---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000037785-26-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMC"
cik: "0000037785"
company_name: "FMC CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:31:27.407829+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMC director Dirk Kempthorne dies; shareholders reject supermajority elimination proposals

## Summary
- Director Dirk Kempthorne, board member since 2009, passed away.
- 2026 Incentive Stock Plan approved by shareholders, effective Apr 28.
- Three proposals to eliminate supermajority voting provisions failed to achieve required 80% approval.
- Miscellaneous charter amendments approved; bylaws amended with technical advance notice changes.
- All nine director nominees elected; KPMG ratified; say-on-pay passed with 53.9M for, 31M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037785-26-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMC
- cik: 0000037785
- company_name: FMC CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778526000087/0000037785-26-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778526000087/fmc-20260428.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4300e25afd
  claim: Dirk A. Kempthorne departed as Director at FMC CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: FMC Corporation (the “ Company ”) announced the passing of Dirk A. Kempthorne, a member of our board of directors (the “ Board ”) since 2009.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778526000087/0000037785-26-000087-index.htm
- claim_id: 3d15cc184c716051ea2f94eb03b209de613e7c9d
  claim: FMC CORP: Stockholders approved miscellaneous amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective upon filing on April 29, 2026 (effective 2026-04-29).
  evidence_excerpt: stockholders approved certain amendments (the “ Charter Amendments ”) to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778526000087/0000037785-26-000087-index.htm
- claim_id: c7d45a3ee016481cc18dde00c1489447cadd3629
  claim: FMC CORP: Board approved amendments to the Restated By-Laws, including technical changes to advance notice provisions, effective April 28, 2026 (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: The Board also approved certain amendments to the Company’s Restated By-Laws (as amended, the “ Amended and Restated By-Laws ”), including certain limited technical changes related to the advance notice provisions to clarify certain procedural requirements with respect to director nominations and proposals of business.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000003778526000087/0000037785-26-000087-index.htm

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