There have been three significant stock events since 2000:December 31, 2001: FMC completed the spin-off of the company’s 83 percent ownership of FMC Technologies through a tax-free distribution. As a result, the company distributed approximately 1.72 shares of FMC Technologies common stock for every one share of FMC shares outstanding.
August 17, 2007: FMC Corporation’s Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of FMC's common stock. The split was structured in the form of a stock dividend and was payable on September 13, 2007, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2007, with respect to the shares outstanding at such time. In line with this split, FMC’s stockholders were issued one additional common share for every share of common stock held in the corporation on the record date.
May 11, 2012: On April 24, 2012, the FMC Corporation Board of Directors declared a two-for-one split of its common stock to be effected in the form of a distribution payable on May 24, 2012, to shareholders of record of its common stock as of the close of business on May 11, 2012. |
