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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION





COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS



2013 Named Executive Officers

The persons (the ‘‘NEOs’’ or ‘‘Named Executive Officers’’) who are the focus of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis 
and who appear in the compensation tables are:


STEVEN W. WILLIAMS S.W. WILLIAMS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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STEPHEN D.L. REYNISH S.D.L. REYNISH EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY & CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT AND 

INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER(1)
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BART W. DEMOSKY B.W. DEMOSKY FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER(2) 
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MARK S. LITTLE M.S. LITTLE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, UPSTREAM(3) 
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MICHAEL R. MACSWEEN M.R. MACSWEEN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MAJOR PROJECTS
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BORIS J. JACKMAN B.J. JACKMAN FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, REFINING AND MARKETING(4)

(1) Mr. Reynish was Executive Vice President, Oil Sands Ventures in 2013 and was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer on December 9, 2013. 
Effective January 1, 2014, Mr. Reynish became Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development and remains Interim Chief Financial Officer. 

Mr. Reynish received no additional compensation for acting in the capacity of Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2013.
(2) Mr. Demosky was Chief Financial Officer until December 9, 2013, and resigned from Suncor effective December 27, 2013.
(3) Effective January 1, 2014, Mr. Little was appointed to Executive Vice President, Upstream. In 2013, he was Executive Vice President, Oil Sands and
In Situ.

(4) Mr. Jackman was Executive Vice President, Refining and Marketing until September 9, 2013, and retired from Suncor effective September 30, 2013.

Pay and Performance at Suncor – Overview

Suncor’s executive compensation programs are designed to below shows Suncor’s ranking as compared to the Suncor 

reward executives for delivering results and building Compensation Peers in terms of revenues, assets and 
sustainable shareholder value. Our programs align the market capitalization.
interests of our executives with shareholders by tying pay 

outcomes to our short-, medium-, and long-term ($millions)
performance. Our business is linked to the commodity cycle 

with significant and long-term capital needs, and requires 90,000 
focus on profitable growth that is achieved through reliable Suncor 
80,000 88th Percentile
operations conducted in a safe and environmentally and 
socially responsible way.
70,000 
Suncor 
The following information is intended to provide a quick 60,000 88th Percentile

overview of some key points regarding pay and 50,000 
performance at Suncor.
40,000 
Our Size and Scope. Our senior executives are responsible Suncor 
88th Percentile
for managing a large, global enterprise with multiple 30,000 
operating units and significant capital expenditures. Suncor 
20,000 
is the largest energy company in Canada and the fifth 
largest in North America by market capitalization. Our 10,000 

capital expenditures of over $6 billion per year are larger 0
than the market capitalization of most Canadian RevenueAssetsMarket Cap.
(1)
(1)
(2)
companies. Because of our scale and complexity, our 
market for skilled executives must consider organizations Suncor
Market 75th Percentile 
Market 50th Percentile 
outside of Canada and therefore we look to a broad North Market 25th Percentile
American group of energy companies, which comprise the 18FEB201418201683
Suncor Compensation Peers (as set out on page 35 of this (1) Percentile rank for Revenue and Assets is based on information 
reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Where 
management proxy circular).
applicable, values are converted to Canadian dollars based on the 

Although we are larger than most of our peers, we target exchange rate on September 30, 2013.
pay at the median of the group and measure total (2) Percentile rank for Market Capitalization is based on information 
reported as of December 31, 2013. Where applicable, values are 
shareholder return (‘‘TSR’’) performance relative to a similar converted to Canadian dollars based on the exchange rate on 
group of North American energy companies. The chart
December 31, 2013.



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