EXXON MOBIL CORP — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021

Mar 9, 2021

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• Benefits Of

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• Community Commitment

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• Dialogue

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• Discover How

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• Discover Their New Innovations

• Diverse Portfolio

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• Earnings & Financial

• Emissions

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• Energy Factor

• Energy Factor Blog

• Energy Factor By ExxonMobil

• Energy Factor is an Online Resource of Technology & Innovation

• Energy Factor Newsletter

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• Focused on creating long-term value while prioritizing a reliable dividend

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• Over $10 Billion Invested to Research, Develop and Deploy Lower-Emission Energy Solutions

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• Potential

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• Protect Tomorrow. Today.

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• Reducing Carbon Emissions

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• Reducing emissions & developing innovative technologies to help address climate change

• Reducing Gas Emissions

• Reducing Greenhouse Gases

• Regulating Methane

• Research For Creating Fuel Efficient Gasoline

• Research is Helping Cars Do More With Less

• Responsible Innovations Needed to Supply the World’s Energy

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• Support ExxonMobil’s strategy and vote the BLUE proxy card

• Support Your World-Class Board

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• That are

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• We Have Plans For Reducing Emissions Within Our Operations, With Results By 2025.

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• We’re Reaffirming Support For The Paris Agreement With Our New Emission Reduction Plans

• What Is Happening

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• You can decide on ExxonMobil’s future

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Important Additional Information Regarding Proxy Solicitation

Exxon Mobil Corporation (“ExxonMobil”) has filed a preliminary proxy statement and form of associated BLUE proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for ExxonMobil’s 2021 Annual Meeting (the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”). ExxonMobil, its directors and certain of its executive officers will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in respect of the 2021 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of ExxonMobil’s directors and executive officers and their respective interests in ExxonMobil by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in the Preliminary Proxy Statement. To the extent holdings of such participants in ExxonMobil’s securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described, in the Preliminary Proxy Statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Details concerning the nominees of ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors for election at the 2021 Annual Meeting are included in the Preliminary Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ACCOMPANYING BLUE PROXY CARD WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and shareholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents filed by ExxonMobil free of charge from the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. ExxonMobil’s shareholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the definitive proxy statement and other relevant filed documents by directing a request by mail to ExxonMobil Shareholder Services at 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas, 75039-2298 or at shareholderrelations@exxonmobil.com or from the investor relations section of ExxonMobil’s website, www.exxonmobil.com/investor.