Ad-hoc Report - The payment of dividends for 2017

In compliance with Law no. 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations and National Securities Commission Regulation no. 1/2006 on issuers and operations with securities

Date of report: May 18, 2018
Name of issuer: OMV Petrom S.A.
Headquarters: Bucharest, 22 Coralilor Street, District 1, ("Petrom City")
Telephone/fax number: 0372 160697/0372 868518
Sole registration number at the Trade Register Office: 1590082
Fiscal attribute: RO
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 (symbol SNP) and London Stock Exchange (PETB and PETRsymbols)

Significant event to be reported:
The payment of dividends for 2017

Following the Resolution of the Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of OMV Petrom S.A., held on 26 April 2018, OMV Petrom announces the payment of the dividends for the financial year 2017 via Depozitarul Central S.A. and BRD - Groupe Société Générale – the selected payment agent – starting with 19 June 2018 to its shareholders registered in the Shareholders’ Registry kept by Depozitarul Central S.A. on the registration date 25 May 2018.

The gross dividend is RON 0.020 per share, and where applicable any withholding tax payable will be deducted prior to payment, at the rate provided by the law.

Details concerning the payment methods of the dividends are presented in the document "IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding the payment of dividends for 2017 by OMV Petrom S.A." , attached hereto and on the company’s website www.omvpetrom.com in the section Investor Relations›OMV Petrom Shares and GDRs›Dividends›Dividends 2017

Christina Verchere
Chief Executive Officer

Stefan Waldner
Chief Financial Officer