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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
During the fourth quarter of 2008, no matter was submitted to a vote of security holders through the solicitation
of proxies or otherwise.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following table presents information as of February 1, 2009 regarding executive officers of the Registrant:
Name Age Office Held*
Year Individual
Became an
Executive
Officer
John B. Hess ..................... 54 Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
1983
J. Barclay Collins II ............... 64 Executive Vice President and
Director
1986
Gregory P. Hill ................... 47 Executive Vice President and
President of Worldwide Exploration
and Production
2009
John J. O’Connor ................. 62 Executive Vice President and
Director
2001
F. Borden Walker ................. 55 Executive Vice President and
President of Marketing and Refining
and Director
1996
Brian J. Bohling .................. 48 Senior Vice President 2004
William T. Drennen ................ 58 Senior Vice President 2007
John A. Gartman .................. 61 Senior Vice President 1997
Timothy B. Goodell................ 51 Senior Vice President and General
Counsel
2009
Scott Heck ...................... 51 Senior Vice President 2005
Lawrence H. Ornstein .............. 57 Senior Vice President 1995
Howard Paver .................... 58 Senior Vice President 2002
John P. Rielly .................... 46 Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
2002
Lori J. Ryerkerk .................. 46 Senior Vice President 2008
George F. Sandison ................ 52 Senior Vice President 2003
John J. Scelfo .................... 51 Senior Vice President 2004
Gordon Shearer ................... 54 Senior Vice President 2007
John V. Simon .................... 55 Senior Vice President 2007
Sachin Mehra .................... 38 VicePresident and Treasurer 2008
* All officers referred to herein hold office in accordance with the By-Laws until the first meeting of the Directors following the annual meeting
of stockholders of the Registrant and until their successors shall have been duly chosen and qualified. Each of said officers was elected to the
office opposite his or her name on May 7, 2008, except for Messrs. Hill and Goodell and Ms. Ryerkerk, who were elected effective January 1,
2009, January 5, 2009 and November 5, 2008, respectively. The first meeting of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders of
the Registrant is scheduled to be held May 6, 2009.
Except for Messrs. Hill, Bohling, Drennen, Goodell, Mehra, Shearer and Ms. Ryerkerk, each of the above
officers has been employed by the Registrant or its subsidiaries in various managerial and executive capacities for
more than five years. Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Hill served in senior executive positions in exploration
and production operations of Royal Dutch Shell and its subsidiaries for 25 years. Mr. Bohling was employed in
senior human resource positions with American Standard Corporation and CDI Corporation before joining the
Registrant in 2004. Mr. Drennen served in senior executive positions in exploration and technology at ExxonMobil
and its subsidiaries prior to joining the Corporation in 2007. Before joining the Corporation in 2009, Mr. Goodell
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