Amendment: Imperial Oil Limited filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | |||||||||||||
| This Amendment to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2025 is being filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 5.02 to add the following information regarding bonus and restricted stock unit grant: | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | In connection with the appointment of J.R. (John) Whelan as president effective April 1, 2025 and the assumption of the additional roles of chairman and chief executive officer on May 8, 2025, on November 25, 2025 Mr. Whelan was awarded a cash bonus of $1,328,537 payable on December 4, 2025 and was granted 95,400 restricted stock units, the terms of which are described in the company’s most recent management proxy circular dated March 17, 2025. | |||||||||||||
| The remainder of the information contained in the original filing as set forth below remains unchanged. | ||||||||||||||
| (b)(c) | On February 12, 2025, B.W. (Brad) Corson announced his intention to retire at the conclusion of the annual meeting of shareholders on May 8, 2025 (the “2025 Annual Meeting”). Mr. Corson has resigned from his position as president effective April 1, 2025, and he has resigned from the chairman and chief executive officer positions effective at the conclusion of the 2025 Annual Meeting. The Imperial Oil Limited board of directors is nominating J.R. (John) Whelan for election as a director of the company at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Additionally, on February 12, 2025, the board appointed Mr. Whelan (i) as president of the company effective April 1, 2025, (ii) as chief executive officer of the company effective at the conclusion of the 2025 Annual Meeting, and (iii) provided that he is elected as a director at the 2025 Annual Meeting, as chairman of the board effective at the conclusion of such meeting. In connection with such appointments, Mr. Whelan’s annual salary has been determined to be CAD $671,460. Information in respect of other components of Mr. Whelan’s compensation for 2025, including any grants of restricted stock units, has not been determined at the time of filing. Mr. Whelan, 59, is currently senior vice-president, conventional and heavy oil of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation (affiliate), and has held that position since 2022. Mr. Whelan was vice-president of heavy oil, Exxon Mobil Corporation from 2020 to 2022, and senior vice-president of Imperial’s upstream from 2017 to 2020. Additional information about Mr. Whelan’s experience, qualifications and skills that led the board to conclude that he should be nominated as a director is provided in the press release issued by Imperial on February 13, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. | |||||||||||||
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| By: | /s/ Ian Laing | ||||||||||
| Name: | Ian Laing | ||||||||||
| Title: | Vice-president, general counsel and corporate secretary | ||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Cathryn Walker | ||||||||||
| Name: | Cathryn Walker | ||||||||||
| Title: | Assistant corporate secretary | ||||||||||