Administrative and ERISA information

This section contains technical information about the Plan and identifies its administrator. It also contains a summary of your rights with respect to the Plan and instructions about how you can submit an appeal if your claim for benefits is denied.

The formal name of the Plan is the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan.

Plan sponsor and participating affiliates

The ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan is sponsored by:

Exxon Mobil Corporation 

Exxon Mobil Corporation
22777 Springwoods Village Pkwy
Spring, TX 77389

All of Exxon Mobil Corporation's divisions and most of the major U.S. affiliates participate in the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan. A complete list of participating affiliates is available from the Administrator-Benefits upon written request.

Certain employees covered by collective bargaining agreements do not participate in the Plan.

Basic Plan information

Plan administrator

The Plan Administrator for the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan is the Administrator-Benefits. The Administrator-Benefits is the Manager-Global Benefits Design, Exxon Mobil Corporation. You may contact the Administrator-Benefits at the following address. Legal process may be served upon the Administrator-Benefits c/o ExxonMobil by serving the Corporation's Registered Agent for Service of Process, Corporation Service Company (CSC).

Administrator-Benefits

ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan
Dept 02694, PO Box 64116, The Woodlands, TX, 77387-4116

Effective January 2, 2024, Alight is the new administrator of ExxonMobil’s health, life insurance, and pension plans. If you need assistance, please contact:

ExxonMobil Benefits Service Center
Phone: 833-776-9966
Hours: 8am – 4pm CST, Monday through Friday, except certain holidays
Your Total Rewards portal: digital.alight.com/exxonmobil

Alight Mobile app  (available through Apple App Store or Google Play)

For service of legal process:

Corporation Service Co.
211 East 7th Street, Suite 620
Austin, Texas 78701-3218

Authority of administrator-benefits

The Administrator-Benefits (and those to whom the Administrator-Benefits has delegated authority) has the full and final discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits, to construe and interpret the terms of the Pre-Tax Spending Plan in its application to any participant or beneficiary, and to decide any and all claim appeals.

Type of plan

The Health Care Flexible Spending Account component of the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan, a cafeteria plan under IRC Section 125, is a welfare plan under ERISA.

Claims administrator

The claims administrator provides information about claims payment. The claims administrator is Inspira Financial for HCFSA and DCFSA.

Plan numbers

The ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan is identified with government agencies under two numbers: the Employer Identification Number, 13-5409005, and the Plan Number (PN), 601.

Plan year

The plan year is January 1 through December 31.

No implied promises

Nothing in this SPD says or implies that participation in the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan is a guarantee of continued employment with the company.

Future of the Plan

ExxonMobil has the right to change, suspend, withdraw, amend, modify or terminate the Plan or any of its provisions at any time and for any reason. A change also may be made to required contributions and future eligibility for coverage, and may apply to those who retired in the past, as well as those who retire in the future. If any material changes are made in the future, you will be notified. For health plans, certain rules apply regarding what happens when a plan is changed, terminated or merged. 

Expenses incurred before the effective date of a plan change or termination will not be affected. Expenses incurred after a plan is terminated will not be covered. If a plan cannot pay all of the incurred claims and plan expenses as of the date the Plan is changed or terminated, ExxonMobil will make sufficient contributions to the Plan to make up the difference.

Your rights under ERISA

As a participant in the ExxonMobil Pre-Tax Spending Plan, you have certain rights and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). ERISA provides that as a plan participant, you shall be entitled to:

Receive information about your plan and benefits

• Examine, without charge, at the office of the Administrator-Benefits and at other specified locations, such as worksites and union halls, all documents governing the Pre-Tax Spending Plan, including collective bargaining agreements, and a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by the Pre-Tax Spending Plan with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
• Obtain, upon written request to the Administrator-Benefits, copies of documents governing the operation of the Pre-Tax Spending Plan, including collective bargaining agreements, and copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and updated summary plan description. The administrator may require a reasonable charge for the copies.
• Receive a summary of the Pre-Tax Spending Plan's annual financial report. The Administrator-Benefits is required by law to furnish each participant with a copy of this summary annual report.

Prudent actions by pre-tax spending plan fiduciaries

In addition to creating rights for Pre-Tax Spending Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the employee benefit plan. The people who operate your Pre-Tax Spending Plan, called fiduciaries of the Pre-Tax Spending Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Pre-Tax Spending Plan participants and beneficiaries. No one, including your employer, your union, or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a plan benefit or exercising your rights under ERISA.

Enforce your rights

• If your claim for a benefit is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you have a right to know why this was done, to obtain copies of documents relating to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules.
• Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request a copy of Pre-Tax Spending Plan documents or the latest summary annual report from the Pre-Tax Spending Plan and do not receive them within 30 days, you may file suit in a Federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Administrator-Benefits to provide the materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the administrator.
• If you have a claim and an appeal for benefits, which are denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or Federal court.  Such lawsuit must be filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Texas, or in the United States District Court for the federal judicial district where the employee currently works.  If a retiree or terminee, the suit must be filed in the last location worked prior to termination of employment. Beneficiaries must also file in the same federal judicial district that the employee or retiree would be required to file. Any such lawsuits must be brought within one year of the date on which an appeal was denied. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If you are successful, the court may order the person you have sued to pay these costs and fees. If you lose, the court may order you to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds your claim is frivolous.

Assistance with your questions

If you have any questions about your Pre-Tax Spending Plan, you should contact your dedicated Aetna Member Services, or call the ExxonMobil Benefits Service Center. If you have any questions about this statement or about your rights under ERISA, or if you need assistance in obtaining documents from the Administrator-Benefits, you should contact the nearest office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in your telephone directory or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. You may also obtain certain publications about your rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.