Edgar Filing: EXXON MOBIL CORP

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________to________

Commission File Number 1-2256

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEW JERSEY		13-5409005
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING, TEXAS 75039-2298

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(972) 444-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

☐

Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class		Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
Common stock, without par value		4,162,938,512

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income Three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	3
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	4
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014	5

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	6
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity Nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	7
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	22
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	22

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	23
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	24
Item 6. Exhibits	24
Signature	25
Index to Exhibits	26

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(millions of dollars)

			Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
			September 30,		September 30,
			2015	2014	2015	2014
Revenues and other income
	Sales and other operating revenue (1)		65,679	103,206	201,797	310,237
	Income from equity affiliates		1,783	3,211	6,125	10,631
	Other income		(118)	713	1,153	3,795
		Total revenues and other income	67,344	107,130	209,075	324,663
Costs and other deductions
	Crude oil and product purchases		32,276	60,068	102,286	180,144
	Production and manufacturing expenses		8,614	9,951	26,579	30,517
	Selling, general and administrative expenses		2,967	3,169	8,511	9,470
	Depreciation and depletion		4,542	4,362	13,293	12,839
	Exploration expenses, including dry holes		324	319	1,005	1,132
	Interest expense		78	88	251	218
	Sales-based taxes (1)		5,813	7,519	17,308	22,806
	Other taxes and duties		6,981	8,244	20,504	24,749
		Total costs and other deductions	61,595	93,720	189,737	281,875
Income before income taxes			5,749	13,410	19,338	42,788
	Income taxes		1,365	5,064	5,617	15,955
Net income including noncontrolling interests			4,384	8,346	13,721	26,833
	Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		144	276	351	883
Net income attributable to ExxonMobil			4,240	8,070	13,370	25,950


Earnings per common share (dollars)			1.01	1.89	3.18	6.04

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution (dollars)			1.01	1.89	3.18	6.04


Dividends per common share (dollars)			0.73	0.69	2.15	2.01


(1) Sales-based taxes included in sales and other
		operating revenue	5,813	7,519	17,308	22,806

The information in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is an integral part of these statements.

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(millions of dollars)

				Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
				September 30,		September 30,
				2015	2014	2015	2014

Net income including noncontrolling interests				4,384	8,346	13,721	26,833
Other comprehensive income (net of income taxes)
	Foreign exchange translation adjustment			(4,023)	(3,828)	(8,379)	(2,986)
	Adjustment for foreign exchange translation (gain)/loss
			included in net income	-	-	-	163
	Postretirement benefits reserves adjustment
			(excluding amortization)	484	372	1,111	196
	Amortization and settlement of postretirement benefits reserves
			adjustment included in net periodic benefit costs	367	289	1,075	918
	Unrealized change in fair value of stock investments			7	(21)	26	(57)
	Realized (gain)/loss from stock investments included in
			net income	3	-	15	-
		Total other comprehensive income		(3,162)	(3,188)	(6,152)	(1,766)
Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests				1,222	5,158	7,569	25,067
	Comprehensive income attributable to
			noncontrolling interests	(175)	(27)	(422)	588
Comprehensive income attributable to ExxonMobil				1,397	5,185	7,991	24,479

The information in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is an integral part of these statements.

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(millions of dollars)

				Sept. 30,	Dec. 31,
				2015	2014
Assets
	Current assets
		Cash and cash equivalents		4,296	4,616
		Cash and cash equivalents – restricted		-	42
		Notes and accounts receivable – net		22,157	28,009
		Inventories
			Crude oil, products and merchandise	12,249	12,384
			Materials and supplies	4,335	4,294
		Other current assets		4,197	3,565
			Total current assets	47,234	52,910
	Investments, advances and long-term receivables			34,315	35,239
	Property, plant and equipment – net			250,583	252,668
	Other assets, including intangibles – net			8,530	8,676
			Total assets	340,662	349,493

Liabilities
	Current liabilities
		Notes and loans payable		14,473	17,468
		Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		36,681	42,227
		Income taxes payable		3,674	4,938
			Total current liabilities	54,828	64,633
	Long-term debt			19,839	11,653
	Postretirement benefits reserves			24,422	25,802
	Deferred income tax liabilities			38,210	39,230
	Long-term obligations to equity companies			5,524	5,325
	Other long-term obligations			21,000	21,786
			Total liabilities	163,823	168,429

Commitments and contingencies (Note 3)

Equity
	Common stock without par value
		(9,000 million shares authorized, 8,019 million shares issued)		11,443	10,792
	Earnings reinvested			412,718	408,384
	Accumulated other comprehensive income			(24,336)	(18,957)
	Common stock held in treasury
		(3,856 million shares at September 30, 2015 and
		3,818 million shares at December 31, 2014)		(229,102)	(225,820)
			ExxonMobil share of equity	170,723	174,399
	Noncontrolling interests			6,116	6,665
			Total equity	176,839	181,064
			Total liabilities and equity	340,662	349,493

The information in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is an integral part of these statements.

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(millions of dollars)

				Nine Months Ended
				September 30,
				2015	2014
Cash flows from operating activities
	Net income including noncontrolling interests			13,721	26,833
	Depreciation and depletion			13,293	12,839
	Changes in operational working capital, excluding cash and debt			(1,037)	(460)
	All other items – net			(13)	(1,511)
			Net cash provided by operating activities	25,964	37,701

Cash flows from investing activities
	Additions to property, plant and equipment			(20,354)	(24,068)
	Proceeds associated with sales of subsidiaries, property, plant and
		equipment, and sales and returns of investments		1,604	3,794
	Additional investments and advances			(412)	(1,269)
	Other investing activities – net			662	3,415
			Net cash used in investing activities	(18,500)	(18,128)

Cash flows from financing activities
	Additions to long-term debt			8,028	5,503
	Reductions in long-term debt			(18)	-
	Additions/(reductions) in short-term debt – net			(475)	(514)
	Additions/(reductions) in debt with three months or less maturity			(2,537)	(5,413)
	Cash dividends to ExxonMobil shareholders			(9,036)	(8,644)
	Cash dividends to noncontrolling interests			(127)	(172)
	Tax benefits related to stock-based awards			-	10
	Common stock acquired			(3,285)	(9,865)
	Common stock sold			-	10
			Net cash used in financing activities	(7,450)	(19,085)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash				(334)	(170)
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(320)	318
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				4,616	4,644
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period				4,296	4,962

Supplemental Disclosures
	Income taxes paid			5,594	14,338
	Cash interest paid			459	295

2015 Non-Cash Transactions

An asset exchange resulted in value received of approximately $500 million including $100 million in cash. The non-cash portion was not included in the “Proceeds associated with sales of subsidiaries, property, plant and equipment, and sales and returns of investments” or the “All other items-net” lines on the Statement of Cash Flows.

Capital leases of approximately $800 million were not included in “Additions to long-term debt” or “Additions to property, plant and equipment” lines on the Statement of Cash Flows.

The information in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is an integral part of these statements.

	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
	(millions of dollars)

			ExxonMobil Share of Equity
							Accumulated
								Other		Common
								Compre-		Stock		ExxonMobil		Non-
			Common		Earnings			hensive		Held in		Share of		controlling		Total
			Stock		Reinvested			Income		Treasury		Equity		Interests		Equity

Balance as of December 31, 2013				10,077		387,432			(10,725)		(212,781)		174,003		6,492		180,495
	Amortization of stock-based awards			588		-			-		-		588		-		588
	Tax benefits related to stock-based
		awards		10		-			-		-		10		-		10
	Other			6		-			-		-		6		-		6
	Net income for the period			-		25,950			-		-		25,950		883		26,833
	Dividends – common shares			-		(8,644)			-		-		(8,644)		(172)		(8,816)
	Other comprehensive income			-		-			(1,471)		-		(1,471)		(295)		(1,766)
	Acquisitions, at cost			-		-			-		(9,865)		(9,865)		-		(9,865)
	Dispositions			-		-			-		10		10		-		10
Balance as of September 30, 2014				10,681		404,738			(12,196)		(222,636)		180,587		6,908		187,495

Balance as of December 31, 2014				10,792		408,384			(18,957)		(225,820)		174,399		6,665		181,064
	Amortization of stock-based awards			647		-			-		-		647		-		647
	Tax benefits related to stock-based
		awards		9		-			-		-		9		-		9
	Other			(5)		-			-		-		(5)		-		(5)
	Net income for the period			-		13,370			-		-		13,370		351		13,721
	Dividends – common shares			-		(9,036)			-		-		(9,036)		(127)		(9,163)
	Other comprehensive income			-		-			(5,379)		-		(5,379)		(773)		(6,152)
	Acquisitions, at cost			-		-			-		(3,285)		(3,285)		-		(3,285)
	Dispositions			-		-			-		3		3		-		3
Balance as of September 30, 2015				11,443		412,718			(24,336)		(229,102)		170,723		6,116		176,839



			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015									Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
					Held in									Held in
	Common Stock Share Activity		Issued		Treasury			Outstanding				Issued		Treasury		Outstanding
			(millions of shares)									(millions of shares)

	Balance as of December 31			8,019		(3,818)			4,201				8,019		(3,684)		4,335
		Acquisitions		-		(38)			(38)				-		(100)		(100)
		Dispositions		-		-			-				-		-		-
	Balance as of September 30			8,019		(3,856)			4,163				8,019		(3,784)		4,235

The information in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is an integral part of these statements.

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Basis of Financial Statement Preparation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in the context of the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Corporation's 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of the Corporation, the information furnished herein reflects all known accruals and adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods reported herein. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Prior data has been reclassified in certain cases to conform to the current presentation basis.

The Corporation's exploration and production activities are accounted for under the "successful efforts" method.

2. Recently Issued Accounting Standard

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a new standard, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The standard establishes a single revenue recognition model for all contracts with customers, eliminates industry specific requirements, and expands disclosure requirements. The standard is required to be adopted beginning January 1, 2018. ExxonMobil is evaluating the standard and its effect on the Corporation’s financial statements.

3. Litigation and Other Contingencies

Litigation

A variety of claims have been made against ExxonMobil and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries in a number of pending lawsuits. Management has regular litigation reviews, including updates from corporate and outside counsel, to assess the need for accounting recognition or disclosure of these contingencies. The Corporation accrues an undiscounted liability for those contingencies where the incurrence of a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If a range of amounts can be reasonably estimated and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, then the minimum of the range is accrued. The Corporation does not record liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. For contingencies where an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible and which are significant, the Corporation discloses the nature of the contingency and, where feasible, an estimate of the possible loss. For purposes of our contingency disclosures, “significant” includes material matters as well as other matters which management believes should be disclosed. ExxonMobil will continue to defend itself vigorously in these matters. Based on a consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, the Corporation does not believe the ultimate outcome of any currently pending lawsuit against ExxonMobil will have a material adverse effect upon the Corporation's operations, financial condition, or financial statements taken as a whole.

Other Contingencies

The Corporation and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries were contingently liable at September 30, 2015, for guarantees relating to notes, loans and performance under contracts. Where guarantees for environmental remediation and other similar matters do not include a stated cap, the amounts reflect management’s estimate of the maximum potential exposure. These guarantees are not reasonably likely to have a material effect on the Corporation’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

As of September 30, 2015

Equity

Other

Company

Third Party

Obligations (1)

Obligations

Total

(millions of dollars)

Guarantees

Debt-related

122

Other

2,665

4,546

7,211

Total

2,750

4,583

7,333

(1) ExxonMobil share

Additionally, the Corporation and its affiliates have numerous long-term sales and purchase commitments in their various business activities, all of which are expected to be fulfilled with no adverse consequences material to the Corporation’s operations or financial condition. The Corporation's outstanding unconditional purchase obligations at September 30, 2015, were similar to those at the prior year-end period. Unconditional purchase obligations as defined by accounting standards are those long-term commitments that are noncancelable or cancelable only under certain conditions, and that third parties have used to secure financing for the facilities that will provide the contracted goods or services.

The operations and earnings of the Corporation and its affiliates throughout the world have been, and may in the future be, affected from time to time in varying degree by political developments and laws and regulations, such as forced divestiture of assets; restrictions on production, imports and exports; price controls; tax increases and retroactive tax claims; expropriation of property; cancellation of contract rights and environmental regulations. Both the likelihood of such occurrences and their overall effect upon the Corporation vary greatly from country to country and are not predictable.

In accordance with a nationalization decree issued by Venezuela’s president in February 2007, by May 1, 2007, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan National Oil Company (PdVSA) assumed the operatorship of the Cerro Negro Heavy Oil Project. This Project had been operated and owned by ExxonMobil affiliates holding a 41.67 percent ownership interest in the Project. The decree also required conversion of the Cerro Negro Project into a “mixed enterprise” and an increase in PdVSA’s or one of its affiliate’s ownership interest in the Project, with the stipulation that if ExxonMobil refused to accept the terms for the formation of the mixed enterprise within a specified period of time, the government would “directly assume the activities” carried out by the joint venture. ExxonMobil refused to accede to the terms proffered by the government, and on June 27, 2007, the government expropriated ExxonMobil’s 41.67 percent interest in the Cerro Negro Project.

On September 6, 2007, affiliates of ExxonMobil filed a Request for Arbitration with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The ICSID Tribunal issued a decision on June 10, 2010, finding that it had jurisdiction to proceed on the basis of the Netherlands-Venezuela Bilateral Investment Treaty. On October 9, 2014, the ICSID Tribunal issued its final award finding in favor of the ExxonMobil affiliates and awarding $1.6 billion as of the date of expropriation, June 27, 2007, and interest from that date at 3.25% compounded annually until the date of payment in full. The Tribunal also noted that one of the Cerro Negro Project agreements provides a mechanism to prevent double recovery between the ICSID award and all or part of an earlier award of $908 million to an ExxonMobil affiliate, Mobil Cerro Negro, Ltd., against PdVSA and a PdVSA affiliate, PdVSA CN, in an arbitration under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce.

On June 12, 2015, the Tribunal rejected in its entirety Venezuela’s October 23, 2014, application to revise the ICSID award. The Tribunal also lifted the associated stay of enforcement that had been entered upon the filing of the application to revise.

Still pending is Venezuela’s February 2, 2015, application to ICSID seeking annulment of the ICSID award. That application alleges that, in issuing the ICSID award, the Tribunal exceeded its powers, failed to state reasons on which the ICSID award was based, and departed from a fundamental rule of procedure. A separate stay of the ICSID award was entered following the filing of the annulment application. On July 7, 2015, the ICSID Committee considering the annulment application heard arguments from the parties on whether to lift the stay of the award associated with that application. On July 28, 2015, the Committee issued an order that would lift the stay of enforcement unless, within 30 days, Venezuela delivered a commitment to pay the award if the application to annul is denied. On September 17, 2015, the Committee ruled that Venezuela had complied with the requirement to submit a written commitment to pay the award and so left the stay of enforcement in place. A hearing on Venezuela’s application for annulment is scheduled for January 25-27, 2016.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered judgment on the ICSID award on October 10, 2014. Motions filed by Venezuela to vacate that judgment on procedural grounds and to modify the judgment by reducing the rate of interest to be paid on the ICSID award from the entry of the court’s judgment, until the date of payment, were denied on February 13, 2015, and March 4, 2015, respectively. On March 9, 2015, Venezuela filed a notice of appeal of the court’s actions on the two motions.

The District Court’s judgment on the ICSID award is currently stayed until such time as ICSID’s stay of the award entered following Venezuela’s filing of its application to annul has been lifted. The net impact of these matters on the Corporation’s consolidated financial results cannot be reasonably estimated. Regardless, the Corporation does not expect the resolution to have a material effect upon the Corporation’s operations or financial condition.

An affiliate of ExxonMobil is one of the Contractors under a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) covering the Erha block located in the offshore waters of Nigeria. ExxonMobil's affiliate is the operator of the block and owns a 56.25 percent interest under the PSC. The Contractors are in dispute with NNPC regarding NNPC's lifting of crude oil in excess of its entitlement under the terms of the PSC. In accordance with the terms of the PSC, the Contractors initiated arbitration in Abuja, Nigeria, under the Nigerian Arbitration and Conciliation Act. On October 24, 2011, a three-member arbitral Tribunal issued an award upholding the Contractors' position in all material respects and awarding damages to the Contractors jointly in an amount of approximately $1.8 billion plus $234 million in accrued interest. The Contractors petitioned a Nigerian federal court for enforcement of the award, and NNPC petitioned the same court to have the award set aside. On May 22, 2012, the court set aside the award. The Contractors appealed that judgment to the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division. In June 2013, the Contractors filed a lawsuit against NNPC in the Nigerian federal high court in order to preserve their ability to seek enforcement of the PSC in the courts if necessary. In October 2014, the Contractors filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to enforce, if necessary, the arbitration award against NNPC assets residing within that jurisdiction. NNPC has moved to dismiss the lawsuit. Proceedings in the Southern District of New York are currently stayed. At this time, the net impact of this matter on the Corporation's consolidated financial results cannot be reasonably estimated. However, regardless of the outcome of enforcement proceedings, the Corporation does not expect the proceedings to have a material effect upon the Corporation's operations or financial condition.

4. Other Comprehensive Income Information

		Cumulative	Post-
		Foreign	retirement	Unrealized
		Exchange	Benefits	Change in
ExxonMobil Share of Accumulated Other		Translation	Reserves	Stock
Comprehensive Income		Adjustment	Adjustment	Investments	Total
		(millions of dollars)

Balance as of December 31, 2013		(846)	(9,879)	-	(10,725)
Current period change excluding amounts reclassified
	from accumulated other comprehensive income	(2,637)	176	(57)	(2,518)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
	comprehensive income	163	884	-	1,047
Total change in accumulated other comprehensive income		(2,474)	1,060	(57)	(1,471)
Balance as of September 30, 2014		(3,320)	(8,819)	(57)	(12,196)

Balance as of December 31, 2014		(5,952)	(12,945)	(60)	(18,957)
Current period change excluding amounts reclassified
	from accumulated other comprehensive income	(7,497)	1,036	26	(6,435)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
	comprehensive income	-	1,041	15	1,056
Total change in accumulated other comprehensive income		(7,497)	2,077	41	(5,379)
Balance as of September 30, 2015		(13,449)	(10,868)	(19)	(24,336)


				Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other				September 30,		September 30,
Comprehensive Income - Before-tax Income/(Expense)				2015	2014	2015	2014
			(millions of dollars)

Foreign exchange translation gain/(loss) included in net income
	(Statement of Income line: Other income)			-	-	-	(163)
Amortization and settlement of postretirement benefits reserves
	adjustment included in net periodic benefit costs (1)			(534)	(430)	(1,552)	(1,315)
Realized change in fair value of stock investments included in
		net income (Statement of Income line: Other income)		(5)	-	(23)	-

(1) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. (See Note 6 – Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits for additional details.)

			Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
Income Tax (Expense)/Credit For			September 30,		September 30,
Components of Other Comprehensive Income			2015	2014	2015	2014
		(millions of dollars)

Foreign exchange translation adjustment			82	70	147	99
Postretirement benefits reserves adjustment
	(excluding amortization)		(225)	(138)	(527)	(61)
Amortization and settlement of postretirement benefits reserves
	adjustment included in net periodic benefit costs		(167)	(141)	(477)	(397)
Unrealized change in fair value of stock investments			(3)	11	(14)	30
Realized change in fair value of stock investments
	included in net income		(2)	-	(8)	-
Total			(315)	(198)	(879)	(329)

5. Earnings Per Share

		Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,		September 30,
		2015	2014	2015	2014

Earnings per common share
Net income attributable to ExxonMobil (millions of dollars)		4,240	8,070	13,370	25,950

Weighted average number of common shares
	outstanding (millions of shares)	4,190	4,267	4,201	4,297

Earnings per common share (dollars) (1)		1.01	1.89	3.18	6.04

(1) The calculation of earnings per common share and earnings per common share – assuming dilution are the same in each period shown.

6. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

					Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
					September 30,		September 30,
					2015	2014	2015	2014

				(millions of dollars)
Components of net benefit cost
	Pension Benefits - U.S.
		Service cost			231	156	625	515
		Interest cost			196	202	589	605
		Expected return on plan assets			(208)	(200)	(622)	(600)
		Amortization of actuarial loss/(gain) and prior
			service cost		137	105	411	313
		Net pension enhancement and
			curtailment/settlement cost		117	113	351	338
		Net benefit cost			473	376	1,354	1,171

	Pension Benefits - Non-U.S.
		Service cost			170	144	518	448
		Interest cost			206	285	636	859
		Expected return on plan assets			(268)	(300)	(819)	(899)
		Amortization of actuarial loss/(gain) and prior
			service cost		198	183	617	564
		Net pension enhancement and
			curtailment/settlement cost		24	-	24	-
		Net benefit cost			330	312	976	972

	Other Postretirement Benefits
		Service cost			42	32	127	107