FMC 8K Regulation FD Disclosure | FMC 18 Mar 10

FMC Corporation

UBS Chemicals Conference

Boston, MA

March 18, 2010

Pierre Brondeau

President and CEO

W. Kim Foster

Senior Vice President and CFO

Exhibit 99.1

Disclaimer

Safe Harbor Statement under the

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

These slides and the accompanying presentation contain “forward-looking

statements”

that represent management’s best judgment as of the date hereof

based

information

currently

available.

Actual

results

the

Company

may

differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

Additional

information

concerning

factors

that

may

cause

results

differ

materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the

Company’s periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

amended.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-

looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties.

Non-GAAP Financial Terms

These

slides

contain

certain

“non-GAAP

financial

terms”

which

are

defined

the appendix. In addition, we have provided reconciliations of non-GAAP terms

to the closest GAAP term in the appendix.

FMC Corporation

LTM ending December 31, 2009 ($ millions)

FMC CORPORATION

Revenue: $2,826

EBITDA: $594

Margin*: 21.0%

INDUSTRIAL

CHEMICALS

Revenue:

$1,027

EBITDA:

$160

Margin*:

15.6%

AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTS

Revenue: $1,052

EBITDA:

$306

Margin*:

29.1%

SPECIALTY

CHEMICALS

Revenue:

$753

EBITDA:

$193

Margin*:

25.6%

EBITDA margin

Leading Market Positions

Diverse End Markets -

Low Correlation to Economic Cycles

Diversified and Integrated Cost Structure

Limited Dependence on Petrochemical Feedstocks

Focusing the portfolio on our growth businesses

•

Managing Agricultural Products and Specialty Chemicals for growth

•

Managing Industrial Chemicals for cash while addressing product

portfolio issues

Maintaining financial strength and flexibility

•

Solid investment grade rating S&P BBB+/Moody’s Baa1

•

Debt maturing in next 5 years < $200 million.

•

Free cash flow of ~$200 million projected in 2010

Blending organic and external growth initiatives

•

Increased emphasis on internal technology development

•

Complemented by financially attractive bolt-on acquisitions and

technology in-licensing

•

Biased toward capturing share in rapidly developing economies

Disciplined Approach to Unlocking Value

Leading Market Positions

(1) Based on 2009 consolidated sales

Industrial

Chemicals

#1 in N.A.

Soda Ash

#1 in N.A.

Persulfates

#1 Globally

Carrageenan

#1 Globally

Carbofuran

#2 in N.A.

Pyrethroids

Agricultural

Products

#1 Globally

Alginates

Specialty

Chemicals

#2 Globally

#1 Globally

Lithium Specialties

Microcrystalline Cellulose

Product Group

Position

(1)

Global Presence

Based on 2009 Consolidated Sales

North America

37% of Sales

Latin America

25% of Sales

Europe / Middle East / Africa

25% of Sales

Asia / Pacific

13% of Sales

Sales CAGR

2006-08

2006-09

North America

5.4%

2.9%

Latin America

27.4%

15.1%

Asia

20.3%

8.0%

EMEA

17.9%

3.9%

Diversified Customers and End Markets

Approximately 80% of sales to non GDP-cyclical end markets

Long-term relationships with blue chip customers

No single customer represents more than ~1 % of sales

Top 10 customers in total represent ~11% of sales

Based on 2009 Consolidated Sales

Non-Cyclical

80%

Cyclical

20%

Diversified and Integrated Cost Structure

Backward integrated in soda ash and lithium

Agricultural Product’s sourcing from low-cost economies

Diversified raw material structure and sourcing

No single raw material accounted for over 9% of total raw material

purchases in 2009

Global sourcing of renewable resources

Limited use of petrochemical feedstocks

Low energy demand requirements

Energy costs represented ~ 11% of cost of sales in 2009

Hedge 80% of planned natural gas purchases

Agricultural Products

Based on 2009 Consolidated Sales of $1,052 million

Strong niche positions in the Americas, Europe and Asia

Proprietary, branded insecticides and herbicides

Strategic Focus:

•

Focused in attractive intersections of products, crops and regions

•

Developing new actives & formulations to serve selected new crops

•

Enhancing growth through acquisitions

Agricultural Products

2010 segment earnings growth in the mid to high single digits reflecting higher sales

in most regions partially offset by less favorable product and geographic mix and

increased spending on growth initiatives

Specialty Chemicals

BioPolymers –

pharmaceutical and food ingredients

Lithium focus on specialties –

pharmaceuticals and energy storage

Strategic Focus:

•

Strengthening positions in core market segments

•

Continue high focus on close to customer technology development and formulation

•

Pursuing financially attractive bolt-on acquisitions to strengthen core platforms or

expand portfolio

•

Positioning capacity and technology to capture premium growth in

lithium

Based on 2009 Consolidated Sales of $753 million

Specialty Chemicals

2010 segment earnings up in the mid-teens, reflecting volume-driven sales growth

and productivity improvements

Industrial Chemicals

Based on 2009 Consolidated Sales of $1,027 million

#1 North American manufacturer of soda ash

Low cost, proprietary production technologies

Strategic Focus:

Managing for cash generation

Aligning capacity to highest margin markets and managing portfolio

Controlling costs and increasing productivity

Industrial Chemicals

2010 segment earnings up 5-15 percent versus prior year, as volume growth and

favorable raw material and energy costs are partially offset by lower selling prices

FMC in Summary

Focusing the portfolio on higher growth businesses

•

Managing Specialty Chemicals and Agricultural Products for growth

•

Managing Industrial Chemicals for cash while addressing product

portfolio issues

Sustaining double-digit earnings growth

(1)

•

Diverse end-markets, low correlation to economic cycles

•

Products aligned with global secular growth trends

•

Blending organic and external growth initiatives

•

Biased toward capturing share in rapidly developing economies

•

Limit impact of industry cycles on Industrial Chemicals’

business

performance

Strategic and financial flexibility

•

Solid balance sheet

•

Conservative liquidity profile

•

Strong cash flow

Disciplined approach to unlocking value

(1) Earnings before restructuring and other income and charges

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Glossary of Financial Terms

Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP

Non-GAAP Financial Terms

These slides contain certain “non-GAAP financial terms”

which are defined

below. In addition, we have provided reconciliations of non-GAAP terms to

the closest GAAP term in the appendix of this presentation.

EBITDA

(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) is

the

sum

of Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

and

Depreciation and Amortization.

EBITDA Margin

is the quotient

of EBITDA (defined above) divided by

Revenue.

ROIC

(Return on Invested Capital) is the sum

of Earnings from

continuing operations before restructuring and other income and

charges

and after-tax Interest expense

divided by the sum

of Short-

term debt, Current portion of long-term debt, Long-term debt

and Total

shareholders’

equity.

Segment Financial Terms

These slides contain references to segment financial items. Some

of the

segment financial terms are “non-GAAP financial terms”

and are defined

below. In addition, we have provided reconciliations of non-GAAP terms

to the closest GAAP term in the appendix of this presentation.

EBITDA

(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization)

for a segment

is the

sum

of Income (loss) from continuing operations

before

income

taxes

for

that

segment

and

Depreciation

and

Amortization

for that segment.

EBITDA

Margin

for

segment

the

quotient

EBITDA

(defined above)

divided by Revenue

for that segment.

Reconciliation

consolidated

income

from

continuing

operations

before

income taxes (a GAAP measure) to EBITDA (a Non-GAAP measure)

EBITDA Reconciliation: LTM 12/31/2009

(Unaudited, in $ millions)

LTM 12/31/2009

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

$310.0

Net Income attributable to non-controlling interests

(10.3)

Restructuring and other charges/(income), net

132.8

Purchase accounting inventory fair value impact and other related

inventory adjustments

7.1

Interest expense, net

27.0

Depreciation and amortization

127.2

EBITDA (Non-GAAP)

$593.8

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Profit (a GAAP measure) to EBITDA

(a Non-GAAP measure)

Segment EBITDA Reconciliation: LTM 12/31/2009

(Unaudited, in $ millions)

LTM 12/31/2009

Segment

Industrial

Chemicals

Specialty

Chemicals

Agricultural

Products

Segment Operating Profit (GAAP)

$89.7

$159.6

$289.0

Add:

Depreciation and Amortization

70.7

33.5

17.3

EBITDA (Non-GAAP)

$160.4

$193.1

$306.3

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