UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C., 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date Of Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported): March 21, 2008
FMC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 1-2376
| Delaware | 94-0479804 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
215.299.6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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| Item 5.04 | Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans. |
On March 21, 2008, FMC Corporation (the “Registrant”) sent a notice (“Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them that there will be a change involving an investment option available under the FMC Corporation Savings & Investment Plan (“Plan”) such that the FMC Stock Fund will be transitioned from a unitized stock fund to a real-time traded stock fund. The Notice states that, as a result of this change, Plan participants will temporarily be unable to buy, sell, or otherwise acquire, transfer or dispose of shares of common stock of the Registrant. The Notice further states that directors and executive officers are prohibited from directly or indirectly purchasing, selling, or otherwise acquiring or transferring any equity security of the Registrant during the entire period that participant transactions are restricted under the Plan (the “blackout period”). The blackout period will begin on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. EDT and end on Thursday May 1, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
The Notice was provided pursuant to Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Registrant received the notice required by section 101(i)(2)(E) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, on March 21, 2008.
A copy of the notice provided to the Registrant’s directors and executive officers is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Notice |
Signature(s)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FMC CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: March 24, 2008 | By: | /s/ Andrea Utecht | ||
| Andrea Utecht | ||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| EX-99.1 | Notice |