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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-156296
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230530

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EXXON MOBIL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000034088
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				135409005
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02256
		FILM NUMBER:		23973214

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5959 LAS COLINAS BLVD
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75039-2298
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9729406000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5959 LAS COLINAS BLVD
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75039-2298

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EXXON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STANDARD OIL CO OF NEW JERSEY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19721123
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed by a Party other than the
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION </B></P>
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Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply): </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Coming tomorrow &#150; ExxonMobil&#146;s &#147;State of the Business&#148; address </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By Jennifer Driscoll </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>&#147;Ladies and Gentlemen, the
President of the United States!&#148; </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">That&#146;s how <U>the House Sergeant at Arms kicks off the annual State of the Union address</U>, when the
president reports to Congress (and a nationally televised audience) how the nation is doing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It&#146;s a fine occasion, when politicians on both sides of
the aisle stand up and clap out of respect for the person in the highest office in the country, and the nation that elected these leaders sits in quiet anticipation to hear what the priorities will be for the coming year. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the world of business, corporations perform a somewhat similar ceremony, only on a smaller scale. Now is when many companies hold their Annual Shareholders
Meetings, the one occasion each year when shareholders large and small get to hear from their Chairmen and Chairwomen, whom they elected, about the official business of running the nation&#146;s public companies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The annual meeting is very much a State of the Business event &#150; a company&#146;s look back at the past year&#146;s financial and operating performance
and a gaze forward at the course management is charting for the coming years. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tomorrow, our Chairman and CEO, Darren Woods, will convene
<U>ExxonMobil&#146;s 2023 annual shareholders meeting</U>, continuing a long, storied <U>history that dates back</U> more than 140 years to the days of Standard Oil. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">He&#146;ll talk about some of the milestones we achieved in 2022, including how in a record year for the industry, we led our integrated oil company (IOC)
peers in earnings, cash flow, returns on capital and total shareholder return. He&#146;ll highlight how we increased our oil and natural gas production at a time the world needed it most. He&#146;ll also discuss our best-ever North America refining
throughput at the assets we are operating, how we achieved zero routine flaring in the Permian<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>, the company&#146;s 50% reduction in operated methane intensity since 2016<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>, and our plans to grow our <U>Low Carbon Solutions</U> business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, Darren will highlight
some of our employees who drove that performance. A company is only as good as its people, and from my standpoint we employ some of the best that are out there. A newcomer, I consider myself fortunate to work alongside them. They&#146;re the reason
our results in 2022 were &#147;industry leading.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">References to routine flaring herein are consistent with the World Bank&#146;s Zero Routine Flaring
Initiative/Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership&#146;s (GGFRP) principle of routine flaring, and excludes safety and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-routine</FONT> flaring. Our actions to reduce emissions through 2030 include achieving <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">net-zero</FONT> Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in our Permian Basin unconventional operated assets. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ExxonMobil Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission estimates from operated assets (2022, compared to 2016
levels); we are working to continuously improve our performance and methods to detect, measure and address greenhouse gas emissions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The State of the Business today is strong. We want to make it stronger. So Darren will also discuss our
plans to double earnings and cash flow potential by 2027<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP>, while making continued progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unlike the State of the Union, our annual shareholders meeting is an important part of our ongoing and direct engagement with shareholders. It&#146;s a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">back-and-forth,</FONT></FONT> a real dialog. It has to be; after all, our shareholders own the company. We&#146;re the daily custodians and caretakers of the business they entrust to us.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">How does this dialog work? At the annual meeting, shareholders don&#146;t just hear from Darren. They can ask questions. About anything on their minds.
More than that, shareholders can offer proposals for the entire shareholder base to consider and vote on. We discuss the proposals with the proponent and also with large shareholders, who request meetings to talk to us before they cast their votes.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While we may not always agree with every investor on every proposal, we look for common ground and ways to improve the company&#146;s performance. And we
encourage every shareholder &#150; whether you own one share or thousands &#150; to <U>register, tune in</U> tomorrow, and vote, if you haven&#146;t done so already. It&#146;s not just our meeting. It&#146;s yours too. And when you exercise your
power by voting, you help ensure our company stays great, just like our country. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I hope you&#146;ll join us tomorrow. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Jennifer Driscoll, ExxonMobil Vice President of Investor Relations </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Using a $60/bbl Brent crude price, a $3/mmbtu Henry Hub gas price and Energy, Chemical, and Specialty Product
margins reflect annual historical averages for the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-year</FONT> period from 2010-2019. All crude and natural gas prices for future years are adjusted for inflation from 2022. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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