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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-009902"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMC"
cik: "0000037785"
company_name: "FMC CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-01T11:07:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T11:10:09.332942+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMC sells 20% stake to Tessenderlo Group for $403M; board seat, standstill

## Summary
- Tessenderlo Group to buy 30.3M shares at $13.30 each, total $403M, for ~20% ownership.
- Investor gets board nomination right for one director and a board observer while holding ≥10%.
- 36-month lock-up on shares; standstill restrictions on further acquisitions and activism.
- Preemptive rights and demand registration rights granted to investor.
- Closing subject to regulatory approvals and customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-009902
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMC
- cik: 0000037785
- company_name: FMC CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T11:07:40+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000095010326009902/0000950103-26-009902-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000095010326009902/dp249374_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-009902.txt

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