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Legal Proceedings
Legal Proceedings
We are a defendant
in a number of legal and administrative
proceedings arising in the ordinary course
of business,
including those involving governmental
authorities under federal, state
and local laws regulating the discharge
of
materials into the environment.
While it is not possible to accurately predict
the final outcome of these pending
proceedings, if any one or more of such proceedings
were to be decided adversely to
ConocoPhillips, we expect
there would be no material effect
on our consolidated financial position.
See
Note 11
for a description of such
legal and administrative
proceedings.
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Information about our Executive
Officers
Name
Position Held
Age*
William L. Bullock, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
57
Kontessa S. Haynes-Welsh
Chief Accounting Officer
47
Ryan M. Lance
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
59
Timothy A. Leach
Executive Vice President, Lower
48
62
Andrew D. Lundquist
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
61
Dominic E. Macklon
Executive Vice President, Strategy,
Sustainability and Technology
52
Nicholas G. Olds
Executive Vice President, Global
Operations
52
Kelly B. Rose
Senior Vice President, Legal, General
Counsel
55
Heather G. Sirdashney
Vice President, Human Resources
and Real Estate and Facilities
Services
49
*On February 17, 2022.
There are no family relationships
among any of the officers named above.
Each officer of the company is elected
by the Board of Directors at
its first meeting after the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and thereafter as
appropriate.
Each officer of the company holds
office from the date of election until the first
meeting of the
directors held after the next Annual
Meeting of Stockholders or until a successor
is elected.
The date of the next
annual meeting is May 10, 2022.
Set forth below is information
about the executive officers.
William L. Bullock, Jr.
was appointed Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as
of September 2020,
having previously served as President,
Asia Pacific & Middle East since April 2015.
Prior to that, he was Vice
President, Corporate Planning
& Development since May 2012.
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Kontessa S. Haynes-Welsh
was appointed Chief Accounting
Officer in March 2021, having previously
served as
Assistant Controller since
January 2020.
Prior to that, she was Manager,
Strategy,
Planning and Portfolio
Management from June 2018 to December 2019.
She became Manager,
Finance & Performance Analysis in
September 2016 and served in that role until
May 2018.
Ms. Haynes-Welsh previously
held the position of
Director,
Lower 48 Strategy & Portfolio
Management from February 2016 to
September 2016.
Ryan M. Lance
was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer in May
2012, having
previously served as Senior Vice President, Exploration
and Production-International since May
Timothy A. Leach
was appointed Executive
Vice President, Lower 48 in January 2021.
Prior to joining
ConocoPhillips, Mr.
Leach served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Concho Resources Inc., from
its
formation in February 2006, until its
acquisition by ConocoPhillips in January 2021.
Andrew D. Lundquist
was appointed Senior Vice President, Government
Affairs in February 2013.
Prior to that, he
served as managing partner of BlueWater
Strategies LLC, since 2002.
Dominic E. Macklon
was appointed Executive Vice President,
Strategy,
Sustainability and Tec
hnology in September
2021, having previously served as Senior Vice President,
Strategy,
Exploration and Technology
since August 2020.
Prior to that, he served as President, Lower
48 from June 2018 to August 2020, Vice President,
Corporate Planning
& Development from January 2017 to June 2018, and
President, U.K. from September
2015 to January 2017.
Mr.
Macklon previously served as Senior Vice President,
Oil Sands in Canada from July 2012 to September 2015.
Nicholas G. Olds
was appointed Executive
Vice President, Global Operations as
of August 2021,
having previously served as Senior Vice President,
Global Operations since August
Prior to that, he served as
Vice President, Corporate Planning
& Development from June 2018 to August
2020, Vice President, Mid-Continent
Business Unit, Lower 48 from September 2016 to
June 2018, and Vice President, North Slope Operations
and
Development in Alaska from August
2012 to September 2016.
Kelly B. Rose
was appointed Senior Vice President,
Legal, General Counsel in September
Prior to that, she
was a senior partner in the Houston office of an international
law firm, Baker Botts L.L.P.,
where she counseled
clients on corporate and securities matters.
She began her career at the firm in 1991.
Heather G. Sirdashney
was appointed Vice President, Human
Resources and Real Estate
and Facilities Services in
March 2021, having previously
served as Vice President, Human Resources from
January 2019.
Prior to that, she
served in other leadership roles including Human
Resources General Manager,
Human Resources Business Partner
Manager,
Lower 48, and Director of Human Resources
Shared Services.
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Part II
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's
Common Equity, Related
Stockholder
Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
ConocoPhillips' common stock is traded
on the New York Stock
Exchange, under the symbol "COP."
Cash Dividends Per Share
Dividends
2021
2020
First
$
0.430
0.420
Second
0.430
0.420
Third
0.430
0.420
Fourth
0.460
0.430
Number of Stockholders of Record
at January 31, 2022*
38,099
*In determining the number of stockholders, we consider clearing agencies and security position
listings as one stockholder for each agency
listing.
In December 2021, we announced the addition of a VROC tier to our return
of capital program.
The declaration of
ordinary and VROC dividends are subject to
the discretion and approval of our Board
of Directors.
The Board has
adopted a dividend declaration policy
providing that the declaration of any
dividends will be determined quarterly.
For more information on factors
considered when determining the level of these
distributions
see "Item 1A-Risk
Factors - Our ability to execute our capital return program is subject to certain considerations."
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Millions of Dollars
Approximate Dollar
Shares Purchased
Value of Shares
Average
as Part of Publicly
that May Yet
Be
Total
Number of
Price Paid
Announced Plans
Purchased Under the
Period
Shares Purchased
Per Share
or Programs
Plans or Programs
October 1-31, 2021
6,100,833
$
73.36
6,100,833
$
11,811
November 1-30, 2021
6,367,204
73.42
6,367,204
11,344
December 1-31, 2021
6,751,987
71.65
6,751,987
10,860
19,220,024
$
19,220,024
- There were no repurchases of common stock from company employees in connection with the company's broad-based employee incentive
plans.
In late 2016, we initiated our current
share repurchase program,
which has a current total program
authorization
of $25 billion of our common stock.
As of December 31, 2021, we had repurchased $14.1 billion
of shares.
Repurchases are made at management's
discretion, at prevailing
prices, subject to market conditions
and other
factors.
Except as limited by applicable legal
requirements, repurchases
may be increased, decreased or
discontinued at any time without prior notice.
Shares of stock repurchased under
the plan are held as treasury
shares.
For more information
see "Item 1A-Risk Factors - Our ability to execute our capital return program is
subject to certain considerations."
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Stock Performance Graph
The following graph shows the cumulative
TSR for ConocoPhillips' common stock
in each of the five years from
December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2021.
The graph also compares the cumulative
total returns for the
same
five-year period with the S&P 500 Index and our
performance peer group consisting
of Chevron, ExxonMobil,
Apache, Marathon Oil Corporation,
Devon, Occidental, Hess, and EOG weighted
according to the respective peer's
stock market capitalization
at the beginning of each annual period.
The comparison assumes $100 was invested
on December 31, 2016, in ConocoPhillips stock, the S&P 500 Index
and ConocoPhillips' peer group and assumes that
all dividends were reinvested.
The cumulative total returns
of
the peer group companies' common stock
do not include the cumulative total return
of ConocoPhillips' common
stock.
The stock price performance included in this graph
is not necessarily indicative of future stock
price
performance.
Management's Discussion and Analysis
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