• We have significant investments in long-lived assets and continually  review the carrying value of these assets for recoverability in light  of changing market conditions and alternative product sourcing  opportunities. • Our results incorporate the financial performance of our equity  affiliates. As such, our influence, though significant, is exercised in  concert with our partners; accordingly, the performance of these  investments is not under our control. • Obligations related to our pension and postretirement plans reflect  certain assumptions. To the extent our plans’ actual experience differs  from these assumptions, our costs and funding obligations could  increase or decrease significantly. iteM 1B unresolved staff Comments None. iteM 2 properties FMC leases executive offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and operates  31 manufacturing facilities and mines in 18 countries. Our major  research and development facility is in Ewing, New Jersey. Trona ore, used for soda ash production in Green River, Wyoming, is  mined primarily from property held under long-term leases. We own  the mineral rights to the Salar del Hombre Muerto lithium reserves  in Argentina. A number of our chemical plants require the basic raw  materials that are provided by these mines, without which other sources  would have to be obtained. With regard to our mining properties  operated under long-term leases, no single lease or related group of  leases is material to our businesses or to our company as a whole. We believe our facilities meet present requirements and are in good  operating condition. The number and location of our owned or leased  production properties for continuing operations are: United States Latin america and Canada Western Europe asia-Pacific total Agricultural Products 2 1 — 3 6 Specialty Chemicals 3 2 6 6 17 Industrial Chemicals 3 1 4 — 8 tOtaL 8 4 10 9 31 iteM 3  legal proceedings Like hundreds of other industrial companies, we have been named as  one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation.  Most of these cases allege personal injury or death resulting from  exposure to asbestos in premises of FMC or to asbestos-containing  components installed in machinery or equipment manufactured or  sold by discontinued operations. The machinery and equipment  businesses we owned or operated did not fabricate the asbestos- containing component parts at issue in the litigation, and to this day,  neither the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration nor  the Environmental Protection Agency has banned the use of these  components. Further, the asbestos-containing parts for this machinery  and equipment were accessible only at the time of infrequent repair  and maintenance. Recently, a few jurisdictions have permitted claims  to proceed against equipment manufacturers relating to insulation  installed by other companies on such machinery and equipment.  We believe that, overall, the claims against FMC are without merit.  Indeed, the bulk of the claims against us to date have been dismissed  without payment. As of December 31, 2010, there were approximately 12,000 premises and  product asbestos claims pending against FMC in several jurisdictions.  Since the 1980s, we have had discharged approximately 98,000 asbestos  claims against FMC, the overwhelming majority of which have been  dismissed without any payment to the plaintiff. Settlements by us with  claimants since that time have totaled approximately $36.6 million. We intend to continue managing these cases in accordance with our  historical experience. We have established a reserve for this litigation. In late June 2004, we were served in a lawsuit captioned “Lewis et  al v. FMC Corporation” which was filed in United States District  Court for the Western District of New York. The suit was brought by  thirteen residents of Middleport, New York who allege that we violated  certain state and federal environmental laws and seeks injunctive relief  and monetary damages for personal injuries and property damage in  connection with such alleged violations. A motion for summary was  filed by the Company in 2007 and is expected to be decided in 2011.  We believe this suit is without merit. 14 FMC Corporation    2010 Form 10K Part I  iteM1B unresolved staff Comments