FMC - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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FMC M&A Summary

FMC has acquired 9 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 6 assets.

FMC’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Cheminova A/S for $1.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold FMC - Alkali Chemicals Business to Tronox Holdings for $1.6B. FMC has acquired in 1 US state, and 8 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include chemicals (56%) and food (23%).

FMC Business Overview

Where is FMC headquartered?

FMC is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

What is FMC’s revenue?

FMC disclosed revenue of 4,487M USD for 2023 and 5,802M USD for 2022.

How many employees does FMC have?

FMC has 6,200 employees.

What sector is FMC in?

FMC is a chemicals company.

When was FMC founded?

FMC was founded in 1883.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 8
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10
  • M&A Advisors 5

FMC

FMC Corp.

2929 Walnut Street Cira Centre South,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
United States,
(215) 299-6000
www.fmc.com

FMC is an American chemical manufacturing company. It is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial, environmental, and consumer markets globally for more than a century with innovative solutions, applications and quality products. FMC was incorporated in 1883 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 8 1 - - - - 9
vol $2.1B $62M $2.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 6 - - - - - 6
vol $4.3B $4.3B
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Isagro S.p.A. - Fluindapyr Active Ingredient Assets 2020-05-06 62M EUR Divestiture
, Italy
FMC Corp. - Epax Omega-3 Business 2017-06-23 - Divestiture
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FMC Corp. - Health & Nutrition Business 2017-03-31 1.2B USD Divestiture
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DuPont - Crop Protection Business 2017-03-31 - Divestiture
Wilmington, Delaware
Consagro Agroquimica Ltda. 2015-09-11 - Divestiture
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.consagroagroquimica.com.br
FMC Corp. - Alkali Chemicals Business 2015-02-03 1.6B USD Divestiture
, United States
Cheminova A/S 2014-09-08 1.8B USD Divestiture
Harboøre, Denmark · www.cheminova.com
PeroxyChem LLC 2013-12-13 200M USD Divestiture
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · www.peroxychem.com
Epax AS 2013-07-24 345M USD Divestiture
Oslo, Norway · www.epax.com
GAT Microencapsulation AG 2012-12-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Ebenfurth, Austria · www.microencapsulation.at
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Chemicals 5 (56%) 1.9B (84%) 5 (83%) 3.0B (70%)
Food 2 (22%) - - -
Life Science 2 (22%) 345M (16%) - -
Energy Services and Equipment - - 1 (17%) 1.3B (30%)
Total 9 $2.2B 6 $4.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 1 - 4 3.0B
  Pennsylvania - - 3 1.4B
  Delaware 1 - - -
Italy 2 62M - -
United Kingdom 1 - 1 1.3B
Austria 1 - - -
Brazil - - 1 -
Chile 1 - - -
Denmark 1 1.8B - -
Germany 1 - - -
Norway 1 345M - -
Domestic 1 (11%) - 4 (67%) 3.0B (70%)
Cross-border 8 (89%) 2.2B (100%) 2 (33%) 1.3B (30%)
Total 9 $2.2B 6 $4.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BofA Securities
2
Citigroup Investment Banking
1
Goldman Sachs
1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
1
Morgan Lewis
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.8B
$100M to $1B 1 $345M
< $100M 1 $62M
TOTAL $2.2B
Largest Cheminova A/S
$1.8B (2014-09-08)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $4.1B
$100M to $1B 1 $200M
TOTAL $4.3B
Largest FMC Corp. - Alkali Chemicals Business
$1.6B (2015-02-03)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
1 (11%)
Strategic(s)
56%
5 (56%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Strategic(s)
67%
4 (67%)

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