FMC buys the portion of DuPont’s Crop Protection business to meet EC merger mandate

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In Pennsylvania, FMC Corporation agreed to acquire the portion of DuPont’s Crop Protection business that DuPont must divest to comply with the European Commission ruling related to its merger with The Dow Chemical Company. DuPont will acquire FMC Health and Nutrition and receive $1.2 billion.

FMC will acquire DuPont’s global chewing pest insecticide portfolio, its global cereal broadleaf herbicides and a substantial portion of DuPont’s global crop protection R&D capabilities. After the acquisition closes, FMC Agricultural Solutions will become the fifth largest crop protection chemical company in the world by revenue, with estimated annual revenue of approximately $3.8 billion.

“This is a significant step forward for FMC, and for our Agricultural Solutions business in particular,” said Pierre Brondeau, FMC president, CEO and chairman. “The combination of market-leading products from DuPont’s crop protection portfolio and its world-class R&D capabilities will transform our Agricultural Solutions business into a tier-one ag technology company.”