FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 20, 2019 (this “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), between FMC CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having its principal offices at 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
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WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of one or more series of debt securities evidencing unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company to be issued in one or more series;
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides, among other things, that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, create one or more series of the Company’s debt securities and establish the form and terms and conditions thereof;
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides, among other things, that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of three new separate series of debt securities to be designated as (i) the “3.200% Senior Notes due 2026” (the “2026 Notes”), (ii) the “3.450% Senior Notes due 2029” (the “2029 Notes”) and (iii) the “4.500% Senior Notes due 2049” (the “2049 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes and the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes the covenants set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the issuance of the Notes and the forms, terms and conditions of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes have been executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Original Indenture and delivered as provided in the Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company under the Original Indenture to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: