---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000037785-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMC"
cik: "0000037785"
company_name: "FMC CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:42:12.171050+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMC general counsel Michael Reilly to retire; Sara Velazquez Ponessa named successor

## Summary
- Michael F. Reilly retiring as EVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary effective June 1, 2025; full retirement July 1, 2025.
- Sara Velazquez Ponessa appointed EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective June 1, 2025.
- Ponessa previously served as FMC senior business counsel (2012-2018), then led Livent's 2018 IPO and spinoff as its first GC.
- Most recently Ponessa was VP, GC and secretary at Arcadium Lithium plc.
- Reilly spent 23 years at FMC; he will support transition starting April 28.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037785-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMC
- cik: 0000037785
- company_name: FMC CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000034/0000037785-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000034/fmc-20250422.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000037785-25-000034.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9847cd2ae2
  claim: Sara Velazquez Ponessa was appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at FMC CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 22, 2025, the Company announced that Sara Velazquez Ponessa has been named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary succeeding Mr. Reilly, effective June 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000034/0000037785-25-000034-index.htm
- claim_id: a5c376c686
  claim: Michael F. Reilly departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary at FMC CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 22, 2025, FMC Corporation (“FMC” or the “Company”) announced that Mr. Michael F. Reilly will retire from his positions as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Company effective June 1, 2025, and retire fully from the Company effective July 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000034/0000037785-25-000034-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.