Marathon Oil Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

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):   January 29, 2006

Marathon Oil Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-5153 25-0996816
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
5555 San Felipe Road, Houston, Texas   77056
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (713) 629-6600

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of our Board of Directors met on January 29, 2006, and approved the first vesting of performance shares granted under the 2003 Incentive Compensation Plan for each of the named executive officers below. Vesting of these shares was based entirely on the Company’s total shareholder return achieved as compared to the total shareholder return for each of the member companies within the AMEX Oil Index ("XOI") for the period April 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005. For this period, the Company ranked in the second quartile in total shareholder return. As a result, the Committee vested a number of shares for each officer equal to 133 percent of target in accordance with the pre-established vesting matrix.

The following table sets forth the number of shares vested for each named executive officer:

Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. 99,750
Gary R. Heminger 9,576
Philip G. Behrman 11,438
Steven B. Hinchman 11,438

Janet F. Clark, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, joined the Company in 2004. Thus, she was not eligible for the 2003-2005 performance share grant.





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SIGNATURES

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.

         
    Marathon Oil Corporation
          
February 1, 2006   By:   A.G. Adkins
       
        Name: A.G. Adkins
        Title: Vice President - Accounting