Imperial Oil Limited (IMO) 8-K Other Events

Imperial Oil Limited
237 – 4^th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 0H6 News Release

Exhibit 99.1

Calgary, February 2, 2006 — Imperial Oil Limited’s board of directors today approved a proposal to subdivide the common shares of the company on a three-for-one basis. The stock split is subject to shareholder approval at the company’s annual meeting on May 2, 2006 as well as regulatory approvals.

Imperial currently has about 332 million shares outstanding.

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