UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 26, 2004
Exxon Mobil Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey | 1-2256 | 13-5409005 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING, TEXAS 75039-2298
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (972) 444-1000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
ITEM 9.
Regulation FD Disclosure
The Registrant hereby furnishes the information set forth in its News Release, dated February 26, 2004, announcing the election of Rex Tillerson as president of Exxon Mobil Corporation and a member of the board of directors, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
Date: February 27, 2004
By:
/s/ Donald D. Humphreys
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Name:
Donald D. Humphreys
Title:
Vice President, Controller and
Principal Accounting Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
99
Exxon Mobil Corporation News Release, dated February 26, 2004, announcing the election of Rex Tillerson as president of Exxon Mobil Corporation and a member of the board of directors.
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Exhibit 99
News Release
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, TX 75039-2298
972 444 1107 Telephone
972 444 1138 Facsimile
Contact:
Tom Cirigliano
ExxonMobil
972-444-1109
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004
REX TILLERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
IRVING, TEXAS, February 26 -- At its regularly scheduled February meeting yesterday, the ExxonMobil board of directors elected Senior Vice President Rex Tillerson president of the corporation and a member of its board of directors, effective March 1.
With the addition of Mr. Tillerson, the ExxonMobil board is now comprised of 13 directors, 10 of whom are non-employees.
Mr. Lee Raymond, 65, continues his position as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the corporation.
On July 25, 2001, the board requested and Mr. Raymond agreed to defer his retirement beyond the normal date of August 2003. The board did not set any specific time but said it would, as in the past, continue to monitor progress in implementing its orderly plan to assure continuity in superior corporate management, which has been the hallmark of ExxonMobil. There has been no change in the board's position as a result of today's announcement.
Mr. Tillerson, 51, was elected to the position of senior vice president of the corporation on August 1, 2001.
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A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Mr. Tillerson earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A. (EUSA) in 1975 as a production engineer. He held several engineering, technical and supervisory assignments in the EUSA Production Department throughout Texas and in 1987 was named business development manager in the EUSA Natural Gas Department, where his responsibilities included developing long-range plans for commercialization of Alaska and Canadian Beaufort Sea gas.
In 1989, he became general manager of EUSA's Central Production Division, responsible for oil and gas production operations throughout a large portion of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas.
Mr. Tillerson moved to Dallas in 1992 as production advisor to Exxon Corporation and then to Florham Park, New Jersey, as coordinator of Affiliate Gas Sales in Exxon Company, International.
Three years later he was named president of Exxon Yemen Inc. and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat Inc., and in January 1998 became vice president of Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc. and president of Exxon Neftegas Limited. In those roles, he was responsible for Exxon's holdings in Russia and the Caspian Sea as well as the Sakhalin I Consortium operations offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia.
In December 1999, he became executive vice president of ExxonMobil Development Company.
Mr. Tillerson is a member of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, the Engineering Foundation Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin, the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute.
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