UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 29, 2016

Exxon Mobil Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 444-1000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On February 29, 2016, Exxon Mobil Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as managers of the several underwriters named therein, for the issuance and sale by the Company of (i) $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Floating Rate Notes”), (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Floating Rate Notes” and, together with the 2018 Floating Rate Notes, the “Floating Rate Notes”), (iii) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.439% Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Fixed Rate Notes”), (iv) $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.708% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Fixed Rate Notes”), (v) $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.222% Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Fixed Rate Notes”), (vi) $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.726% Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Fixed Rate Notes”), (vii) $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.043% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Fixed Rate Notes”) and (viii) $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.114% Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Fixed Rate Notes” and, together with the 2018 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2023 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes”).

The Floating Rate Notes and the Fixed Rate Notes (together, the “Notes”) will be issued pursuant to the indenture entered into by the Company on March 20, 2014 with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by an officer’s certificate (the “Officer’s Certificate”) dated March 3, 2016 establishing the terms and forms of the Notes.

The Notes were offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (Reg. No. 333-194609) (the “Registration Statement”).

The Underwriting Agreement and the Officer’s Certificate (including the forms of the Notes) are filed as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. The opinions of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and James E. Parsons, Esq., Coordinator – Corporate Securities and Finance Law of Exxon Mobil Corporation, are filed as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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