The benefits provided under this article 6 ("Disability Benefits") are in the nature
of long-term disability benefits, payable on account of and for the duration of a person's
incapacity on account of disability. These Disability Benefits are intended to qualify as
employee welfare benefits under ERISA and as "disability pay" under section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code and its supporting regulations, thereby being exempt from
the scope and application of section 409A.
6.2 Payment of Disability Benefit
If a person who becomes a Retiree also becomes entitled to long-term disability
benefits under a disability benefit plan sponsored by ExxonMobil, the person shall
receive monthly Disability Benefits under this Plan. Such Disability Benefits shall
commence at the time the person commences long-term disability benefits under such
disability plan and shall continue as long as entitlement to long-term disability benefits
under such plan continues.
6.3 Benefit Formula
(A) In General
The amount of each monthly Disability Benefit payable to a person is
determined by dividing one-half of the person's final average incentive compensation,
determined under section 2.2(C) above, by 12 and deducting therefrom the offset
described in paragraph (B) below.
(B) Offset
Commencing with the month in which a person's Incentive Pension Benefit
is paid, the amount of the person's monthly Disability Benefit shall be reduced by the
monthly amount of the person's Incentive Pension Benefit and/or Overseas Makeup
Benefit (expressed as a five-year-certain and life annuity). In the case of a Key
Employee, the offset provided under this paragraph (B) shall be applied beginning with
the month his or her Incentive Pension Benefit would have been paid if he or she were
not a Key Employee.
6.4 Offset for Similar Benefit
If a person receiving Disability Benefits hereunder is also entitled to comparable
payments under a plan of a service-oriented employer (as defined in the ExxonMobil
Common Provisions) other than the Corporation under circumstances where the Plan
Administrator determines that such benefits are duplicative of the Disability Benefits
payable hereunder, then such Disability Benefits shall be reduced by the amount of
such comparable payment. In any given case, the Plan Administrator may determine the
precise amount of this offset and if a conversion of currency computation is required,
may follow the process established under the ExxonMobil Pension Plan.
6.5 Disability Death Benefit
(A) Death During Employment
If a person dies as an active employee with 15 or more years of Benefit
Plan Service, as determined under the ExxonMobil Common Provisions, then the
person's beneficiary (as determined under section 5.2 above) shall receive a disability