ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
Retirement of Dr. Kathleen Shelton as Executive Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer
On December 14, 2022, FMC Corporation ("FMC" or the "Company") announced that
Dr. Kathleen Shelton will retire from her position as Executive Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer ("CTO") of the Company effective March 31, 2023.
Dr. Shelton joined FMC in 2017 as Vice President and CTO and has been Executive
Vice President since December 2021.
ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
Appointment of Dr. Seva Rostovtsev as Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer
On December 14, 2022, the Company announced that Dr. Seva Rostovtsev has been
named Vice President and Chief Technology Officer succeeding Dr. Shelton,
effective April 1, 2023.
Dr. Rostovtsev joined FMC in 2017 as director of Discovery Chemistry, where he
has led a team of scientists that identify and optimize technologies for new,
advanced crop protection products used by farmers around the world. As a senior
leader in FMC's research organization, Dr. Rostovtsev has driven the company's
strategy to optimize R&D data management and led improvements in the efficiency
and effectiveness of agricultural chemistry discovery. Prior to FMC, he held
research and technical leadership roles throughout DuPont beginning in 2003,
including Process Chemistry and Engineering, Emerging Technologies and Fungicide
Discovery Chemistry. He was a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps Research and was
the co-inventor of copper-catalyzed Click Chemistry, which won the 2022 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry. Dr. Rostovtsev earned his Bachelor of Science from Higher
Chemical College, his Master of Science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and
his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated December 14, 2022
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