Ad-hoc report - Convening notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders as of April 27, 2012

In compliance with Law no. 297/2004 and Regulation 1/2006/NSC

Date of report: March 23, 2012
Name of issuer: OMV Petrom S.A.
Headquarters: Bucharest, 22 Coralilor Street, district 1
Telephone/fax number: +40 372 429082 / +40 372 868518
Sole registration number at the Trade Register Office: 1590082
Fiscal attribute: R
Trade Register Number: J 40/8302/1997
Share capital: RON 5,664,410,833.5
Regulated market on which the issued shares are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange

Significant event to be reported:

Convening the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of OMV Petrom S.A. for April 27, 2012 and the gross value of the dividend

In compliance with Company Law no. 31/1990, Capital Market Law no. 297/2004 and the Regulation no. 1/2006 of the National Securities Commission, OMV Petrom S.A. convenes the Company’s shareholders at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on April 27, 2012.

The convening notice of the OGMS and the proposal for ditribution of dividend weere approved by the Executive Board in ist meeting held on March 23, 2012. The convening notice of the OGMS was sent for publication in the Romanian Official Gazette Part IV and in two widely-spread newspapers.

The supporting materials of OGMS agenda will be available fort he shareholders starting with 26 March 2012.

Likewise, we emphasize that the proposal of the Executive Board is to distribute dividends with a gross value per share amounting to RON 0.031 to be distributed to the shareholders. Based on the total number of shares, the total value of the dividends proposed to be distributed represents RON 1,755.96 million.

Mariana Gheorghe
Chief Executive Officer
President of the Executive Board

Luiza Tomescu-Dinu
Director of Legal Department