Political involvement

ExxonMobil makes political contributions to candidate committees, political parties, associations, and other political organizations, as permitted by applicable laws in the United States and Canada, and as authorized by the Board of Directors. In 2009, Exxon Mobil Corporation contributed a total of $282,350 to legislative and gubernatorial candidates and caucuses in 15 U.S. states. Information about our political activities policy, guidelines in this area, and an itemized list of all corporate political contributions are available on our Web site. In 2009, ExxonMobil’s employee- and retiree-funded political action committee (PAC) disbursed $344,450, mostly to federal candidates. Based on 2009 contributions, CQ Moneyline listed the ExxonMobil PAC #174 in size compared to other PACs, candidate, and party committees. Among corporate PACs, ExxonMobil PAC ranked #50 in size in terms of receipts from employees and retiree shareholders, and #77 in size of total contributions to candidates. All rankings are compiled from publicly available data filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Political lobbying and advocacy
ExxonMobil tracks proposed legislation and engages with governments around the world to advocate our position on policies that impact our operations. We actively lobby the U.S. Congress and state legislatures on a number of important public policy issues such as access to resources, taxes, energy policy, trade, and climate policy. A complete list of federal issues lobbied by ExxonMobil in the United States in 2009 can be found in the public disclosure section of the U.S. Senate Web site. We fully comply with regulations by reporting all federal lobbying in quarterly disclosure reports to Congress. In 2009, ExxonMobil incurred lobbying expenses totaling $27.4 million under the Internal Revenue Code 162(e) reporting definition, including direct and indirect expenses and overhead costs such as building rental and utilities.