[PHOTO OF TEB BUTZ] Ted Butz General Manager, FMC BioPolymer Specialty Chemicals 2000 Forecast [PIE CHART] Food & Transportation 21% Industrial Chemicals 20% Specialty Chemicals 13% $500M Agricultural Products 18% Energy Systems 28% Total FMC Sales = $3.9 Billion Specialty Chemicals 2000 Overview Sales [PIE CHART] Key Markets [PIE CHART] BioPolymer Lithium Pharmaceutical Approximately 1/3 Approximately 2/3 Approximately 1/3 Food Ingredients Approximately 1/3 Specialty Approximately 1/3 Total Specialty Chemical Sales = $500 Million FMC Specialty Chemicals Segment Sales ($M) [Bar graph A] 750 602.0 604.8 598.2 564.5 500 -- 250 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Fcst Segment EBIT ($M) [Bar graph B] 100 -- 80 77.9 77.2 73.5 65.5 60 40 20 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Fcst Positioned for growth: Consolidating and Strengthening in 1999 1. Divested businesses that lacked long-term growth potential 2. Reduced production of commodity lithium carbonate 3. Focused resources on high margin products 4. Acquired & integrated Pronova BioPolymer with FMC's food ingredients and pharmaceutical businesses Specialty Chemicals Segment Margins Year Results ---- ------- 2000 17.5% (forecast) 1999 13.0% 1998 13.0% 1997 12.9% Specialty Chemicals Opportunities and Outlook - - FMC BioPolymer - - FMC Lithium FMC BioPolymer Was Created In 1999 FMC BioPolymer Not Just Products. Partners. Leading Products Serving A Global Market [PIE CHART 1] [PIE CHART 2] Algin ROW 19% 17% CGN North Am 37% 47% Other Europe 8% 36% MCC 36% Leading Pharmaceutical, Food, & Specialty Customers - - Abbot Labs - Mars - - American Home - Merck - - Bristol Myers - Mylan - - Brahma - Nestle - - Colgate - Novartis - - ConAgra - Pharmacia - - CPC - Pfizer - - Danisco - Reckitt Coleman - - General Mills - San Ei - - Glaxo - SlimFast - - Goodman Fielder - SmithKline - - Johnson & Johnson - Unilever - - Kraft Foods FMC BioPolymer Consists of Three Attractive Businesses Business Total Growth - -------- Sales Prospects ----- --------- Pharmaceuticals 37% 5-6% Food Ingredients 42% 4-6% Specialty 21% 2-10% FMC Pharmaceutical Opportunities CORE PRODUCTS NEW SEGMENTS - ------------- ------------ - - MCC - EnTec(SM) Drug Delivery - - ALGINATES - Wound Care / Immunostimulants - - COATINGS AND HYDROCOLLOIDS - Medical Materials - Taste-masking - Other Services CORE GROWTH [PHOTO OF PHARMACEUTICALS APPEARS HERE] - ----------- - - Nutraceuticals - - Coatings - - Other Anti-reflux - - Acquisition - - Coatings FMC Pharmaceutical Opportunities - - Core growth - Alginates used for anti- [PHOTO OF ALIGNATES IN ACTION APPEARS HERE] reflux treatment - - New segment growth [PHOTO OF PROTANAL(R) IN USE APPEARS HERE] - Protanal(R) for use in advanced wound dressing Food Ingredients Opportunities CORE PRODUCTS NEW TRENDS - ------------- ---------- - - MCC - Taste - - CARRAGEENAN - Nutrition - - ALGINATES - Convenience - Niche applications CORE GROWTH - ----------- [PHOTO OF FOOD APPEARS HERE] - - Dairy - - Convenience foods - - Meat and poultry - - Bakery and confection FMC Food Ingredients Opportunities - - Taste, nutrition and convenience - Cultured products, such as yogurt - Nutritional beverages - Other nutritional applications FMC Specialty Opportunities - - Oral care - - Personal care - - Laundry and dishwasher tablets - - Niche industrial applications FMC BioPolymer Not Just Products. Partners. - - Strong core business - - Earnings on track - - Focused on higher margin segments - - Strong growth potential - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FMC Lithium . Lithium and lithium derived products . Manufacturing facilities in 4 countries . 52% of sales outside of US [PHOTO APPEARS HERE] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lithium Markets Total Business Focus Sales - -------------- ----- Downstream applications 75% Pharmaceuticals, energy and specialty polymers Upstream applications 25% Refrigeration, rubber treatment Overall CGR of 7% FMC FMC Lithium Strategy - - Focused resources on downstream specialty opportunities - - Outsourced production of most commodity lithium carbonate requirements - - Maintain manufacturing cost position of high-value lithium - - Increased technical resources to help customers speed product development FMC FMC Lithium Opportunities - - Lifetime(R) and Renew(R) ASR [PHOTO OF LITHIUM BATTERIES APPEARS HERE] concrete technologies - - Pharmaceutical, Agricultural, [PHOTO OF A PHARMACIST APPEARS HERE] and specialty polymers. - - Lithium ion batteries [PHOTO OF A CONCRETE SURFACE APPEARS HERE] FMC FMC Lithium Opportunities - - Electric and hybrid electric vehicles [PHOTO OF ELECTRIC/HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPEARS HERE] - Available by 2005 - Consortium headed by Argonne National Labs (US DOE) [PHOTO OF ELECTRIC/HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPEARS HERE] - Lithium ion batteries are key to this opportunity FMC FMC Specialty Chemicals Panel Joseph H. Netherland President FMC Corporation Ted Butz General Manager FMC BioPolymer D. Michael Wilson General Manager Lithium