Engine No. 1 Activist Presentation Deck
ExxonMobil's attacks on our nominees cannot withstand
scrutiny (cont.)
ExxonMobil Claim
Claim about Andeavor
regulatory issue
Claim that Gregory
Goff's seat on Enbridge
board creates a conflict
Claims that Kaisa
Hietala lacks necessary
C-Suite leadership
qualifications
Our Response
This apparently refers to a settlement agreed to by Marathon Petroleum after it
acquired Andeavor, which addressed alleged failures with respect to internal
accounting controls at Marathon and Andeavor
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Two current directors at ExxonMobil were CEOs of companies that also
entered into large settlement agreements, including a director whose company
admitted to failing to maintain effective controls over financial reporting while
he was CEO and was charged by the SEC with violating the same regulation
at issue in the Marathon settlement
• In none of these instances was the CEO's judgment the subject of the
regulatory matter
While no support is provided for this assertion, our counsel has again
reviewed ExxonMobil's publicly-filed policies and sees no basis for it
As we told ExxonMobil, given its last decade of underperformance we think it
is time to rethink its criteria of looking almost exclusively for former CEOs.
Still, we are confused as to why Messrs. Angelakis' and Ubben's lack of
experience "leading a large, complex organization" or "global business
leadership experience" did not raise the same concern, particularly given how
much less relevant their prior experience is to ExxonMobil than Ms. Hietala's
Additional Clarification: We also wish to clarify that as of April 2021, Anders Runevad
serves on 3 public company boards (not 4) as he no longer serves on the board of Nilfisk
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