date:May 13, 2014
d share, in the prior-year quarter. Excluding these items in both periods, adjusted earnings were $0.95 per diluted share, a decrease of 12% versus the prior-year quarter.
First-quarter segment revenues for FMC Health and Nutrition were $226.2 million, an increase of 18% versus the prior-year quarter. Segment earnings of$50.9 million were 17% higher than the prior-year quarter. Earnings growth was driven by demand for colloidal MCC and pharmaceutical binders and contributions from omega-3, part