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Key Terms
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Key Terms*
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Additional Contributions
Your payroll
deduction contributions in excess of the 6% minimum contribution.
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After-Tax Account
The account containing
the after-tax contributions you made since December 31, 1986, plus earnings
on those contributions.
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* For definitions related
to heritage Mobil balances see pages
40-41.
For definitions related
to AES/Paxon balances see pages 44-46.
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Benefit Service
Generally, all the time
from the first day of employment until you leave the company's employment.
Excluded are:
- unauthorized absences;
- leaves of absence of over 30 days (except military leaves
or leaves under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act);
- certain absences from which you do not return;
- periods when you work as a non-regular employee or as
a special agreement person;
- periods generally in excess of 10 years for working
in service station, car wash, or car-care center operations;
- when you are covered by a contract that requires the
company to contribute to a different benefit program, unless a special
authorization credits the service.
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Catch-up Contributions
Before-tax contributions
made in addition to regular contributions by participants age 50 or older
who have maximized their Before-Tax contributions.
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Combined Investment Election
By using this
election (as opposed to the Individual Account Investment Election), you
can make the same investment decision for contributions to your General
Account, Before-Tax Account and After-Tax Account.
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Company
Refers to Exxon Mobil Corporation,
its divisions or participating affiliates, as the case may be.
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Company Match
The company matches your
minimum 6% contribution by crediting 7% of your pay to your General
Account.
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Distribution
That part of a Savings Plan
account (other than a withdrawal) distributed to you or your beneficiary.
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Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
The Savings
Plan feature that permits you to receive most types of Savings Plan payments
(excluding loans) electronically to the same account as your paycheck.
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Eligible Employee
Most U.S. dollar-paid
employees of Exxon Mobil Corporation and participating affiliates. Full-time
employees not hired on a temporary basis (also called "regular employees")
are eligible their first day of employment. Temporary or part-time employees
(also called "non-regular employees") are eligible after one
year of employment, provided they work at least 1,000 hours during that
year.
The following are not eligible to participate in the plan:
employees of Station Operators, Inc. (SOI), leased employees as defined
in the Internal Revenue Code, barred employees or special-agreement persons
as defined in the plan document.
Generally, special-agreement persons are persons paid by the company on
a commission basis, persons working for an unaffiliated company that provides
services to the company, and persons working for the company pursuant
to a contract that excludes coverage of benefits.
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Eligible Plan
A tax-qualified plan such
a 401(k) plan, profit-sharing plan, and a defined benefit plan; a section
403(a) annuity plan; a section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity; or an eligible
457(b) plan maintained by a government employer.
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General Account
The account containing the company match and any rollover contributions,
and earnings on those contributions.
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Individual Account Investment Election
By using this election, (as opposed to the Combined Investment Election),
you can make different investment decisions for contributions to your
General Account, Before-Tax Account and After-Tax Account.
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Individual Retirement Account (IRA) A tax-deferred
investment offered by many banks and other financial institutions. IRAs
are not part of the Savings Plan. For the purposes of this SPD, IRA also refers to an Individual
Retirement Annuity, another investment that can be used to defer taxes
on retirement savings.
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Minimum Distribution A distribution you
receive each year beginning by April 1 following the later of the year
you reach age 70-1/2 or the year you retire.
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Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) The difference
between the cost basis of ExxonMobil stock at the time the stock was allocated
to your account and the value of the stock at distribution (if the value
has gone up).
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Pay For purposes of the Savings Plan, base compensation
and supplemental compensation that you receive as part of the company's
established wage or salary system. Eligible
pay includes all overtime. The amount of pay that can be taken
into account for employee benefit purposes is limited by tax law.
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
An order issued by
a court of competent jurisdiction dividing property between a Savings
Plan participant and another party (most commonly the participant's former
spouse).
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Retiree
Generally, a regular employee who
retired at age 55 or older with at least 15 years of benefit service.
Retiree status may also be attained by someone who is retired by the company
and entitled to long-term disability benefits under the ExxonMobil Disability
Plan after 15 or more years of service, regardless of age.
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Return The earnings, gains or losses on
an investment, usually expressed as an average annual percentage rate.
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Risk
The fluctuation in the level of return
on or value of an investment.
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Rollover
- From the Savings Plan
The transfer of withdrawals or distributions from the Savings Plan to an IRA or another employer's eligible plan. This enables
you to defer taxes on the amount you rolled over.
- Into the General Account in the Savings
Plan
The transfer of a distribution from another eligible plan into the
Savings Plan. (See Eligible Plan)
- Direct Rollover
A distribution that you elect to be made directly from one trustee to another trustee.
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Savings Plan Account
Your total interest
in the Savings Plan, including assets in the Before-Tax Account, After-Tax
Account, General Account and Stock Match Account.
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Savings Telephone Service (STS)
The voice
response phone system that allows you to make inquiries and initiate transactions
in your Savings Plan Account. It also connects you to Savings Plan Customer
Service Representatives. (The telephone number is 877-XOM-401K or 877-966-4015.)
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Stock Match Account The account holding
the company match provided in the form of ExxonMobil stock prior to
January 1, 2007.
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Trustee A group of individuals, appointed
by Exxon Mobil Corporation, with fiduciary responsibility for managing
certain aspects of the Savings Plan Trust.
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Vested
Refers to the portion of your Savings Plan account that you are entitled to receive if you leave
ExxonMobil. You are always vested in your own contributions and any investment
earnings on both your contributions and the company match. As an employee,
you become vested in the company match upon the earliest of one of the
following events:
- completion of three years of vesting service;
- the first day of the month in which you reach age 65;
or
- your death.
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Vesting Service Determines
when you are vested in the company match. May include service as a leased
employee.
- For Regular Employees — all service with the company
including absences without pay of up to one year.
- For Non-regular Employees — based on hours of service.
You earn a year of vesting service for each anniversary year of employment
in which you work at least 1,000 hours.
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Withdrawal A transaction requesting
a certain amount of cash or stock from your Savings Plan account.
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Note: For definitions related
to heritage Mobil balances see pages
40-41.
For definitions related
to AES/Paxon balances see pages 44-46.
The
Savings Plan Web site at http://xomsavings.ingplans.com
and the Savings Telephone Service (STS) at 877-966-4015 are available for account information and
transactions.
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