusted after-tax earnings from continuing 
operations attributable to FMC stockholders of $803.7 million 
increased $91.1 million or approximately 13 percent primarily due 
to adjusted EBITDA growth. See the disclosure of our Adjusted 
Earnings Non-GAAP financial measurement under the section titled 
“Results of Operations”.

16

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

Other 2019 Highlights

On March 1, 2019, we completed the previously announced distribution of 123 million shares of common stock of Livent as a pro rata dividend 
on shares of FMC common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date of February 25, 2019. Following the distribution, 
we have zero shares of Livent and zero exposure to lithium markets. We have recast all the data within this filing to present FMC Lithium as a 
discontinued operation retrospectively for all periods presented.

2020 Outlook

Our 2020 expectation for the overall global crop protection market 
growth is that it will be up low-single digits in U.S. dollars. We expect all 
regions to be up low-single digits, primarily driven by higher volumes, 
in part due to new product launches in 2020, and to a lesser extent 
higher pricing, slightly offset by negative foreign exchange impacts.

We expect 2020 revenue will be in the range of approximately 
$4.8 billion to $4.95 billion, up approximately 6 percent at the 
midpoint versus 2019. We also expect adjusted EBITDA(1) of $1.3 billion 
to $1.34 billion, which represents 8 percent growth at the midpoint 
versus 2019 results. 2020 adjusted earnings are expected to be in 
the range of $6.45 to $6.70 per diluted share(1), up 8 percent at the 
midpoint versus 2019, excluding any impact from potential share 
repurchases in 2020. For cash flow outlook, refer to the liquidity and 
capital resources section below.

(1)  Although we provide forecasts for adjusted earnings per share and adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP financial measures), we are not able to forecast the most directly 
comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain elements of the composition of the U.S. GAAP amounts are not predictable, 
making it impractical for us to forecast. Such elements include, but are not limited to, restructuring, acquisition charges, and discontinued operations. As a result, 
no U.S. GAAP outlook is provided.

17

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Results of Operations — 2019, 2018 and 2017

Overview

The following charts provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and 
Adjusted Earnings, both of which are Non-GAAP financial measures, 
from the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Adjusted EBITDA 
is provided to assist the readers of our financial statements with useful 
information regarding our operating results. Our operating results are 
presented based on how we assess operating performance and internally 
report financial information. For management purposes, we report 
operating performance based on earnings before interest, income taxes, 
depreciation and amortization, discontinued operations, and corporate 
special charges. Our Adjusted Earnings measure excludes corporate 
special charges, net of income taxes, discontinued operations attributable 
to FMC stockholders, net of income taxes, and certain Non-GAAP 

tax adjustments. These are excluded by us in the measure we use to 
evaluate business performance and determine certain performance-based 
compensation. These items are discussed in detail within the “Other 
Results of Operations” section that follows. In addition to providing 
useful information about our operating results to investors, we also 
believe that excluding the effect of corporate special charges, net of 
income taxes, and certain Non-GAAP tax adjustments from operating 
results and discontinued operations allows management and investors 
to compare more easily the financial performance of our underlying 
business from period to period. These measures should not be considered 
as substitutes for net income (loss) or other measures of performance 
or liquidity reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Year Ended December 31,

$

$

$

$

2017
2,531.2 

2019
4,609.8  $

2018
4,285.3  $

1,579.4 
951.8 
581.7 
138.4 
73.2 
2,372.7 

2,526.2 
2,083.6  $
792.9 
298.1 
171.0 
3,788.2  $

2,405.5 
1,879.8  $
790.0 
287.7 
61.2 
3,544.4  $

(in Millions) 
Revenue
Costs and Expenses
Costs of sales and services
Gross Margin
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Restructuring and other charges (income)
Total costs and expenses
Income from continuing operations before equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates, 
non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income), interest income, interest 
expense, and provision for income taxes(1)
Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates
Non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income)
Interest income
Interest expense
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Net income (loss) (GAAP)
Adjustments to arrive at Adjusted EBITDA:
Corporate special charges (income):
Restructuring and other charges (income)(3)
Non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income)(4)
Transaction-related charges(5)
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Interest expense, net
Depreciation and amortization
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
ADJUSTED EBITDA (NON-GAAP)(2)
(1)  Referred to as operating profit. 
(2)  Adjusted EBITDA is defined as operating profit excluding corporate special charges (income) and depreciation and amortization expense.
(3)  See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included within this Form 10-K for details of restructuring and other charges (income).
(4)  Our non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income) are defined as those costs (benefits) related to interest, expected return on plan assets, amortized 
actuarial gains and losses and the impacts of any plan curtailments or settlements. These are excluded from our operating results and are primarily related to 
changes in pension plan assets and liabilities which are tied to financial market performance and we consider these costs to be outside our operational performance. 
We continue to include the service cost and amortization of prior service cost in our operating results noted above. These elements reflect the current year operating 
costs to our businesses for the employment benefits provided to active employees.

821.6  $
— 
8.1 
(1.9)
160.4 
655.0  $
111.5 
543.5  $
(63.3)
480.2  $

740.9  $
(0.1)
(0.5)
(1.4)
134.5 
608.4  $
70.8 
537.6  $
(26.1)
511.5  $

171.0  $
8.1 
77.8 
63.3 
158.5 
150.1 
111.5 
1,220.5  $

61.2  $
(0.5)
156.5 
26.1 
133.1 
150.2 
70.8 
1,108.9  $

158.5 
(0.1)
(16.3)
(0.9)
80.0 
95.8 
228.9 
(133.1)
671.5 
538.4 

73.2 
(16.3)
150.4 
(671.5)
79.1 
97.8 
228.9 
480.0 

$

$

$

$

$

18

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

(5)  Charges relate to the expensing of the inventory fair value step-up resulting from the application of purchase accounting, transaction costs, costs for transitional 

employees, other acquired employee related costs, integration related legal and professional third-party fees. Amounts represent the following:

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition
Legal and professional fees(1)
130.2 
Inventory fair value amortization(2)
20.2 
TOTAL TRANSACTION-RELATED CHARGES
150.4 
(1)  Represents  transaction  costs,  costs  for  transitional  employees,  other  acquired  employees  related  costs,  and  transactional-related  costs  such  as  legal  and 
professional third-party fees. These charges are recorded as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expense” on the consolidated statements of 
income (loss).

86.9  $
69.6 
156.5  $

77.8  $
— 
77.8  $

$

$

2018 

2017

2019

(2)  These charges are included in “Costs of sales and services” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

ADJUSTED EARNINGS RECONCILIATION

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
Net income (loss) attributable to FMC stockholders (GAAP)

Corporate special charges (income), pre-tax(1)
Income tax expense (benefit) on Corporate special charges (income)(2)

$

2019  
477.4  $
256.9 
(49.2)
207.7  $
— 
63.3 
55.3 

2018  
502.1  $
217.2 
(52.8)
164.4  $
(0.5)
29.3 
17.3 

2017
535.8 
207.3 
(58.0)
149.3 
— 
(671.5)
258.9 

$

Corporate special charges (income), net of income taxes
Adjustment for noncontrolling interest, net of tax on Corporate special charges (income)
Discontinued operations attributable to FMC Stockholders, net of income taxes
Non-GAAP tax adjustments(3)
ADJUSTED AFTER-TAX EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 
ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS (NON-GAAP)
712.6  $
(1)  Represents restructuring and other charges (income), non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income) and transaction-related charges.
(2)  The income tax expense (benefit) on Corporate special charges (income) is determined using the applicable rates in the taxing jurisdictions in which the Corporate 
special charge or income occurred and includes both current and deferred income tax expense (benefit) based on the nature of the non-GAAP performance measure.
(3)  We exclude the GAAP tax provision, including discrete items, from the Non-GAAP measure of income, and instead include a Non-GAAP tax provision based upon 
the annual Non-GAAP effective tax rate. The GAAP tax provision includes certain discrete tax items including, but not limited to: income tax expenses or benefits 
that are not related to current year ongoing business operations; tax adjustments associated with fluctuations in foreign currency remeasurement of certain foreign 
operations; certain changes in estimates of tax matters related to prior fiscal years; certain changes in the realizability of deferred tax assets; and changes in tax law 
which includes the impact of the Act enacted on December 22, 2017. Management believes excluding these discrete tax items assists investors and securities analysts 
in understanding the tax provision and the effective tax rate related to ongoing operations thereby providing investors with useful supplemental information about 
FMC’s operational performance.

803.7  $

272.5 

$

Results of Operations

In the discussion below, all comparisons are between the periods unless otherwise noted.

Revenue

2019 vs. 2018
Revenue of $4,609.8 increased $324.5 million, or approximately 
8 percent versus the prior year period. The increase was driven by higher 
volumes, primarily in Latin America, and pricing which contributed 
approximately 8 percent and 3 percent, respectively, slightly offset by 
unfavorable foreign currency fluctuations of approximately 3 percent.

2018 vs. 2017
Revenue of $4,285.3 million increased $1,754.1 million, or approximately 
69 percent versus the prior year period. The increase was primarily due 
to the revenue from the DuPont Crop Protection Acquisition, which 
was completed on November 1, 2017, and contributed approximately 
$1,742 million to the increase.

Refer to the Pro Forma Financial Results with the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business section below for further discussion.

Pro Forma Financial Results with the DuPont Crop 
Protection Business
We believe that reviewing our operating results by combining actual 
and pro forma results is more useful in identifying trends in, or reaching 
conclusions regarding, the overall operating performance of our 
business. Our pro forma information includes adjustments as if 
the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition had occurred on 
January 1, 2017. Our pro forma data is also adjusted for the effects 
of acquisition accounting but does not include adjustments for costs 
related to integration activities, cost savings or synergies that might be 
achieved by the combined businesses. Pro forma amounts presented 
are not necessarily indicative of what our results would have been had 
we operated the DuPont Crop Protection Business since January 1, 
2017, nor our future results.

19

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PRO FORMA FINANCIAL RESULTS

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
Revenue
Revenue, as reported(1)
2,531.2
Revenue, DuPont Crop Protection Business, pro forma(2)
1,325.4
PRO FORMA COMBINED, REVENUE(3)(4)
3,856.6
(1)  As reported amounts are the results of operations of our business, including the results of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition from November 1, 

4,609.8 $
—
4,609.8  $

4,285.3 $
—
4,285.3 $

$

$

2019

2018

2017

2017 onward.

(2)  DuPont Crop Protection Business pro forma amounts include the historical results of the DuPont Crop Protection Business, prior to November 1, 2017. These 
amounts also include adjustments as if the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2017, including the effects of acquisition 
accounting. The pro forma amounts do not include adjustments for expenses related to integration activities, cost savings or synergies that may have been or may 
be achieved by the combined segment.

(3)  The pro forma combined amounts are not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had we acquired the DuPont Crop Protection Business on 

January 1, 2017 or indicative of future results.

(4)  For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, pro forma results and actual results are the same.

PRO FORMA COMBINED REVENUE BY REGION(1)(2)

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
North America
Latin America
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Asia
TOTAL
(1)  For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, pro forma results and actual results are the same.
(2)  Pro forma combined revenue by region for the year ended December 31, 2017 includes the results of the DuPont Crop Protection Business of $1,325.4 million, 
assuming the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2017. These amounts include adjustments as if the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition had occurred 
on January 1, 2017. The pro forma combined revenue by region amounts are not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had we acquired the 
DuPont Crop Protection Business on January 1, 2017 or indicative of future results.

2019
1,121.1 $
1,441.7
1,001.8
1,045.2
4,609.8 $

2018
1,090.8 $
1,210.1
966.0
1,018.4
4,285.3 $

2017
941.3
1,021.1
920.8
973.4
3,856.6

$

$

2019 vs. 2018
North America: Revenue increased approximately 3 percent in the year 
ended December 31, 2019, primarily driven by volume growth and 
strength of Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® insect control on specialty crops, 
the launch of Lucento® fungicide, and strong herbicide sales in Canada.

Latin America: Revenue increased approximately 19 percent, or 
approximately 23 percent excluding foreign currency headwinds, for 
the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the prior year period 
due primarily to strong demand in Brazil for insecticides on cotton, 
herbicides on sugarcane, and insecticides in soybean applications. Strong 
growth in Argentina, due to improved market access and strength of 
herbicides in soybean applications also contributed to the significant 
growth in the region.

EMEA: Revenue increased approximately 4 percent versus the prior 
year period, or approximately 10 percent excluding foreign currency 
headwinds, primarily due to the successful launch of Battle® Delta 
herbicides and Cyazypyr® insect control registrations across the region. 
Favorable weather, demand for our diamide products, and higher 
pricing throughout the region also contributed to the increase. These 
increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency impacts.

In late March 2019, there was an explosion within an industrial park 
in China which impacted one plant operated by one of our contract 
manufacturing tollers. The local government has temporarily shut down 
the entire park to investigate the cause of the explosion. We received 
material from the clean out of the equipment during the fourth quarter 
of 2019 and we are working closely with the supplier to determine the 
exact re-start date of the operation. Our global manufacturing network 
provides significant supply chain flexibility. Due to the strength of 
our partnerships and our alternate sourcing options, we believe we 
can continue to secure supply of the active ingredients normally 
manufactured at this location as needed.

Pro Forma Combined Results - 2018 vs. 2017
Pro forma combined revenue of $4,285.3 million increased by 
approximately 11 percent versus the prior year period.

North America: Increase in the year ended December 31, 2018 was 
due to very strong demand for the acquired insecticides, growth in 
U.S. soy acreage in 2018, and strong demand across niche crops. These 
were partially offset by unfavorable impacts from the delayed start to 
the Spring season.

Asia: Revenue increased approximately 3 percent versus the prior 
year period, or approximately 8 percent excluding foreign currency 
headwinds, primarily driven by continued strong growth in India and 
new products across the region. Partially offsetting the increases were 
adverse weather conditions in Australia and challenged rice markets 
in China.

Latin America: Increase in the year ended December 31, 2018 was 
due to strong growth for the acquired insecticides in soybean and 
other crops, strong acreage growth in cotton and higher prices in 
Brazil as well as higher wheat acreage in Argentina. Partially offsetting 
these increases were unfavorable foreign currency impacts and severe 
drought in Argentina.

20

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

EMEA: Increase in the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily 
due to strong growth of the acquired insecticides and herbicides, the 
move to direct market access in France, as well as sales synergies of 
legacy FMC products. These were partially offset by a forced divestiture 
(anti-trust remedy), unfavorable weather conditions that led to a shorter 
growing season and lower demand in Northern and Central Europe.

Asia: Increase in the year ended December 31, 2018 was due to strong 
performance in rice and soy insecticides in India and growth in rice 
herbicides in China which was partially offset by a forced divestiture 
in India (anti-trust remedy), the rationalization of the legacy portfolio 
in India and extreme drought conditions in Australia.

Gross margin

2019 vs. 2018
Gross margin of $2,083.6 million increased $203.8 million, or 
approximately 11 percent versus the prior year period. Gross margin, 
excluding transaction-related charges, also increased versus the prior 
year period by $134.2 million. The increase was primarily due to higher 
revenues driven by increased volume and pricing, partially offset by 
higher costs, primarily raw material costs.

Gross margin percent of approximately 45 percent slightly increased 
from approximately 44 percent in the prior year period. The increase 
from higher pricing was nearly offset by higher costs, primarily raw 
material costs. Gross margin percent, excluding transaction-related 
charges, of approximately 45 percent remained relatively flat compared 
to the prior year period.

2018 vs. 2017
Gross margin of $1,879.8 million increased $928.0 million, or 
approximately 97 percent versus the prior year period. Gross margin, 
excluding transaction-related charges, increased versus the prior year 
period by $977.4 million. Gross margin percent of approximately 
44 percent increased from approximately 38 percent in the prior year 
period. Gross margin percent, excluding transaction-related charges, 
of approximately 45 percent increased compared to approximately 

Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)

PRO FORMA FINANCIAL RESULTS

38 percent in the prior year period. The increase was primarily driven 
by higher margin products as well as a full year of earnings from the 
acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

2019 vs. 2018
Selling, general and administrative expenses of $792.9 million slightly 
increased by $2.9 million versus the prior year period. Selling, general 
and administrative expenses, excluding transaction-related charges, 
increased $12.0 million, or approximately 2 percent, versus the prior 
year period.

2018 vs. 2017
Selling, general and administrative expenses of $790.0 million increased 
$208.3 million, or approximately 36 percent versus the prior year period. 
Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding transaction-
related charges, increased $251.6 million, or approximately 56 percent, 
versus the prior year period. The increase was primarily driven by a full 
year of operations of the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business.

Research and development expenses

2019 vs. 2018
Research and development expenses of $298.1 million increased 
$10.4 million, or approximately 4 percent versus the prior year period 
primarily due to continued investments in our global discovery and 
product development.

2018 vs. 2017
Research and development expenses of $287.7 million increased 
$149.3 million, or approximately 108 percent versus the prior year 
period. The increase was primarily due to investments in discovery and 
product development from the acquired state of the art facilities from 
the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition.

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)
Adjusted EBITDA, as reported(1)
480.0
Adjusted EBITDA, DuPont Crop Protection Business, pro forma(2)
486.5
PRO FORMA COMBINED, ADJUSTED EBITDA (NON-GAAP)(3)(4)
966.5
(1)  As reported amounts are the results of operations of our business, including the results of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition from November 1, 

1,220.5 $
—
1,220.5 $

1,108.9 $
—
1,108.9 $

$

$

2019

2018

2017

2017 onward.

(2)  DuPont Crop Protection Business pro forma amounts include the historical results of the DuPont Crop Protection Business, prior to November 1, 2017. These 
amounts also include adjustments as if the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2017, including the effects of acquisition 
accounting. The pro forma amounts do not include adjustments for expenses related to integration activities, cost savings or synergies that may have been or may 
be achieved by the combined segment.

(3)  The pro forma combined amounts are not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had we acquired the DuPont Crop Protection Business on 

January 1, 2017 or indicative of future results.

(4)  For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, pro forma results and actual results are the same.

21

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2019 vs. 2018
Adjusted EBITDA of $1,220.5 million increased $111.6 million, or 
approximately 10 percent versus the prior year period. The increase 
was due to the strong demand which led to higher volumes and higher 
pricing as discussed above which contributed approximately 18 percent 
and 12 percent to the increase, respectively. The price increases were 
primarily seen in Latin America. These factors more than offset the higher 
costs, primarily driven by higher raw material costs, and unfavorable 
foreign currency fluctuations which impacted the change in Adjusted 
EBITDA by approximately 15 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

Pro Forma Combined Results - 2018 vs. 2017
2018 pro forma combined Adjusted EBITDA of $1,108.9 million 
increased approximately 15 percent compared to 2017. The increase 

Other Results of Operations

Depreciation and amortization

2019 vs. 2018
Depreciation and amortization of $150.1 million remained relatively 
flat as compared to 2018 of $150.2 million.

2018 vs. 2017
Depreciation and amortization of $150.2 million increased $52.4 million 
as compared to 2017 of $97.8 million. The increase was primarily due 
to the increase in intangible assets and property, plant and equipment 
acquired as a result of the DuPont Crop Protection Business.

Interest expense, net

2019 vs. 2018
Interest expense, net of $158.5 million increased by $25.4 million, 
or approximately 19 percent, compared to $133.1 million in 

Corporate special charges (income)

was primarily driven by revenue growth discussed above as our sales 
organization leveraged valuable cross-selling opportunities due to 
minimal customer overlap with DuPont. Additionally, we reduced 
expected operating costs for the acquired DuPont Crop Protection 
Business through accelerated functional integration, leveraging our 
back office infrastructure and reducing manufacturing costs at the 
acquired plants. These were partially offset by higher raw material 
costs which have had a negative impact on results year over year. This 
impacted the chemical industry broadly as the Chinese government 
has been shutting down industrial parks as part of their environmental 
program. We have been able to mitigate and manage the impact on 
our ability to supply our customer due to our diversified supply 
chain network.

2018. The increase was driven by the issuance of the Senior 
Notes discussed further below, which increased interest expense 
by approximately $7 million, and higher average foreign debt 
balances throughout the year, which increased interest expense 
by approximately $17 million.

2018 vs. 2017
Interest expense, net of $133.1 million increased by approximately 
68 percent compared to $79.1 million in 2017. The increase was 
driven by the addition of the 2017 Term Loan Facility, used to fund the 
2017 acquisition, which increased interest expense by approximately 
$30 million, and higher interest rates which increased interest expense 
by approximately $6 million. The remaining increase of approximately 
$17 million was due to zero interest allocated to discontinued operations 
in 2018 as compared to 2017, due to the divestment of the FMC 
Health and Nutrition business to DuPont in 2017. Interest was 
previously allocated in accordance with relevant discontinued operations 
accounting guidance.

Restructuring and other charges (income)
Our restructuring and other charges (income) are comprised of restructuring, assets disposals and other charges (income) as described below:

(in Millions)
Restructuring charges
Other charges (income), net
TOTAL RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES (INCOME)(1)
(1)  See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K for more information.

$

$

Year Ended December 31,

2019
62.2
108.8
171.0

$

$

2018
124.1
(62.9)
61.2

$

$

2017
8.5
64.7
73.2

2019
Restructuring charges in 2019 primarily consisted of $34.1 million 
of charges related to our decision to exit sales of all carbofuran 
formulations globally and $26.4 million of charges associated with 
the integration of the DuPont Crop Protection Business. These 
charges included severance, accelerated depreciation on certain fixed 
assets, and other costs (benefits). There were other miscellaneous 
restructuring charges $1.7 million. We expect integration-related 
activity to end in 2020.

22

Other charges (income), net in 2019 primarily consists of charges of 
environmental sites. During the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded 
a charge of $72.8 million a result of an unfavorable court ruling we 
received in relation to the Pocatello Tribal Litigation at one of our 
environmental sites. See Note 12 for further information regarding 
this matter.

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

2018
Restructuring charges in 2018 were primarily associated with restructuring 
charges associated with the integration of the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business. These charges primarily consisted of approximately $59 million 
of charges related to the change in our market access model in India 
and approximately $28 million of charges due to our decision to 
exit the Ewing R&D center. Refer to Note 9 for more information. 
Other restructuring charges as we continue to integrate the acquired 
DuPont Crop Protection Business totaled approximately $22 million.

Other charges (income), net in 2018 primarily consists of income from 
the gain on sales of $87.2 million from the divestment of a portion of 
FMC’s European herbicide portfolio to Nufarm Limited and certain 
products of our India portfolio to Crystal Crop Protection Limited. 
These divestitures satisfied FMC’s commitment to the European 
Commission and the Competition Commission of India, respectively, 
for regulatory requirements in order to complete the DuPont Crop 
Protection Acquisition. Additionally, there were environmental related 
charges of $21.7 million for remediation activities and $2.6 million 
of other charges.

2017
Restructuring charges in 2017 includes impairment charges of 
intangible assets of $2.2 million and asset write-downs of approximately 
$5.5 million. Amounts also include miscellaneous restructuring charges 
of $0.8 million.

Other charges (income), net in 2017 consisted of a $42.1 million 
impairment on certain indefinite-lived intangible assets from the 
acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition as a result of 
a triggering event due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Act”). Other 
charges (income) also includes $16.2 million for environmental sites. 
Additionally, we incurred exit costs of $4.8 million resulting from the 
termination and de-consolidation of our interest in a variable interest 
entity that was previously consolidated. We had other miscellaneous 
charges, net of approximately $1.6 million.

Non-operating pension and postretirement (charges) 
income

2019 vs. 2018
The charge for 2019 was $8.1 million compared to income of $0.5 million 
in 2018. The change was due to lower expected return on plan assets 
of approximately $10 million resulting from the full shift to a fixed 

income investment portfolio for the full year of 2019 versus the shift 
to a primarily fixed income investment portfolio for only a portion 
of the year in 2018.

2018 vs. 2017
The income for 2018 was $0.5 million compared to $16.3 million in 
2017. The decrease was primarily due to lower expected return on plan 
assets due to the partial shift to a primarily fixed income investment 
portfolio of approximately $16 million versus 2017. See Note 15 for 
more information.

Transaction-related charges
A detailed description of the transaction related charges is included 
in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements included within 
this Form 10-K.

Provision for income taxes

A significant amount of our earnings is generated by our foreign 
subsidiaries (e.g., Singapore, Hong Kong, and Switzerland), which 
tax earnings at lower statutory rates than the United States federal 
statutory rate. Our future effective tax rates may be materially impacted 
by numerous items including: a future change in the composition of 
earnings from foreign and domestic tax jurisdictions, as earnings in 
foreign jurisdictions are typically taxed at more favorable statutory rates 
than the United States federal statutory rate; accounting for uncertain 
tax positions; business combinations; expiration of statute of limitations 
or settlement of tax audits; changes in valuation allowance; changes in 
tax law; and the potential decision to repatriate certain future foreign 
earnings on which United States or foreign withholding taxes have not 
been previously accrued.

Provision for income taxes for 2019 was expense of $111.5 million 
resulting in an effective tax rate of 17.0 percent. Provision for income 
taxes for 2018 was expense of $70.8 million resulting in an effective tax 
rate of 11.6 percent. Provision for income taxes for 2017 was expense 
of $228.9 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 238.9 percent 
primarily attributable to the $303.6 million of provisional tax expense 
associated with the Act. Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements 
included in this Form 10-K includes more details on the drivers of the 
GAAP effective rate and year-over-year changes. We believe showing 
the reconciliation below of our GAAP to Non-GAAP effective tax rate 
provides investors with useful supplemental information about our tax 
rate on the core underlying business.

2019

Tax 
Provision 
(Benefit)

Income 
(Expense)

Effective 
Tax Rate

Year Ended December 31,
2018
Tax 
Provision 
(Benefit)

Effective 
Tax Rate

Income 
(Expense)

2017
Tax 
Provision 
(Benefit)

Income 
(Expense)

$

655.0
256.9

$

911.9

$

111.5
49.2
(55.3)
$ 105.4

17.0% $

608.4
217.2

11.6% $

825.6

$

70.8
52.8
(17.3)
$ 106.3

11.6% $

$

95.8
207.3

12.9% $ 303.1

$

228.9
58.0
(258.9)
28.0

Effective 
Tax Rate

238.9%

9.2%

(in Millions)
GAAP - Continuing 
operations
Corporate special charges
Tax adjustments(1)

(1)  Tax adjustments in 2019 are materially attributable to the effects of tax law changes and the realizability of deferred tax assets in certain jurisdictions. Tax 
adjustments in 2018 are materially attributable to the effects of the Act and primarily relate to the one-time transition tax, the decrease in the U.S. federal tax 
rate, and the realizability of certain U.S. state deferred tax assets. Tax adjustments in 2017 were primarily associated with the provisional income tax expense 
recorded as a result of the enactment of the Act in December 2017. See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements included within this Form 10-K for 
additional discussion.

23

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
PART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The primary drivers for the fluctuations in the effective tax rate for each 
period are provided in the table above. Excluding the items in the table 
above, the changes in the effective tax rate were primarily due to the 
impact of geographic mix of earnings among our global subsidiaries. 
See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for additional details 
related to the provisions for income taxes on continuing operations, as 
well as items that significantly impact our effective tax rate.

Discontinued operations, net of income taxes

Our discontinued operations, in periods up to its disposition, represent 
our discontinued FMC Lithium and FMC Health and Nutrition 
business results as well as adjustments to retained liabilities from other 
previously discontinued operations. The primary liabilities retained 
include environmental liabilities, other postretirement benefit liabilities, 
self-insurance, long-term obligations related to legal proceedings and 
historical restructuring activities. See Note 11 to the consolidated 
financial statements for additional details on our discontinued operations.

2019 vs. 2018
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes represented a loss of 
$63.3 million in 2019 compared to a loss of $26.1 million in 2018. 
The current year included the net loss from our discontinued FMC 
Lithium segment, primarily due to separation-related costs, up to its 
separation date on March 1, 2019, compared to income for the full 
year in 2018. Offsetting the loss was the gain on sale from the sale of 
the first of two parcels of land of our discontinued site in Newark, 
California in the current year. During 2018, we recorded a charge 
of approximately $106 million as a result of active negotiations for a 
settlement agreement primarily to address discontinued operations at our 
Middleport, New York plant which was the subject of an Administrative 
Order on Consent entered into with the EPA and NYSDEC in 1991. 
The charge consisted of incremental estimated costs of remediation for 
certain offsite operable units associated with historic site operations as 
we engaged in settlement discussions with NYSDEC to resolve the path 
forward regarding remediation. Refer to Note 12 for further details.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2019 and 2018, were 
$339.1 million and $134.4 million, respectively. Of the cash and cash 
equivalents balance at December 31, 2019, $181.5 million was held by our 
foreign subsidiaries. The cash held by foreign subsidiaries for permanent 
reinvestment is generally used to finance the subsidiaries’ operating activities 
and future foreign investments. We have not provided income taxes for 
other outside basis differences inherent in our investments in subsidiaries 
because the investments and related unremitted earnings are essentially 
permanent in duration or we have concluded that no additional tax liability 
will arise upon disposal or remittance. See Note 13 to the consolidated 
financial statements included within this Form 10-K for more information.

At December 31, 2019, we had total debt of $3,258.8 million as 
compared to $2,692.7 million at December 31, 2018. Total debt included 
$3,031.1 million and $2,145.0 million of long-term debt (excluding 
current portions of $82.8 million and $386.0 million) at December 31, 
2019 and 2018, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, we were in 
compliance with all of our debt covenants. See Note 14 in the consolidated 
financial statements included in this Form 10-K for further details. We 
remain committed to solid investment grade credit metrics, and expect 
full-year average leverage to be in line with this commitment in 2020.

2018 vs. 2017
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes represented a loss of 
$26.1 million in 2018 compared to income of $671.5 million in 
2017. The decrease was primarily driven by the divestiture of FMC 
Health and Nutrition to DuPont in the fourth quarter of 2017 
which resulted in an after-tax gain of approximately $727 million, 
which did not recur in 2018. Discontinued operations, net of 
income taxes, in 2017 also includes the impairment charge of 
approximately $148 million, net of tax, to reflect the write down of 
our Omega-3 business to its sales price. During 2018, we recorded 
a charge of approximately $106 million related to our discontinued 
environmental site at our Middleport, New York. Refer to Note 12 
for further details.

Net income (loss) attributable to FMC stockholders

2019 vs. 2018
Net income attributable to FMC stockholders decreased to $477.4 million 
from $502.1 million. The decrease was primarily due to higher costs 
and expenses, particularly restructuring and other charges associated 
with environmental remediation at our decommissioned plant near 
Pocatello, higher tax provisions, and higher net interest expense. This 
was partially offset by higher adjusted EBITDA from higher volumes 
and pricing.

2018 vs. 2017
Net income attributable to FMC stockholders decreased to 
$502.1 million from $535.8 million. The decrease was primarily 
due to the gain on sale recorded in discontinued operations, net of 
income taxes in 2017 as well as charges related to the Middleport 
environmental settlement as discussed above. These were partially 
offset by higher income from continuing operations driven by a full 
year of results from the DuPont Crop Protection Business, which was 
completed on November 1, 2017.

The increase in long-term debt was primarily due to the issuance of Senior 
Notes discussed further below. Partially offsetting the increase were partial 
paydowns on the 2017 Term Loan Facility, which is scheduled to mature on 
November 1, 2022. The borrowings under the 2017 Term Loan Facility will 
bear interest at a floating rate, which will be a base rate or a Eurocurrency 
rate equal to the London interbank offered rate for the relevant interest 
period, plus in each case an applicable margin, as determined in accordance 
with the provisions of the 2017 Term Loan Facility.

Our short-term debt consists of foreign borrowings and our commercial 
paper program. Foreign borrowings increased from $106.5 million at 
December 31, 2018 to $144.9 million at December 31, 2019 while 
outstanding commercial paper decreased entirely from $55.2 million 
at December 31, 2018. We provide parent-company guarantees to 
lending institutions providing credit to our foreign subsidiaries.

Our commercial paper program allows us to borrow at rates generally 
more favorable than those available under our credit facility. At 
December 31, 2019, we had no borrowings outstanding under the 
commercial paper program.

24

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

Senior Notes

On September 20, 2019, we issued $500 million aggregate principal 
amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2026, $500 million aggregate 
principal amount 3.450% Senior Notes due 2029, and $500 million 
aggregate principal amount 4.500% Senior Notes due 2049. A portion 
of the net proceeds from the offering were used for paydowns of 
outstanding commercial paper, 2017 Term Loan Facility balances, 
and general corporate purposes. We used the remaining net proceeds 

of approximately $300 million to redeem all of our Senior notes that 
matured in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Fees incurred to secure the senior notes have been deferred and will 
be amortized over the terms of the arrangement.

See Note 19 for details on the interest rate swap settlement which will 
also be amortized over the terms of the arrangement.

Revolving Credit Facility

On May 17, 2019, we entered into an amended and restated credit 
agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”). The unsecured Revolving 
Credit Agreement provides for a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, 
$400 million of which is available for the issuance of letters of credit 
for the account of the Revolving Borrowers and $50 million of which 
is available for swing loans to certain of the Revolving Borrowers, with 
an option, subject to certain conditions and limitations, to increase the 
aggregate amount of the revolving credit commitments to $2.25 billion 
(the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The current termination date of the 
Revolving Credit Facility is May 17, 2024.

Revolving loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement will bear interest 
at a floating rate, which will be a base rate or a Eurocurrency rate equal 
to the London interbank offered rate for the relevant interest period, 
plus, in each case, an applicable margin, as determined in accordance 
with the provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement. The base rate will 
be the highest of: the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, 
N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its “base rate”; the 

federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1%; and the Eurocurrency rate 
for a one-month period plus 1%. The Company is required to pay a 
facility fee on the average daily amount (whether used or unused) of 
each Revolving Credit Lender’s revolving credit commitment from the 
effective date for such Revolving Credit Lender until the termination 
date of such Revolving Credit Lender at a rate per annum equal to an 
applicable percentage in effect from time to time for the facility fee, as 
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Revolving Credit 
Agreement. The initial facility fee is 0.125% per annum. The applicable 
margin and the facility fee are subject to adjustment as provided in the 
Revolving Credit Agreement.

The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary financial and 
other covenants, including a maximum leverage ratio and minimum 
interest coverage ratio.

Fees incurred to secure the Revolving Credit Facility have been deferred 
and will be amortized over the term of the arrangement.

25

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Statement of Cash Flows

Cash provided (required) by operating activities was $555.6 million, $362.7 million and 
$232.0 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The table below presents the components of net cash provided (required) by operating activities. For comparability, the prior period amounts for 
“Change in all other operating assets and liabilities” have been recast to reflect the current period presentation.

(in Millions)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates, non-operating 
pension expense and postretirement charges, interest expense, net and income taxes
Restructuring and other charges (income), transaction-related charges and depreciation and 
amortization
Operating income before depreciation and amortization (Non-GAAP)

Change in trade receivables, net(1)
Change in guarantees of vendor financing
Change in advance payments from customers(2)
Change in accrued customer rebates(3)
Change in inventories(4)
Change in accounts payable(5)
Change in all other operating assets and liabilities(6)

Operating cash flows (Non-GAAP)
Restructuring and other spending(7)
Environmental spending, continuing, net of recoveries(8)
Pension and other postretirement benefit contributions(9)
Net interest payments(10)
Tax payments, net of refunds(11)
Transaction and integration costs(12)

$

$

$

Year ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

821.6

$

740.9

$

158.5

398.9  

1,220.5

$

(123.5)  
8.6 
34.1 
(85.8)
6.4 
103.0 
(208.5)
954.8
(18.6)  
(18.3)
(13.4)
(140.9)
(130.9)
(77.1)
555.6

$

$

$

367.9
1,108.8
(281.5)
15.4 
80.2 
104.1 
(200.7)
166.7 
(187.5)
805.5
(25.2)  
(20.3)
(37.5)
(133.4)
(125.3)
(101.1)
362.7

321.4
479.9
(191.1)
(54.7)
141.1 
16.9 
(102.8)
304.3 
(95.4)
498.2
(7.3)
(20.2)
(55.3)
(82.2)
(22.3)
(78.9)
232.0

Cash provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations
(1)  The change in trade receivables in all periods was primarily driven by timing of collections, largely due to seasonality. Additionally, the change in 2018 was related 
to receivable build from the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business as we did not acquire any receivables as part of the transaction. Collection timing is more 
pronounced in certain countries such as Brazil where there may be terms significantly longer than the rest of our business. Additionally, timing of collection is 
impacted as amounts for all periods include carry-over balances remaining to be collected in Latin America, where collection periods are measured in months 
rather than weeks. During 2019, we collected approximately $1,070 million of receivables in Brazil.

$

$

$

(2)  Advance  payments  are  typically  received  in  the  fourth  quarter  of  each  year,  primarily  in  our  North  America  operations  as  revenue  associated  with  advance 
payments is recognized, generally in the first half of each year following the seasonality of that business, as shipments are made and title, ownership and risk of loss 
pass to the customer.

(3)  These rebates are primarily associated with North America and to a lesser extent Brazil and in North America are generally settled in the fourth quarter of each 
year given the end of that region’s crop cycle. The changes year over year are primarily associated with the mix in sales eligible for rebates and incentives and timing 
of rebate payments. Additionally, the change in 2018 was related to the build in rebates as we did not acquire the rebates of the DuPont Crop Protection Business 
as part of the transaction.

(4)  Changes in inventory are a result of inventory levels being adjusted to take into consideration the change in market conditions. The increase in the change in 2018 

was also driven by recovering inventory levels due to a faster return to full production from our China toll manufacturing partners.

(5)  The change in cash flows related to accounts payable is primarily due to timing of payments made to suppliers and vendors. Timing in 2019 was partially 
impacted during portions of 2019 from global supply chain issues, primarily in China, which required us to obtain raw materials on payment terms shorter 
than normal. The change in accounts payable in both 2018 and 2017 was primarily impacted by the payable build from the acquired DuPont Crop Protection 
Business as we did not acquire any payables as part of the transactions.

(6)  Changes in all periods presented primarily represent timing of payments associated with all other operating assets and liabilities. Additionally, the 2019 and 2018 

period includes the effects of the unfavorable contracts amortization of approximately $116 million and $103 million, respectively.

(7)  See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K for further details.
(8)  Included  in  our  results  for  each  of  the  years  presented  are  environmental  charges  for  environmental  remediation  of  $108.7  million,  $21.7  million  and 
$16.2 million, respectively. The amounts in 2019 will be spent in future years. The amounts represent environmental remediation spending which were recorded 
against pre-existing reserves, net of recoveries. Environmental obligations for continuing operations primarily represent obligations at shut down or abandoned 
facilities within businesses that do not meet the criteria for presentation as discontinued operations.

(9)  Amounts  include  voluntary  contributions  to  our  U.S.  qualified  defined  benefit  plan  of  $7.0  million,  $30.0  million  and  $44.0  million,  respectively. These 
amounts are in excess of the minimum requirements. Our contributions in excess of minimums are done with the objective of avoiding variable rate Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums as well as potentially reducing future funding volatility.

(10)  The increase in interest payments in 2019 was primarily due to higher foreign borrowings and the issuance of the Senior Notes during the year. The increase in 

2018 was primarily due to higher foreign debt balances, the addition of the 2017 Term Loan Facility, and increases in interest rates.

(11)  Tax payments in 2019 primarily represent the payments of tax attributable to the Nufarm Limited sale, transition tax, and tax payments related to the acquired 
DuPont  Crop  Protection  Business. Tax  payments  in  2018  primarily  represent  the  payments  of  tax  attributable  to  the  FMC  Health  and  Nutrition  segment 
disposition, transition tax and full year tax payments related to the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business.

(12)  Represents payments for legal and professional fees associated with the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition in addition to costs related to integrating the 
DuPont Crop Protection Business. We expect these payments to cease by the end of 2020. See Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

26

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

Cash provided (required) by operating activities of discontinued operations was $(67.1) million, 
$5.7 million and $103.5 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Cash required by operating activities of discontinued operations is 
directly related to environmental, other postretirement benefit liabilities, 
self-insurance, long-term obligations related to legal proceedings and 
historical restructuring activities.

Amounts in all periods also include the operating activities of our 

discontinued FMC Lithium segment, which was separated on 
March 1, 2019. Amounts in 2017 include the operating activities 
of our discontinued FMC Health and Nutrition segment and were 
partially offset by divestiture costs associated with its sale, which was 
completed on November 1, 2017.

Cash provided (required) by investing activities of continuing operations was $(195.9) million, 
$(37.5) million and $(1,288.5) million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Cash required in 2019 is primarily due to capital expenditures and spending 
related to our contract manufacturing arrangements, as well as continued 
spending associated with the implementation of a new SAP system.

associated with the implementation of a new SAP system, partially offset 
by the sale of product portfolios of approximately $88 million that were 
required to complete the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition.

Cash required in 2018 is primarily due to higher capital expenditure 
spending as well as incremental capitalizable corporate level spending 

The cash required by investing activities in 2017 was primarily due to 
the acquisition of the DuPont Crop Protection Business.

Cash provided (required) by investing activities of discontinued operations was $9.2 million, 
$(93.4) million and $(45.3) million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations in 
2019 represents the proceeds from the sale of the first of two parcels 
of land of our discontinued site in Newark, California partially offset 
by capital expenditures of our discontinued FMC Lithium segment. 
Cash required by investing activities of discontinued operations in 2018 
represents the working capital payment associated with the divestiture 

of FMC Health and Nutrition as well as the capital expenditures of 
our discontinued FMC Lithium segment.

Cash required by investing activities of discontinued operations in 2017 
represents the capital expenditures of our discontinued FMC Lithium 
and FMC Health and Nutrition segments, partially offset by the cash 
proceeds from the sale of the Omega-3 business for $38.0 million.

Cash provided (required) by financing activities was $(87.0) million, $(397.3) million and 
$1,213.1 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The change in cash required by financing activities in 2019 is primarily 
due to the proceeds from the Senior Notes offset by cash outflows 
including higher repurchases of common stock, repayment of long-term 
debt, and higher dividend payments in the current period as compared 
to the prior period. The prior period included the net proceeds from the 
IPO of FMC Lithium which were more than offset by repayments of 
long-term debt, dividend payments and repurchases of common stock.

The change in cash required by financing activities in 2018 is due to 
higher repayments of long-term debt of approximately $200 million as 
compared to 2017 and $200 million in repurchases of common stock 
as part of the publicly announced repurchase program. Additionally, 
there were significant borrowings of long-term debt in 2017 to fund the 
DuPont transaction. The cash required in 2018 was partially offset by 
the proceeds received from the IPO of FMC Lithium of $363.6 million.

Cash provided (required) by financing activities was $(37.2) million, $34.0 million and zero in 2019, 
2018 and 2017, respectively.

Cash required by financing activities of discontinued operations in 
2019 represents debt repayments on FMC Lithium’s external debt as 
well as cash payments associated with its separation. Cash provided 

by financing activities of discontinued operations in 2018 represents 
the proceeds from borrowing of long-term debt of our discontinued 
FMC Lithium segment.

Free Cash Flow

We define free cash flow, a Non-GAAP financial measure, as all cash 
inflows and outflows excluding those related to financing activities (such 
as debt repayments, dividends, and share repurchases) and acquisition 
related investing activities. Free cash flow is calculated as all cash from 
operating activities reduced by spending for capital additions and other 
investing activities as well as legacy and transformation spending. 
Therefore, our calculation of free cash flow will almost always result in 
a lower amount than cash from operating activities from continuing 
operations, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure. However, 

the free cash flow measure is consistent with management’s assessment 
of operating cash flow performance and we believe it provides a useful 
basis for investors and securities analysts about the cash generated by 
routine business operations, including capital expenditures, in addition 
to assessing our ability to repay debt, fund acquisitions and return capital 
to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.

Our use of free cash flow has limitations as an analytical tool and should 
not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for an analysis of our 

27

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

results under U.S. GAAP. First, free cash flow is not a substitute for cash 
provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations, 
as it is not a measure of cash available for discretionary expenditures 
since we have non-discretionary obligations, primarily debt service, 
that are not deducted from the measure. Second, other companies may 
calculate free cash flow or similarly titled Non-GAAP financial measures 
differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, 
all of which could reduce the usefulness of free cash flow as a tool for 
comparison. Additionally, the utility of free cash flow is further limited 

as it does not reflect our future contractual commitments and does not 
represent the total increase or decrease in our cash balance for a given 
period. Because of these and other limitations, free cash flow should be 
considered along with cash provided (required) by operating activities 
of continuing operations and other comparable financial measures 
prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The table below presents a reconciliation of free cash flow from the 
most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure.

FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION

(in Millions)
Cash provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations (GAAP)

Transaction and integration costs(1)

Adjusted cash from operations(2)

Capital expenditures(3)
Other investing activities(3)(4)

Capital additions and other investing activities

Cash provided (required) by operating activities of discontinued operations(5)
Cash provided (required) by investing activities of discontinued operations(5)
Transaction and integration costs(1)
Investment in Enterprise Resource Planning system(3)

$

$

$

Year ended December 31,

2019
555.6

$

77.1  

$

632.7
(93.9)  
(54.0)
(147.9) $
(67.1)
9.2
(77.1)
(48.0)
(183.0) $
$
301.8

2018
362.7  $
101.1 
463.8  $
(83.0)
(13.6)
(96.6) $
5.7 
(93.4)
(101.1)
(48.5)
(237.3) $
$
129.9

2017
232.0
78.9
310.9
(38.3)
(24.6)
(62.9)
103.5 
(45.3)
(78.9)
— 
(20.7)
227.3

Legacy and transformation(6)
Free cash flow (Non-GAAP)
(1)  Represents payments for legal and professional fees associated with the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition in addition to costs related to integrating the 

$
$

DuPont Crop Protection Business. See Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

(2)  Adjusted cash from operations is defined as cash provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations excluding the effects of transaction-related 

cash flows, which are included within Legacy and transformation.

(3)  Components of cash provided (required) by investing activities of continuing operations. Refer to the below discussion for further details.
(4)  Cash spending associated with contract manufacturers was $51.7 million, $13.1 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 

2017, respectively.

(5)  Refer to the above discussion for further details.
(6)  Includes  our  legacy  liabilities  such  as  environmental  remediation  and  other  legal  matters  that  are  reported  in  discontinued  operations  as  well  as  business 

integration costs associated with the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition and the implementation of our new SAP system.

2020 Cash Flow Outlook

Our cash needs for 2020 include operating cash requirements (which are 
impacted by contributions to our pension plan, as well as environmental, 
asset retirement obligation, and restructuring spending), capital 
expenditures, and legacy and transformation spending, as well as 
mandatory payments of debt, dividend payments, and share repurchases. 
We plan to meet our liquidity needs through available cash, cash generated 
from operations, commercial paper issuances and borrowings under our 
committed revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2019 our remaining 
borrowing capacity under our credit facility was $1,283.0 million.

We expect 2020 free cash flow (Non-GAAP) to increase to a range of 
approximately $425 million to $525 million, driven by higher cash 
from operating activities, partially offset by higher capital expenditures 
and higher legacy and transformation costs. We continue to believe we 
can drive free cash conversion substantially higher over the next two 
to three years as we finalize our SAP system implementation, ending 
the three-year period of high cash spending on transformation activity 
and as we drive further improvement in working capital performance 
and continue to increase revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.

Although we provide a forecast for free cash flow, a Non-GAAP financial 
measure, we are not able to forecast the most directly comparable measure 
calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which is cash 
provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations. 

28

Certain elements of the composition of the U.S. GAAP amount are 
not predictable, making it impractical for us to forecast. Such elements 
include, but are not limited to, restructuring, acquisition charges, and 
discontinued operations. As a result, no U.S. GAAP outlook is provided.

Cash from operating activities of continuing operations

We expect higher cash from operating activities, excluding the 
effects of transaction-related cash flows, primarily driven by higher 
forecasted Adjusted EBITDA as well as continued improvement in 
working capital, to be in the range of approximately $735 million to 
$935 million. Transaction-related cash flows are included within Legacy 
and transformation, which is consistent with how we evaluate our 
business operations from a cash flow standpoint. See below for further 
discussion. Cash from operating activities includes cash requirements 
related to our pension plans, environmental sites, restructuring and 
asset retirement obligations, taxes and interest on borrowings.

Pension

We do not expect to make any voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. 
qualified defined benefit pension plan in 2020. The plan is fully funded 
and our portfolio is comprised of 100 percent fixed income securities 

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

and cash. Our investment strategy is a liability hedging approach with 
an objective of maintaining the funded status of the plan such that the 
funded status volatility is minimized and the likelihood that we will 
be required to make significant contributions to the plan is limited.

$20 million to $30 million per year for 2020 and 2021, due to front 
loading of reimbursement in installments of past costs, and a $10 million 
maximum per year, on average, until the remediation is complete. See 
Note 12 for further information.

Environmental

Projected 2020 spending includes approximately $45 million to 
$55 million of net environmental remediation spending for our sites 
accounted for within continuing operations. Environmental obligations 
for continuing operations primarily represent obligations at shut down 
or abandoned facilities within businesses that do not meet the criteria 
for presentation as discontinued operations. This spending includes 
approximately $36 million related to our environmental remediation site 
near Pocatello, Idaho, primarily as a result of a litigation judgment against 
us in the Pocatello Tribal litigation described in Note 12. In addition to 
the expected 2020 payments for Pocatello, the judgment resulted in the 
requirement for future payments of $1.5 million annually thereafter. 
On February 4, 2020, the Ninth Circuit granted our motion to stay 
the mandate and as a result, payment of the judgement, if necessary, 
will not take place until final disposition by the Supreme Court.

Total projected 2020 environmental spending, inclusive of both sites 
accounted for within continuing operations and discontinued sites 
(discussed within Legacy and transformation below), is expected to 
be in the range of $98 million to $108 million.

Restructuring and asset retirement obligations

We expect to make payments of approximately $30 million to $34 million 
in 2020, of which approximately $12 million is related to exit and 
disposal costs as a result of our decision to exit sales of all carbofuran 
formulations (including Furadan® insecticide/nematicide, as well as 
Curaterr® insecticide/nematicide and any other brands used with 
carbofuran products). See Note 9 for more information.

Capital additions and other investing activities

Projected 2020 capital expenditures and expenditures related to 
contract manufacturers are expected to be in the range of approximately 
$135 million to $185 million. The spending is primarily driven 
by diamide capacity expansion and new active ingredient capacity. 
Expenditures related to contract manufacturers are included within 
“other investing activities”.

Legacy and transformation

Projected 2020 legacy and transformation spending are expected 
to be in the range of approximately $175 million to $225 million. 
This is primarily driven by continued spending associated with the 
three-year implementation of a new SAP system and related costs we 
expect to continue to incur associated with the remaining integration 
of the DuPont Crop Protection Business due to its significance and 
complexity. Total spending related to these initiatives is expected to be 
approximately $125 million. Costs for these initiatives are expected to 
be immaterial beyond 2020.

Projected 2020 spending includes approximately $48 million to 
$58 million of net environmental remediation spending for our 
discontinued sites. These projections include spending as a result of a 
settlement reached in the second quarter of 2019 at our Middleport, 
New York site. The settlement will result in spending of approximately 

Total projected 2020 environmental spending, inclusive of both sites 
accounted for within continuing operations (discussed within Cash from 
operating activities of continuing operations above) and discontinued 
sites, is expected to be in the range of $98 million to $108 million.

Share repurchases

During the year ended December 31, 2019, 4.7 million shares were 
repurchased under the publicly announced repurchase program. At 
December 31, 2019, approximately $600 million remained unused 
under our Board-authorized repurchase program. We intend to purchase 
between $400 million to $500 million of our common shares in 2020. 
This repurchase program does not include a specific timetable or price 
targets and may be suspended or terminated at any time. Shares may 
be purchased through open market or privately negotiated transactions 
at the discretion of management based on its evaluation of market 
conditions and other factors. We also reacquire shares from time to time 
from employees in connections with vesting, exercise and forfeiture of 
awards under our equity compensation plans.

Dividends

On January 16, 2020, we paid dividends aggregating $57.0 million to 
our shareholders of record as of December 31, 2019. This amount is 
included in “Accrued and other liabilities” on the consolidated balance 
sheet as of December 31, 2019. For the years ended December 31, 
2019, 2018 and 2017, we paid $210.3 million, $89.2 million and 
$88.8 million in dividends, respectively.

Commitments

We provide guarantees to financial institutions on behalf of certain 
customers, principally customers in Brazil, for their seasonal borrowing. 
The total of these guarantees was $77.8 million at December 31, 2019. 
These guarantees arise during the ordinary course of business from 
relationships with customers and nonconsolidated affiliates. Non-
performance by the guaranteed party triggers the obligation requiring 
us to make payments to the beneficiary of the guarantee. Based on our 
experience these types of guarantees have not had a material effect on 
our consolidated financial position or on our liquidity. Our expectation 
is that future payment or performance related to the non-performance 
of others is considered unlikely.

In connection with certain of our property and asset sales and divestitures, 
we have agreed to indemnify the buyer for certain liabilities, including 
environmental contamination and taxes that occurred prior to the date 
of sale. Our indemnification obligations with respect to these liabilities 
may be indefinite as to duration and may or may not be subject to a 
deductible, minimum claim amount or cap. In cases where it is not 
possible for us to predict the likelihood that a claim will be made 
or to make a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential loss or 
range of loss, no specific liability has been recorded. If triggered, we 
may be able to recover certain of the indemnity payments from third 
parties. In cases where it is possible, we have recorded a specific liability 
within our Reserve for Discontinued Operations. Refer to Note 11 
for further details.

29

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our total significant committed contracts that we believe will affect cash over the next four years and beyond are as follows:

Expected Cash Payments by Year

$

2021

1.6  $

Contractual Commitments
(in Millions)
Debt maturities(1)
Contractual interest(2)
Lease obligations(3)
Derivative contracts
Purchase obligations(4)
TOTAL(5)
(1)  Excluding discounts.
(2)  Contractual interest is the interest we are contracted to pay on our long-term debt obligations. We had $800.0 million of long-term debt subject to variable 
interest  rates  at  December  31,  2019. The  rate  assumed  for  the  variable  interest  component  of  the  contractual  interest  obligation  was  the  rate  in  effect  at 
December 31, 2019. Variable rates are determined by the market and will fluctuate over time.

2022
1,100.9  $
114.9 
24.1 
— 
123.1 
1,363.0  $

1,950.0  $
781.5 
133.1 
— 
161.3 
3,025.9  $

2020
227.7  $
114.9 
38.3 
8.7 
389.1 
778.7  $

Total
3,280.5 
1,199.0 
242.8 
8.9 
1,125.9 
5,857.1 

72.8 
19.0 
— 
127.9 
220.0  $

114.9 
28.3 
0.2 
324.5 
469.5  $

2024  
& beyond

0.3  $

2023

$

(3)  Obligations associated with operating leases, before sub-lease rental income.
(4)  Purchase obligations consist of agreements to purchase goods and services that are enforceable and legally binding and specify all significant terms, including fixed 
or minimum quantities to be purchased, price provisions and timing of the transaction. We have entered into a number of purchase obligations for the sourcing of 
materials and energy where take-or-pay arrangements apply. Since the majority of the minimum obligations under these contracts are take-or-pay commitments 
over the life of the contract and not a year by year take-or-pay, the obligations in the table related to these types of contacts are presented in the earliest period in 
which the minimum obligation could be payable under these types of contracts.

(5)  As of December 31, 2019, the liability for uncertain tax positions was $71.4 million. This liability is excluded from the table above. Additionally, accrued 
pension and other postretirement benefits and our environmental liabilities as recorded on our consolidated balance sheets are excluded from the table above. Due 
to the high degree of uncertainty regarding the timing of potential future cash flows associated with these liabilities, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable 
estimate of the amount and periods in which these liabilities might be paid. Also excluded from the table above is the liability attributable to the transition tax 
on deemed repatriated foreign earnings incurred as a result of the Act of $139.3 million.

Contingencies
See Note 20 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K.

Climate Change
As a global corporate citizen, we are concerned about the consequences 
of climate change and will take prudent and cost effective actions that 
reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere.

FMC is committed to continuing to do its part to address climate change 
and its impacts. In 2019 we set new environmental goals to reflect 
the changes to our business with the acquisition of the DuPont Crop 
Protection Business and the separation of the FMC Lithium business. 
Our new 2030 intensity reduction targets for energy and greenhouse 
gas emissions are both 25 percent from our 2018 baseline year. FMC 
has been reporting its GHG emissions and mitigation strategy to CDP 
(formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) since 2016. FMC detailed the 
business risks and opportunities we have due to climate change and 
its impacts in our CDP climate change reports. In recognition of our 
commitment to address climate change, FMC enhanced its CDP 
Climate Change score from a “C” in 2018 to a “B” in 2019.

Even as we take action to control the release of GHGs, additional 
warming is anticipated. Long-term, higher average global temperatures 
could result in induced changes in natural resources, growing seasons, 
precipitation patterns, weather patterns, species distributions, water 
availability, sea levels, and biodiversity. These impacts could cause changes 
in supplies of raw materials used to maintain FMC’s production capacity 
and could lead to possible increased sourcing costs. Depending on how 
pervasive the climate impacts are in the different geographic locations 
experiencing changes in natural resources, FMC’s customers could be 
impacted. Demand for FMC’s products could increase if our products 
meet our customers’ needs to adapt to climate change impacts or decrease 
if our products do not meet their needs. Within our own operations, 
we continually assess our manufacturing sites worldwide for risks and 
opportunities to increase our preparedness for climate change. We are 
continuing to evaluate sea level rise and storm surge at our plants to 

30

understand timing of potential impacts and proactive responses that may 
need to be taken. To lessen FMC’s overall environmental footprint, we 
have taken actions to increase the energy efficiency in our manufacturing 
sites. We have also committed to new 2030 goals to reduce our water 
use intensity in high-risk areas by 20 percent and to maintain our 2018 
waste disposed intensity which otherwise would increase by 55 percent 
due to expected growth and shifts in production mix.

In our product portfolio, we see market opportunities for our products to 
address climate change and its impacts. For example, FMC’s agricultural 
products can help customers increase yield, energy and water efficiency, 
and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Our products can also help 
growers adapt to more unpredictable growing conditions and the effects 
these types of threats have on crops. FMC has committed to invest 
100% of our innovation budget to developing sustainable products 
and solutions for future use.

We are improving existing products and developing new platforms 
and technologies that help mitigate impacts of climate change. FMC is 
developing products with a lighter environmental footprint in its biologicals 
products. These opportunities could lead to new products and services for 
our existing and potential customers. Beyond our products and operations, 
FMC recognizes that energy consumption throughout our supply chain 
can impact climate change and product costs. Therefore, we will actively 
work with our entire value chain - suppliers, contractors, and customers - 
to improve their energy efficiencies and to reduce their GHG emissions.

We continue to follow legislative and regulatory developments regarding 
climate change because the regulation of greenhouse gases, depending 
on their nature and scope, could subject some of our manufacturing 
operations to additional costs or limits on operations. In December 2015, 
195 countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris 

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

reached an agreement to reduce GHGs. It remains to be seen how and 
when each of these countries will implement this agreement. The United 
States was a signatory to the Paris Agreement. Then on November 4, 2019, 
the United States announced that it will begin formally withdrawing the 
US from the Paris climate accord, the first step in a year-long process that 
will lead to a complete withdrawal just after the 2020 presidential election.

Notwithstanding the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, 
FMC will actively manage climate risks and incorporate them in our decision 
making as indicated in our responses to the CDP Climate Change Module. 
The United States Climate Alliance, a coalition of 24 states (governing 55 
percent of the population) and unincorporated self-governing territories 
in the United States have expressed their commitment to upholding the 
objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change within their 
borders. Several of our manufacturing and R&D sites fall within this 
alliance territory. FMC remains deeply committed to reducing our GHG 
emissions and energy consumption at all our facilities around the world.

Some of our foreign operations are subject to national or local energy 
management or climate change regulation, such as our plant in Denmark 
that is subject to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. At present, that 
plant’s emissions are below its designated cap.

In December 2019, the European Commission approved the European 
Green Deal, with the goal of making the EU carbon neutral by 2050. 
The Deal includes investment plans and a roadmap to fight against 
climate change. FMC is closely following updates and the discussion 
surrounding the Green Deal. The costs of complying with possible 
future requirements are difficult to estimate at this time.

Future GHG regulatory requirements may result in increased costs of 
energy, additional capital costs for emissions control or new equipment, 
and/or costs associated with cap and trade or carbon taxes. We are currently 
monitoring regulatory developments. The costs of complying with possible 
future climate change requirements are difficult to estimate at this time.

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Items
See Note 2 “Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Items” to our consolidated financial statements included 
in this Form 10-K.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 20 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K and Part I, Item 3 - Legal Proceedings for further information 
regarding any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Fair Value Measurements
See Note 19 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K for additional discussion surrounding our fair value measurements.

Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity 
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). 
The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make 
estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, 
liabilities, revenues and expenses. We have described our accounting 
policies in Note 1 “Principal Accounting Policies and Related Financial 
Information” to our consolidated financial statements included in this 
Form 10-K. We have reviewed these accounting policies, identifying 
those that we believe to be critical to the preparation and understanding 
of our consolidated financial statements. We have reviewed these critical 
accounting policies with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. 
Critical accounting policies are central to our presentation of results 
of operations and financial condition in accordance with U.S. GAAP 
and require management to make estimates and judgments on certain 
matters. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience, 
current conditions and other reasonable factors.

Revenue recognition and trade receivables

We recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy our performance obligation 
which is when the customer obtains control of the good or service. 
Rebates due to customers are accrued as a reduction of revenue in the 
same period that the related sales are recorded based on the contract 
terms. Refer to Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included 
in this Form 10-K for more information.

We record amounts billed for shipping and handling fees as revenue. 
Costs incurred for shipping and handling are recorded as costs of 
sales and services. Amounts billed for sales and use taxes, value-added 
taxes, and certain excise and other specific transactional taxes imposed 

on revenue-producing transactions are presented on a net basis and 
excluded from sales in the consolidated income statements. We record 
a liability until remitted to the respective taxing authority.

We periodically enter into prepayment arrangements with customers 
and receive advance payments for product to be delivered in future 
periods. These advance payments are recorded as deferred revenue and 
classified as “Advance payments from customers” on the consolidated 
balance sheet. Revenue associated with advance payments is recognized as 
shipments are made and transfer of control to the customer takes place.

Trade receivables consist of amounts owed to us from customer sales and 
are recorded when revenue is recognized. The allowance for trade receivables 
represents our best estimate of the probable losses associated with potential 
customer defaults. In developing our allowance for trade receivables, we 
use a two stage process which includes calculating a general formula to 
develop an allowance to appropriately address the uncertainty surrounding 
collection risk of our entire portfolio and specific allowances for customers 
where the risk of collection has been reasonably identified either due to 
liquidity constraints or disputes over contractual terms and conditions.

Our method of calculating the general formula consists of estimating 
the recoverability of trade receivables based on historical experience, 
current collection trends, and external business factors such as economic 
factors, including regional bankruptcy rates, and political factors. Our 
analysis of trade receivable collection risk is performed quarterly, and 
the allowance is adjusted accordingly.

We also hold long-term receivables that represent long-term customer 
receivable balances related to past-due accounts which are not expected to be 
collected within the current year. Our policy for the review of the allowance 

31

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

for these receivables is consistent with the discussion in the preceding 
paragraph above on trade receivables. Therefore on an ongoing basis, we 
continue to evaluate the credit quality of our long-term receivables utilizing 
aging of receivables, collection experience and write-offs, as well as existing 
economic conditions, to determine if an additional allowance is necessary.

Environmental obligations and related recoveries

We provide for environmental-related obligations when they are 
probable and amounts can be reasonably estimated. Where the available 
information is sufficient to estimate the amount of liability, that estimate 
has been used. Where the information is only sufficient to establish a 
range of probable liability and no point within the range is more likely 
than any other, the lower end of the range has been used.

Estimated obligations to remediate sites that involve oversight by the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), or similar government 
agencies, are generally accrued no later than when a Record of Decision 
(“ROD”), or equivalent, is issued, or upon completion of a Remedial 
Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”), or equivalent, that is submitted 
by us to the appropriate government agency or agencies. Estimates are 
reviewed quarterly by our environmental remediation management, as 
well as by financial and legal management and, if necessary, adjusted 
as additional information becomes available. The estimates can change 
substantially as additional information becomes available regarding the 
nature or extent of site contamination, required remediation methods, 
and other actions by or against governmental agencies or private parties.

Our environmental liabilities for continuing and discontinued operations 
are principally for costs associated with the remediation and/or study of 
sites at which we are alleged to have released hazardous substances into the 
environment. Such costs principally include, among other items, RI/FS, 
site remediation, costs of operation and maintenance of the remediation 
plan, management costs, fees to outside law firms and consultants for 
work related to the environmental effort, and future monitoring costs. 
Estimated site liabilities are determined based upon existing remediation 
laws and technologies, specific site consultants’ engineering studies or by 
extrapolating experience with environmental issues at comparable sites.

Included in our environmental liabilities are costs for the operation, 
maintenance and monitoring of site remediation plans (OM&M). Such 
reserves are based on our best estimates for these OM&M plans. Over 
time we may incur OM&M costs in excess of these reserves. However, 
we are unable to reasonably estimate an amount in excess of our recorded 
reserves because we cannot reasonably estimate the period for which 
such OM&M plans will need to be in place or the future annual cost 
of such remediation, as conditions at these environmental sites change 
over time. Such additional OM&M costs could be significant in total 
but would be incurred over an extended period of years.

Included in the environmental reserve balance, other assets balance and 
disclosure of reasonably possible loss contingencies are amounts from 
third party insurance policies, which we believe are probable of recovery.

Provisions for environmental costs are reflected in income, net of 
probable and estimable recoveries from named Potentially Responsible 
Parties (“PRPs”) or other third parties. In the fourth quarter of 2019, we 
increased our reserves for the Pocatello Tribal Matter by $72.8 million, 
which represents both the historical and discounted present value of 
future annual use permit fees as well as the associated legal costs. See 
Note 12 for further information. All other environmental provisions 
incorporate inflation and are not discounted to their present value.

In calculating and evaluating the adequacy of our environmental reserves, 
we have taken into account the joint and several liability imposed by 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (“CERCLA”) and the analogous state laws on all PRPs and have 
considered the identity and financial condition of the other PRPs at each 
site to the extent possible. We have also considered the identity and financial 
condition of other third parties from whom recovery is anticipated, as well 
as the status of our claims against such parties. Although we are unable to 
forecast the ultimate contributions of PRPs and other third parties with 
absolute certainty, the degree of uncertainty with respect to each party is 
taken into account when determining the environmental reserve by adjusting 
the reserve to reflect the facts and circumstances on a site-by-site basis. Our 
liability includes our best estimate of the costs expected to be paid before the 
consideration of any potential recoveries from third parties. We believe that 
any recorded recoveries related to PRPs are realizable in all material respects. 
Recoveries are recorded as either an offset in “Environmental liabilities, 
continuing and discontinued” or as “Other assets” in our consolidated 
balance sheets in accordance with U.S. accounting literature.

See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 
10-K for changes in estimates associated with our environmental obligations.

Impairments and valuation of long-lived and 
indefinite-lived assets

Our long-lived assets primarily include property, plant and equipment, 
goodwill and intangible assets. The assets and liabilities of acquired 
businesses are measured at their estimated fair values at the dates of 
acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value 
of the net assets acquired, including identified intangibles, is recorded 
as goodwill. The determination and allocation of fair value to the assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed is based on various assumptions and 
valuation methodologies requiring considerable management judgment, 
including estimates based on historical information, current market 
data and future expectations. The principal assumptions utilized in 
our valuation methodologies include revenue growth rates, operating 
margin estimates and discount rates. Although the estimates were 
deemed reasonable by management based on information available 
at the dates of acquisition, those estimates are inherently uncertain.

We test for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that 
the net book value of our property, plant and equipment may not be 
recoverable from the estimated undiscounted expected future cash flows 
expected to result from their use and eventual disposition. In cases where 
the estimated undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than 
net book value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount 
by which the net book value exceeds the estimated fair value of assets, 
which is based on discounted cash flows at the lowest level determinable. 
The estimated cash flows reflect our assumptions about selling prices, 
volumes, costs and market conditions over a reasonable period of time.

We perform an annual impairment test of goodwill and indefinite-lived 
intangible assets in the third quarter of each year, or more frequently 
whenever an event or change in circumstances occurs that would 
require reassessment of the recoverability of those assets. In performing 
our evaluation we assess qualitative factors such as overall financial 
performance of our reporting units, anticipated changes in industry 
and market structure, competitive environments, planned capacity and 
cost factors such as raw material prices. Based on our assessment for 
2019, we determined that no goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible 
assets impairment charge to our continuing operations was required.

See Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements included in this 
Form 10-K for charges associated with long-lived asset disposal costs 
and the activity associated with the restructuring reserves.

32

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

PART II  

Pension and other postretirement benefits

We provide qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined 
contribution pension plans, as well as postretirement health care and life 
insurance benefit plans to our employees and retirees. The costs (benefits) 
and obligations related to these benefits reflect key assumptions related to 
general economic conditions, including interest (discount) rates, healthcare 
cost trend rates, expected rates of return on plan assets and the rates of 
compensation increase for employees. The costs (benefits) and obligations 
for these benefit programs are also affected by other assumptions, such as 
average retirement age, mortality, employee turnover, and plan participation. 
To the extent our plans’ actual experience, as influenced by changing 
economic and financial market conditions or by changes to our own plans’ 
demographics, differs from these assumptions, the costs and obligations for 
providing these benefits, as well as the plans’ funding requirements, could 
increase or decrease. When actual results differ from our assumptions, 
the difference is typically recognized over future periods. In addition, the 
unrealized gains and losses related to our pension and postretirement benefit 
obligations may also affect periodic benefit costs (benefits) in future periods.

We use several assumptions and statistical methods to determine the 
asset values used to calculate both the expected rate of return on assets 
component of pension cost and to calculate our plans’ funding requirements. 
The expected rate of return on plan assets is based on a market-related 
value of assets that recognizes investment gains and losses over a five-year 
period. We use an actuarial value of assets to determine our plans’ funding 
requirements. The actuarial value of assets must be within a certain range, 
high or low, of the actual market value of assets, and is adjusted accordingly.

We select the discount rate used to calculate pension and other postretirement 
obligations based on a review of available yields on high-quality corporate 
bonds as of the measurement date. In selecting a discount rate as of 
December 31, 2019, we placed particular emphasis on a discount rate 
yield-curve provided by our actuary. This yield-curve, when populated 
with projected cash flows that represent the expected timing and amount 
of our plans’ benefit payments, produced an effective discount rate of 3.22 
percent for our U.S. qualified plan, 2.74 percent for our U.S. nonqualified, 
and 2.89 percent for our U.S. other postretirement benefit plans.

The discount rates used to determine projected benefit obligation at our 
December 31, 2019 and 2018 measurement dates for the U.S. qualified plan 
were 3.22 percent and 4.35 percent, respectively. The effect of the change 
in the discount rate from 4.35 percent to 3.22 percent at December 31, 
2019 resulted in a $152.8 million increase to our U.S. qualified pension 
benefit obligations. The effect of the change in the discount rate used 
to determine net annual benefit cost (income) from 3.68 percent at 
December 31, 2018 to 4.36 percent at December 31, 2019 resulted 
in a $0.5 million decrease to the 2019 U.S. qualified pension expense.

The change in discount rate from 4.35 percent at December 31, 2018 to 
3.22 percent at December 31, 2019 was attributable to an increase in yields 
on high quality corporate bonds with cash flows matching the timing and 
amount of our expected future benefit payments between the 2018 and 
2019 measurement dates. Using the December 31, 2019 and 2018 yield 
curves, our U.S. qualified plan cash flows produced a single weighted-average 
discount rate of approximately 3.22 percent and 4.35 percent, respectively.

In developing the assumption for the long-term rate of return on assets 
for our U.S. Plan, we take into consideration the technical analysis 
performed by our outside actuaries, including historical market returns, 
information on the assumption for long-term real returns by asset class, 
inflation assumptions, and expectations for standard deviation related 
to these best estimates. Our long-term rate of return for the fiscal year 
ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was 4.25 percent, 5.00 
percent and 6.50 percent, respectively.

For the sensitivity of our pension costs to incremental changes in 
assumptions see our discussion below.

Sensitivity analysis related to key pension and 
postretirement benefit assumptions.

A one-half percent increase in the assumed discount rate would have decreased 
pension and other postretirement benefit obligations by $72.1 million and 
$62.4 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and decreased 
pension and other postretirement benefit costs by $0.6 million, $0.4 million 
and $0.4 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. A one-half percent 
decrease in the assumed discount rate would have increased pension and 
other postretirement benefit obligations by $79.4 million and $68.3 million 
at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and increased pension and 
other postretirement benefit cost by $0.5 million, $0.1 million and $0.4 
million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

A one-half percent increase in the assumed expected long-term rate of 
return on plan assets would have decreased pension costs by $6.3 million, 
$6.4 million and $6.0 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 
A one-half percent decrease in the assumed long-term rate of return 
on plan assets would have increased pension costs by $6.3 million, 
$6.4 million and $6.0 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Further details on our pension and other postretirement benefit 
obligations and net periodic benefit costs (benefits) are found in 
Note 15 to our consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-K.

Income taxes

We have recorded a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets 
in certain jurisdictions to the amount that we believe is more likely 
than not to be realized. In assessing the need for this allowance, we 
have considered a number of factors including future taxable income, 
the jurisdictions in which such income is earned and our ongoing tax 
planning strategies. In the event that we determine that we would not 
be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets in the future, 
an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would be charged to income in 
the period such determination was made. Similarly, should we conclude 
that we would be able to realize certain deferred tax assets in the future 
in excess of the net recorded amount, an adjustment to the deferred tax 
assets would increase income in the period such determination was made.

Additionally, we file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction 
and various state and foreign jurisdictions. Certain income tax returns 
for FMC entities taxable in the U.S. and significant foreign jurisdictions 
are open for examination and adjustment. We assess our income tax 
positions and record a liability for all years open to examination based 
upon our evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available 
at the reporting date. For those tax positions where it is more likely than 
not that a tax benefit will be sustained, we have recorded the largest 
amount of tax benefit with a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being 
realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full 
knowledge of all relevant information. We adjust these liabilities, if 
necessary, upon the completion of tax audits or changes in tax law.

On December 22, 2017, the Act was enacted in the United States. 
The Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent 
to 21 percent, required companies to pay a one-time transition tax 
on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax 
deferred and created new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. 
At December 31, 2018, the Company had completed its accounting 
for the impacts of the enactment of the Act.

See Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in this 
Form 10-K for additional discussion surrounding income taxes.

33

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

PART II  
ITEM 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures  About Market Risk

ITEM 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures  

About Market Risk

Our earnings, cash flows and financial position are exposed to market 
risks relating to fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and 
foreign currency exchange rates. Our policy is to minimize exposure 
to our cash flow over time caused by changes in commodity, interest 
and currency exchange rates. To accomplish this, we have implemented 
a controlled program of risk management consisting of appropriate 
derivative contracts entered into with major financial institutions.

The analysis below presents the sensitivity of the market value of our 
financial instruments to selected changes in market rates and prices. 
The range of changes chosen reflects our view of changes that are 
reasonably possible over a one-year period. Market value estimates are 

based on the present value of projected future cash flows considering 
the market rates and prices chosen.

At December 31, 2019, our net financial instrument position was a 
net liability of $8.9 million compared to a net asset of $11.4 million 
at December 31, 2018. The change in the net financial instrument 
position was primarily due to exchange rate fluctuations in our foreign 
exchange portfolio.

Since our risk management programs are generally highly effective, the 
potential loss in value for each risk management portfolio described below 
would be largely offset by changes in the value of the underlying exposure.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

The primary currencies for which we have exchange rate exposure are 
the U.S. dollar versus the euro, the Chinese yuan, the Brazilian real, 
Mexican peso, Indian rupee and the Argentine peso. Foreign currency 
debt and foreign exchange forward contracts are used in countries 
where we do business, thereby reducing our net asset exposure. Foreign 
exchange forward contracts are also used to hedge firm and highly 
anticipated foreign currency cash flows.

To analyze the effects of changing foreign currency rates, we have 
performed a sensitivity analysis in which we assume an instantaneous 
10 percent change in the foreign currency exchange rates from their 
levels at December 31, 2019 and 2018, with all other variables (including 
interest rates) held constant.

(in Millions)
Net asset/(liability) position at December 31, 2019
Net asset/(liability) position at December 31, 2018

Hedged Currency vs.  
Functional Currency

Net Asset / (Liability) 
Position on  
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(8.0)
11.6

$

Net Asset / (Liability) 
Position with 
10% Strengthening
55.9
19.2

$

Net Asset / (Liability) 
Position with 
10% Weakening
(75.4)
(16.7)

$

Interest Rate Risk

One of the strategies that we can use to manage interest rate exposure 
is to enter into interest rate swap agreements. In these agreements, we 
agree to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed 
and variable interest amounts calculated on an agreed-upon notional 
principal amount. In the quarter ended December 31, 2019, we had 
outstanding contracts in place to swap portions of our variable-rate debt 
to fixed-rate debt with an aggregate notional value of $200.0 million.

To analyze the effects of changing interest rates, we have performed a 
sensitivity analysis in which we assume an instantaneous one percent 
change in the interest rates from their levels at December 31, 2019 
and 2018, with all other variables held constant.

(in Millions)
Net asset/(liability) position at December 31, 2019
Net asset/(liability) position at December 31, 2018

Net Asset / (Liability) 
Position on  
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(0.9)
(0.2)

$

$

1% Increase
—
2.2

$

1% Decrease
(1.9)
(2.7)

Our debt portfolio at December 31, 2019 is composed of 80 percent 
fixed-rate debt and 20 percent variable-rate debt. The variable-rate 
component of our debt portfolio principally consists of borrowings under 
our 2017 Term Loan Facility, Credit Facility, variable-rate industrial 
and pollution control revenue bonds, and amounts outstanding under 
foreign subsidiary credit lines. Changes in interest rates affect different 
portions of our variable-rate debt portfolio in different ways.

Based on the variable-rate debt in our debt portfolio at December 31, 
2019, a one percentage point increase in interest rates would have 
increased gross interest expense by $6.4 million and a one percentage 
point decrease in interest rates would have decreased gross interest 
expense by $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

34

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

ITEM 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 

Page

36

37

38

39

41

42

88

90

91

92

35

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
Revenue
Costs and Expenses
Costs of sales and services

Gross Margin

Selling, general and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Restructuring and other charges (income)
Total costs and expenses
Income from continuing operations before equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates, non-operating 
pension and postretirement charges (income), interest expense, net and income taxes
Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates
Non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income)
Interest income
Interest expense
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Net income (loss)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS
Amounts attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations, net of income taxes
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS
Basic earnings (loss) per common share attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Year Ended December 31,

2019
4,609.8

$

2018
4,285.3  $

2,526.2
2,083.6  $
792.9 
298.1 
171.0 
3,788.2  $

2,405.5 
1,879.8  $
790.0 
287.7 
61.2 
3,544.4  $

821.6  $
— 
8.1 
(1.9)
160.4 
655.0  $
111.5 
543.5  $
(63.3)
480.2  $
2.8 
477.4  $

540.7  $
(63.3)
477.4  $

4.12  $
(0.48)
3.64  $

4.10  $
(0.48)
3.62  $

740.9  $
(0.1)
(0.5)
(1.4)
134.5 
608.4  $
70.8 
537.6  $
(26.1)
511.5  $
9.4 
502.1  $

531.4  $
(29.3)
502.1  $

3.94  $
(0.22)
3.72  $

3.91  $
(0.22)
3.69  $

2017
2,531.2 

1,579.4 
951.8 
581.7 
138.4 
73.2 
2,372.7 

158.5 
(0.1)
(16.3)
(0.9)
80.0 
95.8 
228.9 
(133.1)
671.5 
538.4 
2.6 
535.8 

(135.7)
671.5 
535.8 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

36

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in Millions)
Net income (loss)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency adjustments:

Foreign currency translation gain (loss) arising during the period 
Reclassification of foreign currency translations losses

Total foreign currency adjustments(1)

Derivative instruments:

Unrealized hedging gains (losses) and other, net of tax of $(16.7), $2.6 and $0.5
Reclassification of deferred hedging (gains) losses and other, included in net income, net of 
tax of $(3.0), $(3.1) and $(0.1)(3)
Total derivative instruments, net of tax of $(19.7), $(0.5) and $0.4

Pension and other postretirement benefits:

Unrealized actuarial gains (losses) and prior service (costs) credits, net of tax of $(1.4),  
$1.3 and $1.9(2)
Reclassification of net actuarial and other (gain) loss, amortization of prior service costs and 
settlement charges, included in net income, net of tax of $2.6, $4.3 and $14.5(3)

Total pension and other postretirement benefits, net of tax of $1.2, $5.6 and $16.4

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Comprehensive income (loss)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$
$
$

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS $

Year Ended December 31,

2019
480.2  $

2018
511.5  $

2017
538.4 

(18.5) $
— 
(18.5) $

(100.8) $
— 
(100.8) $

(69.0) $

13.7  $

(8.2)
(77.2) $

(7.7)
6.0  $

172.7 
13.9 
186.6 

(1.2)

(0.7)
(1.9)

(6.5) $

4.2  $

0.6 

9.9 
3.4  $
(92.3) $
387.9  $
(0.5)
388.4  $

16.5 
20.7  $
(74.1) $
437.4  $
3.9 
433.5  $

51.6 
52.2 
236.9 
775.3 
1.4 
773.9 

(1)  Income taxes are not provided for other outside basis differences inherent in our investments in subsidiaries because the investments and related unremitted 
earnings are essentially permanent in duration or we have concluded that no additional tax liability will arise upon disposal or remittance. Note, in the first 
quarter of 2017, we changed our assertion on unremitted earnings for certain foreign subsidiaries as a result of the sale of our FMC Health and Nutrition 
segment. 

(2)  At December 31 of each year, we remeasure our pension and postretirement plan obligations at which time we record any actuarial gains (losses) and prior service 
(costs) credits to other comprehensive income. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, due to the announced plans to separate FMC Lithium and 
divest FMC Health and Nutrition, respectively, we triggered a curtailment of our U.S. pension plans. As a result, we revalued our pension plans as of October 
31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, respectively, in addition to the normal December 31st remeasurement, which resulted in adjustments to comprehensive income. 
See Note 15 for more information.

(3)  For more detail on the components of these reclassifications and the affected line item in the consolidated statements of income (loss) see Note 17 within these 

consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

37

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in Millions, Except Share and Par Value Data)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade receivables, net of allowance of $26.3 in 2019 and $22.4 in 2018
Inventories
Prepaid and other current assets
Current assets of discontinued operations
Total current assets
Investments
Property, plant and equipment, net
Goodwill
Other intangibles, net
Other assets including long-term receivables, net
Deferred income taxes
Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable, trade and other
Advance payments from customers
Accrued and other liabilities
Accrued customer rebates
Guarantees of vendor financing
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits, current
Income taxes
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
Total current liabilities
Long-term debt, less current portion
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits, long-term
Environmental liabilities, continuing and discontinued
Deferred income taxes
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
Other long-term liabilities
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 20)
Equity
Preferred stock, no par value, authorized 5,000,000 shares; no shares issued in 2019 or 2018
Common stock, $0.10 par value, authorized 260,000,000 shares in 2019 and 2018; 185,983,792  
shares issued in 2019 and 2018
Capital in excess of par value of common stock
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Treasury stock, common, at cost - 2019: 56,859,498 shares, 2018: 53,702,178 shares
Total FMC stockholders’ equity
Noncontrolling interests
Total equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

38

December 31,
2019

2018

$

$

$

$

$

339.1 
2,231.2 
1,017.0 
487.5 
— 
4,074.8 
0.7 
758.0 
1,467.5 
2,629.0 
685.3 
257.4 
— 
9,872.7 

227.7 
900.1 
492.7 
680.6 
280.6 
75.7 
4.3 
62.2 
— 
2,723.9 
3,031.1 
44.2 
470.5 
333.2 
— 
708.4 

134.4 
2,143.8 
1,025.5 
432.6 
293.9 
4,030.2 
0.7 
756.9 
1,468.1 
2,703.4 
383.4 
272.8 
358.8 
9,974.3 

547.7 
795.5 
458.4 
570.8 
365.3 
67.1 
6.2 
85.1 
97.3 
2,993.4 
2,145.0 
47.2 
458.5 
330.8 
46.1 
742.9 

— 

$

— 

18.6 
829.7 
4,188.8 
(412.0)
(2,092.8)
2,532.3 
29.1 
2,561.4 
9,872.7 

$

$
$

18.6 
776.2 
4,334.3 
(308.9)
(1,699.1)
3,121.1 
89.3 
3,210.4 
9,974.3 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$
$

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in Millions) 
Cash provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations:
Net income (loss)
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Adjustments from income (loss) from continuing operations to cash provided (required) by 
operating activities of continuing operations:

Depreciation and amortization
Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates
Restructuring and other charges (income)
Deferred income taxes
Pension and other postretirement benefits
Share-based compensation

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures:

Trade receivables, net
Guarantees of vendor financing
Advance payments from customers
Accrued customer rebates
Inventories
Accounts payable, trade and other
Income taxes
Pension and other postretirement benefit contributions
Environmental spending, continuing, net of recoveries
Restructuring and other spending
Transaction-related spending
Change in other operating assets and liabilities, net(1)

Cash provided (required) by operating activities of continuing operations
Cash provided (required) by operating activities of discontinued operations:
Environmental spending, discontinued, net of recoveries

Operating activities of discontinued operations, net of divestiture costs
Other discontinued spending
Cash provided (required) by operating activities of discontinued operations

Year Ended December 31,

2019

480.2 
63.3 
543.5 

150.1 
— 
171.0 
46.1 
12.6 
25.6 

(123.5)
8.6 
34.1 
(85.8)
6.4 
103.0 
(25.0)
(13.4)
(18.3)
(18.6)
(77.1)
(183.7)
555.6 

(51.7)
9.0 
(24.4)
(67.1)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

2018

511.5 
26.1 
537.6 

150.2 
(0.1)
61.2 
(43.9)
6.1 
22.5 

(281.5)
15.4 
80.2 
104.1 
(200.7)
166.7 
(94.7)
(37.5)
(20.3)
(25.2)
(101.1)
23.7 
362.7 

(41.0)
74.5 
(27.8)
5.7 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

2017  

538.4 
(671.5)
(133.1)

97.8 
(0.1)
73.2 
113.0 
(8.4)
21.1 

(191.1)
(54.7)
141.1 
16.9 
(102.8)
304.3 
109.3 
(55.3)
(20.2)
(7.3)
(78.9)
7.2 
232.0 

(32.3)
168.6 
(32.8)
103.5 

(1)  Changes in all periods represent timing of payments associated with all other operating assets and liabilities.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

39

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

(in Millions)
Cash provided (required) by investing activities of continuing operations:

Capital expenditures
Acquisitions, net(2)
Proceeds from sale of product portfolios
Investment in Enterprise Resource Planning system
Other investing activities(3)
Cash provided (required) by investing activities of continuing operations
Cash provided (required) by investing activities of discontinued operations:

Proceeds from divestiture
Other discontinued investing activities
Cash provided (required) by investing activities of discontinued operations 

Cash provided (required) by financing activities of continuing operations:

Increase (decrease) in short-term debt
Proceeds from borrowing of long-term debt
Financing fees and interest rate swap settlements
Repayments of long-term debt
Transactions with noncontrolling interests
Net proceeds received from initial public offering of FMC Lithium(4)
Dividends paid(5)
Issuances of common stock, net
Repurchases of common stock under publicly announced program
Other repurchases of common stock
Cash provided (required) by financing activities of continuing operations
Cash provided (required) by financing activities of discontinued operations:

Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

$

$

$

$

$

$

(93.9) $
— 
— 
(48.0)
(54.0)
(195.9) $

26.2  $
(17.0)

9.2  $

(11.9) $

1,500.0
(97.4)
(901.9)
— 
— 
(210.3)
50.7 
(400.0)
(16.2)
(87.0) $

(83.0) $
19.6 
88.0 
(48.5)
(13.6)
(37.5) $

—  $

(93.4)
(93.4) $

79.5  $
—
(3.1)
(552.0)
— 
363.6 
(89.2)
10.7 
(200.0)
(6.8)
(397.3) $

(38.3)
(1,225.6)
— 
— 
(24.6)
(1,288.5)

38.0 
(83.3)
(45.3)

(3.1)
1,598.9
(11.0)
(302.3)
(0.5)
— 
(88.8)
22.5 
— 
(2.6)
1,213.1 

$

—  $

Proceeds from borrowing of long-term debt
Payment of Livent external debt
Cash transfer to Livent due to spin
Cash provided (required) by financing activities of discontinued operations
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, beginning of period(6)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Less: cash and cash equivalent of discontinued operations, end of period

— 
— 
— 
— 
4.0
218.8 
60.2 
4.0
64.2 
1.2 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
281.8 
(2)  Represents the cash portion of the total purchase consideration paid for the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition. See Note 5 for more information on the 

34.0  $
— 
— 
34.0  $
4.5 
(121.3) $
281.8  $
1.2 
283.0  $
27.3 
134.4  $

(27.0)
(10.2)
(37.2) $
(0.2)
177.4  $
134.4  $
27.3 
161.7  $
— 
339.1  $

$
$

$

$

$

non-cash consideration transferred to DuPont.

(3)  Cash spending associated with contract manufacturers was $51.7 million, $13.1 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 

2017, respectively.

(4)  Pursuant to the terms of the separation and distribution agreement, we received a net distribution of approximately $364 million from the public offering of 
Livent representing the proceeds from the sale of its common stock and the underwriters’ exercise to purchase additional shares as part of the initial public offering 
(“IPO”), net of underwriting discounts and commissions, financing fees and other offering related expenses.

(5)  See Note 17 regarding our quarterly cash dividend.
(6)  Reflected within “Current assets of discontinued operations” on the consolidated balance sheets.

Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest was $140.9 million, $133.4 million and $98.8 million, and income taxes paid, net of refunds 
was $130.9 million, $135.3 million and $33.3 million in December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Net interest payments of zero and 
$16.6 million and tax payments, net of refunds of $10.0 million and $11.0 million were allocated to discontinued operations for the years ended 
December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Accrued additions to property, plant and equipment and other assets at December 31, 2019, 2018 
and 2017 were $18.2 million, $3.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

40

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

FMC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

FMC Stockholders’ Equity

Common
Stock,
$0.10 Par
Value
18.6  $

$

Capital 
Retained
In Excess 
Earnings
of Par
418.6  $ 3,505.5 
535.8 

Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
Income (Loss)
$

Treasury
Stock

Non-
controlling
Interest

(478.4) $(1,506.6) $

(in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
Balance December 31, 2016
Net income (loss)
Stock compensation plans
Shares for benefit plan trust
Net pension and other benefit actuarial gains (losses) 
and prior service cost, net of income tax
Net hedging gains (losses) and other, net of income tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Dividends ($0.66 per share)
Repurchases of common stock
Noncontrolling interests associated with an acquisition(1)
Transactions with noncontrolling interests(1)
Balance December 31, 2017
Net income (loss)
Stock compensation plans
Shares for benefit plan trust
Net pension and other benefit actuarial gains (losses) 
and prior service cost, net of income tax
Net hedging gains (losses) and other, net of income tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Dividends ($0.90 per share)
Repurchases of common stock
Transactions with noncontrolling interests(1)(2)
Balance December 31, 2018
Adoption of accounting standards (Note 2)
Net income (loss)
Stock compensation plans
Shares for benefit plan trust
Net pension and other benefit actuarial gains (losses) 
and prior service cost, net of income tax
Net hedging gains (losses) and other, net of income tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Dividends ($1.64 per share)
Repurchases of common stock
Distribution of FMC Lithium(3)
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2019

33.0 

52.2 
(1.9)
187.8 

(88.9)

9.6 
(0.2)

(2.4)

$

18.6  $

(0.9)

450.7  $ 3,952.4 
502.1 

26.5

$

18.6  $

(120.2)

299.0
776.2  $ 4,334.3 
55.5 
477.4 

53.5

(214.1)

$

18.6  $

(464.3)
829.7  $ 4,188.8 

$

(240.3) $(1,499.6) $

20.7 
6.0 
(95.3)

7.2 
0.1 

(206.8)

$

(308.9) $(1,699.1) $

(53.1)

3.4 
(77.2)
(15.2)

39.0

21.6 
(1.0)

(414.3)

$

(412.0) $(2,092.8) $

Total
Equity
35.3  $ 1,993.0 
538.4 
42.6 
(0.2)

2.6 

(1.2)

52.2 
(1.9)
186.6 
(88.9)
(2.4)
12.7 
12.7 
(24.1)
(25.0)
25.3  $ 2,707.1 
511.5 
33.7 
0.1 

9.4 

(5.5)

20.7 
6.0 
(100.8)
(120.2)
(206.8)
60.1 
359.1 
89.3  $ 3,210.4 
2.4 
480.2 
75.1 
(1.0)

2.8 

(3.3)

3.4 
(77.2)
(18.5)
(214.1)
(414.3)
(485.0)
(59.7)
29.1  $ 2,561.4 

(1)  See Notes 5 and 17 for more detail on the acquisitions of noncontrolling interest and transactions with noncontrolling interest, respectively.
(2)  Primarily represents the noncontrolling interest of our FMC Lithium as a result of the IPO. Refer to Note 1 for further information.
(3)  Represents the effects of the distribution of FMC Lithium. Refer to Note 1 for further information.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

41

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

FMC Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Principal Accounting Policies and Related Financial Information ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 43
Note 1 
Note 2  Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Items ������������������������������������������������������ 47
Note 3  Revenue Recognition �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 48
Note 4 
Leases ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 51
Acquisitions ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 53
Note 5 
Note 6  Goodwill and Intangible Assets ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 55
Inventories������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 56
Note 7 
Property, Plant and Equipment ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 56
Note 8 
Note 9  Restructuring and Other Charges (Income) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 56
Note 10  Receivables ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 59
Note 11  Discontinued Operations ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 60
Note 12  Environmental Obligations ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 62
Note 13 
Income Taxes �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 66
Note 14  Debt ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 68
Note 15  Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 70
Note 16  Share-based Compensation ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 74
Note 17  Equity������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 76
Note 18  Earnings Per Share ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 78
Note 19  Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair Value Measurements �������������������������������������������������������������������� 79
Note 20  Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 83
Note 21  Segment Information ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 85
Note 22  Supplemental Information ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 85
Note 23  Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 87

42

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 1  Principal Accounting Policies and Related Financial Information

Nature of operations

Cash equivalents 

We are an agricultural sciences company providing innovative solutions 
to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a 
market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, 
plant health, and professional pest and turf management. We operate 
in a single distinct business segment and develop, market and sell all 
three major classes of crop protection chemicals: insecticides, herbicides 
and fungicides. These products are used in agriculture to enhance crop 
yield and quality by controlling a broad spectrum of insects, weeds 
and disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control.

In March 2017, we announced our intention to separate our FMC 
Lithium segment (subsequently renamed Livent Corporation, or 
“Livent”) into a publicly traded company. The initial step of the 
separation, the initial public offering (“IPO”) of Livent, closed on 
October 15, 2018. In connection with the IPO, Livent had granted 
the underwriters an option to purchase additional shares of common 
stock to cover over-allotments at the IPO price, less the underwriting 
discount. On November 8, 2018, the underwriters exercised in full 
their option to purchase additional shares. After completion of the 
IPO and the underwriters’ exercise to purchase additional shares of 
common stock, FMC owned 123 million shares of Livent’s common 
stock, representing approximately 84 percent of the total outstanding 
shares of Livent’s common stock. On March 1, 2019, we completed the 
previously announced distribution of 123 million shares of common 
stock of Livent as a pro rata dividend on shares of FMC common stock 
outstanding at the close of business on the record date of February 25, 
2019. We have recast all the data within this filing to present FMC 
Lithium as a discontinued operation retrospectively for all periods 
presented.

The financial information contained in our as filed 2018 Form 10-K 
was retrospectively adjusted due to the classification of FMC Lithium 
as a discontinued operation in our Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2019. 
All references herein to our “2018 Form 10-K” refer to the as filed 
2018 Form 10-K, as retrospectively adjusted pursuant to our Form 
8-K filed on August 2, 2019.

Basis of consolidation and basis of presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of FMC Corporation 
and its subsidiaries were prepared in accordance with accounting principles 
generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). 
Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FMC 
and all entities that we directly or indirectly control. All significant 
intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Estimates and assumptions

In preparing the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP we 
are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported 
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets 
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported 
amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual 
results are likely to differ from those estimates, but we do not believe 
such differences will materially affect our financial position, results of 
operations or cash flows.

We consider investments in all liquid debt instruments with original 
maturities of 3 months or less to be cash equivalents.

Trade receivables, net of allowance 

Trade receivables consist of amounts owed to us from customer sales 
and are recorded when revenue is recognized. The allowance for trade 
receivables represents our best estimate of the probable losses associated 
with potential customer defaults. In developing our allowance for trade 
receivables, we use a two-stage process which includes calculating a 
general formula to develop an allowance to appropriately address the 
uncertainty surrounding collection risk of our entire portfolio and 
specific allowances for customers where the risk of collection has been 
reasonably identified either due to liquidity constraints or disputes over 
contractual terms and conditions.

Our method of calculating the general formula consists of estimating 
the recoverability of trade receivables based on historical experience, 
current collection trends, and external business factors such as economic 
factors, including regional bankruptcy rates, and political factors. Our 
analysis of trade receivable collection risk is performed quarterly, and 
the allowance is adjusted accordingly. 

We also hold long-term receivables that represent long-term customer 
receivable balances related to past-due accounts which are not expected 
to be collected within the current year. Our policy for the review of 
the allowance for these receivables is consistent with the discussion in 
the preceding paragraph above on trade receivables. Therefore on an 
ongoing basis, we continue to evaluate the credit quality of our long-
term receivables utilizing aging of receivables, collection experience 
and write-offs, as well as existing economic conditions, to determine 
if an additional allowance is necessary.

The allowance for trade receivables was $26.3 million and $22.4 million 
as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The allowance for 
long-term receivables was $61.1 million and $60.5 million at December 
31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The provision to the allowance for 
receivables charged against operations was $21.2 million, $71.4 million 
and $22.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 
2017, respectively. See Note 10 for more information. The provision in 
2018 includes the effects of the stranded accounts receivables written 
off as part of the restructuring in India.

Investments 

Investments in companies in which our ownership interest is 50 percent 
or less and in which we exercise significant influence over operating and 
financial policies are accounted for using the equity method. Under the 
equity method, original investments are recorded at cost and adjusted 
by our share of undistributed earnings and losses of these investments. 
Majority owned investments in which our control is restricted are also 
accounted for using the equity method. All other investments are carried 
at their fair values or at cost, as appropriate. We are party to several 
joint venture investments throughout the world, which individually 
and in the aggregate are not significant to our financial results.

43

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Inventories 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Inventory 
costs include those costs directly attributable to products before sale, 
including all manufacturing overhead but excluding distribution 
costs. All domestic inventories, excluding materials and supplies, are 
determined on a last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) basis and our remaining 
inventories are recorded on either a first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) basis 
or average cost. See Note 7 for more information.

Property, plant and equipment 

We record property, plant and equipment, including capitalized 
interest, at cost. We recognize acquired property, plant and equipment, 
from acquisitions at its estimated fair value. Depreciation is provided 
principally on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of 
the assets (land improvements — 20 years, buildings — 20 to 40 years, 
and machinery and equipment — three to 18 years). Gains and losses 
are reflected in income upon sale or retirement of assets. Expenditures 
that extend the useful lives of property, plant and equipment or increase 
productivity are capitalized. Ordinary repairs and maintenance are 
expensed as incurred through operating expense.

Capitalized interest 

We capitalized interest costs of $4.7 million in 2019, $4.1 million in 
2018 and $1.6 million in 2017. These costs were primarily associated 
with the construction of certain long-lived assets and have been 
capitalized as part of the cost of those assets. We amortize capitalized 
interest over the assets’ estimated useful lives.

Impairments of long-lived assets 

We review the recovery of the net book value of long-lived assets whenever 
events and circumstances indicate that the net book value of an asset may 
not be recoverable from the estimated undiscounted future cash flows 
expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where 
undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the net book value, 
we recognize an impairment loss equal to an amount by which the net book 
value exceeds the fair value of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of 
are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

Asset retirement obligations 

We record asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) at fair value at the time 
the liability is incurred if we can reasonably estimate the settlement date. 
The associated AROs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of 
related long-lived assets. In future periods, the liability is accreted to 
its present value and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful 
life of the related asset. We also adjust the liability for changes resulting 
from the passage of time and/or revisions to the timing or the amount 
of the original estimate. Upon retirement of the long-lived asset, we 
either settle the obligation for its recorded amount or incur a gain or loss. 

We have obligations at the majority of our manufacturing facilities in 
the event of permanent plant shutdown. Certain of these obligations 
are recorded in our environmental reserves described in Note 12. For 
certain AROs not already accrued, we have calculated the fair value of 
these AROs and concluded that the present value of these obligations 
was inconsequential at December 31, 2019 and 2018.

44

The carrying amounts for the AROs for the years ended December 31, 
2019 and 2018 are $35.7 million and $2.6 million, respectively. These 
amounts are included in “Accrued and other liabilities” and “Other 
long-term liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheet. During 2019, 
we recorded a charge to recognize the acceleration of asset retirement 
obligations associated with our decision to exit sales of all carbofuran 
formulations (including Furadan® insecticide/nematicide, Curaterr® 
insecticide/nematicide and any other brands used with carbofuran 
products) globally effective December 31, 2019. Refer to Note 9 for 
more information.

Restructuring and other charges 

We continually perform strategic reviews and assess the return on our 
business. This sometimes results in a plan to restructure the operations 
of our business. We record an accrual for severance and other exit costs 
under the provisions of the relevant accounting guidance.

Additionally, as part of these restructuring plans, write-downs of long-
lived assets may occur. Two types of assets are impacted: assets to be 
disposed of by sale and assets to be abandoned. Assets to be disposed 
of by sale are measured at the lower of carrying amount or estimated 
net proceeds from the sale. Assets to be abandoned with no remaining 
future service potential are written down to amounts expected to be 
recovered. The useful life of assets to be abandoned that have a remaining 
future service potential are adjusted and depreciation is recorded over 
the adjusted useful life.

Capitalized software 

We capitalize the costs of internal use software in accordance with 
accounting literature which generally requires the capitalization of 
certain costs incurred to develop or obtain internal use software. We 
assess the recoverability of capitalized software costs on an ongoing 
basis and record write-downs to fair value as necessary. We amortize 
capitalized software costs over expected useful lives ranging from three 
to 10 years. See Note 22 for the net unamortized computer software 
balances.

Goodwill and intangible assets 

Goodwill and other indefinite life intangible assets are not subject to 
amortization. Instead, they are subject to at least an annual assessment 
for impairment by applying a fair value-based test.

We test goodwill and indefinite life intangibles for impairment annually 
using the criteria prescribed by U.S. GAAP accounting guidance for 
goodwill and other intangible assets. Based upon our annual impairment 
assessments conducted in 2019, 2018 and 2017, we did not record any 
goodwill impairments. In 2017, we recorded a $42.1 million impairment 
charge to write down certain indefinite-lived intangible assets of the 
acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business as a result of the Tax Cuts 
and Jobs Act (“the Act”) passed in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Finite-lived intangible assets consist of primarily customer relationships 
as well as patents, brands, registration rights, industry licenses, and 
other intangibles and are generally being amortized over periods of 
approximately three to 20 years. See Note 6 for additional information 
on goodwill and intangible assets.

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Revenue recognition 

Derivative financial instruments 

We recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy our performance obligation 
which is when the customer obtains control of the good or service. 
Rebates due to customers are accrued as a reduction of revenue in the 
same period that the related sales are recorded based on the contract 
terms. Refer to Note 3.

We record amounts billed for shipping and handling fees as revenue. 
Costs incurred for shipping and handling are recorded as costs of 
sales and services. Amounts billed for sales and use taxes, value-added 
taxes, and certain excise and other specific transactional taxes imposed 
on revenue-producing transactions are presented on a net basis and 
excluded from sales in the consolidated income statements. We record 
a liability until remitted to the respective taxing authority.

We periodically enter into prepayment arrangements with customers 
and receive advance payments for product to be delivered in future 
periods. These advance payments are recorded as deferred revenue and 
classified as “Advance payments from customers” on the consolidated 
balance sheet. Revenue associated with advance payments is recognized as 
shipments are made and transfer of control to the customer takes place.

Research and development 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. In-process 
research and development acquired as part of asset acquisitions, which 
include license and development agreements, are expensed as incurred 
and included as a component of “Restructuring and other charges 
(income)” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

Income and other taxes 

We provide current income taxes on income reported for financial 
statement purposes adjusted for transactions that do not enter into 
the computation of income taxes payable. We recognize deferred 
tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of 
temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis 
of assets and liabilities. We have not provided income taxes for other 
outside basis differences inherent in our investments in subsidiaries 
because the investments and related unremitted earnings are essentially 
permanent in duration or we have concluded that no additional tax 
liability will arise upon disposal or remittance.

Foreign currency 

We translate the assets and liabilities of our foreign operations at exchange 
rates in effect at the balance sheet date. For foreign operations for which 
the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar we record translation 
gains and losses as a component of accumulated other comprehensive 
income (loss) in equity. The foreign operations’ income statements are 
translated at the monthly exchange rates for the period.  

We record remeasurement gains and losses on monetary assets and 
liabilities, such as accounts receivables and payables, which are not in 
the functional currency of the operation. These remeasurement gains 
and losses are recorded in income as they occur. We generally enter 
into foreign currency contracts to mitigate the financial risk associated 
with these transactions.  See “Derivative financial instruments” below 
and Note 19.

We mitigate certain financial exposures, including currency risk, 
interest rate risk and commodity price exposures, through a controlled 
program of risk management that includes the use of derivative financial 
instruments. We enter into foreign exchange contracts, including forward 
and purchased option contracts, to reduce the effects of fluctuating 
foreign currency exchange rates.

We recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. On the 
date the derivative instrument is entered into, we generally designate 
the derivative as either a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be 
received or paid related to a forecasted transaction (cash flow hedge) 
or a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an 
unrecognized firm commitment (fair value hedge). We record in 
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) changes in the fair 
value of derivatives that are designated as, and meet all the required 
criteria for, a cash flow hedge. We then reclassify these amounts into 
earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings. We record 
immediately in earnings changes in the fair value of derivatives that 
are not designated as cash flow hedges.

We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments 
and hedged items, as well as the risk management objective and strategy 
for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes 
relating derivatives that are designated as fair value or cash flow hedges 
to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm 
commitments or forecasted transactions. We also formally assess, 
both at the inception of the hedge and throughout its term, whether 
each derivative is highly effective in offsetting changes in fair value 
or cash flows of the hedged item. If we determine that a derivative is 
not highly effective as a hedge, or if a derivative ceases to be a highly 
effective hedge, we discontinue hedge accounting with respect to that 
derivative prospectively. 

Treasury stock 

We record shares of common stock repurchased at cost as treasury stock, 
resulting in a reduction of stockholders’ equity in the consolidated 
balance sheets. When the treasury shares are contributed under our 
employee benefit plans or issued for option exercises, we use a FIFO 
method for determining cost. The difference between the cost of the 
shares and the market price at the time of contribution to an employee 
benefit plan is added to or deducted from the related capital in excess 
of par value of common stock.

Segment information 

As a result of the FMC Lithium separation, we now operate as a single 
business segment providing innovative solutions to growers around 
the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a market-driven 
discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, 
and professional pest and turf management. The business is supported 
by global corporate staff functions. The determination of a single 
segment is consistent with the financial information regularly reviewed 
by the chief executive officer for purposes of evaluating performance, 
allocating resources, setting incentive compensation targets and both 
planning and forecasting future periods. Refer to Note 3 for further 
information on product and regional revenues.

45

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Geographic long-lived assets include goodwill and other intangibles, 
net, property, plant and equipment, net and other non-current assets. 
Refer to Note 21.

Included in the environmental reserve balance, other assets balance and 
disclosure of reasonably possible loss contingencies are amounts from 
third party insurance policies which we believe are probable of recovery.

Stock compensation plans 

We recognize compensation expense in the financial statements for 
all share options and other equity-based arrangements. Share-based 
compensation cost is measured at the date of grant, based on the fair 
value of the award, and is recognized over the employee’s requisite 
service period. See Note 16 for further discussion on our share-based 
compensation.

Environmental obligations 

We provide for environmental-related obligations when they are 
probable and amounts can be reasonably estimated. Where the available 
information is sufficient to estimate the amount of liability, that estimate 
has been used. Where the information is only sufficient to establish a 
range of probable liability and no point within the range is more likely 
than any other, the lower end of the range has been used.

Estimated obligations to remediate sites that involve oversight by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), or similar 
government agencies, are generally accrued no later than when a Record 
of Decision (“ROD”), or equivalent, is issued, or upon completion of 
a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”), or equivalent, 
that is submitted by us and the appropriate government agency or 
agencies. Estimates are reviewed quarterly and, if necessary, adjusted 
as additional information becomes available. The estimates can change 
substantially as additional information becomes available regarding the 
nature or extent of site contamination, required remediation methods, 
and other actions by or against governmental agencies or private parties.

Our environmental liabilities for continuing and discontinued operations 
are principally for costs associated with the remediation and/or study 
of sites at which we are alleged to have released hazardous substances 
into the environment. Such costs principally include, among other 
items, RI/FS, site remediation, costs of operation and maintenance of 
the remediation plan, management costs, fees to outside law firms and 
consultants for work related to the environmental effort, and future 
monitoring costs. Estimated site liabilities are determined based upon 
existing remediation laws and technologies, specific site consultants’ 
engineering studies or by extrapolating experience with environmental 
issues at comparable sites.

Included in our environmental liabilities are costs for the operation, 
maintenance and monitoring (“OM&M”) of site remediation plans. Such 
reserves are based on our best estimates for these OM&M plans. Over 
time we may incur OM&M costs in excess of these reserves. However, 
we are unable to reasonably estimate an amount in excess of our recorded 
reserves because we cannot reasonably estimate the period for which 
such OM&M plans will need to be in place or the future annual cost 
of such remediation, as conditions at these environmental sites change 
over time. Such additional OM&M costs could be significant in total 
but would be incurred over an extended period of years.

Provisions for environmental costs are reflected in income, net of 
probable and estimable recoveries from named Potentially Responsible 
Parties (“PRPs”) or other third parties. In the fourth quarter of 2019, we 
increased our reserves for the Pocatello Tribal Matter by $72.8 million, 
which represents both the historical and discounted present value of 
future annual use permit fees as well as the associated legal costs. See 
Note 12 for further information. All other environmental provisions 
incorporate inflation and are not discounted to their present value. 

In calculating and evaluating the adequacy of our environmental reserves, 
we have taken into account the joint and several liability imposed by 
Comprehensive Environmental Remediation, Compensation and 
Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and the analogous state laws on all PRPs 
and have considered the identity and financial condition of the other 
PRPs at each site to the extent possible. We have also considered the 
identity and financial condition of other third parties from whom 
recovery is anticipated, as well as the status of our claims against such 
parties. Although we are unable to forecast the ultimate contributions 
of PRPs and other third parties with absolute certainty, the degree of 
uncertainty with respect to each party is taken into account when 
determining the environmental reserve on a site-by-site basis. Our 
liability includes our best estimate of the costs expected to be paid 
before the consideration of any potential recoveries from third parties. 
We believe that any recorded recoveries related to PRPs are realizable 
in all material respects. Recoveries are recorded as either an offset in 
“Environmental liabilities, continuing and discontinued” or as “Other 
assets including long-term receivables, net” in our consolidated balance 
sheets in accordance with U.S. accounting literature.

Pension and other postretirement benefits 

We provide qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined 
contribution pension plans, as well as postretirement health care 
and life insurance benefit plans to our employees and retirees. The 
costs (or benefits) and obligations related to these benefits reflect key 
assumptions related to general economic conditions, including interest 
(discount) rates, healthcare cost trend rates, expected rates of return on 
plan assets and the rates of compensation increase for employees. The 
costs (or benefits) and obligations for these benefit programs are also 
affected by other assumptions, such as average retirement age, mortality, 
employee turnover, and plan participation. To the extent our plans’ 
actual experience, as influenced by changing economic and financial 
market conditions or by changes to our own plans’ demographics, 
differs from these assumptions, the costs and obligations for providing 
these benefits, as well as the plans’ funding requirements, could increase 
or decrease. When actual results differ from our assumptions, the 
difference is typically recognized over future periods. In addition, the 
unrealized gains and losses related to our pension and postretirement 
benefit obligations may also affect periodic benefit costs (or benefits) 
in future periods. See Note 15 for additional information relating to 
pension and other postretirement benefits.

46

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 2  Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Items

New accounting guidance and regulatory items 

Recently adopted accounting guidance

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) 
issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, Income 
Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The 
amendments in this ASU simplify the accounting for income taxes by 
removing certain exceptions and simplification in several other areas. 
The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 
15, 2020 (i.e., a January 1, 2021 effective date). We are evaluating the 
effect this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Internal-Use 
Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs 
Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. 
The amendments in this ASU align the requirements for capitalizing 
implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service 
contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs 
incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The new standard 
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 (i.e., a 
January 1, 2020 effective date). We believe the adoption will not have 
a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, Defined Benefit 
Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to 
the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans. The amendments 
in this ASU modify the disclosure requirements for employers that 
sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. The 
new standard is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 
2020. We are evaluating the disclosure impacts this guidance will have 
on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles -  
Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill 
Impairment. This ASU changes the subsequent measurement of goodwill 
impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the impairment test. Under the 
new guidance, an entity will measure impairment using the difference 
between the carrying amount and the fair value of the reporting unit. 
The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 
15, 2019 (i.e., a January 1, 2020 effective date), with early adoption 
permitted for goodwill impairment tests with measurement dates after 
January 1, 2017. We believe the adoption will not have a material 
impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments –  
Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial 
Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss 
impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected 
credit losses. The update is intended to provide financial statement 
users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit 
losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit 
held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. The new standard 
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 (i.e., a 
January 1, 2020 effective date), with early adoption permitted for fiscal 
years beginning after December 15, 2018. We believe the adoption will 
not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement 
– Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain 
Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This new 
standard permits a company to reclassify the income tax effects of the 
change in the U.S federal corporate income tax rate on the gross deferred 
tax amounts and related valuation allowances as well as other income 
tax effects related to the application of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 
“Act”) within accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to 
retained earnings. The new standard also requires certain disclosures 
about stranded tax effects. The new standard is effective for fiscal years 
beginning after December 15, 2018 (i.e., a January 1, 2019 effective 
date), and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption 
permitted. We adopted this standard prospectively as of January 1, 
2019 and reclassified $53.1 million of the stranded income tax effects 
from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to retained 
earnings. The reclassification was related to the change in the U.S. 
federal corporate tax rate and the effect of the Act on our pension plans 
and derivative instruments. This reclassification is reflected within the 
consolidated statements of changes in equity for the current period.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and 
Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging 
Activities. This ASU amends and simplifies existing hedge accounting 
guidance and allows for more hedging strategies to be eligible for hedge 
accounting. In addition, the ASU amends disclosure requirements and 
how hedge effectiveness is assessed. The presentation and disclosure 
guidance is required to be adopted prospectively. The new standard 
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 (i.e., a 
January 1, 2019 effective date), with early adoption permitted in any 
interim period after issuance of this ASU. We adopted this standard as 
of January 1, 2019. There was no material impact to our consolidated 
financial statements upon adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued its new lease accounting guidance 
in ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”). Under the 
new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize for all leases (with 
the exception of short-term leases) a lease liability, which is a lessee’s 
obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured 
on a discounted basis and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset, which is an 
asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a 
specified asset for the lease term. The new standard, including related 
amendments, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 
15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., a 
January 1, 2019 effective date). In adopting this standard, we performed 
a detailed review of contracts of our business and assessed the terms 
under ASC 842. Additionally, we assessed potential impacts on our 
internal controls and processes related to both the implementation 
and ongoing compliance of the new guidance. 

47

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

We have adopted this standard as of January 1, 2019 utilizing a modified 
retrospective approach and have elected the transition practical expedient 
package. Under this transition practical expedient package, ASC 842 
was only applied to contracts that existed as of, or were entered into 
on or after, January 1, 2019, and a cumulative effect adjustment was 
made as of January 1, 2019. All comparative periods prior to January 
1, 2019 will retain the financial reporting and disclosure requirements 
of ASC 840. The adoption of ASC 842 had a material impact on our 
consolidated balance sheet but did not have a material impact on 
the consolidated statement of income (loss), consolidated statement 
of comprehensive income (loss), consolidated statement of cash 
flows, or consolidated statement of changes in equity. As a result of 
adoption, we recorded additional ROU lease assets and lease liabilities 
of $185.3 million and $215.9 million, respectively. ROU lease assets 
includes a reclassification of $30.6 million of prepaid rent, accrued rent, 
and lease incentives previously recorded under ASC 840. Additionally, 
we recorded a retained earnings impact of $2.4 million as of January 
1, 2019. Refer to Note 4 for further information.

NOTE 3  Revenue Recognition

Disaggregation of revenue

The expedient package allowed us not to reassess whether existing 
contracts contain a lease under the new definition of a lease, the lease 
classification of existing leases, and initial direct cost for existing leases 
including whether such costs would qualify for capitalization under 
the standard. Additionally, we elected the practical expedient to not 
separate non-lease components from lease components. In addition 
to these practical expedients, we elected the following exemption 
permissible under ASC 842: the exclusion of leases with terms 12 
months or less that do not have a purchase option or extension that is 
reasonably certain to exercise.

The adoption of ASC 842 required adjustments to record our initial 
ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet. The initial right of 
use asset and lease liability are presented on a discounted basis by our 
incremental borrowing rate at transition. 

We disaggregate revenue from contracts with customers by geographical areas and major product categories. We have three major agricultural 
pesticide product categories: insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. The disaggregated revenue tables are shown below for the years ended 
December 31, 2019 and 2018.

The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by major geographical region:

Year Ended December 31,

2018
(in Millions)
North America(1)
1,090.8 
Latin America(1)
1,210.1 
966.0 
Europe, Middle East & Africa
1,018.4 
Asia
TOTAL REVENUE
4,285.3 
(1)  Countries with sales in excess of 10 percent of consolidated revenue consisted of the U.S. and Brazil. Sales for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 for 

2019
1,121.1  $
1,441.7 
1,001.8 
1,045.2 
4,609.8  $

$

$

the U.S. totaled $1,044.1 million and $991.8 million, respectively, and for Brazil totaled $1,094.1 million and $913.7 million, respectively.

The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by major product category:

(in Millions)
Insecticides
Herbicides
Fungicides
Other
TOTAL REVENUE

Year Ended December 31,

2019
2,773.6  $
1,228.8 
271.4 
336.0 
4,609.8  $

2018
2,476.5 
1,251.2 
268.7 
288.9 
4,285.3 

$

$

We earn revenue from the sale of a wide range of products to a 
diversified base of customers around the world. Our portfolio is 
comprised of three major pesticide categories: insecticides, herbicides 
and fungicides. These products are used in agriculture to enhance crop 
yield and quality by controlling a broad spectrum of insects, weeds 
and disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The 
majority of our product lines consist of insecticides and herbicides, 

with a smaller portfolio of fungicides mainly used in high value crop 
segments. Our insecticides are used to control a wide spectrum of 
pests, while our herbicide portfolio primarily targets a large variety 
of difficult-to-control weeds. Products in the other category include 
various agricultural products such as smaller classes of pesticides, 
growth promoters, and soil enhancements.  

48

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
Sale of Goods

Revenue from product sales is recognized when (or as) we satisfy a 
performance obligation by transferring the promised goods to a customer, 
that is, when control of the good transfers to the customer. The customer 
is then invoiced at the agreed-upon price with payment terms generally 
ranging from 30 to 90 days, with some regions providing terms longer 
than 90 days. We do not typically give payment terms that exceed 360 
days; however, in certain geographical regions such as Latin America, these 
extended terms may be given in limited circumstances. Additionally, a timing 
difference of over one year can exist between when products are delivered 
to the customer and when payment is received from the customer in these 
regions; however, the effect of these sales is not material to the financial 
statements as a whole. Furthermore, we have assessed the circumstances 
and arrangements in these regions and determined that the contracts 
with these customers do not contain a significant financing component. 

In determining when the control of goods is transferred, we typically 
assess, among other things, the transfer of risk and title and the shipping 
terms of the contract. The transfer of title and risk typically occurs either 
upon shipment to the customer or upon receipt by the customer. As 
such, we typically recognize revenue when goods are shipped based on 
the relevant Incoterm for the product order, or in some regions, when 
delivery to the customer’s requested destination has occurred. When we 
perform shipping and handling activities after the transfer of control 
to the customer (e.g., when control transfers prior to delivery), they 
are considered as fulfillment activities, and accordingly, the costs are 
accrued for when the related revenue is recognized. For FOB shipping 
point terms, revenue is recognized at the time of shipment since the 
customer gains control at this point in time.

We record amounts billed for shipping and handling fees as revenue. 
Costs incurred for shipping and handling are recorded as costs of 
sales and services. Amounts billed for sales and use taxes, value-added 
taxes, and certain excise and other specific transactional taxes imposed 
on revenue-producing transactions are presented on a net basis and 
excluded from sales in the consolidated income statements. We record 
a liability until remitted to the respective taxing authority.

Sales Incentives and Other Variable Considerations

As a part of our customary business practice, we offer a number of 
sales incentives to our customers including volume discounts, retailer 
incentives, and prepayment options. The variable considerations given 
can differ by products, support levels and other eligibility criteria. For 

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

all such contracts that include any variable consideration, we estimate 
the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the 
transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the 
most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable 
consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction 
price if, in our judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal 
of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. Although 
determining the transaction price for these considerations requires 
significant judgment, we have significant historical experience with 
incentives provided to customers and estimate the expected consideration 
considering historical patterns of incentive payouts. These estimates 
are reassessed each reporting period as required.

In addition to the variable considerations describe above, in certain 
instances, we may require our customers to meet certain volume 
thresholds within their contract term. We estimate what amount of 
variable consideration should be included in the transaction price 
at contract inception and continually reassess this estimation each 
reporting period to determine situations when the minimum volume 
thresholds will not be met. Variable consideration is included in the 
transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that a significant 
future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur.

Right of Return

We extend an assurance warranty offering customers a right of refund or 
exchange in case the delivered product does not conform to specifications. 
Additionally, in certain regions and arrangements, we may offer a right 
of return for a specified period. Both instances are accounted for as 
a right of return and transaction price is adjusted for an estimate of 
expected returns. Replacement products are accounted for under the 
warranty guidance if the customer exchanges one product for another of 
the same kind, quality, and price. We have significant experience with 
historical return patterns and use this experience to include returns in 
the estimate of transaction price.

Contract asset and contract liability balances

We satisfy our obligations by transferring goods and services in exchange 
for consideration from customers. The timing of performance sometimes 
differs from the timing the associated consideration is received from 
the customer, thus resulting in the recognition of a contract asset or 
contract liability. We recognize a contract liability if the customer’s 
payment of consideration is received prior to completion of our related 
performance obligation.

The following table presents the opening and closing balances of our receivables (net of allowances) and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.

(in Millions)
Receivables from contracts with customers, net of allowances
Contract liabilities: Advance payments from customers

Balance as of 
December 31, 2018

$

2,228.3 
458.4

Balance as of  
December 31, 2019
2,354.3
492.7

$

Increase (Decrease)
126.0
34.3

$

The amount of revenue recognized in the year ended December 31, 2019 that 
was included in the opening contract liability balance was $458.4 million.

The balance of receivables from contracts with customers listed in the table 
above include both current trade receivables and long-term receivables, net 
of allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for receivables represents 
our best estimate of the probable losses associated with potential customer 
defaults. We determine the allowance based on historical experience, current 
collection trends, and external business factors such as economic factors, 

including regional bankruptcy rates, and political factors. The change in 
allowance for doubtful accounts for both current trade receivables and 
long-term receivables is representative of the impairment of receivables 
as of December 31, 2019. Refer to Note 10 for further information.

We periodically enter into prepayment arrangements with customers 
and receive advance payments for product to be delivered in future 
periods. Prepayment terms are extended to customers/distributors in 
order to capitalize on surplus cash with growers. Growers receive bulk 

49

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

payments for their produce, which they leverage to buy our products 
from distributors through prepayment options. This in turn creates 
opportunity for distributors to make large prepayments to us for securing 
the future supply of products to be sold to growers. Prepayments are 
typically received in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, primarily in 
North America, and are for the following marketing year indicating 
that the time difference between prepayment and performance of 
corresponding performance obligations does not exceed one year. We 
recognize these prepayments as a liability under “Advance Payments 
from customers” on the consolidated balance sheets when they are 
received. Revenue associated with advance payments is recognized as 
shipments are made and transfer of control to the customer takes place. 
Advance payments from customers was $458.4 million as of December 
31, 2018 and $492.7 million as of December 31, 2019.

Performance obligations

At contract inception, we assess the goods and services promised in our 
contracts with customers and identify a performance obligation for each 
promise to transfer a good or service (or bundle of goods or services) 
that is distinct. To identify the performance obligations, we consider 
all the goods or services promised in the contract, whether explicitly 
stated or implied based on customary business practices. Based on 
our evaluation, we have determined that our current contracts do not 
contain more than one performance obligation. Revenue is recognized 
when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied, which is when the 
customer obtains control of the good or service.

Periodically, we may enter into contracts with customers which require 
them to submit a forecast of non-binding purchase obligations to 
us. These forecasts are typically provided by the customer to us in 
good faith, and there are no penalties or obligations if the forecasts 
are not met. Accordingly, we have determined that these are optional 
purchases and do not represent material rights and are not considered 
as unsatisfied (or partially satisfied) performance obligations for the 
purposes of this disclosure. 

In separate and less common circumstances, we may have contracts 
with customers which have binding purchase requirements for just 
one quarter of their annual forecasts. Additionally, as noted in the 
Contract Liabilities section above, we periodically enter into agricultural 
prepayment arrangements with customers, and receive advance payments 
for product to be delivered in future periods within one year. We have 
elected not to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price 
allocated to remaining performance obligations for these two types of 
contracts as they have an expected duration of one year or less and the 
revenue is expected to be recognized within the next year.

Other arrangements

Data Licensing
We sometimes grant to third parties a license and right to rely upon 
pesticide regulatory data filed with government agencies. Such licenses 
allow a licensee to cite and rely upon our data in connection with the 
licensee’s application for pesticide registrations as required by law; 
these licenses can be granted through contract or through a mandatory 
statutory license, depending on circumstances. In the most common 
occurrence, when a license is embedded in a contract for supply of 
pesticide active ingredient from us to the licensee, the license grant 
is not considered as distinct from other promised goods or services. 
Accordingly, all promises are treated as a single performance obligation 

50

and revenue is recognized at a point when the control of the pesticide 
products is transferred to the licensee-customer. In the less frequent 
occurrence, when the license and right to use data is granted without 
a supply contract, we account for the revenue attributable to the data 
license as a performance obligation satisfied at a single point in time 
and recognize revenue on the effective date of such contract. Finally, 
in those circumstance of mandatory data licensing by statute, such as 
under U.S. pesticide law, we recognize the data compensation upon the 
effective date of the data compensation settlement agreement. Payment 
terms for these arrangements may vary by contract.

Service Arrangements
In limited cases, we engage in providing certain tolling services, 
such as filling and packing services using raw and packing materials 
supplied by the customer. However, as a result of the DuPont Crop 
Protection Business Acquisition, on November 1, 2017, we entered 
into an agreement with DuPont to provide tolling services to one 
another for up to five years from the acquisition date. Depending 
on the nature of the tolling services, we determine the appropriate 
method of satisfaction of the performance obligation, which may be 
the input or output method. Compared to other goods and services 
provided by us, service arrangements do not represent a significant 
portion of sales each year. Payment terms for service arrangements 
may vary by contract; however, payment is typically due within 30 
days of the invoice date.

Practical Expedients and Exemptions

We have elected the following practical expedients following the 
adoption of ASC 606: 

(a)  Costs of obtaining a contract: FMC incurs certain costs such 
as sales commissions which are incremental to obtaining the 
contract. We have taken the practical expedient of expensing 
such costs to obtain a contract, as and when they are incurred, 
as their expected amortization period is one year or less. 
(b)  Significant financing component: We elected not to adjust the 
promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant 
financing component if FMC expects, at contract inception, that 
the period between the transfer of a promised good or service to 
a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service 
will be one year or less.

(c)  Remaining performance obligations: We elected not to disclose 
the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining 
performance obligations for its contracts that are one year or 
less, as the revenue is expected to be recognized within one 
year. Additionally, we have elected not to disclose information 
about variable considerations for remaining, wholly unsatisfied 
performance obligations for which the criteria in paragraph 606-
10-32-40 have been met.

(d)  Shipping and handling costs: We elected to account for shipping 
and handling activities that occur after the customer has obtained 
control of a good as fulfillment activities (i.e., an expense) rather 
than as a promised service.

(e)  Measurement of transaction price: We have elected to exclude 
from the measurement of transaction price all taxes assessed by a 
governmental authority that are both imposed on and concurrent 
with a specific revenue-producing transaction and collected by 
us from a customer.

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KNOTE 4  Leases

We lease office space, vehicles and other equipment under non-cancellable 
leases with initial terms typically ranging from 1 to 20 years, with some 
leases having terms greater than 20 years. Our lease portfolio includes 
agreements with renewal options, purchase options and clauses for early 
termination based on the terms specific to the agreement.

At contract inception, we review the facts and circumstances of the 
arrangement to determine if the contract is a lease. We follow the guidance 
in ASC 842-10-15 and consider the following: whether the contract 
has an identified asset; if we have the right to obtain substantially all 
economic benefits from the asset; and if we have the right to direct 
the use of the underlying asset. When determining if a contract has an 
identified asset, we consider both explicit and implicit assets, and whether 
the supplier has the right to substitute the asset. When determining if 
we have the right to obtain substantially all economic benefits from the 
asset, we consider the primary outputs of the identified asset throughout 
the period of use and determine if we receive greater than 90 percent 
of those benefits. When determining if we have the right to direct the 
use of an underlying asset, we consider if we have the right to direct 
how and for what purpose the asset is used throughout the period of 
use and if we control the decision-making rights over the asset.  All 
leased assets are classified as operating or finance under ASC 842. The 
lease term is determined as the non-cancellable period of the lease, 
together with all of the following: periods covered by an option to 
extend the lease which are reasonably certain to be exercised, periods 
covered by an option to terminate the lease if the lessee is reasonably 
certain not to exercise that option, and periods covered by an option 
to extend (or not to terminate) the lease in which exercise of the option 
is controlled by the lessor. At commencement, we assess whether any 
options included in the lease are reasonably certain to be exercised by 
considering all economic factors relevant including, contract-based, 
asset-based, market-based, and company-based factors. 

To determine the present value of future minimum lease payments, 
we use the implicit rate when readily determinable or our incremental 
borrowing rate at the lease commencement date. When determining 
our incremental borrowing rate, we consider our centralized treasury 

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

function and our current credit profile. We then make adjustments 
to this rate for securitization, the length of the lease term, and leases 
denominated in foreign currencies. Minimum lease payments are 
expensed over the term of the lease on a straight-line basis. Some leases 
may require additional contingent or variable lease payments based on 
factors specific to the individual agreement. Variable lease payments 
for which we are typically responsible for include payment of vehicle 
insurance, real estate taxes, and maintenance expenses.

Most leases within our portfolio are classified as operating leases under 
the new standard. Operating leases are included in “Other assets 
including long-term receivables, net”, “Accrued and other liabilities”, 
and “Other long-term liabilities” in our condensed consolidated balance 
sheet. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets are subsequently 
measured throughout the lease term at the carrying amount of the lease 
liability, plus initial direct costs, plus (minus) any prepaid (accrued) 
lease payments, less the unamortized balance of any lease incentives 
received. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-
line basis over the lease term.

Operating leases relate to office spaces, IT equipment, transportation 
equipment, machinery equipment, furniture and fixtures, and plant 
and facilities under non-cancellable lease agreements. Leases primarily 
have fixed rental periods, with many of the real estate leases requiring 
additional payments for property taxes and occupancy-related costs. 
Leases for real estate typically have initial terms ranging from 1 to 20 
years, with some leases having terms greater than 20 years. Leases for 
non-real estate (transportation, IT) typically have initial terms ranging 
from 1 to 10 years. We have elected not to record short-term leases on 
the balance sheet whose term is 12 months or less and does not include 
a purchase option or extension that is reasonably certain to be exercised.

We rent or sublease a small number of assets including equipment and 
office space to third party companies. These third-party arrangements 
include a small number of transition service arrangements from recent 
acquisitions. We also sublease a floor of our Corporate headquarters 
to our former subsidiary, Livent Corporation. Rental income from all 
subleases is not material to our business.

The ROU asset and lease liability balances as of December 31, 2019 were as follows:

(in Millions)
Assets

Classification

Operating lease ROU assets

Other assets including long-term receivables, net

Liabilities

Operating lease current liabilities
Operating lease noncurrent liabilities

Accrued and other liabilities
Other long-term liabilities

The components of lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:

Lease Cost Classification
Costs of sales and services / Selling, general and administrative expenses
Costs of sales and services / Selling, general and administrative expenses

(in Millions)
Operating lease cost
Variable lease cost
Total lease cost

Operating Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)
Weighted-average discount rate

Balance at 
December 31, 2019

$

$

$

$

164.7 

31.5 
163.2

2019
41.3 
5.2
46.5 

December 31, 2019

9.9
4.2 %

51

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

(in Millions)
Other Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating cash flows from operating leases

Supplemental non-cash information on lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets:

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

Year ended 
December 31, 2019

$

$

(42.3)

15.7 

The following table represents our future minimum operating lease payments as of, and subsequent to, December 31, 2019 under ASC 842:

(in Millions)
Maturity of Lease Liabilities
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
Total undiscounted lease payments
Less: Present value adjustment
Present value of lease liabilities

Operating Leases 
Total

$

$

$

38.3 
28.3
24.1 
19.0 
16.3 
116.8 
242.8 
(48.1)
194.7 

The tables below represent our future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2018 and rent expense for operating leases under ASC 840.

(in Millions)
Operating Leases
Capital Lease

$

2019
36.0  $
2.9 

2020
31.1  $
2.9 

2021
20.4  $
3.1 

2022
17.1  $
3.1 

2023
13.3  $
3.1 

Thereafter
107.1 
4.3 

Our capital lease, which was related to our research and technology center in China, represented a financing obligation, and was derecognized 
as part of our transition to ASC 842. This lease was assessed under ASC 842 and determined to be an operating lease. 

Future Minimum Lease Payments

(in Millions)
Operating leases rent expense

Year ended December 31,

$

2018
40.0 $

2017
26.1

52

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

Data

ITEM 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary 

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 5  Acquisitions

DuPont Crop Protection Business

On November 1, 2017, pursuant to the terms and conditions set 
forth in the Transaction Agreement entered into with E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”), we completed the acquisition 
of certain assets relating to DuPont’s Crop Protection business and 
research and development (“R&D”) organization (the “DuPont Crop 

Protection Business”) (collectively, the “DuPont Crop Protection 
Business Acquisition”). In connection with this transaction, we sold 
to DuPont our FMC Health and Nutrition segment and paid DuPont 
$1.2 billion in cash which was funded with the 2017 Term Loan Facility 
which was secured for the purposes of the Acquisition. The following 
table illustrates each component of the consideration paid as part of 
the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition:

(in Millions)

Cash purchase price, net

Cash proceeds from working capital and other adjustments

Fair value of FMC Health and Nutrition sold to DuPont
Total purchase consideration

The DuPont Crop Protection Business is being integrated into our 
business and has been included within our results of operations 
since the date of acquisition. Revenue and U.S. GAAP Income (loss) 
from continuing operations before income taxes attributable to the 
DuPont Crop Protection Business, since the date of acquisition, and 
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 was approximately 
$193.5 million and $27.6 million, respectively. The Income (loss) 
from continuing operations before income taxes attributable to the 
DuPont Crop Protection Business includes the inventory fair value 
step-up amortization recorded in “Cost of sales and services” on the 
consolidated statements of income (loss).

In connection with the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition, 
we entered into a customary transitional services agreement with 
DuPont to provide for the orderly separation and transition of various 
functions and processes. These services will be provided by DuPont 
to us for up to 24 months after closing, with an optional six months 
extension, which has been exercised. These services include information 
technology services, accounting, human resource and facility services 
among other services, while we assume the operations of the DuPont 
Crop Protection Business.

As part of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition, we acquired 
various manufacturing contracts. The manufacturing contracts have 
been recognized as an asset or liability to the extent the terms of the 
contract are favorable or unfavorable compared with market terms of 
the same or similar items at the date of the acquisition. 

We also entered into supply agreements with DuPont, with terms 
of up to five years, to supply technical insecticide products required 
for their retained seed treatment business at cost. The unfavorable 
liability is recorded within both “Accrued and other liabilities” and 
“Other long-term liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets and is 
reduced and recognized to revenues within earnings as sales are made. 
The amount recognized in revenue for the years ended December 31, 
2019, 2018, and 2017 was approximately $105 million, $92 million, 
and $2 million, respectively.

Certain manufacturing sites and R&D sites were transferred to us 
at a later date due to various local timing constraints; however, we 
obtained the economic benefit from these sites during the period from 
November 1, 2017 to when the sites legally transferred. No additional 
consideration was paid at the date of the transfers. All sites except for 

$

$

1,225.6 

(21.5)

1,968.6 
3,172.7 

portions of one that did not transfer on November 1, 2017 legally 
transferred to us on July 1, 2018 and October 1, 2018. The remaining 
portion of one site transferred to us on February 1, 2020.

In the third quarter of 2017, both the European Commission and 
Competition Commission of India had conditionally approved our 
acquisition of certain assets of DuPont’s Crop Protection business. The 
DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition was conditioned upon us 
divesting the portfolio of products required by the respective regulatory 
bodies. These divestitures impacted annual 2018 operating profit by 
approximately $20 million. On February 1, 2018, we sold a portion of 
FMC’s European herbicide Portfolio to Nufarm Limited and received 
proceeds of approximately $85 million plus $2 million of working capital. 
We recorded a gain on sale of approximately $85 million. This divestiture 
satisfied FMC’s commitments to the European Commission related to 
the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition. In December 2017, 
the Competition Commission of India issued its final order describing 
the required Indian remedy. We received anti-trust approval from the 
Competition Commission of India on August 1, 2018 to complete the 
sale of the products to Crystal Crop Protection Limited in compliance 
with that final order. The sale closed on August 16, 2018 and satisfied 
our commitments to the Competition Commission of India related 
to the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition. We recorded a 
gain of approximately $3 million. 

Purchase Price Allocation

We applied acquisition accounting under the U.S. GAAP business 
combinations guidance. Acquisition accounting requires, among other 
things, that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their 
fair values as of the acquisition date. The net assets of the DuPont Crop 
Protection Business Acquisition will be recorded at the estimated fair 
values using primarily Level 2 and Level 3 inputs (see Note 19 for an 
explanation of Level 2 and Level 3 inputs). In valuing acquired assets 
and assumed liabilities, valuation inputs include an estimate of future 
cash flows and discount rates based on the internal rate of return and 
the weighted average rate of return.

The purchase price allocation was considered complete in 2018. The 
allocation was subject to change within the measurement period (up to 
one year from the acquisition date) as additional information concerning 
final asset and liability valuations was obtained. 

53

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Any changes to the initial allocation are referred to as measurement-
period adjustments. Measurement-period adjustments since our initial 
preliminary estimates reported in our 2017 10-K were primarily related 
to increases in the estimated fair values of intangible assets, deferred 
tax liabilities, and the unfavorable supply contract. The cumulative 

effect of all measurement-period adjustments resulted in an increase 
to recognized goodwill of approximately $283 million.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid for the DuPont 
Crop Protection Business and the amounts of the assets acquired and 
liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date.

PURCHASE PRICE ALLOCATION

(in Millions)
Trade receivables(1)
Inventories(2)
Other current assets
Property, plant & equipment
Intangible assets:

Indefinite-lived brands
Customer relationships(3)

$

45.8 
379.7 
51.3 
424.7 

1,301.2 
763.7 
974.7 
79.7 
14.2 
4,035.0 
32.9 
156.2 
9.1 
2.6 
196.0 
452.3 
849.1 
3,185.9 
(13.2)
3,172.7 

Goodwill(4)
Deferred tax assets
Other noncurrent assets
Total fair value of assets acquired
Accounts payable, trade and other(1)
Accrued and other current liabilities(5)
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits, long-term
Environmental liabilities(6)
Deferred tax liabilities
Other long-term liabilities(5)
Total fair value of liabilities assumed
Total consideration paid
Less: Noncontrolling interest
TOTAL CONSIDERATION PAID LESS NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
(1)  Represents the accounts receivable and accounts payable of the legal entity stock sales as part of the DuPont Crop Protection Acquisition. As part of the Transaction 
Agreement, these balances will be settled subsequent to the closing date through reimbursement between FMC and DuPont. The offsetting amounts due from and 
due to DuPont were recorded within Other current assets and Accrued and other current liabilities.

$
$

$
$

$

(2)  Fair value of finished goods inventory acquired included a step-up in the value of approximately $89.8 million, of which $69.6 million and $20.2 million was 

amortized during 2018 and 2017, respectively, and included in “Cost of sales and services” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

(3)  The weighted average useful life of the acquired customer relationships is approximately 20 years.
(4)  Goodwill largely consists of expected cost synergies and economies of scale resulting from the business combination.
(5)  Includes the short-term and long-term portions of the unfavorable supply contract with Dupont recorded in Accrued and other current liabilities and Other long-

term liabilities, respectively.

(6)  Represents both the short-term and long-term portion of the environmental obligations at certain sites of the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business that is 
indemnified by DuPont as part of the Transaction Agreement. The indemnification asset was recorded within Other current assets and Other noncurrent assets.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations assume that 
the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition occurred at the 
beginning of the periods presented. The pro forma amounts include 
certain adjustments, including interest expense on the borrowings used 
to complete the acquisition, depreciation and amortization expense 
and income taxes. The pro forma amounts below for the years ended 

December 31, 2017 exclude acquisition-related charges. The pro forma 
results do not include adjustments related to cost savings or other 
synergies that are anticipated as a result of the acquisition. Accordingly, 
these unaudited pro forma results are presented for informational 
purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results 
of operations would have been if the acquisitions had occurred as of 
January 1, 2017, nor are they indicative of future results of operations.

(in Millions)
Pro forma Revenue(1)
Pro forma Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
(1) For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, pro forma results and actual results are the same.

$

Year Ended December 31,

2019
4,609.8 
4.10 

$

2018
4,285.3  $
3.91 

2017
3,856.6 
2.25 

Transaction-related charges

Pursuant to U.S. GAAP, costs incurred associated with acquisition 
activities are expensed as incurred. Historically, these costs have primarily 

consisted of legal, accounting, consulting, and other professional advisory 
fees associated with the preparation and execution of these activities. 
Given the significance and complexity around the integration of the 
DuPont Crop Protection Business, we have incurred to date, and expect 

54

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

to incur, costs associated with integrating the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business, which includes planning for the exit of the transitional service 
agreement (“TSA”) as well as implementation of a new worldwide 
Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) system as a result of the TSA 
exit, the majority of which will be capitalized in accordance with the 

relevant accounting literature. These costs have been, and are expected 
to be, significant and we anticipate the majority of these charges will 
be completed by the first half of 2020 which coincides with significant 
portions of the ERP system adoption and the TSA exit. The following 
table summarizes the costs incurred associated with these activities.

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition
Legal and professional fees(1)
Inventory fair value amortization(2)
TOTAL TRANSACTION-RELATED CHARGES
Restructuring charges
DuPont Crop restructuring
— 
TOTAL RESTRUCTURING CHARGES(3)
— 
(1)  Represents transaction costs, costs for transitional employees, other acquired employees related costs, and transactional-related costs such as legal and professional 
third-party fees. These charges are recorded as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expense” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

86.9  $
69.6 
156.5  $

77.8  $
— 
77.8  $

130.2 
20.2 
150.4 

108.3  $
108.3  $

26.4  $
26.4  $

$
$

$

$

2019

2018

2017

(2)  These charges are included in “Costs of sales and services” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).
(3)  See Note 9 for more information. These charges are recorded as a component of “Restructuring and other charges (income)” on the consolidated statements of 

income (loss).

NOTE 6  Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are presented in the table below:

(in Millions)
Balance, December 31, 2017

Foreign currency and other adjustments
Purchase price allocation adjustments(1)

Balance, December 31, 2018

Foreign currency and other adjustments

BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2019

Total
1,198.9 

(13.7)
282.9
1,468.1 
(0.6)
1,467.5 

$

$

$

(1)  Represents the cumulative effect of all measurement-period adjustments to the goodwill recorded as part of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition. Refer 

to Note 5 for further details.

Our fiscal year 2019 annual goodwill and indefinite life impairment test was performed during the third quarter ended September 30, 2019. 
We determined no goodwill impairment existed and that the fair value was substantially in excess of the carrying value. There were no events 
or circumstances indicating that goodwill might be impaired as of December 31, 2019. Additionally, the estimated fair values also substantially 
exceeded the carrying value for each of our indefinite-lived intangible assets. 

Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, consist of the following:

(in Millions)
Intangible assets subject to amortization (finite life)

Weighted avg. useful life 
at December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019
Accumulated 
Amortization

Gross

Net

December 31, 2018
Accumulated 
Amortization

Gross

Net

Customer relationships
Patents
Brands(1)(3)
Purchased and licensed technologies
Other intangibles

17 years $ 1,139.7  $
6 years
8 years
10 years
1 year

1.7 
16.7 
60.2 
1.9 

$ 1,220.2  $

(184.7) $
(0.9)
(6.7)
(35.2)
(1.8)
(229.3) $

955.0  $ 1,146.2  $

0.8 
10.0 
25.0 
0.1 

1.7 
17.0 
61.3 
1.9 

990.9  $ 1,228.1  $

(128.7) $ 1,017.5 
0.9 
11.1 
29.2 
0.1 
(169.3) $ 1,058.8 

(0.8)
(5.9)
(32.1)
(1.8)

Intangible assets not subject to amortization (indefinite life)

Crop Protection Brands(2)
Brands(1)(3)
In-process research and development 

$ 1,259.1 
379.0 
— 
$ 1,638.1 
$ 2,858.3  $

$ 1,259.1  $ 1,259.1 
384.8 
0.7 
$ 1,638.1  $ 1,644.6 

379.0 
— 

$ 1,259.1 
384.8 
0.7 
$ 1,644.6 
(169.3) $ 2,703.4 

TOTAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS
(1)  Represents trademarks, trade names and know-how.
(2)  Represents the proprietary brand portfolios, consisting of trademarks, trade names and know-how, acquired from the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition.
(3)  The majority of the Brands relate to our proprietary brand portfolios acquired from the Cheminova acquisition.

(229.3) $ 2,629.0  $ 2,872.7  $

55

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

(in Millions)
Amortization expense

Year Ended December 31,

2019
62.6  $

2018
62.2  $

$

2017
26.8 

The estimated pre-tax amortization expense for each of the five years ending December 31, 2020 to 2024 is $62.4 million, $62.3 million, 
$62.3 million, $62.0 million, and $60.6 million, respectively.

NOTE 7 

Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

(in Millions)
Finished goods
Work in process
Raw materials, supplies and other

FIFO inventory

Less: Excess of FIFO cost over LIFO cost
NET INVENTORIES

December 31,
2019
372.2  $
559.4 
217.3 
1,148.9  $
(131.9)
1,017.0  $

2018
430.4 
518.8 
206.9 
1,156.1 
(130.6)
1,025.5 

$

$

$

Approximately 21 percent and 25 percent of our inventories in 2019 and 2018, respectively, were recorded on the LIFO basis.

NOTE 8  Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

(in Millions)
Land and land improvements
Buildings
Machinery and equipment
Construction in progress
Total cost
Accumulated depreciation
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

December 31,
2019
94.3  $
367.5 
582.1 
65.3 
1,109.2  $
(351.2)
758.0  $

2018
99.3 
386.4 
508.9 
50.4 
1,045.0 
(288.1)
756.9 

$

$

$

Depreciation expense was $69.7 million, $73.9 million, and $51.3 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

NOTE 9  Restructuring and Other Charges (Income)

The following table shows total restructuring and other charges (income) included in the respective line items of the consolidated statements of 
income (loss):

(in Millions)
Restructuring charges
Other charges (income), net
TOTAL RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES (INCOME)

Year Ended December 31,

2019
62.2  $
108.8 
171.0  $

2018
124.1  $
(62.9)
61.2  $

$

$

2017
8.5 
64.7 
73.2 

56

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KRESTRUCTURING CHARGES

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Severance and 
Employee Benefits

Other Charges 
(Income)(1)

Asset Disposal 
Charges(2)

$

Total
(in Millions)
26.4 
DuPont Crop restructuring
34.1 
Furadan® product exit
1.7 
Other items
62.2 
Year ended December 31, 2019
108.3 
DuPont Crop restructuring
15.8 
Other items
124.1 
Year ended December 31, 2018
8.5
Other items
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017
8.5 
(1)  Primarily  represents  third-party  costs  associated  with  miscellaneous  restructuring  activities.  Other  income,  if  applicable,  primarily  represents  favorable 

5.2  $
— 
— 
5.2  $
16.9  $
3.1 
20.0  $
0.8
$
0.8  $

9.1  $
— 
1.7 
10.8  $
16.3  $
5.7 
22.0  $
—  $
—  $

12.1  $
34.1 
— 
46.2  $
75.1  $
7.0 
82.1  $
7.7 $
7.7  $

$
$
$

$
$

developments on previously recorded exit costs and recoveries associated with restructuring.

(2)  Primarily represents asset write-offs (recoveries), and accelerated depreciation and impairment charges on long-lived assets, which were or are to be abandoned. 
To the extent incurred, the acceleration effect of re-estimating settlement dates and revised cost estimates associated with asset retirement obligations due to facility 
shutdowns, are also included within the asset disposal charges. 

Furadan® Product Exit

During the fourth quarter of 2019, we decided to exit sales of all 
carbofuran formulations (including Furadan® insecticide/nematicide, 
Curaterr® insecticide/nematicide and any other brands used with 
carbofuran products) globally effective December 31, 2019. As a result 
of this decision, we accelerated the recognition of asset retirement 
obligations and asset write offs associated with the exit.

DuPont Crop Restructuring 

On November 1, 2017, we completed the acquisition of the DuPont 
Crop Protection Business. See Note 5 for more details. As we continue to 
integrate the DuPont Crop Protection Business, we have started to, and 
continue to expect to, engage in various restructuring activities. These 
restructuring activities may include workforce reductions, relocation of 
current operating locations, lease and other contract termination costs 
and fixed asset accelerated depreciation as well as other asset disposal 
charges. We anticipate these restructuring activities will be substantially 
complete by the first half of 2020 as the majority of the integration will 
be completed. Details of key activities to date are as follows.

Subsequent to the acquisition, we conducted an in-depth analysis of 
key competitive capabilities of the combined business in India which 
resulted in a significant change to how we operate in the market and 
therefore a restructuring of our business in India. On July 3, 2018, we 
announced the adoption of an innovation-focused product strategy 
that uses a unique market access model anchored by our key, large scale 
distributors rather than the vast customer base we served prior to the 

DuPont Crop Protection Acquisition. Additionally, we rationalized 
our product portfolio and decisively exited a vast majority of the low 
margin product range. As a result of the change to our market access, 
we incurred charges of approximately $59 million for the year ended 
December 31, 2018, which primarily included the write-off of stranded 
accounts receivables and inventory. We also had workforce reductions 
which resulted in severance and other employee benefit charges of 
approximately $4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018.

As part of the acquisition, we acquired the Stine R&D facilities (“Stine”) 
from DuPont. Due to its proximity to our previously existing Ewing 
R&D center (“Ewing”), in March 2018, we decided to migrate our 
Ewing R&D activities and employees into the newly acquired Stine 
facilities. As a result of this decision we incurred charges of approximately 
$28 million. We accelerated the depreciation of certain fixed assets that 
will no longer be used due to our exit from the facility and incurred 
charges of $17.4 million of accelerated depreciation charges for the 
year ended December 31, 2018. The cease use criteria was met as of 
September 30, 2018 as all employees had exited the Ewing facility and 
the facility became available for use. We recorded the estimated future 
liability associated with the rental obligation on the cease use date which 
resulted in a charge of $11.2 million for the year ended December 31, 
2018. This charge was offset by the reduction of the capital lease liability 
previously recorded in “Other long-term liabilities” of $6.0 million. In 
addition to lease termination costs, we incurred severance, relocation 
and other employee related charges of $5.2 million for the year ended 
December 31, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2019 we 
incurred additional severance, relocation and other employee related 
charges of $9.1 million. 

57

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Roll forward of restructuring reserves 

The following table shows a roll forward of restructuring reserves that will result in cash spending. These amounts exclude asset retirement obligations.  

Balance at 
12/31/17

Change in
reserves(3)

Cash
payments

Other(4)

Balance at 
12/31/18(5)

Change in
reserves(3)

Cash
payments

$

—  $
1.2 

(in Millions)
DuPont Crop restructuring(1)
Cheminova restructuring
Other workforce related and 
facility shutdowns(2)
TOTAL
(1)  Primarily consists of real estate exit costs and severance associated with DuPont Crop restructuring activities.
(2)  Primarily severance costs related to workforce reductions and facility shutdowns described in the Other items section or the Restructuring charges table above. 
(3)  Primarily severance, exited lease, contract termination and other miscellaneous exit costs. The accelerated depreciation and impairment charges noted above 

(8.2)
(25.2) $

(2.7)
(18.6) $

(15.8) $
(1.2)

(15.9) $
— 

1.0 
17.2  $

1.7 
16.0  $

8.8 
42.0  $

16.2  $
— 

14.3  $
— 

33.2  $
— 

(1.9)
(3.1) $

(1.2) $
— 

(0.1) $
— 

2.3 
3.5  $

0.1 
—  $

0.1 
14.6 

$

Balance at 
12/31/19(5)
14.5 
— 

Other(4)

impacted our property, plant and equipment or intangible balances and are not included in this table. 

(4)  Primarily foreign currency translation adjustments.
(5)  Included in “Accrued and other liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets.

OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET 

(in Millions)
Environmental charges, net
Product portfolio sales
Impairment of intangibles
Other items, net
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET

Environmental charges, net

Environmental charges represent the net charges associated with 
environmental remediation at continuing operating sites. Environmental 
obligations for continuing operations primarily represent obligations 
at shut down or abandoned facilities within businesses that do not 
meet the criteria for presentation as discontinued operations. During 
the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded a charge of $72.8 million 
as a result of an unfavorable court ruling we received in relation to 
the Pocatello Tribal Litigation at one of our environmental sites. See 
Note 12 for further information regarding this matter.

Product portfolio sales

On February 1, 2018, we sold a portion of our European herbicide 
portfolio to Nufarm Limited. Additionally, on August 16, 2018, we 
completed the sale of certain products of our India portfolio to Crystal 
Crop Protection Limited. Both sales were required by regulatory 
authorities as part of closing conditions for the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business Acquisition. The gain on these sales are recorded within 

Year Ended December 31,

2019
108.7  $
0.1 
— 
— 
108.8  $

2018
21.7  $

(87.2)
— 
2.6 
(62.9) $

$

$

2017
16.2 
— 
42.1 
6.4 
64.7 

“Restructuring and other charges (income)” on the consolidated 
statements of income (loss). Proceeds from these sales are included 
in investing activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Impairment of intangibles

In 2017, we recorded an impairment charge on certain acquired 
indefinite-lived intangible assets from the DuPont Crop Protection 
Business Acquisition solely as a result of the United States’ enactment 
of the Act. 

Other items, net

In 2018, other items, net primarily represents a milestone payment 
on an agreement related to our in-process research and development. 
Other items, net also includes the loss associated with the divestment 
of a joint venture.

In 2017, other items, net primarily relates to exit costs resulting from 
the termination and de-consolidation of our interest in a variable 
interest entity that was previously consolidated.

58

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KNOTE 10  Receivables

The following table displays a roll forward of the allowance for doubtful trade receivables for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions)
38.6 
Balance, December 31, 2017
Additions — charged to expense(1)
58.0 
(17.3)
Transfer from (to) allowance for credit losses (see below)
Net recoveries, write-offs and other(1)
(56.9)
22.4 
Balance, December 31, 2018
3.6 
Additions — charged to expense
3.4 
Transfer from (to) allowance for credit losses (see below)
(3.1)
Net recoveries, write-offs and other
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2019
26.3 
(1)  Includes the charge and write-off of approximately $42 million associated with the stranded accounts receivables written off as part of the restructuring in India. The 
charge was recorded as a component of “Restructuring and other charges (income)” on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Refer to Note 9 for further information.

$

$

$

We have non-current receivables that represent long-term customer 
receivable balances related to past due accounts which are not expected 
to be collected within the current year. The net long-term customer 
receivables were $123.1 million as of December 31, 2019. These long-
term customer receivable balances and the corresponding allowance 
are included in “Other assets including long-term receivables, net” on 
the consolidated balance sheets.

A portion of these long-term receivables have payment contracts. We 
have no reason to believe payments will not be made based upon the 
credit quality of these customers. Additionally, we also hold significant 

collateral against these customers including rights to property or other 
assets as a form of credit guarantee. If the customer does not pay or 
gives indication that they will not pay, these guarantees allow us to 
start legal action to block the sale of the customer’s harvest. On an 
ongoing basis, we continue to evaluate the credit quality of our non-
current receivables using aging of receivables, collection experience 
and write-offs, as well as evaluating existing economic conditions, to 
determine if an additional allowance is necessary.

The following table displays a roll forward of the allowance for credit losses related to long-term customer receivables for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

(in Millions)
Balance, December 31, 2017
Additions — charged to expense
Transfer from (to) allowance for doubtful accounts (see above)
Foreign currency adjustments
Net recoveries, write-offs and other
Balance, December 31, 2018
Additions — charged to expense
Transfer from (to) allowance for doubtful accounts (see above)
Foreign currency adjustments
Net recoveries, write-offs and other
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2019

$

$

$

47.1 
13.4 
17.3 
(4.1)
(13.2)
60.5 
17.6 
(3.4)
(0.5)
(13.1)
61.1 

59

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

NOTE 11  Discontinued Operations

FMC Lithium (Livent Corporation):

On March 1, 2019, we completed the previously announced distribution of 123 million shares of common stock of Livent as a pro rata dividend 
on shares of FMC common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date of February 25, 2019. 

The results of our discontinued FMC Lithium operations are summarized below:

Year Ended December 31,

$

2019
52.1  $
41.3 

(in Millions)
Revenue
Costs of sales and services
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes(1)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Total discontinued operations of FMC Lithium, net of income taxes,  
before separation-related costs
Separation-related costs and other adjustments of discontinued operations of FMC Lithium, 
net of income taxes
Discontinued operations of FMC Lithium, net of income taxes
Less: Discontinued operations of FMC Lithium attributable to noncontrolling interests
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS OF FMC LITHIUM, NET OF INCOME TAXES, 
49.8 
ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS
(1)   For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, amounts include $2.5 million and $8.2 million of restructuring and other charges (income), respectively, and 

2018
442.5  $
235.4 
170.9  $
25.5 

2017
347.4 
197.9 
85.0 
35.2 

(28.1)
117.3  $
3.2 

(16.4)
(21.3) $
— 

— 
49.8 
— 

1.1  $
6.0 

145.4  $

114.1  $

(21.3) $

(4.9) $

49.8 

$

$

$

$

$4.3 million and $34.5 million of non-operating pension settlement charges (income), respectively.

The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities of FMC Lithium:

(in Millions)
Assets

Current assets of discontinued operations(1)
Property, plant and equipment(2)
Other noncurrent assets(2)
Total assets of discontinued operations

Liabilities

December 31,
2019

$

$

—  $
— 
— 
—  $

2018

293.9 
275.7 
83.1 
652.7

Current liabilities of discontinued operations(3)
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations(4)
Total liabilities of discontinued operations

(97.3)
(46.1)
(143.4)
509.3 
TOTAL NET ASSETS
(1)  Primarily consists of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, and inventories. Presented as “Current assets of discontinued operations” on the condensed 

—  $
— 
—  $
—  $

$
$

$

consolidated balance sheets as of  December 31, 2018.

(2)  Presented as “Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2018.
(3)  Presented as “Current liabilities of discontinued operations” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of  December 31, 2018.
(4)  Presented as “Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of  December 31, 2018.

FMC Health and Nutrition:

On August 1, 2017, we completed the sale of the Omega-3 business 
to Pelagia AS for $38 million.

On November 1, 2017, we completed the previously disclosed sale of 
our FMC Health and Nutrition business to DuPont. The sale resulted 
in a gain of approximately $918 million ($727 million, net of tax). 
In connection with the sale, we entered into a customary transitional 
services agreement with DuPont to provide for the orderly separation 
and transition of various functions and processes. These services will be 
provided by us to DuPont for up to an initial 24 months after closing, 

with an additional six months extension, which has been exercised. 
These services include information technology services, accounting, 
human resource and facility services among other services, while DuPont 
assumes the operations of FMC Health and Nutrition.

Certain sites were to transfer at a later date due to various local timing 
constraints. In May 2018, the last site transferred to DuPont. The 
results of our discontinued FMC Health and Nutrition operations are 
summarized below, including the results of these delayed sites included 
in the year ended December 31, 2018.

60

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Year Ended December 31,

$

$

2019

2018

—  $
— 
—  $
— 

(in Millions)
Revenue
Costs of sales and services
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes(1)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before 
divestiture related costs and adjustments(2)
Gain on sale of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes(3)
Adjustment to gain on sale of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes(4)
Divestiture related costs and other adjustments of discontinued operations of FMC Health and 
Nutrition, net of income taxes
Adjustment to FMC Health and Nutrition Omega-3 net assets held for sale, net of income taxes(5)
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS OF FMC HEALTH AND NUTRITION, NET OF 
INCOME TAXES, ATTRIBUTABLE TO FMC STOCKHOLDERS
683.3 
(1)  Results  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2018  include  an  adjustment  to  retained  liabilities  of  the  disposed  FMC  Health  and  Nutrition  business.  For  the 
year ended December 31, 2017 amount includes $16.6 million of allocated interest expense, $8.1 million of restructuring and other charges (income), and 
$3.9 million of a pension curtailment charge. See Note 15 for more information of the pension curtailment charge. Interest was allocated in accordance with 
relevant discontinued operations accounting guidance.

3.8  $
4.0 
2.0  $
3.8 

(1.8) $
— 
7.8 

—  $
— 
— 

104.0 
727.1 
— 

2017
562.9 
370.5 
113.7 
9.7 

— 
(147.8)

0.5 
— 

— 
— 

0.5  $

6.0  $

$

$

(2)  In accordance with U.S. GAAP, effective March 2017 we stopped amortizing and depreciating all assets classified as held for sale. Assets held for sale under 
U.S. GAAP are required to be reported at the lower of carrying value or fair value, less costs to sell. However, the fair value of the Omega-3 business, which was 
previously part of the broader FMC Health and Nutrition reporting unit, was significantly less than its carrying value, which included accumulated foreign 
currency translation adjustments that were subsequently reclassified to earnings after completion of the sale.

(3)  Includes $27.9 million of divestiture related costs, net of tax as well as incremental tax cost of $14.7 million related to certain legal entity restructuring executed 

during the third quarter of 2017 to facilitate the FMC Health and Nutrition divestiture.

(4)  Amount represents the settlement of working capital adjustments subsequent to the sale.
(5)  Represents the impairment charge for the year ended December 31, 2017 of approximately $168 million ($148 million, net of tax) associated with the disposal 

activities of the Omega-3 business to write down the carrying value to its fair value.

In addition to our discontinued FMC Lithium and FMC Health and Nutrition segments, our discontinued operations in our financial statements 
includes adjustments to retained liabilities from previous discontinued operations. The primary liabilities retained include environmental liabilities, 
other postretirement benefit liabilities, self-insurance, long-term obligations related to legal proceedings and historical restructuring activities.

Our discontinued operations comprised the following:

Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

(in Millions)
Adjustment for workers’ compensation, product liability, and other postretirement benefits and 
other, net of income tax benefit (expense) of $(23.9), $(5.2) and $(0.1), respectively
Provision for environmental liabilities, net of recoveries, net of income tax benefit (expense) of 
$6.3, $32.5 and $24.9, respectively(1)
Provision for legal reserves and expenses, net of recoveries, net of income tax benefit (expense) of 
$6.3,$6.9 and $7.2, respectively 
Discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income tax benefit (expense) of 
$(0.2), $(7.1) and $(180.1), respectively 
Discontinued operations of FMC Lithium, net of income tax benefit (expense) of $(12.3), 
$(18.0) and $(35.2), respectively 
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF INCOME TAXES
(1)  See a roll forward of our environmental reserves as well as discussion on significant environmental issues that occurred during the year in Note 12.

(21.3)
(63.3) $

4.3  $

(121.4)

(26.3)

(23.3)

(23.5)

6.0 

0.5 

$

$

117.3 
(26.1) $

(1.7) $

2017

3.0 

(51.2)

(13.4)

683.3 

49.8 
671.5 

61

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

Data

ITEM 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary 

PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Reserves for Discontinued Operations, other than Environmental at December 31, 2019 and 2018

(in Millions)
Workers’ compensation, product liability, and indemnification reserves
Postretirement medical and life insurance benefits reserve, net
Reserves for legal proceedings
RESERVE FOR DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS(1)

December 31,
2019
15.7  $
5.9 
50.3 
71.9  $

2018
23.6 
7.0 
41.6 
72.2 

$

$

(1)  Included in “Other long-term liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 12 for discontinued environmental reserves.

The discontinued postretirement medical and life insurance benefits liability 
equals the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation. Associated 
with this liability is a net pre-tax actuarial gain and prior service credit 
of $5.2 million ($4.2 million after-tax) and $5.4 million ($4.9 million 
after-tax) at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated net 
pre-tax actuarial gain and prior service credit that will be amortized from 
accumulated other comprehensive income into discontinued operations 
during 2020 are $1.0 million and zero, respectively.

NOTE 12  Environmental Obligations

We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign environmental 
laws and regulations that govern emissions of air pollutants, discharges 
of water pollutants, and the manufacture, storage, handling and disposal 
of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes and other toxic materials and 
remediation of contaminated sites. We are also subject to liabilities arising 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and similar state laws that impose responsibility 
on persons who arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances, and on 
current and previous owners and operators of a facility for the clean-up 
of hazardous substances released from the facility into the environment. 
We are also subject to liabilities under the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and analogous state laws that require owners and 
operators of facilities that have treated, stored or disposed of hazardous 
waste pursuant to a RCRA permit to follow certain waste management 
practices and to clean up releases of hazardous substances into the 
environment associated with past or present practices. In addition, when 
deemed appropriate, we enter certain sites with potential liability into 
voluntary remediation compliance programs, which are also subject to 
guidelines that require owners and operators, current and previous, to 
clean up releases of hazardous substances into the environment associated 
with past or present practices.

Environmental liabilities consist of obligations relating to waste handling 
and the remediation and/or study of sites at which we are alleged to 
have released or disposed of hazardous substances. These sites include 
current operations, previously operated sites, and sites associated with 
discontinued operations. We have provided reserves for potential 
environmental obligations that we consider probable and for which a 

Net spending in 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $3.8 million, $5.4 million and 
$2.4 million, respectively, for workers’ compensation, product liability and 
other claims; $0.4 million, $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, 
for other postretirement benefits; and $20.2 million, $21.3 million 
and $18.9 million, respectively, related to reserves for legal proceedings 
associated with discontinued operations.

reasonable estimate of the obligation can be made. Accordingly, total 
reserves of $595.8 million and $529.4 million, respectively, before 
recoveries, existed at December 31, 2019 and 2018. 

The estimated reasonably possible environmental loss contingencies, 
net of expected recoveries, exceed amounts accrued by approximately 
$150 million at December 31, 2019. This reasonably possible estimate 
is based upon information available as of the date of the filing but the 
actual future losses may be higher given the uncertainties regarding the 
status of laws, regulations, enforcement policies, the impact of potentially 
responsible parties, technology and information related to individual sites. 

Additionally, although potential environmental remediation expenditures in 
excess of the reserves and estimated loss contingencies could be significant, 
the impact on our future consolidated financial results is not subject to 
reasonable estimation due to numerous uncertainties concerning the 
nature and scope of possible contamination at many sites, identification 
of remediation alternatives under constantly changing requirements, 
selection of new and diverse clean-up technologies to meet compliance 
standards, the timing of potential expenditures and the allocation of costs 
among Potentially Responsible Parties (“PRPs”) as well as other third 
parties. The liabilities arising from potential environmental obligations 
that have not been reserved for at this time may be material to any one 
quarter’s or year’s results of operations in the future. However, we believe 
any liability arising from such potential environmental obligations is 
not likely to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity or financial 
condition as it may be satisfied over many years.

62

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KThe table below is a roll forward of our total environmental reserves, continuing and discontinued, from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2019.

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions)
Total environmental reserves, net of recoveries at December 31, 2016
2017

Provision
Spending, net of recoveries
Acquisitions(1)
Foreign currency translation adjustments

Net Change
Total environmental reserves, net of recoveries at December 31, 2017
2018

Provision
Spending, net of recoveries
Foreign currency translation adjustments

Net Change
Total environmental reserves, net of recoveries at December 31, 2018
2019

Provision
Spending, net of recoveries
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other adjustments

Net Change
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVES, NET OF RECOVERIES AT DECEMBER 31, 2019
(1)  Amount relates to environmental obligations at certain sites of the acquired DuPont Crop Protection Business.

Operating and 
Discontinued Sites Total
360.4 

$

105.6 
(63.3)
2.6 
6.5 
51.4 
411.8 

178.2 
(65.7)
(2.8)
109.7 
521.5 

138.8 
(73.8)
(0.7)
64.3 
585.8 

$
$

$
$

$
$

To ensure we are held responsible only for our equitable share of site 
remediation costs, we have initiated, and will continue to initiate, 
legal proceedings for contributions from other PRPs. At December 
31, 2019 and 2018, we have recorded recoveries representing probable 
realization of claims against U.S. government agencies, insurance carriers 

and other third parties. Recoveries are recorded as either an offset to 
the “Environmental liabilities, continuing and discontinued” or as 
“Other assets including long-term receivables, net” on the consolidated 
balance sheets.

The table below is a roll forward of our total recorded recoveries from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2019:

December 
31, 2019

Increase 
(Decrease) 

December 
31, 2017

December 31, 
2018

Increase 
(Decrease) 
in Recoveries

Cash 
Received

in Recoveries Cash Received

(in Millions)
Environmental liabilities, 
continuing and discontinued $
Other assets(1)
TOTAL
(1)  The amounts are included within “Prepaid and other current assets” and “Other assets including long-term receivables, net” on the consolidated balance sheets. 

(0.5) $
(3.8)
(4.3) $

(0.5) $
(4.4)
(4.9) $

7.9  $
30.5 
38.4  $

13.9  $
32.3 
46.2  $

(5.5) $
2.6 
(2.9) $

2.6  $
0.3 
2.9  $

—  $
0.3
0.3  $

10.0 
27.3
37.3 

Other

$

See Note 22 for more details.

The table below provides detail of current and long-term environmental reserves, continuing and discontinued.

(in Millions)
Environmental reserves, current, net of recoveries(1)
Environmental reserves, long-term continuing and discontinued, net of recoveries(2)
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVES, NET OF RECOVERIES
(1)  These amounts are included within “Accrued and other liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)  These amounts are included in “Environmental liabilities, continuing and discontinued” on the consolidated balance sheets.

$

$

December 31,

2019
115.3  $
470.5 
585.8  $

2018
63.0 
458.5 
521.5 

63

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Our net environmental provisions relate to costs for the continued remediation of both operating sites and for certain discontinued manufacturing 
operations from previous years. The net provisions are comprised as follows:

2017
(in Millions)
Continuing operations(1)
16.2 
Discontinued operations(2)
76.1 
NET ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISION
92.3 
(1)  Recorded as a component of “Restructuring and other charges (income)” on our consolidated statements of income. See Note 9. Environmental obligations for 
continuing operations primarily represent obligations at shut down or abandoned facilities within businesses that do not meet the criteria for presentation as 
discontinued operations.

2018
21.7  $
153.9 
175.6  $

$

$

Year Ended December 31,
2019
108.7  $
29.8 
138.5  $

(2)  Recorded as a component of “Discontinued operations, net of income taxes” on our consolidated statements of income (loss). See Note 11.

On our consolidated balance sheets, the net environmental provisions affect assets and liabilities as follows:

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
Environmental reserves(1)
Other assets(2)
NET ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISION
$
(1)  See above roll forward of our total environmental reserves as presented on our consolidated balance sheets.
(2)  Represents certain environmental recoveries. See Note 22 for details of “Other assets including long-term receivables, net” as presented on our consolidated balance sheets.

2019
138.8  $
(0.3)
138.5  $

2018
178.2  $
(2.6)
175.6  $

2017
105.6 
(13.3)
92.3 

$

Significant Environmental Sites

Pocatello

From 1949 until 2001, we operated the world’s largest elemental 
phosphorus plant in Power County, Idaho, just outside the city of 
Pocatello. Since the plant’s closure, FMC has worked with the EPA, 
the State of Idaho, and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (“Tribes”) to 
develop a proposed cleanup plan for the property. In September 
2012, the EPA issued an Interim Record of Decision (“IROD”) that 
is environmentally protective and that ensures the health and safety of 
both workers and the general public. Since the plant’s closure, we have 
successfully decommissioned our Pocatello plant, completed closure of 
the RCRA ponds and formally requested that the EPA acknowledge 
completion of work under a June 1999 RCRA Consent Decree. Future 
remediation costs include completion of the IROD that addresses 
groundwater contamination and existing waste disposal areas on the 
Pocatello plant portion of the Eastern Michaud Flats Superfund Site. 
In June 2013, the EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to us 
under which we will implement the IROD remedy. Our current reserves 
factor in the estimated costs associated with implementing the IROD. 
In addition to implementing the IROD, we continue to conduct work 
pursuant to CERCLA unilateral administrative orders to address air 
emissions from beneath the cap of several of the closed RCRA ponds. 
Actions also involve impacts of the Tribal Litigation discussed below.

The amount of the reserve for this site, which includes the Pocatello 
Tribal Litigation described below, was $107.5 million and $33.1 million 
at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Pocatello Tribal Litigation
For a number of years, we engaged in disputes with the Tribes 
concerning their attempts to regulate our activities on the reservation. 
On March 6, 2006, a U.S. District Court Judge found that the Tribes 
were a third-party beneficiary of a 1998 RCRA Consent Decree 
and ordered us to apply for any applicable Tribal permits relating to 
the nearly-complete RCRA Consent Decree work. The third-party 
beneficiary ruling was later reversed by the Ninth Circuit Court of 

Appeals, but the permitting process continued in the tribal legal 
system. We applied for the tribal permits, but preserved objections 
to the Tribes’ jurisdiction.

In addition, in 1998, we entered into an agreement that required 
us to pay the Tribes $1.5 million per year for waste generated from 
operating our Pocatello plant and stored on site. We paid $1.5 million 
per year until December 2001 when the plant closed. In our view 
the agreement was terminated, as the plant was no longer generating 
waste. The Tribes claimed that the 1998 Agreement has no end date.

On April 25, 2006, the Tribes’ Land Use Policy Commission issued 
us a Special Use Permit for the “disposal and storage of waste” at the 
Pocatello plant and imposed a $1.5 million per annum permit fee.

FMC challenged this fee at various levels of the Tribal Court system and 
in April 2014, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Appellate Court issued 
a Statement of Decision finding in favor of the Tribes’ jurisdiction 
over FMC and awarding costs on appeal to the Tribes. The Tribal 
Appellate Court conducted further post-trial proceedings and on 
May 6, 2014 issued Finding and Conclusions and a Final Judgment 
consistent with its earlier Statement of Decision. FMC challenged 
the Final Judgment in the United States District Court for the 
District of Idaho.

On September 28, 2017, the District Court issued a decision finding 
that the Tribal Court has jurisdiction over FMC to require FMC to 
pay the $1.5 million per year fee to the Tribes. In 2017, we appealed 
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and oral 
arguments were held on May 17, 2019. On November 15, 2019, 
the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision that the 
Tribal Court has jurisdiction over FMC to require FMC to pay the 
$1.5 million per year fee to the Tribes. As a result of the unfavorable 
court decision issued on November 15, 2019, we increased our 
reserves by $72.8 million, which represents both the historical and 
discounted present value of future annual use permit fees as well as 
the associated legal costs incurred to date. The increase in reserve 
was transferred from the previously estimated reasonably possible 

64

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-Kloss related to this matter. Following the Ninth Circuit’s denial of 
our petition for rehearing en banc, we filed a motion to stay the 
mandate with the Ninth Circuit. On February 4, 2020, the Ninth 
Circuit granted our motion to stay the mandate. Because this stay 
was granted, payment of the judgment, if necessary, will not take 
place until final disposition by the United States Supreme Court. 
During 2020, we intend to petition the Supreme Court to consider 
an appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s decision.

In calculating the net present value of future annual permit fees, 
we used a discount rate of 2.25%, which represents the appropriate 
risk-free rate. We believe that the application of this rate produces 
a result which approximates the amount that would hypothetically 
satisfy our liability in an arms-length transaction. Current estimates for 
expenditures for each of the five succeeding fiscal years are $29.5 million 
in 2020 and $1.5 million in annual fees payable each year thereafter. 
The expected aggregate undiscounted amount related to this matter 
is $103.0 million of which $72.8 million, on a discounted basis, 
has been recognized in environmental liabilities on the statements 
of financial position.

Middleport

Our Middleport, NY facility is currently an Agricultural Solutions 
formulation and packaging plant that formerly manufactured arsenic-
based and other products. As a result of past manufacturing operations 
and waste disposal practices at this facility, releases of hazardous 
substances have occurred at the site that have affected soil, sediment, 
surface water and groundwater at the facility’s property and also in 
adjacent off-site areas. The impact of our discontinued operations 
was the subject of an Administrative Order on Consent (“1991 
AOC”) entered into with the EPA and New York State Department 
of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”, and collectively with 
EPA, the “Agencies”) in 1991, which was replaced by a New Order on 
Consent and Administrative Settlement with the NYSDEC, effective 
June 6, 2019 (“2019 Order). Like the 1991 AOC, the 2019 Order 
requires us to (1) define the nature and extent of contamination 
caused by our historical plant operations, (2) take interim corrective 
measures and (3) evaluate Corrective Measure Alternatives (“CMA”) 
for discrete contaminated areas, known as “operable units” of which 
there are 11.

We have defined the nature and extent of the contamination in certain 
areas, have constructed an engineered cover, taken certain closure 
actions regarding RCRA regulated surface water impoundments and 
are collecting and treating both surface water runoff and ground 
water. To date, we have evaluated and proposed CMAs for six of the 
11 identified operable units.

Middleport Litigation
All pending litigation with respect to the Middleport site was settled 
and/or dismissed in 2019. The 2019 Order supplanted the need 
for a separate Hazardous Waste Management Permit (“Part 373 
permit”), and as a result, the administrative action challenging the 
Part 373 Permit was dismissed. In connection with the settlement, 
FMC also dismissed its claims against the EPA that were pending 
appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second 
Circuit. The terms of the 2019 Order are materially consistent with 
our established reserve for Middleport as of December 31, 2018 as 
a result of the 2019 Order.

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Middleport Reserves
In the fourth quarter of 2018, we increased the reserve by 
$106.3 million, which included our best estimate for remediation 
costs for OUs 2,4 and 5 in line with the drafted settlement terms 
between FMC and NYSDEC. Of the $106.3 million reserve increase, 
$60.6 million related to our best estimate for remediation costs 
associated with the operable unit that comprises the southern 
portion of the tributary (“OU 6”) plus the impact of inflation. The 
$60.6 million increase was in addition to a previously established 
reserve of $29.1 million related to this operable unit. 

The remaining $45.7 million reserve increase related to costs associated 
with the implementation and completion of NYSDEC’s selected 
remedy for OUs 2,4, and 5. Prior to settlement discussions, our 
reserve balance for OUs 2,4, and 5 of $31.1 million included the 
estimated liability for clean-up to reflect the costs associated with 
our recommended CMAs. Our total reserve for all of Middleport is 
$159.4 million and $180.8 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, 
respectively. FMC is in various stages of evaluating the remaining 
operable units.

The Middleport settlement resulted in $22.2 million of cash outflows 
in 2019 and will result in cash outflows of approximately $20 million 
to $30 million per year for years 2020 - 2021 due to front loading 
of reimbursement in installments of past costs, and thereafter an 
amount not to exceed an average of $10 million per year until the 
remediation is complete.

Other Potentially Responsible Party (“PRP”) Sites

We have been named a PRP at 30 sites on the federal government’s 
National Priorities List (“NPL”), at which our potential liability has 
not yet been settled. We have received notice from the EPA or other 
regulatory agencies that we may be a PRP, or PRP equivalent, at 
other sites, including 48 sites at which we have determined that it is 
probable that we have an environmental liability for which we have 
recorded an estimate of our potential liability in the consolidated 
financial statements. In cooperation with appropriate government 
agencies, we are currently participating in, or have participated in, a 
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”), or equivalent, 
at most of the identified sites, with the status of each investigation 
varying from site to site. At certain sites, a RI/FS has only recently 
begun, providing limited information, if any, relating to cost estimates, 
timing, or the involvement of other PRPs; whereas, at other sites, 
the studies are complete, remedial action plans have been chosen, 
or a ROD has been issued.

One site where FMC is listed as a PRP is the Portland Harbor 
Superfund Site (“Portland Harbor”), that includes the river and 
sediments of a 12 mile section of the lower reach of the Willamette 
River in Portland, Oregon that runs through an industrialized area. 
Portland Harbor is listed on the NPL. FMC formerly owned and 
operated a manufacturing site adjacent to this section of the river 
and has since sold its interest in this business. Currently, FMC and 
approximately 70 other parties are involved in a non-judicial allocation 
process to determine each party’s respective share of the cleanup costs. 
FMC and several other parties have been sued by the Confederated 
Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation for reimbursement of cleanup 
costs and the costs of performing a natural damage assessment. 
Based on the information known to date, we are unable to develop 
a reasonable estimate of our potential exposure of loss at this time. 
We intend to defend this matter.

65

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

On January 6, 2017, EPA issued its Record of Decision (“ROD”) for 
the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. On December 30, 2019, FMC 
and EPA entered into an Administrative Settlement Agreement and 
Order on Consent to perform a remedial design for the area at and 
around FMC’s former operations. The cost of developing a work 
plan for this remedial design is included in our reserves. Based on 
the current information available in the ROD as well as the large 
number of responsible parties for the Superfund Site, we are unable to 

develop a reasonable estimate of our potential exposure for Portland 
Harbor at this time. We have no reason to believe that the ultimate 
resolution of our potential obligations at Portland Harbor will have 
a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, 
liquidity or results of operations. However, adverse results in the 
outcome of the EPA allocation could have a material adverse effect 
on our consolidated financial position, results of operations in any 
one reporting period, or liquidity.

NOTE 13  Income Taxes

U.S. Tax Reform

The impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Act”) were completed 
in 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2017, we recognized 
provisional expense of $303.6 million comprised of $190.4 million 
of expense related to the one-time transition tax on the cumulative 
earnings and profits of foreign subsidiaries that were not previously 
taxed for U.S. income tax purposes and $113.2 million of tax expense 
for the remeasurement of the Company’s U.S. net deferred tax 
assets. During 2018, in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 
118 (“SAB 118”), income tax effects of the Act were refined upon 
obtaining, preparing, or analyzing additional information during 
the measurement period. For the year ended December 31, 2018, 

we recorded an adjustment to our provisional expense in the amount 
of $7.8 million. At December 31, 2018, the Company had completed 
its accounting for the impacts of the enactment of the Act.

We do not provide income taxes for other outside basis differences 
inherent in our investments in subsidiaries because the investments 
and related unremitted earnings are essentially permanent in duration 
or we have concluded that no additional tax liability will arise upon 
disposal or remittance. Determining the amount of unrecognized 
deferred tax liability related to any remaining undistributed foreign 
earnings is not practicable due to the complexity of the hypothetical 
calculation.

Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes are shown below:

(in Millions)
Domestic
Foreign
TOTAL

Year Ended December 31,

2019

(227.4) $
882.4 
655.0  $

2018

(234.9) $
843.3 
608.4  $

$

$

The provision (benefit) for income taxes attributable to income (loss) from continuing operations consisted of:

2017
(201.4)
297.2 
95.8 

2017

61.9 
49.9 
4.1 
115.9 

127.8 
(14.4)
(0.4)
113.0 
228.9 

Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

$

$

$

(12.0) $
77.0 
0.4

65.4  $

(1.2) $
42.7 
4.6

25.1  $
90.0 
(0.4)
114.7  $

(4.4) $
(30.4)
(9.1)
(43.9) $
70.8  $

Total deferred
TOTAL
(1)  The years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include the one-time impacts of the Act, primarily related to transition tax.
(2)  The years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include the one-time impacts of the Act, primarily related to the measurement of the Company’s U.S. domestic 

46.1  $
111.5  $

$
$

(in Millions)
Current:

Federal(1)
Foreign
State

Total current
Deferred:
Federal(2)
Foreign
State

net deferred tax assets.

66

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
The effective income tax rate applicable to income from continuing operations before income taxes was different from the statutory U.S. federal 
income tax rate due to the factors listed in the following table:

Year Ended December 31,

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

$

$

(in Millions)
U.S. Federal statutory rate(1)
Impacts of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Enactment(2)
Foreign earnings subject to different tax rates(3)
Capital loss on internal restructuring
State and local income taxes, less federal income tax benefit
Manufacturer's production deduction and miscellaneous tax credits
Tax on dividends, deemed dividends, and GILTI(4)
Changes to unrecognized tax benefits
Nondeductible expenses
Change in valuation allowance(5)
Exchange gains and losses(6)
Other
TOTAL TAX PROVISION
(1)  The years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 includes twelve months of earnings associated with the operations of the DuPont Crop Protection Business 

2019
137.5 
— 
(137.7)
— 
(2.9)
(3.8)
46.8 
(5.4)
3.5 
49.9 
(2.1)
25.7 
111.5 

2018
127.8 
7.8 
(154.9)
— 
1.4 
(3.7)
45.5 
2.7 
12.4 
7.4 
5.7 
18.7 
70.8 

2017
33.5 
303.6 
(74.5)
(45.3)
(1.5)
(8.4)
10.6 
6.7 
14.2 
(29.3)
28.1 
(8.8)
228.9 

$

$

$

$

acquired November 1, 2017. See Note 5 for additional information.

(2)  Includes the one-time impacts of the of the Act, primarily related to transition tax and the decrease to the U.S. tax rate, further discussed above within Note 13.
(3)  The years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 reflects the income mix associated with twelve months of foreign earnings of the DuPont Crop Protection business 

acquired November 1, 2017. 

(4)  The years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 includes tax expense of $41.6 million and $43.8 million, respectively, associated with the global intangible low-

taxed income (GILTI) provisions of the Act.

(5)  The year ended December 31, 2019 includes approximately $21 million associated with our India operations, primarily related to net operating losses with 

limited carryforward.

(6)  Includes the impact of transaction gains or losses on net monetary assets for which no corresponding tax expense or benefit is realized and the tax provision for 

statutory taxable gains or losses in foreign jurisdictions for which there is no corresponding amount in income before taxes.

Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were attributable to:

(in Millions)
Reserves for discontinued operations, environmental and restructuring
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits
Capital loss, foreign tax and other credit carryforwards
Net operating loss carryforwards
Deferred expenditures capitalized for tax
Other
Deferred tax assets
Valuation allowance, net
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
Intangibles and property, plant and equipment, net
Deferred tax liabilities
NET DEFERRED TAX ASSETS (LIABILITIES)

December 31,
2019
188.3  $
2.4 
7.5 
227.0 
18.7 
163.6 
607.5  $
(303.3)
304.2  $
380.0 
380.0  $
(75.8) $

2018
148.7 
2.1 
6.0 
219.3 
15.2 
143.3 
534.6 
(261.4)
273.2 
331.2 
331.2 
(58.0)

$

$

$

$
$

We evaluate our deferred income taxes quarterly to determine if valuation 
allowances are required or should be adjusted. GAAP accounting guidance 
requires companies to assess whether valuation allowances should be 
established against deferred tax assets based on all available evidence, 
both positive and negative, using a “more likely than not” standard. In 
assessing the need for a valuation allowance, appropriate consideration 
is given to all positive and negative evidence related to the realization 
of deferred tax assets. This assessment considers, among other matters, 
the nature and severity of current and cumulative losses, forecasts of 
future profitability, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, and 
tax planning alternatives. We operate and derive income across multiple 
jurisdictions. As our business experiences changes in operating results 
across its geographic footprint, we may encounter losses in jurisdictions 
that have been historically profitable, and as a result might require 
additional valuation allowances to be recorded. We are committed 

to implementing tax planning actions, when deemed appropriate, in 
jurisdictions that experience losses in order to realize deferred tax assets 
prior to their expiration.

At December 31, 2019, we had net operating loss and tax credit 
carryforwards as follows: U.S. state net operating loss carryforwards of 
$25.6 million (tax-effected) expiring in future tax years through 2039, 
foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $201.4 million (tax-effected) 
expiring in various future years, and other tax credit carryforwards of 
$7.5 million expiring in various future years.

At December 31, 2019, our net valuation allowance was primarily 
comprised of balances within continuing operations locations of Brazil of 
$98.8 million, U.S. state of $28.1 million, Luxembourg of $30.9 million, 
India of $20.7 million, and Switzerland of $31.6 million and within 
discontinued operations in Spain of $66.4 million. The valuation 

67

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

allowance balances at these locations are associated mainly with net 
operating losses, but in some cases relate to other additional deferred 
tax assets in the jurisdiction.

Uncertain Income Tax Positions

U.S. GAAP accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes 
prescribes a model for the recognition and measurement of a tax 
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, and provides 
guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, 
disclosure and transition.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various 
states and foreign jurisdictions. The income tax returns for FMC entities 
taxable in the U.S. and significant foreign jurisdictions are open for 
examination and adjustment. As of December 31, 2019, the U. S. 
federal and state income tax returns are open for examination and 
adjustment for the years 2016 - 2019 and 1999 - 2019, respectively. 
Our significant foreign jurisdictions, which total 14, are open for 
examination and adjustment during varying periods from 2009 - 2019.

As of December 31, 2019, we had total unrecognized tax benefits 
of $68.2 million, of which $29.4 million would favorably impact 
the effective tax rate from continuing operations if recognized. As 
of December 31, 2018, we had total unrecognized tax benefits of 
$79.1 million, of which $29.5 million would favorably impact 
the effective tax rate if recognized. Interest and penalties related to 
unrecognized tax benefits are reported as a component of income tax 
expense. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, we 
recognized interest and penalties of $1.4 million, $0.9 million, and 
$5.2 million, respectively, in the consolidated statements of income 
(loss). As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we have accrued interest 
and penalties in the consolidated balance sheets of $15.4 million and 
$14.0 million, respectively.  

Due to the potential for resolution of federal, state, or foreign 
examinations, and the expiration of various jurisdictional statutes of 
limitation, it is reasonably possible that our liability for unrecognized 
tax benefits will decrease within the next 12 months by a range of 
$15.8 million to $37.2 million.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows: 

(in Millions)
Balance at beginning of year

Increases related to positions taken in the current year
Increases and decreases related to positions taken in prior years
Decreases related to lapse of statutes of limitations
Settlements during the current year
Decreases for tax positions on dispositions

$

2019
79.1 
4.1 
3.4 
(13.0)
(2.8)
(2.6)
68.2 

$

$

2018
84.0 
11.8 
(1.8)
(13.5)
(1.4)
— 
79.1 

2017
111.6 
9.4 
(4.6)
(14.2)
(0.3)
(17.9)
84.0 

BALANCE AT END OF YEAR(1)
(1)  At December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017 we recognized an offsetting non-current asset of $34.0 million, $45.3 million, and $59.8 million respectively, relating 

$

$

$

to the indirect income tax benefits associated with specific uncertain tax positions presented above.

NOTE 14  Debt

Debt maturing within one year:

Debt maturing within one year consists of the following:

(in Millions)
Short-term foreign debt(1)
Commercial paper

Total short-term debt

Current portion of long-term debt
SHORT-TERM DEBT AND CURRENT PORTION OF LONG-TERM DEBT
(1)  At December 31, 2019, the average effective interest rate on the borrowings was 16.3 percent.

$

$

$

68

$

December 31,
2019
144.9 
— 
144.9 
82.8 
227.7 

$

$

2018
106.5 
55.2 
161.7 
386.0 
547.7 

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Long-term debt:

Long-term debt consists of the following:

(in Millions)
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds (less unamortized discounts of 
$0.2 and $0.2, respectively)
Senior notes (less unamortized discounts of $1.3 and $0.8, respectively)
2017 Term Loan Facility
Revolving Credit Facility(1)
Foreign debt
Debt issuance cost
Total long-term debt
Less: debt maturing within one year
TOTAL LONG-TERM DEBT, LESS CURRENT PORTION

December 31, 2019

Interest Rate 
Percentage

Maturity 
Date

December 31,

2019

2018

1.85%-6.45%
3.20%-4.50%
3.0%
4.3%
0%-7.2%

2021-2032 $
2022-2049
2022
2024
2021-2024

$

$

51.6 
2,198.7 
800.0 
— 
83.8 
(20.2)
3,113.9 
82.8 
3,031.1 

$

$

$

51.6 
999.2 
1,400.0 
— 
89.1 
(8.9)
2,531.0 
386.0 
2,145.0 

(1)  Letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility totaled $217.0 million and available funds under this facility were $1,283.0 million at December 

31, 2019.

Senior Notes

On September 20, 2019, we issued $500 million aggregate principal 
amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2026, $500 million  aggregate 
principal amount 3.450% Senior Notes due 2029, and $500 million 
aggregate principal amount 4.500% Senior Notes due 2049. A portion 
of the net proceeds from the offering were used for paydowns of both 
outstanding commercial paper and 2017 Term Loan Facility balances 
and for general corporate purposes. We used the remaining net proceeds 
of approximately $300 million to redeem all of our Senior notes that 
matured in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Fees incurred to secure the senior notes have been deferred and will 
be amortized over the terms of the arrangement.

See Note 19 for details on the interest rate swap settlement which will 
also be amortized over the terms of the arrangement.

Revolving Credit Facility

On May 17, 2019, we entered into an amended and restated credit 
agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”). The unsecured Revolving 
Credit Agreement provides for a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, 
$400 million of which is available for the issuance of letters of credit 
for the account of the Revolving Borrowers and $50 million of which 
is available for swing loans to certain of the Revolving Borrowers, with 
an option, subject to certain conditions and limitations, to increase the 
aggregate amount of the revolving credit commitments to $2.25 billion 
(the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The current termination date of the 
Revolving Credit Facility is May 17, 2024.

Revolving loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement will bear interest 
at a floating rate, which will be a base rate or a Eurocurrency rate equal 
to the London interbank offered rate for the relevant interest period, 
plus, in each case, an applicable margin, as determined in accordance 
with the provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement. The base rate will 
be the highest of: the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, 
N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its “base rate”; the 
federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1%; and the Eurocurrency rate 
for a one-month period plus 1%. The Company is required to pay a 
facility fee on the average daily amount (whether used or unused) of 
each Revolving Credit Lender’s revolving credit commitment from the 
effective date for such Revolving Credit Lender until the termination 
date of such Revolving Credit Lender at a rate per annum equal to 

an applicable percentage in effect from time to time for the facility 
fee, as determined in accordance with the provisions of the Revolving 
Credit Agreement.  The initial facility fee is 0.125% per annum.  The 
applicable margin and the facility fee are subject to adjustment as 
provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary financial and 
other covenants, including a maximum leverage ratio and minimum 
interest coverage ratio.

Fees incurred to secure the Revolving Credit Facility have been deferred 
and will be amortized over the term of the arrangement.

Maturities of long-term debt

Maturities of long-term debt outstanding, excluding discounts, at 
December 31, 2019, are $82.8 million in 2020, $1.6 million in 2021, 
$1,100.9 million in 2022, $0.3 million in 2023, $400.0 million in 
2024 and $1,550.0 million thereafter.

Covenants

Among other restrictions, the Revolving Credit Facility and 2017 
Term Loan Facility contain financial covenants applicable to FMC 
and its consolidated subsidiaries related to leverage (measured as the 
ratio of debt to adjusted earnings) and interest coverage (measured as 
the ratio of adjusted earnings to interest expense). Our actual leverage 
for the four consecutive quarters ended December 31, 2019 was 2.8 
which is below the maximum leverage of 4.0. By the end of 2020, the 
maximum leverage ratio will step down to 3.5 in accordance with the 
provisions of the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2017 Term Loan 
Facility. Our actual interest coverage for the four consecutive quarters 
ended December 31, 2019 was 7.6 which is above the minimum 
interest coverage of 3.5. We were in compliance with all covenants at 
December 31, 2019.

Compensating Balance Agreements
We maintain informal credit arrangements in many foreign countries. 
Foreign lines of credit, which include overdraft facilities, typically 
do not require the maintenance of compensating balances, as credit 
extension is not guaranteed but is subject to the availability of funds.

69

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

NOTE 15  Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

The funded status of our U.S. qualified and nonqualified defined 
benefit pension plans, our Germany, France, and Belgium defined 
benefit pension plans, plus our U.S. other postretirement healthcare 
and life insurance benefit plans for continuing operations, together 
with the associated balances and net periodic benefit cost recognized 
in our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, are shown 
in the tables below.

We are required to recognize in our consolidated balance sheets the 
overfunded and underfunded status of our defined benefit postretirement 
plans. The overfunded or underfunded status is defined as the difference 
between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation. 
We are also required to recognize as a component of other comprehensive 
income the actuarial gains and losses and the prior service costs and 
credits that arise during the period.

The following table summarizes the weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations at December 31 for the U.S. Plans:

Discount rate qualified
Discount rate nonqualified plan
Discount rate other benefits
Rate of compensation increase

Pensions and Other Benefits
December 31,
2019
3.22 %
2.74 %
2.89 %
3.10 %

2018
4.35 %
3.97 %
4.08 %
3.10 %

The following table summarizes the components of our defined benefit postretirement plans and reflect a measurement date of December 31:

(in Millions)
Change in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at January 1

Service cost
Interest cost
Actuarial loss (gain)(2)
Amendments
Foreign currency exchange rate changes and other
Plan participants’ contributions
Special termination benefits
Settlements
Curtailments
Benefits paid

Projected benefit obligation at December 31
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at January 1

Actual return on plan assets
Foreign currency exchange rate changes
Company contributions
Plan participants’ contributions
Settlements
Benefits paid

Fair value of plan assets at December 31
Funded Status

U.S. plans with assets
U.S. plans without assets
Non-U.S. plans with assets
All other plans

NET FUNDED STATUS OF THE PLAN (LIABILITY)
Amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:

Pension asset(3)
Accrued benefit liability(4)

TOTAL

Pensions

Other Benefits(1)

December 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

$

1,261.3 
4.2 
47.6 
153.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
(3.5)
— 
(83.5)
$ 1,379.1 

$

1,269.7 
196.2 
(0.2)
11.9 
— 
(3.5)
(83.5)
$ 1,390.6 

$

$

$

$

44.2 
(22.4)
(1.3)
(9.0)
11.5 

44.2 
(32.7)
11.5 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

1,385.8 
6.3 
44.5 
(89.9)
— 
(0.4)
— 
3.9 
(4.4)
(0.9)
(83.6)
1,261.3 

1,339.9 
(18.0)
(0.2)
36.0 
— 
(4.4)
(83.6)
1,269.7 

42.8 
(24.6)
(1.9)
(7.9)
8.4 

42.8 
(34.4)
8.4 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

18.9 
— 
0.6 
(2.2)
— 
— 
0.4 
— 
— 
— 
(1.9)
15.8 

$

$

— $
— 
— 
1.5 
0.4 
— 
(1.9)

— $

— $

(15.8)
— 
— 
(15.8)

$

— $

(15.8)
(15.8)

$

19.0 
— 
0.7 
0.6 
(0.1)
— 
0.7 
— 
— 
0.2 
(2.2)
18.9 

—
— 
— 
1.5 
0.7 
— 
(2.2)
—

—
(18.9)
— 
— 
(18.9)

—
(18.9)
(18.9)

(1)  Refer to Note 11 for information on our discontinued postretirement benefit plans.
(2)  The actuarial loss in 2019 and actuarial gain in 2018 was primarily driven by the change in discount rate on the U.S. qualified plan. Additionally, the Society 
of Actuaries released an updated mortality table projection scale for measurement of retirement program obligations in both 2019 and 2018. Adoption of the 
most recent projection scale for each applicable year decreased the U.S. defined benefit obligations by approximately $13 million and $4 million at December 
31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

(3)  Recorded as “Other assets including long-term receivables, net” on the consolidated balance sheets. 
(4)  Recorded as “Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits, current and long-term” on the consolidated balance sheets. 

70

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) that have not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost 
are as follows:

Pensions

Other Benefits(1)

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions)
Prior service (cost) credit
Net actuarial (loss) gain
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) – pretax
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) – NET OF TAX(2)
(1)  Refer to Note 11 for information on our discontinued postretirement benefit plans.
(2)  Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) - net of tax as of December 31, 2019 includes the reclassification of stranded income tax effects. See Note 2 for 

2019
(0.9)
(367.3)
(368.2)
(277.2)

2018
(0.1)
4.2 
4.1 
2.6 

2019
— 
5.5 
5.5 
3.7 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

December 31,
2018
(1.1)
(370.6)
(371.7)
(226.1)

$

more information.

The accumulated benefit obligation for all pension plans was $1,364.2 million and $1,248.8 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

(in Millions)
Information for pension plans with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligations
Accumulated benefit obligations
Fair value of plan assets

(in Millions)
Information for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligations
Accumulated benefit obligations
Fair value of plan assets

$

$

December 31
2019

37.2  $
37.5 
4.5 

December 31
2019

37.2  $
37.5 
4.5 

2018

39.1
39.2
4.7

2018

39.1
39.2
4.7

Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations for continuing operations recognized in other comprehensive loss (income) are as follows:

Pensions

Other Benefits(1)

$

$

$

$

(in Millions)
Current year net actuarial loss (gain)
Current year prior service cost (credit)
Amortization of net actuarial (loss) gain
Amortization of prior service (cost) credit
Recognition of prior service cost due to curtailment
Transfer of actuarial (loss) gain from continuing to discontinued operations
Curtailment loss(2)
Settlement loss
Foreign currency exchange rate changes on the above line items
Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss, before taxes
TOTAL RECOGNIZED IN OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (INCOME) LOSS, 
AFTER TAXES
(1)  Refer to Note 11 for information on our discontinued postretirement benefit plans.
(2)  During the year ended December 31, 2018, due to the announced plans to separate FMC Lithium, we triggered a curtailment of our U.S. pension plans. As 
a result, we revalued our pension plans as of October 31, 2018 in addition to the normal December 31st remeasurement, which resulted in adjustments to 
comprehensive income. The $0.9 million in 2018 reflects the adjustment to the continuing operations liability and other comprehensive income based on the 
revaluation of the plan. The associated curtailment expense is recorded within “Non-operating pension and postretirement charges (income)” on the consolidated 
statements of income (loss).

Year Ended December 31,
2019
(2.3)
— 
1.0 
(0.1)
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
(1.4)

2018
(8.7)
— 
(16.0)
(0.4)
(0.3)
— 
(0.9)
(1.8)
(0.4)
(28.5)

2019
11.0 
— 
(12.9)
(0.2)
— 
— 
— 
(1.4)
— 
(3.5)

2018
0.8 
(0.1)
0.5 
0.1 
— 
(0.1)
— 
— 
— 
1.2 

(22.3)

(3.0)

(1.1)

0.9 

$

$

$

$

71

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The estimated net actuarial loss and prior service cost for our pension plans that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income 
(loss) into our net annual benefit cost (income) during 2020 are $9.8 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The estimated net actuarial gain and 
prior service cost for our other benefits that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net annual benefit cost 
(income) during 2020 will be $(0.9) million and zero, respectively.

The following table summarizes the weighted-average assumptions used for and the components of net annual benefit cost (income):

(in Millions, except for percentages)
Discount rate 
Expected return on plan assets
Rate of compensation increase
Components of net annual benefit cost:

Service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Amortization of prior service cost
Amortization of net actuarial and other (gain) loss
Recognized (gain) loss due to settlement

$

NET ANNUAL BENEFIT COST (INCOME)
(1)  Refer to Note 11 for information on our discontinued postretirement benefit plans.

$

$

2019
4.36 %
4.25 %
3.10 %

Pensions
2018
3.68 %
5.00 %
3.10 %

$

4.2
47.6 
(53.4)
0.2 
12.9 
1.4 
12.9 

6.3 
44.5 
(63.0)
0.4 
16.0 
1.8 
6.0 

Year Ended December 31,

Other Benefits(1)

2017
4.22 %
6.50 %
3.60 %

7.4 
44.3 
(79.1)
0.6 
15.5 
3.2 
(8.1)

$

$

2019
4.08 %
— 
— 

—
0.6 
— 
0.1 
(1.0)
— 
(0.3)

$

$

2018
3.41 %
— 
— 

— $
0.7 
— 
(0.1)
(0.5)
— 
0.1 

$

2017
3.77 %
— 
— 

—
0.7 
— 
(0.1)
(0.9)
— 
(0.3)

$

$

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we recognized a 
$4.3 million loss due to curtailment and special termination benefits 
associated with the planned separation of FMC Lithium and a combined 
curtailment and termination benefits loss of $3.9 million associated with 
the disposal of our FMC Health and Nutrition Business, respectively, 
which were recorded within “Discontinued operations, net of income 
taxes” within the consolidated statements of income (loss). 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded a settlement charge 
of $35.7 million. The settlement charge includes $3.2 million related to 
the non-qualified plan in the U.S. and a $32.5 million settlement charge 
related to the termination of the U.K. pension plan. The $32.5 million 
settlement charge was recorded within “Discontinued operations, net 
of income taxes” within the consolidated statements of income (loss).

Our U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plan (“U.S. Plan”) holds 
the majority of our pension plan assets. The expected long-term rate 
of return on these plan assets was 4.25 percent for the year ended 
December 31, 2019, 5.0 percent for the year ended December 31, 2018 
(except for the period between the November 1, 2018 remeasurement 
and December 31, 2018 during which it was 4.5 percent), and 6.5 
percent for the year ended December 31, 2017. The expected long-
term rate of return on these plan assets decreased by 0.75 percent in 
2019 compared to 2018, due to the 2019 portfolio consisting of a 
full year of 100 percent fixed income investments, whereas the prior 

year portfolio transitioned to 100 percent fixed income in October 
2018. In developing the assumption for the long-term rate of return 
on assets for our U.S. Plan, we take into consideration the technical 
analysis performed by our outside actuaries, including historical market 
returns, information on the assumption for long-term real returns by 
asset class, inflation assumptions and expectations for standard deviation 
related to these best estimates. Given an actively managed investment 
portfolio, the expected annual rates of return by asset class for our 
portfolio, assuming an estimated inflation rate of approximately 2.1 
percent, is in line with our assumption for the rate of return on assets. 
The target asset allocation at December 31, 2019 by asset category is 
100 percent fixed income investments.

Our U.S. Plan reached fully funded status during 2018. The primary 
investment strategy is a liability hedging approach with an objective of 
maintaining the funded status of the plan such that the funded status 
volatility is minimized and the likelihood that we will be required to 
make significant contributions to the plan is limited. The portfolio is 
comprised of 100 percent fixed income securities and cash. Investment 
performance and related risks are measured and monitored on an 
ongoing basis through monthly liability measurements, periodic asset 
liability studies, and quarterly investment portfolio reviews.

72

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

Data

ITEM 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary 

The following tables present our fair value hierarchy for our major categories of pension plan assets by asset class. See Note 19 for the definition 
of fair value and the descriptions of Level 1, 2 and 3 in the fair value hierarchy. 

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions)
Cash and short-term investments
Fixed income investments:
Investment contracts
U.S. Government Securities
Mutual funds
Corporate debt instruments

TOTAL ASSETS

(in Millions)
Cash and short-term investments
Fixed income investments:
Investment contracts
U.S. Government Securities 
Mutual funds 
Corporate debt instruments

TOTAL ASSETS

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets for 
Identical Assets 
(Level 1)

Significant Other 
Observable Inputs 
(Level 2)

19.8  $

— $

—
294.3 
65.2 
— 
379.3 $

150.1 
36.7 
— 
824.5 
1,011.3 $

December 31, 2019
$

19.8  $

150.1 
331.0 
65.2 
824.5 
1,390.6 $

$

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets for 
Identical Assets 
(Level 1)

Significant Other 
Observable Inputs 
(Level 2)

December 31, 2018

$

$

92.5  $

92.5  $

— $

144.9 
469.9 
55.7 
506.7 
1,269.7  $

— 
465.1 
55.7 
— 
613.3  $

144.9 
4.8 
— 
506.7 
656.4  $

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
—

—
—
—
—
—

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
—

We made the following contributions to our pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

(in Millions)
U.S. qualified pension plan
U.S. nonqualified pension plan
Other postretirement benefits
TOTAL

Year Ended December 31,
2019

$

$

7.0  $
4.9 
1.5 
13.4  $

—
—
—
—
—

2018
30.0 
6.0 
1.5 
37.5 

The following table reflects the estimated future benefit payments for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans. These estimates take 
into consideration expected future service, as appropriate:

ESTIMATED NET FUTURE BENEFIT PAYMENTS

(in Millions)
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits

$

2020
90.2  $
1.7 

2021
86.7  $
1.6 

2022
86.9  $
1.5 

2023
85.0  $
1.5 

2024
85.3  $
1.4 

2025-2029
408.7 
5.4 

Assumed health care cost trend rates have an effect on the other postretirement benefit obligations and net periodic other postretirement benefit 
costs reported for the health care portion of the other postretirement plan. A one-percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates 
would be immaterial to our net periodic other postretirement benefit costs for the year ended December 31, 2019, and our other postretirement 
benefit obligation at December 31, 2019.

FMC Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

The FMC Corporation Savings and Investment Plan is a qualified salary-reduction plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code in 
which substantially all of our U.S. employees may participate by contributing a portion of their compensation. For eligible employees participating 
in the Plan, except for those employees covered by certain collective bargaining agreements, the Company makes matching contributions of 
80 percent of the portion of those contributions up to 5 percent of the employee’s compensation. Eligible employees participating in the Plan 
that do not participate in the U.S. qualified pension plan are entitled to receive an employer contribution of 5 percent of the employee’s eligible 
compensation. Charges against income for all contributions were $15.3 million in 2019, $15.0 million in 2018, and $9.7 million in 2017.

73

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

NOTE 16  Share-based Compensation

Stock Compensation Plans

We have a share-based compensation plan, which has been approved 
by the stockholders, for certain employees, officers and directors. This 
plan is described below.

FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and 
Stock Plan

The FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan (the 
“Plan”) provides for the grant of a variety of cash and equity awards 
to officers, directors, employees and consultants, including stock 
options, restricted stock, performance units (including restricted 
stock units), stock appreciation rights, and multi-year management 
incentive awards payable partly in cash and partly in common stock. 
The Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of 
Directors (the “Committee”), subject to the provisions of the Plan, 
approves financial targets, award grants, and the times and conditions for 
payment of awards to employees. The total number of shares of common 
stock authorized for issuance under the Plan is 30.2 million of which 
approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock are available for 
future grants of share based awards under the Plan as of December 31, 
2019. The FMC Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation 
Policy, administered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance 
Committee of the Board of Directors, sets forth the compensation to be 
paid to the directors, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, 
restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance-based restricted 
stock units, and cash awards to be made to directors under the Plan.

Stock Compensation

We recognized the following stock compensation expense:

Stock options granted under the Plan may be incentive or nonqualified 
stock options. The exercise price for stock options may not be less than 
the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. Awards granted 
under the Plan vest or become exercisable or payable at the time 
designated by the Committee, which has generally been three years 
from the date of grant. Incentive and nonqualified options granted 
under the Plan expire no later than 10 years from the grant date.

Under the Plan, awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units 
may be made to selected employees. The awards vest over periods 
designated by the Committee, which has generally been three years, 
with vesting conditional upon continued employment. Compensation 
cost is recognized over the vesting periods based on the market value 
of the stock on the date of the award. Restricted stock units granted 
to directors under the Plan vest immediately if granted as part of, or 
in lieu of, the annual retainer; other restricted stock units granted to 
directors vest at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in the calendar 
year following the May 1 annual grant date (but are subject to forfeiture 
on a pro rata basis if the director does not serve the full year except 
under certain circumstances).

At December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were restricted stock units 
representing an aggregate of 276,145 shares and 248,465 shares of 
common stock, respectively, credited to the directors’ accounts.

Year Ended December 31,

(in Millions)
Stock option expense, net of taxes of $1.5, $1.3 and $2.4(1)
Restricted stock expense, net of taxes of $2.2, $2.3 and $3.5(2)
Performance based expense, net of taxes of $1.7, $1.2 and $1.5
TOTAL STOCK COMPENSATION EXPENSE, NET OF TAXES OF $5.4, $4.8 AND $7.4(3)
(1)  We applied an estimated forfeiture rate of 4.0% per stock option grant in the calculation of the expense.
(2)  We applied an estimated forfeiture rate of 2.0% of outstanding grants in the calculation of the expense.
(3)  This expense is classified as “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in our consolidated statements of income (loss). Total stock compensation expense, net 
of tax, not included in the above table of $0.1 million, $4.0 million, and $4.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, is 
included in “Discontinued operations, net of income taxes” in the consolidated statements of income (loss).

2018
4.9 
8.4 
4.4 
17.7 

2019
5.7 
8.2 
6.3 
20.2 

2017
4.5 
6.4 
2.8 
13.7 

$

$

$

$

$

$

We received $50.7 million, $10.7 million and $22.5 million in cash related to stock option exercises for the years ended December 31, 2019, 
2018 and 2017, respectively. The shares used for the exercise of stock options occurring during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 
2017 came from treasury shares.

Impacts of Livent Distribution

On March 1, 2019, we completed the previously announced distribution of 123 million shares of common stock of Livent as a pro rata dividend 
on shares of FMC common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date of February 25, 2019. All outstanding and nonvested 
equity awards relating to FMC’s stock immediately prior to the effective date were generally converted into FMC and Livent units pursuant to 
the employee matters agreement.

74

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Stock Options

The grant-date fair values of the stock options we granted in the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were estimated using the Black-
Scholes option valuation model, the key assumptions for which are listed in the table below. The dividend yield assumption reflects anticipated 
dividends on our common stock. The expected volatility assumption is based on the actual historical experience of our common stock. The 
expected life represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury 
securities with terms equal to the expected timing of stock option exercises as of the grant date. Employee stock options generally vest after a 
three year period and expire ten years from the date of grant.

Black Scholes valuation assumptions for stock option grants:

Expected dividend yield
Expected volatility
Expected life (in years)
Risk-free interest rate

2019
1.83%
26.07%
6.5 
2.53%

2018
0.77%
26.85%
6.5 
2.79%

2017
1.15%
27.04%
6.5 
2.10%

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $18.66, $25.70 
and $15.66 per share, respectively.

The following summary shows stock option activity for employees under the Plan for the three years ended December 31, 2019:

Number of Options 
Granted But Not 
Exercised  

Weighted-Average 
Remaining Contractual 
Life

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price Per 
Share

Aggregate Intrinsic 
Value (in Millions)

(Shares in Thousands)
December 31, 2016 (1,292 shares exercisable and 
1,373 shares expected to vest or be exercised)
Granted
Exercised
Forfeited
December 31, 2017 (920 shares exercisable and 1,452 
shares expected to vest or be exercised)
Granted
Exercised
Forfeited
December 31, 2018 (1,044 shares exercisable and 
1,287 shares expected to vest or be exercised)
Granted
Conversion impact from Livent spin(1)
Exercised
Forfeited
DECEMBER 31, 2019 (628 SHARES 
EXERCISABLE AND 835 SHARES EXPECTED 
TO VEST OR BE EXERCISED)
(1)  Awards converted as a result of March 1, 2019 Livent separation.

2,749 
370 
(590)
(94)

2,435 
250 
(260)
(61)

2,364 
380 
210 
(1,414)
(36)

6.1 years

$

6.3 years

$

6.0 years

$

$

$

$

45.34 
57.63 
39.93 
49.10 

48.37 
85.19 
41.80 
52.51 

52.87 
75.76 
53.09 
39.17 
67.82 

37.6 

20.1 

112.7 

11.7 

52.5 

67.2 

1,504 

6.5 YEARS

$

58.06 

$

62.8 

The number of stock options indicated in the above table as being 
exercisable as of December 31, 2019, had an intrinsic value of 
$33.2 million, a weighted-average remaining contractual term of 
4.2 years, and a weighted-average exercise price of $47.02.

As of December 31, 2019, we had total remaining unrecognized 
compensation cost related to unvested stock options of $3.9 million 
which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining requisite 
service period of approximately 1.79 years.

Restricted and Performance Based Equity Awards

The grant-date fair value of restricted stock awards and stock units 
under the Plan is based on the market price per share of our common 
stock on the date of grant. The related compensation cost is amortized 
to expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period during which 
the employees perform related services, which is typically three years 
except for those eligible for retirement prior to the stated vesting period 
as well as non-employee directors.

Starting in 2015, we began granting performance based restricted 
stock awards. The performance based share awards represent a number 
of shares of common stock to be awarded upon settlement based 

on the achievement of a total shareholder return (“TSR”) relative 
to peer companies over a three year period. These awards generally 
vest upon the completion of a three year period from the date of 
grant; however, starting with the 2016 grants, certain performance 
criteria is measured on an annual basis. Starting with the 2019 
grants, vesting was based on a TSR relative to peer companies and a 
cumulative operating cash flow metric. The fair value of the equity 
classified performance-based share awards is determined based on 
the number of shares of common stock expected to be awarded and 
a Monte Carlo valuation model.

75

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The following table shows our employee restricted award activity for the three years ended December 31, 2019:

Restricted Equity

(Number of Awards in Thousands)
Nonvested at December 31, 2016
Granted
Vested
Forfeited
Nonvested at December 31, 2017
Granted
Vested
Forfeited
Nonvested at December 31, 2018
Granted
Conversion impact from Livent spin(1)
Vested
Forfeited
NONVESTED AT DECEMBER 31, 2019
(1)  Awards transferred to Livent employees as a result of March 1, 2019 Livent separation.

Number of
awards

Weighted-
Average Grant 
Date Fair 
Value Per 
Share
48.56 
57.66 
64.75 
47.60 
47.63 
84.94 
55.14 
65.39 
55.75 
76.22 
67.46 
37.54 
69.69 
67.89 

496  $
121 
(98)
(30)
489  $
137 
(154)
(13)
459  $
108 
(29)
(223)
(13)
302  $

Number of 
awards

Performance Based Equity
Weighted-
Average 
Grant Date 
Fair Value 
Per Share
49.55 
66.93 
— 
52.74 
53.36 
88.65 
81.15 
— 
56.42 
83.89 
84.58 
42.18 
78.92 
72.06 

158  $
105 
— 
(3)
260  $
133 
(58)
— 
335  $
106 
(12)
(222)
(1)
206  $

As of December 31, 2019, we had total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted awards of $10.0 million which 
will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining requisite service period of approximately 1.77 years.

NOTE 17  Equity

The following is a summary of our capital stock activity over the past three years: 

December 31, 2016
Stock options and awards
December 31, 2017
Stock options and awards
Repurchases of common stock, net
December 31, 2018
Stock options and awards
Repurchases of common stock, net
DECEMBER 31, 2019

Common 
Stock Shares
185,983,792 
— 
185,983,792 
— 
— 
185,983,792 
— 
— 
185,983,792 

Treasury 
Stock Shares
52,293,686 
(640,450)
51,653,236 
(390,553)
2,439,495 
53,702,178 
(1,563,307)
4,720,627 
56,859,498 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Summarized below is the roll forward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax.

(in Millions)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2016
2017 Activity

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

$

$

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2017 $
2018 Activity

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

$

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2018 $

Foreign 
currency 
adjustments

Derivative 
Instruments(1)

Pension 
and other 
postretirement 
benefits(2)

(194.0) $

7.1  $

(291.5) $

Total
(478.4)

173.9  $
13.9 
(6.2) $

(95.3) $
—
(101.5) $

(1.2) $
(0.7)
5.2  $

13.7  $
(7.7)
11.2  $

0.6  $
51.6 
(239.3) $

173.3 
64.8 
(240.3)

4.2  $
16.5 
(218.6) $

(77.4)
8.8 
(308.9)

76

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions)
2019 Activity

Foreign 
currency 
adjustments

Derivative 
Instruments(1)

Pension 
and other 
postretirement 
benefits(2)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
Adoption of accounting standard (Note 2)
Distribution of FMC Lithium(3)

$

$

(15.2) $
— 
(15.2) $
— 
39.0 

(69.0) $
(8.2)
(77.2) $
1.0 
— 

(6.5) $
9.9 
3.4  $

(54.1)
— 

Total

(90.7)
1.7 
(89.0)
(53.1)
39.0 

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET 
OF TAX AT DECEMBER 31, 2019
(1)  See Note 19 for more information.
(2)  See Note 15 for more information.
(3)  Represents the effects of the distribution of FMC Lithium. Refer to Note 1 for further information.

$

(77.7) $

(65.0) $

(269.3) $

(412.0)

Reclassifications of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

The table below provides details about the reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and the affected line items in 
the consolidated statements of income (loss) for each of the periods presented.

Details about Accumulated Other 
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Components

(in Millions)
Foreign currency translation adjustments:

Divestiture of FMC Health and Nutrition(2)

Derivative instruments:

Foreign currency contracts
Energy contracts
Foreign currency contracts
Interest rate contracts

Total before tax

Amount included in net income
Pension and other postretirement benefits(3):
Amortization of prior service costs
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial 
and other gains (losses)
Recognized loss due to settlement/
curtailment
Total before tax

$

$

$

$

$

$

Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)(1)
Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated 
Statements of Income (Loss)

— $

— $

(13.9)

Discontinued operations, net of income taxes

$

10.0 
— 
1.9 
(0.7)
11.2  $
(3.0)
8.2  $

18.9  $
— 
(8.0)
(0.4)
10.5  $
(2.8)
7.7  $

(10.0)
0.8 
10.0 
— 
0.8 
(0.1)
0.7 

Costs of sales and services
Costs of sales and services
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Interest expense

Provision for income taxes

(0.3) $

(0.3) $

(0.5)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

(10.8)

(14.4)

(14.4)

(1.4)
(12.5) $
2.6 
(9.9) $

(6.1)
(20.8) $
4.3 
(16.5) $

(51.2)
(66.1)
14.5 
(51.6)

Selling, general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses; 
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes(4)

Provision for income taxes

$

 Amount included in net income
TOTAL RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR 
THE PERIOD
(1)  Amounts in parentheses indicate charges to the consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2)  The reclassification of historical cumulative translation adjustments was the result of the sale of our FMC Health and Nutrition and Omega-3 business. The 
loss recognized from this reclassification is considered permanent for tax purposes and therefore no tax has been provided. See Note 11 within these consolidated 
financial statements for more information. In accordance with accounting guidance, this amount was previously factored into the lower of cost or fair value test 
associated with the Omega-3 asset held for sale write-down charges.

Amount included in net income

(1.7) $

(8.8) $

(64.8)

$

(3)  Pension and other postretirement benefits amounts include the impact from both continuing and discontinued operations. For detail on the continuing operations 

components of pension and other postretirement benefits, see Note 15.

(4)  The  loss  due  to  curtailment  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2017  related  to  the  disposal  of  FMC  Health  and  Nutrition  was  recorded  to  “Discontinued 

operations, net of income taxes” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

77

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Transactions with Noncontrolling Interest

As a result of the IPO and underwriters’ exercise to purchase additional 
shares of common stock in the fourth quarter of 2018, our controlling 
interest in FMC Lithium was approximately 84 percent. On March 1, 
2019, we completed the previously announced distribution of the 
remaining shares of common stock of Livent. See Note 1 for further 
information.

Dividends and Share Repurchases

On January 16, 2020, we paid dividends totaling $57.0 million to 
our shareholders of record as of December 31, 2019. This amount is 
included in “Accrued and other liabilities” on the consolidated balance 
sheets as of December 31, 2019. For the years ended December 31, 
2019, 2018 and 2017, we paid $210.3 million, $89.2 million and 
$88.8 million in dividends, respectively. 

In 2019, 4.7 million shares were repurchased under the publicly 
announced repurchase program. At December 31, 2019, approximately 
$600 million remained unused under our Board-authorized repurchase 

NOTE 18  Earnings Per Share

As part of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition, we 
acquired an 80 percent controlling interest in DuPont Agricultural 
Chemicals Limited, Shanghai, a joint venture registered in the People’s 
Republic of China. 

During the first quarter of 2017, we terminated our interest in a variable 
interest entity. See Note 9 for more information.

program. This repurchase program does not include a specific 
timetable or price targets and may be suspended or terminated at 
any time. Shares may be purchased through open market or privately 
negotiated transactions at the discretion of management based 
on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors. We also 
reacquire shares from time to time from employees in connection 
with the vesting, exercise and forfeiture of awards under our equity 
compensation plans.

Earnings per common share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net 
income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding 
during the period on a basic and diluted basis.

Our potentially dilutive securities include potential common shares 
related to our stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units. 
Diluted earnings per share (“Diluted EPS”) considers the impact of 
potentially dilutive securities except in periods in which there is a loss 
because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have 
an antidilutive effect. Diluted EPS excludes the impact of potential 
common shares related to our stock options in periods in which the 
option exercise price is greater than the average market price of our 
common stock for the period. For the years ended December 31, 2019 
and 2018, there were 0.3 million and 0.2 million potential common 

shares excluded from Diluted EPS, respectively. For the year ended 
December 31, 2017, we had a net loss from continuing operations 
attributable to FMC stockholders. As a result, all 1.5 million potential 
common shares were excluded from Diluted EPS.

Our non-vested restricted stock awards contain rights to receive non-
forfeitable dividends, and thus, are participating securities requiring the 
two-class method of computing EPS. The two-class method determines 
EPS by dividing the sum of distributed earnings to common stockholders 
and undistributed earnings allocated to common stockholders by the 
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for 
the period. In calculating the two-class method, undistributed earnings 
are allocated to both common shares and participating securities based 
on the weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

Earnings applicable to common stock and common stock shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

(in Millions, Except Share and Per Share Data)
Earnings (loss) attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations, net of income taxes
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Net income (loss) attributable to FMC stockholders
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings allocable to restricted award holders
NET INCOME (LOSS) ALLOCABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
Basic earnings (loss) per common share attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
NET INCOME (LOSS)
Shares (in thousands):
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding - Basic
Weighted average additional shares assuming conversion of potential common shares
SHARES – DILUTED BASIS

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

540.7  $
(63.3)
477.4  $
(1.5)
475.9  $

4.12  $
(0.48)
3.64  $

4.10  $
(0.48)
3.62  $

531.4  $
(29.3)
502.1  $
(2.4)
499.7  $

3.94  $
(0.22)
3.72  $

3.91  $
(0.22)
3.69  $

2017

(135.7)
671.5 
535.8 
— 
535.8 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

(1.01)
5.00 
3.99 

130,761 
1,241 
132,002 

134,406 
1,473 
135,879 

134,255 
— 
134,255 

78

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 19  Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair Value Measurements

Our financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, other current assets, certain receivables classified as other long-term 
assets, accounts payable, and amounts included in investments and accruals meeting the definition of financial instruments. The carrying value 
of these financial instruments approximates their fair value. Our other financial instruments include the following:

Financial Instrument
Foreign exchange forward contracts

Commodity forward and option contracts

Debt

Valuation Method
Estimated amounts that would be received or paid to terminate the contracts at the reporting date 
based on current market prices for applicable currencies.
Estimated amounts that would be received or paid to terminate the contracts at the reporting date 
based on quoted market prices for applicable commodities.
Our estimates and information obtained from independent third parties using market data, such as 
bid/ask spreads for the last business day of the reporting period.

The estimated fair value of the financial instruments in the above table 
have been determined using standard pricing models which take into 
account the present value of expected future cash flows discounted to 
the balance sheet date. These standard pricing models utilize inputs 
derived from, or corroborated by, observable market data such as 
interest rate yield curves and currency and commodity spot and forward 
rates. In addition, we test a subset of our valuations against valuations 
received from the transaction’s counterparty to validate the accuracy 
of our standard pricing models. Accordingly, the estimates presented 
may not be indicative of the amounts that we would realize in a market 
exchange at settlement date and do not represent potential gains or 
losses on these agreements. The estimated fair values of foreign exchange 
forward contracts, commodity forward and option contracts and 
interest rate contracts are included in the tables within this Note. The 
estimated fair value of debt is $3,393.8 million and $2,715.2 million 
and the carrying amount is $3,258.8 million and $2,692.7 million as 
of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Use of Derivative Financial Instruments to 
Manage Risk

We mitigate certain financial exposures, including currency risk, 
commodity purchase exposures and interest rate risk through a program of 
risk management that includes the use of derivative financial instruments. 
We enter into foreign exchange contracts, including forward and 
purchased option contracts, to reduce the effects of fluctuating foreign 
currency exchange rates. 

We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments 
and hedged items, as well as the risk management objective and 
strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process 
includes relating derivatives that are designated as fair value or cash 
flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to 
specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions. We also assess 
both at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, whether 
each derivative is highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values 
or cash flows of the hedged item. If we determine that a derivative is 
not highly effective as a hedge, or if a derivative ceases to be a highly 
effective hedge, we discontinue hedge accounting with respect to that 
derivative prospectively. 

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Management

We conduct business in many foreign countries, exposing earnings, cash 
flows, and our financial position to foreign currency risks. The majority 
of these risks arise as a result of foreign currency transactions. Our policy 
is to minimize exposure to adverse changes in currency exchange rates. 

This is accomplished through a controlled program of risk management 
that includes the use of foreign currency debt and forward foreign 
exchange contracts. We also use forward foreign exchange contracts 
to hedge firm and highly anticipated foreign currency cash flows, with 
an objective of balancing currency risk to provide adequate protection 
from significant fluctuations in the currency markets. 

The primary currencies for which we have exchange rate exposure are 
the U.S. dollar versus the Brazilian Real, the Euro, the Chinese yuan, 
the Mexican peso, Indian rupee and the Argentine peso.

Commodity Price Risk

We are exposed to risks in energy costs due to fluctuations in energy 
prices, particularly natural gas. We attempt to mitigate our exposure to 
increasing energy costs by hedging the cost of future deliveries of natural gas.

Interest Rate Risk

We use various strategies to manage our interest rate exposure, including 
entering into interest rate swap agreements to achieve a targeted mix 
of fixed and variable-rate debt. In the agreements we exchange, at 
specified intervals, the difference between fixed and variable-interest 
amounts calculated on an agreed-upon notional principal amount.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Our counterparties to derivative contracts are primarily major financial 
institutions. We limit the dollar amount of contracts entered into with any 
one financial institution and monitor counterparties’ credit ratings. We 
also enter into master netting agreements with each financial institution, 
where possible, which helps mitigate the credit risk associated with our 
financial instruments. While we may be exposed to credit losses due to 
the nonperformance of counterparties, we consider this risk remote.

Financial Guarantees and Letter-of-Credit 
Commitments 

We enter into various financial instruments with off-balance sheet 
risk as part of the normal course of business. These off-balance sheet 
instruments include financial guarantees and contractual commitments to 
extend financial guarantees under letters of credit and other assistance to 
customers. See Notes 1 and 20 for more information. Decisions to extend 
financial guarantees to customers, and the amount of collateral required 
under these guarantees, is based on our evaluation of creditworthiness 
on a case-by-case basis.

79

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II

Data

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary 

PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Cash Flow Hedges

We recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. On the 
date we enter into the derivative instrument, we generally designate 
the derivative as a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be received 
or paid related to a forecasted transaction (cash flow hedge). We record 
in AOCI changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated 
as, and meet all the required criteria for, a cash flow hedge. We then 
reclassify these amounts into earnings as the underlying hedged item 
affects earnings. In contrast we immediately record in earnings changes 
in the fair value of derivatives that are not designated as cash flow hedges.

As of December 31, 2019, we had open foreign currency forward 
contracts in AOCI in a net after-tax loss position of $0.4 million 
designated as cash flow hedges of underlying forecasted sales and 
purchases. Current open contracts hedge forecasted transactions until 
December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2019, we had open forward 
contracts with various expiration dates to buy, sell or exchange foreign 
currencies with a U.S. dollar equivalent of approximately $1,633 million.

As of December 31, 2019, we had open interest rate contracts in AOCI 
in a net after-tax loss position of $0.7 million designated as cash flow 
hedges of underlying floating rate interest payments on a portion of 
our variable-rate debt. At December 31, 2019 we had interest rate 
swap contracts outstanding with a total aggregate notional value of 
approximately $200 million. 

In conjunction with the issuance of the Senior Notes, on September 20, 
2019 we settled on various interest rate swap agreements which were 
entered into to hedge the variability in treasury rates. This settlement 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

resulted in a loss of $83.1 million which was recorded in other 
comprehensive income and will be amortized over the various terms of the 
Senior Notes. Refer to Note 14 for further details on the Senior Notes.

As of December 31, 2019, we had no open commodity contracts 
in AOCI designated as cash flow hedges of underlying forecasted 
purchases. At December 31, 2019, we had no mmBTUs (millions of 
British Thermal Units) in aggregate notional volume of outstanding 
natural gas commodity forward contracts. 

Approximately $1.0 million of net after-tax losses, representing open 
foreign currency exchange contracts, option contracts and interest rate 
contracts will be realized in earnings during the twelve months ending 
December 31, 2020 if spot rates in the future are consistent with forward 
rates as of December 31, 2019. The actual effect on earnings will be 
dependent on the actual spot rates when the forecasted transactions 
occur. We recognize derivative gains and losses in the “Costs of sales 
and services” line in the consolidated statements of income (loss).

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

We hold certain forward contracts that have not been designated as cash flow 
hedging instruments for accounting purposes. Contracts used to hedge the 
exposure to foreign currency fluctuations associated with certain monetary 
assets and liabilities are not designated as cash flow hedging instruments, 
and changes in the fair value of these items are recorded in earnings. 

We had open forward contracts not designated as cash flow hedging 
instruments for accounting purposes with various expiration dates to 
buy, sell or exchange foreign currencies with a U.S. dollar equivalent 
of approximately $1,264 million at December 31, 2019. 

The following tables provide the gross fair value and net balance sheet presentation of our derivative instruments as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

(in Millions)
Derivatives
Foreign exchange contracts
Total derivative assets(1)
Foreign exchange contracts
Interest rate contracts
Total derivative liabilities(2)
NET DERIVATIVE ASSETS (LIABILITIES)

Gross Amount of Derivatives

December 31, 2019

Designated 
as Cash Flow 
Hedges

Not Designated 
as Hedging 
Instruments

Total Gross 
Amounts

Gross Amounts 
Offset in the 
Consolidated 
Balance Sheet(3)

Net Amounts

$
$
$

$
$

8.0 
8.0 
(12.1)
(0.9)
(13.0)
(5.0)

$
$
$

$
$

0.3  $
0.3  $
(4.2)
— 
(4.2) $
(3.9) $

8.3  $
8.3  $
$

(16.3)
(0.9)
(17.2) $
(8.9) $

(8.1) $
(8.1) $
$
8.1 
— 
8.1  $
—  $

0.2 
0.2 
(8.2)
(0.9)
(9.1)
(8.9)

80

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Gross Amount of Derivatives

December 31, 2018

Designated 
as Cash Flow 
Hedges

Not Designated 
as Hedging 
Instruments

(in Millions)
Derivatives
Foreign exchange contracts
Total derivative assets(1)
Foreign exchange contracts
Interest rate contracts
Total derivative liabilities(2)
NET DERIVATIVE ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
(1)  Net balance is included in “Prepaid and other current assets” in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)  Net balance is included in “Accrued and other liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)  Represents net derivatives positions subject to master netting arrangements.

18.3 
18.3 
(8.0)
(0.2)
(8.2)
10.1 

$
$
$

$
$
$

$
$

$
$

1.5  $
1.5  $
(0.2) $
— 
(0.2) $
1.3  $

Gross Amounts 
Offset in the 
Consolidated 
Balance Sheet(3)

Total Gross 
Amounts

Net Amounts

19.8  $
19.8  $
(8.2) $
(0.2)
(8.4) $
11.4  $

(8.1) $
(8.1) $
8.1  $
— 
8.1  $
—  $

11.7 
11.7 
(0.1)
(0.2)
(0.3)
11.4 

The following tables summarize the gains or losses related to our cash flow hedges and derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

(in Millions)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2016
2017 Activity
Unrealized hedging gains (losses) and other, net of tax
Reclassification of deferred hedging (gains) losses, net of tax(1)

Total derivative instrument impact on comprehensive income, net of tax

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2017
2018 Activity
Unrealized hedging gains (losses) and other, net of tax
Reclassification of deferred hedging (gains) losses, net of tax(1)

Total derivative instrument impact on comprehensive income, net of tax

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax at December 31, 2018
2019 Activity
Unrealized hedging gains (losses) and other, net of tax
Reclassification of deferred hedging (gains) losses, net of tax(1)

$

$
$

$

$
$

$

Contracts

Foreign exchange
$

4.6  $

Energy

Interest rate

1.4  $

1.1  $

(0.4) $
0.2 
(0.2) $
4.4  $

14.2  $
(8.2)
6.0  $
10.4  $

(3.1) $
(8.7)
(11.8) $

(0.8) $
(0.6)
(1.4) $
—  $

—  $
— 
—  $
—  $

—  $
— 
—  $

—  $

(0.3)
(0.3) $
0.8  $

(0.5) $
0.5 
—  $
0.8  $

(65.9) $
0.5 
(65.4) $

Total
7.1 

(1.2)
(0.7)
(1.9)
5.2 

13.7 
(7.7)
6.0 
11.2 

(69.0)
(8.2)
(77.2)

Total derivative instrument impact on comprehensive income, net of tax
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS),  
NET OF TAX AT DECEMBER 31, 2019
(1)  Amounts are included in “Costs of sales and services” and “Interest expense” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

(1.4) $

$

$

—  $

(64.6) $

(66.0)

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Amount of Pre-tax Gain (Loss) 
Recognized in Income on Derivatives(1)
Year Ended December 31,

2017
(in Millions)
(12.5)
Foreign exchange contracts
TOTAL
(12.5)
(1)  Amounts in the columns represent the gain or loss on the derivative instrument offset by the gain or loss on the hedged item. These amounts are included in “Costs 

2019
$
(26.7)
(26.7) $

2018
(10.9) $
(10.9) $

$
$

of sales and services” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at 
the measurement date. Market participants are defined as buyers or sellers in the principle or most advantageous market for the asset or liability 
that are independent of the reporting entity, knowledgeable and able and willing to transact for the asset or liability.

81

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Fair Value Hierarchy

We have categorized our assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair 
value, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, 
into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the 
highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets 

or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs 
(Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the assets and liabilities fall 
within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on 
the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement 
of the instrument.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following tables present our fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis in our consolidated 
balance sheets.

(in Millions)
ASSETS

Derivatives – Foreign exchange(1)
Other(2)

TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES

Derivatives – Foreign exchange(1)
Derivatives – Interest Rate(1)
Other(3)

TOTAL LIABILITIES

(in Millions)
ASSETS

Derivatives – Foreign exchange(1)
Other(2)

TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES

Derivatives – Foreign exchange(1)
Derivatives – Interest Rate(1)
Other(3)

December 31, 2019

Quoted Prices in Active 
Markets for Identical 
Assets (Level 1)

Significant Other 
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs (Level 3)

$

$

$

$

0.2  $
20.2 
20.4  $

8.2  $
0.9 
32.8 
41.9  $

—  $

20.2 
20.2  $

—  $
— 
29.7 
29.7  $

0.2  $
— 
0.2  $

8.2  $
0.9 
3.1 
12.2  $

— 
— 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 

December 31, 2018

Quoted Prices in Active 
Markets for Identical 
Assets (Level 1)

Significant Other 
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs (Level 3)

$

$

$

11.7  $
17.7 
29.4  $

—  $

17.7 
17.7  $

11.7  $
— 
11.7  $

— 
— 
— 

0.1  $
0.2 
27.4 
27.7  $

—  $
— 
24.3 
24.3  $

0.1  $
0.2 
3.1 
3.4  $

— 
— 
— 
— 

TOTAL LIABILITIES
(1)  See the Fair Value of Derivative Instruments table within this Note for classifications on our consolidated balance sheets.
(2)  Consists of a deferred compensation arrangement, through which we hold various investment securities, recognized on our balance sheet. Both the asset and 

$

liability are recorded at fair value. Asset amounts included in “Other assets including long-term receivables, net” in the consolidated balance sheets.

(3)  Primarily consists of a deferred compensation arrangement recognized on our balance sheet. Both the asset and liability are recorded at fair value. Liability 

amounts included in “Other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets. 

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements 

The following table presents our fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis in our consolidated 
balance sheets during the year ended December 31, 2018. There were no non-recurring fair value measurements in the consolidated balance 
sheets during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets for 
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other 
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs (Level 3)

Total Gains (Losses) 
(Year Ended 
December 31, 2018)

December 31, 2018

(in Millions)
ASSETS

Impairment of intangibles(1)

TOTAL ASSETS
(1)  We recorded an impairment charge to write down the carrying value of the generic brand portfolio of approximately $2 million to its fair value. 

$
$

3.1  $
3.1  $

—  $
—  $

—  $
—  $

3.1 
$
3.1  $

(1.8)
(1.8)

82

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 20  Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies

We continue to monitor the conditions that are subject to guarantees 
and indemnifications to identify whether a liability must be recognized 
in our financial statements.

The following table provides the estimated undiscounted amount 
of potential future payments for each major group of guarantees at 
December 31, 2019. These guarantees arise during the ordinary course 

of business from relationships with customers and nonconsolidated 
affiliates. Non-performance by the guaranteed party triggers the 
obligation requiring us to make payments to the beneficiary of the 
guarantee. Based on our experience these types of guarantees have 
not had a material effect on our consolidated financial position or on 
our liquidity. Our expectation is that future payment or performance 
related to the non-performance of others is considered unlikely.

(in Millions)
Guarantees:

Guarantees of vendor financing - short term(1)
Other debt guarantees(2)

75.7 
2.1 
77.8 
TOTAL
(1)  Represents guarantees to financial institutions on behalf of certain customers for their seasonal borrowing. The short-term amount is recorded as “Guarantees of 

$

$

vendor financing” on the consolidated balance sheets.

(2)  These guarantees represent support provided to third-party banks for credit extended to various customers and nonconsolidated affiliates. The liability for the 
guarantees is recorded at an amount that approximates fair value (i.e. representing the stand-ready obligation) based on our historical collection experience and a 
current assessment of credit exposure. We believe the fair value of these guarantees is immaterial. The majority of these guarantees have an expiration date of less 
than one year.

Excluded from the chart above are parent-company guarantees we provide 
to lending institutions that extend credit to our foreign subsidiaries. 
Since these guarantees are provided for consolidated subsidiaries, the 
consolidated financial position is not affected by the issuance of these 
guarantees. Also excluded from the chart, in connection with our property 
and asset sales and divestitures, we have agreed to indemnify the buyer for 
certain liabilities, including environmental contamination and taxes that 
occurred prior to the date of sale or provided guarantees to third parties 
relating to certain contracts assumed by the buyer. Our indemnification 
or guarantee obligations with respect to certain liabilities may be indefinite 
as to duration and may or may not be subject to a deductible, minimum 
claim amount or cap. As such, it is not possible for us to predict the 
likelihood that a claim will be made or to make a reasonable estimate of 
the maximum potential loss or range of loss. If triggered, we may be able 
to recover some of the indemnity payments from third parties. Therefore, 
we have not recorded any specific liabilities for these guarantees. For 
certain obligations related to our divestitures for which we can make a 
reasonable estimate of the maximum potential loss or range of loss and 
is probable, a liability in those instances has been recorded.

Commitments

Purchase Obligations

Our minimum commitments under our take-or-pay purchase obligations 
associated with the sourcing of materials and energy total approximately 
$1,126 million. Since the majority of our minimum obligations under 
these contracts are over the life of the contract on a year-by-year basis, 
we are unable to determine the periods in which these obligations 
could be payable under these contracts. However, we intend to fulfill 
the obligations associated with these contracts through our purchases 
associated with the normal course of business.

Contingencies

Livent Corporation class action

On May 13, 2019, purported stockholders of our former subsidiary 
Livent Corporation (“Livent”) filed a putative class action complaint 
in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 

in connection with Livent’s October 2018 initial public offering (the 
“Livent IPO”). The complaint in this case, Plymouth County Retirement 
Association v. Livent Corp., et al., named as defendants Livent, certain of 
its current and former executives and directors, FMC Corporation, and 
underwriters involved in the Livent IPO (“Defendants”). The complaint 
alleges generally that the offering documents for the Livent IPO failed 
to adequately disclose certain information related to Livent’s business 
and prospects. The complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)
(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and seeks unspecified damages 
and other relief on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased or 
otherwise acquired Livent common stock pursuant and/or traceable to 
the Livent IPO offering documents. On July 2, 2019, defendants moved 
to stay the Plymouth County action, in favor of two similar putative class 
actions relating to the Livent IPO, in which FMC had not been named 
as a defendant, which are pending in the United States District Court 
of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On July 18, 2019, a separate 
state action was filed against the same defendants in the Pennsylvania 
Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Bizzaria v. Livent 
Corp., et al. On July 26, 2019, Plymouth County filed an amended 
complaint in its state court case. On September 23, 2019, the actions 
were consolidated under the caption In re Livent Corporation Securities 
Litigation, No. 190501229. On October 11, 2019, defendants filed 
preliminary objections seeking to dismiss the case in its entirety. On 
October 22, 2019, the Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the 
case, but granted a separate motion of the defendants to stay all discovery.

Separately, on October 18, 2019, purported stockholders of Livent 
amended a putative class action complaint filed in the U.S. District 
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to add FMC Corporation 
as a defendant. The operative complaint in that case, Bisser Nikolov v. 
Livent Corp., et al. makes similar substantive allegations as the state 
court case, including alleged violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 
of the Securities Act of 1933 and seeks unspecified damages and other 
relief on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise 
acquired Livent common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Livent 
IPO offering documents. Pursuant to a stipulated scheduling order, 
Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Nikolov case on November 18, 
2019. Plaintiffs filed their opposition to the motion to dismiss on 
December 30, 2019, and Defendants shall have 30 days to file a reply 
in further support of a motion to dismiss. All discovery is stayed in 
this case pending a ruling on the motion to dismiss.

83

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Livent has agreed to defend and indemnify FMC with regard to these 
cases. FMC is cooperating with Livent and other defendants to defend 
the litigation.

Competition / antitrust litigation related to the 
discontinued FMC Peroxygens segment

We are subject to actions brought by private plaintiffs relating to alleged 
violations of European and Canadian competition and antitrust laws, 
as further described below.

European competition action 

Multiple European purchasers of hydrogen peroxide who claim to have 
been harmed as a result of alleged violations of European competition 
law by hydrogen peroxide producers assigned their legal claims to a 
single entity formed by a law firm. The single entity then filed a lawsuit 
in Germany in March 2009 against European producers, including 
our wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary, Foret. An initial hearing was 
held during the first quarter of 2011, at which time case management 
issues were discussed. At a subsequent hearing in October 2011, the 
Court indicated that it was considering seeking guidance from the 
European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) as to whether the German courts have 
jurisdiction over these claims. After submission of written comments 
on this issue by the parties, on March 1, 2012, the judge announced 
that she would refer the jurisdictional issues to the ECJ, which she 
did on April 29, 2013. On May 21, 2015, the ECJ issued its decision, 
upholding the jurisdiction of the German court. The case is now back 
before the German judge. We filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings 
in September 2015. We anticipate a response by the court sometime 
in 2020. Since the case is in the preliminary stages and is based on a 
novel procedure - namely the attempt to create a cross-border “class 
action” which is not a recognized proceeding under EU or German 
law - we are unable to develop a reasonable estimate of our potential 
exposure of loss at this time. A settlement agreement is currently being 
negotiated by the parties but the terms have not yet been finalized. 
If the matter cannot be resolved, we will defend the case vigorously.

Canadian antitrust actions

FMC signed a settlement agreement on September 27, 2018, providing 
for a payment of CAD 3.25 million ($2.5 million) to the plaintiffs. 
The settlement payment was made in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 
was recorded within “Discontinued operations, net of income taxes” 
on the consolidated statements of income (loss). The Ontario Superior 
Court of Justice subsequently approved the settlement and dismissed 
the action on January 18, 2019, which fully and finally resolved the 
Canadian litigation.

Asbestos claims

Like hundreds of other industrial companies, we have been named as 
one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation. 
Most of these cases allege personal injury or death resulting from 
exposure to asbestos in premises of FMC or to asbestos-containing 
components installed in machinery or equipment manufactured or 
sold by discontinued operations. 

We intend to continue managing these asbestos-related cases in accordance 
with our historical experience. We have established a reserve for this 
litigation within our discontinued operations and believe that any 
exposure of a loss in excess of the established reserve cannot be reasonably 
estimated. Our experience has been that the overall trends in asbestos 
litigation have changed over time. Over the last several years, we have 
seen changes in the jurisdictions where claims against FMC are being 
filed and changes in the mix of products named in the various claims. 
Because these claim trends have yet to form a predictable pattern, we 
are presently unable to reasonably estimate our asbestos liability with 
respect to claims that may be filed in the future.

Other contingent liabilities

In addition to the matters disclosed above, we have certain other 
contingent liabilities arising from litigation, claims, products we 
have sold, guarantees or warranties we have made, contracts we have 
entered into, indemnities we have provided, and other commitments 
or obligations incident to the ordinary course of business. In Brazil, 
we are subject to claims from various governmental agencies regarding 
alleged additional indirect (non-income) taxes or duties as well as 
product liability matters and labor cases related to our operations. 
These disputes take many years to resolve as the matters move through 
administrative or judicial courts. We have provided reserves for such 
Brazilian matters that we consider probable and for which a reasonable 
estimate of the obligation can be made in the amount of $4.9 million 
and $1.7 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. 
The aggregate estimated reasonably possible loss contingencies related 
to such Brazilian matters exceed amounts accrued by approximately 
$90 million at December 31, 2019. This reasonably possible estimate 
is based upon information available as of the date of the filing and the 
actual future losses may be higher given the uncertainties regarding the 
ultimate decision by administrative or judicial authorities in Brazil. 
Regarding other contingencies arising from operations, some of these 
contingencies are known - for example pending product liability 
litigation or claims - but are so preliminary that the merits cannot be 
determined, or if more advanced, are not deemed material based on 
current knowledge. Some contingencies are unknown - for example, 
claims with respect to which we have no notice or claims which may 
arise in the future, resulting from products we have sold, guarantees or 
warranties we have made, or indemnities we have provided. Therefore, 
we are unable to develop a reasonable estimate of our potential exposure 
of loss for these contingencies, either individually or in the aggregate, 
at this time. Based on information currently available and established 
reserves, we have no reason to believe that the ultimate resolution of 
our known contingencies, including the matters described in this Note, 
will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, 
liquidity or results of operations. However, there can be no assurance 
that the outcome of these contingencies will be favorable, and adverse 
results in certain of these contingencies could have a material adverse 
effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations in 
any one reporting period, or liquidity.

See Note 12 for the Pocatello Tribal litigation, Middleport litigation, 
and Portland Harbor site for legal proceedings associated with our 
environmental contingencies.

84

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

NOTE 21  Segment Information

As discussed in Note 1, we operate as a single business segment providing innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust product 
portfolio fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management.

For revenue by major geographical region, refer to Note 3. The following table provides our long-lived assets by major geographical region.

(in Millions)
Long-lived assets(1)
North America(2)
Latin America
Europe, Middle East, and Africa(2)
Asia(2)
TOTAL
(1)  Geographic long-lived assets exclude long-term deferred income taxes and assets of discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)  The countries with long-lived assets in excess of 10 percent of consolidated long-lived assets at December 31, 2019 and 2018 are Singapore, which totaled 
$1,547.0 million and $1,558.9 million, the U.S., which totaled $1,177.7 million and $1,052.0 million, and Denmark, which totaled $1,045.3 million and 
$1,044.2 million, respectively.

1,190.7  $
837.0 
1,448.0 
2,064.8 
5,540.5  $

1,060.8 
809.9 
1,421.9 
2,019.9 
5,312.5 

$

$

2018

December 31,
2019

NOTE 22  Supplemental Information

The following tables present details of prepaid and other current assets, other assets including long-term receivables, net, accrued and other 
liabilities and other long-term liabilities as presented on the consolidated balance sheets: 

(in Millions)
Prepaid and other current assets
Prepaid insurance
Tax related items including value added tax receivables
Refund asset(1)
Environmental obligation recoveries (Note 12)
Derivative assets (Note 19)
Acquisition related items
Other prepaid and current assets
TOTAL

December 31,
2019

8.2  $

229.2 
37.7 
12.3 
0.2 
3.0 
196.9 
487.5  $

2018

7.9 
215.2 
49.7 
6.2 
11.7 
3.4 
138.5 
432.6 

$

$

December 31,
2019

(in Millions)
Other assets including long-term receivables, net
Non-current receivables (Note 10)
84.5 
Advance to contract manufacturers
69.9 
Capitalized software, net
61.8 
Environmental obligation recoveries (Note 12)
24.3 
Income taxes indirect benefits
41.9 
Operating lease ROU asset (Note 4)
— 
Deferred compensation arrangements (Note 19)
17.7 
Pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 15)
42.8 
Other long-term assets
40.5 
383.4 
TOTAL
(1)  In accordance with revenue standard requirements, a sales return liability is recognized for the consideration paid by a customer to which FMC does not expect 

123.1  $
116.3 
117.0 
15.0 
32.7 
164.7 
20.2 
44.2 
52.1 
685.3  $

$

$

2018

to be entitled, together with a corresponding refund asset to recover the product from the customer.

85

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

(in Millions)
Accrued and other liabilities
Restructuring reserves (Note 9)
Dividend payable (Note 17)
Accrued payroll
Environmental reserves, current, net of recoveries (Note 12)
Derivative liabilities (Note 19)
Furadan® product exit asset retirement obligations
Unfavorable contracts(1)
Operating lease current liabilities (Note 4)
Other accrued and other liabilities(2)
TOTAL

December 31,
2019

8.1  $
57.0 
101.2 
115.3 
8.9 
33.0 
109.2 
31.5 
216.4 
680.6  $

2018

8.2 
53.2 
87.0 
63.0 
0.3 
— 
103.1 
— 
256.0 
570.8 

$

$

December 31,
2019

(in Millions)
Other long-term liabilities
9.0 
Restructuring reserves (Note 9)
2.6 
Asset retirement obligations, long-term (Note 1)
Transition tax related to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act(3)
145.6 
79.5 
Contingencies related to uncertain tax positions (Note 13)
24.3 
Deferred compensation arrangements (Note 19)
— 
Derivative liabilities (Note 19)
2.2 
Self-insurance reserves (primarily workers' compensation)
17.3 
Lease obligations (Note 4)
72.2 
Reserve for discontinued operations (Note 11)
Unfavorable contracts(1)
327.6 
62.6 
Other long-term liabilities
TOTAL
742.9 
(1)  Primarily represents the technical insecticide product supply agreements with DuPont for use in their retained seed treatment business. Refer to Note 5 for more 

6.5  $
2.7 
123.6 
71.4 
29.7 
0.2 
1.8 
163.2 
71.9 
206.0 
31.4 
708.4  $

$

$

2018

details.

(2)  Other accrued and other liabilities includes the gross up of the estimated sales returns as part of our adoption of ASC 606. The impact of the adoption impacted 

accrued and other liabilities by $37.7 million and $49.7 million, respectively.

(3)  Represents noncurrent portion of overall transition tax to be paid over the next six years.

86

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
NOTE 23  Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

2019

2018

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

(in Millions, Except Share and Per Share Data)
Revenue
Gross margin
Income (loss) from continuing operations before 
equity in (earnings) loss of affiliates, non-operating 
pension and postretirement charges (income), 
interest expense, net and income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes(1)
Net income (loss) 
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to 
noncontrolling interests
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO 
FMC STOCKHOLDERS
Amounts attributable to FMC stockholders:
Continuing operations, net of income taxes
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
NET INCOME (LOSS)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share 
attributable to FMC stockholders(2):

Continuing operations
Discontinued operations

BASIC NET INCOME (LOSS) PER 
COMMON SHARE
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share 
attributable to FMC stockholders(2):

Continuing operations
Discontinued operations

DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER 
COMMON SHARE
Weighted average shares outstanding:

1Q

2Q
$1,192.1  $ 1,206.1 
550.5 

544.7 

3Q

4Q

1Q

2Q

$ 1,014.3  $ 1,197.3  $ 1,107.9  $ 1,154.4  $

432.4 

556.0 

502.5 

490.4 

3Q

4Q
923.6  $ 1,099.4 
491.7 
395.2 

281.8 
207.6 
9.6 
$ 217.2  $

267.8 
194.4 
(18.1)
176.3 

1.5 

1.8 

$ 215.7  $ 174.5 

$ 206.1  $
9.6 

192.6 
(18.1)
$ 215.7  $ 174.5 

$

1.56  $
0.07 

1.46 
(0.14)

$

$

$

$

$

159.9 
110.8 
(21.3)
89.5  $

112.1 
30.7 
(33.5)
(2.8) $

325.0 
230.2 
39.4 
269.6  $

133.3 
99.8 
32.7 
132.5  $

105.1 
50.9 
23.9 
74.8  $

177.5 
156.7 
(122.1)
34.6 

(0.9)

0.4 

2.4 

2.8 

2.0 

2.2 

90.4  $

(3.2) $ 267.2  $ 129.7  $

72.8  $

32.4 

111.7  $
(21.3)
90.4  $

30.3  $
(33.5)
(3.2) $ 267.2  $ 129.7  $

227.8  $
39.4 

97.0  $
32.7 

48.9  $
23.9 
72.8  $

157.7 
(125.3)
32.4 

0.85  $
(0.16)

0.23  $
(0.25)

1.69  $
0.29 

0.72  $
0.24 

0.36  $
0.18 

1.17 
(0.93)

$

1.63  $

1.32 

$

0.69  $

(0.02) $

1.98  $

0.96  $

0.54  $

0.24 

$

1.55  $
0.07 

1.46 
(0.14)

$

0.85  $
(0.16)

0.23  $
(0.25)

1.67  $
0.29 

0.72  $
0.24 

0.36  $
0.18 

1.17 
(0.93)

$

1.62  $

1.32 

$

0.69  $

(0.02) $

1.96  $

0.96  $

0.54  $

0.24 

Basic
Diluted

133.7 
135.1 
(1)  In the fourth quarter of 2018, we recorded a charge of $106.3 million related to our discontinued environmental site at Middleport, New York. See Note 12 for 

134.8 
136.2 

129.7 
130.9 

130.4 
131.6 

131.9 
133.2 

131.1 
132.3 

134.6 
136.2 

134.9 
136.4 

further details.

(2)  The sum of quarterly earnings per common share may differ from the full-year amount.

87

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

FMC Corporation:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial 
Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of 
FMC Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 
2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), 
comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for each 
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and 
the related notes and schedule II – valuation and qualifying accounts 
and reserves (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our 
opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material 
respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 
2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for 
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, 
in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 
2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated 
Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations 
of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 28, 2020 
expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s 
internal control over financial reporting.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, 
the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases as of 
January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 
(ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) and the related amendments. 

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the 
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion 
on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are 
a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required 
to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the 
U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the 
PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the 
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 
financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due 
to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to 
assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial 
statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures 
that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on 
a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the 
consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating 
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by 
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the 
consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide 
a reasonable basis for our opinion.

88

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising 
from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements 
that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit 
committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material 
to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially 
challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication 
of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the 
consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, 
by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate 
opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures 
to which they relate.

Evaluation of the allowance for trade receivables 
and long-term receivables associated with 
customers located in Brazil

As discussed in Notes 1 and 10 to the consolidated financial statements, 
the Company develops an analysis of trade receivables and long-term 
receivables to determine its best estimate of the probable losses associated 
with potential customer defaults. The most significant portion of the 
allowance for trade receivables and long-term receivables is related to 
customers located in Brazil. 

We identified the evaluation of the allowance for trade receivables 
and long-term receivables associated with customers located in Brazil 
as a critical auditing matter. Specifically, the length of standard credit 
terms offered and customer liquidity may be significantly influenced by 
economic conditions and unfavorable weather conditions impacting crop 
quality. This increased the need for subjective judgment and knowledge 
in assessing customer liquidity constraints to estimate probable losses.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit 
matter included the following. We tested certain internal controls 
over the Company’s collectability determination process, including 
controls over the identification of at-risk trade receivables and long-
term receivables balances and related estimate of probable losses 
associated with such balances. We inspected underlying documentation 
for collateral arrangements, legal disputes, and historical trends and 
analysis performed by the Company for historical collection results. 
The Company’s assumptions underlying the collectability of trade 
receivables and long-term receivables were tested by evaluating: 
•• The Company’s rationale for and appropriateness of changes in 
assumptions from those used in the prior year related to its expected 
collection period for specific customers;
•• Local Brazil economic and weather conditions that might impact 
the assumptions;
•• Adjustments to the prior period reserve and assessing if those 
adjustments provided information that was contradictory to the 
current year’s assumptions; and
•• Deterioration of trade receivables and long-term receivables balances 
subsequent to year-end, to identify the presence of trends not 
considered by the Company when it developed its assumptions.

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

Evaluation of unrecognized tax benefits

As discussed in Note 13, the Company has $68.2 million of unrecognized 
tax benefits as of December 31, 2019. The Company recognizes the 
largest amount of tax benefit that it believes is more than 50 percent 
likely to be sustained. A significant amount of the Company’s earnings 
are generated by certain foreign subsidiaries whose earnings are taxed 
at lower rates than the United States federal statutory rate. 

We identified the evaluation of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits 
related to the earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries as a critical audit 
matter. Complex auditor judgment was required in evaluating the 
Company’s interpretation of tax law, the transfer pricing structure, 
and its analysis of the recognition of its tax benefits.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit 
matter included the following. We tested certain internal controls over 
the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits process, including controls 
related to the transfer pricing structure which affects the determination 

of earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. We also involved tax and 
transfer pricing professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, 
who assisted in:
•• Examining the Company’s tax positions, including the methodology 
for evaluating unrecognized tax benefits;
•• Assessing transfer pricing studies with applicable laws and regulations;
•• Evaluating the Company’s interpretation of tax laws and income 
tax consequences of intercompany transactions;
•• Considering applicable settlements with taxing authorities; and
•• Evaluating the Company’s determination of unrecognized tax benefits.

/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1928.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 28, 2020 

89

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Management’s Annual Report on Internal 
Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate 
internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act 
Rule 13a-15(f ). FMC’s internal control over financial reporting is a 
process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability 
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for 
external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting 
principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those 
written policies and procedures that:
•• pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, 
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the 
assets of FMC;
•• provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary 
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with 
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles;
•• provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of 
FMC are being made only in accordance with authorization of 
management and directors of FMC; and
•• provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection 
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could 
have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Internal control over financial reporting includes the controls themselves, 

monitoring and internal auditing practices and actions taken to correct 
deficiencies as identified.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial 
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections 
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to 
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes 
in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or 
procedures may deteriorate.

We assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial 
reporting as of December 31, 2019. We based this assessment on 
criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described 
in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework (COSO 2013)” issued 
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission. Management’s assessment included an evaluation of 
the design of our internal control over financial reporting and testing 
of the operational effectiveness of our internal control over financial 
reporting. We reviewed the results of our assessment with the Audit 
Committee of our Board of Directors.

Based on this assessment, we determined that, as of December 31, 
2019, FMC has effective internal control over financial reporting.

KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has 
issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control 
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which appears on 
the following page.

90

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KReport of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PART II  

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

FMC Corporation:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial 
Reporting 

We have audited FMC Corporation and subsidiaries’ (the Company) 
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based 
on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework 
(2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the 
Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in 
all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting 
as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal 
Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of 
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), 
the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 
2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), 
comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for each 
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and 
the related notes and schedule II – valuation and qualifying accounts 
and reserves (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and 
our report dated February 28, 2020 expressed an unqualified opinion 
on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion 

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective 
internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the 
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included 
in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal 
Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an 
opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting 
based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with 
the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the 
Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and 
the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the 
PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control 
over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our 
audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining 
an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing 
the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the 
design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the 
assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures 
as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our 
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control 
Over Financial Reporting 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process 
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for 
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes 
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance 
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the 
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide 
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to 
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of 
the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of 
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable 
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized 
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could 
have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial 
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections 
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to 
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes 
in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or 
procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 28, 2020 

91

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART II  
ITEM 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

FMC Corporation

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

(in Millions)
December 31, 2019

Reserve for doubtful accounts(2)
Deferred tax valuation allowance

December 31, 2018

Reserve for doubtful accounts(2)(3)
Deferred tax valuation allowance

December 31, 2017

Reserve for doubtful accounts(2)
Deferred tax valuation allowance

Provision (Benefit)

Charged to 
Costs and 
Expenses

Charged 
to Other 
Comprehensive 
Income

Balance, 
Beginning of Year

Net recoveries, 
write-offs and 
other(1)

Balance,  
End of Year

$

$

$

82.9
261.4

85.7
272.0

65.7
286.4

21.2
42.2

71.4
(8.8)

22.1
(17.0)

—
(0.3)

—
(1.8)

—
2.6

(16.7) $
—

(74.2) $
—

(2.1) $

—

87.4
303.3

82.9
261.4

85.7
272.0

(1)  Write-offs are net of recoveries.
(2)  Includes short-term and long-term portion.
(3)  Includes the charge and write-off of approximately $42 million associated with the stranded accounts receivables written off as part of the restructuring in India. 

The charge was recorded as a component of “Restructuring and other charges (income)” on the consolidated statements of income (loss).

ITEM 9  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants 
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

ITEM 9A Controls and Procedures

(a)  Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on 
management’s evaluation (with the participation of the Company’s 
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer), the Chief 
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, 
as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s 
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) 
and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are 
effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required 
to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed or submitted 
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, 
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the 
SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated 
to management, including our principal executive officer and 
principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions 
regarding required disclosure.

Management’s annual report on internal control over financial 
reporting. Refer to Management’s Annual Report on Internal 
Control Over Financial Reporting which is included in Item 8 of 
Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated 
by reference to this Item 9A.

Audit report of the independent registered public accounting firm. 
Refer to Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting 
Firm which is included in Item 8 of Part II of this Annual Report 
on Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference to this Item 9A.

(b)  Change in Internal Controls. There have been no changes in 
internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during 
the quarter ended December 31, 2019 that materially affected 
or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control 
over financing reporting.

ITEM 9B Other Information

None.

92

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
 
 
 
 
 
ITEM 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

PART III  

PART III

ITEM 10  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate 

Governance 

Information concerning directors, appearing under the caption “III. 
Board of Directors” in our Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC 
in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled 
to be held on April 28, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”), information 
concerning executive officers, appearing under the caption “Item 4A. 
Information about our Executive Officers” in Part I of this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K, information concerning the Audit Committee, 
appearing under the caption “IV. Information About the Board of 

Directors and Corporate Governance - Committees and Independence of 
Directors - Audit Committee” in the Proxy Statement, and information 
concerning the Code of Ethics, appearing under the caption “IV. 
Information About the Board of Directors and Corporate Governance - 
Corporate Governance - Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Policy” 
in the Proxy Statement, is incorporated herein by reference in response 
to this Item 10.

ITEM 11  Executive Compensation

The information contained in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “VI. Executive Compensation” with respect to executive compensation, 
in the section titled “IV. Information About the Board of Directors and Corporate Governance—Director Compensation” and “—Corporate 
Governance—Compensation and Organization Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” is incorporated herein by reference in response 
to this Item 11.

ITEM 12  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners 
and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information contained in the section titled “V. Security Ownership of FMC Corporation” in the Proxy Statement, with respect to security 
ownership of certain beneficial owners and management, is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 12.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The table below sets forth information with respect to compensation plans under which equity securities of FMC are authorized for issuance as 
of December 31, 2019. All of the equity compensation plans pursuant to which we are currently granting equity awards have been approved by 
stockholders.

93

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART III  
ITEM 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Number of Securities to 
be issued upon exercise of 
outstanding options and 
restricted stock awards (A)(2)
2,288 

Weighted-average exercise 
price of outstanding 
options awards (B)(1)
58.06 

Number of Securities remaining 
available for future issuance 
under equity compensation 
plans (excluding securities 
reflected in column (A)) (C)
3,500 

(Shares in thousands)
Equity Compensation Plans approved by stockholders
(1)  Taking into account all outstanding awards included in this table, the weighted-average exercise price of such stock options is $58.06 and the weighted-average 

$

term-to-expiration is 6.5 years.

(2)  Includes 1,504 thousand stock options and 508 thousand restricted stock awards granted to employees and 276 thousand restricted stock units held by directors.

ITEM 13  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, 

and Director Independence

The information contained in the Proxy Statement concerning our independent directors and related party transactions under the caption “IV. 
Information About the Board of Directors and Corporate Governance—Committees and Independence of Directors,” and the information 
contained in the Proxy Statement concerning our related party transactions policy, appearing under the caption “IV. Information About the 
Board of Directors and Corporate Governance—Corporate Governance—Related Party Transactions Policy,” is incorporated herein by reference 
in response to this Item 13.

ITEM 14  Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information contained in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “II. The Proposals to be Voted On—Ratification of Appointment of 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 14.

94

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KITEM 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

PART IV  

PART IV

ITEM 15  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)  Documents filed with this Report

1.  Consolidated financial statements of FMC Corporation and its subsidiaries are incorporated under Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

2.  The following supplementary financial information is filed in this Form 10-K:

Financial Statements Schedule II – Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves for the years ended 
December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
The schedules not included herein are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is presented in the financial 
statements or related notes.

92

Page

3.  Exhibits – The following exhibits are filed as a part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Form 10-K:

(b)  Exhibits

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
(2)
*2.1a

*2.1b

(3)
*3.1

*3.2
(4)

*4.1

*4.2

*4.3

*4.4

*4.5

4.6 
(10)
*10.1a

*10.1b

*10.1c

Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession
Transaction Agreement, dated March 31, 2017, by and between E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 2.1 
to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2017)
Purchase Price Allocation Side Letter Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2017, by and between E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and 
FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.26 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2017)
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through April 30, 2019 (Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on 
May 8, 2019)
Restated By-Laws of FMC Corporation as of April 30, 2019 (Exhibit 3.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 8, 2019)
Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures. FMC Corporation undertakes to furnish to the SEC upon 
request, a copy of any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of FMC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries and 
for any of its unconsolidated subsidiaries for which financial statements are required to be filed.
Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2009, by and between FMC Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (Exhibit 4.1 
to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 30, 2009)
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 30, 2009, by and between FMC Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as 
trustee (including the form of the Note) (Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 30, 2009)
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2011, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as 
trustee (including the form of the Note) (Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2011)
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as 
trustee (including the form of the Note) (Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15, 2013)
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2019, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as 
trustee (including the forms of the Notes attached as Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C thereto) (Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on 
Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2019)
Description of Capital Stock
Material contracts
Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2017, among FMC Corporation, certain subsidiaries of FMC Corporation party thereto, the 
lenders party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for such lenders. (Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed 
on May 2, 2017)
Amendment No. 1, dated September 28, 2018, to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2017, among FMC Corporation, certain 
subsidiaries of FMC Corporation from time to time party thereto as borrowers, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, each lender from 
time to time party thereto and the other parties thereto. (Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2018)
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2019, among FMC Corporation, certain subsidiaries of FMC 
Corporation party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for such lenders. 
(Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2019)
FMC Corporation Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors As Amended and Restated Effective April 28, 2020

†10.2
†*10.2.a Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement - Annual Grant (Exhibit 10.4.a to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 

on February 23, 2009)

95

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-K 
PART IV  
ITEM 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
†*10.2.b Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement - Annual Retainer (Exhibit 10.4.b to the Annual Report on Form 10-K 

†*10.3

†*10.4

†*10.5

†*10.5a

†*10.5b

†*10.6

†* 10.6a

†* 10.6b

filed on February 23, 2009)
FMC Corporation Salaried Employees’ Equivalent Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2009 (Exhibit 10.5 to 
the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
FMC Corporation Salaried Employees’ Equivalent Retirement Plan Grantor Trust, as amended and restated effective as July 31, 2001 
(Exhibit 10.6.a to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2001)
FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan, as adopted by the Company on December 17, 2008 (Exhibit 10.7 to the 
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
Adoption Agreement for FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan, effective as of December 17, 2008 (Exhibit 4.2 to 
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 19, 2019)
Amendment to the Adoption Agreement for FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan, effective as of January 1, 2018 
(Exhibit 4.2.a to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 19, 2019)
FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust, as amended and restated effective as of September 28, 2001 (Exhibit 
10.7.a to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2001)
First Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of October 1, 2003 (Exhibit 10.15a to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 11, 2004)
Second Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust, effective as of January 1, 2004 (Exhibit 10.12b 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 14, 2005)

†*10.7

†*10.6f

†*10.6e

†*10.7c

†*10.7a

†*10.6g

†*10.7b

†*10.6d

†*10.6c Third Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of February 14, 2005 (Exhibit 10.8.c to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
Fourth Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of July 1, 2005 (Exhibit 10.8.d to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
Fifth Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of April 23, 2008 (Exhibit 10.8.e to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
Sixth Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of March 26, 2009 (Exhibit 10.7f to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2017)
Seventh Amendment to FMC Corporation Non-Qualified Savings and Investment Plan Trust between Fidelity Management Trust Company 
and FMC Corporation, effective as of April 1, 2017 (Exhibit 10.7g to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2017)
FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan as amended and restated through April 25, 2017 (Exhibit 10.8 to the Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2018)
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement Pursuant to the FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan (Exhibit 
10.8a to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2017)
Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement Pursuant to the FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan (Exhibit 10.8b 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2017)
Form of Key Manager Restricted Stock Agreement Pursuant to the FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan (Exhibit 
10.8c to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2017)
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement Pursuant to FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan 
(Exhibit 10.8d to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 2, 2017)
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement Pursuant to FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan 
(Relative Total Shareholder Return Metric) (Exhibit 10.8e to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 8, 2019)
Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement Pursuant to FMC Corporation Incentive Compensation and Stock Plan 
(Operating Cash Flow Metric)
FMC Corporation Executive Severance Plan, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2009 (Exhibit 10.10 to the Annual Report on 
Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2009)
FMC Corporation Executive Severance Grantor Trust Agreement, dated July 31, 2001 (Exhibit 10.10a to the Quarterly Report on Form 
10-Q filed on November 7, 2001)
Amended and Restated Executive Severance Agreement, dated November 6, 2012, between FMC Corporation and Pierre Brondeau. (Exhibit 
10.2 to FMC Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2012) Pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation 
S-K, an Amended and Restated Executive Severance Agreement that is substantially identical in all material respects, except as to the parties 
thereto, between the Company and Mark Douglas was not filed.
Letter Agreement dated October 23, 2009 between FMC Corporation and Pierre Brondeau (Exhibit 10.18 to FMC Corporation’s Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2010)

†*10.11

†*10.10

†*10.7e

*10.7d

†*10.8

†*10.9

†10.7f

†*10.11a Amendment to October 23, 2009 Letter Agreement, dated November 6, 2012, between FMC Corporation and Pierre Brondeau. (Exhibit 

*10.12

*10.13

*10.14

*10.15

*10.16

†*10.17

10.1 to FMC Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2012)
Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 
10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Livent Corporation, filed on October 15, 2018, SEC File No. 1-38694) (the “Livent October 
2018 Form 8-K”))
Transition Services Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.2 
to the Livent October 2018 Form 8-K)
Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.3 to the 
Livent October 2018 Form 8-K)
Tax Matters Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.4 to the 
Livent October 2018 Form 8-K)
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.5 
to the Livent October 2018 Form 8-K)
Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC 
Corporation (Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report to the Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2019)

96

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART IV  

ITEM 16 Form 10-K Summary

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
*10.18

Trademark License Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, by and between Livent Corporation and FMC Corporation (Exhibit 10.7 to 
the Livent October 2018 Form 8-K)
Executive Severance Agreement, dated May 15, 2018, between FMC Corporation and Andrew D. Sandifer (Exhibit 10.28 to the Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2019)
Executive Severance Agreement, dated April 1, 2019, between FMC Corporation and Michael Reilly
FMC Corporation List of Significant Subsidiaries
Consent of KPMG LLP
Chief Executive Officer Certification
Chief Financial Officer Certification
Chief Executive Officer Certification of Annual Report
Chief Financial Officer Certification of Annual Report
Interactive Data File

†*10.19

†10.20
21 
23.1 
31.1 
31.2 
32.1 
32.2 
101 

* Incorporated by reference
† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

ITEM 16  Form 10-K Summary

Optional disclosure, not included in this Report.

97

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KPART IV

Signatures

PART IV  
SignatureS  

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

FMC CORPORATION

(Registrant)

By:

/S/ ANDREW D. SANDIFER
Andrew D. Sandifer
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer

Date:

February 28, 2020

Pursuant to the requirements 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 date indicated.

Title

Date

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

February 28, 2020

Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

February 28, 2020

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

Signature
/S/  ANDREW D. SANDIFER
Andrew D. Sandifer
/S/  NICHOLAS L. PFEIFFER
Nicholas L. Pfeiffer
/S/  PIERRE R. BRONDEAU
Pierre R. Brondeau
/S/  G. PETER D’ALOIA
G. Peter D’Aloia
/S/  EDUARDO E. CORDEIRO
Eduardo E. Cordeiro
/S/  C. SCOTT GREER
C. Scott Greer
/S/  DIRK A. KEMPTHORNE
Dirk A. Kempthorne
/S/  PAUL J. NORRIS
Paul J. Norris
/S/  ROBERT C. PALLASH
Robert C. Pallash
/S/  VINCENT R. VOLPE, JR.
Vincent R. Volpe, Jr.
/S/  WILLIAM H. POWELL
William H. Powell
/S/  MARGARETH ØVRUM
Margareth Øvrum
/S/  K’LYNNE JOHNSON
K’Lynne Johnson

98

FMC CORPORATION - Form 10-KBOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pierre R. Brondeau 
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, FMC Corporation 
Executive Chairman, FMC Corporation (effective June 1, 2020)

Eduardo E. Cordeiro 
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and President, 
Americas Region, Cabot Corporation

G. Peter D’Aloia 
Former Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors, 
Ascend Performance Materials Holdings, Inc.

C. Scott Greer 
Principal, Greer and Associates

K’Lynne Johnson 
Former Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Chair, 
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc.

Dirk A. Kempthorne 
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council 
of Life Insurers

CHAIRMAN'S COMMITTEE
Pierre R. Brondeau 
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (through May 31, 2020) 
Executive Chairman (effective June 1, 2020)

Mark A. Douglas 
President and Chief Executive Officer-Elect (through May 31, 2020) 
President and Chief Executive Officer (effective June 1, 2020)

OFFICERS
Diane Allemang 
Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Brian P. Angeli 
Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Treasurer

William F. Chester 
Vice President, Global Tax

Barry J. Crawford 
Vice President, Operations

Paul J. Norris 
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, W. R. Grace & Co.

Margareth Øvrum 
President, Equinor Brazil 
Executive Vice President, Development & Production, Brazil, Equinor ASA

Robert C. Pallash 
Retired President, Global Customer, Group and Senior Vice President, 
Visteon Corporation

William H. Powell 
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Starch and 
Chemical Company

Vincent R. Volpe, Jr.  
Chairman, CEO, President and Principal, LeHavre Athletic Club

Andrew D. Sandifer 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Michael F. Reilly 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer 
and Secretary

Kyle Matthews 
Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Ronaldo Pereira 
President, FMC Americas

Nicholas L. Pfeiffer 
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 

Kathleen A. Shelton, Ph.D. 
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Kenneth A. Gedaka 
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs

Bethwyn Todd 
President, FMC Asia Pacific

Marc L. Hullebroeck 
President, FMC EMEA

David A. Kotch 
Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Susanne M. Lingard 
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Karen M. Totland, Ph.D. 
Vice President, Global Procurement, Global Facilities and Corporate 
Sustainability

Shawn R. Whitman 
Vice President, Government Affairs

STOCKHOLDER DATA 

Stock Exchange Listing:   New York Stock Exchange

FMC Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 
at 2:00 p.m. ET, FMC Tower at Cira Centre South, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 
Notice of the meeting, together with instructions on how to access our proxy materials, 
will be mailed approximately six weeks prior to the meeting to stockholders of record as of 
Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

Transfer Agent and Registrar of Stock:
Equiniti Trust Company
EQ Shareowner Services
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Phone: 1.800.468.9716 
(1.651.450.4064 local and outside the United States)

www.equiniti.com

FMC was incorporated in Delaware in 1928.

Stock Exchange Symbol:  FMC

FMC Corporation is an active participant in the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and 
we support the principles of the ACC’s Responsible Care® Program by working with our 
employees, suppliers, customers, contractors and commercial partners to promote responsible 
management of our products and processes through their entire life cycle, and for their intended 
use, worldwide. FMC undergoes third-party review and certification of our conformance with the 
Responsible Care Management System requirements at our headquarters offices and all of our 
sites located in the United States. For additional information on our Responsible Care Program, 
please go to www.FMC.com.

Responsible Care® is a service mark of American Chemistry Council, Inc.

FMC, the FMC logo, Accudo and Lucento are trademarks or registered trademarks of FMC 
Corporation or an affiliate. 

Always read and follow all label directions, restrictions and precautions for use. Lucento® 
fungicide may not be registered for sale or use in all states and jurisdictions.

FMC Corporation
FMC Tower at Cira Centre South
2929 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA

FMC.com

Copyright © 2020, FMC Corporation. All rights reserved.