Ad-hoc report - The payment of dividends for 2011

Date of report: May 28, 2012
Name of issuer: OMV Petrom S.A.
Headquarters: Bucharest, Coralilor Street nr. 22, sector 1 ("Petrom City")
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: 5,664,410,833.5 RON
Regulated market on which the issued shares are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange

Significant event to be reported: The payment of dividends for 2011

Following the resolution of the Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of OMV Petrom S.A., held on 27 April 2012, Petrom announces the payment of the dividends for 2011 financial year via BRD - Groupe Société Générale – the selected payment agent – starting with 18 June 2012 to its shareholders registered in the shareholders registry kept by Depozitarul Central SA on the registration date 17 May 2012.

The gross dividend is RON 0.031 per share, where applicable any withholding tax payable will be deducted prior to payment, at the legal rate.

Details concerning the payment methods of the dividends are presented in the Dividend section.

Mariana Gheorghe
Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Board