---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-163937"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMC"
cik: "0000037785"
company_name: "FMC CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:24:47.948411+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FMC Corp. amends credit agreement, adds secured leverage covenant and obtains waiver for Q1 2026

## Summary
- Amendment No. 6 to Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 16, 2026.
- New maximum secured leverage ratio of 3.50x, modifications to leverage and interest coverage ratios.
- Waiver of maximum leverage ratio covenant for fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026.
- Designation of subsidiary guarantors and grant of security interests in assets and equity.
- Lenders receive consent fee of 0.05% of aggregate commitments for approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-163937
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMC
- cik: 0000037785
- company_name: FMC CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000119312526163937/0001193125-26-163937-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000119312526163937/d81650d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2421c6dd368ce1ea63c7cbf1303f9ffc4bb4f831
  claim: FMC CORP amended Amendment No. 6 with the Lenders (effective 2026-04-16).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 16, 2026, FMC Corporation (the “Company”) and certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into Amendment No. 6 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries from time to time party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and each lender and issuing bank from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000119312526163937/0001193125-26-163937-index.htm

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