-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RSNAh5U0CyhANOfGIh+RYxX5Izhw1qv/q/MTC1vILMdBxCZ6DHqJi3lLYocsRtwq V5FDkceV8tD/vn9IE/wofg== 0000950131-95-002838.txt : 19951013 0000950131-95-002838.hdr.sgml : 19951013 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950131-95-002838 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19950331 FILED AS OF DATE: 19951012 SROS: CSX SROS: NYSE SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMC CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037785 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800] IRS NUMBER: 940479804 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02376 FILM NUMBER: 95580078 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 E RANDOLPH DR CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 BUSINESS PHONE: 3128616000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BEAN SPRAY PUMP CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19670706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FOOD MACHINERY & CHEMICAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19670706 11-K 1 FORM 11-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM ll-K (Mark One) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED) For the fiscal year ended ......... March 31, 1995 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED) For the transition period from ...........to........... Commission file number................................. A. FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the Plan) B. FMC CORPORATION 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601 (Name and Address of Issuer) Page 1 SIGNATURES - ---------- The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, FMC Corporation, as Plan Administrator, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN By W. J. Kirby -------------------------- W. J. Kirby Vice President-Administration FMC Corporation (Plan Administrator) Dated: October 12, 1995 Page 2 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT The Board of Directors FMC Corporation: We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan) as of March 31, 1995 and 1994 and the related statements of earnings and changes in plan equity for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan as of March 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and the changes in its plan equity for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. KPMG Peat Marwick Chicago, Illinois October 10, 1995 Page 3 ITEM 9 (a)(2) ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN --------------------------------------------- STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION -------------------------------- (IN THOUSANDS)
MARCH 31, 1995 MARCH 31, 1994 --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ COMBINED FIXED INCOME BALANCE STOCK FUND FUND EQUITY FUND ESOP FUND --------- ---------- ------------- ----------- ---------- ASSETS - ------ INVESTMENTS (NOTES 2, 3 AND 4): INVESTMENT IN THE FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST $755,514 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- FMC CORPORATION COMMON STOCK -- 397,588 360,375 -- 37,213 FIXED RATE INSURANCE CONTRACTS -- 241,385 -- 241,385 -- -- MUTUAL FUNDS -- 40,054 -- -- 40,054 -- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL INVESTMENTS 755,514 679,027 360,375 241,385 40,054 37,213 RECEIVABLES - PARTICIPANT LOANS 31,128 27,641 7,056 20,190 395 -- CASH -- 9,885 3,637 5,113 695 440 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL ASSETS 786,642 716,553 371,068 266,688 41,144 37,653 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======= ======= LIABILITIES AND PLAN EQUITY - --------------------------- LIABILITIES: PAYABLES - (RECEIVABLES) (591) (26) 36 (150) 186 (98) -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL LIABILITIES (591) (26) 36 (150) 186 (98) PLAN EQUITY 787,233 716,579 371,032 266,838 40,958 37,751 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PLAN EQUITY $786,642 $716,553 $371,068 $266,688 $41,144 $37,653 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======= =======
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Page 4 ITEM 9(a)(3) ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN --------------------------------------------- STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND CHANGES IN PLAN EQUITY ------------------------------------------------- (IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1995 ----------------------------------------------------------- FIXED COMBINED STOCK INCOME EQUITY ESOP BALANCE FUND FUND FUND FUND -------- ----- ----- ------ ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: NET INVESTMENT INCOME FROM THE FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST $ 27,878 $ 19,226 $ 4,976 $ 3,676 $ -- DIVIDENDS 1,749 -- -- 1,749 -- INTEREST 14,173 940 13,142 90 1 --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 43,800 20,166 18,118 5,515 1 REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (NOTE 3) 86,981 77,728 -- 597 8,656 CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS: PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES 37,567 24,717 7,915 4,935 -- FMC CORPORATION 16,178 16,178 -- -- -- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL ADDITIONS 184,526 138,789 26,033 11,047 8,657 EMPLOYEE WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PLAN (113,684) (60,434) (41,466) (10,541) (1,243) FUND TRANSFERS -- (12,689) 10,174 2,515 -- ESOP TRANSFER TO STOCK -- 45,165 -- -- (45,165) (NOTE 1) EXPENSES (188) -- (188) -- -- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- TOTAL DEDUCTIONS (113,872) (27,958) (31,480) (8,026) (46,408) --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 70,654 110,831 (5,447) 3,021 (37,751) PLAN EQUITY, BEGINNING OF 716,579 371,032 266,838 40,958 37,751 YEAR --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- PLAN EQUITY, END OF YEAR $ 787,233 $481,863 $261,391 $ 43,979 $ -- ========= ======== ======== ======== ========
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1994 ----------------------------------------------------------- FIXED COMBINED STOCK INCOME EQUITY ESOP BALANCE FUND FUND FUND FUND -------- ----- ----- ------ ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: NET INVESTMENT INCOME FROM THE FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- DIVIDENDS 4,638 -- -- 4,638 -- INTEREST 20,873 1,178 19,608 85 2 -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- 25,511 1,178 19,608 4,723 2 REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (NOTE 4) (11,797) (8,372) -- (2,430) (995) CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS: PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES 40,894 27,040 8,594 5,260 -- FMC CORPORATION 18,032 18,032 -- -- -- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL ADDITIONS 72,640 37,878 28,202 7,553 (993) EMPLOYEE WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PLAN (57,583) (27,638) (24,453) (2,341) (3,151) FUND TRANSFERS -- (8,901) 5,466 3,435 -- ESOP TRANSFER TO STOCK -- -- -- -- -- (NOTE 1) EXPENSES (63) -- (63) -- -- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL DEDUCTIONS (57,646) (36,538) (19,050) 1,094 (3,151) -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 14,994 1,339 9,152 8,647 (4,144) PLAN EQUITY, BEGINNING OF 701,585 369,693 257,686 32,311 41,895 YEAR -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- PLAN EQUITY, END OF YEAR $716,579 $371,032 $266,838 $40,958 $37,751 ======== ======== ======== ======= =======
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Page 5 ITEM 9 (a)(3) ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN --------------------------------------------- STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND CHANGES IN PLAN EQUITY ------------------------------------------------- (IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1993 ----------------------------------------------------- FIXED COMBINED STOCK INCOME EQUITY ESOP BALANCE FUND FUND FUND FUND --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- INVESTMENT INCOME: NET INVESTMENT INCOME FROM THE FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST DIVIDENDS $ 1,738 $ -- $ -- $ 1,738 $ -- INTEREST 21,707 1,086 20,536 83 2 -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- 23,445 1,086 20,536 1,821 2 REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (NOTE 4) 20,161 14,811 -- 3,551 1,799 CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS: PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES 38,157 23,997 11,397 2,763 -- FMC CORPORATION 14,039 14,039 -- -- -- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL ADDITIONS 95,802 53,933 31,933 8,135 1,801 EMPLOYEE WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PLAN (61,359) (31,720) (24,361) (1,734) (3,544) FUND TRANSFERS -- (6,459) 2,827 3,632 -- EXPENSES (48) (6) (42) -- -- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- TOTAL DEDUCTIONS (61,407) (38,185) (21,576) 1,898 (3,544) -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 34,395 15,748 10,357 10,033 (1,743) PLAN EQUITY, BEGINNING OF YEAR 667,190 353,945 247,329 22,278 43,638 -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- PLAN EQUITY, END OF YEAR $701,585 $369,693 $257,686 $32,311 $41,895 ======== ======== ======== ======= =======
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Page 6 FMC EMPLOYEES' THRIFT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN --------------------------------------------- NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ----------------------------- MARCH 31, 1995 AND 1994 ----------------------- Note 1: Description of the Plan The following description of the FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan text for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions. A. General. The Plan is a qualified salary-reduction plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, which covers all full-time employees of FMC Corporation (the Company) (other than employees who generally reside or work outside of the United States and employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement which does not provide for participation in the Plan). Such employees are eligible to participate in the Plan immediately upon commencement of their employment with the Company. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). B. Contributions. Participants may currently elect to have their compensation reduced by up to $9,240, subject to adjustments to reflect changes in the cost of living, but not more than 15% of their total compensation in the aggregate. The aggregate amount of such reductions is contributed to the Plan trust on a pre-tax basis. Participants may also elect to make after-tax contributions, either as an alternative to pre-tax contributions, or in addition to the maximum pre-tax contributions of $9,240 (but not more than 15% of their total compensation in the aggregate). The Company makes matching contributions of from 15% to 100% of the portion of those contributions not in excess of 5% of each participant's compensation (Basic Contribution), regardless of the $9,240 limit on pre-tax contributions. C. Trust Agreement. Prior to January 1, 1995, the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the Trustee) had established a trust (the Trust) for investment purposes as part of the Plan. Effective January 1, 1995, the Company and the Trustee established the FMC Corporation Salaried Employees' Master Trust (the Master Trust) for the collective investment of the assets of the Trust and of trusts associated with two other 401(k) plans of an affiliate of the Company. These three trusts participated in the Master Trust at March 31, 1995. Upon establishment of the Master Trust, the net assets of the Trust were transferred to the Master Trust. D. Investment of Funds. Within the Master Trust, the Trustee has established a Stock Fund, a Fixed Income Fund, an Equity Fund and a Harsco Fund. Each of these funds, with the exception of the Harsco Fund, previously existed under the Trust, and an ESOP Fund also existed under the Trust. The Stock Fund consists of shares of the common stock of the Company. The ESOP Fund, which was merged into the Stock Fund effective July 1, 1994, consisted of shares of common stock of the company. The Fixed Income Fund consists of investments in contracts with banks and insurance companies which guarantee repayment Page 7 of principal with interest at a fixed or fixed minimum rate for a specified period of time. Effective April 1, 1991, the Fixed Income Fund is authorized to include (1) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, and (2) pending investment in guaranteed income contracts or government securities, short-term, interest-bearing debt obligations. For the Plan year ended March 31, 1995, the guaranteed effective annual yield was approximately 7.59%. The Equity Fund consists of shares of mutual funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Harsco Fund, established as a fund under the Master Trust in January, 1995, consists of common shares of Harsco Corporation, and was not available as an investment election to Plan participants, nor included in the investments in which the Plan's Trust had an interest for the year ended March 31, 1995. All Company contributions to the Plan are invested by the Trustee in the Stock Fund and credited to the respective accounts of the employees participating in the Plan. All employees contributing to the Plan are entitled to elect to have the Trustee invest their contributions: (i) entirely in the Stock Fund, (ii) entirely in the Fixed Income Fund, (iii) entirely in the Equity Fund or (iv) in two or more of those funds in multiples of 25%. A participant's investment election may be changed prospectively for any Plan year. In addition, a participant who has attained age 55 may elect to have all or part (in multiples of 25%) of the accumulated balance of the participant's Stock, Fixed Income, and Equity Funds attributable to the participant's contributions transferred among those funds. E. Vesting. Participants are immediately vested in their elective contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company's contributions and related earnings is based on years of service. A participant is 100% vested after five years of service. F. Payment of Benefits. On termination of service or attainment of age 59-1/2, any participant may elect to immediately receive a lump sum distribution equal to the value of his or her account. Participants age 55 or older or whose accounts are valued at not less than $3,500 may upon termination elect to defer their lump sum distribution or receive annual installments over a ten-year period. If a participant is not fully vested in the Company's contributions to his or her account on the date of termination of the participant's employment, the unvested portion is forfeited. Such forfeitures reduce future Company contributions to the Plan. G. ESOP Provisions. Generally, any person who was employed by the Company at any time during a calendar year for which the Company made an ESOP contribution and who had completed one year of service is a participant. Pursuant to the repeal of the ESOP tax credit for compensation paid or accrued after December 31, 1986, by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Company discontinued contributions to the ESOP Fund (including contributions to the TRASOP which expired December 31, 1982). Effective November 1, 1988, the ESOP was spun off into a separate plan known as the "FMC Employees' Stock Plan"; however, the assets are Page 8 included (through June 30, 1994) in the ESOP fund in the accompanying financial statements. Effective July 1, 1994, the FMC Employees' Stock Plan was merged into the Plan and all assets were transferred into the Stock Fund. H. Expenses. The compensation and expenses of the Trustee are paid by the Company. All other expenses of the Plan may be paid by the Trustee out of the assets of the Plan and constitute a charge upon the respective investment funds or upon the individual participants' accounts as provided in the Plan. I. Withdrawals and Loans. The Plan allows participants to make hardship cash withdrawals (subject to income taxation and IRS penalties) of some or all of their vested account balances. Eligible participants may also receive money from the Plan in the form of loans. The minimum that may be borrowed is $1,000; the maximum is the lesser of $50,000, as adjusted, or 50% of the participant's vested account balance. Loans must be repaid over 60 months with interest at the announced Fixed Income Fund rate or some other reasonable rate as determined by the Company. Participant loans outstanding as of March 31, 1995 and 1994 were approximately $30 million and $28 million, respectively. J. Plan Termination. Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of the Plan and ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their account balances. Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The following are the significant accounting policies followed by the Plan and Master Trust: A. Basis of Accounting. The Plan's financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. B. Investments. Security transactions are recorded in the financial statements on a settlement date basis, which does not differ materially from a trade date basis. C. Valuation of Investments. Quoted or estimated market prices are used to value investments except for certain contracts with banks and insurance companies which guarantee repayment of principal with interest at a fixed or fixed minimum rate for a specified period of time. These contracts are valued at contract value. D. Participants' Equity. For financial statement purposes, the cost per share of FMC Corporation common stock is stated at the price paid by the Trustee on a national securities exchange. In computing individual participants' equity for tax purposes, the cost per share of FMC Corporation common stock is determined by (i) the price paid by the Trustee on a national securities exchange or (ii) the price paid per share of FMC Corporation common stock reacquired from a withdrawing participant electing a cash withdrawal. Page 9 E. Basis of Allocation of Master Trust Net Assets and Net Income. The trusts participating in the Master Trust have an undivided interest in the assets (except for Harsco Corporation stock), liabilities, income, expenses and gains or losses of the Master Trust. For allocation purposes, each of the participating trusts retain an ownership percentage in the Master Trust net assets which was initially established on the basis of relative net assets contributed by each plan to the Master Trust. Each month, the percentage is adjusted based on the relative amount of contributions and distributions attributable to each plan. The percentage calculated at each month-end is used to allocate the investment income, net of expenses, and gains or losses of Master Trust investments during that month. At March 31, 1995, the Plan's (and its Trust's) interest in the net assets of the Master Trust was approximately 95%, which included investments in the following funds:
Stock Fund $476,856 Fixed Income Fund 236,409 Equity Fund 42,249 -------- $755,514 ========
Note 3: Interest in Master Trust The following table presents the fair value of investments for the Master Trust at March 31, 1995. All individual investments greater than 5% of Plan assets are separately identified:
March 31, 1995 -------------- INVESTMENTS AT: - --------------- Quoted Market Value - ------------------- FMC Common Stock $474,818 Other 26,136 -------- 500,954 FNMA 49,754 -------- 550,708 Estimated Market Value - ---------------------- Mutual Funds 44,465 Cash 9,719 -------- 54,184 Contract Value - -------------- Fixed Rate Insurance Contracts 190,376 ------- $795,268 ========
Page 10 Investment income for the Master Trust is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 1995:
March 31, 1995 -------------- INVESTMENT INCOME: - ----------------- Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments: FMC Corporation common stock $19,361 Harsco common stock 1,761 Mutual Funds 4,002 ------- 25,124 Interest 5,156 Dividends 228 ------- $ 30,508 =======
Note 4: Investments The cost and market value of the Plan's investments are summarized below, with individual investments greater than 5% of Plan assets separately identified:
March 31, 1994 ----------------------------- Number of Shares Market Cost --------- -------- -------- (In Thousands) ----------------------------- INVESTMENTS AT: - --------------- Quoted Market Value - ------------------- FMC Common Stock, 8,370,283 $397,588 $ 78,031 FNMA 92.179 37,416 38,454 Other 10,805 10,937 -------- -------- 445,809 127,422 Contract Value - ----------------------- John Hancock GIC 5952 50,868 50,868 Other 142,296 142,296 -------- -------- 193,164 193,164 Estimated Market Value - ---------------------- Mutual Funds 40,054 36,782 -------- -------- 40,054 36,782 -------- -------- $679,027 $357,368 ======= =======
Page 11 During the years ended March 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, the Plan's investments (including investments bought, sold and held during the years, and excluding Master Trust investments) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended March 31. 1995 March 31. 1994 March 31, 1993 -------------- --------------- -------------- FMC Corp. common stock $86,384 $ (9,367) $16,610 Mutual Funds 597 (2,430) 3,551 Interest in Master Trust -- -- -- ------- -------- ------- $86,981 $(11,797) $20,161 ======= ======== =======
Note 5: Income Taxes The Plan has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and therefore the related Master Trust (and, prior to that, the Trust) are exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code. The Plan has been restated to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation. Although the Plan has not yet received a new determination letter on the submitted restated document, the plan administrator is confident that the Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a). The Company receives a federal income tax deduction for its contributions to the Plan. Participating employees are not subject currently to federal income tax on their elective contributions, Company contributions, appreciation in the Company's common stock, income and other items allocated to their individual accounts. Individual participants are taxed on such items at the time of distribution from the Plan. Note 6: Deferred Income In October, 1992, the Plan terminated its fixed income fund contracts with Maccabees Insurance Company. As a result, the Plan received a market value adjustment for the contract of $408,000 which represents earnings that would have accrued to the Plan if the contract had been allowed to continue to its maturity date of March 31, 1994. This amount was recorded as deferred income to be allocated to participants on a monthly basis through March, 1994, and $279,000 and $129,000 was allocated during the years ended March 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively. Note 7: Plan Merger On January 1, 1995, the Jetway Transition Savings Plan (Jetway Plan) was merged into the Plan and participants in the Jetway Plan became participants of the Plan. The net assets of the Jetway Plan of $304,319 were transferred into the Master Trust. The transfer of funds is included in Participating Employee Contributions in the Plan's Statement of Earnings and Changes in Plan Equity for the year ended March 31, 1995. Page 12
PAGE 1 EXHIBIT INDEX PAGE NUMBER IN NUMBER IN DOCUMENT NUMBERING EXHIBIT TABLE DESCRIPTION SYSTEMS - ------------- ----------- ------- 10.1 FMC Employees' Thrift and N/A Stock Purchase Plan, as revised and restated as of April 1, 1991 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the form SE filed on March 27, 1992). 10.2 Amendments to the FMC N/A Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan through December 31, 1994 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10-K filed on March 29, 1995). 10.3 FMC Corporation Salaried 2 Employees' Master Trust Agreement effective January 1, 1995. 10.4 Amendment to FMC 20 Salaried Employees' Master Trust dated April 20, 1995 and effective January 1, 1995 24 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick 21 LLP
Page 1 EX-10.3 2 EXHIBIT 10.3 EXHIBIT 10.3 FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT Page 2 FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT: CONTENTS Section 1 - General.................................................... 1 Section 2 - Contributions to the Trust Fund............................ 2 Section 3 - Payment of Benefits........................................ 3 Section 4 - The Trust Fund............................................. 4 Section 4A - Voting of Proxies and Tender Offers on Company Stock...... 6 Section 5 - Appointment of Investment Managers......................... 8 Section 6 - Company Directed Accounts.................................. 9 Section 7 - Payment of Expenses........................................ 10 Section 8 - Accounts................................................... 10 Section 9 - Resignation, Removal and Succession of Trustee............. 11 Section 10 - Termination............................................... 12 Section 11 - Amendment................................................. 13 Section 12 - Fiduciary Responsibility and Liability.................... 13 Section 13 - Non-Alienation of Benefits................................ 14 Section 14 - Governing Laws............................................ 15 Section 15 - Counterparts.............................................. 15 Section 16 - Several Plans Maintained By One Employer.................. 15 Section 17 - Severability.............................................. 15 Section 18 - Waiver of Notice.......................................... 15 Section 19 - Gender and Number......................................... 15 Section 20 - Headings.................................................. 15 Section 21 - Trustee's Responsibility.................................. 15 3 FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT THIS TRUST AGREEMENT made this 3rd day of January, 1995, by and between the FMC CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at Chicago, Illinois, and HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK (hereinafter referred to as the "Trustee"), a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of Chicago, Illinois, as Trustee. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Company and its Subsidiaries have adopted, and may hereafter establish, adopt or assume various employee benefit plans, including pension and profit sharing plans, which are intended to be "qualified" for purposes of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which are funded under various individual trust agreements; and WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable and in the best interest of the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to establish a trust to provide for the collective investment of any portion or all of the assets of the trusts forming a part of such plans and to provide for the orderly investment and administration of the assets of such trusts in compliance with the fiduciary requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"); and WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish this Master Trust as a trust fund to be used as and form a part of the funding medium for such plans so that all or a part of the assets held pursuant to any of such trust agreements may be invested under this Master Trust. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertaking of the parties hereto, it is agreed as follows: SECTION 1. GENERAL 1.1 The Company and the Trustee hereby establish a collective investment trust known as the FMC CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST (the "Master Trust"). 1.2 Any trust or any fund forming part of the trust of a Subsidiary or the Company which: (a) forms all or a part of a plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (b) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (c) authorizes or permits the trustee or trustees to commingle or collectively invest the assets of such trust with the assets of other qualified and exempt trusts; and (d) provides that to the extent that any assets of such trust are invested pursuant to the provisions of this Master Trust, the terms of this Master Trust shall be incorporated by reference in its trust agreement; may participate in this Master Trust by obtaining the consent of the Company and the Trustee. 4 1.3 Each Subsidiary appoints the Company as its agent to exercise on its behalf all of the powers and authority conferred upon the Company by this Master Trust, including, without limitation, the power to amend or terminate the Master Trust. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all instructions and directions to the Trustee shall come from the Company, each Subsidiary shall be bound thereby, and the Trustee shall be fully protected by the Company and each Subsidiary in following such instructions and directions. The Trustee shall not be required to give notice to or obtain the consent of any Subsidiary as to any action or nonaction of the Trustee, whether pursuant to such instructions and directions or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, and the Company shall have the sole authority to enforce the terms of this Agreement on behalf of each and every Subsidiary. 1.4 The plan of a participating trust of the Company or of a Subsidiary shall be administered by the Company or its duly appointed agents as provided by the terms of the plan of each participating trust. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the administration of any participating trust. 1.5 A Subsidiary may terminate or withdraw its participating trust from this Master Trust by complying with such requirements as are agreed upon by such Subsidiary and the Company. The duties of the Company and the Trustee shall be governed by Section 10 in the event of any such termination or withdrawal. 1.6 No part of the income or corpus of the Trust Fund representing the equitable share of any participating trust shall be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the employees or their beneficiaries who are entitled to benefits under such participating trust, and in no event shall the contributions or assets attributable to one participating trust be used to pay benefits or expenses under any other participating trust. 1.7 The Trust Fund shall be maintained at all times as a domestic trust in the United States. 1.8 This Master Trust is intended to constitute a "qualified" trust under Section 401(a) and entitled to tax exemption under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Until advised to the contrary, any fiduciary with respect to a participating trust, or this Master Trust, and any other person, may assume that this Master Trust is so "qualified". SECTION 2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND 2.1 The Company and each Subsidiary shall, from time to time, make contributions to the Trustee as provided in the plans of the respective participating trusts and shall also remit to the Trustee any contributions paid by employees who are participants in the respective participating trusts. The contributions received from the Company shall be allocated to the participating trust maintained by the Company and the contributions received from a Subsidiary shall be allocated to the participating trust maintained by the Subsidiary. If the Company or any Subsidiary maintains more than one participating trust hereunder, the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall designate in writing the participating trust to which any contribution is to be allocated. The Trustee shall be accountable for all contributions so received, but the Trustee shall have no duty to see that such contributions comply with the provisions of the plan of any participating trust, nor shall the Trustee be obliged to or have any right to enforce or collect any 5 contribution from the Company, any Subsidiary, or any participating employees or otherwise see that the funds are deposited according to the provisions of the plan of any participating trust or regulatory authority. In addition, the Trustee shall not be responsible for establishing a funding policy for the plan of any participating trust. SECTION 3. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS 3.1 Payments of benefits chargeable to a participating trust shall be made from the Trust Fund by the Trustee to such persons or accounts, in such manner, at such times and in such amounts as the Company may from time to time direct by a written instruction designating the participating trust or trusts to which such payment shall be charged. The Trustee shall be fully protected in making payments out of the Trust Fund in accordance with such written directions. 3.2 If any payment of benefits directed to be made from the Trust Fund is not claimed, the Trustee shall notify the Company of that fact promptly. Thereafter, the Company shall use its best efforts to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing payee or distributee of such unclaimed benefits. The Trustee shall have no obligation to search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any payee or distributee of benefits from the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall not be liable for any payment made in good faith without actual knowledge of the changed status or condition of any recipient thereof. The Trustee shall dispose of such benefit payments as the Company shall direct. 3.3 The Company may assume the responsibility for making benefit payments under a plan of a participating trust as an agent of the Trustee by written agreement between the parties. If the Company assumes such responsibility, the Company shall open a commercial banking account in the name of the Master Trust in any federally insured banking institution, including one which may be the Trustee, for the exclusive purpose of making benefit payments in accordance with the plan or plans of a participating trust. The Company shall authorize one or more of its officers, or their designees, to sign, manually or by facsimile signature, all checks, drafts, and orders, including orders of direction in informal or letter form, against any funds in such checking account. Any such banking institution is authorized to honor any and all checks, drafts, and orders so signed, if such document appears regular on its face and the signature(s) thereon would appear to a person normally skilled in the banking business to be the signature(s) of one of those persons fully authorized to sign the checks, drafts, and orders according to the account records of such banking institution, without further inquiry with respect to the authority of said person(s) or the use of the checks, drafts or orders, or the proceeds thereof, or to determine whether such checks, drafts or orders are in accordance with the plan of the affected participating trust. The Company shall keep accurate and detailed records covering all receipts and disbursements made from the account and shall prepare an appropriate account and reconciliation with respect thereto on a monthly basis. The Company shall pay, prepare, file and furnish all local, state and federal tax deposits, returns, and reports required by any government agency or authority with respect to distributions from qualified plans. The Trustee shall make deposits from the Trust Fund to the checking account as directed in writing from time to time by the Company, and the Trustee shall have no duty to question the propriety of any such direction or account for the funds retained in or disbursed by or on behalf of the Company, but until so disbursed said funds shall be held in trust for such purposes. 6 SECTION 4. THE TRUST FUND 4.1 Unless the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, the term "Trust Fund" comprises all property of any kind held by the Trustee from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. 4.2 With respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee shall have the following powers and rights, in addition to those vested in it elsewhere in this Agreement or by law: (a) To invest the Trust Fund in such bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages, equipment trust certificates, investment trust certificates, insurance and annuity contracts, preferred or common stocks (including common stock of the Company or its subsidiaries ("Company Stock")), registered investment companies, or in such other property, real or personal, as the Trustee may deem advisable. (b) To deposit any part or all of the money and property of this Master Trust in any common, group or collective investment trust which provides for the pooling or commingling of the assets of plans described in Section 401(a) and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or any comparable provisions of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes those sections, including any such trust which is maintained by the Trustee, an Investment Manager, or a bank as trustee, pursuant to all the terms and conditions of such common, group or collective investment trust, the provision of which are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Master Trust Agreement. In addition, the Trustee is specifically authorized to deposit any part or all of the money and property of the Trust Fund with HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, Chicago, Illinois, as trustee of HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK TRUST FOR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ACCOUNTS ("Harris Collective Trust"), restated by Declaration of Trust effective August 31, 1993, and as amended; (c) To hold a reasonable portion of the Trust Fund in cash to provide for the payment of current expenses and benefits under this Master Trust and otherwise as permitted by law, and to deposit any cash so held in its banking department without liability to the Trust Fund for interest thereon; and, the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee, shall have the power and authority to invest trust assets in deposits in itself or in its affiliates, which deposits shall bear a reasonable rate of interest; (d) To manage, sell, contract to sell, grant options to purchase, convey, exchange, transfer, abandon, improve, repair, insure, lease for any term even though commencing in the future or extending beyond the term of the Master Trust, and otherwise deal with all property, real or personal, in such manner, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Trustee may decide, and no person dealing with the Trustee shall be required to see to the application of any money or property delivered to the Trustee or to inquire into the validity or propriety of any transaction with the Trustee; (e) To pool all or any part of the assets of the Trust Fund with assets of any other plan and trust qualified under Sections 401(a) and exempt under 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; 7 (f) To borrow such sum or sums from time to time as the Trustee considers necessary or desirable and in the best interest of the Trust Fund, and for that purpose to mortgage or pledge any part of the Trust Fund; (g) To compromise, contest, arbitrate or abandon claims or demands by or against the Trust Fund; (h) To have, with respect to the Trust Fund, all of the rights of an individual owner, including the power to give proxies, to participate in voting trusts, mergers, consolidations, foreclosures, reorganizations or liquidations, and to exercise or sell stock subscription or conversion rights (except that proxies and other matters associated with shares of Company Stock held hereunder shall be given as provided in Section 4A below); (i) To hold any securities or other property in the name of the Trustee or a nominee, or in such form as it deems best, with or without disclosing the trust relationship; (j) To retain any funds or property subject to any dispute without liability for payment of interest, and to withhold payment or delivery thereof until final adjudication of the dispute by a court of competent jurisdiction; (k) To begin, maintain or defend any litigation necessary in connection with the administration of this Master Trust, and the Company shall indemnify the Trustee against all expenses and liabilities sustained or anticipated by it by reason thereof (including reasonable attorneys' fees); (l) To pay out of any benefit distributable from the Trust Fund any estate, inheritance income or other tax, charge or assessment attributable thereto, but the Trustee shall give the Company notice of its intention to make such payments as far in advance as may be practicable, and shall defer such payments if the Company so requests and indemnifies the Trustee to its satisfaction. The Company and the Trustee, or either, before making payment of any benefit, may require such release or other documents from any lawful taxing authority and such indemnity from the intended payee as they respectively consider necessary for their protection; (m) To buy, sell, and exercise call and put options on the following: stocks, fixed income securities, stock and fixed income indices, market index and interest rate futures contracts, and to buy and sell futures contracts; (n) To engage in the lending of securities pursuant to regulations of the Department of Labor and any other applicable regulatory authority; (o) To deposit securities with a clearing corporation as defined in Article 8 of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code. The certificates representing securities, including those in bearer form, may be held in bulk form with, and may be merged into, certificates of the same class of the same issuer which constitute assets of other accounts or owners, without certification as to the ownership attached. Utilization of a book-entry system may be made for the transfer or pledge of securities held by the Trustee or by a clearing corporation. The Trustee shall at all times, however, maintain a separate and distinct record of the securities owned by the Trust Fund; 8 (p) To participate in and use the Federal Book-Entry Account System, a service provided by the Federal Reserve Bank for its member banks for deposit of eligible securities; (q) To employ and pay agents, experts and counsel (which may be counsel to the Company) and to delegate discretionary powers to, and reasonably rely upon information and advice furnished by such agents, experts and counsel; (r) To invest any portion of the Trust Fund as directed by the Company or an Investment Manager by making deposits from time to time with an insurance company or companies under one or more insurance contracts or policies or combination thereof and exercise any and all rights, privileges, options and elections thereunder only to the extent directed by the Company or Investment Manager. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into the terms and provisions of any application or other documents executed by it upon direction of the Company or Investment Manager or of any insurance policy or contract acquired by or delivered to it, nor shall the Trustee have any duty to see that the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan in respect thereof have been complied with; (s) To invest any portion of the Trust Fund as directed by the Company or an Investment Manager in "qualifying employer securities" or "qualifying employer real property" of the Company or its subsidiaries as specified in Section 407(d)(4) of ERISA. (t) To establish a participant loan program and implement such program as directed by the Company; (u) To perform any and all other acts that in its judgment are necessary or appropriate for the proper and advantageous management, investment and distribution of the Trust Fund. SECTION 4A. VOTING OF PROXIES AND TENDER OFFERS ON COMPANY STOCK Each participant under a plan of a participating trust ("participant") is, for purposes of this section, hereby designated a "named fiduciary" within the meaning of ERISA Section 403(a)(1), with respect to shares of Company Stock held in his account and with respect to his "proportionate share" (as determined in subparagraphs (a) and (b) below) of unallocated shares of Company Stock and, for purposes of voting rights, shares of Company Stock held in the accounts of participants for which the trustee has not received voting instructions ("non-voted Company Stock"). For purposes of this section, the term "participant" shall include the beneficiary of a deceased participant who is entitled to receive amounts held in such participant's accounts under the terms of the plan of a participating trust. (a) Voting Shares of Company Stock. Each participant shall have the right to instruct the trustee in writing as to the manner in which to cast the votes attributable to all shares of Company Stock allocated to his account. The trustee shall vote, in person or by proxy, shares of stock held by the trustee which are allocated to a participant's account in accordance with instructions received from such participant. Each participant shall also be deemed to have instructed the trustee to vote, in accordance with his vote on shares of Company Stock allocated to his account, his "proportionate share" (as determined in the last sentence of this subparagraph) of the votes attributable to all shares of non-voted 9 Company Stock and all unallocated shares of Company Stock. The Committee shall use its best efforts to timely distribute or cause to be distributed to each participant the information distributed to stockholders of the Company in connection with any stockholders' meeting, together with a form requesting confidential instructions to the trustee on how such votes attributable to shares of Company Stock shall be cast on each such matter. Upon timely receipt of such instructions, the trustee shall, on each such matter, cast as directed the appropriate number of votes attributable to shares (including fractional shares) of Company Stock. The instructions received by the trustee from individual participants shall be held by the trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person, including employees, officers and directors of the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent necessary for the operation of the Plan, such instructions may be released by the trustee to a recordkeeper, auditor or other person providing services to the Plan. The "proportionate share" of any participant of the votes attributable to all shares of non-voted Company Stock and all unallocated shares of Company Stock shall be a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of votes attributable to shares of the Company Stock which are held in such participant's account as of the record date for such vote for which he provides instructions to the trustee and the denominator of which shall be the number of votes attributable to all shares of Company Stock held in the Trust (other than unallocated shares) on such date for which instructions are received by the trustee. (b) Tender Offers Related To Shares of Company Stock. Each participant shall have the right to instruct the trustee in writing as to the manner in which to respond to a tender or exchange offer (including, but not limited to, a tender offer or exchange offer within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to all shares of Company Stock allocated to his account. The trustee shall respond to such tender or exchange offer in respect of shares of Company Stock allocated to a participant's account in accordance with instructions received from such participant. Each participant shall also be deemed to have instructed the trustee to the manner in which to respond to a tender or exchange offer, in accordance with his instructions given or deemed to have been given with respect to shares of Company Stock allocated to his accounts, with respect to his "proportionate share" of all unallocated shares of Company Stock. The Committee shall use its best efforts to timely distribute or cause to be distributed to each participant the information distributed to stockholders of the Company in connection with any tender or exchange offer together with a form requesting confidential instructions to the trustee on how to respond to such tender or exchange offer on behalf of the participant. Upon timely receipt of such instructions, the trustee shall respond to such tender or exchange offer as instructed by the participant. If, and to the extent that, the trustee shall not receive timely instructions from a participant given a right to instruct the trustee to tender or exchange with respect to the shares described in the first sentence of this subparagraph, such participant shall be deemed to have timely instructed the trustee not to tender or exchange such shares of Common Stock. The instructions received by the trustee from participants shall be held by the trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person; including employees, officers and directors of the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent necessary for the operation of the Plan, such instructions may be released by the trustee to a recordkeeper, auditor or other person providing services to the Plan. The "proportionate share" of any participant of all the unallocated shares of Company Stock shall be a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of votes 10 attributable to shares of Company Stock which are held in such participant's account as of the date of the announcement of the tender or exchange offer and the denominator of which shall be the number of votes attributable to all shares of Company Stock held in the Trust (other than unallocated shares) on such date. SECTION 5. APPOINTMENT OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS 5.1 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have the right from time to time to appoint and remove an investment manager and to direct the segregation of any part or all of the Trust Fund into one or more accounts, to be known as "investment manager accounts" and if it does so, it shall appoint in individual, partnership or corporation as investment manager to manage the portion or portions of the Trust Fund so segregated. An "investment manager" is a fiduciary other than an ERISA "named fiduciary" or the Trustee under this instrument who: (i) has the power to manage, acquire, or dispose of any portion of the Trust Fund; (ii) is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is a bank as defined in that Act, or is an insurance company qualified to perform the service described herein; and (iii) has acknowledged in writing that it is a fiduciary with respect to the plan. Written notice of any such appointment or removal shall be given to the Trustee and the investment manager so appointed. As long as the investment manager is acting, such investment manager shall direct the Trustee to invest and the Trustee shall invest the assets of the investment manager account in such bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages, equipment trust certificates, preferred or common stocks (including Company Stock), registered investment companies, insurance and annuity contracts, or in such other property, real or personal, as the investment manager deems advisable. The investment manager shall have full authority and the responsibility to direct the Trust with respect to the acquisition, retention, management, and disposition of all of the assets from time to time comprising the investment manager account being managed by such investment manager and the voting of proxies thereon, and the Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to review the assets from time to time comprising such investment manager account, to make recommendations with respect to the investment, reinvestment, or retention thereof, nor with respect to the voting of proxies thereon, nor to determine whether any direction from such investment manager is proper or within the terms of this Agreement. 5.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Trustee, without further prior approval of the Company or direction from the investment manager, shall have the power, right and authority to invest cash balances held by it from time to time as part of an investment manager account and, further, the Trustee is hereby directed by the Company to exercise this power, right and authority by investing such cash balances in short-term cash equivalents having ready marketability, including, specifically, the Harris Collective Trust, in addition to, savings accounts, certificates of deposit (including savings accounts and certificates of deposit with the Trustee in its banking capacity, so long as such accounts bear a reasonable rate of interest), United States treasury bills, commercial paper, and similar types of securities, and the Trustee without prior approval or direction shall have the power, right and authority to sell such short-term investments as may be necessary to carry out the instructions of the investment manager with respect to investing the investment manager account. In addition, pending receipt of directions from the investment manager, reasonable amounts of cash received by the Trustee from time to time for any investment manager account may be retained by the Trustee, in its discretion, in cash, without any liability for interest. 11 5.3 The Trustee shall have the right to request that some part or all of the directions made by an investment manager pursuant to the terms of this Agreement be in writing and shall assume no liability hereunder for failure to act pursuant to directions which fail to conform to such request. 5.4 It is understood and agreed by the parties that while the Trustee will perform certain ministerial and custodial duties with respect to the assets held in an investment manager account, such duties will be performed in the normal course by officers and other employees of the Trustee who may be unfamiliar with investment management, and that such duties will not include the exercise of any discretionary authority or other authority to manage and control assets comprising the investment manager account. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to the Company or any beneficiary of any participating trust or the Master Trust for acting without question on the direction of, or for failure to act in the absence of directions from the investment manager for any investment manager account previously established, and the appointment of any investment manager for that account shall continue in force until receipt of written notice to the contrary from the Company. In addition, the Trustee shall have no responsibility to invest or manage any asset held in an investment manager account until the Trustee is (1) notified by the Company in writing of the termination of the investment manager's authority over the assets of such account and (2) directed in writing to terminate the investment manager account and to transfer the assets of such account to the Trust Fund. 5.5 If the Company appoints an investment manager (including a bank or trust company) which directs the investment of a portion of the Trust Fund in a collective or group investment fund it advises or maintains, then, upon direction of the Company, the Trustee shall enter into those agreements necessary for the purpose of investing in such collective or group investment fund. SECTION 6. COMPANY DIRECTED ACCOUNTS 6.1 Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have the right from time to time to direct the Trustee with respect to the acquisition, retention, management and disposition of the assets from time to time comprising the Trust Fund. If the Company exercises this right, it shall also direct the Trustee to segregate that portion of the Trust Fund to be managed by the Company into one or more accounts, to be known as "company directed accounts". The Trustee shall follow all directions of the Company with respect to the assets of a company directed account and shall have no duty or obligation to review the assets from time to time so acquired, nor to make any recommendations with respect to the investment, reinvestment or retention thereof. The Trustee shall vote the proxies associated with the assets held in a company directed account as directed by the Company. The Trustee shall have no liability to the Company or any beneficiary of the Trust for acting without question on the direction of, or for failure to act in the absence of directions from the Company. The Trustee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any and all loss, liability or expense to which the Trustee shall be subjected by reason of carrying out any directions of the Company made pursuant to this paragraph, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense if the Company fails to provide such defense as well as all costs, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees the Trustee may incur in enforcing its rights to indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Trustee, without further prior approval from the Company shall have the power, right and authority to invest cash balances held by it from time to time as part of a company directed account and, further, the Trustee is hereby 12 directed by the Company to exercise this power, right and authority by investing such cash balances in short-term cash equivalents having ready marketability, including, but not limited to, savings accounts, certificates of deposit (including savings accounts and certificates of deposit with the Trustee in its banking capacity, so long as such accounts bear a reasonable rate of interest), the Harris Collective Trust, United States treasury bills, commercial paper, and similar types of securities, and the Trustee without prior approval or direction shall have the power, right and authority to sell such short-term investments as may be necessary to carry out the instructions of the Company with respect to investing the funds managed by the Company. In addition, pending receipt of directions from the Company, reasonable amounts of cash received by the Trustee may be retained by the Trustee, in its discretion, in cash, without any liability for interest for any funds managed by the Company. SECTION 7. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES 7.1 All reasonable costs, charges and expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with its administration of the Master Trust, including such reasonable compensation of the Trustee as may be agreed upon from time to time between the Company and the Trustee, shall be paid from the Trust Fund unless paid or advanced by the Company. When directed in writing by the Company, the Trustee also shall pay from the Trust Fund such expenses in connection with the administration of any plan of a participating trust to the extent the Company does not itself pay such expenses, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in making such payments in accordance with the written directions of the Company. Any payment made pursuant to this Section shall be charged against the Trust Fund generally, unless such payment is not properly chargeable proportionately among all of the participating trusts hereunder, in which case the Company shall designate in writing the participating trust or group of participating trusts to which such payment shall be charged, and if a group of participating trusts is to be charged, the proportionate share of such payment to be charged to each participating trust in the group. SECTION 8. ACCOUNTS 8.1 The Trustee shall maintain accurate and detailed records and accounts of all investments, receipts, disbursements and other transactions hereunder; and all accounts, books and records relating thereto shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by such person or persons as the Company may designate. The Trustee shall submit to the auditors for the Company or to anyone the Company designates, such valuations, reports or other information as they may reasonably require. 8.2 All monies and other property and the income therefrom shall be held and invested as a single fund, except as provided in Section 5 and Paragraph 8.3 of this Agreement. The Trustee shall establish and maintain for operational and accounting purposes such other accounts or records as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time consider necessary. In no event shall the maintenance of any account or record by the Trustee mean that any person shall have an interest in any specific asset of the Trust Fund. 8.3 The Trustee shall also establish and maintain a separate account by which the proportionate share of each participating trust in the Trust Fund shall be determined at such annual and more frequent intervals as are agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee. The Company shall not direct the Trustee to make any payment from the Trust Fund pursuant to 13 Section 3 or Section 7 or any distribution from the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 10 which exceeds in value the value of the proportionate share in the Trust Fund of the participating trust or trusts to which such payment or distribution would be chargeable. The Company may direct that specified assets received by the Trustee on behalf of a participating trust be identified as being the assets of that particular trust, in which case the assets so identified shall not be treated as general assets of the Trust Fund. The value of the assets so identified, along with the earnings, gains, losses and expenses attributable thereto, shall be allocated to the participating trust on whose behalf the assets are identified, and shall be excluded in computing the proportionate share of any participating trust in the Trust Fund. 8.4 Within ninety days (90) following the close of each calendar year (or following the close of such other annual period as may be agreed upon by the Trustee and the Company) and as often as may reasonably be requested by the Company, the Trustee shall file with the Company a written account setting forth a description of all securities and other property purchased and sold, and all receipts, disbursements and other transactions effected by it upon its own authority or pursuant to the directions of the Company or any Investment Manager during such annual or shorter period, and showing the securities and other properties held at the end of such period, and their fair market value. 8.5 The Company may approve such accounting by written notice of approval delivered to the Trustee or by failure to express objection to such accounting in writing delivered to the Trustee within six (6) months from the date upon which the accounting was delivered to the Company. Upon the receipt of a written approval of the accounting, or upon the passage of the period of time within which objection may be filed without written objections having been delivered to the Trustee, such accounting shall be deemed to be approved, and the Trustee shall be released and discharged as to all items, matters and things set forth in such account, as fully as if such accounting had been settled and allowed by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding in which the Trustee, the Company, each Subsidiary and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in the Trust Fund or under a plan of a participating trust were parties. If the Trustee and the Company cannot agree with respect to any act or transaction reported in any statement, the Trustee shall have the right to have its accounts settled by judicial proceedings, in which event only the Trustee and the Company shall be necessary parties. SECTION 9. RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE 9.1 The Trustee may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Company. 9.2 The Company may remove the Trustee at any time by giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Trustee being removed. The Company may appoint a successor Trustee by delivery to the removed or resigning Trustee of (i) an instrument in writing executed by the Company appointing such successor Trustee, and (ii) an acceptance in writing executed by the successor Trustee so appointed. 9.3 The Company's obligation to indemnify the Trustee under this Agreement shall survive the termination of the Trustee with respect to any act or omission by the Trustee arising under or in connection with this Master Trust Agreement. 14 9.4 Upon the appointment of a successor Trustee, the removed or resigning Trustee shall transfer and deliver the assets of the Trust Fund to such successor after reserving such reasonable amounts as it shall deem necessary to provide for any expenses, fees, or taxes then or thereafter chargeable against the Trust Fund. Each successor Trustee shall succeed to the title to the Trust Fund vested in its predecessor, without the signing or filing of any further instrument, but any resigning or removed Trustee shall execute all documents and do all acts necessary to vest such title of record in any successor Trustee. Each successor Trustee shall have and enjoy all powers, both discretionary and ministerial, of its predecessor. No successor Trustee shall be personally liable for any act or failure to act of any predecessor Trustee; and, with the approval of the Company, a successor Trustee may accept the account rendered and the property delivered to it by its predecessor Trustee as a full and complete discharge to the predecessor Trustee without incurring any liability or responsibility for so doing. SECTION 10. TERMINATION 10.1 The entire Master Trust shall terminate upon the first to occur of the following: (a) Thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Trustee of written notice of such termination from the Company; (b) The dissolution, consolidation or reorganization of the Company, or the sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets without provision for continuing this Trust, except that in any such event provision may be made for the continuance of this Master Trust by any successor to the Company or any purchaser of all or substantially all of its assets, and in that event such successor or purchaser shall be substituted for the Company hereunder. 10.2 Any participating trust may be withdrawn from the Master Trust upon the thirtieth (30th) day after receipt by the Trustee of written notice from the Company of such withdrawal. 10.3 Upon termination of the entire Trust, or upon the thirtieth (30th) day after receipt of written notice of withdrawal of any participating trust or fund pursuant to Paragraph 10.2, the Trustee, after reserving such amounts as it may deem necessary to provide for the payment of any expenses or fees then or thereafter chargeable to the Trust Fund, shall dispose of that portion of the assets of the Master Trust which are allocable to the participating trust or fund to be withdrawn from the Master Trust, or in the case of termination of the entire Master Trust, all of the Master Trust assets, in accordance with the written directions of the Company. The Company shall have full responsibility to see that any disposition or distribution of Master Trust property pursuant to its written direction is proper, within the terms of the plan of a participating trust and this Master Trust, and in the case of a defined benefit plan, that such disposition or distribution complies with the requirements of Section 4044, Title IV, of ERISA, and all other applicable provisions of that Act or other federal law. The Company shall secure any necessary governmental approval for any such termination, and shall send a copy of such approval to the Trustee before any disbursements are made. Such disbursements may be effected by payment in cash, the maintenance of another or substituted trust fund, by the purchase of annuities or otherwise. The Company and any Subsidiary shall have no beneficial interest in the Trust Fund either during its continuance or upon termination of this Master Trust except as permitted by applicable law. 15 10.4 Upon termination of this Trust, the Trustee shall continue to have such of the powers provided in this Agreement as are necessary or desirable for the orderly liquidation and distribution of the Trust Fund. SECTION 11. AMENDMENT 11.1 Provided that no amendment shall cause any part of the Trust Fund to be used for or diverted to or for the benefit of anyone other than the employees or retired employees of the Company and any Subsidiary, or their beneficiaries, this Agreement may be amended by the Company at any time and from time to time in whole or in part by an instrument in writing executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Upon delivery to the Trustee such amendment shall be binding, provided that the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee shall not be substantially changed without its written consent. SECTION 12. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY 12.1 The Company has allocated fiduciary responsibility to various fiduciaries according to the terms of the plans of the participating trusts and this Master Trust. In carrying out its responsibilities under the Trust, the Trustee, any Investment Manager, and any other fiduciary hereunder shall act solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. 12.2 In determining whether the requirements of prudence and diversification stated in Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and (C), respectively, of ERISA have been met, all the investments of the Trust Fund shall be considered in their entirety, and the portion managed by the Trustee hereunder shall be only one consideration in making such a determination. If one or more Investment Managers, in addition to the Trustee, are appointed, the Company so acting or appointing shall be responsible for seeing that the requirement of proper diversification of all the assets of the Trust Fund have been met, and neither the Trustee nor any Investment Manager shall have any such responsibility therefor. 12.3 The Trustee shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Company, from and against any and all liability, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense, to which the Trustee shall be subjected by reason of 1) any action taken upon the direction of the Company, an Investment Manager, or any other authorized person; 2) any action taken or omitted or any investment or disbursement of any part of the Trust Fund made by the Trustee at the direction of an Investment Manager or any inaction with respect to the Trust Fund in the absence of directions from an Investment Manager; and 3) any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to a notification of an order to purchase or sell securities issued by an Investment Manager directly to a broker or dealer under a power of attorney. The Company's obligation to indemnify the Trustee under this Agreement shall survive the termination of the Master Trust with respect to any act or omission by the Trustee occurring prior to such termination. The costs and expenses of enforcing this right of indemnification shall be paid by the Company. 16 12.4 The Trustee shall not be obligated to inquire whether any payee of funds or any distributee of benefits by the Company is entitled thereto or whether any payment, allocation or distribution directed or authorized by the Company is proper, or within the terms of this Agreement or the plan of any participating trust, and shall not be accountable for any payment, allocation or distribution made by the Trustee in good faith on the order or direction of the Company. 12.5 Evidence required of anyone under the plan of a participating trust or this Agreement may be by certificate, affidavit, document or other information which the person acting in reliance thereon may consider pertinent, reliable and genuine, and to have been signed, made or presented by the proper party or parties, except that any action required to be taken by the Company shall be by resolution of its Board of Directors or by a person authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors to act on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall not recognize or take notice of an appointment of any representative of the Company unless and until the Company shall have notified the Trustee in writing of such appointment and the extent of such representative's authority. The Trustee may assume that such appointment and authority continue in effect until it receives written notice to the contrary from the Company. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee by authority of any representative of the Company within the scope of his authority shall be as effective for all purposes hereof as if such action or nonaction had been authorized by the Company. The Trustee, the Company, and any representative of the Company shall each be fully protected in acting and relying upon any evidence described in this section. 12.6 The Trustee shall have no power, authority or duty with respect to the determination of the rights or interests of any persons in and to the Trust Fund or under any plan of any participating trust nor to examine into the determination of any right or interest. The Trustee shall have no duties or responsibilities with respect to the determination, computation, payment, or application of any benefit of any insurance contract which it is directed to purchase with assets from the Trust Fund. SECTION 13. NON-ALIENATION OF BENEFITS 13.1 Except as provided by law or by court order, in no event shall the Trustee pay over or transfer any part of an employee's or his beneficiary's interest in the Master Trust which is payable, distributable, or credited to his account, to any assignee or creditor of such employee. Prior to the time of distribution specified herein, neither an employee nor his legal representative shall have any right, by way of anticipation or otherwise, to assign or in any manner dispose of any interest in the Master Trust; and every attempted assignment or other disposition of such interest in the Master Trust shall not be merely voidable but absolutely void. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section, any portion of a participating employee's interest in the Trust Fund may be distributed pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 17 SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAWS 14.1 To the extent that ERISA does not do so, the laws of the State of Illinois (other than its laws regarding the conflict of laws) shall govern, control and determine all questions arising with respect to this Agreement and the validity, interpretation and performance of its provisions. SECTION 15. COUNTERPARTS 15.1 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered as an original, and no other counterparts need be produced. SECTION 16. SEVERAL PLANS MAINTAINED BY ONE EMPLOYER 16.1 If the Company or any Subsidiary maintains more than one participating trust hereunder, the participating trust of the Company or the participating trust of such Subsidiary, as the case may be shall, whenever the word appears in this instrument, be read in the singular or in the plural, as the context requires. SECTION 17. SEVERABILITY 17.1 In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not be affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been contained therein. SECTION 18. WAIVER OF NOTICE 18.1 Any notice required under this Agreement may be waived by the person entitled to such notice. SECTION 19. GENDER AND NUMBER 19.1 When the context admits, words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. SECTION 20. HEADINGS 20.1 The headings of Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall have no substantive effect on the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION 21. TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY 21.1 The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an executed or certified copy of any participating trust and plan documents, and of any amendments thereto, for convenience of reference, and the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be governed only by the terms of this Master Trust Agreement, without reference to the provisions of any participating trust or plan document. 18 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused these presents to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and have caused their respective corporate seals to be hereto affixed the day and year first above written. ATTEST FMC CORPORATION /s/ A. R. Kidston By /s/ P. J. Head - ---------------------------- --------------------------------- Assistant Secretary Vice President ATTEST HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK /s/ Kimberly K. Archer By /s/ Katherine B. Allen - ---------------------------- --------------------------------- Assistant Secretary its Vice President 19 EX-10.4 3 EXHIBIT 10.4 EXHIBIT 10.4 AMENDMENT TO FMC SALARIED EMPLOYEES' MASTER TRUST The Master Trust Agreement effective January 1, 1995, between FMC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK (the "Trustee"), is amended as follows: Section 4A. Revise the first sentence to read: Each participant under a plan of a participating trust ("participant") is, for purposes of this section, hereby designated a "named fiduciary" within the meaning of ERISA Section 403(a)(1), with respect to shares of Company Stock held in his account. Section 4A(a). Delete the third sentence and substitute for the last sentence: The Trustee shall vote unallocated shares, as well as allocated shares for which it has not received direction, as directed by the Company, which may delegate to an independent fiduciary, the authority to so direct the Trustee. The parties have executed this Amendment on April 20, 1995, to be effective as of January 1, 1995. Attest: FMC CORPORATION /s/ Robert L. Day By /s/ Patrick J. Head - ------------------------------ ------------------------------- Secretary Vice President Attest: HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK By /s/ Katherine B. Allen - ------------------------------ ------------------------------- Trust Officer Vice President 20 EX-24 4 EXHIBIT 24 EXHIBIT 24 ---------- The Board of Directors of FMC Corporation: We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 33- 48984) on Form S-8 of FMC Corporation of our report dated October 10, 1995, relating to the statements of financial position of FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan as of March 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related statements of earnings and changes in plan equity for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, which report appears in the March 31, 1995 annual report on Form ll-K of FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan. KPMG Peat Marwick Chicago, Illinois October 11, 1995 Page 21 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----