---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000034088-22-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XOM"
cik: "0000034088"
company_name: "EXXON MOBIL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:10:50.990187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exxon Mobil board lead director Frazier to step down; Hooley named successor

## Summary
- Lead independent director Kenneth C. Frazier will not stand for re-election at May 25, 2022 annual meeting; departure unrelated to company.
- Frazier continues as lead director until the annual meeting; Joseph L. Hooley selected by independent directors to succeed him.
- Hooley, former chairman and CEO of State Street Corp., has been an Exxon director since 2020.
- Board leadership transition is orderly and effective after the annual meeting of shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000034088-22-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XOM
- cik: 0000034088
- company_name: EXXON MOBIL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34088/000003408822000016/0000034088-22-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34088/000003408822000016/xom-20220317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034088-22-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034088-22-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034088-22-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth C. Frazier departed as lead independent director at EXXON MOBIL CORP.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: lead independent director
  source text: On March 17, the Corporation’s lead independent director Kenneth C. Frazier announced his intention not to stand for re-election to the board at the annual meeting of shareholders on May 25, 2022, for reasons unrelated to the company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34088/000003408822000016/0000034088-22-000016-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.