---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000037785-25-000134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMC"
cik: "0000037785"
company_name: "FMC CORP"
filed_at: "2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:25:22.222915+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMC announces Project Foundation restructuring with $560-635M charges; goodwill impairment expected

## Summary
- Project Foundation to deliver $175M+ annual run-rate savings by end-2027; exits high-cost plants, Asia cuts.
- Pre-tax restructuring charges $560-635M: $420-440M non-cash asset write-offs, $140-195M cash costs.
- Cash costs include $50-80M severance, $10-20M consulting, $80-95M decommissioning/contract termination.
- Due to stock price decline, FMC expects significant non-cash goodwill/intangibles impairment in FY2025.
- Restructuring actions substantially complete by end-2027; impairment does not affect operating cash flows.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037785-25-000134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMC
- cik: 0000037785
- company_name: FMC CORP
- filed_at: 2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 2.06
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000134/0000037785-25-000134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000134/fmc-20251212.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000037785-25-000134
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000037785-25-000134.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 50318916b3742f670720d46fa29af153671c3faf
  claim: FMC CORP announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $560 to $635 million affecting Manufacturing Restructuring Program and cost-reduction initiatives in Asia.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company expects to incur pre-tax restructuring charges over the life of the program in the range of approximately $560 to $635 million, which is subject to future changes, in connection with these efforts.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778525000134/0000037785-25-000134-index.htm

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