Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
SEC File No. 333-237052
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and
may be changed. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to completion, dated April 13,
2020
Preliminary prospectus supplement
(To prospectus dated March 10, 2020)
$
Exxon Mobil Corporation
$ % Notes due 2023
$ 2.992% Notes due 2025
$ % Notes due 2030
$ 4.227% Notes due 2040
$ % Notes due 2051
Each of the % Notes due 2023 (the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes), the 2.992% Notes due 2025 (the
2025 Fixed Rate Notes), the % Notes due 2030 (the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes), the 4.227% Notes due 2040 (the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes) and the % Notes due 2051 (the
2051 Fixed Rate Notes and, together with the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes, the Notes) is an issue of the debt securities described in the
accompanying prospectus.
The 2025 Fixed Rate Notes offered hereby constitute a further issuance of the 2.992% Notes due 2025, of which
$1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount was issued on March 19, 2020 (the Existing 2025 Notes) and the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes offered hereby constitute a further issuance of the 4.227% Notes due 2040, of which $1,250,000,000
aggregate principal amount was issued on March 19, 2020 (the Existing 2040 Notes and, together with the Existing 2025 Notes, the Existing Notes). The 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes offered hereby are
collectively referred to herein as the Additional Notes. The Additional Notes of each series will form a single series with, and have the same terms (other than the initial offering price and the issue date) as, the corresponding series
of Existing Notes. Upon settlement, the Additional Notes of each series will have the same CUSIP number and will trade interchangeably with the corresponding series of Existing Notes. We expect the Additional Notes of each series and the
corresponding series of Existing Notes to be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes offered hereby, we will have
$ aggregate principal amount of 2.992% Notes due 2025 outstanding and $ aggregate principal amount
of 4.227% Notes due 2040 outstanding.
Interest on the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2051 Fixed Rate Notes is
payable semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, commencing
on , 2020. Interest on the Additional Notes of each series is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 19 and
September 19 of each year, commencing on September 19, 2020. The interest payment to be made with respect to the Additional Notes of each series on September 19, 2020 will include interest deemed to have accrued from and including
March 19, 2020 to, but excluding, the settlement date of the Additional Notes of each series. Such accrued interest must be paid by the purchasers of the Additional Notes of each series.
The 2023 Fixed Rate Notes mature on
, 2023, the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes mature on March 19, 2025, the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes mature on
, 2030, the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes mature on March 19, 2040 and the 2051 Fixed Rate Notes mature on
, 2051.
We may
redeem any or all of the Notes of each series at any time and from time to time at the redemption prices described under the headings Description of NotesOptional redemption of the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes, Description of
NotesOptional redemption of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes, Description of NotesOptional redemption of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes, Description of NotesOptional redemption of the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes and
Description of NotesOptional redemption of the 2051 Fixed Rate Notes.
Investing in the Notes involves certain risks.
See Risk Factors on page S-8.
The Notes will be our
general unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of our other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt from time to time outstanding.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities, or
determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Price
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Public (1)(2)
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Underwriting
Discounts and
Commissions
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Proceeds, Before
Expenses, to Us (2)
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Per 2023 Fixed Rate Note
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%
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%
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%
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Total
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$
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$
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$
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Per 2025 Fixed Rate Note
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Total
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Per 2030 Fixed Rate Note
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Total
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Per 2040 Fixed Rate Note
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Total
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$
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Per 2051 Fixed Rate Note
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Total
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$
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$
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$
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(1)
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Plus accrued interest, if any, from
, 2020 in the case of the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2051 Fixed Rate Notes.
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(2)
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Plus interest deemed to have accrued from March 19, 2020 to, but excluding, the settlement date in the case
of the Additional Notes of each series, totaling $ in the case of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and $ in the
case of the 2040 Fixed Rate Notes. Such accrued interest must be paid by the purchasers of the Additional Notes of each series.
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The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. Currently, there is no public market for the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2030 Fixed Rate
Notes or the 2051 Fixed Rate Notes. We have been advised by certain of the underwriters that they currently make a market in the Existing Notes of each series, and the underwriters currently intend to make a market in the Notes of each series.
However, they are not obligated to do so and they may discontinue market making activities at any time without notice. See Underwriting.
We expect that delivery of the Notes will be made to investors in book-entry form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company and its
participants, including Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, on or about ,
2020.
Joint Book-Running Managers
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BofA Securities
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Citigroup
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J.P. Morgan
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, 2020