Exhibit 99.3

Frequently Used Terms

Listed below are definitions of several of ExxonMobil’s key business and financial performance measures and other terms. These definitions are provided to facilitate understanding of the terms and their calculation. In the case of financial measures that we believe constitute “non-GAAP financial measures” under Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation G, we provide a reconciliation to the most comparable Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) measure and other information required by that rule.

EARNINGS EXCLUDING DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, ACCOUNTING CHANGE, AND OTHER SPECIAL ITEMS

In addition to reporting U.S. GAAP defined net income, ExxonMobil also presents a measure of earnings that excludes earnings from discontinued operations, a required accounting change, and other special items quantified and described in our quarterly and annual earnings press releases. Earnings excluding the aforementioned items is a non-GAAP financial measure, and is included to facilitate comparisons of base business performance across periods. A reconciliation to net income is shown on page 6. We also refer to earnings excluding discontinued operations, accounting changes, and other special items as normalized earnings. Earnings per share amounts use the same average common shares outstanding as used for the calculation of net income per common share and net income per common share – assuming dilution.

OPERATING COSTS

Operating costs are the combined total of production, manufacturing, selling, general, administrative, exploration, depreciation, and depletion expenses from the Consolidated Statement of Income and ExxonMobil’s share of similar costs for equity companies. Operating costs are the costs during the period to produce, manufacture, and otherwise prepare the company’s products for sale – including energy costs, staffing, maintenance, and other costs to explore for and produce oil and gas, and operate refining and chemical plants. Distribution and marketing expenses are also included. Operating costs exclude the cost of raw materials, taxes, discontinued operations, and interest expense. These expenses are on a before-tax basis. While ExxonMobil’s management is responsible for all revenue and expense elements of net income, operating costs, as defined below, represent the expenses most directly under management’s control. Information regarding these costs is therefore useful for investors and ExxonMobil management in evaluating management’s performance.

Reconciliation of Operating Costs

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006    2005    2004

From ExxonMobil’s Consolidated Statement of Income

        

Total costs and other deductions

   310,233    311,248    256,794

Less:

        

Crude oil and product purchases

   182,546    185,219    139,224

Interest expense

   654    496    638

Sales-based taxes

   30,381    30,742    27,263

Other taxes and duties

   39,203    41,554    40,954

Income applicable to minority and preferred interests

   1,051    799    776
              

Subtotal

   56,398    52,438    47,939

ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company expenses

   4,947    4,520    4,209
              

Total operating costs

   61,345    56,958    52,148
              
Components of Operating Costs         

(millions of dollars)

   2006    2005    2004

From ExxonMobil’s Consolidated Statement of Income

        

Production and manufacturing expenses

   29,528    26,819    23,225

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

   14,273    14,402    13,849

Depreciation and depletion

   11,416    10,253    9,767

Exploration expenses, including dry holes

   1,181    964    1,098
              

Subtotal

   56,398    52,438    47,939

ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company expenses

   4,947    4,520    4,209
              

Total operating costs

   61,345    56,958    52,148
              

 

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CAPITAL EMPLOYED

Capital employed is a measure of net investment. When viewed from the perspective of how the capital is used by the businesses, it includes ExxonMobil’s net share of property, plant, and equipment and other assets less liabilities, excluding both short-term and long-term debt. When viewed from the perspective of the sources of capital employed in total for the Corporation, it includes ExxonMobil’s share of total debt and shareholders’ equity. Both of these views include ExxonMobil’s share of amounts applicable to equity companies, which the Corporation believes should be included to provide a more comprehensive measure of capital employed.

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006     2005     2004  

Business uses: asset and liability perspective

      

Total assets

   219,015     208,335     195,256  

Less liabilities and minority share of assets and liabilities

      

Total current liabilities excluding notes and loans payable

   (47,115 )   (44,536 )   (39,701 )

Total long-term liabilities excluding long-term debt and equity of minority and preferred shareholders in affiliated companies

   (45,905 )   (41,095 )   (41,554 )

Minority share of assets and liabilities

   (4,948 )   (4,863 )   (5,285 )

Add ExxonMobil share of debt-financed equity-company net assets

   2,808     3,450     3,914  
                  

Total capital employed

   123,855     121,291     112,630  
                  

Total corporate sources: debt and equity perspective

      

Notes and loans payable

   1,702     1,771     3,280  

Long-term debt

   6,645     6,220     5,013  

Shareholders’ equity

   113,844     111,186     101,756  

Less minority share of total debt

   (1,144 )   (1,336 )   (1,333 )

Add ExxonMobil share of equity-company debt

   2,808     3,450     3,914  
                  

Total capital employed

   123,855     121,291     112,630  
                  

RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED (ROCE)

Return on average capital employed is a performance measure ratio. From the perspective of the business segments, ROCE is annual business segment earnings divided by average business segment capital employed (average of beginning- and end-of-year amounts). These segment earnings include ExxonMobil’s share of segment earnings of equity companies, consistent with the Corporation’s definition of capital employed and exclude the cost of financing. The Corporation’s total ROCE is net income excluding the after-tax cost of financing, divided by total corporate average capital employed. The Corporation has consistently applied its ROCE definition for many years and views it as the best measure of historical capital productivity in our capital-intensive, long-term industry, both to evaluate management’s performance and to demonstrate to shareholders that capital has been used wisely over the long term. Additional measures, which tend to be more cash-flow based, are used to make investment decisions.

Return on Average Capital Employed

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006     2005     2004  

Net income

   39,500     36,130     25,330  

Financing costs (after tax)

      

Third-party debt

   44     (1 )   (137 )

ExxonMobil share of equity companies

   (156 )   (144 )   (185 )

All other financing costs – net

   191     (295 )   54  
                  

Total financing costs

   79     (440 )   (268 )
                  

Earnings excluding financing costs

   39,421     36,570     25,598  
                  

Average capital employed

   122,573     116,961     107,339  

Return on average capital employed – corporate total

   32.2 %   31.3 %   23.8 %

 

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TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN

Shareholder return measures the change in value of an investment in stock over a specified period of time, assuming dividend reinvestment. We calculate shareholder return over a particular measurement period by: dividing (1) the sum of (a) the cumulative value of dividends received during the measurement period, assuming reinvestment, plus (b) the difference between the stock price at the end and at the beginning of the measurement period; by (2) the stock price at the beginning of the measurement period. For this purpose, we assume dividends are reinvested in stock at market prices at approximately the same time actual dividends are paid. Shareholder return is usually quoted on an annualized basis.

CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES (Capex)

Capital and exploration expenditures are the combined total of additions at cost to property, plant, and equipment and exploration expenses on a before-tax basis from the Consolidated Statement of Income. ExxonMobil’s Capex includes its share of similar costs for equity companies. Capex excludes depreciation on the cost of exploration support equipment and facilities recorded to property, plant, and equipment when acquired. While ExxonMobil’s management is responsible for all investments and elements of net income, particular focus is placed on managing the controllable aspects of this group of expenditures.

FINDING AND RESOURCE-ACQUISITION COSTS

Finding and resource-acquisition costs per oil-equivalent barrel is a performance measure that is calculated using the Exploration portion of Upstream capital and exploration expenditures and proved property acquisition costs divided by resource additions (in oil-equivalent barrels). ExxonMobil refers to new discoveries and acquisitions of discovered resources as resource additions. In addition to proved reserves, resource additions include quantities of oil and gas that are not yet classified as proved reserves, but which ExxonMobil believes will likely be moved into the proved reserves category and produced in the future.

 

     2006    2005    2004

Exploration portion of Upstream capital and exploration expenditures (millions of dollars)

   2,044    1,693    1,283

Proved property acquisition costs (millions of dollars)

   234    174    93
              

Total exploration and proved property acquisition costs (millions of dollars)

   2,278    1,867    1,376

Resource additions (millions of oil-equivalent barrels)

   4,270    4,365    2,950

Finding and resource-acquisition costs per oil-equivalent barrel (dollars)

   0.53    0.43    0.47

LIQUIDS AND NATURAL GAS PROVED RESERVES

In this report, we use the term “proved reserves” to mean quantities of oil and gas that ExxonMobil has determined to be reasonably certain of recovery under existing economic and operating conditions on the basis of our long-standing, rigorous management review process. We only book proved reserves when we have made significant funding commitments for the related projects. In this report, we aggregate proved reserves of consolidated and equity companies, excluding royalties and quantities due others, since ExxonMobil does not view these reserves differently from a management perspective. To reflect management’s view of ExxonMobil’s total liquids reserves, proved reserves in this report also include oil-sands reserves from Canadian Syncrude operations, which are reported separately as mining reserves in our Form 10-K and proxy statement. Oil-sands reserves included in this report totaled 718 million barrels in 2006, 738 million barrels at year-end 2005, 757 million barrels at year-end 2004, 781 million barrels at year-end 2003, and 800 million barrels at year-end 2002. For our own management purposes and as discussed in this report, we determine proved reserves based on price and cost assumptions that are consistent with those used to make investment decisions. Therefore, the proved reserves in this report are not directly comparable to the data reported in our Form 10-K and proxy statement. Based on regulatory guidance, ExxonMobil began in 2004 to state our results in the Form 10-K and proxy statement to reflect the impacts on proved reserves of utilizing December 31 liquids and natural gas prices (“year-end price/cost effects”). On this basis, year-end proved reserves, including year-end price/cost effects, totaled 22.8 billion oil-equivalent barrels in 2006, 22.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels in 2005, and 21.7 billion oil-equivalent barrels in 2004. Excluding year-end price/cost effects, 2006 proved reserves totaled 22.7 billion oil-equivalent barrels, 2005 proved reserves totaled 22.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels, while 2004 proved reserves totaled 22.2 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

RESOURCES, RESOURCE BASE, AND RECOVERABLE RESOURCES

Resources, resource base, recoverable oil, recoverable hydrocarbons, recoverable resources, and similar terms used in this report are the total remaining estimated quantities of oil and gas that are expected to be ultimately recoverable. In addition to proved reserves, the resource base includes quantities of oil and gas that are not yet classified as proved reserves, but which ExxonMobil believes will likely be moved into the proved reserves category and produced in the future.

PROVED RESERVES REPLACEMENT RATIO

Proved reserves replacement ratio is a performance measure that is calculated using proved oil-equivalent reserves additions divided by oil-equivalent production. Both proved reserves additions and production include amounts applicable to equity companies. The ratio usually reported by ExxonMobil excludes sales and year-end price/cost effects, and includes Canadian oil-sands mining operations in both additions and production volumes. See the definition of “liquids and natural gas proved reserves” above. When reporting the ratio, the inclusions and exclusions are listed, as appropriate.

 

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PROVED RESERVES REPLACEMENT COSTS

Proved reserves replacement costs per oil-equivalent barrel is a performance measure ratio. Proved reserves replacement costs per barrel are costs incurred in property acquisition and exploration, plus costs incurred in development activities divided by proved oil-equivalent reserves additions, excluding sales. Both the costs incurred and the proved reserves additions include amounts applicable to equity companies as well as Canadian oil-sands operations and exclude year-end price/cost effects. See the definition of “liquids and natural gas proved reserves” on the preceding page.

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006    2005    2004

Costs incurred

        

Property acquisition costs

   597    453    134

Exploration costs

   1,685    1,420    1,255

Development costs

   12,103    10,561    9,122

Total costs incurred

   14,385    12,434    10,511

(millions of barrels)

   2006    2005    2004

Proved oil-equivalent reserves additions

        

Revisions

   390    377    140

Improved recovery

   29    31    28

Extensions/discoveries

   881    1,461    1,809

Purchases

   755    122    11
              

Total oil-equivalent reserves additions

   2,055    1,991    1,988

Proved reserves replacement costs (dollars per barrel)

   7.00    6.25    5.29

HEAVY OIL

Heavy oil, for the purpose of this report, includes heavy oil, extra heavy oil, and bitumen, as defined by the World Petroleum Congress in 1987 based on API gravity and viscosity at reservoir conditions. Heavy oil has an API gravity between 10 and 22.3 degrees. The API gravity of extra heavy oil and bitumen is less than 10 degrees. Extra heavy oil has a viscosity less than 10 thousand centipoise, whereas the viscosity of bitumen is greater than 10 thousand centipoise. The term “oil sands” is used to indicate heavy oil (generally bitumen) that is recovered in a mining operation.

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS AND ASSET SALES

Cash flow from operations and asset sales is the sum of the net cash provided by operating activities and proceeds from sales of subsidiaries, investments, and property, plant, and equipment from the Summary Statement of Cash Flows. This cash flow is the total sources of cash from both operating the Corporation’s assets and from the divesting of assets. The Corporation employs a long-standing and regular disciplined review process to ensure that all assets are contributing to the Corporation’s strategic and financial objectives. Assets are divested when they are no longer meeting these objectives, or are worth considerably more to others. Because of the regular nature of this activity, we believe it is useful for investors to consider sales proceeds together with cash provided by operating activities when evaluating cash available for investment in the business and financing activities, including shareholder distributions.

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006    2005    2004

Net cash provided by operating activities

   49,286    48,138    40,551

Sales of subsidiaries, investments and property, plant, and equipment

   3,080    6,036    2,754
              

Cash flow from operations and asset sales

   52,366    54,174    43,305
              

 

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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Corporation distributed cash to shareholders in the form of both dividends and share purchases. Shares are purchased both to reduce shares outstanding and to offset shares issued in conjunction with company benefit plans and programs. For purposes of calculating distributions to shareholders, the Corporation only includes the cost of those shares purchased to reduce shares outstanding.

 

(millions of dollars)

   2006    2005    2004

Dividends paid to ExxonMobil shareholders

   7,628    7,185    6,896

Cost of shares purchased to reduce shares outstanding

   25,000    16,000    8,000
              

Distributions to ExxonMobil shareholders

   32,628    23,185    14,896
              

Memo: Gross cost of shares purchased to offset shares issued under benefit plans and programs

   4,558    2,221    1,951

 

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Exxon Mobil Corporation

FUNCTIONAL EARNINGS

 

(millions of dollars)

Net Income (U.S. GAAP)

   2006 Quarters                              
   First     Second     Third     Fourth    2006    2005     2004     2003     2002  

Upstream

                    

United States

   1,280     1,644     1,192     1,052    5,168    6,200     4,948     3,905     2,524  

Non-U.S.

   5,103     5,490     5,301     5,168    21,062    18,149     11,727     10,597     7,074  
                                                    

Total

   6,383     7,134     6,493     6,220    26,230    24,349     16,675     14,502     9,598  

Downstream

                    

United States

   679     1,354     1,272     945    4,250    3,911     2,186     1,348     693  

Non-U.S.

   592     1,131     1,466     1,015    4,204    4,081     3,520     2,168     607  
                                                    

Total

   1,271     2,485     2,738     1,960    8,454    7,992     5,706     3,516     1,300  

Chemical

                    

United States

   329     189     458     384    1,360    1,186     1,020     381     384  

Non-U.S.

   620     651     893     858    3,022    2,757     2,408     1,051     446  
                                                    

Total

   949     840     1,351     1,242    4,382    3,943     3,428     1,432     830  

Corporate and financing

   (203 )   (99 )   (92 )   828    434    (154 )   (479 )   1,510     (442 )

Merger expenses

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     (275 )

Discontinued operations

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     449  

Accounting change

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     550     0  
                                                    

Net income (U.S. GAAP)

   8,400     10,360     10,490     10,250    39,500    36,130     25,330     21,510     11,460  
                                                    

Net income per common share (dollars)

   1.38     1.74     1.79     1.77    6.68    5.76     3.91     3.24     1.69  

Net income per common share - assuming dilution (dollars)

   1.37     1.72     1.77     1.76    6.62    5.71     3.89     3.23     1.38  
Merger Effects, Discontinued Operations, Accounting Change, and Other Special Items  

Upstream

                    

United States

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     0  

Non-U.S.

   0     0     0     0    0    1,620     0     1,700     (215 )
                                                    

Total

   0     0     0     0    0    1,620     0     1,700     (215 )

Downstream

                    

United States

   0     0     0     0    0    (200 )   (550 )   0     0  

Non-U.S.

   0     0     0     0    0    310     0     0     0  
                                                    

Total

   0     0     0     0    0    110     (550 )   0     0  

Chemical

                    

United States

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     0  

Non-U.S.

   0     0     0     0    0    540     0     0     0  
                                                    

Total

   0     0     0     0    0    540     0     0     0  

Corporate and financing

   0     0     0     410    410    0     0     2,230     0  

Merger expenses

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     (275 )

Discontinued operations

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     0     449  

Accounting change

   0     0     0     0    0    0     0     550     0  
                                                    

Corporate total

   0     0     0     410    410    2,270     (550 )   4,480     (41 )
                                                    
Earnings Excluding Merger Effects, Discontinued Operations, Accounting Change, and Other Special Items (1)  

Upstream

                    

United States

   1,280     1,644     1,192     1,052    5,168    6,200     4,948     3,905     2,524  

Non-U.S.

   5,103     5,490     5,301     5,168    21,062    16,529     11,727     8,897     7,289  
                                                    

Total

   6,383     7,134     6,493     6,220    26,230    22,729     16,675     12,802     9,813  

Downstream

                    

United States

   679     1,354     1,272     945    4,250    4,111     2,736     1,348     693  

Non-U.S.

   592     1,131     1,466     1,015    4,204    3,771     3,520     2,168     607  
                                                    

Total

   1,271     2,485     2,738     1,960    8,454    7,882     6,256     3,516     1,300  

Chemical

                    

United States

   329     189     458     384    1,360    1,186     1,020     381     384  

Non-U.S.

   620     651     893     858    3,022    2,217     2,408     1,051     446  
                                                    

Total

   949     840     1,351     1,242    4,382    3,403     3,428     1,432     830  

Corporate and financing

   (203 )   (99 )   (92 )   418    24    (154 )   (479 )   (720 )   (442 )
                                                    

Corporate total

   8,400     10,360     10,490     9,840    39,090    33,860     25,880     17,030     11,501  
                                                    

Earnings per common share (dollars)

   1.38     1.74     1.79     1.70    6.61    5.40     3.99     2.57     1.70  

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution (dollars)

   1.37     1.72     1.77     1.69    6.55    5.35     3.97     2.56     1.69  

 

(1) See Frequently Used Terms.

 

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Exxon Mobil Corporation

RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED (1) BY BUSINESS

 

(percent)    2006    2005    2004    2003    2002

Upstream

              

United States

   37.1    46.0    37.0    28.9    19.0

Non-U.S.

   47.9    45.6    31.5    31.0    23.7

Total

   45.3    45.7    32.9    30.4    22.3

Downstream

              

United States

   65.8    58.8    28.6    16.7    8.6

Non-U.S.

   24.5    22.6    18.0    11.5    3.4

Total

   35.8    32.4    21.0    13.0    5.0

Chemical

              

United States

   27.7    23.1    19.4    7.3    7.3

Non-U.S.

   36.5    30.9    25.7    11.8    5.3

Total

   33.2    28.0    23.5    10.2    6.1

Corporate and financing

   —      —      —      —      —  

Discontinued operations

   —      —      —      —      63.2

Corporate total

   32.2    31.3    23.8    20.9    13.5

 

(1) Capital employed consists of shareholders’ equity and their share of consolidated debt, including ExxonMobil's share of amounts applicable to equity companies. See Frequently Used Terms.

AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED (1) BY BUSINESS

 

(millions of dollars)    2006    2005    2004    2003    2002

Upstream

              

United States

   13,940    13,491    13,355    13,508    13,264

Non-U.S.

   43,931    39,770    37,287    34,164    29,800
                        

Total

   57,871    53,261    50,642    47,672    43,064

Downstream

              

United States

   6,456    6,650    7,632    8,090    8,060

Non-U.S.

   17,172    18,030    19,541    18,875    17,985
                        

Total

   23,628    24,680    27,173    26,965    26,045

Chemical

              

United States

   4,911    5,145    5,246    5,194    5,235

Non-U.S.

   8,272    8,919    9,362    8,905    8,410
                        

Total

   13,183    14,064    14,608    14,099    13,645

Corporate and financing

   27,891    24,956    14,916    6,637    4,878

Discontinued operations

   0    0    0    0    710
                        

Corporate total

   122,573    116,961    107,339    95,373    88,342
                        

Average capital employed applicable to equity companies included above

   22,106    20,245    18,049    15,587    14,001

 

(1) Average capital employed is the average of the beginning- and end-of-year business segment capital employed. See Frequently Used Terms.

 

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