Part I iteM 1 Business General 1 FMC Corporation    2010 Form 10K FMC Corporation (FMC) was incorporated in 1928 under Delaware  law and has its principal executive offices at 1735 Market Street,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Throughout this Annual Report  on Form 10-K, except where otherwise stated or indicated by the  context, “FMC”, “We,” “Us,” or “Our” means FMC Corporation  and its consolidated subsidiaries and their predecessors. Copies of the  annual, quarterly and current reports we file with the Securities and  Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and any amendments to those reports,  are available on our website at  www.FMC.com  as soon as practicable  after we furnish such materials to the SEC. We are a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, consumer  and industrial markets globally with innovative solutions, applications  and market-leading products. We operate in three distinct business  segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial  Chemicals. Our Agricultural Products segment develops, markets and  sells all three major classes of crop protection chemicals — insecticides,  herbicides, and fungicides — with particular strength in insecticides  and herbicides. These products are used in agriculture to enhance  crop yield and quality by controlling a broad spectrum of insects,  weeds and disease, as well as pest control in non-agricultural markets.  Specialty Chemicals consists of our BioPolymer and lithium businesses  and focuses on food ingredients that are used to enhance texture,  structure and physical stability, pharmaceutical additives for binding,  encapsulation and disintegrant applications, ultrapure biopolymers  for medical devices and lithium for energy storage, specialty polymers  and pharmaceutical synthesis. Our Industrial Chemicals segment  manufactures a wide range of inorganic materials, including soda  ash, hydrogen peroxide, specialty peroxygens, zeolites and silicates.  Through December 31, 2010, our Industrial Chemicals segment also  held a niche position in phosphorous chemicals products; however, in  November 2010 we made the decision to exit the phosphate business  via the shutdown of our Huelva facility in Spain. The following table shows the principal products produced by our three business segments and their raw materials and uses, subsequent to the  exit of our phosphorous chemicals business: (1) Through December 31, 2010, our Industrial Chemicals principal products included phosphorous chemicals. Segment Product raw Materials Uses Agricultural Products Insecticides Synthetic chemical  intermediates Protection of crops, including cotton, sugarcane, rice, corn, soybeans, cereals,  fruits and vegetables from insects and for non-agricultural applications  including pest control for home, garden and other specialty markets Herbicides Synthetic chemical  intermediates Protection of crops, including cotton, sugarcane, rice, corn, soybeans, cereals,  fruits and vegetables from weed growth and for non-agricultural applications  including turf and roadsides Fungicides Synthetic chemical  intermediates Protection of crops, including fruits, vegetables and tobacco from fungal disease Specialty Chemicals Microcrystalline  Cellulose Specialty pulp Drug dry tablet binder and disintegrant, food ingredient Carrageenan Refined seaweed Food ingredient for thickening and stabilizing, encapsulants  for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical Alginates Refined seaweed Food ingredients, pharmaceutical excipient, healthcare and industrial uses Lithium Mined lithium Batteries, polymers, pharmaceuticals, greases and lubricants,  air conditioning and other industrial uses Industrial  Chemicals  (1) Soda Ash Mined trona ore Glass, chemicals, detergents Peroxygens Hydrogen Pulp & paper, chemical processing, detergents, antimicrobial disinfectants,  environmental applications, electronics, and polymers Zeolites & Silicates Caustic Soda, Soda Ash Detergents, car tires, pulp & paper